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Expat, looking for that 'Final Frontier'. Mostly busy repairing transponders and warp coils for various species in my own Starbase on an island in the Atlantic.
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NVIDIA Says We're "Fake News" | Gaslighting, GPU Bans, & Export Controls Update
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"Finland is building a 250 MWh sand battery.
Sand is heated with electricity, the heat is stored, and later released for industrial purposes or heating. The project will reduce fossil fuel emissions in the district heating network by approximately 60% and natural gas consumption by 80%."
Sand is heated with electricity, the heat is stored, and later released for industrial purposes or heating. The project will reduce fossil fuel emissions in the district heating network by approximately 60% and natural gas consumption by 80%."
Finnland baut 250-MWh-Sandbatterie
Sand wird mit Strom erhitzt, die Wärme gespeichert und später für industrielle Zwecke od zum Heizen wieder abgegeben. Das Projekt wird die Emissionen aus Fossilen im Fernwärmenetz ca. 60 % senken, den Erdgasverbrauch um 80 %.
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Sand wird mit Strom erhitzt, die Wärme gespeichert und später für industrielle Zwecke od zum Heizen wieder abgegeben. Das Projekt wird die Emissionen aus Fossilen im Fernwärmenetz ca. 60 % senken, den Erdgasverbrauch um 80 %.
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250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland, for both heating and ancillary services
Polar Night Energy and Lahti Energia have partnered for a project using 'Sand Battery' technology for a district heating network in Finland.
www.energy-storage.news
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"Finland is building a 250 MWh sand battery.
Sand is heated with electricity, the heat is stored, and later released for industrial purposes or heating. The project will reduce fossil fuel emissions in the district heating network by approximately 60% and natural gas consumption by 80%."
Sand is heated with electricity, the heat is stored, and later released for industrial purposes or heating. The project will reduce fossil fuel emissions in the district heating network by approximately 60% and natural gas consumption by 80%."
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Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.” bit.ly/48gNPXK
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.” bit.ly/48gNPXK
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
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The Lark Ascending
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November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
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Hegseth visits USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in Latin America region reut.rs/4rnYV5Z
Hegseth visits USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in Latin America region
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited sailors on the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier stationed in the Latin American region on Thursday, as President Donald Trump's administration undertakes a military buildup that has deepened tensions with Venezuela.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hegseth visits USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in Latin America region reut.rs/4rnYV5Z
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A wave of explosions and drone alerts is sweeping across Russian-occupied Crimea and southern Russia tonight. Multiple blasts were reported near Saky and Novofedorivka. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses are active in Taganrog, Novorossiysk, and Rostov-on-Don.
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A wave of explosions and drone alerts is sweeping across Russian-occupied Crimea and southern Russia tonight. Multiple blasts were reported near Saky and Novofedorivka. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses are active in Taganrog, Novorossiysk, and Rostov-on-Don.
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3/ Soyuz and cargo Progress missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
The incident puts the Russian program on the ISS at risk. Repairs may take up to 2 years.
The incident puts the Russian program on the ISS at risk. Repairs may take up to 2 years.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
3/ Soyuz and cargo Progress missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
The incident puts the Russian program on the ISS at risk. Repairs may take up to 2 years.
The incident puts the Russian program on the ISS at risk. Repairs may take up to 2 years.
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Rheinmetall not currently negotiating with VW over Osnabrueck site, CEO says reut.rs/4p33LE2
Rheinmetall not currently negotiating with VW over Osnabrueck site, CEO says
Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said on Thursday that the German defence company is not currently negotiating with carmaker Volkswagen about its factory in Osnabrueck.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rheinmetall not currently negotiating with VW over Osnabrueck site, CEO says reut.rs/4p33LE2
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European nations agree 30% boost in three-year space budget reut.rs/48hs2z5
European nations agree 30% boost in three-year space budget
European nations agreed on Thursday to increase spending on space over the next three years by about 30% to 22.1 billion euros, part of an effort to try to catch up to the U.S., China and private firms zooming ahead in the space race.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
European nations agree 30% boost in three-year space budget reut.rs/48hs2z5
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❌ Russia has lost the ability to launch people into space for the first time in 60 years, — Russian media
At Baikonur, during preparation for launch, a cabin under the launch structure collapsed. This is a movable platform from which the tail section of the rocket is serviced.
At Baikonur, during preparation for launch, a cabin under the launch structure collapsed. This is a movable platform from which the tail section of the rocket is serviced.
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
❌ Russia has lost the ability to launch people into space for the first time in 60 years, — Russian media
At Baikonur, during preparation for launch, a cabin under the launch structure collapsed. This is a movable platform from which the tail section of the rocket is serviced.
At Baikonur, during preparation for launch, a cabin under the launch structure collapsed. This is a movable platform from which the tail section of the rocket is serviced.
The Peanuts Gang Trio presents Vince Guaraldi's "Thanksgiving Theme"
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The Peanuts Gang Trio presents Vince Guaraldi's "Thanksgiving Theme"
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November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Peanuts Gang Trio presents Vince Guaraldi's "Thanksgiving Theme"
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🇪🇺🇷🇺 “Security guarantees don’t change the core fact: Russia is the threat. It has attacked over 19 countries in a century, while none attacked Russia.”
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🇪🇺🇷🇺 “Security guarantees don’t change the core fact: Russia is the threat. It has attacked over 19 countries in a century, while none attacked Russia.”
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
Completely untethered.
LIVE: Israel launches air strikes on West Bank as incursion turns deadly
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LIVE: Israel launches air strikes on West Bank as incursion turns deadly
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‘In cold blood’: Israeli troops kill unarmed men during West Bank assault
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
www.aljazeera.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Completely untethered.
LIVE: Israel launches air strikes on West Bank as incursion turns deadly
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LIVE: Israel launches air strikes on West Bank as incursion turns deadly
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Grenfell Tower x4
"Three construction employees arrested as firefighters battle to reach trapped people, with more than 250 still missing"
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"Three construction employees arrested as firefighters battle to reach trapped people, with more than 250 still missing"
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Hong Kong police say unsafe scaffolding and foam may have spread fire that killed at least 83
Three construction employees arrested as firefighters battle to reach trapped people, with more than 250 still missing
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Grenfell Tower x4
"Three construction employees arrested as firefighters battle to reach trapped people, with more than 250 still missing"
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
"Three construction employees arrested as firefighters battle to reach trapped people, with more than 250 still missing"
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Everything and more...
'Americans believe everything Putin says,' MEP and former general tells Euronews
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'Americans believe everything Putin says,' MEP and former general tells Euronews
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'Americans believe everything Putin says', MEP Terras tells Euronews
In an interview with Euronews' flagship morning show Europe Today, EPP group MEP Riho Terras, who was also a general of the Estonian Army, said that "European people do not understand the urgency of t...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Everything and more...
'Americans believe everything Putin says,' MEP and former general tells Euronews
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
'Americans believe everything Putin says,' MEP and former general tells Euronews
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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“…received asylum in April under the Trump Administration”
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“…received asylum in April under the Trump Administration”
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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It's Thanksgiving! Are you getting your eels ready? It's tradition!
The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
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The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
🗃️🧪
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's Thanksgiving! Are you getting your eels ready? It's tradition!
The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
🗃️🧪
The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
🗃️🧪
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🔥🤬•W•🤬•T•🤬•F•🤬🔥
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🔥🤬•W•🤬•T•🤬•F•🤬🔥
I might be a hunter but this isn't about me.😉
We Finally Know Why Betelgeuse Behaves So Strangely
by Astrum
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We Finally Know Why Betelgeuse Behaves So Strangely
by Astrum
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We Finally Know Why Betelgeuse Behaves So Strangely
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November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I might be a hunter but this isn't about me.😉
We Finally Know Why Betelgeuse Behaves So Strangely
by Astrum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbCH...
We Finally Know Why Betelgeuse Behaves So Strangely
by Astrum
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Arguably the most consequential thing in history.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Arguably the most consequential thing in history.
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Thailand floods could cut rubber output by $140 million, authority says reut.rs/4oozqP7
Thailand floods could cut rubber output by $140 million, authority says
Severe floods in Thailand's southern region could cut rubber production in the world's largest producer by as much as 90,000 metric tons, worth 4.5 billion baht ($140 million), the national rubber authority said on Thursday.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thailand floods could cut rubber output by $140 million, authority says reut.rs/4oozqP7
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade LIVE: Macy's Parade 2025 in New York City | Thanksgiving 2025 | N18G
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade LIVE: Macy's Parade 2025 in New York City | Thanksgiving 2025 | N18G
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November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade LIVE: Macy's Parade 2025 in New York City | Thanksgiving 2025 | N18G
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France will launch a voluntary military service programme for 18 and 19-year-olds in 2026, aiming to enrol 3,000 participants initially and up to 50,000 by 2035, the French president announced on Thursday.
Macron announces French voluntary military service from next summer
France will launch a voluntary military service programme for 18 and 19-year-olds in 2026, aiming to enrol 3,000 participants initially and up to 50,000 by 2035, the French president announced on Thursday.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
France will launch a voluntary military service programme for 18 and 19-year-olds in 2026, aiming to enrol 3,000 participants initially and up to 50,000 by 2035, the French president announced on Thursday.