danielkhent 5 months ago

This UTV Battles Drones in Ukraine. To permute Gibson’s adage: War finds its own uses for things. #warefare #drones

UTV Driver

This UTV Battles Drones in Ukraine

Ukraine has put the V2X Tempest into service. The anti-UAS platform carries a radar and two Hellfire missiles for shoot-and-scoot missions against ...

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2027 Can-Am Maverick X3: Rugged Side-by-Side Vehicle

Take on extreme terrain with the 2027 Can‑Am Maverick X3, with rugged durability and precise control for any adventure.

danielkhent 5 months ago

Submerged bumblebee queens breathe underwater. #science https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bumblebee-queens-breathe-underwater

danielkhent 6 months ago

Yellowstone: World's largest acidic geyser erupts for first time since 2020 Wacky Yellowstone and its non-stop shenanigans #geology #science

Yellowstone: World's largest acidic geyser erupts for first time since 2020

The Echinus Geyser had been silent for the last six years, and it is unknown whether the eruptions will continue into the summer.

danielkhent 6 months ago

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water #climatechange #waterscarcity

the Guardian

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water

Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be available

danielkhent 6 months ago

Rydberg atoms detect clear signals from a handheld radio You just know the spy agencies are funding this. #spy #technology https://phys.org/news/2026-02-rydberg-atoms-handheld-radio.html#google_vignette

danielkhent 6 months ago

Yuan Muzhi was one of the country’s top leftist Shanghai filmmakers in the 1930s. #shanghai #1930s

#SixthTone

Remembering a Titan of Early Chinese Cinema

Yuan Muzhi was one of the country’s top leftist filmmakers in the 1930s. Now the Shanghai International Film Festival is running a retrospective ...

danielkhent 6 months ago

“I don’t think we can all be working 15-hour weeks right now. But is the right number 25? 35?” Don’t forget the human capacity to generate nearly illimitable make-work. #postscarcity

Vox

A utopian strand of economic thought is making a surprising comeback

It was once normal for economists to imagine a world with less work. What happened?

danielkhent 6 months ago

Ecopsychology and Addiction Recovery #ecopsychology

resilience

The Addiction Afflicting Billions—A Conversation with Chellis Glendinning on Ecopsychology and Addiction Recovery

Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow and author Richard Heinberg interviews Chellis Glendinning, activist, social critic, and author of My Name Is C...

danielkhent 6 months ago

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me #AI

The Shamblog

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting ...

danielkhent 6 months ago

Possibly getting closer to fault‑tolerant quantum computing? #quantumcomputing #quantum

ECOticias.com

Google has just crossed the quantum threshold: thus begins the era of error-free computers

Quantum computers have just cleared a hurdle that many physicists once doubted they could overcome. In new experiments, the Google Quantum AI team ...

danielkhent 6 months ago

This Deep-Sea Creature Looks Like An Underwater Fireworks Display #science https://www.iflscience.com/this-deepsea-creature-looks-like-an-underwater-fireworks-display-45743

danielkhent 7 months ago

Boeing Has Patented a Plasma 'Force Field' to Protect Against Shock Waves But will it keep the snow off the house and driveway? #science #technology

ScienceAlert

Boeing Has Patented a Plasma 'Force Field' to Protect Against Shock Waves

As weapons get more sophisticated, researchers are trying to build defence systems that can keep pace, and what’s better than a force field? Aer...

danielkhent 7 months ago

largest liquid air energy storage system on Earth #renewableenergy

Goodbye to coal and lithium: They are building the largest liquid air energy storage system on Earth

danielkhent 7 months ago

“Generally, building sustainably means building with a carbon footprint in mind, and engineering creative solutions to keep that footprint small.” Not so sure about buildings being the largest emitter but they are gassy. #climatechange #architecture

MSN

danielkhent 7 months ago

Microgrids. Small installations of solar panels and battery storage were used for disaster recovery in Western NC #renewableenergy

North Carolina League of Conservation Voters

Microgrids Ready to Aid Recovery and Resilience

A winter storm with the potential to create widespread power outages swept through NC, but a new tool is aiding recovery and resilience.

danielkhent 7 months ago

#writing

danielkhent 7 months ago

Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 I guess running an LLM is out. #vintagecomputing

Tom

Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later

See it get programmed and play

danielkhent 7 months ago

BLM yanks American Prairie bison grazing leases This is sad. Bison are good for the land. And of course innately mythical. #ecopsychology https://dailymontanan.com/2026/01/16/burgum-yanks-american-prairie-bison-grazing-leases/

danielkhent 7 months ago

Why Is the World Losing Color? #visualarts

Why Is the World Losing Color?

The rise of Chromophobia...

danielkhent 7 months ago

Buddhist monks peace-walking from Texas to DC persist even after being run over on highway outside Houston Advertisement for #peace

Fortune

Buddhist monks peace-walking from Texas to DC persist even after being run over on highway outside Houston | Fortune

One of the monks had “substantial leg injuries” and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Houston, Dayton Interim Police Chief Shane Burleig...