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Mohr observatory in Batavia (Dutch East Indies). How does this relate to GHG theory and modern climate change? NSSM 200 Yes, Christophorus Buys Ballot had indirect but meaningful colonial ties, primarily through his role in advancing international meteorological standardization and his advocacy for global observation networks during the peak of Dutch colonial power (mid-19th century). The Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) was a major Dutch colony at the time, and meteorology there was shaped by imperial needs like safe shipping, agriculture, and resource extraction—echoing BEIC/DEIC maritime weather logging traditions.Key Colonial ConnectionsAdvocacy for Batavia Observatory — Buys Ballot actively pushed for high-quality meteorological observations in the Dutch East Indies. In 1857 and later (e.g., 1873 letter to the Colonial Ministry), he proposed a first-class observatory in Batavia (now Jakarta) with hourly observations. This aligned with Humboldt-inspired global schemes but served Dutch colonial interests: better data for monsoon navigation, plantation agriculture (e.g., coffee, sugar in Java), and storm avoidance on VOC-era trade routes. The proposal built on earlier East Indies weather efforts, though full implementation came later under his influence via KNMI coordination. Magnetic Survey in East Indies — Buys Ballot funded and organized a magnetic survey of the East Indian Archipelago at his own expense (instruments provided by the Dutch government). This geophysical work (magnetic variations tied to navigation/weather) supported colonial mapping/exploration in the archipelago—key for Dutch control post-VOC dissolution (1799). It involved figures like Pieter Adriaan Bergsma (colonial geophysicist) and tied into Buys Ballot's Utrecht network. KNMI and Imperial Data Flows — As founder/director of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI, 1854), Buys Ballot centralized Dutch observations, including colonial ones. KNMI exchanged data internationally (e.g., via IMO precursors), but Dutch colonies provided tropical/monsoon records that enriched European meteorology. This mirrored how BEIC/DEIC ship logs fed early global datasets—weather as imperial infrastructure for trade/safety. IMO Founding (1873) — Buys Ballot was the first president of the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), precursor to WMO. IMO arose from 1872 Leipzig and 1873 Vienna congresses, where he championed uniform systems. Participants were mostly from imperial powers (Netherlands, Britain, France, etc.), and colonial stations (e.g., Batavia, Singapore) contributed data. Meteorology supported empire: storm warnings for colonial shipping, agricultural forecasts for plantations. Buys Ballot's push for telegraphic exchanges and standards helped integrate colonial observations into "global" frameworks—often Eurocentric.

In 1300, England's primary export was wool. Not wheat. Not timber. Not fish. Wool. The Cotswolds, the Yorkshire Dales, the Welsh uplands: these were not scenic backdrops. They were the engine. The sheep were the industry. The fleece funded the cathedrals. Literally: the wool merchants of the Cotswolds paid for most of them. The wool trade funded the Hundred Years War. The Lord Chancellor of England sat on a woolsack in the House of Lords from the fourteenth century. The woolsack is still there. The Hanseatic League built their northern European trade networks largely around English wool. Flemish weavers built the city of Bruges on it. The Italian banking system, the Medici included, was capitalised in part on wool trade credit. This was Doris. Not exactly Doris. Doris's ancestors, the medieval fell sheep that grazed the same uplands Doris grazes now, producing the same wool from the same grass in the same rain. The wool that built the economy that built the architecture that people now drive three hours from Manchester to look at. The sheep built it. We have made the wool economically worthless. It now costs more to shear Doris than the wool is worth at market. The farmer shears her anyway because not shearing a sheep in summer is a welfare issue. The Yorkshire mill that has been processing British wool since 1887 is not running at capacity. The outdoor clothing industry is 70% polyester. The polyester sheds microplastics every wash. The microplastics are in the Irish Sea. The Irish Sea is not the woolsack. The woolsack is still in the House of Lords. Doris is on the fell. Doris has more where that came from.

It is truly refreshing to hear someone as Jeffrey Sachs laying bare the brutal facts.....

@HiawathaBray Harrison Brown was a population controller as well and encouraged Keelings CO2 studies. IMO to WMO to IPCC its about global control.

Heck yeah. In a sane world, Norman Borlaug would be the most revered scientist of the 20th century. It's possible that Borlaug saved more lives than any other man in history. And yet many people familiar with that bonehead Ehrlich have never heard of Borlaug.

study materials science. every physical system is limited by its materials. • strength. • weight. • conductivity. • temperature limits. • fatigue. • corrosion. these are not secondary details. they define what is possible. materials science links structure to behavior: atomic arrangement → microstructure → properties → performance. change the structure, and everything changes. learn the fundamentals: • Crystal Structure • Dislocation • Phase Diagram • Stress–Strain Curve this is how engineers design: • aerospace alloys • semiconductor devices • battery systems • composites • high-temperature materials you are not just choosing materials. you are engineering matter itself.

American Professor Jeffrey Sachs: “Every country that condemned Iran after an Israeli-U.S. aggression hosts an American military base on its soil. They are not sovereign countries. They dare not speak. They host the U.S. military. They host the CIA. They watch their backs.”

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@MeachamDr It wasn't a surprise. They caused it and wanted it to happen. Jacob Schiff funded Japan $200 million in 1903.

Admiral Yamamoto, seen here realizing he’d totally forgot to tell Trump he was going to attack Pearl Harbor.

☝️ "We built Nord Stream and supplied gas to Europe. What was wrong with that? Now, there is no Russian gas flowing there. When I ask our experts what Europe is lacking right now, the answer is clear: they’re lacking brains. Not because they are stupid, no, but because economic decisions are now being made by politicians who have no connection to the economy whatsoever." - President Putin

Amazing. Lithium ion batteries were once good for maybe 1,000-2,000 full discharge cycles. Now we're reaching multi-decade lifespans.

🚨🚨🚨 EVERY ARAB STATE IS EXPOSED. HERE'S THE SPENDING THAT BUYS ZERO REAL SECURITY 🚨🚨🚨 Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz. Every Arab oil state is now realizing they spent decades buying weapons without buying sovereignty. Here's what they spend. Here's what it bought them: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — $78 BILLION/year — still called America to fight Iran for them 🇦🇪 UAE — $23.9 BILLION/year — described war as their "worst nightmare" (Guardian, Mar 14) 🇶🇦 Qatar — $14.4 BILLION/year — facing "catastrophe" if Hormuz fully closed 🇴🇲 Oman — $9.1 BILLION/year — highest defense % of GDP in GCC, still zero independent capability 🇰🇼 Kuwait — $6.6 BILLION/year — pushing US to "neutralize Iran for good" (Reuters, Mar 16) 🇧🇭 Bahrain — $1.4 BILLION/year — hosts US Fifth Fleet, completely dependent on American umbrella 🌍 All Arab states combined — $243 BILLION spent in 2024 alone — up 15% in one year Total: Over a QUARTER TRILLION DOLLARS per year. And not one Arab state could respond when Iran blocked the strait. Not one. The Economist called Arab armed forces "repeatedly humiliated" in every major conflict. Brookings called them "largely dependent on U.S. and Western support." The spending is real. The army is not. RT before this gets buried by the algorithm.

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” ―Alexis de Tocqueville

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@FoundationDads In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule" --Nietzche, 1886

In 1895, a French social psychologist named Gustave Le Bon published a book so dangerous that it became the private playbook of dictators for the next century. Hitler quoted it. Mussolini kept it by his bedside. Edward Bernays used it to build modern propaganda. The book's name? "The Crowd." Its core claim: The moment people form a group, they become stupid. Not slightly dumber. Fundamentally, structurally incapable of rational thought. And the tactics he described for controlling them still work on you right now. 🧵 (thread)

@FoundationDads Vs. Hegel. Hegel wrecked everything.

@FatEmperor 7 pounds of diesel fuel equals 400 pounds of batteries. Aluminium is twice as energy dense per volume compared with diesel fuel. Combining external and internal combustion with hydraulic accumulators and hydraulic drive system while making everything smaller and lighter.

Food for thought!

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@FatEmperor Also add organic ranking steam system and aluminium + Water from the fuel reactor for H2 and more heat for the ORCWAC system. Its my invention just a combination of two inventions they use systems kind of like this in torpedos and unmmaned underwater vehicles and space cryobots.