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“The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland”
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland”
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1856: Eunice Foote becomes the first person to articulate the possibility of global warming. Her paper argued that carbon dioxide absorbs and stores the sun’s heat in the atmosphere more effectively than other atmospheric gases. /1
Today in history, 1856: Eunice Foote becomes the first person to articulate the possibility of global warming. Her paper argued that carbon dioxide absorbs and stores the sun’s heat in the atmosphere more effectively than other atmospheric gases. /1
August 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Today in history, 1856: Eunice Foote becomes the first person to articulate the possibility of global warming. Her paper argued that carbon dioxide absorbs and stores the sun’s heat in the atmosphere more effectively than other atmospheric gases. /1
Today in history, 1856: Eunice Foote becomes the first person to articulate the possibility of global warming. Her paper argued that carbon dioxide absorbs and stores the sun’s heat in the atmosphere more effectively than other atmospheric gases. /1
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As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.
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Japan: COVID cases up +34% and hospitalisations up +26% from last week.
The Japanese health ministry said 21,365 COVID-19 cases were reported last week, up 5,441 from the week before, with 1,501 hospitalised — 314 more than the previous week.
Source: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
The Japanese health ministry said 21,365 COVID-19 cases were reported last week, up 5,441 from the week before, with 1,501 hospitalised — 314 more than the previous week.
Source: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
August 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Japan: COVID cases up +34% and hospitalisations up +26% from last week.
The Japanese health ministry said 21,365 COVID-19 cases were reported last week, up 5,441 from the week before, with 1,501 hospitalised — 314 more than the previous week.
Source: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
The Japanese health ministry said 21,365 COVID-19 cases were reported last week, up 5,441 from the week before, with 1,501 hospitalised — 314 more than the previous week.
Source: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Jim Chalmers rebukes Phil Coorey’s claim that state (Vic’s) proposed Work From Home reforms will be counter productive in improving productivity, says WFH can also be “part of the solution”
Chalmers “The idea that WFH can only be bad for productivity is contested”💥 #auspol
Chalmers “The idea that WFH can only be bad for productivity is contested”💥 #auspol
August 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Jim Chalmers rebukes Phil Coorey’s claim that state (Vic’s) proposed Work From Home reforms will be counter productive in improving productivity, says WFH can also be “part of the solution”
Chalmers “The idea that WFH can only be bad for productivity is contested”💥 #auspol
Chalmers “The idea that WFH can only be bad for productivity is contested”💥 #auspol
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Korean scientists say they developed oral drug against COVID-19.
"A group of scientists, primarily from South Korean universities, has confirmed the efficacy of an oral anti-viral treatment, called CP-COV03 or Xafty, against COVID-19 after a clinical trial."
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
"A group of scientists, primarily from South Korean universities, has confirmed the efficacy of an oral anti-viral treatment, called CP-COV03 or Xafty, against COVID-19 after a clinical trial."
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Korean scientists say they developed oral drug against COVID-19 - UPI.com
A group of scientists has confirmed the efficacy of a new oral anti-viral treatment, called CP-COV03 or Xafty, against COVID-19 after a clinical trial.
www.upi.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Korean scientists say they developed oral drug against COVID-19.
"A group of scientists, primarily from South Korean universities, has confirmed the efficacy of an oral anti-viral treatment, called CP-COV03 or Xafty, against COVID-19 after a clinical trial."
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
"A group of scientists, primarily from South Korean universities, has confirmed the efficacy of an oral anti-viral treatment, called CP-COV03 or Xafty, against COVID-19 after a clinical trial."
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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“.. Within about three minutes of the crash, the Model S uploaded a “collision snapshot”—video, CAN‑bus streams, EDR data, etc.—to Tesla’s servers .. The vehicle then deleted its local copy, resulting in Tesla being the only entity having access.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
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@electrek.co $TSLA
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August 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“.. Within about three minutes of the crash, the Model S uploaded a “collision snapshot”—video, CAN‑bus streams, EDR data, etc.—to Tesla’s servers .. The vehicle then deleted its local copy, resulting in Tesla being the only entity having access.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
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By Briana Mills
"It’s so frustrating realizing that most COVID cautious people are more informed about COVID and other airborne viruses than most doctors nowadays. “My doctor doesn’t mask so why should I?” Because your doctor unfortunately doesn’t keep up with the science."
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"It’s so frustrating realizing that most COVID cautious people are more informed about COVID and other airborne viruses than most doctors nowadays. “My doctor doesn’t mask so why should I?” Because your doctor unfortunately doesn’t keep up with the science."
x.com/theBrianaMil...
August 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
By Briana Mills
"It’s so frustrating realizing that most COVID cautious people are more informed about COVID and other airborne viruses than most doctors nowadays. “My doctor doesn’t mask so why should I?” Because your doctor unfortunately doesn’t keep up with the science."
x.com/theBrianaMil...
"It’s so frustrating realizing that most COVID cautious people are more informed about COVID and other airborne viruses than most doctors nowadays. “My doctor doesn’t mask so why should I?” Because your doctor unfortunately doesn’t keep up with the science."
x.com/theBrianaMil...
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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
July 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
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Honduras reinstates mask mandate as COVID cases spread.
“We have already surpassed last year’s infection limit”
The new measures, effective Thursday mandate masks in hospitals, transport, schools, banks, and crowded places. Remote work is also required for public sector institutions.
“We have already surpassed last year’s infection limit”
The new measures, effective Thursday mandate masks in hospitals, transport, schools, banks, and crowded places. Remote work is also required for public sector institutions.
Honduras reinstates mask mandate as COVID cases spread
Honduras has brought back mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and a new variant surge nationwide.
anewz.tv
July 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Honduras reinstates mask mandate as COVID cases spread.
“We have already surpassed last year’s infection limit”
The new measures, effective Thursday mandate masks in hospitals, transport, schools, banks, and crowded places. Remote work is also required for public sector institutions.
“We have already surpassed last year’s infection limit”
The new measures, effective Thursday mandate masks in hospitals, transport, schools, banks, and crowded places. Remote work is also required for public sector institutions.
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there he is, freely roaming the streets, employed on a generous salary, same as almost all white male rapists who are born into privilege. The sheer extended to him by our systems my god all features, tho. No bugs. Most powerful males are for it too.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
A sitting MP has been found guilty of serious sex crimes. What happens next?
The conviction of former Liberal MP Gareth Ward on serious sexual offences should be curtains on his political career, but it might not be that simple.
www.abc.net.au
July 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
there he is, freely roaming the streets, employed on a generous salary, same as almost all white male rapists who are born into privilege. The sheer extended to him by our systems my god all features, tho. No bugs. Most powerful males are for it too.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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'Hello human, nice to meet you'
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Hello human, nice to meet you'
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Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. 'Australia’s shitty media missed the significance of Albanese’s China visit'
Australia’s shitty media missed the significance of Albanese’s China visit - The Shot
In six days, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited three Chinese cities, including a symbolic stop at the Great Wall, where...
theshot.net.au
July 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. 'Australia’s shitty media missed the significance of Albanese’s China visit'
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USA: Florida's COVID-19 deaths top 1,100 in 2025
"1,144 reported deaths linked to the virus in 2025, up from 1,027 deaths at the end of June"
Reported COVID deaths:
🔸2020: 23,351
🔸2021: 39,876
🔸2022: 21,317
🔸2023: 8,448
🔸2024: 6,025
#COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
"1,144 reported deaths linked to the virus in 2025, up from 1,027 deaths at the end of June"
Reported COVID deaths:
🔸2020: 23,351
🔸2021: 39,876
🔸2022: 21,317
🔸2023: 8,448
🔸2024: 6,025
#COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
Florida's COVID-19 deaths top 1,100 in 2025. It's a far lower pace than the previous five years
Data posted Monday by the state Department of Health showed 1,144 reported deaths linked to the virus in 2025, up from 1,027 deaths at the end of June.
www.wusf.org
July 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
USA: Florida's COVID-19 deaths top 1,100 in 2025
"1,144 reported deaths linked to the virus in 2025, up from 1,027 deaths at the end of June"
Reported COVID deaths:
🔸2020: 23,351
🔸2021: 39,876
🔸2022: 21,317
🔸2023: 8,448
🔸2024: 6,025
#COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
"1,144 reported deaths linked to the virus in 2025, up from 1,027 deaths at the end of June"
Reported COVID deaths:
🔸2020: 23,351
🔸2021: 39,876
🔸2022: 21,317
🔸2023: 8,448
🔸2024: 6,025
#COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
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Tim Wilson on #AfternoonBriefing refuses to say whether he agrees with Barnaby Joyce that the Liberals should withdraw from Net Zero & the Paris agreement. Surely #Goldstein deserves better than this. What an imbecile. #abc
July 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Tim Wilson on #AfternoonBriefing refuses to say whether he agrees with Barnaby Joyce that the Liberals should withdraw from Net Zero & the Paris agreement. Surely #Goldstein deserves better than this. What an imbecile. #abc
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New COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows strong protection against multiple variants
"A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coronavirus variants"
"A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coronavirus variants"
New COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows strong protection against multiple variants
A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coro...
www.centenary.org.au
July 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
New COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows strong protection against multiple variants
"A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coronavirus variants"
"A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coronavirus variants"
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Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
July 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
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The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is a national treasure. It gets the best price from US pharmaceutical corps, protecting us from exorbitant prices that US citizens pay.
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
July 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is a national treasure. It gets the best price from US pharmaceutical corps, protecting us from exorbitant prices that US citizens pay.
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations linked to faster cognitive decline in older adults.
Hospitalised COVID patients had faster cognitive decline than uninfected people, with memory and executive function showing the most significant deterioration. Language remained unaffected.
Source: archive.md/y5pxx
Hospitalised COVID patients had faster cognitive decline than uninfected people, with memory and executive function showing the most significant deterioration. Language remained unaffected.
Source: archive.md/y5pxx
July 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
COVID-19 hospitalizations linked to faster cognitive decline in older adults.
Hospitalised COVID patients had faster cognitive decline than uninfected people, with memory and executive function showing the most significant deterioration. Language remained unaffected.
Source: archive.md/y5pxx
Hospitalised COVID patients had faster cognitive decline than uninfected people, with memory and executive function showing the most significant deterioration. Language remained unaffected.
Source: archive.md/y5pxx
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India: Doctors Blame Long Covid, Stress & Hidden Heart Issues As Young Adults Report Sudden Blackouts.
Doctors in India are seeing a rise in blackout episodes—sudden fainting, loss of consciousness, or momentarily blanks out—mainly in young and middle-aged adults without serious underlying illness.
Doctors in India are seeing a rise in blackout episodes—sudden fainting, loss of consciousness, or momentarily blanks out—mainly in young and middle-aged adults without serious underlying illness.
Doctors Blame Long Covid, Stress & Hidden Heart Issues As Young Adults Report Sudden Blackouts
YouTube video by CNN-News18
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July 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
India: Doctors Blame Long Covid, Stress & Hidden Heart Issues As Young Adults Report Sudden Blackouts.
Doctors in India are seeing a rise in blackout episodes—sudden fainting, loss of consciousness, or momentarily blanks out—mainly in young and middle-aged adults without serious underlying illness.
Doctors in India are seeing a rise in blackout episodes—sudden fainting, loss of consciousness, or momentarily blanks out—mainly in young and middle-aged adults without serious underlying illness.
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Australia: National Wastewater Surveillance Program
"Starting in the latter half of 2025, the National Wastewater Surveillance Program will test wastewater from sentinel sites across Australia to detect and monitor priority diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza."
www.cdc.gov.au/topics/commu...
"Starting in the latter half of 2025, the National Wastewater Surveillance Program will test wastewater from sentinel sites across Australia to detect and monitor priority diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza."
www.cdc.gov.au/topics/commu...
July 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Australia: National Wastewater Surveillance Program
"Starting in the latter half of 2025, the National Wastewater Surveillance Program will test wastewater from sentinel sites across Australia to detect and monitor priority diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza."
www.cdc.gov.au/topics/commu...
"Starting in the latter half of 2025, the National Wastewater Surveillance Program will test wastewater from sentinel sites across Australia to detect and monitor priority diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza."
www.cdc.gov.au/topics/commu...
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Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report
"In the last fortnight (19 May to 1 June 2025) there was a +64.2% increase in COVID-19 cases, a +65.0% increase in influenza cases, and a +28.0% increase in RSV cases"
Reported cases:
🔹COVID: 11,589
🔹Influenza: 15,318
🔹RSV: 11,218
"In the last fortnight (19 May to 1 June 2025) there was a +64.2% increase in COVID-19 cases, a +65.0% increase in influenza cases, and a +28.0% increase in RSV cases"
Reported cases:
🔹COVID: 11,589
🔹Influenza: 15,318
🔹RSV: 11,218
June 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report
"In the last fortnight (19 May to 1 June 2025) there was a +64.2% increase in COVID-19 cases, a +65.0% increase in influenza cases, and a +28.0% increase in RSV cases"
Reported cases:
🔹COVID: 11,589
🔹Influenza: 15,318
🔹RSV: 11,218
"In the last fortnight (19 May to 1 June 2025) there was a +64.2% increase in COVID-19 cases, a +65.0% increase in influenza cases, and a +28.0% increase in RSV cases"
Reported cases:
🔹COVID: 11,589
🔹Influenza: 15,318
🔹RSV: 11,218
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Study: Akkermansia Muciniphila Primes Lung-Resident Antiviral Immunity via the Gut–Lung Axis During SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Posted: 23 Jun 2025
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Posted: 23 Jun 2025
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Akkermansia Muciniphila Primes Lung-Resident Antiviral Immunity via the Gut–Lung Axis During SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Background: The gut microbiota is essential for shaping systemic immunity and modulating the gut–lung axis, playing a crucial role during respiratory infections
papers.ssrn.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Study: Akkermansia Muciniphila Primes Lung-Resident Antiviral Immunity via the Gut–Lung Axis During SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Posted: 23 Jun 2025
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Posted: 23 Jun 2025
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....