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One of the train stations in Beijing

Beijing West Railway Station

#trains #beijing #china #infrastructure

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I don't want to sound like an airhead optimist

#Ethnofascist #imperialism has a death grip on Russian leadership. #Russia can weather a lot of misery

But if sustained and deepened, #Ukraine's relentless #drone strikes on #oil #infrastructure really fucks up Russia in spectacular ways

It *will* pay dividends militarily and politically

#SlavaUkraini!

💪 😤 🇺🇦

"Frontline report: Ukraine’s #refinery strikes trigger nationwide #fuel collapse across Russia"

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/30/frontline-report-ukraines-refinery-strikes-trigger-nationwide-fuel-collapse-across-russia/

#UkraineWar

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‘On every roof something is possible’: how sponge cities could change the way we handle rain

Amsterdam is home to 45,000 sq metres of ‘blue-green’ roofs, which absorb rainwater and allow it to be used by building residents to water plants and flush toilets

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/02/on-every-roof-something-is-possible-how-sponge-cities-could-change-the-way-we-handle-rain?CMP=share_btn_url #ICYMI

#UrbanPlanning #ClimateChange #SolarEnergy #Storms #Drought #Infrastructure

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We need deeper public-private partnerships & more investment to make #infrastructure more resilient. Join @AspenDigital 6/10, 11-12 ET, for "Managing Your Worst Digital Day" to hear from @cdurkovich, @vishaal_h, @pueshkumar & @philvenables: https://www.aspendigital.org/event/managing-your-worst-digital-day/ #cybersecurity

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People often ask if Lahaina has recovered and has been re-built. The answer is no. Progress has been slow. We took a few drone photos from the water last month. This is Lahaina Harbor, with the famous banyan tree and Front Street.

#disasters #maui #hawaii #drone #dji #lahaina #wildfire #infrastructure

An aerial photo of the town of Lahaina, looking East. There is an empty harbor and the burnt remains of the town in the photo, with dry-looking mountains in the background.

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#Israel struck several towns in south #Lebanon Thurs after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.

The airstrikes came hours after #Hezbollah urged the Lebanese govt not to enter negotiations w/ Israel.

#IDF said it targeted #military #infrastructure for Hezbollah in the area. It accused the group of rebuilding its capabilities almost a year after a #US brokered #ceasefire went into effect that ended a monthslong war.
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-a144881947fcaaef772ef689372cf3f3?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-06-Breaking+News

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The Accelerationists’ App: How #Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists
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From attempting to incite racially motivated #violence to encouraging attacks on critical #infrastructure, the alleged crimes planned and advertised by extremists on Telegram go far beyond the charges facing CEO Pavel Durov.

#News #Crime #Technology #Tech #Terrorism #Extremism #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/telegram-pavel-durov-arrest-domestic-terrorism-extremism

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#internet #infrastructure #cloudflare #microsoft #AI #aws #crowdstrike #DNS #rust #Linux

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West
"Before GPS became an everyday utility, it was a hard mathematical problem.
In 1950s–70s, Gladys West - mathematician @ U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA - worked on one of the most difficult challenges in satellite navigation: accurately modeling the Earth itself.
Modern GPS accuracy depends on:
• Precise satellite ephemerides
• Accurate gravitational field modeling
• Correct Earth reference frames
West’s work directly advanced all three
Her contributions weren’t widely recognized; it wasn’t until 2018 that she was inducted into the USAF Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame - decades after GPS reshaped global navigation, logistics, finance, defense & mobile computing...
Before GPS could tell us where we are, someone had to define what the Earth actually looks like mathematically…”
#Engineering #GPS #Geodesy #STEM #TechHistory #WomenInTech #DataScience #Infrastructure #WomenInGeoSpatial
H/T Evan Kirstel [despite their puerile AI-generated image of Ms. West]

photo - Ms. West and Sam Smith look over data from the Global Positioning System at Dahlgren in 1985
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West]

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#ElonMusk’s business #conflicts draw scrutiny amid WH role [apparently no one noticed till now 🙄]

Musk had sharp words for a the $500B partnership touted by the #Trump admin to hasten development of #ArtificialIntelligence #infrastructure. “They don’t actually have the money,” he said of #OpenAI & #SoftBank….
 Left unsaid by the #technocrat, he has skin in the game: #xAI, is directly challenging OpenAI for the lead in the race to transform society w/the #technology.

🧵
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/24/elon-musk-conflicts-doge-trump-openai/

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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.

**Engineering behind it:**
🔹 Advanced snow detection sensors
🔹 Heated track switching systems
🔹 Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup
🔹 Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance
🔹 Automated de-icing systems

Since 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.

#Engineering #Shinkansen #RailTech #Infrastructure #Japan

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Recent EV charging drama...

We spontaneously decided to go antiquing in Worcester which is about 1 hour away. With 30% SoC we'd just be able to make it home with 0% but I didn't want to risk that. So I decided to charge around Worcester on the way back.

First choice is EA in Northborough, since it's free for me. It has an 85% charge limit, so turnover should be fast. However there were 3 cars waiting when we arrived. I didn't want to wait, and Josh found a Ford Charger across the street at a dealer. I haven't used a Ford one before, so we decided to give it a try.

We saw one right away in front of the building, but it was turned off. I looked around and noticed another one across the parking lot, but it turned out to be an outdated charger which was also turned off, and at a Lincoln dealer. As we were super disappointed and leaving, I saw one at the back of the service department and it was on! It only accepts payment through Ford Charge (when you have a Ford EV) or Shell app. I haven't used the shell app for so long that I had to reset my password... But eventually everything worked fine. Reached 224kw in no time, which is not bad for a 240kw charger. We only charged for 8 mins to get us home. It's actually cheaper than the EA too.

And loved that it gave stats for Nerds!!

#EV #ElectricVehicle #ElectricCar #Charging #Infrastructure #MA #Worcester #Ford #FordCharge

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https://www.europesays.com/2180798/ Taylorsville residents frustrated by prolonged construction, gas odor concerns #construction #Enbridge #GasOdor #GasPrice #infrastructure #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #NaturalGas #residents #RoadClosures #safety #Taylorsville

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tags.pub is a new service under development by the Social Web Foundation. It is a global hashtag server -- it lets you follow a hashtag across the Fediverse. There's lots of information on the tags.pub home page, and I (Evan) did a talk about tags.pub at FOSDEM 2026. This blog post answers some basics about tags.pub. To follow a hashtag globally, search for a user with that name at tags.pub, like <a rel="mention" class="u-url mention" href="https://tags.pub/user/example">@example</a> for the #example hashtag. Follow that account, and it will share all the […]

tags.pub is a new service under development by the Social Web Foundation. It is a global hashtag server — it lets you follow a hashtag across the Fediverse. There’s lots of information on the tags.pub home page, and I (Evan) did a talk about tags.pub at FOSDEM 2026. This blog post answers some basics about tags.pub.

To follow a hashtag globally, search for a user with that name at tags.pub, like @example for the #example hashtag. Follow that account, and it will share all the content it sees with that hashtag to you. If you unfollow the account, it should stop sharing to you. The usernames only have letters and numbers in them, and they only go up to 64 characters.
To share your content with tags.pub, search for and follow the @_followback account. It will follow you back (thus the name) and your public posts will be shared by the hashtag accounts on tags.pub. If you unfollow the follow back account, it will unfollow you back, and your content will no longer be shared.
You can connect a whole server to tags.pub by using the relay interface. Add https://tags.pub/user/_____relay_____/inbox (Mastodon) or https://tags.pub/user/_____relay_____ (Pleroma) to your server relays. This is a one-way pipe — your server will send public posts to tags.pub, but tags.pub won’t send all its public data back to you. Instead, your users should follow hashtag accounts to get specific feeds.
We respect your agency. If your server is connected to tags.pub and you don’t want it to boost your content, add #NoTagsPub to your bio. If you already have #NoBots, that should be plenty. You’ll still be able to follow tags.pub hashtag accounts. If you don’t want to see or be seen by tags.pub at all, you can block the domain ‘tags.pub’ entirely.
Becoming the ‘global’ hashtag server is a goal. We are still ramping up, and there are a lot of people and servers that are not yet connected.
tags.pub will not share your content with accounts or servers that you have blocked. It only shares the link to your content, so your block will be respected.
tags.pub is developed and operated by Social Web Foundation. We are a US non-profit. The servers are located in Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada in a data centre run by OVHCloud, a French corporation. We try to keep the data storage to the absolute minimum necessary to provide the hashtag sharing service. There is no search index, and we don’t archive your content. The code is Free and Open Source software under the AGPL-v3.
If you have a feature request, or a bug report, please add a GitHub issue. If you have a private comment or question, please use our contact form.

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Although accessibility to disabled cyclists is not explicitly mentioned as such, @BicycleDutch 's new video shows some of the accessibility issues that crop up even with cycle infrastructure that many abled cycle advocates drool over.

Notice the facility talks about "monitoring the behavior" instead of learning from actual behavior related to design and rejiggering to fit (plus improving future design processes).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmOLAM6oT64 #Ableism #Disability #BikeTooter #Infrastructure

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#Trump said Thursday he will delay a threatened strike on #Iran #energy #infrastructure & extend his deadline for Tehran to reopen the #StraitOfHormuz until April 6, claiming talks to end the #war are “going very well.” The move marks a pullback from Trump’s earlier warning that the #US would target Iran’s energy plants if the crucial shipping lane remained closed.

#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast #economy
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-26-2026

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#Trump vows to hit more Iranian #infrastructure as nations seek to open #Hormuz

Trump threatened to extend attacks on #civilian infrastructure in #Iran after a #US strike cut a major highway bridge on Thursday, prompting a defiant response from Iran, which hit a #desalination #water plant in #Kuwait & said more would follow.

#WarMonger #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-vows-target-more-iranian-infrastructure-nations-seek-open-hormuz-2026-04-03/

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