# august am — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover august am. Page: Feed: --- ## [📰 ISRAEL DIGEST: ELECTION POLLING, HORMUZ SHIPPING AND HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/israel-digest-election-polling-hormuz) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 20, 2026 · 1:11 AM Israel time ## [🧭 ISRAEL DIGEST: BORDER READINESS AND TURKISH MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SYRIA](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/israel-digest-border-readiness-and) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 20, 2026 · 1:03 AM Israel time ## [🛡️ ISRAEL DIGEST: SULTAN YACOUB, GAZA TUNNELS AND IDF WARTIME REVIEWS](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/israel-digest-sultan-yacoub-gaza) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 20, 2026 · 12:56 AM Israel time [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211923219.mp3) ## [📊 EISENKOT LEADS CHANNEL 13 POLL AS U.S. OPENS HORMUZ SHIPPING CORRIDOR](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/eisenkot-leads-channel-13-poll-as) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 20, 2026 · 12:15AM Israel time ## [⚠️ IDF TRAINS GAZA BORDER COMMUNITIES AS NETANYAHU, ZAMIR WARN ON SYRIA](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/idf-trains-gaza-border-communities) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 20, 2026 · 12:05 AM Israel time [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211917691.mp3) ## [⚖️ IDF PROSECUTION RULES ON FIVE GAZA FFAM CASES; TWO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ORDERED](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/idf-prosecution-rules-on-five-gaza) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 19, 2026 · 11:52 PM Israel time ## [🌍 ISRAEL HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL AID LEGACY; SULTAN YACOUB MISSING RETURNED, GAZA TUNNELS SEALED](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/israel-highlights-global-aid-legacy) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 19, 2026 · 11:25 PM Israel time [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211913295.mp3) ## [🌍 ISRAEL-TURKEY FRICTION, SYRIA STRIKE AND REGIONAL SECURITY](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/israel-turkey-friction-syria-strike) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 19, 2026 · 10:38 PM Israel time ## [🌐 IRAN PRESSURE AND GAZA OPERATIONS SHAPE REGIONAL PICTURE](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/iran-pressure-and-gaza-operations) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ 🕑 Published: August 19, 2026 · 10:32 PM Israel time [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211906721.mp3) ## [The pioneers of Judea and Samaria](https://www.israelrealtime.com/p/the-pioneers-of-judea-and-samaria-962) _2026-08-19 · Israel Realtime · Israel Realtime_ The pioneers of Judea and Samaria didn't wait for the world's permission. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211902520.mp3) ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DGXlmUq8EIVP) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [Weather Pic of the Week](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/weather-pic-of-the-week-973) _2026-08-19 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ WEATHER PIC OF THE WEEK brought to you by Farmers Insurance - Jenna Isch • 765.838.2781 • https://www.facebook.com/IschInsuranceServices ## [August 19, 6 AM Weather Forecast](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-19-6-am-weather-forecast) _2026-08-19 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Two fronts & a clipper in an overall cooler, less humid pattern. ## [Sputnik 5 launched (1960)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4381) _2026-08-19 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Sputnik 5 was launched on 19 August 1960 with the dogs Белка (Belka), which means squirrel, and Стрелка (Strelka), which means arrow, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants on board. The spacecraft returned to earth the next day and all animals were recovered safely. ## [Chad's Garden (August 8): “Tree Puberty” & What It Means](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/chads-garden-august-8-tree-puberty) _2026-08-18 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Trees going through puberty? Well, they sort of do..... ## [August 18, PM Weather Video Forecast](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-18-pm-weather-video-forecast) _2026-08-18 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Some scattered showers & storms Wednesday, followed long stretches of cooler, pleasant weather. ## [Chad's Garden (August 18): Bacterial & Fungal Infections in Saturated Garden Plots](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/chads-garden-august-18-bacterial) _2026-08-18 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ The extreme wetness, persistent high humidity & the impacts to the garden crops. ## [August 18, 6 AM Weather Forecast](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-18-6-am-weather-forecast) _2026-08-18 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Much cooler, pleasant weather ahead with lack of smoke for a change & below normal rainfall! ## [August 17, PM Weather Video Forecast](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-17-pm-weather-video-forecast) _2026-08-17 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ "Ring of Fire" pattern of severe weather & heavy rainfall is over! Now, overall cooler, drier regime settles in. ## [August 17, 6 AM Weather Forecast](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-17-6-am-weather-forecast) _2026-08-17 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Cooler, less humid trend with drying trend with time as well. ## [August 16, Evening Weather Forecast Update](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-16-evening-weather-forecast) _2026-08-17 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Drier, cooler weather is ahead, but not after a few storms still this evening-early tonight & also some Wednesday. ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Q1uqq11UJ4w8) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [August 16, 6 AM Weather Forecast](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-16-6-am-weather-forecast) _2026-08-16 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Stormy pattern to break down & some nice, pleasant, dry days ahead (but not after a cold front with some storms Wednesday). ## [The long, lonely leap (1960)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4386) _2026-08-16 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Sixty years ago today in August… An hour and thirty-one minutes after launch, my pressure altimeter halts at 103,300 feet. At ground control the radar altimeters also have stopped on readings of 102,800 feet, the figure that we later agree upon as the more reliable. It is 7 o’clock in the morning, and I have \[…\] ## [Local Weather History: July 28-29, 1896 Severe Storms & Significant Flash Flooding](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/local-weather-history-july-28-29) _2026-08-15 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ Late July 1896 was an active period of severe weather & flooding with historic rainfall in our eastern counties July 28-29. ## [August 15, PM Weather Video Forecast](https://chadevansweather.substack.com/p/august-15-pm-weather-video-forecast-aa5) _2026-08-15 · Chad Evans · Chad’s Weather Blog_ "Ring of Fire" pattern with flooding rainfall & severe weather to end followed by nice cooling & much drier trend. ## [Northeast blackout (2003)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1774) _2026-08-14 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ A widespread power outage that affected parts of Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts began at approximately 4:10 PM on 14 August 2003. By 4:13 PM 55 million people in the US and Canada were without electric power. This is sometimes thought of as the 'Third New York City Blackout'. The first was \[ \] ## [Northeast blackout (2003)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1774) _2026-08-14 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ A widespread power outage that affected parts of Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts began at approximately 4:10 PM on 14 August 2003. By 4:13 PM 55 million people in the US and Canada were without electric power. This is sometimes thought of as the 'Third New York City Blackout'. The first was \[ \] ## [Four stroke engine patented by Nicolaus Otto (1877)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1772) _2026-08-14 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ US patent number 194047 was issued to Nikolaus August Otto of Deutz, Germany on 14 Aug 1877. Otto s engine is the type that powers most autos today. ## [Comet Swift-Tuttle closest approach to Earth (2126)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4378) _2026-08-14 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Comet Swift-Tuttle will pass very close to the earth on 14 August 2126, but it will not strike the earth or the moon as earlier calculations suggested. No dangerously close encounters are probable before the year 4479 when there is a one in a million chance (literally) the comet will collide with earth. Comet Swift-Tuttle last visited \[ \] ## [First atomic clock (1948)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=5049) _2026-08-12 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ The 'ammonia maser atomic clock' was first operated on 12 August 1948 and was publicly demonstrated in January 1949. Since it used ammonia it was technically a 'molecular clock'. The publicity photo on the right shows Edward (E.U.) Condon (left), Director of the National Bureau of Standards, holding a model of an ammonia molecule and \[ \] ## [Fat Man: Nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki (1945)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4376) _2026-08-08 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Date: 9 August 1945 (7:50 AM Japan Standard Time) Code name: Fat Man Type: Plutonium Fission Yield: 22 thousand tons of TNT Location: Nagasaki, Japan ## [Zuverlässiges Hosting, Domains, Server (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DXptrTb49CGY) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Zuverlässige Infrastruktur, niedrige Preise und skalierbare Server für deinen Webauftritt. ## [STS-118 Endeavour carries Educator Astronaut (2007)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4351) _2026-08-08 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-118 roared into orbit with Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan on this day in 2007. I was there with Ken Harasty and other extraordinary teachers. ## [Asteroid 1999 AN10 makes a close approach to the earth (2027)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1766) _2026-08-07 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ The near earth asteroid (NEA) 1999 AN10 will pass within 388,960 km of the earth on 7 August 2027. For comparison, the average distance from the earth to the moon is 384,400 km. The probability of a collision in 2027 is essentially zero. ## [First webpage (1991)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4325) _2026-08-06 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ The world s first webpage was posted to the Internet on 6 August 1991. It still exists. Click here to see what it looks like today or click on the screen captures below to see what it looked like in a 1990s browser window. 1992 CERN line mode 1993 NCSA Mosaic 1995 Netscape 1996 Internet Explorer ## [First webpage (1991)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4325) _2026-08-06 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ The world s first webpage was posted to the Internet on 6 August 1991. It still exists. Click here to see what it looks like today or click on the screen captures below to see what it looked like in a 1990s browser window. 1992 CERN line mode 1993 NCSA Mosaic 1995 Netscape 1996 Internet Explorer ## [Curiosity lands on Mars (2012)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=5408) _2026-08-06 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Curiosity, a.k.a. Mars Science Laboratory, landed on Mars at 10:32 PM PDT on 5 August 2012 (1:32 AM EDT on 6 August 2012). ## [Georg Wilhelm Richmann struck by lightning (1753)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4377) _2026-08-06 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Georg Wilhelm Richmann was attending a meeting of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia on 6 August 1753 (26 July 1753 in the old Julian calendar). When he heard thunder in the distance, he hurried home. Richmann had an an apparatus for studying the electrical nature of lightning modeled after one built by Benjamin \[ \] ## [Little Boy: Nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima (1945)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1758) _2026-08-05 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Date: 6 August 1945 (8:15 AM Japan Standard Time) Code name: Little Boy Type: Uranium Fission Yield: 12.5 thousand tons of TNT Location: Hiroshima, Japan ## [Nautillus reaches the North Pole (1958)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4373) _2026-08-04 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the first operational nuclear powered submarine and the first submarine to traverse the Arctic Ocean under the ice cap. The journey beneath the ice lasted four days (August 1-4) begining on the Pacific side near Barrow, Alaska and ending on the Atlantic side north of Greenland. Source: National Archives ## [MESSENGER launched (2004)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4353) _2026-08-03 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Launch 3 August 2004 Refer to my earlier post for a discussion of the orbital slingshot maneuver. MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury on 18 March 2011. MESSENGER stands for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging. ## [MESSENGER launched (2004)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4353) _2026-08-03 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Launch 3 August 2004 Refer to my earlier post for a discussion of the orbital slingshot maneuver. MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury on 18 March 2011. MESSENGER stands for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging. ## [Einstein’s first letter to President Roosevelt (1939)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4372) _2026-08-02 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ The letter that launched the arms race. A warning to President Roosevelt of the possibility of constructing extremely powerful bombs of a new type with hints that the German government might be doing just that. Addressed and dated Peconic, Long Island, August 2nd 1939, it was most likely written by Leo Szilard, the scientist who \[ \] ## [π Approximation Day](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=5404) _2026-07-22 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ π 22 7 Get it? ## [π Approximation Day](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=5404) _2026-07-22 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ π 22 7 Get it? ## [Viking 1 lands on Mars (1976)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=2578) _2026-07-20 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Sand dunes and large rocks are revealed in this panorama of Mars in the first photograph taken by Viking l s Camera 1 on July 23, having landed on July 20, 1976. ## [Trinity: First nuclear weapon test (1945)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1716) _2026-07-16 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Date: 16 July 1945 (5:30 AM Mountain War Time) Code name: Trinity Type: plutonium fission Yield: 21 thousand tons of TNT Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico ## [Diesel engine patented (1895)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1711) _2026-07-16 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Rudolph Diesel received a US patent for his eponymous engine design on 16 July 1895. Diesel died 18 years later under suspicious circumstances. ## [MAUD Committee Report (1941)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1587) _2026-07-15 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Report by M.A.U.D. Committee on the Use of Uranium for a Bomb OUTLINE OF PRESENT KNOWLEDGE 1. General Statement Work to investigate the possibilities of utilizing the atomic energy of uranium for military purposes has been in progress since 1939, and a stage has now been reached when it seems desirable to report progress. We \[ \] ## [Fender receives patent for Broadcaster (1951)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4348) _2026-07-14 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Clarence L. Fender received a US design patent for the Broadcaster solid body electric guitar on this day in 1951. This was followed by an improved model called the Stratocaster that was patented in 1953. ## [Second New York City blackout (1977)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=1704) _2026-07-14 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ The lights went out in New York City at 9:30 PM on 13 July 1977 and stayed out until 10:30 PM the next night. Unlike the major blackouts of 1965 and 2003, which covered large parts of the northeastern US, this blackout was localized to the city. Rioting, looting, vandalism, and arson, mostly confined to the poorest parts of \[ \] ## [Electric guitar patented (1937)](https://glennelert.us/news/?p=4346) _2026-07-13 · elert · News and opinions from Glenn Elert_ Guy Hart of Gibson Instruments was awarded a US patent for an electrical musical instrument on this day in 1937.