Tao of Airfix

NATO Should Not Replace Traditional Firepower with ‘Drones’ Over-reliance on uncrewed aerial systems or ‘drones’ is leading to significant problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and is not something Western militaries should attempt to replicate

Just published via RUSI... I suspect this one may generate some strong opinions but I think it's an important set of factors for military planners especially in the Land domain to engage with:

NATO Should Not Replace Traditional Firepower with ‘Drones’

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so if anyone does not recognize the name, this is probably the most famous living mathematician on earth. you basically fund his group to pay salaries and random shit like MRI machines becomes several times more efficient, like magic.

Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.

Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.

Four global maps showing near-surface air temperature anomalies for the month of August in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. Most all areas are observing long-term warming, which is largest over the Arctic region and Asia. Anomalies are calculated relative to 1951-1980 from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis.

Welcome to August! Our planet is hotter, and it's only going to get hotter.

Maps show the changes in August temperature by decade. Data used from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

🔴⚠️🔥♨️🇵🇹🇪🇸The recent heatwaves left the perfect conditions for #wildfire to grow rapidly in the iberian peninsula.2700 👨‍🚒fighting fires in Portugal and also central Spain is hit by severe blazes.⬇️last 12hrs in sunlight by meteosat-12 #climateemergency @eumetsat.int

It would save the UK an ENORMOUS amount of money across multiple sectors if they just ran most things paid for by the state as boring state bureaucracies with boring underpaid state functionaries in charge

Your usual reminder that MARGARET THATCHER stood up in front of the UN General Assembly in November 1989 & declared that this clear & present danger existed on the basis of the science as understood then, & that understanding & concrete measurement has only grown, to vast volumes, since.

The Red Queen Fallacy Humans weren't made to tick off checklists and clear inboxes. We've lost sight of who we are, amid the mindless excesses of hustle culture and a drive-thru existence. Here's the case for slowing down.

I wrote about what I call "The Red Queen Fallacy" -- the toxic blend of hustle culture, checklist existences, and under-regulated capitalism that make too many people in modern life feel like they're stuck on a treadmill without an off switch:

The extremely simple fact is that Jeff Epstein was the most notorious child sex trafficker in history, and the President of the US was his close personal friend for decades

Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated

the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?

Fun fact: In real trade agreements written by grown ups wearing their big boy pants and smart girl hats, we avoid like the plague any commitments on things we don't control.

Good: The government will not unreasonably impede investment.

Bad: Our private citizens will make a $zillion in investments.

London is thriving. And the right can’t stand it.

They talk down our capital constantly, but the city is measurably becoming a better place to live.

6 facts that shatter their doom narrative:

Standing for Reform UK in Barking this week.

He deleted his social after we exposed him.

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

I forget that most people don't know about wet bulb effect (when the gradient of heat + humidity in the air matches that of your body, your body cannot cool itself down by sweating, and you start to cook from the inside.

Gonna be one of the leading causes of death re. global warming. Get informed.

One wonders how much the Thielite boosters actually know about the real working technology underpinning digital computing, as opposed to the technology they make appear to work by typing magic words into it...

Health Insurance in the USA covers nothing, it just HAS to be bought for ACCESS to treatment.

It is Mafia Protection Money for your life and worth $2tn a year for NOTHING.

This is privatised medicine, it is what they will bring to the UK.

‘Threatening letters’ and cancelled committees: inside Reform UK’s Kent takeover The takeover of Kent County Council by Reform UK in the spring local elections has proved to be fractious, fraught and sometimes farcical, but no one’s laughing

An excellent catalogue of what you really get if you vote Reform...

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Wiki screenshot: On 23 February 2010, Tebbit was alleged to have attacked a ceremonial Chinese dragon during a Chinese New Year parade in Bury St Edmunds. He is said to have been unaware it was Chinese New Year and to have "kicked the rear of a child who was dressed in the traditional costume of a dragon".

Norman Tebbit once kicked a child because he didn’t know it was Chinese new year

Rayner: We must tackle profound impact of migration Deputy PM says ministers must accept ‘real concerns people have’ amid fears of another summer of riots

Or, just spitballing here, the government could address the genuine issues, such as housing issues, cost of living crisis, and confront disinformation spread about immigration to help better inform people, rather than pandering to xenophobia and exacerbating hostile rhetoric and scapegoating.

Green MP Ellie Chowns, "Brexit has been a disastrous decision for the country, and the majority of British people recognise that"

"We were sold a pup by a snakeoil salesman"

Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states

🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇

Reform councillors criticised after voting to spend £150,000 on political advisers Plan was put forward by 19-year-old leader of Warwickshire council George Finch who also lobbied to remove Pride flag

The new ReformUK leader of Warwickshire County Council wants to spend £150k of tax payers money for political advisors probably because he's only 19 and doesn't know what he's doing. 😂😂😂
#ReformUK in a nutshell
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The New Statesman's graphic design team have problems remembering what Great Britain is, and what is not part of Great Britain, or indeed the UK. But, on the up side, a partial win for Cork separatism.

Andy Burnham: These Dangerous, Alienating Times Call for Radical Change of Our Politics From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be ...

Why do so many people feel completely alienated from politics? And when did politics on the left stop being about helping them with the fundamentals in their lives?

I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇

the problem brexiters had with the IREXIT notion was we have professional well-researched journalists who are not afraid to challenge BS head-on.

This is what happened farage when he tried his "ireland will leave the EU" patter on RTE. (Claire Byrne is the journalist).

Starlink's connection speeds drop below the federal definition of "broadband" at a density of ~7 customers per square mile, according to recent research. The more the customers in an area, the slower everybody's connections get. Data shows that 83% of US Starlink customers get sub-broadband speeds.

Farage says Epping far-right hotel rioters were "genuinely concerned families".

Here are the "families" he was referring to.