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usonian

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Fri Sep 19, 2025, 11:52 AM Sep 2025

Fasten seat belts. New conspiracy theories coming? [View all]

Does the day end in "y"?


Astronomers discover previously unknown quasi-moon near Earth
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/science/earth-quasi-moon-2025-pn7

Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research.

The newly discovered celestial object, named 2025 PN7, is a type of near-Earth asteroid that orbits the sun but sticks close to our planet. Like our world, 2025 PN7 takes one year to complete an orbit around the sun.


Sept 1965.
Executive Order 11246 Against Employment Discrimination: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246, a pivotal civil rights measure prohibiting employment discrimination based on race by government contractors and mandating affirmative action in hiring practices.


COINCIDENCE? (yes)

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03055-y

Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.

Is AI creating life? (no)


It hallucinates too much.

And have a conspiracy-theory-free day.

"Paranoia is its own reward"


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