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"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.

YouTube video by CitiPowerPowercor Did space weather cause a power outage in Australia?

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CitiPower, which supplies power to ~330K Melb. customers are investigating whether space weather knocked the grid out last week!

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Already reached out to my neighbour who is lead scientist at BoM Space Weather Service about this!

ping @asherwolf.bsky.social @wolfcat.bsky.social

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Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.

This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sounds bad.

I remember viewing Watchmen & thinking

wow

this is so UNREALISTIC

Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot according to the ADL Grok showed a “complete failure” for some prompts.

Why am I not surprised that Grok’s ADL score: 21/100 on spotting antisemitism was so bad Proof that ‘maximally truthful’ = seriously unsafe

www.theverge.com/news/868925/...

If you ever wanted a working definition of structural racism, our structures are currently performing a textbook example.

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by federal agents was my childhood best friend.

Lifelong decency vs state violence

www.theverge.com/policy/86856...

#alexpretti

Trump's BOARD OF PEACE

Uchiha Itachi fans in shambles

The rare flawless obit

"Baby, don't move." 🐍

Woman wakes up to a 2m python on her chest. Just another quiet morning in Australia.

I miss the days when the scariest wildlife encounter was a fearless fox in a london garden 😅

In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...

US tech giants allying with European far-right to strip back EU rules Amid rising EU-US tensions, a new report has accused Big Tech of courting far-right MEPs to weaken the EU's regulatory power on AI and data.

Meta, Microsoft and Google are all coordinating with the European far right in order to dismantle EU digital laws designed to protect citizens, according to a new report.

The recent 🇺🇸NSS strategy outlined regime change plans to support the European far right.

A public-private partnership.

China announces record trade surplus despite Trump tariffs Beijing reported the largest-ever trade surplus at $1.19tn as China diversified its trade.

China announces record trade surplus despite Trump tariffs

I'm perhaps naively hopeful that big news stories about AI hallucinations wiil make more people check sources.

Efter pres fra USA: Danmark er nu begyndt at sende militære forstærkninger til Grønland En fortrop fra Forsvaret er ankommet til Grønland, erfarer DR.

BREAKING: Denmark has deployed an advance force and military equipment to Greenland, tasked with preparing to receive reinforcements from the rest of the Danish Armed Forces and allied nations.
Follow the story on DR, Denmark’s public-service news outlet.

www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Brad Setser:

"Very strong December for China's auto exports. Vehicle exports for the month were close to 1 million -- and I estimate passenger car exports will come in at 850K for the month, or a 10m annualized pace"

#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/Brad_Setser/...

Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.

Smooth move, Louvre abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

We keep being told that the perpetrators of the Huntingdon abomination are "British-born". OK. So were the killers at Woolwich barracks, Southport, Tavistock Square, Westminster Bridge, Manchester arena, London Bridge etc etc. If you insist on denying that this has anything to do with immigration policy, I'm afraid you are not arguing in good faith.

Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

China excludes EVs in latest five-year plan as industry grapples with oversupply China has omitted electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, marking their first exclusion in more than a decade, as the sector grapples with oversupply challenges.

China omits electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, the first time the sector has been excluded in more than a decade

www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’

The thing they never talk about is how much the UK as an economy & a functioning society is dependent on immigrants. Most of the press don’t care to share such facts either & just parrot anti-migrant rhetoric. It pains my brain to keep seeing such stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

13 years ago today, I snapped this while crossing London Bridge on my way into town.

Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.

So what this country needs right now.

oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...