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🧠 Knowledge: $84,554 at 8:13 Is Not $84,300. YM Is Not the Dow. A Dinner Is Not a Year. PR004 Is Not a Craft.

🧠 Knowledge: $84,554 at 8:13 Is Not $84,300. YM Is Not the Dow. A Dinner Is Not a Year. PR004 Is Not a Craft.

Steve Sr. Editor September 25, 2026

Bitcoin $84,553.92 at 8:13 is not Thursday 7:04’s $84,299.81. YM 51,880 is a future, not Dow 51,349.98....

🛸 DVIDS: LLE-UAP-PR004 — Colorado, October 2023, 1:42 Cellphone, Silent RGB Lights; Unresolved, Not a Craft

🛸 DVIDS: LLE-UAP-PR004 — Colorado, October 2023, 1:42 Cellphone, Silent RGB Lights; Unresolved, Not a Craft

Steve Sr. Editor September 25, 2026

DVIDS video 1023416, posted Sept. 18: a local law-enforcement officer submitted 1 minute 42 seconds of rear-camera...

⚾ Yankees 6–4 Rays — Lombard Slide, Tiebreaking Two-Run Homer; Hanner 1–0; Schlitter 1.95 ERA; White Sox 9–1 Already Ran

⚾ Yankees 6–4 Rays — Lombard Slide, Tiebreaking Two-Run Homer; Hanner 1–0; Schlitter 1.95 ERA; White Sox 9–1 Already Ran

Steve Sr. Editor September 25, 2026

AP / Reuters, Thursday night, Yankee Stadium: New York 6, Tampa Bay 4. Rookie George Lombard Jr....

📉 Friday Morning: BTC $84,554 at 8:13 — YM 51,880 at 8:03; Cash Dark; Thursday’s 51,350 Already Ran

📉 Friday Morning: BTC $84,554 at 8:13 — YM 51,880 at 8:03; Cash Dark; Thursday’s 51,350 Already Ran

Steve Sr. Editor September 25, 2026

Yahoo Finance: Bitcoin $84,553.92 at 8:13 a.m. ET. 8:03: YM 51,880, ES 7,794.50, NQ 30,969.75. WTI $92.47,...

⚖️ WDTx: Imelda Magallanes, 51, Charged in Midland — One Count of Voting by an Alien; 2024 General Alleged; Not a Verdict

⚖️ WDTx: Imelda Magallanes, 51, Charged in Midland — One Count of Voting by an Alien; 2024 General Alleged; Not a Verdict

Steve Sr. Editor September 25, 2026

KOSA / U.S. Attorney, Midland, Sept. 24: Mexican national Imelda Magallanes, 51, lawful permanent resident since December...

🌍 Reuters: Yanbu War-Risk Insurance About 3% — Loadings Still Not Resumed; A Voyage Can Cost $3 Million; Six Missiles Already Ran

🌍 Reuters: Yanbu War-Risk Insurance About 3% — Loadings Still Not Resumed; A Voyage Can Cost $3 Million; Six Missiles Already Ran

Steve Sr. Editor September 25, 2026

Reuters, London, Sept. 24: four industry sources put Saudi-linked Yanbu war-risk premiums at about 3% of a...

🇺🇸 Trump–Xi East Room Dinner — ‘Never Better,’ Eagle Statue Gifted; Friday Tea and Archives, Then Xi Leaves; Not a Year Deal

🇺🇸 Trump–Xi East Room Dinner — ‘Never Better,’ Eagle Statue Gifted; Friday Tea and Archives, Then Xi Leaves; Not a Year Deal

Steve Sr. Editor September 25, 2026

BBC / UPI, Friday: Thursday night’s state dinner in the East Room. Trump toasted harmony, peace and...

📅 Thursday Evening — Pandas and 100,000 Students, Six Missiles, 20 Arrested, Dow 51,350 Close, White Sox 9–1, McGetchin 728

📅 Thursday Evening — Pandas and 100,000 Students, Six Missiles, 20 Arrested, Dow 51,350 Close, White Sox 9–1, McGetchin 728

Steve Sr. Editor September 24, 2026

AP / UPI: Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to Atlanta; 100,000 students; Trump ‘great meeting.’ SPA /...

🧠 Knowledge: 51,350 Is the Close, Not 51,359. Pandas Are Not a Year. Six Is Not 408. 9–1 Is a Clinch.

🧠 Knowledge: 51,350 Is the Close, Not 51,359. Pandas Are Not a Year. Six Is Not 408. 9–1 Is a Clinch.

Steve Sr. Editor September 24, 2026

Dow 51,349.98 is Thursday’s cash close, not the 1:10 tape at 51,358.58 and not Wednesday’s 51,511.59. Bitcoin...

🔬 NASA: McGetchin Crater 728 Feet Across, 141 Feet Deep — Largest New Lunar Hole LRO Has Clocked; Formed Spring 2024

🔬 NASA: McGetchin Crater 728 Feet Across, 141 Feet Deep — Largest New Lunar Hole LRO Has Clocked; Formed Spring 2024

Steve Sr. Editor September 24, 2026

NASA / Lonnie Shekhtman, Sept. 24, on Science Advances papers dated Sept. 16: LRO found a 728-foot-wide,...