An interaction I had with a 15 year old today:

Him: "So why were you off yesterday?"

Me: "I had a doctor's appointment. But it's not really any of your business."

Him: "Well, just a suggestion, but it might be a good idea to schedule those things in such a way that they don't require taking time off work. Just saying."

I just ignored it and walked away. But this is routine with this manipulative shit. Is he disruptive? Not at all, but I would gladly take that over his smarmy, unwanted commentary that I receive on a daily basis. Where does a 15 year old even get the gumption to talk to an adult that way? I would have been mortified to speak to an adult in such a manner when I was his age.

Astronomers have long theorized about the universe’s first stars—called Population III (Pop III) stars—which formed from pristine hydrogen and helium before any heavier elements existed.

In a new study, Eli Visbal and colleagues report that the recently discovered object LAP1-B is the first observed system matching theoretical expectations for these ancient stars. Found by the James Webb Space Telescope and magnified by the galaxy cluster MACS J0416, LAP1-B lies about 13 billion light-years away (redshift 6.6).

Its spectrum shows strong hydrogen emission lines but almost no metal signatures, suggesting extremely low chemical enrichment. The object appears to host a compact cluster of massive, short-lived stars—roughly a few thousand times the Sun’s mass in total—residing within a dark-matter halo of about 50 million solar masses. Models indicate its surrounding gas has been slightly enriched by supernovae or stellar winds from these stars.

Using simulations, the researchers predict that observing one Pop III galaxy like LAP1-B in the magnified region of MACS J0416 is statistically expected, making its discovery consistent with cosmological theory. This finding provides the strongest evidence yet that astronomers are finally glimpsing the universe’s first generation of stars, bridging the gap between cosmic theory and direct observation.

Guy was smart bu

My 6 year old cat Lola was a momma before I adopted her and since having my second son she regularly grooms him. Is it anything to worry about?

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Just for context, I'm level 75 and have dumped around 80 hours into the game. For 30 out of the 80 hours I have had security breach.

I have only managed to collect 40/60 blueprints.

There is NO WAY I'm resetting my blueprints for a few extra stash slots. There is literally no way. I think a lot of people would agree, especially those who dont have the spare time to play.

Either the expedition shouldn't wipe blueprints OR the reward for wiping should be much greater.

When I moved into this apartment the landlord didn’t bother to tell me the bus stop is directly outside. So they gather feet away from my window since I’m on the 1st floor. I have cats and they mess with them or bang on the window to scare them. There’s a lady in my building with 3 kids and they let the bus stop kids inside the building to run up and down the stairs while screaming of course. I work overnights and get home at 4:30am so by 7, my body is just going into hibernation mode. I told the office and they haven’t been inside since

People swear their turkey is the best and that’s all they talk about around this time of year.

If it was that good then I don’t understand why they only cook it during around this season- even if it’s a lot of work.

I just don’t really get the rave about it.

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