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Die Ausschreibung für zwei #Offshore-Windflächen in der #Nordsee mit 2,5 GW Kapazität ist erstmals gescheitert.
Niemand hat ein Gebot abgegeben. Branchenvertreter sehen die Gründe vor allem in gestiegenen #Baukosten

Ausschreibung von Windkraftanlagen: Niemand will sie haben
Zum ersten Mal ist eine Ausschreibung für den Betrieb von Windanlagen im Meer gescheitert. Den Investoren sind die Risiken zu hoch.

Who Deserves Credit for the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal? (Mark Hertling/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/who-deserves-credit-for-armenia-azerbaijan-peace-deal
http://www.memeorandum.com/250811/p79#a250811p79

🍫 Cacao agroforestry in Belize hits the sweet spot for people and nature
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/cacao-agroforestry-in-belize-hits-the-sweet-spot-for-people-and-nature/

Cacao agroforestry in Belize hits the sweet spot for people and nature
The Maya Golden Landscape in southern Belize is a patchwork of protected areas, agricultural lands and small communities, part of the greater Maya Forest, the second-largest tropical forest in the Americas, after the Amazon. It’s a haven for predators like jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor), and threatened species like Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) […]

As Russian influence wanes in South Caucasus, Azerbaijan emerges as regional hegemon: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/as-russian-influence-wanes-in.html

The Underground Muon Detector of AugerPrime: Status and Performance
Joaquin de Jesus (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08631 https://

The Underground Muon Detector of AugerPrime: Status and Performance
As part of the upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory, known as AugerPrime, the Underground Muon Detector is being installed in the low-energy extension of the Surface Detector, allowing for a direct measurement of the muonic component of air showers produced by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with energies between 10^{16.8} and 10^{19} eV. The detector consists of an array of 30 m2 plastic scintillator detectors buried 2.3 m underground near a water-Cherenkov detector. Two modes of operation ar…

Trump shows off to the Azerbaijan dictator a section in the White House dedicated to Trump 2028 merch, as they discuss #Trump unlawfully pursuing another term. (c/o Meidastouch)
#maga

Cirque de Old Age

Been to the hospital and had the cast removed.
Should make typing easier.
More pain now than when I first went there though. RSI aggravated by the cast. Thumb fucked up by the cast. Wrist hurts when moved.
Apparently I'm to stretch the wrist slowly and gradually recover mobility like wrist yoga. Physio to come maybe.
Have booked a massage for tomorrow to try and realign my frame, all fucked up by the cast and the sitting around for a month.
Do not recommend fracturing bones in your arm. It's an bad scene man.

Russia detains Azerbaijani citizen over alleged Ukraine-linked 'terror' plot as Moscow-Baku tensions escalate: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/08/russia-detains-azerbaijani-citizen-over.html

Azerbaijani MiG-29 sightings over Ukraine suggest Baku may be aiding Kyiv amid deteriorating Baku–Moscow ties: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/06/azerbaijani-mig-sightings-over-ukraine.html