Terrence O'Brien

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Most supermassive black holes don’t just swallow up matter, they eject it, sometimes in spectacular jets of super heated plasma. Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy has seemed oddly quiet, though. But scientists believe they’ve finally found evidence this plasma wind, in the form of a cone-shaped gap in the gas surrounding the black hole. It’s not quite as dramatic as Centaurus A, but it has it’s own galactic charm.

Elon Musk rode a Cybertruck into DC declaring that he would cut up to $2 trillion in government spending. The reality: The federal government actually spent $220 billion more, up four percent for the year. In fact, spending was up almost across the board with only a few exceptions according to the Congressional Budget Office:

The Pew Research Center published a study of how parents are managing their kids’ screen time. Which got us wondering: how are you, dear reader, managing your kids’ screen time? Do you have time limits for video games? A “kid-safe” phone like Gabb? Do you let your eight-year-old talk to ChatGPT? Let us know in the comments.

Japan’s weekend is saved now that shipments of Asahi Super Dry have resumed following a ransomware attack that shutdown Japan’s most popular brewery last week. (Russian-speaking hacking group Qilin claimed responsibility.) There were concerns that the nation’s supply could evaporate in just a few days, but things are slowly returning to normal: