User:The Transhumanist
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Introduction
Hi. My name is The Transhumanist.
I love emerging and evolving technologies, and so... I'm currently immersed in studying AI (particularly generative AI and reasoning engines), and big data. I dabble in JavaScript, including writing user scripts from time to time. My best user script so far, is SearchSuite... SearchSuite provides further control over Wikipedia search results, such as on/off features to sort them, to present results one-per-line, and more. While it seems to work fairly well, there is definitely room for improvement. Comments and suggestions are welcome. By the way, most of the scripts I've been working on are for building and augmenting outlines...
I'm interested in all knowledge, especially how to organize it so you can find whatever is most relevant at any given moment. I've been around Wikipedia since the Fall of 2005, and have been working mostly on Wikipedia's structure, and its knowledge navigation systems, throughout that time. |
Selected articles that I've worked on
Did you know...
- ... that NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar flew on five space missions and has spent more than 50 days in space?
- ... that Lillian V. Holdeman Moore identified a spike in hydrogen-gas-producing bacteria in Skylab astronauts?
- ... that the only preface Jules Verne ever wrote was likely written by somebody else?
- ... that Robert M. Blizzard, who pioneered growth hormone therapy in children, liked to joke that he had added 11 miles (18 km) to the height of the U.S. population?
- ... that Eileen Collins was the first woman Space Shuttle pilot and the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission?
- ... that a robotic controller for the Yamaha Reface CS was described by Mixmag magazine as looking "like an army of robot toothbrushes cleaning a synth"?
- ... that Vladimír Mandl wrote the first book on space law 25 years before Sputnik 1 was launched into space?
- ... that the Apollo 16 Heat Flow Experiment was disabled when astronaut John Young tripped over a cable and tore it from its connector?
- ... that Baer's pochard, found in eastern Asia, has seen a population decline of more than 99 percent in past decades, and is no longer migratory in central and eastern China?
- ... that Premana Premadi is the first Indonesian female astronomer to have an asteroid named in her honor?
- ... that despite having been enlarged for the 1939 New York World's Fair, the Willets Point Boulevard station served practically no resident population by 1949?
- ... that New Zealand's Big Lemon & Paeroa bottle was originally a replica space rocket?
- ... that before getting their own office space, independent children's publisher Lollipop Power stored books "under beds, in attics, [and] under ping-pong tables"?
- ... that the Office for National Statistics defines a golden logistics triangle in the English Midlands that lies within four hours driving distance of 90% of the British population?
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Selected images that captured my attention
Trump news tracker
- 30 May 2024 – Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Former President of the United States Donald Trump is found guilty by a jury on all 34 felony counts relating to falsifying business records, becoming the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. (CNN)
- 15 May 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- U.S. President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump agree to hold a presidential debate on June 27, hosted by CNN, which will be the earliest general election debate in modern history in the United States. A second debate will be held in September. (The New York Times)
- 30 April 2024 – Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Judge Juan Merchan fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens to jail Trump if he continues to violate his gag order. (Reuters)
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- 3 June 2024 – 2024 Mannheim stabbing
- A police officer dies of his injuries two days after being stabbed in the neck by an Afghan immigrant during a mass stabbing at an anti-Islam demonstration in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (Euronews)
- 3 June 2024 –
- A Syrian man is arrested in Bucharest after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Israeli embassy in the Romanian capital before trying to self-immolate. (Jerusalem Post) (AP)
- 3 June 2024 – GameStop short squeeze
- GameStop shares jump 21% after Keith Gill posted a $116 million investment on r/wallstreetbets on Reddit. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2024 – Arrest of Imran Khan
- The Islamabad High Court overturns Imran Khan's charges of leaking national security secrets. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2024 –
- The Chinese Ministry of State Security arrests and charges a couple for allegedly spying for Britain's MI6 agency. (Al Jazeera)
- 3 June 2024 – Afghanistan–Kazakhstan relations
- Kazakhstan takes Taliban off of its terrorist list. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- 3 June 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili signs the foreign agent bill into law amidst mass protests and warnings from Western countries against signing the bill. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- 3 June 2024 – 2024 European farmers' protests
- Spanish and French farmers block roads on highways through the Pyrenees mountains in protest against trade with non-European Union member states. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2024 –
- Major Nigerian unions Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begin an indefinite strike, causing closures to schools, public offices, airports, and shutting down the national power grid amid a cost-of-living crisis and record low minimum wage. (Voice of America) (Al Jazeera)
- 2 June 2024 – Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of El Fasher
- UNICEF reports that more than 270,000 people, including more than 130,000 children, are at risk following fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (The Print)
- 2 June 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–NATO relations, Russia–United States relations
- Russia accuses NATO and the United States of "provoking a new level of tension" after some allies agreed to let Ukraine's military use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News)
- 2 June 2024 – Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Syrian state media reports that a number of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo. (Reuters)
- 2 June 2024 – 2024 Germany floods
- A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are evacuated after heavy rains cause flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. (Reuters) (DW)
- 2 June 2024 – International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Maldives relations
- The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country. (CNN)
- 2 June 2024 –
- One person is killed and 24 others are injured in a mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, United States. (NPR)
- 2 June 2024 – 2024 Iranian presidential election
- Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run for president again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia)
- 2 June 2024 – 2024 Mexican general election
- Mexicans elect a new president and legislature, eight governors, the mayor of Mexico City, and around 20,000 other positions in federal and local elections. (CNN)
- Claudia Sheinbaum wins the presidential election, becoming Mexico's first female president. She will begin her term on October 1. (CBC)
- 2 June 2024 – Chinese space program
- China's Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission to collect moon rock successfully lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters)
- 2 June 2024 – 2023–24 NHL season
- In ice hockey, the Edmonton Oilers advance to the Stanley Cup Finals by beating the Dallas Stars by four games to two. (Nhl.com)
- 1 June 2024 – Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of El Fasher
- Kutum Hospital airstrike
- The Sudanese Armed Forces bomb a hospital in Kutum, Sudan, injuring dozens of people. (Al Mayadeen)
- Around eleven civilians are killed and 42 others are injured in large clashes between the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia confirms willingness of his country to allow construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea.(Sudan Tribune)
- 1 June 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least four people and damaging critical infrastructure, including energy facilities. Ukraine says that it shot down 35 of 53 missiles and 46 of 47 drones. (Reuters)
- 1 June 2024 –
- A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP)
- At least 33 Indian election polling staff die from heatstroke in a heatwave across the country. (Al Jazeera)
- 1 June 2024 – Capital punishment in Yemen
- A court run by the Houthis in Yemen sentences 44 people to death on charges of collaborating with the Saudi coalition. (ABC News)
- 1 June 2024 – Vallow–Daybell doomsday murders
- A jury in Idaho, United States, sentences Chad Daybell to death for the murders of his ex-wife and two of his wife's children. (AP)
- 1 June 2024 –
- Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation submit an SEC filing acknowledging a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users. Banco Santander and cloud provider Snowflake Inc. are also believed to have been affected by the same data breach. (Reuters)
- 1 June 2024 – 2024 Icelandic presidential election
- Icelanders vote for the President of Iceland. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson had previously announced that he would not be seeking a third term. (Al Jazeera)
- Halla Tómasdóttir is elected as the President of Iceland with the plurality of the votes at 34.2%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election with 25.2%. (DW)
- 1 June 2024 – 2024 Indian general election
- The final phase of the general election in India is held, with the ruling National Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on June 4. (Reuters)
- 1 June 2024 – 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
- In association football, Real Madrid win a record 15th Champions League title after defeating Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, England. (CNN)
- 1 June 2024 – 2023–24 NHL season
- In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers advance to the Stanley Cup Finals by beating the New York Rangers by four games to two. (Nhl.com)
- 31 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches missile and drone strikes across Krasnodar Krai, Russia, injuring two people and damaging several oil refineries. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least three people are killed and 16 others are injured when Russian missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv. (Reuters)
- Treatment of prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine and Russia announce their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months, with 150 people freed following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
- 31 May 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- 30 May 2024 Yemen strikes
- The death toll from yesterday's U.S. Navy and British Navy airstrikes in Yemen increases to 16 with 35 others injured. (AP)
- The Houthi Supreme Political Council states that it launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, although American officials deny this claim. (The Independent)
- 31 May 2024 – Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- Seven soldiers are killed and 28 others are injured in an offensive by the Rapid Support Forces near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- 31 May 2024 – 2024 Mannheim stabbing
- A man with a knife stabs several people at an anti-Muslim rally in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany including two policemen, including one in the neck, before being injured by a bullet. (Reuters)
- 31 May 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A medic is killed and another is injured in an Israeli airstrike against an ambulance in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- 31 May 2024 – France–Israel relations
- France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the Eurosatory weapons expo convention. (Al Jazeera)
- 31 May 2024 – China–United States relations
- At the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun, with the two agreeing to resume military-to-military communication between the two countries. (Al Jazeera)
- 31 May 2024 – Corruption in Zambia
- Former First Lady of Zambia Esther Lungu is arrested on fraud charges. (BBC News)
- 31 May 2024 –
- Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies in prison after being attacked by another inmate earlier this month. (AP)
- French security services arrest a Chechen teenager suspected of plotting a islamist-inspired ambush on a football game during the Summer Olympics. (The Guardian)
- 31 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy parts of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, U.S. (Reuters)
- 30 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-supplied weapons, but not with long-range missiles. (Politico) (CNN)
- Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says Denmark has approved Ukrainian airstrikes on Russian territory using Danish-supplied F-16 jets. (The Moscow Times)
- 30 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and the West Bank. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive, Siege of Gaza City, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli airstrikes kill twelve Palestinian civilians in Rafah and one at the al-Shati camp near Gaza City. (Reuters)
- 30 May 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- 2024 Sanaa strikes
- The United States Navy and the Royal Navy strike thirteen Houthi locations across Yemen, damaging underground facilities and vessels, killing at least two people and wounding ten. (NPR)
- 30 May 2024 – North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan. (Al Jazeera)
- 30 May 2024 –
- A bus falls into a gorge in Jammu division, India, killing 21 people travelling to a pilgrimage site in Reasi district. (ABC News)
- A person is killed after falling into a running aircraft engine of a departing plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. (Al Jazeera)
- 30 May 2024 – 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
- The third human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States is found in a dairy worker in Michigan. (NPR)
- 30 May 2024 – International recognition of the State of Palestine
- Slovenia's ruling cabinet approves a motion to recognize Palestine as an independent nation and sends the motion to the National Assembly for adoption. (AP)
- 30 May 2024 – Catalan independence movement
- The Spanish parliament votes to pass a bill granting amnesty to hundreds of Catalan secessionists involved in the Catalan declaration of independence from 2011 to 2017. (Al Jazeera)
- 30 May 2024 – Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Former President of the United States Donald Trump is found guilty by a jury on all 34 felony counts relating to falsifying business records, becoming the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. (CNN)
- 30 May 2024 –
- Hong Kong convicts fourteen activists and politicians guilty of subversion under its national security law. (Al Jazeera)
- The United States Department of Labor files a lawsuit against Hyundai Motors over illegal use of child labor at the company's automobile factory in Montgomery, Alabama, amid a nationwide increase in child labor in the U.S. (Reuters)
- Three people, including a police officer, are killed in a mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. (WCCO-TV)
- Footballer Gerard Piqué is placed under official investigation for his alleged involvement in illegal payments in the relocation of the Supercopa de España from Spain to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
- 30 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- Police dismantle and remove the student pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (The Detroit News) (AP)
- 30 May 2024 –
- OpenAI removes online influence operations based in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, due to the usage of AI by these operations to generate propaganda and fake content. (NPR)
- 29 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations, Ukraine–NATO relations
- Sweden announces a package of $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the largest given by Sweden so far. (AP)
- France and Germany announce that French and German weapons sent to Ukraine, including long-range missiles, are permitted to target bases inside Russia. (CNN)
- The Polish Defence Ministry says it has given Ukraine permission to use Polish-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russian territory. (Babel)
- 29 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- Israel says that it has taken full control of the Egypt–Gaza border after capturing the Philadelphi Corridor. (Reuters) (DW)
- Two Israeli soldiers who were seriously wounded by a vehicle-ramming attack the day before succumb to their injuries. (Times of Israel)
- 29 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
- The town of Grindavík, Iceland, and the nearby Blue Lagoon are evacuated due to volcanic activity. (BBC News)
- 29 May 2024 –
- At least 28 people are killed when a bus falls into a ravine in Washuk District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- The India Meteorological Department records a record-high temperature of 52.9 °C (127.2 °F) in Delhi, resulting in one death. (CBS News) (Al Jazeera)
- 29 May 2024 – Brazil–Israel relations
- Brazil recalls its ambassador to Israel amid an ongoing diplomatic crisis between the two countries. (Reuters)
- 29 May 2024 –
- Amnesty International says that the number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and up more than 30% from 2022, with Iran carrying out 74% of the global total. The figures exclude China, because execution numbers are considered a state secret. (BBC News)
- Four people are injured in a mass shooting in Dalston, London, UK. (BBC News)
- 29 May 2024 – 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election
- Citizens of Madagascar vote for members of the National Assembly. (Africanews)
- 29 May 2024 – 2024 South African general election
- South Africans vote for members of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures. (The Guardian)
- 29 May 2024 – 2024 Vanuatuan constitutional referendum
- Vanuatuans hold the first national constitutional referendum to vote on amendments related to party switching. (Radio Free Asia)
- 29 May 2024 – 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
- In association football, Olympiacos win their first UEFA Europa Conference League title after defeating Fiorentina by a score of 1–0 in the final, becoming the first Greek team to win a major European club trophy. (AP)
- 28 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack
- At least 21 people are killed and 64 others are injured in a Israeli attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi, Rafah Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli tanks reach central Rafah for the first time with heavy clashes being reported. (Reuters)
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- The U.S. removes the Gaza floating pier from the Gaza Strip for repair after its flotilla was damaged in bad weather. (AP)
- 28 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian guided bombs hit a block of apartments in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two civilians and injuring six others. (Reuters)
- 28 May 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier takes on water after being hit by three missiles off the coast of Yemen. (Reuters)
- 28 May 2024 – Cyclone Remal
- Seventeen people are killed and six others are missing after a stone quarry collapses due to strong winds in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. (The Hindu)
- 28 May 2024 –
- One person is killed and seven others are injured in a natural gas explosion at an apartment building in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. (AP)
- 28 May 2024 – International recognition of the State of Palestine
- Norway–Palestine relations, Ireland–Palestine relations, Palestine–Spain relations
- The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain officially recognise the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22. (The Journal) (Euronews) (AP)
- Denmark–Palestine relations
- The Parliament of Denmark rejects a proposal to recognise a Palestinian state. (Reuters)
- 28 May 2024 – International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Pro-Palestinian protestors in Mexico set fire to the Israeli embassy in Mexico City. (The Jewish Chronicle) (Proceso)
- 28 May 2024 – Animal rights in Colombia
- The Senate of Colombia approves a resolution banning Spanish-style bullfighting in the country. (La FM)
- 28 May 2024 – Bankruptcy of FTX
- Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame is sentenced to more than seven years in prison and fined more than $11 million for fraud and criminal conspiracy. (Reuters)
- 28 May 2024 – Belarus–European Union border crisis
- A Polish Border Guard soldier is seriously injured in an incident among a surge in migrants trying to cross the EU border from Belarus. (Polskie Radio)
- 28 May 2024 – South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- Mexico announces it will intervene in support of South Africa in South Africa's genocide case against Israel. (Middle East Eye)
- 28 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- The Georgian parliament overrides a presidential veto of the foreign agents law, thereby requiring president Salome Zourabichvili to endorse the bill within five days. (DW)
- 28 May 2024 – 2024 Taiwanese legislative reform protests
- The Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party pass amendments granting the Legislative Yuan greater powers to oversee the executive and to question officials and citizens, despite claims that these amendments violate civil liberties and could reduce the powers of president Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party. (The Guardian)
- 28 May 2024 – Haitian crisis
- Garry Conille is named the new Prime Minister of Haiti by the Transitional Presidential Council. (AP)
- 27 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez signs a bilateral security pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pledges €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) of military aid to Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia captures the villages of Netailove in Donetsk Oblast and Ivanivka in Kharkiv Oblast. (Arab News)
- 27 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas War
- Rafah offensive
- An Egyptian border guard is killed in a shootout at the Rafah Border Crossing. (Reuters)
- 27 May 2024 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Twenty-three gunmen and seven soldiers are killed during three shootouts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- 27 May 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- Yemen's Houthi militia says that they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the United States Navy. (Reuters)
- 27 May 2024 – 2024 Enga landslide
- Papua New Guinea asks for international help following the landslide in Enga Province three days ago, and reports that more than 2,000 people were buried alive and are now presumed deceased. (AP)
- 27 May 2024 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
- The death toll from a tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas on Saturday and Sunday increases to 21. (Reuters)
- 27 May 2024 –
- A teenager is killed and six other people are injured in a shooting in downtown Lansing, Michigan, United States. (USA Today)
- 26 May 2024 – Israel–Gaza war
- Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Gaza war
- Tel al-Sultan massacre
- Between 47 and 52 people are killed in an Israeli air attack and subsequent fire in a tent camp for displaced civilians in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. (AP) (Reuters)
- Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
- A spokesperson for Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades states that they captured IDF soldiers in Jabalia yesterday. However, the IDF claims otherwise. (Reuters)
- The Al-Qassam Brigades fire airstrikes towards Tel Aviv, Israel, for the first time in four months. (BBC News) (El Confidencial)
- 26 May 2024 – Mali War
- More than twenty civilians are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in a village in Mopti region, Mali. (Reuters)
- 26 May 2024 – Yemeni civil war
- The Houthis, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, free more than 100 detainees in Sana'a, Yemen, in a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and return them to their families. (Reuters)
- 26 May 2024 – 2024 Armenia–Georgia floods
- At least three people have been confirmed dead in Armenia following flooding on the Armenia–Georgia border, with several bridges collapsing as a result of the flooding. (Reuters)
- 26 May 2024 – 2024 Enga landslide
- The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 670 people were killed in the landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on Friday. (AP)
- 26 May 2024 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
- The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas increases to 15. (The Virginian-Pilot) (AP)
- 26 May 2024 –
- Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured in a collision between a bus and three other vehicles on a highway near Mersin, Turkey. (Reuters)
- 26 May 2024 – France–Germany relations, List of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron
- Emmanuel Macron makes the first state visit by a President of France to Germany in 24 years. (AP)
- 26 May 2024 – 2024 Comorian presidential election
- Incumbent president Azali Assoumani is sworn in for his fourth term in office. (Reuters)
- 26 May 2024 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
- Gitanas Nausėda wins the Lithuanian presidential run-off with 75.57% of the vote. (Reuters)
- 26 May 2024 – 2024 IIHF World Championship
- Hosts Czechia wins the title for the seventh time after beating Switzerland 2–0 in the final. Czechia ends their 14-year gold drought by winning it for the first time since 2010. (TSN)
- 26 May 2024 – 2024 Indianapolis 500
- In auto racing, Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500 for the second consecutive year, becoming the first driver to do so since Hélio Castroneves in 2002. (Barron's)
- 26 May 2024 – 2024 Indian Premier League
- In cricket, the Kolkata Knight Riders defeat the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final of the Indian Premier League to win their third IPL title. (The Hindustan Times)
- 25 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli allegations against UNRWA
- Italy restores €35 million (US$38 million) of funding for UNRWA several months after it suspended the aid due to allegations linking UN staff to the October 7 attacks. (Al Jazeera)
- Four U.S. Army vessels connected to a floating pier off the Gaza Strip become disconnected and wash up on beaches, two in Israel and two in the Gaza Strip. (NPR)
- 25 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia captures the village of Arkhanhelske in Donetsk Oblast. (The Moscow Times)
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least fourteen people are killed and 58 others are injured in Russian strikes on a hardware store and residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
- 25 May 2024 – 2024 Cannes Film Festival
- Anora, directed by Sean Baker, wins the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. (Reuters)
- 25 May 2024 – 2024 Rajkot gaming zone fire
- At least 27 people, including many children, are killed in a building fire at a family entertainment venue in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. (NDTV)
- 25 May 2024 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
- At least five people are killed after a tornado strikes the cities of Pilot Point and Valley View in Texas, United States. (NBC Dallas-Fort Worth)
- 25 May 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom general election
- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces plans to conscript young persons with an option for alternative civilian service if the Conservative Party wins the upcoming election. (BBC News)
- 25 May 2024 – 2023–24 AFC Champions League
- Al Ain win their second Champions League title after beating the Yokohama F. Marinos by an aggregate score of 6–3 over a two-legged final. (Reuters)
- 25 May 2024 – 2023–24 DFB-Pokal
- Bayer Leverkusen win their second DFB-Pokal title after beating 1. FC Kaiserslautern by a score of 1–0 in the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, completing the first unbeaten double-winning season in German football. (The New York Times)
- 25 May 2024 – 2023–24 FA Cup
- Manchester United win their 13th FA Cup title after beating the defending champions, Manchester City, by a score of 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, England. (The Guardian)
- 25 May 2024 – 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
- Barcelona win their third Women's Champions League title after defeating Olympique Lyonnais 2–0 in the final. (BBC Sport)
- 24 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- In Jabalia, North Gaza Governorate, the Israeli Army recovers the bodies of three civilians who were murdered and taken to Gaza by Palestinian militants in the October 7 attacks. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Sources claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is interested in negotiating a ceasefire, which would freeze the conflict at the current frontlines. (Reuters)
- The European Union makes a decision allowing Ukraine to use interest funds from frozen Russian bank accounts, totaling €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) per year. (Al Jazeera)
- 24 May 2024 – Haitian crisis
- Two American Christian missionaries, one of them the daughter of a Missouri State Representative, and a Haitian pastor are killed in a gang ambush in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (The Wall Street Journal)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 Cannes Film Festival
- Norah becomes the first film from Saudi Arabia to screen as part of the official calendar at the Cannes Film Festival. (Arab News)
- Black Dog, a Chinese film directed by Guan Hu, wins the Un Certain Regard prize for international films at the Cannes Film Festival. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 Enga landslide
- Four people are confirmed killed and many others are presumed dead in a landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Post-Courier) (RNZ)
- 24 May 2024 –
- Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured in a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam. (VnExpress) (Reuters)
- Dozens of people are killed across Mexico in a deadly heatwave, with temperatures as high as 45 °C (113 °F) recorded. (France 24) (DW)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 Bishkek riots
- Hundreds of international students from Pakistan and other Asian countries leave Kyrgyzstan following attacks by Kyrgyz nationalist mobs on student hostels in Bishkek earlier this month. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – Crocus City Hall attack
- Russia arrests more than 20 people in connection with the Islamic State – Khorasan Province attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, in March. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- The International Court of Justice, in a 13–2 decision, orders Israel to stop their military offensive in Rafah. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – United States v. Live Nation Entertainment
- The first consumer class action lawsuit by ticket buyers is filed against Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment, following the lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – Uvalde school shooting
- Families in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., file a lawsuit against Daniel Defense and Activision Blizzard for creating the DDM4 V7 gun and promoting the weapon through the game Call of Duty, respectively. They also sue Meta Platforms for owning Instagram, which was used by the gunman. (AP)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom general election
- A record number of Conservative MPs stand down ahead of the UK election. (BBC News) (Sky News)
- Jeremy Corbyn is expelled from the Labour Party after confirming that he will stand as an independent candidate in the election. (The Independent)
- 23 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Seven people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in Russian missile strikes in Liubotyn and Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Crimea attacks
- At least two people are killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Alushta, Crimea. Explosions are reported across the peninsula and Ukrainian media reports that multiple targets were hit. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian forces captures the village of Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast. (The Daily Telegraph)
- 23 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- 23 May 2024 –
- Pope Francis and the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints approves the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who will become the first millennial saint. (Holy See) (BBC News)
- Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu wins the International Dublin Literary Award for his novel Solenoid, translated by Sean Cotter. (The Guardian)
- Eleven people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion at a sugar factory in Morogoro, Tanzania. (AP)
- Four people are killed and 16 others are injured when the second floor of a restaurant collapses in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (AP)
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Tip of the day April 21, 2006: Thanks for helping a newbie!Filmcom 14:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)I just want to thank you for building on my tip and making it a true wikipedia tip of the day. I'm still learning a lot about how to do things around here, so your help was greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work, and keep on Going for it!
Smashing!You've done a great job getting the Tip of the Day off the ground. As a result, I think you deserve this! smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 17:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
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!!!<O.o --The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake 01:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
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!Cool signature Kamope · talk · contributions 12:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks. The Transhumanist 05:52, 23 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks so much!Thanks so much for the hints in your userpage tutorial. . I am a new user and familiar with HTML markup, but not so with Wikimark up. Your userpage tutorial really helped! Real96 06:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
WCHow can I sum the above up....? Oh yes:
WOW!!as a near- noob, this is by far the most detailed and useful article on wikipedia for me! Excellent! I really wish I had a user page like this after two years...Snailey! 15:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Barnstar
Just a few words...TT, my friend, my mop would never have been gained without your incredible expertise. My kindest regards to you, and drop by as often as possible! Now, a little token of my appreciation...
The Golden Wiki Award;
This, the Golden Wiki Award, the highest attainment level of awards and barnstars, goes to you - The Transhumanist - for being one of the most helpful, kind, resourceful and generous Wikipedians I've had to utmost fortune to meet. Your contributions around the Wiki - at the WikiClassroom, in Dispute Resolution, at the Welcoming Committee, but most of all being a genuinely fun guy, are an amazing feat, and if half the trolls I'll undoubtedly meet after gaining my mop (thanks to you) took a leaf from your book, Wikipedia would be a nicer place. My kindest possible regards, Barnstar
AwardHello The Transhumanist, (Hold on, can I say that or is it "Hello Transhumanist") A Help:Contents Barnstar
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:DHi there Trans Face! X××x××pink×jellocreature××x××X (talk) 01:36, 20 December 2007 (UTC) You won an award!
Fractional-reserve bankingYou deserve a barnstar for your efforts. I can't think of anyone who has contributed more to Wikipedia, except maybe Jimbo. I'm not sure where to put this on your frontpage, so here it is:
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My UserpageHi There First id like to thank you immensly for your pages about creating a decent userpage!! They are great and I would be lost without them!! Just one question, On my userpage i have a small welcome banner up the top. How do I make this text larger and change the font? Sorry if you have already covered this somewhere. Thanks in advanceCstubbies (talk) 12:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC) A valuable serviceI think you need recognition for doing the job of ten other editors, and doing it out of altruism and genuine belief in Wikipedia. Not many editors here have the same good attitude and provide the same service as you - I don't have any specific point to put across, but I thought you should just be prodded and reminded that you do a lot of good around here, in the hope you'll keep it up. Kudos! Seegoon (talk) 17:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC) :)
Welcoming committeeJust a note, I've made a minor update to your contributions. To reiterate my edit summary, you put in a tonne of effort there, and you deserve to be credited for it :) Feel free to revert, nonetheless. Regards, AGK (contact) 16:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC) List of basic space exploration topicsHi there TTH, Just wanted to thank you for your labors on this page, which is a great resource for us. Bill Wwheaton (talk) 17:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC) You'd better hope there is a humour barnstar... because you just gave me the biggest laugh in weeks. Good stuff giving that RfA spammer what-for here. αѕєηιηє t/c 22:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC) List of basic Canada topicsNice work -- I will withdraw the AfD nom. – ukexpat (talk) 00:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Fictional listsThe deletion review was approved for recreation: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 March 10. Just letting you know, in case you weren't watchlisting it. I'm not sure what you have to do next to get the old version undeleted though (if that's what you wanted :) Nice catch on rescuing that grouping. -- Quiddity (talk) 00:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC) 'Tis for you
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List_of_basic_France_topicsHi Transhumanist, I wanted to note that I saw all of your work on the List of Basic France topics, and I appreciate it! Lazulilasher (talk) 02:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC) From Zach...
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Happy Transhumanist's Day!
→ Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 00:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC) Happy The Transhumanist's Day!
I think......you need a barnstar for all of the hard work you have put into the WP:WPOOK!
BarnstarTranshumanist my friend, It's about time you deserve a barnstar for all your contributions to outlines on Wikipedia, and also for being the promoter that you are for outlines. If it wasn't for you we might not have outlines as they are, so it is my honor to present to you the Special Barnstar because no other barnstar could merit what you do for outlines on Wikipedia. :-) Burningview (talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Well done
Made me laughYou once said in a AFD: "If you are building a robot, you can start with just the left pinky." I love that. Happy New Year! Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 20:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC) another thanksI appreciate you pointing me in the direction of a formatted signature. For some reason I couldn't find any reference to how it is done in the years I have been here. Cheers. ◦◦derekbd◦◦my talk◦◦ 12:16, 4 June 2011 (UTC) ImpressedI just wanted to tell you (probably not the 1st ^^ ) that your are an incredible wikipedia member, your userpage is simply amazing and your contribution is...gigantic? huge? Incredible? not for the number edits (still high) but rather over the appropriateness of the things that you have created, especially the outline project. I wont give you another award, you already have billions, but simply a modest "Bravo!". -- Offiikart (Talk) 05:23, 21 June 2011 (UTC) ThanksHi, thanks a lot for the barnstar, you are truly a user with whom it is pleasant to interact. I greatly appreciate your help, your tips and you recognition on the work done, even if only very minimal compared to the work you have done. I think you, more than everyone else, deserve a special recognition. Here is the first Barnstar I ever awarded :
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Thank you. The Transhumanist 07:45, 18 January 2015 (UTC) A cup of coffee for you!
Thank you. The Transhumanist 06:56, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
At Tip-Of-The-Day: Thank you for your updates & guidance!Greetings The Transhumanist,Want to let you know the value of your insights & feedback!
Pony!Pony! Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
Thank you. The Transhumanist 15:31, 28 September 2016 (UTC) Love the outlinesHi there! I just wanted to let you know that I think your planet outlines are really cool. I have long thought it was a shame that only Wikipedians seem to know about Books or Portals, because they are really great tools for structuring knowledge (while everyone loves diving down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, we could really do with some better content organization). The outlines strike me as a great way to bring that sort content organization to mainspace, where it will actually reach a large number of readers. I notice that I am the first one to edit them besides yourself, and I hope you know that I do so with love.
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@RightCowLeftCoast: Thank you. I feel honored. Please keep in mind that I have not been working alone. Credit goes to the nearly 400 editors who came forward to speak up for the keeping of portals. And although the RfC to delete all portals is over, the job of defending portals from deletion is not. For the portal namespace to be retained in the long term, the portals in it will need to be improved to a worthy quality level, otherwise we may see more deletion attempts. This task is far more than a single editor can handle. Fortunately, many editors have come forward to meet the challenge. Working to develop portals and the entire portal system, is a team of 80 editors who are diligently redesigning, upgrading, updating, and maintaining portals. They are the members of the Portals WikiProject, and without them there might be no portals. They are doing a wonderful job, and I am very proud of them. Thank you. — The Transhumanist 17:22, 26 May 2018 (UTC) Preciousthinking-related topics Thank you for organising a list of thinking-related topics, for Shift work sleep disorder and the index of oral health and dental articles, for your thoughts and efforts regarding portals, and beginnings such as Portal:Thinking/Selected picture, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! Preciousportals Thank you for your thoughts and efforts regarding portals, for the concept of outlines, for sectional redirects, for articles such as Life Extension Foundation, for service from 2006, including portal philosophy and user page design center, - repeating (1 & 4 June 2009): you are an awesome Wikipedian! Thank you. I looked, but couldn't figure out what 1 & 4 June 2009 were referring to. Just curious. — The Transhumanist 19:26, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
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Moxy, thank you. I'm honored, and I receive this praise for the team, without whom there would be very little progress on portals. They are literally transforming them into something new. I'm glad to be a part of that. — The Transhumanist 18:20, 7 June 2018 (UTC) A Barnstar for you
You are welcome, formerly Wpgbrown. Nice new name. ;) — The Transhumanist 10:26, 6 July 2018 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
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You have made immense contributions to outlines over the years, and have encouraged many more Wikipedians to follow your lead. The impact of your contributions are great. Keep doing the good work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambujshukla2004 (talk • contribs) 19:16, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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