Jenn Wong

The implications of this are huge

Another one leaves CISA

I don't miss them

"A gas carrier stuck on the Northern Sea Route has almost reached China" September 19th, 2025 "An LNG tanker carrying a shipment from Arctic LNG—2 is approaching China. The vessel will become the sixth tanker in a row to bring the sanctioned cargo to China. Prior to that, a non-ice-class vessel was stuck on the Northern Sea Route, where it had to stay for at least a week. The tanker Artcic Metagaz has left the Northern Sea Route and is already completing a bypass of Japan from the south, heading to China. This is evidenced by the AIS data of the courts. Before that in The PRC has already unloaded five gas carriers with batches from the sanctioned Arctic LNG — 2, and most of them did it in the southern port of Beihai. At the current speed of 10 knots, Artcic Metagaz will reach it in 8 days. The ship itself indicates arrival at an unknown point on September 27. The gas carrier left Murmansk on August 19 and went along the Northern Sea Route. On August 29, however, the tanker stopped in the East Siberian Sea - at the edge of the ice field. And I've been maneuvering with him for at least a week. Obviously, the gas carrier went further along the coast accompanied by an icebreaker. This is the standard route of this navigation season due to the ice situation in the region. Traditionally, in August, the entire Northern Sea Route turns into open water, but the changes have shown the complexity of the passage of the Northern Sea Route by non-ice-class vessels, which are also under sanctions and are trying to save on ice wiring, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars."

"Initially, Arctic LNG—2 was to be serviced by ice-class icebreakers. However, due to sanctions, the project was unable to receive LNG tankers from South Korea. At the Russian shipyard Zvezda, the delivery of ships is also delayed. "An important step will be the transition to year-round navigation in the eastern sector of the NSR. This approach was incorporated into the transport strategy of the Arctic LNG 2 project. Unfortunately, the sanctions restrictions on this project did not allow us to receive ice—class vessels built at the Korean shipyard," Yevgeny Ambrosov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Novatek, said at the Eastern Economic Forum. In total, up to 10 cargoes — up to 900 million cubic meters of gas in the form of LNG — can be delivered from Arctic LNG-2 and from a floating storage facility in Kamchatka by the end of navigation along the Northern Sea Route. These are not very large volumes for a project that can already operate at a capacity of more than 17 billion cubic meters per year, but symbolic. The project began to be launched back in December 2023, but direct US sanctions led to the fact that end consumers were afraid of secondary sanctions and delivery to China began only from the end of August 2025. As EADaily reported with reference to Bloomberg, China, apparently, is creating a system for regular purchases of LNG from the sanctions project. Sources told the agency that the Chinese authorities have identified a terminal in Beihai to receive sanctioned cargo. "By choosing a single port with a limited international presence, Beijing will be able to protect its gas sector from retaliatory measures," Bloomberg wrote. Experts noted that the supplies may now be symbolic, as China is demonstrating its determination to protect its own interests in the midst of trade negotiations with the United States."

Unsure why the Kremlin-backed EA Daily thought this newsworthy in Sept 2025, (trolling? Trying to implicate RoK in shipbuilding for RU? Some other disinfo op? 🤷🏻‍♀️) but it does provide some background to the RU-China gas trade

Ρωσικό δεξαμενόπλοιο LNG φλέγεται στα ανοιχτά της Λιβύης μετά από επίθεση από ουκρανικά drones Οι τοπικές αρχές δεν έχουν προβεί σε επίσημη τοποθέτηση, ενώ η διεθνής ναυτιλιακή κοινότητα παρακολουθεί με έντονη ανησυχία τις εξελίξεις στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου. Το πλοίο φέρει...

According to shipping security and risk management company Diaplous, the Russian LNG tanker ARCTIC METAGAZ, under international sanctions, was attacked off the coast of Libya at around 4:00 a.m, allegedly by an Ukrainian unmanned vessel.

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March 1: "Who Is Ayatollah Alireza Arafi? What to Know About Iran’s Interim Leader"

by Hollie Silverman via @newsweek.com

Informative thread from PATRIOT expert Zach Abdi @thrustwr.bsky.social 👇🏼

Read Sharan 👇🏼

Important and valuable perspective from
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, a Pakistan-based correspondent for @thediplomat.com

By @marcchampion1.bsky.social

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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Patel "targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran" days before the US attacked Iran.
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obviously the president of Ukraine could have no interest in Iran, now to take a big sip of coffee and look up what a Shahed drone is.

Their expertise needed now more than ever

Hezbollah’s Latest Attack on Israel May Have Sealed the Party’s Demise in Lebanon We finally have it, the answer to a question many pundits and analysts (myself included) have been raising for decades: Is Hezbollah Iran’s proxy or junior ally? A proxy is an extension of its patron,...

NEW: Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel to avenge Khamenei, and Lebanon woke up to bombs over Beirut. It has now doomed itself militarily and lost the rest of the country, writes Nassim Badani for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/running-note...

Credible reports that ginormous Russian LNG (liquid natural gas) tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in Mediterranean. Reports suggest it was hit be a USV (uncrewed surface vessel)

Whether Iran linked or Ukraine, very big implications for Russian war effort

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In person early modern metals event in London next month with me, @laurenworking.bsky.social, and Lubaaba Al-Azami. Please repost and share widely! And register here -- forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Extreme Sports Laurie Taylor hears about research into ultra running and women mountaineers.

Today I'm speaking with the legendary Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed, about the magnificent Dorothy Pilley, and how she faced down contempt and ridicule in her pursuit of high altitude mountaineering. With brilliant author Carl Morris on distance running.
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Going for the Rapture. Because of course they are

Probably a sound plan 😉

The Mayor becomes a real boy 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Lessons for Japan from Russia’s war in Ukraine Japan aims to become a wartime-resilient “unmanned systems hub” by expanding domestic military-drone production and integrating allied cooperation.

Commentary: Evolving into an unmanned systems hub with lessons learned from the Russia-Ukraine war will help Tokyo and its allies defend the region.

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A ladybug on the edge of a Ukrainian hybrid African violet

Helper on patrol 🌱🪴
ladybug (hippodamia convergens)

PHS Philadelphia Flower Show The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is the nation's largest and longest-running horticultural event.

Yesterday we went to the Philadelphia Flower Show. It was great. phsonline.org/the-flower-s...

She was lovely and charming

Love that milk-paint blue

Scary! 😹

I was named for her.
After nearly 3+ years of marriage without getting pregnant, my mother assumed she couldn't have children and gave her favorite girl's name to the dachshund.
Shortly before my arrival, the film "Portrait of Jennie" starring Jennifer Jones aired on black & white TV & saved the day