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Today's featured article Ursula K. Le Guin "The Day Before the Revolution" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured). First published in Galaxy in August 1974, it was republished in Le Guin's The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975). Set in her fictional Hainish universe, the story has strong connections to her novel The Dispossessed (also 1974), and is sometimes referred to as a prologue to the novel. The story follows Odo, an aging anarchist, who over the course of a day relives memories of her life as an activist as she learns of plans for a general strike the next day. The strike is implied to be the start of the revolt leading to the idealized anarchist society based on Odo's teachings depicted in the novel. The story was critically well-received. It won the Nebula and Locus Awards for Best Short Story in 1975, and was also nominated for a Hugo Award. Multiple scholars commented that it represented a shift in Le Guin's writing toward non-linear narrative structures and works infused with feminism. (Full article...) Recently featured: 2019 FA Cup final George Town, Penang Mount Edziza volcanic complex  Today's featured media The Giechburg is a partly reconstructed hilltop castle located in the town of Scheßlitz in Bavaria, Germany. There was a hilltop fort at the site from at least Neolithic times, and the castle enters written history in 1125. In 1390, it entered the possession of the prince-bishops of Bamberg, and its history thereafter is closely allied to the bishopric and the city of Bamberg. The castle was destroyed and rebuilt several times over the subsequent centuries before undergoing extensive redevelopment between 1599 and 1609. It became less useful to the prince-bishops over the subsequent centuries however, and eventually fell into ruin. After a period in the 19th and 20th centuries in the hands of the von Giech family, the castle was eventually acquired by the district of Bamberg in 1971 and reconstructed as a conference and hospitality centre. This 2021 aerial photograph shows the Giechburg viewed from the north, with the village of Peulendorf in the background. Photograph credit: Reinhold Möller Recently featured: Plains-wanderer – Ethel Smyth – InSight Archive – More featured media...  Did you know Kendrick Lamar and Drake ... that the "beef" between Kendrick Lamar and Drake (both pictured) dates back to the 2013 song "Control"? ... that the Bluey special "The Sign" reminded a Sydney Morning Herald reporter of Australia's housing crisis? ... that Joel Breman, who helped combat the 1976 Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire, was not expected to return alive by the pilots who dropped him there? ... that the Lutheran St. Trinitatis in Wolfenbüttel, consecrated in 1719, is a Baroque church with a facade recalling that of a palace? ... that to mitigate religious violence in the city, Ambon mayor Marcus Jacob Papilaja made Muslim and Christian city employees mix? ... that the Vulcan Bridge, a bridge in Vulcan, West Virginia, was constructed after the mayor requested financial aid from the Soviet Union? ... that while going to the Strategion in Constantinople, Emperor Theodosius II was attacked with stones by a hungry mob? ... that during the "trial from hell" Matthew Charles Johnson and his co-accused hurled abuse at the judge and threw human excrement at a member of the jury?

In the news Hossein Amir-Abdollahian A landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province leaves hundreds of people missing. The European Union passes the Artificial Intelligence Act, aiming to establish a regulatory and legal framework for AI. A helicopter crash near Varzaqan, Iran, kills eight people, including President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (pictured). In boxing, Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in twenty-four years. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline War in Sudan timeline Recent deaths: Willi Brokmeier Paul Parkman Kabosu Ivan Boesky Narayanan Vaghul David Wilkie  This day in history May 26: National Sorry Day in Australia; Independence Day in Georgia (1918), Lag BaOmer (Judaism, 2024) Damage to the Interstate 40 bridge 1644 – Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo. 1894 – Germany's Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign. 1999 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season. 2002 – Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River. Augustine of Canterbury (d. 604) Yuan Xingqin (d. 926) Jeremy Corbyn (b. 1949) Elizabeth Peer (d. 1984) More anniversaries: May 25 May 26 May 27

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