Exclusive: US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-shoots-down-iranian-drone-approaching-aircraft-carrier-official-says-2026-02-03/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p69#a260203p69
NotebookLM, das neue KI-Tool von Google, sollte mein Bloggerjahr 2025 zusammenfassen. Heraus kam ein bemerkenswertes Experiment: reflektiert, teils verwirrend, manchmal erfunden. Mein Fazit: Zwischen KI-Analyse und echter Reflexion liegen Welten – und genau das ist gut so. #ahresrückblick #2025 #KI
Skyryse, which plans to integrate its flight automation OS, SkyOS, in Black Hawk helicopters and other aircraft, raised a $300M Series C at a $1.15B valuation (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/skyryse…
The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable,
telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022,
and the NATO military alliance has boosted its presence with frigates, aircraft and naval drones
The latest incident was made public five days after Finnish police seized a cargo vessel en route from Russia to Israel on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecom cable running from Helsinki across the Gulf of Finland to Estoni…
Cowboys' Week 18 plans for Dak Prescott vs. Joe Milton revealed by ESPN's Todd Archer https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-week-18-plans-dak-prescott-vs-jo…
There's actually a lot we don't talk about related to cars and the military industrial complex. My point that internal combustion engines align the citizens and the military (by forcing citizens to rely on the critical resource at the center or the military industrial complex) remains evergreen. But people also generally don't realize that the manufacturing infrastructure of cars is fungible, and can be shifted to aircraft and tanks when needed.
Car manufacturing capabilities are intimately related to militarism in a way that bicycles aren't. That's also worth thinking about.
A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after take off,
erupting into a massive fireball
near the Louisville Muhammad Ali international airport in Kentucky,
leaving at least seven dead and 11 injured
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
Internet zu lahm, Paket weg: Mehr Ärger landet bei den Schlichtern
Mehr Verbraucher wenden sich wegen langsamem Internet und verlorener Pakete an die Schlichtungsstellen der BNetzA. Deren Handlungsspielraum ist aber beschränkt.
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