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CONFIRMED: A11pl3Z IS INTERSTELLAR - NOW OFFICIALLY 3I/ATLAS It’s real. It’s inbound. And it’s not from here. The object we posted about yesterday - A11pl3Z - has now been officially designated 3I/ATLAS, marking only the 3rd confirmed interstellar visitor ever observed by humanity. First spotted on July 1 by the ATLAS telescope in Chile, its high-velocity, hyperbolic trajectory set off alarms immediately. ESA just confirmed it: this thing came from outside the solar system. A time-lapse from July 2 via Las Cumbres Observatory in Hawaii shows the comet slicing through space, a ghost from another star system passing through ours. Not an asteroid. Not a moon. Not ours. And not staying long. Eyes up. Interstellar just got real again. Source: ESA, Las Cumbres Observatory

🇺🇸TSA WANTS YOUR FACE TO BOARD YOUR FLIGHT FASTER The TSA is now using Touchless ID — a facial recognition system — in airports like Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York, so travelers can breeze through security in under 8 seconds without pulling out an ID. If you have TSA PreCheck and fly Delta or United, you can opt in through your airline app, but even if you say no, your face might already live in government databases like IDENT, where millions of facial scans are quietly stored. Officials claim your photo is deleted after 180 days, but experts point out that “deleting” and “deleting from every system forever” are very different things. Some see this as high-tech progress, others as a sci-fi future where your face is your boarding pass — and possibly a permanent government file. Source: AFAR