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Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Report

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This media briefing is a discussion about the report published by the unidentified anomalous phenomena independent study team we commissioned in 2022.

The team’s report aims to inform us on what possible data could be collected in the future to shed light on the nature and origin of UAPs. Briefing participants include:

· NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
· Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
· Dan Evans, assistant deputy associate administrator for research, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate
· David Spergel, president, Simons Foundation and chair of NASA’s UAP independent study team

The UAP independent study team is a counsel of 16 community experts across diverse areas on matters relevant to potential methods of study for UAP. We commissioned the nine-month study to examine UAP from a scientific perspective and create a roadmap for how to use data and the tools of science to move our understanding of UAP forward. Right now, the limited high-quality observations of UAP make it impossible to draw scientific conclusions from the data about the nature of such events.

stop making everything a covid discussion

sunni said:

stop making everything a covid discussion

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It is back again with the fall weather, so are new boosters, it's in the news and will be in discussions. Opinions vary and disinformation abounds.

On another topic, my favorite brand of tortillas is UOISSIW.

DIY-HP-LED said:

It is back again with the fall weather, so are new boosters, it's in the news and will be in discussions. Opinions vary and disinformation abounds.

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that doesnt matter.i asked people to stop making every thread about covid so stop.
we already had threads on the matter theyve been closed because people couldnt follow the rules
now we have people coming back into politics after a long break to just discuss and bring back up covid when they provide no other posts for months

So please stop engaging when iasked the discussion to stop

sunni said:

that doesnt matter.i asked people to stop making every thread about covid so stop.
we already had threads on the matter theyve been closed because people couldnt follow the rules
now we have people coming back into politics after a long break to just discuss and bring back up covid when they provide no other posts for months

So please stop engaging when iasked the discussion to stop

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Ok, if it's causing issues.

@sunni ... sorry, I missed the memo.

Wow! JWST Finds Possible Alien Biosignatures On K2-18b Water Planet

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Wow! JWST Finds Possible Alien Biosignatures On K2-18b Water Planet

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I read about that … the authors admitted the signal was marginally weak. Until they get a clean strong signal, I’m not sitting up.

Don't mess with my War Craft.

Video game company closes offices, cancels town hall due to death threat following pricing decision: reports
Video game software giant Unity has canceled an upcoming town hall over controversial pricing decisions citing death threats at two offices, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Unity, a game engine that serves as the foundation to tens of thousands of video game projects, announced Wednesday it will charge a developer 20 cents every time a game with their engine is downloaded starting Jan. 1.

The change garnered massive criticism from developers and gamers who fear the fees could bankrupt small developers and make free-to-play titles unprofitable.

The company said it was “made aware of a potential threat to some of our offices” and has “taken immediate and proactive measures to ensure the safety of our employees,” Bloomberg reported.

Unity originally planned a town hall to discuss the pricing decision with employees Thursday morning. The two offices under threat — in Austin, Texas, and San Francisco — were closed Thursday and will remain closed Friday, the company said, according to Bloomberg.
The 20 cent charge was initially believed to apply to any install of any game with Unity software, including pirated copies and re-installs from users who have already played the game before, but the company has since clarified that is not the case.

In a social media thread Wednesday following the backlash, Unity clarified that the fees would only apply to “those who have found a substantial scale in downloads and revenue and have reached both our install and revenue thresholds.” The company estimated that about 90 percent of users would not be affected.

The company also said that fees will not be applied for re-installs and pirated copies of games. It is unclear exactly what the thresholds to qualify for fees are.

Rival game software company Epic Games, developer of the Unreal Engine, only charges similar fees for projects that make more than $1 million in total revenue — exempting the smallest hobbyists and games entrepreneurs. Both software programs are free to use and feature assets and tools that can be purchased.

Some developers have already announced that they may avoid using the Unity engine in the future and opt for the company’s rivals, even if their games are not levied with fees.

“This decision puts us and countless other studios in a position where we might not be able to justify using Unity for our future titles,” indie developer Aggro Crab Games said in a statement Tuesday. “If these changes aren’t rolled back, we’ll be heavily considering abandoning our wealth of Unity experience we’ve accumulated over the years and starting from scratch in a new engine. Which is something we’d rather not do.”

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China halted spy balloon program some time after US downed device: report
China has reportedly stopped its spy balloon operations seven months after one of its balloons was spotted in skies above the U.S.
Sources familiar with China’s spy balloons told CNN that Chinese leaders have made the decision to not launch additional balloons after one was shot down by the U.S. in February. Since then, US officials have not seen any new launches, CNN reported.

Chinese embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told CNN that the incident in February was “unexpected” and “isolated.”
“Since the incident happened, China has stated repeatedly that the balloon is found to be an unmanned civilian airship used for meteorological and other research purposes, and that its accidental entry into US airspace is entirely an unexpected, isolated incident caused by force majeure,” Liu told CNN.

US intelligence officials said they think the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) didn’t intend for the balloon to cross skies in the United States. The balloon took off from the small Chinese province of Hainan and crossed into Alaska, Canada and downward toward Idaho and Montana.
American fighter jets shot down the balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. The FBI conducted an analysis of the balloon remnants and the Pentagon announced that no intelligence was gathered.

CNN reported that it is not known how long China will suspend its spy balloon operations. Christopher Johnson, a former senior China analyst at the CIA and current senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it might be dependent on how a potential meeting between President Biden and CCP leader Xi Jinping goes.

They’re each expected to be at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November.

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