🇫🇷France proposes shooting invisible UV dye at protesters. Police could soon target crowds with odorless liquid markers that stay on skin for weeks under UV light. Critics warn the substance easily rubs off onto bystanders, leaving innocent people marked for arrest. Writer: Bri

NASA has confirmed the UVEX (UltraViolet EXplorer) mission for launch by January 2031. 🚀 UVEX will map the universe in ultraviolet light, study the evolution of stars and galaxies, and help capture cosmic events tied to gravitational waves. Read more:

JUST IN: Uva Province health chiefs proposed Starlink for remote clinics after Cyclone Ditwah blackouts. Per The Morning, the Uva provincial health director in Sri Lanka wants satellite links in disaster plans so medical reporting stays up when cell towers fail. • Sites: remote health facilities and regional offices • Trigger: Cyclone Ditwah cut power and cellular links • National: 243 health facilities damaged in the storm • Uva: 90,127 people affected (about 25% of the national total) 🇱🇰🛰️

Fun plot of uv performance over the last 28 releases. Resolution and installation (on real, complex examples) is >2x faster now. Software should get faster, not slower, over time!