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@AFP That’s on top of a decline in exports of hummus and tzatziki. It’s a double dip recession

🇬🇷 Sheep culls put pressure on Greek feta cheese production Greek farmers and cheese producers are facing an ongoing pox pandemic, threatening the production of feta, one of Greece's premier exports.

It’s amazing how repeatedly there’s evidence of technology truly disrupting and overturning prevalent narratives and trajectories, yet people cling on to views as though such disruption is inconceivable.

@EricTrump @Trump @realDonaldTrump How about a huge gold statue on the roof that rotates to always face the sun?

🚨 FIRST LOOK: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library is officially here. Over the past six months, I have poured my heart and soul into this project with my incredible team at @Trump. This landmark on the water in Miami, Florida will stand as a lasting testament to an amazing man, an amazing developer, and the greatest President our Nation has ever known. 🇺🇸 These images have never been seen by the public — until today. Enjoy! trumplibrary.org

New field report from the Mastallone river, Italy 🇮🇹 by local guide Francesco Plenty of fish, early season #flyfishing #trout flyfishingstreams.com/water/mastallo…

@nexta_tv The police need a break

KitKat has confirmed that a truck carrying 12 tons of chocolate bars was hijacked on its way to Poland That’s around 413,000 bars — basically a whole sweet warehouse on wheels. For now, the thieves have mountains of chocolate, while the police have no leads. The perfect crime… except for the fact that it’s hard to hide that much.

@rtnarch How about undermining the rule of law and corruption?

Literally the most fucking stupid idea to destroy USA innovation and jobs, up there with a tax on unrealized gains.

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Could be handy for sovereign capability

@NinaDSchick @gideonrachman Ok understood: yes that’s a risk but not a solution. So: what is that solution? Gas? You point out it’s a huge risk and cost. Or nuke? Have you seen the time & cost to build Hinkley C? it’s apparently not wind + solar + batteries. Genuinely interested in understanding solution.

@lowredshift @gideonrachman So you missed the whole point about supply chain dependency, and the need for high density non intermittent energy.

Very bad for Britain, which is uniquely susceptible. 1/ The Iran war sent British wholesale gas prices surging — up nearly 90% in a month. This hits Britain with unique force because the nation remains 75% dependent on fossil fuels for its primary energy needs. 2/ As gas sets the marginal price for all electricity, a spike in the Middle East becomes an immediate, unavoidable tax on every British business and household. 3/ The reality is crushing. Analysts warn of household bills hitting £2,500 if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for more than six weeks. 4/ As energy-driven inflation surges, hopes for interest rate cuts have vanished. Britain is now servicing a £2.9 trillion debt mountain with £114 billion of interest expected to be paid this year. That’s nearly double the nation’s entire core defense budget. 5/To make matters worse, Britain has no supply buffer. Westminster based its storage needs on optimistic assumptions of frictionless global markets. It has a maximum gas storage capacity of just twelve days. Compare that to Germany’s 89 days, France’s 103, or the Netherlands’ 123. 6/ Unable to stockpile, Britain is forced to buy gas at the worst possible moment. European gas futures have already surged above €60 per megawatt-hour, roughly six times the US price. 7/Britain’s main gas provider, Norway, is at maximum capacity, and Qatar (the UK’s swing supplier) had already declared force majeure, halting shipping after the unprecedented shutdown at Ras Laffan. Now, missile attacks on Ras Laffan, and threats by Trump to pull out of the Strait of Hormuz.

@NinaDSchick @gideonrachman Thanks. I read the article: wrt energy: I didn’t see a solution - only that UK shouldn’t have consumed the gas, and underinvested in nukes. Once you install solar, wind and batteries you (can/should) have very little external dependency for each kWh generated from those assets

The UK's energy debate is trapped in a reductionist loop of 'Net Zero good vs. Net Zero bad.' We need to break out of it. Decarbonisation must be an industrial strategy, not just a moral crusade. (See Norway.) The UK needs a ruthless, pragmatic energy policy that leverages renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuels to achieve one ultimate goal: total energy security. Right now, no one is factoring in the massive, 24/7 power demands of the AI revolution. If we want Britain to be a global hub for AI, we need cheap, abundant electricity. I wrote a long piece on it (see my articles.)

It is too early to drink in Asian time and that is an absolute tragedy having written this syncretica.substack.com/p/questions-an…

@NinaDSchick @hkanji @Ed_Miliband Now do the cost and national security risks of fossil fuels

That’s why the MoD has warned the British govt that @Ed_Miliband’s windmills means the UK is like a sitting duck. It’s also why: 1/ 🇸🇪 The Swedish government banned 13 offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea in late 2024. Military tests proved turbines compress the early-warning window for a Russian missile strike from several minutes to just 60 seconds - meaning they could likely not intercept. 2/ 🇺🇸 As of early 2026, the Trump administration has paused construction on all major U.S. offshore wind projects. A Pentagon report concluded that "Doppler clutter" from the blades makes it impossible for coastal radar to distinguish between turbines and incoming drone swarms or sea-skimming missiles. 3/ 🇬🇧 In Britain, the MoD is spending £1.5 billion (Project Njord) just to mitigate current radar interference. Miliband has shifted these costs from private developers to the taxpayer to maintain the "cheap wind" narrative, while the RAF warns that turbine-induced blind spots remain the primary obstacle to a future £10 billion missile defense shield. 4/ 🇩🇪 Germany’s 2026 Procurement Act now enforces a 50km "assessment zone" around all military radar, covering one-third of the country. This gives the Bundeswehr a de facto veto over wind construction to ensure air-defense integrity is not impaired by energy policy. 5/ 🇵🇱 Last December, Russian-linked actors used "wiper" malware to attack 30 Polish wind farms during a winter storm. By bricking the hardware, they caused a total "loss of view and control" for grid operators. This proved that decentralized energy replaces a few high-security targets with thousands of "digital back doors" for adversaries. The reality: Wind energy requires billions in hidden defense and cybersecurity retrofits to offset radar degradation. This vulnerability is compounded by the supply chain: Chinese firms now account for over 70% of global turbine manufacturing and refine nearly 100% of the critical minerals required to build them. In the new mode of war, this is an integrated strategic catastrophe. (And we thought the problem was the migratory pattern of birds .)

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I just bought a gigawatt-scale solar factory. AMA.

Are they anti-banana bread?

Here’s a beauty of a marble trout that local guide Andreea caught today on the Borgo Chiese in Italy 🇮🇹 #flyfishing

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