Sea Mines Could Prevent Ukraine Grain Shipments For Months
June 9th, 2022Via: The Warzone:
Many hundreds of mines floating in the Black Sea threaten any deal – no matter how unlikely – to allow the shipment of tens of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain.
With Ukraine unable to ship anything because of Russia’s naval blockade of its ports, Turkey and Russia are talking about a plan to provide safe passage for cargo ships.
But Ukraine and Russia are now arguing over the removal of sea mines that endanger any vessel traveling to those ports.
Tesla Going Back to Radar for Self Driving System
June 8th, 2022Via: Electrek:
Tesla has filed to use a new radar in its electric vehicles, and everyone is confused since Elon Musk has made it clear that Tesla plans to achieve self-driving with camera-based vision only.
After years of using a suite of sensors that included both cameras and a radar, Tesla announced a transition to its “Tesla Vision” system without radar and only using cameras and neural nets.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo Openly Questions Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines
June 8th, 2022Via: Florida Politics:
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Friday made some of his strongest statements yet against receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Delivered at a press conference announcing an agreement with the Special Olympics to lift a vaccine mandate, the Florida Department of Health leader went much further. He called into question the efficacy of COVID-19 shots and whether they are even safe to use.
“People will say oh, you know, millions of people have taken these vaccines, they must be safe,” he said. “Well, you can’t know the answer to that when it is taboo to talk about having a reaction after vaccines.”
And Now… Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
June 8th, 2022Mmm hmm.
Via: Daily Mail:
People aged under 40 are being urged to have their hearts checked because they may potentially be at risk of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome.
The syndrome, known as SADS, has been fatal for all kinds of people regardless of whether they maintain a fit and healthy lifestyle.
SADS is an ‘umbrella term to describe unexpected deaths in young people’, said The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, most commonly occurring in people under 40 years of age.
The Biggest Reshuffle Of Oil Flows Since The 1970s
June 8th, 2022Via: Oilprice.com:
The biggest reshuffle of oil trade flows since the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s is underway—and things may never return to normal. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions on Russian oil exports are changing global oil trade routes. Over the past nearly five decades, oil flowed more or less freely from any supplier to any customer in the world, except for sanctions on Iran and Venezuela in recent years.
This free energy trade is now over, after the Russian aggression and the Western sanctions that followed, plus Europe’s irreversible decision to cut off its dependence on Russian energy at any cost.
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For Europe, the choice of oil supply is now political, and it will be willing to pay a premium to procure non-Russian oil. This will tighten supply options and continue to support elevated oil prices for months to come.
Solid Power: Slow Progress with Solid State Batteries
June 8th, 2022Via: Ars Technica:
Solid Power, a Colorado-based battery developer, moved one step closer to producing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles on Monday. The company has completed an automated “EV cell pilot line” with the capacity to make around 15,000 cells per year, which will be used first by Solid Power and then by its OEM partners for testing.
“The installation of this EV cell pilot line will allow us to produce EV-scale cells suitable for initiating the formal automotive qualification process. Over the coming quarters, we will work to bring the EV cell pilot line up to its full operational capability and look forward to delivering EV-scale all-solid-state cells to our partners later this year,” said Solid Power CEO Doug Campbell.
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It’s one of those technologies that to a very casual observer is perennially five years away, but in Europe there are already operational Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses with solid-state packs.
Energy At The End Of The World – Peter Zeihan
June 6th, 2022Some interesting perspectives, but his assertion that China is going to collapse within a year doesn’t seem very likely to me.
Via: Naval Postgraduate School:
Research Credit: DF
Musk Mentions Epstein Client List
June 6th, 2022Keep in mind, Musk is at war with Epstein associate Bill Gates.
Only thing more remarkable than DOJ not leaking the list is that no one in the media cares. Doesn’t that seem odd? pic.twitter.com/JEK4TErABB
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2022
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Has a Secret Weapon Even Its Makers Didn’t Know About: A Great and Timely Villain (Hint: It’s Russia)
June 5th, 2022Oh sure. It’s all just a coincidence.
Via: Variety:
The Top Gun team is on a mission to protect NATO. That seems — or must have seemed, when “Maverick” started shooting four years ago — like a relatively safe sphere of actuality for the movie to invoke. But the meaning of NATO, since the war in Ukraine began, has changed. The alliance was always vital (even as some argued that it had become irrelevant). Now it’s the living epicenter of global conflict.
The Top 10 Creepiest and Most Dystopian Things Pushed by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
June 5th, 2022Via: Vigilant Citizen:
Here are the 10 most dystopian things that are being pushed by the WEF right now. This list sorted is in no particular order. Because they’re all equally crazy.
