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England is a Glorious Idea, Not a DNA Test

At the heart of the mass immigration debate is the question: can English culture survive without ancestral continuity of the population? Clive Pinder says ancestry is important, but ultimately England is not a DNA test.

The post England is a Glorious Idea, Not a DNA Test appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Two weeks before Starlink’s speed cap hit Ukraine’s drones, a Ukrainian test satellite went up on a SpaceX rocket

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A test satellite for a future communications network under Ukrainian control is working in orbit, Ukraine’s Himera and Denmark’s GomSpace said on 27 October. The companies say it will work for Ukraine’s strategic security, and that the long-term aim is to rely less on foreign communications providers. Public launch records for the mission do not list a satellite by that name, though some of its objects are still unidentified.

Ukraine fights Russia on satellite links it doesn’t control, and the announcement comes two weeks after it saw what depending on an outside provider can cost. The satellite, the companies say, went up on 1 October, before that trouble began. Overnight on 14 October, Starlink and its military version, Starshield, began dropping links on fast-moving terminals, and Ukrainian officials said the cap disrupted drone missions. On 24 October, 10 days after the cap began, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported speeds restored. Who ordered the cap remains contested. That same day, Elon Musk wrote that Ukraine’s military had violated Starlink’s terms of service and that “that loophole was closed last week,” a claim a Ukrainian presidential adviser disputed.

What the companies say, and what launch records show

Obria Nano flew on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission, the release said. Aalborg-based GomSpace built it on Himera’s order, Himera co-founder and CEO Misha Rudominski wrote on Facebook. He added that the team received the first signals the next day and that the satellite is now working. Its tests are meant to inform the design of the full Obria system, the release said.

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No satellite called Obria Nano appears on SpaceX’s published list for the mission, The Insider found. Public tracking catalogs show one Ukrainian satellite from that launch, named UASAT-Nano. Another 26 objects from the mission are still listed with placeholder names and no confirmed owner. The outlet said it is unclear whether the two names refer to one satellite.

UASAT-Nano is the satellite network Stetman, another Ukrainian company, is building, and its founder said the network’s first test satellite would launch in October. In April, Stetman and GomSpace agreed to set up a joint venture called UASAT and planned a first launch for fall 2026. The Obria release does not mention Stetman or UASAT.

Production in Ukraine is the stated next step

Rudominski wrote that Himera’s next stage is to produce satellites and ground terminals in Ukraine. He called it important not only to use the technology but also to gradually build domestic expertise and manufacturing.

“For us, this project is about more than launching a satellite. It is an opportunity to lay the foundation for an independent communications network for Ukraine,” Rudominski said in the release.

In the long run, the network would cover all of Ukraine and complement European satellite networks, the release said. The network does not exist yet, and Himera has given no timeline.

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“Trump and Musk must be held accountable”: US senator warns Starlink network failing over Ukraine could cripple its shield against Russian missiles and drones

Replacing Starlink will not be quick. Lance Hunter, a political scientist at Augusta University, told Time that Ukraine cannot quickly swap out such technology, since diversifying it “takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of resources.” Meanwhile, one Ukrainian interceptor-drone maker has begun rethinking its air-launched designs after the slowdown.

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How to regulate AI? Follow the harm

As artificial intelligence technologies grow ever more powerful, so do the risks they pose and with them the urgency of regulating AI. In July 2026, OpenAI’s advanced models hacked into AI company Hugging Face’s systems during internal cybersecurity evaluations by communicating through unauthorized channels and working around safeguards developers had imposed on the models. In […]

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Eisenkot and Netanyahu each vow to form next coalition, even as exit polls predict stalemate

Parties across the political spectrum celebrate, even though neither bloc has majority to form coalition without violating campaign promises; most urge patience until final votes counted
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El hallazgo de una gran muralla en La Almoloya amplía el misterio de la sociedad argárica: ¿por qué levantarla en una ciudad inexpugnable?

La sociedad argárica perduró unos 650 años (2200 a 1550 a. C.) y se extendió por un territorio de unos 35.000 kilómetros cuadrados en las actuales provincias de Murcia, Almería, Granada, Alicante, Jaén y Ciudad Real. Se desconocen las causas de la desaparición de esta sociedad que debatía sus problemas en una especie de parlamento (un espacio de deliberación política que numerosos expertos consideran el primero de la historia), estaba dividida en clases sociales, sufría una enorme violencia social, dominaba la orfebrería y habitaba ciudades encaramadas en altozanos fuertemente protegidos.

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Vista del farallón de La Almoloya que protegía a la ciudad desde el suroeste.Tapones de oro de lóbulo de oreja de la tumba 38 de La Almoloya.

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Imagen aérea de La Almoloya. En la parte inferior, primer tramo de muralla desenterrada.
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‘Snowfall’ Spinoff Boss Malcolm Spellman Lays Out Multi-Season Plan for ‘The Drop,’ Why Season One Was Just a “Dash of What’s Coming”

The showrunner of the FX drama about the rise of West Coast hip-hop explains how record labels will continue to have "all the leverage," the future of the romance between central characters Wanda (Gail Bean) and Leon (Isaiah John) and why ultimately the series is about family.
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Hollywood Power Players (Like Bela Bajaria and Richard Weitz) Toast Honorees David Nevins and Peter Friedlander at Milestone Saban Clinic Gala

Alex Edelman, Walton Goggins and Connie Britton livened up the A-list fundraiser, which featured powerful speeches from the night's honorees and an impromptu round of applause for Bajaria.
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