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Silent magnetosphere spacecraft starts talking to controllers again

Half of TRACERS satellite duo tripped up by power problems

After a month of receiving the silent treatment, controllers have regained contact with a TRACERS spacecraft that went offline shortly after launch.…

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Vibrant Portraits in Tim Flach’s ‘Feline’ Celebrate Our Enduring Love for Cats

Vibrant Portraits in Tim Flach’s ‘Feline’ Celebrate Our Enduring Love for Cats

Through the lens of Tim Flach, exotic bird species, farm animals, and our canine companions brim with personality. Through books like Dogs, Endangered, and Birds, he highlights familiar animals alongside wildlife we don’t often get the chance to meet face-to-face (thankfully, in some cases). Flach’s vibrant bird portraits and projects centered around the human relationship with animals give us the chance to admire feathered and furry creatures up-close in striking compositions.

Forthcoming from Abrams later next month, Flach’s new book, Feline, celebrates our unending love for cats of all varieties. From domestic shorthairs to sleek purebreds to regal big cats, these beloved animals are captured in vibrant detail to illustrate their expansive range of textures, colors, sizes, and behaviors—and don’t forget the toe beans.

a photo by Tim Flach of a sleek, long-haired, orange-and-white cat as it stretches

Feline contains more than 170 photographs, including information about different breeds, their evolution, and why they’ve captured our hearts and imaginations for millennia. “Flach explores this deep, sometimes one-sided but always enduring bond, revealing the many identities of cats—from their sacred status in ancient cultures to their viral superstardom in the digital age,” the publisher says.

Slated for release on October 21, you can pre-order Feline on Bookshop. See more of Flach’s work on his website, and follow updates on Instagram.

a photo by Tim Flach of a sleek, long-haired, white cat
a spread from the book 'Feline' by Tim Flach featuring a photo of a leaping orange cat
a close-up photo of a cat's eye and nose by Tim Flach of
a photo by Tim Flach of a spotted wild cat
a spread from the book 'Feline' by Tim Flach featuring a photo of a cat's paw pads
a photo by Tim Flach of a lion's scrunched face
a photo by Tim Flach of a sleek, hairless, gray cat running on a wheel
the cover of the book 'Feline' by Tim Flach featuring a photo of a cat with a mask-like black spot over its eyes

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Acht moskeeën ontvangen "met 'bloed' besmeurde haatbrieven"

Goedemiddag hoe is het met uw sociale weefsel. Acht moskeeën te Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Arnhem en Den Haag ontvingen afgelopen week bepaald onaangename briefpost. Het AD schrijft: "‘Islam is geen haar beter dan nazisme’ én ‘De islam moet dood’. De brief, met rode vlekken die op bloed lijken, werd vorige week ontvangen door de Ayasofya-moskee in Rotterdam-West. Op de brief staat ook een spotprent van de profeet Mohammed. De brief, in elkaar gezet met uitgeknipte koranverzen, is bewust verstuurd op de dag dat moslims de geboorte van de profeet vieren."

Zeven andere moskeeën ontvingen daarna "dezelfde" brief. De Essalam-moskee in Rotterdam ontving naast deze brief ook een "_een dvd met de tekst ‘_Last day of Islam in Europe’ erop." Vijf van de aangeschreven moskeeën zijn aangesloten bij het Turkse ministerie Diyanet. Zeer ernstig allemaal, en bovendien zeker niet de eerste keer. Gelukkig gaan moslimjongeren nu elk half jaar "met het kabinet in gesprek" en gaat het Ministerie van Binnenlandse zaken voor het eerst "de maatregelen tegen moslimdiscriminatie coördineren."


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Found Kodachrome Slide

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Found Kodachrome Slide

date stamped on slide July 1959

And Take Me Home

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And Take Me Home

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Amsterdamse AEX-index gaat met winst weekend in

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De AEX-index op de aandelenbeurs in Amsterdam is vrijdag met winst het weekend ingegaan, waarmee werd voortgeborduurd op de plus van een dag eerder. Het sentiment onder beleggers op het Damrak werd vooral gesteund door de nieuwe recordstanden op Wall Street.

De AEX eindigde 0,4 procent hoger op 908,89 punten. De MidKap daalde 0,1 procent tot 897,86 punten. De aandelenmarkten in Frankfurt en Parijs waren vrijwel onveranderd. Londen zakte 0,2 procent.

De recordopmars op Wall Street wordt mede gestuwd door de verwachting dat de Amerikaanse centrale bank volgende week gaat beginnen met het verlagen van de rente om de economie van de Verenigde Staten te steunen. De Federal Reserve neemt komende woensdag een rentebesluit. Mogelijk volgen dan later dit jaar meer renteverlagingen door de Fed.