Ibiltari
@ibiltari.bsky.social
Living at the intersection of food and science. Seeking more Information, more light, more integrity, more enlightenment.
Environmentalist first, capitalist second.
Satisfaction from efficiency and optimisation.
Environmentalist first, capitalist second.
Satisfaction from efficiency and optimisation.
Europe is accelerating its largest military buildup since the Cold War, with defense spending reaching €381 billion in 2025—exceeding NATO’s 2% GDP target for the first time—as the continent seeks to reduce reliance on the U.S. amid strained transatlantic relations.
#NotFastEnough
#NotFastEnough
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Europe is accelerating its largest military buildup since the Cold War, with defense spending reaching €381 billion in 2025—exceeding NATO’s 2% GDP target for the first time—as the continent seeks to reduce reliance on the U.S. amid strained transatlantic relations.
#NotFastEnough
#NotFastEnough
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France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
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A new index shows that millions of Americans rely on drinking water utilities facing high climate risk, with many utilities underreporting these risks in financial disclosures. doi.org/hbmhs6
Tapping into risk in America's drinking water
When you turn on the tap, you can typically expect clean, safe water to flow out. But behind that simple action lies a complex system of pipes, pumps, governance, and financials that, for millions of Americans, is at risk in the face of climate change.
phys.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
A new index shows that millions of Americans rely on drinking water utilities facing high climate risk, with many utilities underreporting these risks in financial disclosures. doi.org/hbmhs6
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In the first of our new series of curiosity-driven essays, Qualia, @nattyover.bsky.social asks particle physicists whether the field is facing a profound crisis. www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard? | Quanta Magazine
Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.
www.quantamagazine.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
In the first of our new series of curiosity-driven essays, Qualia, @nattyover.bsky.social asks particle physicists whether the field is facing a profound crisis. www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
Civil wars inevitably happen, so rather than assuming “it won’t happen here,” which most people in most countries assume after an extended period of not having them, it is better to be wary of them and look for the markers to indicate how close one is.
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Civil wars inevitably happen, so rather than assuming “it won’t happen here,” which most people in most countries assume after an extended period of not having them, it is better to be wary of them and look for the markers to indicate how close one is.
When in doubt, get out—if you don’t want to be in a civil war or a war, you should get out while the getting is good.
January 26, 2026 at 3:38 PM
When in doubt, get out—if you don’t want to be in a civil war or a war, you should get out while the getting is good.
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Comment for visibility
January 26, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Comment for visibility
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Lebanon recorded 2,036 Israeli ceasefire violations in the last three months of 2025 and filed a complaint with the UN, citing breaches of its sovereignty, a Security Council resolution and the November 2024 ceasefire.
🔗: aje.news/7dwq4s | #Infograph
🔗: aje.news/7dwq4s | #Infograph
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Lebanon recorded 2,036 Israeli ceasefire violations in the last three months of 2025 and filed a complaint with the UN, citing breaches of its sovereignty, a Security Council resolution and the November 2024 ceasefire.
🔗: aje.news/7dwq4s | #Infograph
🔗: aje.news/7dwq4s | #Infograph
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Also has numerous associations with Jeffrey Epstein.
January 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Also has numerous associations with Jeffrey Epstein.
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"And because we had no assistance from the state of Minnesota, our semi-literate army of misfit goons is obviously now allowed to murder the citizens of that state at will."
Blanche: "Remember, what we all saw in that 10 or second video is not the full story. Every American should know that. The story goes way beyond that. It starts with the fact that literally for months we have received 0 assistance from the state of Minnesota."
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"And because we had no assistance from the state of Minnesota, our semi-literate army of misfit goons is obviously now allowed to murder the citizens of that state at will."
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Yanis Varoufakis: Trump Is Building a Corporate Empire just like the East India Company started colonialism in the 19th C. His diabolical project for Gaza will further deteriorate UN consensus of nations & he is succeeding because no one is objecting !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHG9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHG9...
Yanis Varoufakis: How Trump Is Building a Corporate Empire with Europe’s Help
YouTube video by DiEM25
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Yanis Varoufakis: Trump Is Building a Corporate Empire just like the East India Company started colonialism in the 19th C. His diabolical project for Gaza will further deteriorate UN consensus of nations & he is succeeding because no one is objecting !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHG9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHG9...
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Eine Million Haushalte ohne Strom#Wintersturm#Stromausfälle
Eine Million Haushalte ohne Strom
Der heftige Wintersturm in den USA betrifft mittlerweile 190 Millionen Bewohner.
www.tagesschau.de
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Eine Million Haushalte ohne Strom#Wintersturm#Stromausfälle
www.americanscientist.org/article/the-...
Snow crystal morphology changes dramatically with temperature - thin plate-like crystals appear near -2°C (28°F), slender columnar needles form -5 to -6°C (21°F), the largest and thinnest plates develop -15°C (5°F), and columnar crystals return below -30°C.
Snow crystal morphology changes dramatically with temperature - thin plate-like crystals appear near -2°C (28°F), slender columnar needles form -5 to -6°C (21°F), the largest and thinnest plates develop -15°C (5°F), and columnar crystals return below -30°C.
The Formation of Snow Crystals
Subtle molecular processes govern the growth of a remarkable variety of elaborate ice structures
www.americanscientist.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:51 PM
www.americanscientist.org/article/the-...
Snow crystal morphology changes dramatically with temperature - thin plate-like crystals appear near -2°C (28°F), slender columnar needles form -5 to -6°C (21°F), the largest and thinnest plates develop -15°C (5°F), and columnar crystals return below -30°C.
Snow crystal morphology changes dramatically with temperature - thin plate-like crystals appear near -2°C (28°F), slender columnar needles form -5 to -6°C (21°F), the largest and thinnest plates develop -15°C (5°F), and columnar crystals return below -30°C.
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Given the weather today, it’s time to repost my favorite phase diagram: Nakaya’s snow crystal morphology. We are towards the bottom right today. 🧪 ⚛️ #cryoEM
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Given the weather today, it’s time to repost my favorite phase diagram: Nakaya’s snow crystal morphology. We are towards the bottom right today. 🧪 ⚛️ #cryoEM
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QM - wave/particle duality - valid for large clusters of superposed atoms [via @sciam.bsky.social] 🧪🥼⚛️🐱
"each chunky cluster behaved like a #wave, spreading out into a #superposition of spatially distinct paths and then interfering"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/quan...
#quantum #mechanics
"each chunky cluster behaved like a #wave, spreading out into a #superposition of spatially distinct paths and then interfering"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/quan...
#quantum #mechanics
Quantum physicists just supersized Schrödinger’s cat. What happens next could be revolutionary
A record-breaking experiment shows that a cluster of thousands of atoms can act like a wave as well as a particle
www.scientificamerican.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
QM - wave/particle duality - valid for large clusters of superposed atoms [via @sciam.bsky.social] 🧪🥼⚛️🐱
"each chunky cluster behaved like a #wave, spreading out into a #superposition of spatially distinct paths and then interfering"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/quan...
#quantum #mechanics
"each chunky cluster behaved like a #wave, spreading out into a #superposition of spatially distinct paths and then interfering"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/quan...
#quantum #mechanics
Europe’s radical right holds 26% of European Parliament seats after surging to power in 2024?
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Europe’s radical right holds 26% of European Parliament seats after surging to power in 2024?
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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It's an execution, ICE is a Death-squadron now just like SS.
January 25, 2026 at 4:23 PM
It's an execution, ICE is a Death-squadron now just like SS.
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Sadly, future generations of children will have to witness this photo in school history books and museums if we are ever to return to being a free nation.
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Sadly, future generations of children will have to witness this photo in school history books and museums if we are ever to return to being a free nation.
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![• Cruz says he told Trump: "Mr. President, if we get to November of [2026] and people's 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10-20% at the supermarket, we're going to go into Election Day, face a bloodbath."
• 'You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
Trump's response, according to Cruz:
"F**k you, Ted."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ux34natbhxube3xgdu3rhf45/bafkreigcu6eh2bqb2dyzxuwmwzaeqafrdtnaraj4fvwxd4dfmobe7nitra@jpeg)
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🚨 Voting intention in Greater Manchester:
➡️ Ref: 36% (+19)
🔴 Lab: 24% (-19)
🟢 Grn: 18% (+10)
🟠 Lib: 10% (+1)
🔵 Con: 9% (-7)
Via @FindOutNowUK, 23-24 Jan (+/- vs GE2024)
➡️ Ref: 36% (+19)
🔴 Lab: 24% (-19)
🟢 Grn: 18% (+10)
🟠 Lib: 10% (+1)
🔵 Con: 9% (-7)
Via @FindOutNowUK, 23-24 Jan (+/- vs GE2024)
January 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM
🚨 Voting intention in Greater Manchester:
➡️ Ref: 36% (+19)
🔴 Lab: 24% (-19)
🟢 Grn: 18% (+10)
🟠 Lib: 10% (+1)
🔵 Con: 9% (-7)
Via @FindOutNowUK, 23-24 Jan (+/- vs GE2024)
➡️ Ref: 36% (+19)
🔴 Lab: 24% (-19)
🟢 Grn: 18% (+10)
🟠 Lib: 10% (+1)
🔵 Con: 9% (-7)
Via @FindOutNowUK, 23-24 Jan (+/- vs GE2024)
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The current government shutdown in a nutshell:
November 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The current government shutdown in a nutshell: