Up At The Ranch And Beyond

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Be sure to check previous pages for missed items and hidden nuggets ...

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Lunar Occultation of Venus




– Thierry Legault on September 14, 2026 @ Le Mans, France




– Francois Rouviere on September 14, 2026 @ Cannes, France




– Gadi Eidelheit on September 14, 2026 @ Rechovot, Israel




– Javier Manteca Exposito on September 14, 2026 @ Getafe, Madrid, SPAIN




– Amol Kankariya on September 14, 2026 @ Pune, Maharashtra, India

www.spaceweather.com

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Every Style of Hot Dog We Could Find Across the USA



My brother came from out of state and made us go to one of these places because his wife wasn't there.

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ljc82UkHT9Q

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We Made a Flock-Proof Car



We tried to make a car completely undetectable to AI surveillance cameras like Flock and Axon. Using adversarial noise and the help from some friends, we put our car up against an actual Flock camera to see if our tricks would work.

Published 1st September 2026 (15:11)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=znaA091_8-M

Good getaway car for a bank robbery?



Maybe not.

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IC 348 – James Webb Space Telescope





This shimmering view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images released to date from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb, astronomers searched IC 348 for brown dwarfs, which are less massive than the smallest stars. The researchers discovered brown dwarfs just twice the mass of Jupiter, bringing the study of these curious objects into a new mass range and revealing new insights about the star-formation process.

Published 15th September 2026 by NASA - Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-webb-r...rama-star.html

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Worldwide UFO's



• “What is THIS!?”
• Flying purple thingy
• Orbs
• Airline passenger films unusual (craft?)
• Different flying purple thingy
• Dogs notice floating mountain anomalies
• Black doodad in the sky

Published 11th September 2026 (8:09)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NBCsJVTQhm4

A number of these are explainable (see comments), but the 'dogs barking at the mountain lights' is a real confuser.

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When Wild Animals Forget They’re Supposed to Be Wild



Expect wild and domestic animals doing unexpected things.

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=E63omIKYU9A

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Space Rock | Utopia

“Theme From Star Trek”

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hdegNRSLZx4

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Farmer's Almanac: When will it snow?





This is a climatological guide rather than a forecast for one particular storm. Elevation, latitude, nearby bodies of water and the weather pattern in a particular year can move the first snow considerably earlier or later.

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/first...l-where-i-live

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Route 66: America's Iconic Highway Turns 100





Route 66 is one of the most famous highways in the United States. The historic road once stretched about 2,400 miles (3,860 km) from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. Nicknamed the "Mother Road," it became a symbol of American travel and adventure. Now, the iconic highway is turning 100.

Route 66 was officially established on November 11, 1926. It connected eight states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. The highway was created by connecting existing local, state, and national roads. Many of these roads were in poor condition. They were gradually improved, and by 1938, the entire route was paved.





The highway became especially important during the Great Depression, which began in 1929. The severe economic crisis left millions of Americans without jobs. To make matters worse, extreme drought and huge dust storms devastated farms across large parts of the central US during the 1930s. This caused many farming families to lose their livelihoods. Thousands of people traveled west toward California, hoping to find employment and a better life. Route 66 became one of the major roads they used.

After World War II, traveling by car became increasingly popular. Roadside diners, motels, gas stations, and unusual attractions became part of the Route 66 experience. The highway came to symbolize freedom and adventure.

By the middle of the 20th century, however, Route 66 was facing a major challenge. Americans were driving more than ever, and the country needed highways that could handle heavier traffic at higher speeds. In 1956, the US government began building the Interstate Highway System. These new highways were wider, straighter, and designed for faster travel. They gradually replaced or bypassed sections of Route 66. In 1985, Route 66 was officially removed from the US Highway System.





But this did not mean the famous road disappeared. Many sections of the original route still existed. As people recognized the importance of Route 66, communities and preservation groups began working to protect them. They also worked to save historic buildings and landmarks along the route. These efforts helped turn Route 66 from a highway of the past into an important part of American history that people can still experience today.

Published 8th September 2026 by Kavi D. – Dogo News
https://www.dogonews.com/2026/9/8/ro...hway-turns-100

"Route 66" – Jazz Lag

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=khbrno2XlNY

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Scientists Turn Seawater Into Fresh Water Without Harmful Brine

A new solar-powered desalination system could turn seawater into fresh water while eliminating brine waste and even harvesting valuable lithium




At Professor Chunlei Guo’s lab at the University of Rorchester, researchers developed a solar desalination device featuring laser-etched superwicking black metal, a technology that produces fresh water from seawater while capturing salts and minerals instead of generating harmful brine waste. Credit: University of Rochester / J. Adam Fenster


Around the world, billions of people still lack reliable access to safe drinking water. The United Nations estimates that 2.2 billion people do not have safely managed drinking water, while regions from California to the Middle East increasingly rely on desalination plants to turn ocean water into fresh water.

Desalination can provide a critical water supply, but today's most common methods come with significant drawbacks. Reverse osmosis forces water through specialized membranes to remove salt, while thermal distillation uses heat to separate fresh water from seawater. Both approaches can consume large amounts of energy, often require water treatment before and after the process, and generate a highly concentrated salty waste known as brine.

When that brine is discharged back into the ocean, it can increase local salinity and reduce oxygen levels, creating harmful conditions for marine organisms.

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a different approach that could help address several of those problems at once.

Scientists at URochester's Institute of Optics created a solar thermal desalination system designed to produce fresh water efficiently without generating liquid brine or requiring chemical additives to pre-treat the incoming water. The method is described in a paper published in Light: Science & Applications.

The research was led by Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics and a senior scientist at URochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics.





At the heart of the technology are solar panels made from black metal that has been treated with femtosecond lasers. A femtosecond is an extraordinarily short unit of time, equal to one quadrillionth of a second. Pulses from these ultrafast lasers can precisely alter a material's surface, creating microscopic structures that dramatically change how it interacts with light and water.

The laser treatment makes the metal extremely effective at absorbing sunlight and also gives it superwicking properties, meaning water spreads rapidly across the surface instead of beading up.

Each panel contains a laser-treated active region that draws a very thin layer of seawater across its surface. The dark metal absorbs nearly all of the incoming solar radiation, heating the water and causing it to evaporate. That evaporation leaves salts and other dissolved minerals behind. Rather than allowing those materials to accumulate where evaporation is taking place, the panel directs them toward untreated areas along its sides, known as the passive region.

This movement is important because salt buildup is one of the biggest challenges facing solar desalination systems. If minerals form a hard layer across the active surface, they can block water movement and eventually stop the system from working.

Published 16th September 2026 by University of Rochester – Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0915100137.htm

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Tales From Beyond

“It Looked Like Liquid Oil” | Susan’s Terrifying Entity Encounter



A faceless, humanoid figure that appeared to move like liquid oil. Susan says she was just 15 when she encountered it outside her aunt’s home in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Afterward, she says she could not speak for three hours and waited months to tell her family.

Published 16th September 2026 (8:05)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8E3FGK6FPH4

Mario Woods’ Shocking UFO Encounter at Ellsworth Air Force Base



Mario Woods recounts the strange events surrounding his experience, what he remembers about the unidentified craft and its occupants, and the lasting impact the encounter had on his life.

Published 9th September 2026 (39:48)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=l-b62iIyz-0

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Music, Social Engineering and the Paranormal Grift – James Bartley + Ben Gordon



Two old fogies fret and fume about the state of today's music.

Published 6th September 2026 (56:13)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=M-mMvRlhENQ

Part 2:
https://www.thecosmicswitchboard.com...ft-ben-gordon/

Ben Gordon returns to The Cosmic Switchboard Show; Ben is a musician and talks about how music changed over the years in order to advance certain social engineering agendas. Ben also explains how today’s music scene is serving as training wheels for AI and how social engineering and the cultural Marxist agenda have reshaped popular music. Ben and 'professional music listener' James discuss the raw power of classic rock and Motown recordings, the primal effect live music once had on audiences, and how record labels went from nurturing artists to abandoning them completely. They examine the arrival of grunge and rap, the hopelessness, apathy, and violence in the lyrics, the muddy guitar tones and the decline of bass playing and the great session musicians.

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Night Sky This Week





♦ Sep 23 - September Equinox - The equinox at 00:05 UTC marks the start of autumn (fall) in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

♦ Sep 26 - Full Moon - September’s Harvest Moon is at its most illuminated at 16:49 UTC.

♦ Sep 27 - Moon-Saturn conjunction - The Moon and Saturn appear close together in the night sky.

♦ All month - Cassiopeia more visible - This recognizable constellation is easy to spot at this time of year and is a handy guide to other night-sky features, such as the Milky Way.

♦ All month - Aurora: Russell–McPherron effect - The equinox brings some interesting effects that can lead to more frequent auroras.

September Equinox: “Equal Night”

Astronomers define the equinox as the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator. In other words, the Sun is directly above a point on Earth’s equator. The September equinox occurs when the Sun crosses the equator from north to south. This year, the September equinox falls on September 23 at 00:05 UTC.

The September equinox marks a seasonal turning point. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is the autumnal (fall) equinox, after which nights become longer than days. South of the equator, it is the spring equinox, after which days become longer than nights.





The Harvest Moon in September

Towards the end of the month, the Harvest Moon lights up the night. This year, September’s Full Moon falls on September 26.

The Harvest Moon gets its name from an unusual pattern of moonrises around this time of year. Normally, the Moon rises about 50 minutes later from one day to the next. But around the September equinox, that gap becomes much smaller in the Northern Hemisphere.





Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia is one of the most recognizable constellations in the Northern Hemisphere, thanks to its distinctive W or M shape, depending on its position in the sky. From locations north of about 34° N—the latitude of Los Angeles—Cassiopeia is circumpolar, meaning it never sets below the horizon and appears to circle Polaris, the North Star.

During September evenings, it climbs higher in the northeastern sky, making it easier to spot. It will remain well placed for viewing throughout the autumn (fall) and winter months. Since it’s so recognizable, it’s also a useful reference point for finding trickier constellations and other features in the night sky, including the Milky Way.



https://www.timeanddate.com/news/ast...september-2026

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Peace be with you

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kU9OE5FSTPw

Music and Psalms

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Could a Scoop of Moon Dust Reveal Alien Technology?

In the 1990s, the Ukrainian astronomer Oleksiy Arkhipov proposed that microscopic debris from alien spacecraft, probes or industrial activity could drift across interstellar space and quietly pile up on stable, ancient surfaces like the Moon.





SETI Institute researcher Lewis Pinault and colleagues revisited and expanded this idea in a new study.

“The Moon has been quietly accumulating material from space for billions of years, much of it likely billions of years older than the Moon itself," Dr. Pinault said. "We’re asking whether that ancient collection might contain microscopic traces of technologies that existed long before humans ever looked up at the sky.”

“Unlike Earth, the Moon has no atmosphere, flowing water, or active geology to erase ancient material.”

“Over the last four billion years, its surface has continuously collected dust from across the Solar System and interstellar space, making it a remarkably stable archive of Milky Way history.”

“If advanced civilizations produce durable microscopic debris — whether intentionally or as a byproduct of space exploration or large-scale engineering — a tiny fraction of those particles could eventually become embedded in the lunar regolith.”

In the study, the researchers modeled how tiny grains, on the order of 0.3 microns across (a few hundred times thinner than a human hair), could survive the journey through the interstellar medium.

They found that sufficiently tough, refractory particles could travel thousands of light-years over hundreds of millions to billions of years, occasionally arriving at the Earth-Moon system slowly enough — thanks to solar radiation pressure and the Sun’s magnetic ‘bubble,’ the heliosphere — to survive impact rather than vaporize.

“The concept of searching the lunar regolith for microscopic technosignatures is at once extraordinarily original and eminently reasonable,” said Bill Diamond, SETI Institute President and CEO.

“This is a novel addition to the search methodologies applied to seeking evidence of technology as a proxy for life and intelligence beyond our Solar System and we are excited at the prospect of bringing this to fruition.”

Published 8th September by Sergio Prostak – SciNews.com
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/alien...oon-15050.html

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NASA-Backed Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies

3D-printed cookies called µBites

https://www.instagram.com/p/DddVXPiDTeK

Plastic bottles and cookies may seem to have nothing in common, but researchers are finding a way to connect the two. By engineering yeast, scientists have developed a system that can transform compounds from plastic and agricultural waste into edible proteins, vitamins, flavorings, and other food ingredients.

The approach could provide a new way to reuse difficult waste while also helping produce food in places where conventional supplies are limited. Potential applications range from disaster zones on Earth to human missions deep into space.

Plastic pollution and food insecurity are two major global challenges, and researchers at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale are exploring whether one problem could help address the other. Their goal is to use microorganisms to convert waste materials into food that people can safely eat.

The research grew out of a NASA-led project focused on producing food in the resource-limited conditions of deep space exploration, where astronauts cannot depend on regular shipments from Earth.

"We were trying to develop technologies for plastic upcycling to make more valuable products. We thought, why not focus on making food? Because plastic is carbon and food is carbon," explains Associate Professor Lahiru Jayakody.

A major target is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a widely used plastic found in products such as soda and water bottles. PET contains carbon-rich molecules that can potentially be broken apart and rebuilt into useful compounds, including components that can ultimately become proteins.

Scientists could perform some of those transformations using chemical reactions and laboratory solvents. The SIU Carbondale team instead turned to microbes, which can carry out complex biochemical processes naturally.




"Mmmm ... µBites"

Jayakody adds, "Microbes are very clever. So, we are using their traits to solve the problems we created."

Published 13th September 2026 by American Chemical Society – Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0912220033.htm

Would you eat this cookie? | Headline Science



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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YQywN1VuMKU

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Africa Is Breaking Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean





Geologists have discovered that the African continent will split apart sooner than we thought. An active rift has reached a "critical threshold" and will soon break apart, forming a new ocean.

That said, 'soon' is a relative term – it'll still take a few million years more, but that's a blink of an eye on a geological scale. However, the area is likely to see changes, sometimes unpredictable, in a newborn's lifetime.

"We found that rifting in this zone is more advanced, and the crust is thinner, than anyone had recognized," says Christian Rowan, a geoscientist at Columbia University.

"Eastern Africa has progressed further in the rifting process than previously thought."

The most intriguing thing about the find is its implications for our own history. The Turkana Rift Zone in Kenya is rich in early hominin fossils, which implies it was a key location for human evolution.

But the new find suggests the region may not necessarily have been more important to our ancestors than anywhere else in Africa – instead, it may just be that these geologic processes created very favorable conditions for fossilization.

Earth's current arrangement of continents feels like a constant to us, but they're always moving – albeit extremely slowly.

More than 200 million years ago, they were all smushed together in one supercontinent, and it's predicted that in the distant future, they'll (mostly) end up getting back together again.

Where two tectonic plates meet, mountains form. Where they drift apart, oceans are born.

The East African Rift System is a clear example of the latter. The African plate is currently splitting into two: the massive Nubian plate to the west, which contains most of the continent; and the smaller Somali plate, which contains much of the eastern coast and the island of Madagascar.

Published 17th September 2026 by Michael Irving – Science Alert
https://www.sciencealert.com/africa-...ng-a-new-ocean

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No Celebrity Has ZERO Filter Like Dolly Parton

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9jLDAPWHB_s

Forever St Dolly

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Mabon | Pagan Autumnal Equinox | Witch's Thanksgiving




Join Melissa Paone Somma, the Chakra Witch, as she talks about the Pagan Sabbat (holy day) of Mabon, the Witch's Thanksgiving.

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BXlMn0Uah-o