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The chance that Trump's ballroom will actually be built is rapidly disappearing.
Perhaps it could have if Trump had delegated the management of the project to someone competent,
but that’s not what he does.
Instead, the famously lazy and disorganized president decided to blow off his actual governance duties in favor of micromanaging a construction project he is incapable of handling.
Finishing the ballroom in the next three years would be difficult for anyone,…

The White House ballroom will never be built
Trump can't focus long enough, even on his $400 million passion project

Construction of TotalEnergies pipeline cuts through coral reefs in Mozambique https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/construction-of-totalenergies-pipeline-cuts-through-coral-reefs-in-mozambique/

Construction of TotalEnergies pipeline cuts through coral reefs in Mozambique
Over the past year, a dredger operated by Dutch company Van Oord cut through a coral reef off the coast of northern Mozambique, part of the construction of French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies’ troubled liquefied natural gas project in Cabo Delgado. Data scientists analyzing satellite imagery and vessel data have found that a massive […]

🧈 Diets high in sugar and butter lead to changes in gut microbiome linked to excessive alcohol intake in mice
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-diets-high-sugar-butter-gut.html

Diets high in sugar and butter lead to changes in gut microbiome linked to excessive alcohol intake in mice
Mice that switched from a high sugar/butter diet to a standard diet developed a strong preference for alcohol over water, in a study exploring the connection between gastrointestinal microorganisms and alcohol use disorder (AUD). The findings, published in the journal Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research, may help lead to new treatments for AUD.

With several fresh fathers and Italians in our group, a relevant link to share: https://www.ilpost.it/2025/12/21/padri-nord-europa/

I papà di Copenhagen sono diversi
Per gli italiani che visitano la città è molto evidente: c'entrano i lunghi congedi parentali della Danimarca e in generale dei paesi del nord Europa

The UK government begins its review of the BBC's charter, set to expire in 2027, as ministers consider licence fee reforms and allowing more commercial revenue (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/bbc-charter-review-launched-1236649702/

BBC Charter Review Launched: Government Opens Door To More Commercial Funding & Board Duties On Workplace Misconduct
The UK government has fired the starting gun on BBC charter review, a once-in-a-decade review of the broadcaster's funding and operations.

Putting the Dutch offshore wind train back on the tracks
The Dutch offshore wind programme is in trouble. While 4.5 GW is in operation and another 1.5 GW under construction, the original plan was to rapidly build out capacity to 21 GW by 2032. That target is now out of reach.
My thoughts on how this happened, and what to do about it!

Putting the Dutch offshore wind train back on the tracks
Putting the Dutch offshore wind train back on the tracks

You can't “overbuild” internet infrastructure. Just like highways, demand always catches up. Except fiber doesn't kill forests.
#fiber #unifi #network

Hague Court of Appeal rules it’s cool that the Netherlands is complicit in genocide.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/6/dutch-court-rejects-bid-to-halt-arms-exports-to-israel-over-gaza-war

Dutch court rejects bid to halt arms exports to Israel over Gaza war
Hague Court of Appeal says gov’t has ‘considerable discretion’ to determine foreign policy, national security issues.

What should you do if you are unable to connect to the Dutch grid? Build your own distribution grid! That’s what a renewable energy developer in the north of the country has done.
https://www.novar.energy/news/novar-establishes-its-own-grid-connection/

Novar establishes its own grid connection - Novar EN
The answer to the congested energy grid: Novar establishes its own grid connection for the largest solar park in the Netherlands. Read the full press release here.

Dominating Hadwiger's Conjecture holds for all $2K_2$-free graphs
Zi-Xia Song, Thomas Tibbetts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12567 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2…

Dominating Hadwiger's Conjecture holds for all $2K_2$-free graphs
A dominating $K_t$ minor in a graph $G$ is a sequence $(T_1,\dots,T_t)$ of pairwise disjoint non-empty connected subgraphs of $G$, such that for $1 \leq i