News Burst 7 November 2024
>> Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said. The lawsuit alleges TikTok’s algorithm exposed the seven teenagers to videos promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion told broadcaster Franceinfo on Monday. The families are taking joint legal action in the Créteil judicial court in Paris. Boutron-Marmion said it was the first such grouped case in Europe. “The parents want TikTok’s legal liability to be recognised in court,” she said, adding: “This is a commercial company offering a product to consumers who are, in addition, minors. They must, therefore, answer for the product’s shortcomings.” TikTok, like other social media platforms, has long faced scrutiny over the policing of content on its app.
>> After Donald Trump’s historic comeback last night, the ‘vibes’ coming from the left are a mixture of somber resignation and disbelief. According to Decision Desk HQ, the odds of a sweep stand at 79.4%. After a blowout victory by Trump in the presidential race – not just in the electoral vote but the popular vote as well, one which casts a huge question mark on those mistery 16 million “Biden votes.”
>> American liberty movement icon Ron Paul has warned that Globalists doing their best to sabotage second Trump term. The longtime Texas GOP Congressman has told Donald Trump to beware of neocons infiltrating his administration.
>> Google has admitted that its search engine provided US voters with data on where they could vote for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris but failed to inform them of where they could cast a ballot for Republican Donald Trump. Social media users noticed that when the phrase “Where can I vote for Harris?” was entered into Google, they were allowed to input their address to determine the closest voting location and refer to an interactive map of polling stations. However, if they typed in “Where can I vote for Trump?” no such information was given, and the user was only offered news stories about the election. The discrepancy triggered a barrage of criticism, including from X owner and Trump supporter Elon Musk, who posted on his platform: “Are others seeing this too?” Some users were quick to accuse Google of spreading “leftist trash propaganda” and of being guilty of “election interference.”
>> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined other world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump on his “historic victory” in the US presidential election. In a post on X, Modi referred to the Republican as a “friend,” reflecting the widely accepted personal camaraderie between the two leaders that emerged during Trump’s previous presidential term. “Heartiest congratulations my friend @realDonaldTrump on your historic election victory,” Modi said, adding that he looks forward to “renewing our collaboration” to further strengthen the partnership between the two countries. “Together, let’s work for the betterment of our people and to promote global peace, stability, and prosperity.”
>> Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said he will seek to improve government efficiency by reducing the number of federal agencies if he is given a role in Donald Trump’s administration. Musk, a staunch Trump supporter, made the remarks during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s online show broadcast from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, the day of the election. Despite initially proclaiming political neutrality, Musk officially endorsed Trump after the first assassination attempt in July and has since become a major supporter of the former president. Trump promised the Tesla CEO that he would establish a special “government efficiency” commission, dubbed the DOGE, to be headed by the billionaire if he wins the election.
>> Trump advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has announced that Trump is planning a series of arrests of ‘Deep State traitors’ who betrayed the American people. During an appearance on Infowars, Flynn declared: “We have to do this under the rule of law, something that the left has totally abused, and we have to do this peacefully, we have to do this smartly and we have to do this in a very disciplined manner.”
>> During a powerful victory speech, Trump pledged that his second administration would usher in a new “golden age of America”. RT reports: While his celebratory speech focused on domestic policies, Trump also said the country needs “a strong and powerful military, and ideally we don’t have to use it.” During his first term from 2017 to 2021, he claimed “we had no wars” in the sense that the US engaged in virtually no new major armed conflicts.
>> The fact that Americans voted for Donald Trump is “a clear sign that they want change from the last four years” of the Biden-Harris administration, Maloof said. He added that Vice President J.D. Vance “will certainly implement those policies as well and will probably be given a lot of tasks once they take office for the implementation of a lot of these policies.” On Ukraine, “It’s clear to me that [Donald Trump] does not want to continue funding [the Zelensky regime]. He does not want to continue a proxy war. He doesn’t want any wars because during his first administration, there were no wars. And this is one of the dramatic things that people don’t realize – as opposed to the Biden administration – that we’ve poured hundreds of billions of dollars into war,” Maloof stressed.
>> A tiny puncture discovered in the solar panel of a small satellite orbiting Earth highlights the seriousness of the orbital clutter problem. Lithuania-based satellite manufacturer NanoAvionics discovered the 0.24-inch-wide (6-millimeter) hole in footage captured by an on-board camera of its MP42 satellite, which has been orbiting the planet since April 2022. The satellite captured the image on Oct 24, and NanoAvionics released it on X on Wednesday, Oct 30. Moreover, the hole is so small it caused no measurable drop in the solar panel’s electricity output.
>> The world’s first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov. 5) aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. LignoSat measures just 4 inches (10 centimeters) on each side, but it could end up having a big impact on spaceflight and exploration down the road. “While some of you might think that wood in space seems a little counterintuitive, researchers hope this investigation demonstrates that a wooden satellite can be more sustainable and less polluting for the environment than conventional satellites,” Meghan Everett, the deputy chief scientist for NASA’s International Space Station program, said in a press briefing, a few hours before the Dragon capsule lifted off.
>> Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus — the spacecraft’s final maneuver around the amber planet — in a flyby that will nudge the probe on a trajectory that will take it within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface. That will be the closest that any human-built object has come to our star. “We are basically almost landing on a star,” Nour Raouafi, an astrophysicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and project scientist for the Parker Solar Probe mission, said. The Parker Solar Probe, which is about the size of a small car, launched in 2018 on a daring mission to “touch” the sun. Scientists were hoping that it’d decode some of the hottest mysteries about our star, such as why the corona, the outermost layer of the sun’s tenuous atmosphere, gets hundreds of times hotter the farther it stretches from the sun’s surface. Indeed, the probe has already started unraveling some of these puzzles.
>> Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 million years ago. This observation marks the first time such synchronized star formation has been spotted in an old galaxy, and challenges the idea that star formation declines as galaxies age. The newfound star clusters skirt the heart of NGC 1386, a spiral galaxy swirling roughly 53 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus.
>> Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said. The lawsuit alleges TikTok’s algorithm exposed the seven teenagers to videos promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion told broadcaster Franceinfo on Monday. The families are taking joint legal action in the Créteil judicial court in Paris. Boutron-Marmion said it was the first such grouped case in Europe. “The parents want TikTok’s legal liability to be recognised in court,” she said, adding: “This is a commercial company offering a product to consumers who are, in addition, minors. They must, therefore, answer for the product’s shortcomings.” TikTok, like other social media platforms, has long faced scrutiny over the policing of content on its app.
>> After Donald Trump’s historic comeback last night, the ‘vibes’ coming from the left are a mixture of somber resignation and disbelief. According to Decision Desk HQ, the odds of a sweep stand at 79.4%. After a blowout victory by Trump in the presidential race – not just in the electoral vote but the popular vote as well, one which casts a huge question mark on those mistery 16 million “Biden votes.”
>> American liberty movement icon Ron Paul has warned that Globalists doing their best to sabotage second Trump term. The longtime Texas GOP Congressman has told Donald Trump to beware of neocons infiltrating his administration.
>> Google has admitted that its search engine provided US voters with data on where they could vote for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris but failed to inform them of where they could cast a ballot for Republican Donald Trump. Social media users noticed that when the phrase “Where can I vote for Harris?” was entered into Google, they were allowed to input their address to determine the closest voting location and refer to an interactive map of polling stations. However, if they typed in “Where can I vote for Trump?” no such information was given, and the user was only offered news stories about the election. The discrepancy triggered a barrage of criticism, including from X owner and Trump supporter Elon Musk, who posted on his platform: “Are others seeing this too?” Some users were quick to accuse Google of spreading “leftist trash propaganda” and of being guilty of “election interference.”
>> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined other world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump on his “historic victory” in the US presidential election. In a post on X, Modi referred to the Republican as a “friend,” reflecting the widely accepted personal camaraderie between the two leaders that emerged during Trump’s previous presidential term. “Heartiest congratulations my friend @realDonaldTrump on your historic election victory,” Modi said, adding that he looks forward to “renewing our collaboration” to further strengthen the partnership between the two countries. “Together, let’s work for the betterment of our people and to promote global peace, stability, and prosperity.”
>> Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said he will seek to improve government efficiency by reducing the number of federal agencies if he is given a role in Donald Trump’s administration. Musk, a staunch Trump supporter, made the remarks during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s online show broadcast from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, the day of the election. Despite initially proclaiming political neutrality, Musk officially endorsed Trump after the first assassination attempt in July and has since become a major supporter of the former president. Trump promised the Tesla CEO that he would establish a special “government efficiency” commission, dubbed the DOGE, to be headed by the billionaire if he wins the election.
>> Trump advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has announced that Trump is planning a series of arrests of ‘Deep State traitors’ who betrayed the American people. During an appearance on Infowars, Flynn declared: “We have to do this under the rule of law, something that the left has totally abused, and we have to do this peacefully, we have to do this smartly and we have to do this in a very disciplined manner.”
>> During a powerful victory speech, Trump pledged that his second administration would usher in a new “golden age of America”. RT reports: While his celebratory speech focused on domestic policies, Trump also said the country needs “a strong and powerful military, and ideally we don’t have to use it.” During his first term from 2017 to 2021, he claimed “we had no wars” in the sense that the US engaged in virtually no new major armed conflicts.
>> The fact that Americans voted for Donald Trump is “a clear sign that they want change from the last four years” of the Biden-Harris administration, Maloof said. He added that Vice President J.D. Vance “will certainly implement those policies as well and will probably be given a lot of tasks once they take office for the implementation of a lot of these policies.” On Ukraine, “It’s clear to me that [Donald Trump] does not want to continue funding [the Zelensky regime]. He does not want to continue a proxy war. He doesn’t want any wars because during his first administration, there were no wars. And this is one of the dramatic things that people don’t realize – as opposed to the Biden administration – that we’ve poured hundreds of billions of dollars into war,” Maloof stressed.
>> A tiny puncture discovered in the solar panel of a small satellite orbiting Earth highlights the seriousness of the orbital clutter problem. Lithuania-based satellite manufacturer NanoAvionics discovered the 0.24-inch-wide (6-millimeter) hole in footage captured by an on-board camera of its MP42 satellite, which has been orbiting the planet since April 2022. The satellite captured the image on Oct 24, and NanoAvionics released it on X on Wednesday, Oct 30. Moreover, the hole is so small it caused no measurable drop in the solar panel’s electricity output.
>> The world’s first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov. 5) aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. LignoSat measures just 4 inches (10 centimeters) on each side, but it could end up having a big impact on spaceflight and exploration down the road. “While some of you might think that wood in space seems a little counterintuitive, researchers hope this investigation demonstrates that a wooden satellite can be more sustainable and less polluting for the environment than conventional satellites,” Meghan Everett, the deputy chief scientist for NASA’s International Space Station program, said in a press briefing, a few hours before the Dragon capsule lifted off.
>> Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus — the spacecraft’s final maneuver around the amber planet — in a flyby that will nudge the probe on a trajectory that will take it within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface. That will be the closest that any human-built object has come to our star. “We are basically almost landing on a star,” Nour Raouafi, an astrophysicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and project scientist for the Parker Solar Probe mission, said. The Parker Solar Probe, which is about the size of a small car, launched in 2018 on a daring mission to “touch” the sun. Scientists were hoping that it’d decode some of the hottest mysteries about our star, such as why the corona, the outermost layer of the sun’s tenuous atmosphere, gets hundreds of times hotter the farther it stretches from the sun’s surface. Indeed, the probe has already started unraveling some of these puzzles.
>> Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 million years ago. This observation marks the first time such synchronized star formation has been spotted in an old galaxy, and challenges the idea that star formation declines as galaxies age. The newfound star clusters skirt the heart of NGC 1386, a spiral galaxy swirling roughly 53 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus.
