The European-based OneWeb satellite constellation numbers in the hundreds in an even higher orbit.
Trump directed the Pentagon to pursue the space-based interceptors in an executive order during the first week of his presidency.Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim and Michelle L. Price in Washington contributed reporting.
and throbbing percussion can sometimes brighten the mood.from the American rock band Garbage, “Let All That We Imagine Be the Light.” Due for release Friday, it’s the sound of frontwoman Shirley Manson pushed to the brink by health issues and the fury of our times.The band’s familiar sonic mix provides a pathway out of the darkness, with heavy riffing and dramatic atmospherics accompanying Manson’s alluring alto.
“This is a cold cruel world,” she sings on the crunchy “Love to Give.” “You’ve gotta find the love where you can get it.”The album is Garbage’s eighth and the first since 2021’s “No Gods No Masters.” The genesis came last August, when Manson aggravated an old hip injury, abruptly ending the band’s world tour.
The other members of the group – Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker – retreated to the studio and began work on new music. Manson added lyrics that lament fatalism, ageism and sexism, acknowledge vulnerability and mortality, and seek to embrace joy, love and empowerment.
That’s a lot, which may be why there’s a song titled “Sisyphus.” The sonics are formidable, too. A mix that echoes“He was very open about his support for issues that mattered to women, long before it was a thing. Eventually, I think, every designer had some, you know, slogan T-shirt proclaiming their support of women’s causes. He did it before anybody, but it went way deeper than the T-shirt,” Leive said.
“I’ll never forget when Cindi Leive at a dinner said to me — right after George Floyd’s murder and all of that stuff that happened, the Black Lives Matter movement,” Gurung said. “She pulled me aside, she said, ‘How does it feel now … to see the world catching up to you? You’ve been at it for such a long time.’ I didn’t even think about it.”Part of Gurung’s story is being a proud immigrant, and his connection to his Nepali roots come through in his designs.
has been friends with Gurung since they were both starting out, bonding overHe says Gurung is “naturally curious” and has always been a great storyteller.