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  Autonomous Drone Warfare Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century Ukraine and Iran have shown us that war as we’ve known it is over. The future of high-tech warfare has arrived. Just look to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran to see how much drones and robots have remade the modern battlefield. Is the U.S. positioned to win wars in this new era? What are the ethical constraints of waging autonomous warfare? My guest this week is Christian Brose, the president and chief strategy officer of Anduril, a defense technology company building a slate of autonomous weapons and defense systems for the American military. You are the president and chief strategy officer of Anduril, which is a defense technology company that’s trying to be the hub — or a hub, at least — for autonomous warfare. But you’re also someone with a deeper background in national security and American government. You worked as a policy adviser to Condoleezza Rice, to John McCain, and you’re the author of a book about...

 

 

  Scientists Ditched a Scary Climate Scenario. What Now? - The New York Times While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated. GMD - The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP7 (ScenarioMIP-CMIP7)  an international team of researchers published a major revision of the emissions scenarios used to study global warming. When scientists try to model how hot Earth could get this century, they typically look at a range of possibilities for how much planet-warming pollution humans might pump into the atmosphere. These scenarios get updated every seven years or so. In this latest update, the researchers abandoned a dire — and often criticized — high-emissions scenario known as RCP8.5 that has been prominently cited in thousands of climate studies over the past decade. The authors said the scenario was now “implausible” given recent energy trends.  For years, critics...

  May 24 2026 Pentecost Sunday- Holy Mass - Pope Leo XIV Vatican News - English May 20 2026, General Audience - Pope Leo XIV Vatican News

  Pentecost Vigil Mass and Vespers 5.18.24 PENTECOST EVENING SONG     May 19, 2024  none PENTECOST MORNING PRAISE     May 19, 2024  none PENTECOST VIGIL     May 19, 2024   none PENTECOST EVENING PRAYER   May 28, 2023      Solemn Vespers on the Solemnity of Pentecost – May 28, 2023 National Shrine 5.30pm First Vespers of Pentecost  Sydney & 6pm Vigil Mass of Pentecost - 27th May 2023 PENTECOST MORNING PRAISE    May 28, 2023  None PENTECOST SCRIPTURE READINGS     PENTECOST VIGIL SCRIPTURE READINGS  May 28, 2023  none      May 27, 2023   God of Day and God of Darkness [M Haugen]  PENTECOST EVENING SONG    June 05, 2022   summary PENTECOST MORNING PRAISE   June 05, 2022  summary PENTECOST FIRST EVENING SONG    June 04, 2022 summary PENTECOST HYMNS OF THE SPIRIT   May 23, 2021...

  NewGathering: Pope Francis on the Elderly, i.e. Himself Saturday, March 8, 2025 On my Lake County Ohio Weal blog, I have published an extensive version of the article which includes summaries of all the hidden links included in the original article. I decide to give it a more popular and less theological title consistent with the original article. Old Age is Not a Disease NewGathering: "An Aging Boom for Catholicism" by John Allen Friday, January 23, 2026 In my LAKE COUNTY WEAL BLOG, I have written about all this in a post An "Aging Boom" for American Catholicism  You might want to read my WEAL post for its summary of the NCR 2007 article but you will definitely want to read the entire recent CRUX article, not just my summary. IT IS NOT BEHIND A PAYWALL. YES, YOU WILL BE INVITED BUT NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AND CONTRIBUTE. Rapid Aging of Society  Creates Potential "Boom Cycle" for Catholicism You might also want to read Pope Leo's original address to...