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Satellite redundancy reshapes the economics of orbital conflict The logic of disabling a network by targeting a few critical satellites is increasingly obsolete.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Bright lives in a small town far out on Colorado’s prairie and has several disabling medical conditions.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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As far as forbidding a hairstyle in general goes, Silva sort of gets it.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
28 Apr. 2026
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Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Disenfranchising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchising. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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