A very welcome fact check from Carbon Brief on the impact of heatwaves on various energy sources, including the much headlined nuclear power plants in Europe.
I didn't know for example how much the French improved their handling of heat over the years.
"ARC Clean Technology has signed an agreement aiming for the first-of-a-kind deployment of an ARC-100 small modular reactor at Idaho National Laboratory."
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/arc-partners-with-inl-for-smr-deployment
Onze ruimteredacteur Yorick schreef een relatief kort maar interessant verhaal over de impact van de afgedankte #Falcon-raket op de maan van deze ochtend: https://scientias.nl/raketafval-van-spacex-inslag-op-maan-zorgt-voor-uniek-spektakel-en-nieuwe-krater/
In diezelfde periode steeg het aantal volwassenen met obesitas ook met 41%. Dat vergeet de NOS er even bij te vermelden.
Seize the means of ozempic production.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2625582-aantal-fastfoodzaken-in-nederland-in-twintig-jaar-bijna-verdubbeld
"The construction of three pairs of Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the Jinqimen, Taipingling and Zhuanghe sites, as well as two Guohe One (CAP1400) reactors at the Laiyang site was approved during a State Council executive meeting chaired by Chinese Premier Li Qiang on 31 July."
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-approves-construction-of-eight-more-reactors
"Dominion Energy is taking steps to preserve the Early Site Permit issued to its North Anna site in 2007. The Louisa County site is already home to two operating reactors."
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/dominion-keeps-options-open-for-north-anna
"US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced it raised USD1 billion of additional equity financing - the single largest funding round among fusion energy companies worldwide since CFS announced its USD1.8 billion Series B round in 2021."
"Unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China's Hainan province has begun supplying electricity to the grid, while unit 2 of the Taipingling plant in Guangdong has entered commercial operation. Both units feature Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors."
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinese-reactors-start-up-milestones
"iT's JuSt SuMmEr"
"After the 1986 disaster, engineers faced conditions no machine had ever been designed for."
Telegram appears to have been pulled from the App Store worldwide https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/03/telegram-appears-to-have-been-pulled-from-the-app-store-worldwide/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
As an Open Source person I am apparently expected to keep doing things for free so I get invited to participate in EU policy events in Brussels, with not even an attempt to offer me compensation for travel, lodging or time.
So I decline.
IFTAS can see 2,343 un-actioned botnet accounts, and thousands more are likely hiding in plain sight.
They’re spewing spam every few minutes, cross-following, bridging, and federating hundreds of thousands of unwanted posts.
And server admins are footing the bill.
While we can't shut them down, we can help you block them.
If a service goes at least 22 days without taking action on reported accounts, it becomes eligible for this denylist: https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/
If you deny that COVID pushed our hospitals to the limit, vaccines work, and healthcare workers are heroes, you should not be allowed to hold public office, let alone lead a health agency.
Long story short: disinvestment in healthcare resulting in fewer face-to-face encounters with healthcare professionals and fewer accessible facilities/clinics means fewer people vaccinate their children even if they’re not opposed to doing so. https://c.im/@BBC/117034179737458418
"The start of site preparation works for the Kola II nuclear power units follows the granting of a site licence by Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor earlier this month."
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/site-preparations-under-way-for-planned-kola-units
wow, uh, anybody running a #writefreely blog that hasn't updated it in a while (a version before v0.17.0), you need to update. now. and check your users/posts/collections/access tokens/etc.
Picard style tip: If you're balding, don't hide it. Own it.
Today I explained to some family members how absolutely vile and rotten JKR is.
They had no idea.
They were happily digesting the HP franchise and giving its creator money for her to sue Amnesty UK and push through anti-trans laws.
They were unaware of her male pseudonym RG.
Nothing of the sort managed to reach them until I came into the conversation bringing receipts, including the recently banned @amnesty report.
Make sure to inform those you know, because noone else does.