User:The Transhumanist
- User page undergoing expansion/revamp. Please excuse the blank section until it is completed. Thank you.
Introduction
Hi. My name is The Transhumanist, and I'm a wikipediholic.
I love emerging and evolving technologies, and so... I'm currently immersed in studying AI, particularly deep learning, and how it applies to big data. I also 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 Lisa Winter took part in robot battles at 10 years old?
- ... that al-Battani was one of the first astronomers to observe that the distance between the Earth and the Sun varies during the year?
- ... that Ulf Merbold, the first West German in space, grew up in East Germany?
- ... that journalist Travis Lupick first wrote about the opioid epidemic for The Georgia Straight in 2014 and has since published two books, Light Up the Night and Fighting for Space, on the subject?
- ... that the only preface Jules Verne ever wrote was likely written by somebody else?
- ... that the rare Somali pigeon urgently needs a population survey?
- ... that research suggests liminal spaces appear unsettling by falling in the uncanny valley of physical places?
- ... that rubber barons like Carlos Scharff enslaved indigenous populations in the Upper Amazon region during the rubber boom as a workforce for latex collection?
- ... that despite its sizable population, Cary is classified as a town?
- ... that amateur astronomer A. O. Granger expanded his home to include the largest observatory and telescope in the southeastern United States?
- ... that while the laws governing Jewish astrology prohibit worshipping the stars, gaining knowledge of their influences on humans is permitted?
- ... 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?
- ... 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 New Zealand's Big Lemon & Paeroa bottle was originally a replica space rocket?
Need help?
Do you have a question about any subject that you can't find the answer to?
Consider asking it at the Wikipedia reference desk.
Selected images that captured my attention
Trump news tracker
- 15 January 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump wins the Iowa caucus. Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the race and endorses Trump. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
- 9 January 2024 – Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
- A panel of three federal appellate judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hears oral arguments regarding the issue of presidential immunity for former US president Donald Trump. (CNN)
- 5 January 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- The U.S. Supreme Court grants a writ of certiorari for former president Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling in Anderson v. Griswold regarding his presidential eligibility and schedules oral arguments for February 8. (AP)
- 28 December 2023 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign, 2024 presidential eligibility of Donald Trump
- Former President Donald Trump is returned to the primary ballot in Colorado, after the Colorado Republican Party appealed Trump's removal under the 14th Amendment earlier this month. Separately, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removes Trump from the state's primary ballot under the 14th Amendment. (CBS) (AP)
- 19 December 2023 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign, Anderson v. Griswold
- The Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies former U.S. president Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot under the Fourteenth Amendment. (NBC News)
- 15 December 2023 – Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election
- A United States federal jury orders Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, to pay $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgian election officials with false electoral fraud claims. (AFP via France 24)
Interests
- Select [►] to view subcategories
Wikipedia newsfeed
- 17 January 2024 –
- Thousands of people protest the trial of Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia. Clashes with police have been reported. (RFE/RL)
- Thai activist Arnon Nampa is sentenced to four years in prison for a 2021 royal insult on social media. (CNA)
- 16 January 2024 – Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- A Greek-owned bulk carrier is hit by a missile launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen with minor damage reported. Separately, the United States launches more airstrikes on Houthi positions, destroying four anti-ship missiles that were being prepared for launch. (BBC News)
- British multinational oil and gas company Shell suspends all Red Sea shipments indefinitely amid Houthi attacks on commerical vessels. (Fox Business)
- 16 January 2024 – Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Iran–Pakistan relations
- Iran launches ballistic missiles at Balochistan, Pakistan, targeting what it claims are Jaish ul-Adl terrorist sites, killing two children and injuring three other people. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace. (AP)
- 16 January 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Kharkiv
- 17 people are injured by a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kharkiv. (Reuters)
- 16 January 2024 – Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
- A Congolese soldier is killed and two others are arrested by the Rwandan Army in a cross-border incident in Rubavu District, Rwanda. (AP)
- 16 January 2024 – Somali Civil War
- An al-Shabaab suicide bomber kills three people and wounds two others outside of the Mayor of Mogadishu's office in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Anadolu Agency)
- 16 January 2024 – War in Sudan
- Sudan suspends its membership of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) after accusing it of inviting Rapid Support Forces official Hemedti to an upcoming summit in Kampala, Uganda. (AP)
- 16 January 2024 – Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
- A lawsuit is filed against Madison Square Garden Entertainment chairman James L. Dolan, accusing him of pressuring a woman into having unwanted sex in 2014. The woman also files a lawsuit against film producer Harvey Weinstein, accusing him of sexually assaulting her. (The New York Times)
- 16 January 2024 –
- A drive-by shooting kills five people in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Authorities say the killings are likely connected to drug trafficking. (ABC News)
- The Iranian government extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's jail term of 12 years for "spreading propaganda". (BBC News)
- 16 January 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Asa Hutchinson 2024 presidential campaign
- Former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson withdraws from the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. (AP)
- 16 January 2024 – Rwanda asylum plan
- UK Conservative Party deputy chairmen Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith resign to join 60 other Conservative MPs in voting to back an amendment to the Asylum and Immigration Bill, making it more strict. (BBC News)
- 15 January 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war
- Houthi militants launch a missile at the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-owned and operated bulk carrier Gibraltar Eagle in the Gulf of Aden. (AP)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile penetrating their home in Yuval, Northern Israel. (BBC News)
- 2024 Ra'anana attack
- A woman is killed and 18 other people are severely injured in a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by two Palestinian illegal workers from Hebron in Ra'anana, Central Israel. (Haaretz)
- 15 January 2024 – Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
- 2024 Erbil attack
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kills four people and injures five others in a ballistic missile and drone attack on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The IRGC also says that they launched a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Reuters) (Rudaw)
- 15 January 2024 – Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023. (Irrawaddy)
- 15 January 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Ukraine claims that it has shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne control center over the Sea of Azov. (CNN)
- 15 January 2024 – War in Sudan
- Battle of Khartoum
- Clashes in Khartoum State kill thirteen civilians as the Sudanese Armed Forces continue their offensive in Omdurman. (Radio Dabanga)
- 15 January 2024 – Central African Republic Civil War
- A Cameroonian peacekeeper in MINUSCA is killed and five others are injured in an explosion in Mbindale, Lim-Pendé, Central African Republic. (AA)(Atlas News)
- 15 January 2024 – Nigerian bandit conflict
- Bandits attack Nigerian forces at a military base in Nahuta, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
- 15 January 2024 – 2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Cyclone Belal hits the Indian Ocean with flooding reported in Réunion and Mauritius. (BBC News)
- 15 January 2024 –
- Eleven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Al Jazeera)
- Four people are killed and another person is injured in a hot air balloon crash in Eloy, Arizona, United States. (Reuters)
- 15 January 2024 – Foreign relations of Nauru, Foreign relations of Taiwan, One China
- Nauru withdraws diplomatic recognition of Taiwan and establishes formal diplomatic relations with China. (Reuters)
- 15 January 2024 – North Korea–South Korea relations
- North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un says that Korean reunification is "no longer possible" and dissolves three organizations involved in reunification efforts and inter-Korean tourism. He also asks the Supreme People's Assembly to amend the constitution to recognize South Korea as a "primary foe and invariable principal enemy" and distinguish between North Korean and South Korean territory. (Reuters)
- 15 January 2024 – Ecuadorian security crisis
- Forty-three prisoners are at large after escaping a prison in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters)
- 15 January 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump wins the Iowa caucus. Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the race and endorses Trump. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
- 15 January 2024 – 2023–24 Premier League
- English association football clubs Everton and Nottingham Forest are both charged by the Premier League with breaking financial fairplay rules. Everton are currently appealing a 10-point deduction from a previous charge. (BBC Sport)
- 14 January 2024 – 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Around 120,000 people attend the start of a 24-hour rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square to mark 100 days since hostages were kidnapped into Gaza during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7. (The Times of Israel)
- 14 January 2024 – 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- All 178 prison employees who were held hostage in at least seven prisons are released. (Al Jazeera)
- 14 January 2024 – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
- The Reykjanes volcano erupts near the town of Grindavík, Iceland, with one fissure forming inside the town limits. (CNN)
- 14 January 2024 – English Channel migrant crossings
- Five migrants die after their small boat overturns while attempting to cross the English Channel. Dozens more are rescued, according to the French Maritime Prefecture. (BBC News)
- 14 January 2024 – India–Maldives relations
- The Maldives calls for the complete withdrawal of the Indian Armed Forces from its territory by March 15 amid a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. India currently has around 80 troops stationed on the archipelago. (Reuters)
- 14 January 2024 – Inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo
- In Guatemala, the Constitutional Court aligns itself with the outgoing ruling party and denies legal recourse to Semilla, affirming that Semilla's elected members of Congress must assume office as "independents", thereby disqualifying them from running for the presidency of the Congress. The legislature of the outgoing Congress subsequently announces a delay in the investiture of the incoming legislature, as well as in the presidential investiture of Bernardo Arévalo. (Prensa Libre)
- Despite the Constitutional Court's ruling, Samuel Pérez Álvarez, a member of Semilla, is elected President of the Congress with 92 votes. (Prensa Libre)
- 14 January 2024 – 2024 Comorian presidential election
- The Comoros hold the first round of presidential elections. (Reuters)
- 14 January 2024 – Abdication of Margrethe II
- Frederik X is proclaimed King of Denmark following his mother's abdication. (AP)
- 13 January 2024 – 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- The U.S. Navy conducts additional strikes targeting Houthi-held territory in Yemen. (Reuters)
- 13 January 2024 – Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, a day after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a shooting in Iraq. (AP)
- 13 January 2024 – 2024 El Carmen de Atrato landslide
- A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, Colombia, kills 34 people and injures at least 35 others. (AP)
- 13 January 2024 –
- At least 21 miners are killed and several others are trapped following a collapse at a gold mine in Simiyu Region, Tanzania. (Xinhua)
- 13 January 2024 – 2024 Taiwanese general election
- 2024 Taiwanese legislative election
- The opposition Nationalist Party of China wins the most seats in the Legislative Yuan but no party receives an absolute majority. (Taiwan News)
- 2024 Taiwanese presidential election
- Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president of Taiwan. (The Guardian)
- 12 January 2024 – Operation Prosperity Guardian, Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war, United States–Houthi conflict
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- The United States and United Kingdom launch airstrikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen in response to attacks on international trade in the Red Sea. Explosions are reported in the capital Sanaa and port city of Al Hudaydah, with at least ten Houthi militants killed. (BBC News) (AP) (Bloomberg)
- U.S. officials confirm that more than a dozen Houthi sites have been targeted with Tomahawk missiles launched from U.S. Navy warships and fighter jets. The military targets allegedly included logistical hubs, air defence systems, and weapons storage locations. (AP)
- 12 January 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
- British prime minister Rishi Sunak visits Kyiv to reiterate his support for Ukraine. (The Washington Post) (GOV.UK)
- 12 January 2024 – 2024 Noto earthquake
- The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 215 people, with 28 others still missing. (NHK)
- 12 January 2024 –
- Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an accident at a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan, China. (Reuters)
- 12 January 2024 – South Africa v. Israel
- On the second day of proceedings, Israel defends itself in The Hague, Netherlands, regarding alleged violations of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and other international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (Times of Israel)
- 12 January 2024 – Law enforcement in Suriname
- Former President of Suriname Dési Bouterse is reported missing by the authorities after failing to turn himself in to prison. (The Guardian)
- 11 January 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- Operation Prosperity Guardian
- The Cabinet of the United Kingdom formally authorises British military action against Houthi militants in Yemen. (Bloomberg)
- 11 January 2024 – 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- Two people are killed and nine more injured during an arson attack at a nightclub in El Coca, Ecuador. (AP)
- 11 January 2024 –
- The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy seizes control of the Marshall Islands-flagged and Greek-operated civilian oil tanker St Nikolas in the Gulf of Oman. The tanker had 19 crew members onboard, including 18 Filipinos and one Greek. It was carrying crude oil from Basra, Iraq, to Turkey. (Reuters)
- Google lays off hundreds of employees in its core engineering team, and others working on Google Assistant and Google's hardware products. (The New York Times)
- The United States Labor Department reports that auto insurance premiums experienced a remarkable rise in 2023, their highest annual increase in nearly half a century. (Reuters)
- A chartered Air Côte d'Ivoire flight from The Gambia to the Ivory Coast, transporting the Gambia national football team to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, makes an emergency landing in Banjul, Gambia, due to a loss of cabin pressure lasting for more than nine minutes. All passengers suffer some degree of hypoxia including loss of consciousness. (Hindustan Times) (The Guardian)
- 11 January 2024 – 2022–2024 Southern Africa cholera outbreak
- Around 300 people are confirmed dead in an outbreak of cholera in Zambia. (BBC News)
- 11 January 2024 – 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest
- Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape declares a state of emergency and suspends some officials following yesterday's riots which killed 16 people. (Reuters)
- 11 January 2024 – Smoking in Latvia
- Latvia bans the sale and use of tobacco and nicotine products for those under the age of 20 years, beginning on January 1, 2025. (ERR)
- 11 January 2024 – South Africa v. Israel
- A two-day public hearing begins at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, regarding alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (CNN)
- 11 January 2024 – 2023 Guatemalan general election
- Former Minister of the Interior Napoleón Barrientos is arrested for failing to comply with his duties for not using force to evict the blockades and demonstrations that occurred in October, which called for the resignation of Attorney General María Consuelo Porras. (The Washington Post)
- The Public Ministry orders the arrest of four magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal who have been living in exile since losing their immunity in November. (Prensa Libre)
- Vice President-elect Karin Herrera presents a legal appeal before the Constitutional Court due to the risk of a possible arrest warrant against her which would violate her immunity. (Prensa Libre)
- 10 January 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722
- The United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution condemning Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea. (The Washington Post)
- 10 January 2024 – Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab insurgents capture a United Nations helicopter carrying seven people, killing one person and abducting five others, while the seventh person is missing. The helicopter landed in al-Shabaab-controlled territory after encountering "a defect" shortly after takeoff from Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (AP)
- 10 January 2024 –
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approves eleven spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in a landmark decision. (Reuters)
- 10 January 2024 – 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest
- Riots occur in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, following a strike by police over a reduction in their pay. Ten people are killed and 13 others are seriously injured as a result of the riots. (RNZ) (The National)
- 10 January 2024 – Capital punishment in Pakistan
- The Supreme Court of Pakistan upholds the 2019 death sentence upon former leader Pervez Musharraf, who lived in exile in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, until his death in February 2023. (Dawn)
- 10 January 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Chris Christie 2024 presidential campaign
- Former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie withdraws from the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. (NBC News)
- 10 January 2024 –
- The 2024 European Men's Handball Championship begins in Germany. (The Local)
- The 2024 UEC European Track Championships begins in the Netherlands. (The Irish Times)
- 9 January 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- Operation Prosperity Guardian
- U.S. Navy and Royal Navy warships in the Red Sea shoot down 21 suicide drones and missiles launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps describes it as the largest attack in the area by the Houthis to date. (Reuters)
- 9 January 2024 – 2024 conflict in Ecuador
- President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros drug cartel, from prison. Gangsters subsequently storm a TC Televisión newsroom in Guayaquil and launch a series of riots, kidnappings, and explosions across the country. Eight civilians are killed, including two at Centro Comercial Albán Borja , and three more injured during random shootings in Guayaquil, while two police officers are killed in Nobol. As a result, schools are closed and the military is called to stop gang activities. (Al Jazeera)
- 9 January 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Hezbollah launches a drone attack on the Northern Command headquarters in Safed, Israel, marking its deepest incursion into Israeli territory since the outbreak of hostilities. In retaliation, Israel claims the assassination of Ali Hussein Barji, the commander of Hezbollah's air force in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah denies this claim. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- 9 January 2024 –
- South Korea bans the breeding and slaughter of dogs for consumption, effective in 2027. (CNN)
- 9 January 2024 – Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
- A panel of three federal appellate judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hears oral arguments regarding the issue of presidential immunity for former US president Donald Trump. (CNN)
- 9 January 2024 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russia places exiled tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on a wanted list over comments he made regarding the ongoing war. (AP)
- 9 January 2024 – 2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election
- Bhutanese people vote in the second round of the election for 47 members of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
- 9 January 2024 –
- Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister of France. (BBC News)
- 8 January 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 38 others in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Ukraine says that it shot down all eight drones and 18 of 51 missiles. (AP) (Reuters)
- 8 January 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israel assassinates Wissam al-Tawil, the deputy commander of Hezbollah's Redwan Force, during an airstrike against a vehicle in Majdel Selm, Lebanon. Another person is also killed in the airstrike. (Reuters)
- 8 January 2024 – War in Sudan
- The SPLM-N (al-Hilu) together with the SAF clashed with the RSF in the Nuba Mountains, while the SAF launched airstrikes on an RSF camp in Al-Dabaibat, north of Dalang. (Sudan Tribune)
- 8 January 2024 –
- Twenty-five people are killed and six others are injured in a crash involving a truck and a tourist minibus on a highway near São José do Jacuípe, Bahia, Brazil. (ABC News) (G1)
- A two-year-long investigation conducted by the BBC accuses Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T. B. Joshua of rape and torture. (BBC News)
- Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. (BBC News)
- French prime minister Élisabeth Borne resigns at the request of French president Emmanuel Macron amid political turmoil over immigration reform. (Associated Press)
- 8 January 2024 – Nuclear program of Iran
- According to De Volkskrant, a Dutch engineer recruited by the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands released the malicious computer worm Stuxnet in an Iranian nuclear complex in 2007, disrupting the Iranian nuclear program for years. (NOS) (The Times)
- 8 January 2024 –
- Peregrine Mission One, the first US lunar lander since the Apollo program, is launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States. It later suffers from a fuel leak, making it unable to complete its objective. (The Guardian)
- 8 January 2024 – 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
- 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship
- The University of Michigan beats the University of Washington 34–13 in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship game for NCAA Division I football. (NBC News)
- 7 January 2024 – Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- The Three Brotherhood Alliance claimed that it captured the towns of Kutkai and Theinni on midnight after seizing junta military posts in the towns, including the headquarters of the 16th Military Operations Command in Theinni. (Irrawaddy)
- Tatmadaw airstrikes kill at least 17 people, including nine children, and injure 20 others in Kanan village, Sagaing. (ABC News)
- 7 January 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- At least ten people are killed during three separated confrontations between Palestinians and Israel's border police and army in the occupied West Bank. (AP)
- 7 January 2024 – War in Sudan
- The SPLM-N (al-Hilu) seized control of Dalang following reports of an agreement between the group and the SAF to fight the RSF. (Sudan Tribune)
- 7 January 2024 – 81st Golden Globe Awards
- Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, wins five awards at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, while Poor Things wins the awards for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (CNBC)
- Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet Nation) becomes the first Indigenous woman to win Best Actress for her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon. (ICT News) (AP)
- 7 January 2024 –
- A fire in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh destroys hundreds of shelters and facilities and displaces nearly 7,000 Rohingya refugees. (Dhaka Tribune) (The Washington Post)
- 7 January 2024 – 2024 Bangladeshi general election
- Citizens of Bangladesh vote in a general election with opposition parties boycotting the election. (Al Jazeera)
- 7 January 2024 –
- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos signs a law that permits electronic tax filing in the country. (Reuters)
- 7 January 2024 – 2024 ATP Tour, 2024 WTA Tour
- 2024 United Cup
- In tennis, Germany wins their first United Cup after defeating Poland 2–1 in the final. (PA Media via The Guardian)
- 6 January 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces attack Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, with S-300 missiles according to local authorities, killing at least 11 people, including five children, and injuring eight others. (CNN)
- 6 January 2024 – Afghan conflict
- Five people are killed and 15 more injured during the explosion of a bomb planted by Islamic State members on a bus carrying Shiites in the neighbourhood of Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)
- 6 January 2024 – 2024 Salvadoran general election
- Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. (El Mundo)
- 5 January 2024 – Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- Battle of Laukkai
- The MNDAA gain full control of Laukkai, capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone, following the mass surrender of the last junta forces and officials within the city. (Myanmar-Now)
- 5 January 2024 – Iraqi conflict
- U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
- Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani announces that the Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the U.S.-led international military coalition from the country after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad yesterday killed a militia leader. (Reuters)
- 5 January 2024 – Korean conflict
- North Korea fires 200 artillery shells near South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, prompting evacuations. (CNBC)
- 5 January 2024 – 2024 Noto earthquake
- The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 94 people. At least 222 others are still missing. (AP)
- 5 January 2024 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
- An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft loses a door section of its fuselage mid-air and makes an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, United States, with no major injuries reported. The Federal Aviation Administration subsequently orders a temporary grounding of all 737 Max 9 aircraft in response to the incident. (The Guardian) (BBC News) (CNN)
- 5 January 2024 – 2024 Cicalengka station railway collision
- Two passenger trains collide near Cicalengka railway station in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, killing at least four people and injuring several others. (AP)
- 5 January 2024 – Foreign relations of Nepal, Russo-Ukrainian War
- Nepal suspends the issuance of permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine after 10 Nepalis are killed while serving in the Russian Army. (Reuters)
- 5 January 2024 –
- South African former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is released on parole after serving eight and a half years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (France 24)
- 5 January 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- The U.S. Supreme Court grants a writ of certiorari for former president Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling in Anderson v. Griswold regarding his presidential eligibility and schedules oral arguments for February 8. (AP)
- 4 January 2024 – Iraqi conflict
- U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
- A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi. (Reuters)
- 4 January 2024 – 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Battle of Khan Yunis
- IDF claimed to have significantly degraded the command and control of Hamas Khan Younis Brigade's northern and eastern battalions with the destruction of tunnel systems, infrastructure and deaths of company commanders. (Understanding War)
- 4 January 2024 – Kerman bombings
- Islamic State's Khorasan Province claims responsibility for yesterday's double bombing in Kerman, Iran, which killed 89 people. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- 4 January 2024 –
- 2024 New York City Subway derailment
- Five people are killed and 22 others are injured in a fire at a hospital in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany. (AP)
- At least 1,000 cars are stranded on the E22 highway in Sweden between Hörby and Kristianstad due to heavy snow with people spending the night in their vehicles. The Swedish Army helped drivers get out of their vehicles and supplied them with basic amenities. (NOS)
- A private plane en route from J. F. Mitchell Airport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia crashes shortly after takeoff, killing four people including German actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters. (Loop News) (AFP via Hindustan Times)
- 4 January 2024 – Perry High School shooting
- Two people are killed (including the perpetrator) and seven others are injured during a mass school shooting in Perry, Iowa, United States. (KCCI-TV)
- 4 January 2024 – Treatment of women by the Taliban
- A spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry of the Taliban in Afghanistan announces the arrest of an unspecified number of women for wearing "bad hijab", in the first known crackdown on the dress code since the Taliban's return to power in August 2021. (AP)
- 4 January 2024 –
- Myanmar announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day. (Reuters)
- 4 January 2024 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine, and for their families. (Reuters)
- 4 January 2024 –
- Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is appointed as Prime Minister of Kuwait. (Reuters)
Me (incomplete), described in userboxes...
|
History and contributions...
Awards and praise I've received over the years...
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)
Barnstar
Barnstar
Award
!!!<O.o --The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake 01:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar
!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
Barnstar
: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:
Barnstar
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
Barnstar
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...
Guidance Star
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 :
A barnstar for you!
Note to user getting this message: Please respond on Pinkstrawberry02's talk page. If for some reason you cannot, please send them a {{talkback}} and reply on your own talk page. Thanks for your understanding in this manner. See ya around the wiki! barnstar
A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
A cookie for you!
Thank you
A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
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.
A Barnstar for you!
A Barnstar for you!
@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)
Executive director of portals
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!
A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
Some barnstars for you!
A barnstar for you!
A Barnstar for you
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)
A barnstar for you!
|
Associated Wikimedia
The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:
-
Commons
Free media repository -
Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals -
Wikidata
Free knowledge base -
Wikinews
Free-content news -
Wikiquote
Collection of quotations -
Wikisource
Free-content library -
Wikiversity
Free learning tools -
Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus
- Wikipedia Help Project participants
- WikiProject Health and fitness participants
- WikiProject Lists participants
- Mesopedianist Wikipedians
- Inclusionist Wikipedians
- Incrementalist Wikipedians
- Eventualist Wikipedians
- Wikipedian tipsters
- Wikipedians who use AutoWikiBrowser
- User Wikitext-3
- Wikipedian user script developers
- User perl-2
- User js-2
- User regex-3
- Transhumanist Wikipedians
- WikiProject Geography participants
- Wikipedians interested in geography
- Wikipedians interested in the Earth
- Wikipedians interested in history
- Wikipedians interested in ancient history
- Wikipedians interested in ancient Egypt
- Wikipedians interested in ancient Greece
- Wikipedians interested in ancient Rome