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As I understand it, in special relativity, when two bodies are moving away from one another, there is no absolute sense in which one is moving away from the other (e.g. when you jump in the air it is equally true to say that the Earth is moving away from you as it is to say that you are moving away from the Earth; or when a spaceship is going deep into space it's just as true to say that the Earth is moving away from the spaceship as it is to say the spaceship is moving away from Earth).

This has interesting implications when it comes to the more funky aspects of special relativity (i.e. time dilation, length contraction). Because this means that if Bob is moving close to light speed relative to Jane, Bob will perceive Jane as experiencing length contraction and time dilation, but Jane will not experience these things. From her point of view, it is Bob that is experiencing length contraction and time dilation. So both will always experience the other as experiencing these things, because from their point of view it is always the other person moving at near light speeds. So special relativity is symmetrical this way.

As I understand it though, this symmetry breaks when it comes to acceleration. This is how you can have a scenario where e.g. Bob ages a lot compared to Jane (because he accelerated or decelerated more).

So my question is: why does this symmetry in special relativity break when it comes to acceleration?

Apr 30, 2026

Palestine defenders on Thursday condemned Israeli forces’ raidb of the latest Global Sumud Flotilla—which was sailing off the Greek coast while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza—and the arrest of more than 200 of its participants, with some prominent critics calling the seizure an act of piracy.

Greenpeace International—whose MY Arctic Sunrise is the flotilla’s most prominent ship—said that the maritime convoy’s 58 vessels were “boarded and harassed by Israeli forces in international waters 45 nautical miles west of the Greek island Kythira and 600 nautical miles from Gaza.”

John Martin (19 July 1789 – 17 February 1854) was an English Romanticist painter, engraver, and illustrator. He was known for his typically vast and dramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions, populated with minute figures placed in imposing landscapes. Martin's paintings, and the prints made from them, enjoyed great success with the general public, with Thomas Lawrence referring to him as "the most popular painter of his day". He was also criticised by John Ruskin and other critics.

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Kate "Top 1% of All Vaginas" Toto reflects on being bestowed the title of Top 1% of All Vaginas:

Hi everyone. Kate here…

I know this seems unhinged, but oral sex isn’t talked about enough.

Oral sex carries genuine risks. HSV-1 (oral herpes) can be transmitted to the genitals and vice versa. HPV passed through oral sex is now the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancers in the US (surpassing tobacco). And oral gonorrhea in particular is becoming antibiotic-resistant at alarming rates.

The bacteria in saliva can also disrupt the vaginal microbiome, and studies have linked receptive oral sex to higher rates of bacterial vaginosis.

Oral sex is great… the problem is that we don’t treat it seriously.

People who would never skip a condom will go down on a new partner without a second thought. People don’t get tested for oral STIs…. or talk to partners about dental health, recent illness, or when they were last screened.

It’s a public health gap.

I’m grateful I have a partner who takes my health, his health, and our collective health seriously.

Be safe lovely humans ❤️

A top Republican in the US House of Representatives on Thursday lied so blatantly that even a Trump-friendly CNBC host felt compelled to fact check him.

During an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) defended Republicans' management of the US economy, which is currently experiencing an oil price shock thanks to President Donald Trump's illegal war of choice with Iran.

Scalise predicted that Republicans would hold onto their narrow House majority in the November midterms, and then falsely claimed that gas prices today are lower than they were two years ago when former President Joe Biden was still in office.

"People will remember, two years ago, we were paying almost $6 per gallon of gasoline, right now it's in the [$3 range]," Scalise falsely claimed. "Obviously, we've seen a jump with the Iran conflict..."

At this point, host Joe Kernen, a longtime Trump golfing buddy, interjected.

"When were we paying $6 [per gallon]?" Kernen asked.

"Two-and-a-half years ago," Scalise replied.

"That wasn't the average price," Kernen said.

SCALISE: We've delivered. People will remember that two years ago, we were paying almost $6 a gallon for gas. Right now it's in the $3s

KERNEN: When were we paying $6?

SCALISE: Two and a half years ago

KERNEN: That wasn't the average price

SCALISE: We are lowering inflation… pic.twitter.com/xPD172NdYq
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2026

According to data collected by AAA, the average price for a gallon of gas in late October 2023 was $3.53 per gallon, or nearly $0.80 lower than the current average price of $4.30 per gallon.

Scalise also said that gas prices would drop at the end of Trump's illegal war with Iran, which he falsely claimed was close to developing a nuclear weapon.

"Did anybody want a nuclear-armed Iran?" Scalise said. "I think if you ask most normal people, they would say absolutely not... they were about to get a nuclear weapon, and President Trump stopped that."

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified under oath before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee last month that Iran’s nuclear weapons program had been “obliterated” by US-led airstrikes that were launched last year, and that there “has been no effort since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability."

After lying about Iran's nuclear weapons program, Scalise pivoted to making more false claims about the economy.

"So if you look across the board, we are lowering inflation, interest rates are starting to come down," he said. "They're not where we want them to be, by the way, we have a lot of work to do, but do you want to go back to the days when interest rates were in double digits?"

Inflation has been going up in recent months, not declining. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday released data showing that the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose to 3.2% in March, the highest level since November 2023.

In 2024, Trump campaigned on immediately ending inflation in the US economy, going so far as to promise grocery prices would fall beginning on his first day in office.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) caught Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth contradicting his own statement on Wednesday, over reports that his stockbroker tried to make an investment in a defense company weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran. During a line of questioning on insider trading related to the Department of Defense, Warren brought up a report by the…

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Paramount subscribers suing over the à WBDiscovery merger?

Are there Star Trek fans left subscribing who are doing this?

I can’t see the Yellowstone Sheridanverse base being concerned…