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Before the NATO Summit, US defense spending as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) was 2.9 percent of GDP in 2025. That target is now 5% (3.5% military, 1.5% defense infrastructure) by 2035, a shortfall of $500 billion in 2025 USD. #USA #NATOSummit #defense www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

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At the 2025 NATO Summit, Canada pledged to increase defense spending from 2-2.5% to 5% of GDP (3.5% military, 1.5% infrastructure) by 2035, focusing on military modernization, Arctic security, and support for Ukraine, marking its biggest defense ramp-up since WWII. #Canada #NATOSummit #defense

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Museum of Prehistoric and Early History, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #museum #prehistoric #Weimar #Germany Websites: alt-thueringen.com/museum/dauer... sites.tlda.de/museum-weima...

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Our food is contaminated with microplastics from packaging, cutting boards, bottles and caps, to all fish, raising health alarms. AMA urges more research, exposure guidelines, and public education. #microplastics #health #risks thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/06... www.ama-assn.org/system/files...

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Wild horses, Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, USA Website: visitassateagueisland.com/wp-content/u... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #horses #Assateague #Maryland #Virginia

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Spotlight on the gut-brain axis A rapid expansion of new discoveries and knowledge lays the foundation for a new era in medicine erictopol.substack.com/p/the-gut-br...

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Truth and love will overcome lies and hatred. - Vaclav Havel #quotation #truth #love

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Flam Railway, Flam And Myrdal, Norway Website: cdn.sanity.io/images/4aans... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Flam #Railway #Norway

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Waterfall, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Website: www.reisjunk.nl/wp-content/u... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #waterfall #Ubud #Bali #Indonesia

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Canada’s 40-year old preventive health guideline process (CTFPHC) will be modernized with an equity focus, expert/patient input, living updates, clearer mandate, stronger governance, local adaptability, and national coordination. #medicine #prevention #Canada #CTFPHC www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

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Recent study presented by K. Maki PhD at the Nutrition25 meeting in Orlando found that higher blood levels of linoleic acid, an omega-6 fat in seed oils, are linked to lower inflammation and better heart and diabetes risk profiles, challenging claims that seed oils harm health. #science #seedoils

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Corsewall Lighthouse, Dumfries, Scotland, UK Website: static.wixstatic.com/media/fb30c2... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Lighthouse #Dumfries #Scotland

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Canadian PM Mark Carney’s G-7 closing statement, “Nostalgia is not a strategy,” signaled increasing multilateral trade in the future, with a changing international order where middle powers like Canada will play a more significant role. g7.canada.ca/en/news-and-... youtu.be/H3-SiQibfgM

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Mount Fuji as seen from the International Space Station. -Credits: NASA

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#London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street, to boost tourism, jobs, and investment. There is strong public and retailer support, though some worry about traffic increasing on Wigmore and other nearby streets. I used to live on Marylebone Lane and think this is a great idea.

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"Businesses should be cautious about broadly increasing the level of permission they give AI agents." - Aengus Lynch, researcher, University College London #technology #Agentic #AI #risk www.axios.com/2025/06/20/a...

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Beruni metro station, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Website: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Tashkent #metro #Uzbekistan

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In case you hadn’t heard, a recent massive data breach exposed 16 billion login credentials for platforms like Apple, Google, and Facebook. This is the largest leak in history and a “blueprint for mass exploitation.” Password changes and 2-factor authentication are recommended.

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CDC: Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) can be caused by nursing pillows, a suffocation hazard. Nursing pillows are to support infants during feeding, not for sleep. They were present in 99% of bed-sharing SUIDs. Please pass this information on new mothers. #medicine #nursing #baby #death #SUID

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FDA recently approved Teztugo (lenacapavir), the first twice-yearly injectable HIV PrEP for US adults/adolescents, a major step for HIV prevention. Pricing has not yet been set, but will likely be several thousand dollars per injection in the US. www.fda.gov/news-events/... #science #medicine #HIV

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The Great Mosque of Kairouan, Kairouan, Tunisia Website: admin.tunisiepromo.tn/uploads/Voya... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Tunisia #Kairouan #mosque

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We live in an age of reason, and an age of ignorance. An age of creativity and an age of destruction. An age requiring scientific decisions, and an age of opinions. Our age needs innovation and STEM education. - idea from Joe Schwarcz PhD, McGill University #science #innovation

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As sun triumphs over shadow, human ingenuity lights the path to a cleaner and sustainable future.

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Solar generates 11% of EU electricity, beating coal for the first time. Renewables hit 47%, cutting fossil reliance and boosting energy security. 7 countries powered exclusively by renewables include the Vatican. #energy #renewable #solar #Europe #Vatican www.solarpowereurope.org/news/solar-o...

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Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania Website: images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Ngorongoro #Tanzania

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Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France Website: a.travel-assets.com/findyours-ph... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Dijon #France

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G7 leaders this week backed Ukraine with aid, secured mineral & AI supply chains, countered foreign interference, and called for a Mideast ceasefire. In his summation, Canada’s Mark Carney called for a new era of G7 cooperation to build resilience against global shocks and build a new world order.

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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A battery of barracudas, Sipadan, Malaysia Website: www.scubadiving.com/sites/defaul... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Barracuda #GreatBarrierReef #Queensland #Australia

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SpaceX Starlink 15-9 launch this evening from Vandenberg in California, 560 miles away, appearing over the Scottsdale mountains, taken from our front yard in Arizona. I do not know what the green squiggle or the white bar are. The next VSFB launch is June 20 at 2:19 pm. www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil

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Sand and sea, Sandals, Curaçao, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Website: www.sandals.com/blog/content... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Willemstad #Curaçao #LesserAntilles #Caribbean

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Runway safety technology featuring aural and visual cockpit alerts to reduce runway incidents has been installed on 700 commercial aircraft, most recently Southwest Airlines’ Boeing 737 fleet. With 27,000 flights/day, wider airline adoption is needed. #technology #aircraft #runway #safety #airline

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This Chinese paper describes the use of membrane-tethered IL-12 (mtIL12) adjuvant mRNA vaccines in cancer immunotherapy, an increase in effectiveness while reducing toxicity. More research is necessary in China and other countries, including clinical trials. #science #cancer #vaccine #immunotherapy

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Swiss university scientists have developed an ultra-thin lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) metalens using nanoimprint lithography to convert 800nm infrared light to 400nm visible light. This will have applications in night vision, microscopy, telecom, augmented reality, and more. #science #lens #infrared

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Waterford Crystal Factory, Waterford, Ireland Website: www.theirishroadtrip.com/wp-content/u... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Waterford #Ireland #crystal

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Powerful X-class solar flares have increased recently, causing radio blackouts across Earth. These electromagnetic bursts can disrupt GPS and communications, and bring aurora borealis displays further south than usual. www.livescience.com/space/the-su... #science #solarflare #aurora

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Skyline Trail, Cape Breton Highland National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: novascotia.com/wp-content/u... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Skyline #Trail #CapeBreton #NovaScotia

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Are you interested in astronomy? “Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope” is a recently released 97 minute NASA+ documentary about the James Webb Telescope. Worth watching. The bigger your screen the better. youtu.be/uSMGENDH_QI?... #science #astronomy #JamesWebb #telescope

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“As mountain peaks touch the sky, nations can reach beyond their borders to touch a better future for all.” 🌎🌍🌏 🇨🇦 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵 🌎🌍🌏 The quote is a wish for accord and success at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.

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The G7 summit chaired by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will be held from 15–17 June 2025 in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. It will focus on economic recovery, global security, climate action, tech regulation, and cooperation amid rising geopolitical and trade tensions. #news #Canada #G7 #Carney

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Palenquera sculpture, Cartagena, Colombia Website: mundonoticias.com.co/wp-content/u... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #Palenquera #sculpture #Cartagena, #Colombia

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Theresa Tam bids farewell as Canada’s chief public health officer. Appointed in June 2017, became a well-known public figure during the #COVID19 pandemic, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

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The Peaks, Ua Pou, French Polynesia, Website: tahitinuitravel.com/wp-content/u... #VirtualTravel #DailyPhoto #Landscape #Background #UaPou #FrenchPolynesia

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