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NASA has chosen 18 technology proposals for its Innovative Advanced Concepts awards to help turn some out-of-the-box ideas into out-of-this-world research.

Source: Launching 10,000 tiny 'femtosats' to Saturn? NASA funds 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas

This Canal System Transformed Arizona. It’s Now in Jeopardy.
Decades ago, the state won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/arizona-canals-colorado-river.html

How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/business/schools-big-tech-google-microsoft.html

Twitter Broke the Left. X Will Break the Right.
Democrats paid a price for forming their politics on Twitter; the right will pay a price for forming theirs on X.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/opinion/twitter-x-woke-1-elon-musk.html

U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations
Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney said he would retaliate “dollar for dollar.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/world/canada/canada-us-trade-war-trump-carney.html

What Canadian Goods Will Take Trump’s 50% Tariffs? Some Pretty Strange Items.
Buoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canada are now more expensive for U.S. shoppers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/world/canada/canadian-goods-trump-tariffs-items-list.html

Wind Speed Probabilities last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:28:33 GMT

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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/jeffries-kushner-private-meeting.html

The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms
With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/data-centers-midterm-elections.html

The Midterms Feel Like 2006 All Over Again
With an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/midterms-feel-like-2006-all-over-again.html

Echoing Trump, Latin America’s Leaders Boost Allies Across Borders
With cheers, endorsements and insults for rivals and “wokismo,” a new crop of right-wing leaders are openly stepping into one another’s elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/world/americas/latin-america-leaders-trump.html

Someone Was Impersonating Collien Fernandes Online. She Says It Was Her Husband.
The German actress Collien Fernandes set out to discover who was pretending to be her online and sending men sexually explicit material. Her answer ignited a feminist movement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/magazine/collien-fernandes-impersonators-germany-metoo.html

Wildfires Are Turning Forests in the American West Into Shrubland
Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/climate/wildfire-forest-loss-california-southwest.html

The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War
For Florida-based Powerus, becoming a global supplier of counterdrone technology has meant involving the Trumps, a golf course and a new way of doing business.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/business/powerus-counter-drone-iran-war.html

Initial and Forecast Surface Winds. Shapefile last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:46:29 GMT

Source: Advisory #044 Wind Field [shp] - Tropical Storm Lala (CP2/CP012026)

Track, Points, and Wind Swath. Shapefile last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:46:21 GMT

Source: Preliminary Best Track [shp] - Tropical Storm Lala (CP2/CP012026)

KMZ last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:46:18 GMT

Source: Preliminary Best Track [kmz] - Tropical Storm Lala (CP2/CP012026)

Forecast Track, Cone of Uncertainty, Watches/Warnings. Shapefile last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:46:11 GMT

Source: Advisory #044 Forecast [shp] - Tropical Storm Lala (CP2/CP012026)

KMZ last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:46:08 GMT

Source: Advisory #044 Forecast Track [kmz] - Tropical Storm Lala (CP2/CP012026)

KMZ last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:46:01 GMT

Source: Advisory #044 Cone of Uncertainty [kmz] - Tropical Storm Lala (CP2/CP012026)

Initial and Forecast Surface Winds. Shapefile last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:45:22 GMT

Source: Advisory #012 Wind Field [shp] - Tropical Storm Moke (CP3/CP022026)

Track, Points, and Wind Swath. Shapefile last updated Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:45:14 GMT

Source: Preliminary Best Track [shp] - Tropical Storm Moke (CP3/CP022026)