Henning Dekant 📎
@quaxquax.bsky.social
Physicist who dabbles in Quantum Computing and AI. The Network is the Computer. Still truer now than ever.
The vulnerability of nuclear power in an increasingly unstable world... Zaporizhzhia "has not generated electricity since Sept 2022...after Russia [invaded] Ukraine...that year, but the plant’s reactors must be kept cool to prevent a meltdown of the fuel inside." aje.news/atet39
Ukrainian nuclear power plant without external power for over a week
This is the 27th time since Russia invaded Ukraine that Zaporizhzhia plant has had to rely on emergency diesel supplies.
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Le monde de demain « La demande alimentaire mondiale devrait augmenter de 35 à 56 % d’ici à 2050, et environ 30 % de la population mondiale sera exposée au risque de faim à l’avenir. » Ce biscuit est fabriqué à partir de déchets végétaux et de plastique ; il pourrait nourrir les humains partout…
Henning Dekant 📎@quaxquax.bsky.social · 16h agoClimate change will make conventional agriculture ever more challenging and expensive. I can see the fossil fuel industry eventually pivoting to promote this kind of food industry - benefiting from the very same problem they've created in the first place. 🧪 newatlas.com/chemistry/fo...
Promising research. 🧪 phys.org/news/2026-08...
Engineered bacteria offer a new way to accelerate rock weathering for carbon removal
Rock weathering, the breakdown and dissolving of rocks and minerals caused by their exposure to water, air and biological life, is a major regulator of Earth's atmospheric CO2 levels and climate. Thro...
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Why in the world is South Korea enabling RU military operations.
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 20h ago⛽️✈️ Russia forced to import jet fuel due to strikes on refineries, - GUR Russia is purchasing Jet A-1 jet fuel due to a reduction in its own production after Ukraine's strikes on refineries. 3 tankers have already delivered 70 thousand tons of fuel to Russian Federation from South Korea and Egypt.
Video evidence now available of Moroccan police directing crowds in the orchestrated mass illegal crossings into Ceuta. An event that was weaponised against Spain and the EU.
Of great interest They ought to make a quick land-based launcher
Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · yesterday🇫🇷🇸🇪 France is ready to export the MdCN naval cruise missile to Sweden. This marks a first for this European equivalent of the Tomahawk, with a claimed range of 1,400 km, to Northern Europe. Until now, it has been used exclusively by the French Navy for almost a decade. #ReArmEU 1/3
MAGA The NYT is a National Security Threat www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Senator calls for criminal investigation of RFK Jr after Guardian report
Newly obtained records indicate health secretary lied about Samoa trip during Senate confirmation hearings last year
theguardian.com
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb tells BILD: “Russia will not use nuclear weapons. “I had the Chinese foreign minister visiting me, and I raised the issue with him. He said, “We will never allow that to happen.” “I think that’s a pretty good deterrent.”
America will for the foreseeable future remain a great power. But the US was the only superpower after the end of the cold war. An unrivaled hegemon on the global stage. All of this is gone. First eroded by Bush Jr's stupid war and now entirely pissed away with the farcical 2nd term of the orange 🤡
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 17h agowe're in pretty bad shape. it's true. but you might read Adam Smith's comments about Great Britain and the resilience of great powers.
Climate change will make conventional agriculture ever more challenging and expensive. I can see the fossil fuel industry eventually pivoting to promote this kind of food industry - benefiting from the very same problem they've created in the first place. 🧪 newatlas.com/chemistry/fo...
Yeast that makes food from plastic could solve two problems with one cookie
A protein-rich cookie made from plastic and agricultural waste could help solve two serious problems facing future generations, according to a team presenting results from their NASA-funded project at...
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apnews.com/article/trum... Nation calls for reversal of Trump's ‘Lake America’ executive order ETTD 🤮
Seneca Nation calls for reversal of Trump's ‘Lake America’ executive order
The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and sh...
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I don’t think many Westerners remember this or even knew about it at the time, but for sure UKRs do. Not to speak of RU’s relentless violations of the Minsk agreements.
Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · yesterdayOTD in 2014, Russian troops trapped Ukrainian forces near Ilovaisk, promised safe corridors, then opened fire as they withdrew. 366 Ukrainians were killed, 429 wounded and 300 captured. Aug. 29 is now a day of remembrance for Ukraine’s fallen defenders.
Moscow believes Iran has left the U.S. "exhausted and unable to intervene" in Ukraine, WaPo reports. Sources say John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow to say otherwise, and that significantly escalating in Ukraine would only “push Trump toward Zelensky." meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Washington Post: Ratcliffe secretly visited Moscow to warn Russia not to exploit perceived U.S. weakness from the Iran war, saying escalation in Ukraine would push Trump toward Zelensky — Meduza
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on August 25 — the first trip to Russia by the head of a U.S. intelligence agency since the start of the full-scale war. The visit was not announced…
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🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump's administration has been quietly considering a proposal to give away a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park in California to a private developer, local media reports. ➡️ u.afp.com/SVWj
Observing the Nuremberg Trials, psychologist Gustave Gilbert concluded that evil is rooted in “a genuine incapacity to feel with one’s fellow human beings.”
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · yesterdayMy post from this week on the right's latest obsession: "suicidal empathy". Where it comes from; why it's so dangerous; and what a proper analysis of empathy tells us about policy. samf.substack.com/p/the-war-ag...
Wake up, Babe, a new "Details were sparse, however, and the text of the agreement was not immediately available" just dropped.
Trump Says U.S. Has Deal for Control of Large Share of Venezuela’s Oil
The president said an agreement between the countries covered more than 65 billion barrels of reserves. A U.S. official said it would involve a partnership with a private company.
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Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 2d agoWhy I don't believe this: 1. Trump lies, esp on Fridays COB. 2. Venezuela's infrastructure and governance are major bottlenecks. 3. Coerced contracts are not legal. 4. Dems will have subpoena power on this and the Venezuelan oil slush fund in January. 5. Venezuelans won't like getting robbed.
A statement from Dems that they accept the sovereignty and identity of Canada and Mexico including the right to choose their own alliances would be a start. If anti-Trumpers can't understand why this is serious for US neighbours then US neighbours won't take Dems or any other Americans seriously.
Alison Purnell is chasing that PhD!@14thcdisability.bsky.social · 2d agoWe Aren't American And We Don't Want To Be is one of the cornerstones of Canadian cultural identity. It's an ur-theme, even, that runs through all forms and genres of media and public discourse.
I do wish any of these pieces that criticise tax rises in favour of "welfare reform," would engage in the 16 year long experiment in welfare reform that has culminated in marginal savings and an increase (until recently) in child poverty. Truly, a mugs game. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Andy Burnham warned over ‘stupid’ tax raid on capital gains
Lord O’Neill of Gatley, who declined a role as the PM’s economic adviser, says raising taxes in the budget would show ministers were not serious about growth
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“Next they’ll be calling Canada geese ‘Donald ducks’” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/n... via @NYTimes
‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario.’
President Trump on Thursday signed an order rechristening Lake Ontario as Lake America, but businesses around Niagara Falls say they won’t be changing their tune.
nytimes.com
BREAKING NEWS: Reports of coup attempt in Niger.
❗️🇵🇱 Russia is very seriously preparing for an escalation of tensions - both in the war against Ukraine and in the entire region, and this autumn and winter should be crucial for Russia, — Polish PM Tusk. "I don't want to disappoint people. We would like Russia’s war in Ukraine to end."
If you ever wanted to a buy a Ukrainian book, today is the day : Russia just bombed a publishing house , actually 3 publishing houses, with books of many new Ukrainian authors , now burned and ruined . Russia is trying to erase us . To erase our memory, our
NEW: The U.S. is increasing pressure on Britain to raise defense spending, with Pentagon officials reportedly considering a change in Washington’s stance on the Falkland Islands as leverage.
In the meantime, the Chinese continue to push the frontiers for sustainable energy ... Not just for environmental sustainability factors, but also for energy security/independence and financial reasons. bsky.app/profile/ecow...
Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 2d agoChina puts world’s first 100-kW bamboo-built solar platform to offshore test China is testing whether engineered bamboo can replace steel and plastic in offshore floating solar power systems interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
Remember when it was a months-long scandal on the right when the Biden admin allegedly pressured Twitter to take down a few posts? Funny the crickets around the US government openly seeking to have people arrested and deported for their speech.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d agoBREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
sounds like affirmative action for MAGA basically
CBS News@cbsnews.com · 2d agoFIRST ON CBS NEWS: A history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from work may no longer be a barrier to employment at the FBI.
Victoria Serhieieva, a Ukrainian citizen and resident of Crimea, was abducted by militants of the russian terrorist state, tortured by them, and 'convicted' in a kangaroo court to 15 years imprisonment. Halya Coynash, 29 August 2026 @halyapuff khpg.org/en/1608816009
Russia sentences abducted and tortured Crimean woman to 15 years for donations to Ukraine’s Army
Victoria Serhieieva was held incommunicado for months, with the FSB initially threatening to come for her children in order to force her to 'confess'
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So the USA is stealing Venezuelan oil and entrenching a new dictator in power to oppress the Venezuelan people. There needs to be a reckoning for all this.
