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KPNQwest Münich datacenter in 2001. As the VP of Engineering, I was told it is 'completely full' and sold out, and desperately needs dozens of new 10Gbit/s connections. As is my habit, I traveled onsite and found a Twin Peak'isquie scene - hall after hall.. of empty data center space. Déjà-vu?

Vucic räumt Niederlage ein #Eilmeldung #SerbienParlamentswahl

Looking at this 2019 article with hindsight is wild. It’s a great reminder that despite Zelenskyy taking a milder stance toward russia than Poroshenko, Putin still launched a full-scale invasion regardless. Appeasement to russia dosent work.

Sehr brisant und im Nachwahl-Rauschen untergegangen: Es gab keine Warnungen des Verfassungsschutzes zu den drei Buchläden, die Weimer vom Deutschen Buchhandlungspreis ausschloss. Weimer hat hier mit bemerkenswerter Dreistigkeit gelogen.

In case you've missed the context here: Major security issue in progress after it was discovered one of the certificate authorities trusted by default in every browser/system had a private key of 4. Yes, just 4. emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com

#defence German defence report from the REPMUS 2026 exercise, where various under/water drone platforms were tested, as well as air based unmanned surveillance systems. Even some notes about usability development. (English dubbing sound is available) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e-R...

a little bit of sanity :) www.patreon.com/vihart/posts...

Two panels at the #Disinfo2026 conference seem to have particularly upset the MAGA people. It would be a shame if people weren’t aware of them.

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Im Funkamateur ist auch immer mehr Schlopp 🙄 #funkamateur #hamradio #slop www.funkamateur.de/aktuelle-aus...

Tonight I took the car and drove across all of Kyiv, just to see how my beloved city feels at this time. It’s a strange feeling.

Großer Erfolg für Kubicki: FDP landet nur 3,9 Prozent hinter CDU www.der-postillon.com/2026/09/kubi...

I've spent a lot of years studying a lot of collapses, and the truth of the matter is that they're always mundane: mild climatic shifts that reduce crop yields, a dumbass in power who makes some terrible decisions, neglecting things that obviously matter but the will to fix them can't be summoned.

Sommer 2026: 16.000 Hitzetote 🥵 alleine in 🇩🇪. Dürre. Brände. 🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯 Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz.

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

August the hottest month in global history after record European summer

This is a fascinating conversation about recent discoveries in archaeology about autocracy. The research contradicts a lot of common beliefs, including that farming and large populations lead to autocracy. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Less congestion. More money. Less pollution. And it turns out: faster emergency services. www.nber.org/digest/20260...

“To understand why it was so dry and hot this summer, we must first understand the causes for this exceptionally persistent anticyclone,” writes Tim Palmer. “There are, broadly, two possibilities”

1947 war lange der Jahrhundertsommer. In den vergangenen gut 25 Jahren sehen wir keine typisch warmen Sommer mehr sondern einen sich beschleunigenden Klimawandel. /FR

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Global sea temperature is in uncharted territory since mid 2023, now at an all-time record, and El Niño is just starting, peaks in about half a year. #climate bsky.app/profile/cope...

"Here’s what was recently found in a Gerbera drone. The Russians connected a Tini spectrum analyzer to an unused port on the MESH modem. ...The enemy is trying to create a cheap airborne radio-frequency spectrum analyzer. ...What will they be looking for? Radars, electronic warfare systems"

A cool tool to visualize past and future solar eclipses from anywhere on Earth. Intuitive, complete, and immersive. 🧪 🔌💡 eclipses.bogachev.fr?sky=madrid-es

Inzwischen sind wir bei 50cm. #niedrigwasser #klima bsky.app/profile/kach... undine.bafg.de/rhein/pegel/...

Energie aus Wind, Schwerkraft und vor allem der Sonne ist mittlerweile konkurrenzlos billig, zudem viel effizienter und vielseitiger einsetzbar. Doch die Propaganda der Fossillobby ist laut und wirkmächtig: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...

A striking climate-model result suggests AMOC may have a rate-induced tipping point. 👉 Slow CO₂ increase: AMOC stable to +5.5°C 👉 Faster increase: collapse around +2°C Same climate system. Very different outcome. The rate of warming matters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I grew up reading piles of science fiction, and I can tell you that the classic author whose futures I *least* wanted to live in was Philip K. Dick. Honestly, I think Dick himself thought so as well!

Got a new google scholar notification, so I go check and find this very cool poem by Wang Jibing 王计兵, the recent Lu Xun prize winner, prefacing a PhD thesis on women migrant workers and the gig economy PhD students in all disciplines: more poems in theses please, we love to see them! ✨💫

EW systems at Fort Totleben in the Kerch area of Crimea are so strong that they even interfere with SAR satellite imagery.

Österreich: Das war heute der wärmste Tag seit Aufzeichnungsbeginn (vor 259 Jahren) mit einem ALLZEITHITZEREKORD von 41,0 Grad aus Wien Stammersdorf! Aber auch sonst war es unerträglich mit 34 bis 41 Grad! Zum Ablesen in die Länder/Bezirke. #Hitze /CG kachelmannwetter.com/at/messwerte...

Hier etwas für die #Kaléko Bubble. Beeilt Euch, nur noch bis zum 07.03.2099 abrufbar! www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/p...

It's been 1yr since I installed a Grant HP290 heat pump and @newarkcylinders.bsky.social in my house! 🏠 Space heating SCOP 4.8 🚿 DHW SCOP 4.3 📊 Combined SCOP 4.7 💰 Running cost on Agile with battery: £567/yr 🛢️ Previous oil boiler would cost £2k to deliver same heat (72% saving)

While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.

A machine for making us lonelier and stupider seems a little harsh, but then again www.ft.com/content/bdb3...

Fish. 🐟 France, Portugal and Germany managed to bloc EU sanctions on Russian fresh fish imports. Apparently Surimi is an indispensable French classic. Germans can only eat fish fingers made from Russian fish. And Portugal's national dish, dried cod, is now Made in Russia.

Spahn stellt klar: "Es ist keine Doppelmoral, wenn man generell keine Moral hat" www.der-postillon.com/2026/07/spah...

Wildfires brought to you by the fossil fuel industry, a fact that seems to be missing from most media stories about the climate crisis. There is no debate about this in the climate science community. Journalists should inform people about the facts. www.un.org/en/climatech....