Marisa Ingrosso

Ci vediamo su Mastodon See you on Mastodon @marisaingrosso@mastodon.uno

A post reposted by Japan’s Finance Minister Katayama. Japan’s major oil company ENEOS has succeeded for the first time in producing synthetic fuel (e-fuel) — made without using petroleum — from CO₂ in the air and water at its facility in Yokohama. The demonstration plant’s current production scale is still very small at 1 barrel per day (roughly the size of one drum), but the company aims to scale it up to 10,000 barrels per day by 2040. Although it is still at the experimental stage, this is drawing attention as a new fuel that could reduce dependence on petroleum. In the timeline we’re currently living in, the move away from oil appears to be beginning at the same time as the move away from the US dollar.

@pascalbtr @ArmyRecognition What do you know that most of us (in Italy) ignore?

@ArmyRecognition Why "for NATO Defense" ?? 🤔 It's PRIMARILY for their own defense! 😉

Italy to Upgrade Hundreds of Thousands of MATS MK2 Anti-Tank Mines for NATO Defense

🚨BREAKING: Qatar just declared force majeure on LNG contracts to Italy, Belgium, South Korea, and China. For up to 5 years. Here's what the CEO just told In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Qatar's Energy Minister and CEO of QatarEnergy just confirmed the damage from Iran's attack on Ras Laffan. It's worse than anyone thought. → 2 out of 14 LNG trains damaged → 1 of 2 gas-to-liquids (GTL) facilities damaged → 12.8 million tonnes per year of LNG offline for 3-5 years → 17% of Qatar's total LNG export capacity gone → $20 billion annual revenue loss → $26 billion in damaged facilities (the CEO said they "should not be attacked") QatarEnergy may declare force majeure on long term LNG supply contracts to: → Italy → Belgium → South Korea → China For up to 5 years. Additional exports declining: → Condensates: Down 24% → LPG: Down 13% → Naphtha: Down 6% → Sulphur: Down 6% → Helium: Down 14% The damaged trains: → Train S4 and S6: 30% owned by ExxonMobil, rest by QatarEnergy Production cannot restart until hostilities cease. What this means? 12.8 million tonnes per year = 17% of Qatar's LNG capacity. 17% of its capacity just disappeared for 3-5 years. Italy, Belgium, South Korea, China: These countries had long-term contracts with Qatar. Force majeure means those contracts are suspended. They now have to compete in spot markets for replacement cargoes. Against each other. And against every other buyer scrambling for LNG. $20 billion per year in lost revenue for Qatar. $26 billion in facilities damaged. The only country with capacity to absorb Qatari volumes at scale is the United States. I wrote a full breakdown on how this shift benefits US LNG producers and which stocks are positioned to win from Qatar's structural supply loss👇 open.substack.com/pub/themerchan… #Iran #Qatar #LNG

The Italian Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto: no UN resolution, no Navy in the Strait of Hormuz ⬇️ governo.it/it/articolo/jo… #Iran 🎵🎶youtu.be/jhdFe3evXpk?si…

@shanaka86 Incredible... so... could be clogs also self-sabotage signs of USS GERALD FORD crew? navy.mil/Press-Office/P…

JUST IN: The US Navy is investigating whether sailors aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford deliberately set fire to their own ship to end the deployment. That is the sentence. Read it again. The $13 billion carrier, the most expensive warship ever built, is now diverting to Souda Naval Base in Crete next week for refueling, repairs, and a formal investigation into the March 12 fire that damaged sections of the vessel and left more than 600 crew without proper sleeping quarters. Kathimerini, one of Greece’s most established daily newspapers, reported the details citing sources with direct knowledge of the planned port call. The investigation explicitly includes the possibility of deliberate sabotage by crewmembers. The Ford has been at sea since June 2025. Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby told the Senate Armed Services Committee the deployment will run approximately 11 months, with return to Norfolk not expected until at least May. The crew was told they would be home months ago. They were extended. Then extended again. Then redirected into the largest Middle East military operation since 2003. And now some among them may have decided that fire was the only exit. If confirmed, this would be one of the most serious internal discipline events in the modern US Navy. A crew sabotaging its own vessel in a war zone does not happen because of poor food or bad weather. It happens when the institution has pushed human endurance past the point where the mission feels survivable. Eleven months at sea. Iranian drones striking Gulf airports daily. Eleven Reapers shot down in seventeen days. Gulf states pressing Washington not to stop but to escalate. No rotation ship. No relief force. No ceasefire on any horizon. And the carrier that embodies forward American naval power is pulling into a Greek port because 600 of its sailors have nowhere to sleep. The Crete diversion is the signal the market should be reading. The Ford is the only US carrier in the Gulf theatre. When it pulls into Souda, the sustained naval posture that was supposed to backstop convoy escorts, deter Iranian mining operations, and project power through the spring planting season temporarily loses its centrepiece. Repairs take days at minimum. Investigation takes longer. Every day the Ford sits in Crete is a day the Hormuz permissioned chokepoint operates without the threat of carrier-based air power overhead. After Crete, the Ford is expected to return to Gulf waters. The 11-month deployment timeline holds. But the sabotage investigation tells you something that no deployment order can override: the human beings inside the machine are breaking. The Mosaic Doctrine does not break. Provincial commanders do not file for shore leave. Standing orders do not need sleeping quarters. Mines do not experience morale collapse. The cheapest blockade in modern history runs on sealed packets and radio handsets while the most expensive warship in human history diverts to port because its own crew may have tried to burn their way home. The fertiliser trapped behind the permissioned strait does not care whether the Ford is in the Gulf or in Crete. The planting calendar does not pause for a sabotage investigation. And the 31 autonomous IRGC commands running the chokepoint do not need a $13 billion aircraft carrier to feel tired before they do. They were designed never to feel anything at all. Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

The MFRR mission to #Italy kicks off today in Rome: mfrr.eu/italy-mfrr-to-… Over 9–10 March, partners will assess key threats to press freedom, including political interference in RAI, surveillance, legal harassment, media concentration, and anti-SLAPP reform.

The Hindu–Arabic numeral system was invented between the I and IV centuries by Indian mathematicians. The system was adopted in Arabic mathematics by the IX century more widely known through the writings in Arabic of the Persian mathematician Al-Khwārizmī

Everyone talks about Iranian oil in barrels. Nobody talks about what is inside them. That difference is why Western refineries have been running shadow networks through Dubai for twenty years to get it despite the sanctions. Crude oil is not a uniform commodity. It is a spectrum of hydrocarbons with different molecular weights, and the composition of a given crude determines how easily it converts into the products refineries actually want to sell: gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil. The measurement that captures this is API gravity. Higher API gravity means lighter crude with shorter carbon chains, which means lower energy cost to crack, lower processing cost to refine, and higher yield of the light distillates that carry premium pricing. Lower API gravity means heavier crude requiring more energy, more processing steps, more capital equipment, and producing a higher share of lower-value residuals. Iranian Light crude runs at 33 to 36 degrees API gravity with sulfur content between 1.36 and 1.5 percent. That is the refinery sweet spot. It is light enough to yield high fractions of gasoline and middle distillates without excessive processing costs, but heavy enough to produce the full range of products that complex refineries are designed to process. It is what petroleum engineers call an optimal blend crude. Now compare the alternatives. Venezuelan Merey heavy crude runs at approximately 16 degrees API gravity with sulfur between 3 and 5 percent. Refining it profitably requires a coking unit, a hydrocracker, and an extensive desulfurization train. The equipment exists. The economics work for refineries purpose-built around Venezuelan feedstock. It is not a substitute for Iranian crude. It is a different product requiring different industrial infrastructure. US West Texas Intermediate runs at 39 to 40 degrees API with sulfur below 0.25 percent. In theory, the cleanest and easiest crude to process. In practice, it is so light that it does not yield the heavier middle distillates a complex refinery needs to run at full capacity. European and Asian refineries built around medium crudes cannot switch to WTI without blending it with heavier crudes to achieve the molecular weight distribution their process units require. WTI is not a drop-in replacement for Iranian medium. Iranian oil fits where both US shale and Venezuelan heavy do not. It is the liquid that flows through the middle of the global refining system without requiring either the coking infrastructure for heavy crudes or the blending operations for ultra-light shale. That molecular fit is why it commands a persistent premium above comparable grades. It is why Indian refineries maintained Iranian crude purchases through every round of sanctions and negotiated the logistics to keep that flow moving. It is why the Dubai shadow banking and trading network that the UAE is now considering dismantling existed in the first place. The Strait of Hormuz does not just carry oil. It carries the specific category of oil that the global refining system was built to process most efficiently. Closing it does not just reduce supply. It removes the grade of crude that the system runs best on and forces every refinery in the world to run less efficiently on whatever it can find as a substitute. That is the premium embedded in the $82 oil price. Not just volume. Molecular weight. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

Note from the Ministry of the Interior: On the morning of February 25, 2026, a violating speedboat was detected within Cuban territorial waters. The vessel, registered in Florida, United States, with registration number FL7726SH, approached up to 1 nautical mile northeast of the El Pino channel, in Cayo Falcones, Corralillo municipality, Villa Clara province. When a surface unit of the Border Guard Troops of the Ministry of the Interior, carrying five service members, approached the vessel for identification, the crew of the violating speedboat opened fire on the Cuban personnel, resulting in the injury of the commander of the Cuban vessel. As a consequence of the confrontation, as of the time of this report, four aggressors on the foreign vessel were killed and six were injured. The injured individuals were evacuated and received medical assistance. In the face of current challenges, Cuba reaffirms its determination to protect its territorial waters, based on the principle that national defense is a fundamental pillar of the Cuban State in safeguarding its sovereignty and ensuring stability in the region. Investigations by the competent authorities continue in order to fully clarify the events.

BREAKING: IRAN WILL TEMPORARILY CLOSE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ DURING MILITARY DRILLS The temporary closure is linked to planned live-fire and naval exercises by Iranian forces in the area. - Fars

@BenMullin Peter Finn is a man, not a quaquaraqua (Cit. Sciascia) @PeterFinnWP #washington

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. nytimes.com/2026/02/04/bus…

@MarioNawfal The strangeness is that KLM Air France British Lufthansa and other airlines have been suspended all flights to countrys in the Middle East space, not only Iran. And Iran Arabic News Agency* could demonstrate that the sky is not empty so... what? 🧐🧐 x.com/iraninarabic_i…

🚨UPDATE: Everyone freaking out tonight as many airlines cancelled flights to Israel and the Middle East, and a few flights took a U-turn away from Israel This comes after days of U.S. military build up in the region, and recent war rhetoric in Turkey, Israel, Iran and the U.S. However based on air traffic, looks like business as usual, at least for tonight Also the USS Lincoln Aircraft is not yet in the Gulf of Oman, therefore not in striking distance to Iran So we have days before any strikes, unless we see an unexpected surprise attack by Israel (unlikely) For next week and next month however, I wouldn’t be surprised if war breaks out.

Electronic Warfare Begins in Shiraz: Iran's Radars Suddenly "Blinded" as the Jordan Air Bridge Persists... Has the "Silent Preparation" Phase Begun? — Talal Nahle Analysis of the Latest Update (Thursday Morning, January 22 – 06:29 GMT): It appears that "electronic blindness" has officially reached the heart of Iran. The new NOTAM (A0285/26) serves as the "golden evidence" marking the onset of preliminary electronic warfare. Here are the critical details: 1. Shiraz Loses Its Sight: Radar Failure (MSSR) * The New NOTAM: (A0285/26) * Content: The Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) in Shiraz is "Not Available," and radar services in Sectors 3 and 4 of the Area Control Center (ACC) may be cut off until this evening (January 22). * Military Significance: * Shiraz: This is the gateway to Southern and Central Iran. The loss of radar there creates a "black hole" in civilian air coverage (and potentially military coverage if the jamming is wide-spectrum). * Timing: The sudden failure of radars coinciding with the US fleet going into "Dark Mode" is a classic signature of a cyberattack or Electronic Warfare (EW). 2. The AWACS Enigma: A "Weakness" or a "Feint"? The report noting the absence of Early Warning aircraft (E-3G AWACS) in the region can be interpreted in two ways: * Hypothesis 1 (Deception): The US is avoiding the aging E-3G because it is "exposed" to Iranian and Chinese radars. Instead, it is relying on an integrated network of: * F-35s: Acting as "mini-AWACS" to exchange data. * E-2D Advanced Hawkeye: Early warning aircraft launching from the aircraft carrier Lincoln (which are present but do not appear in land-base reports). * Ground Radars: The radar network in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel provides sufficient coverage without the need for AWACS circling overhead and revealing intentions. * Hypothesis 2: The absence of AWACS implies the strike will be missile and ballistic-based (launched from destroyers and long-range bombers) rather than a traditional aerial battle requiring air-to-air combat management (Dogfight). 3. The "Muwaffaq Salti" Bridge: The Center of Gravity The continued landing of C-17 aircraft (Flights RCH876, 869, 842...) at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (Jordan) confirms it will be the primary platform for defense and offense. * Jordan has effectively become a "land-based aircraft carrier," protecting Israel from the East and attacking Iran from the West. 4. Trump's Statement: "They Will Not Have Nukes" Trump speaking in the past tense ("We hit hard") and future tense ("It will happen again") removes any diplomatic ambiguity. * He is clearly stating: The goal is not "behavior change" of the regime, but "disarmament." * The phrase "We will find where they are now" implies the target bank has been updated to include new secret nuclear sites or those that have been relocated. Field Summary (Thursday Morning, January 22): "Blindness" has begun: * In Iran: Shiraz radars are out of service (deliberate action?). * At Sea: The US fleet is in "Dark Mode." * In Israel: GPS jamming in the North. We are in the "lights out" phase before the show. The failure of the Shiraz radar is the first "electronic shot" of the battle.

Mario Draghi: «L'Europa ha molti nemici, forse più che mai, sia interni che esterni. Per preservarla, gli europei devono essere più uniti che mai. Dobbiamo superare le nostre debolezze autoinflitte. E dobbiamo diventare più forti: militarmente, economicamente e politicamente».

Joint statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom 👇

NUCLEAR TRACE DETECTED The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute has detected elevated levels of iodine-129 – an isotope commonly used as an indicator of nuclear activity – in seawater samples from the West Philippine Sea. UP MSI said the concentrations found in the WPS were higher than in any other part of the country, despite the Philippines having no active nuclear power plant or nuclear weapons program. Read: philstar.com/headlines/2026…

@SkyTG24 La statua? Il teatro dovreste intitolargli, il teatro Ariston #Baudo #PippoBaudo #Sanremo

Il primo cittadino ha dichiarato le intenzioni del comune, affermando però che è necessario trovare l'accordo con tutti i soggetti interessati sull'utilizzo dell'immagine del conduttore ➡️ shorturl.at/3R2Ai

🇺🇸 TOP-SECRET U.S. MILITARY JET LANDS AT LAX FOR FIRST TIME IN 51 YEARS The “Doomsday Plane,” officially called the E-4B Nightwatch, just landed at LAX. Its first-ever visit to a civilian airport. Built to survive nuclear war and command the U.S. government from the sky, the jet can refuel mid-air and stay flying for days. It landed Thursday and took off Friday with a C-17 trailing close behind. Usually hidden on military bases, its surprise appearance next to commercial jets had plane spotters freaking out. Only in 2026 does a flying nuclear bunker roll through Hollywood like a casual guest. Source: @airlinevideos