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@idoubtit https://apnews.com/article/ufo-extraterrestrials-flying-saucer-trump-hollywood-film-b529dafa810051226842b49523fdab77

Hollywood crafts narrative on visitors from space

Hollywood has driven how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads. But fiction soon could be separated from — or revealed as — fact if government agencies release secreted files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs as called for last month by President Donald Trump. Duke University professor Priscilla Wald says the science fiction genre has shaped how people think about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. Retired Navy Rear Admiral Timothy Gallaudet has been pushing for the government to release what it knows about unidentified flying objects and unidentified aerial phenomena. He says Hollywood long has been preparing the public for the possibility of intelligent alien life visiting Earth.

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hardindr 1d ago

@idoubtit https://apnews.com/article/extraterrestrials-ufo-uap-trump-obama-files-708d44143b6fdec9a85464655ca9d78d

We wonder about aliens in UFOs. Do they wonder about us?

For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us? Theoretical physicist Avi Loeb says that due to how humans treat one another, visitors from other planets might be disappointed at what they find here. The debate on whether little green men or UFOs are among us heated up in February when former President Barack Obama responding to podcaster’s question, said aliens are “real,” but he ”hasn’t seen them” and “they’re not being kept at Area 51.” Not to be outdone, President Donald Trump later announced on social media that he was directing release of government files because of “tremendous interest.”

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hardindr 1d ago

Kevin Beaumont 2d ago

Microsoft Copilot terms of service have been updated to include this gem: "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/copilot_terms_of_service/

Even Microsoft knows Copilot shouldn't be trusted with anything important

: Terms admit it is for entertainment only and may get things wrong

The Register

hardindr 1d ago

BBC News 2d ago

Researchers spent years interviewing 160 Bigfoot hunters - this is what they learnt
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg58ydn4jpo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Cardiff lecturer interviews 160 Bigfoot hunters over three years

There have been thousands of reported Bigfoot sightings since it rose to prominence in the 1960s.

hardindr 1d ago

@idoubtit https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg58ydn4jpo

Cardiff lecturer interviews 160 Bigfoot hunters over three years

There have been thousands of reported Bigfoot sightings since it rose to prominence in the 1960s.

hardindr 1d ago

The Conversation U.S.2d ago

Cash aid isn’t a solution for homelessness.

An experiment in giving homeless people $750 didn’t move the needle. To reduce homelessness, payments likely need to be larger, last longer—or both—and come close to covering a full month’s rent locally, explains a professor of social and health policy.

https://theconversation.com/getting-750-a-month-didnt-end-homelessness-but-our-study-shows-it-still-improved-the-lives-of-homeless-people-278141

Getting $750 a month didn’t end homelessness – but our study shows it still improved the lives of homeless people

The study found that regularly getting cash made it easier for many homeless people to meet their immediate and personal needs.

The Conversation

hardindr 2d ago

The Conversation U.S.2d ago

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2, quietly circulating since late 2024, is now spreading rapidly across the U.S.

Current vaccines aren’t a close match, raising the risks, explains a pulmonary and critical care doctor, who reminds us to wash our hands.
https://theconversation.com/covid-19-variant-ba-3-2-is-spreading-quickly-across-us-a-doctor-explains-what-you-need-to-know-279447

https://theconversation.com/covid-19-variant-ba-3-2-is-spreading-quickly-across-us-a-doctor-explains-what-you-need-to-know-279447

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 is spreading quickly across US – a doctor explains what you need to know

The current COVID-19 vaccine does not match the strain that’s now becoming dominant in the US, which could lead to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

The Conversation

hardindr 2d ago

The Skeptic magazine 4d ago

Doing (a Long) Time: sentence inflation and the prison crisis

Each high-profile crime produces calls for longer prison sentences - resulting in overcrowded prisons more and more full of men with no hope of release

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/doing-a-long-time-sentence-inflation-and-the-prison-crisis/

#Crime

hardindr 2d ago

RE: https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/opinion-3eu4n9eez/-/a-NIh0Z-PXT_mPqEY7zDya5w%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0

Why does the NY Times keep publishing this clown?

hardindr 2d ago

Associated Press 5d ago

Taiwan Olympic boxing champ involved in gender debate wins first bout at Asian titles
https://apnews.com/article/lin-yuting-boxing-gender-olympics-32d906c7daf238565feb076fc1c8f75a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Olympic boxing champ involved in gender debate wins first bout at Asian titles

Lin Yu-ting, a boxing gold medalist at the center of a gender controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has won her first international bout since then at the Asian championships in Mongolia. Lin was Taiwan's first Olympic boxing champion but she wasn't cleared to compete at the Asian titles by World Boxing until less than two weeks ago. World Boxing says she passed a gene test. Lin beat Thananya Somnuek of Thailand 5-0 in the round of 16 of the 60-kilogram division. That earned Lin a quarterfinal against division favorite Ayaka Taguchi of Japan.

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