"The only war #Trump had an exit plan for was Vietnam"

Via Jimmy Kimmel

Seems about right!

Sky Glows over Paranal Observatory
Image Credit & Copyright: Julien Looten

Explanation: Are lasers from giant telescopes being used to defend the Earth? No. Lasers shot from telescopes are now commonly used to help increase the accuracy of astronomical observations. In some directions, Earth atmosphere-induced fluctuations in starlight can indicate how the air mass over a telescope is changing, but in other directions, no bright star exists. In these directions, astronomers can create an artificial star with a laser. Subsequent observations of the artificial laser guide star can reveal information so detailed about the changing blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere that much of it can be removed by rapidly flexing a telescope's mirror. Such adaptive optics techniques allow high-resolution ground-based observations of real stars, planets, and nebulas. Pictured here, telescopes at Paranal Observatory in Chile study a colorful sky filled with green airglow and the Magellanic Clouds on the left, red airglow on the right, and the majestic central band of our Milky Way Galaxy arching across the center.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260310.html #apod

#Russia journalists visited #Vuhledar occupied by Russian army since 2024 and complain that the town is ruined, abandoned and devoid of any administration in spite of civilians living there (Russian audio, English/Polish subtitles). Just to be clear, this is Russian state media describing destruction brought to a town in Ukraine as part of Russian “liberation”.

https://video.echelon.pl/w/souZTJ8mFWGo4HvRrbEDdt