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More Cartilage, Blood Pressure Studies on Station as Crew Swap Preps Begin

July 7, 2026 3:40PM

Cartilage engineering and blood pressure studies to improve health on Earth and in space continued aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday.

The Expedition 74 crew members also serviced an experimental module, configured a temporary sleep station, and began preparing for the return to Earth of three crewmates.

Lab-grown cartilage tissues on Earth are subject to gravity resulting in lesser quality than samples engineered in the weightless environment of the orbital outpost.

NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir is helping scientists take advantage of microgravity to mimic how cartilage tissues are produced in the human body.

Meir continued processing the growing cartilage cells inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox for viewing inside a fluorescent microscope.

Observations from the biotechnology study may enable the engineering of more natural cartilage tissues than those produced on Earth leading to the advanced treatment and prevention of cartilage and joint injuries.

NASA flight engineer Jack Hathaway spent his day on maintenance and stowage inside BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, attached to the Tranquility module.

Hathaway first replaced batteries inside sensors that monitor BEAM’s internal and external condition. Next, he opened BEAM’s hatch and retrieved hardware from inside the experimental module that was installed on April 16, 2016.

Meir assisted Hathaway with the BEAM work during a break in her cartilage research.

NASA flight engineer Chris Williams, who will be returning to Earth soon with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, recorded a video message for European students describing the effects of microgravity and readjusting to Earth’s gravity.

Williams also worked inside the Quest airlock inspecting tethers and stowing tools that he and Meir used during a spacewalk on June 30.

He wrapped up his shift in the Columbus laboratory module replacing air ducts and measuring the airflow in an upgraded temporary sleep station in preparation for the arrival of a new crew next week.

Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) began her shift retrieving cartilage cell samples from an incubator and handing them over to Meir for her research.

Adenot then collected and analyzed her saliva samples using the Aphrodite portable device. The biomedical gear enables real-time, diagnostic health monitoring in space without sending samples back to Earth for analysis.

Next, she worked on orbital plumbing inside Tranquility then installed protective covers on sensitive scientific equipment inside Kibo.

Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev are preparing for their upcoming return to Earth with Williams aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.

The duo called down to Roscosmos mission controllers for a conference with the support personnel who will greet the trio after they complete their eight-month space research mission at the end of July.

The two cosmonauts then continued their cardiac research using light-based sensors and lasers on their skin to measure how blood flows in their tiny vessels, or the micro-circulatory system.

Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev spent most of his shift collecting station water and atmospheric moisture samples for analysis.

Fedyaev also checked the operation of life support equipment in the Zvezda service module and cleaned ventilation systems in the Zarya module.

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/07/07/more-cartilage-blood-pressure-studies-on-station-as-crew-swap-preps-begin/

moar NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/artemis-ii-crew-and-apollo-14-moon-tree/

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/notes-from-the-field/2026/07/07/keeping-pace-with-ocean-change/

https://www.stocktitan.net/news/RDW/former-merck-and-nasa-leaders-bring-strategic-expertise-to-space-md-9hdjz0bionih.html

https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-highlights-olathe-manufacturers-role-historic-artemis-ii-mission-moon

>>24803413

>Elon posted that WWG1WGA video again… 3rd time.

>>24803479

>>24803426

>>24803457

Anon's curious about convo.

Anon looks in area for Contractors

Several.

This one seems PATRIOTIC to anon.

If Anon owned a home, Anon would hire.

>>24803489

>>24803413

Ahem…

Try harder.

>>24803020

Pretty sure it happened 'cos of these guys and their book the Talmud.

>>24803400

>>24803497

Introducing the Effektiv Spenden "Defending Democracy" fund

Sebastian Schienle

Stephan Schwahlen

Sebastian Schienle, Stephan Schwahlen

2 min read·Feb 7, 2024

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On January 10, the media platform CORRECTIV published a report on a secret far-right meeting in Germany in November 2023. The report could mark a turning point. Since then, more than 2 million people have taken part in demonstrations against the extreme right and in defense of our democracy, making them some of the largest demonstrations in Germany in recent decades.

At Effektiv Spenden, we have long considered the defense and promotion of democracy to be an important cause area. And it has also received some (limited) attention in other parts of the EA community - see related materials e.g., from 80,000 hours (related topics here and here), Rethink Priorities; Founders Pledge; Open Philanthropy; EIP (via its focus on institutional decision-making); and forum posts here and here. However, a systematic mapping and - more importantly - evaluation of interventions is currently lacking, making it difficult to develop recommendations for effective giving.With the generous support of some of our donors, we have therefore helped to launch a new charity evaluator, Power for Democracies,to fill this gap.

To respond to the current surge of interest and momentum among both the general public in Germany and our donors, we feel a responsibility to share our initial findings - with all their limitations - in order to guide donors interested in supporting promising interventions that can make a difference in the short term in the specific German context. Therefore, we have launched a new fund called "Defending Democracy" on effektiv-spenden.org.

Despite the speculative nature of our recommendations and fund allocations, we believe we can:

Guide donors who are already committed to supporting this cause area to achieve significantly greater impact.

Encourage those (potential) donors who are interested in the cause area but have been reluctant to give due to the apparent lack of research and evidence-based recommendations.

Use the current momentum to introduce more donors to the concept of effective giving, and thereby create more effective giving overall.

However, we also see potential downside risks that could reduce our overall impact:

A dilution of the concept of effective giving overall by introducing a new cause area that is less well researched and currently more speculative. Low risk: While our understanding of the comparative impact of individual interventions is still limited, the literature is fairly clear on the critical importance of well-functioning democracies for maximizing key societal outcomes such as health and development, peace and security, scientific progress, or economic development. In addition, we launched the new fund as a "beta" version to help our donors understand the increased uncertainty.

A shift in donations from better-researched cause areas and interventions to our more speculative Democracy Fund. Medium risk: We expect the “beta” label to mitigate this risk as well. In addition, we explicitly communicate to our existing donors (e.g. through our newsletter) that we recommend the new fund only for additional donations and discourage the reallocation of existing or planned commitments.

Overall, we expect the benefits of the new fund to outweigh the potential risks. However, we will closely monitor if/how our new offering may divert funds from other cause areas and will continually reevaluate the need to make potential adjustments. (Including closing the fund if necessary).

If you have any questions or comments about the new fund, please feel free to contact us directly at info@effektiv-spenden.org. Similarly, if you are interested in exploring major giving to strengthen democracy internationally(and particularly in the U.S.), please also reach out to discuss if/how we might be able to assist you

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RRDAzpi6vS8ARvsDF/introducing-the-effektiv-spenden-defending-democracy-fund

Since the Iranians are so desperate to acquire Nukes. Then maybe we should send them one.

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Egypt are all out of the World Cup.

The only Muslim countries left are England and France.

POTUS IS LIVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9dzt7X16k

John Solomon / @jsolomonreports 07/08/2026 11:21:43

Truth Social: 116885035669771001

DOJ warns Oregon officials that they could face criminal charges if they allow noncitizens to vote

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/doj-warns-oregon-officials-they-could-face-criminal-charges-if-they-allow

https://truthsocial.com/@jsolomonreports/posts/116885035669771001

John Solomon / @jsolomonreports 07/08/2026 10:43:10

Truth Social: 116884884082692054

Trump vows to hit Iran 'hard' tonight

https://justthenews.com/government/security/trump-vows-hit-iran-hard-tonight

https://truthsocial.com/@jsolomonreports/posts/116884884082692054

President Trump Participates in a Press Conference, Jul. 8, 2026

Ankara, Turkey

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

Today, more than 20 U.S. Navy warships are patrolling waters across the Middle East as CENTCOM forces continue promoting regional security and stability. Last month, U.S. naval warships and aircraft transited the Arabian Sea in close formation, demonstrating unmatched American military strength and firepower.

07/08/2026 11:35:50

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2074880142665478337

^^^pov

John Solomon / @jsolomonreports 07/08/2026 09:36:51

Truth Social: 116884623317669178

Iran tests Trump in Hormuz by striking more ships, promises ‘special privileges’ to China

https://justthenews.com/government/diplomacy/iran-tests-trump-hormuz-striking-more-ships-promises-special-privileges-china

https://truthsocial.com/@jsolomonreports/posts/116884623317669178

Today, more than 20 U.S. Navy warships are patrolling waters across the Middle East as CENTCOM forces continue promoting regional security and stability. Last month, U.S. naval warships and aircraft transited the Arabian Sea in close formation, demonstrating unmatched American military strength and firepower.

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2074880142665478337

>>24803541

acting like a scorned cunt

John Solomon / @jsolomonreports 07/08/2026 09:35:19

Truth Social: 116884617240890579

Trump calls to cut off trade with Spain: 'Wasted cause'

https://justthenews.com/government/security/trump-calls-cut-trade-spain-wasted-cause

https://truthsocial.com/@jsolomonreports/posts/116884617240890579

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health

Jul 07, 2026

Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto.

On June 23, flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, confirmed New Horizons, acting on stored commands uplinked to its main computer last July, had safely awakened from a 321‑day hibernation period that began Aug. 7.

With the spacecraft now approximately 5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion kilometers) from Earth, the radio signals carrying that confirmation took about 8 hours and 52 minutes to reach the APL Mission Operations Center via NASA's Deep Space Network station near Madrid, Spain.

The mission team typically places New Horizons in resource‑saving hibernation mode during long cruise periods.

While the spacecraft is hibernating, operators do not send commands or retrieve data, but the spacecraft continues gathering and storing data around the clock from its heliospheric plasma sensors, Solar Wind at Pluto and the Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation, as well as its space dust detector, the Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter.

Alice Bowman, the New Horizons mission operations manager at APL, said the spacecraft reported back to Earth, via the Deep Space Network, with a weekly status beacon.

“Every status report through this hibernation period was ‘green,’ meaning all was well aboard New Horizons each and every week,” she said.

As New Horizons resumes active operations, Bowman noted, the team will begin downlinking spacecraft health and safety data, followed by data from the three scientific instruments.

In about three weeks, the spacecraft’s onboard Alice ultraviolet spectrograph will look at the hydrogen gas distribution in the outer heliosphere, while the Solar Wind at Pluto, the Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation, and the Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter instruments continue their measurements, and the ground team conducts a series of spacecraft and instrument checkouts.

The team also is completing upgrades to the ground‑system software that will make it easier to maintain operations of the spacecraft. Tests are already underway and are expected to continue through the year.

New Horizons is operating on updated autonomy logic designed for operations farther from the Sun and to accommodate the expected reduction in power and the naturally occurring increase in radio‑signal travel time.

The NASA spacecraft’s exploration of this distant region of the solar system marks the latest step in a journey that began in January 2006 with the fastest launch on record; a flyby of Jupiter in February 2007 that included stunning views of the gas giant and its moons; the first exploration through the Pluto system in July 2015; the first exploration of a Kuiper Belt object, Arrokoth, in January 2019, and unique studies of the Sun’s outer heliosphere and dozens of additional Kuiper Belt objects since then.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/new-horizons/nasas-new-horizons-spacecraft-wakes-from-hibernation-in-good-health/

even moar NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-transfers-hundred-acre-wood-to-patuxent-research-refuge/

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/cottonwood-fire-chars-utah/

https://www.theredstonerocket.com/news/article_2e7081cd-df48-4d04-ad0b-45f34104ba5a.html

https://www.space.com/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope/james-webb-space-telescope-celebrates-its-4th-birthday-with-stunning-image-of-a-galaxy-crash-site

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-uncovers-unusual-galaxy-shaped-by-cosmic-collision/

>>24803559

>ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!

Americans won’t forget: Republicans passed the largest tax cut in history while every Democrat voted against it.

President Trump & Republicans are rewarding hard work & restoring the American Dream by putting more money back in the pockets of those who earned it.

Jul 08, 2026, 11:44 AM

https://truthsocial.com/@WhiteHouse/posts/116885127058335687