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As the Trump administration escalates pressure on Venezuela,
U.S. military activity across the Caribbean continues to grow.
The U.S. has deployed more than 15,000 troops to the region and carried out airstrikes on over 20 boats,
killing at least 83 people in operations the White House has justified, without providing evidence, as targeting drug traffickers.
On Monday, the administration also designated the so-called Cšrtel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organiza…

Will the U.S. Attack Venezuela? Trump’s Anti-Maduro Campaign Seen as Part of a Broader Regional Plan
As the Trump administration escalates pressure on Venezuela, U.S. military activity across the Caribbean continues to grow. The U.S. has deployed more than 15,000 troops to the region and carried out airstrikes on over 20 boats, killing at least 83 people in operations the White House has justified, without providing evidence, as targeting drug traffickers. On Monday, the administration also designated the so-called Cártel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, alleging President Ni…

South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region #Africa

South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region
South Africa on Sunday declared a national disaster after widespread flooding that destroyed homes and killed dozens, while thousands sought shelter in neighboring Mozambique.

A John Lennon mural saying ‘Give Peace a Chance’ on a wall behind anti-drone nets in the city of Izyum, in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, 12 December 2025.
Photo: EPA / SERGEY KOZLOV

Concise and useful overview of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian land:
"What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/world/ukraine-donbas-region-explained-intl

What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?
The United States, Russia and Ukraine rarely agree on anything. But as their delegations head to Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three parties seem to have come to the same conclusion: Only one issue remains to be resolved.

Ukrainian Forces strike Russian drone operator positions in Donetsk region, repel assaults near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/ukrainian-forces-strike-russian-drone.html

Drohnen verletzen 16 Personen im russischen Belgorod
In der westrussischen Region Belgorod sind nach Behördenangaben 16 Menschen durch ukrainische Drohnenangriffe verletzt worden. Die ukrainischen Streitkräfte hätten die Ortschaft Maslowa Pristan beschossen und dort zehn Zivilisten, unter ihnen zwei Minderjährige, verletzt, schrieb Gouverneur Wjatscheslaw Gladkow auf seinem Telegramkanal. Zwei private Wohnhäuser seien durch di…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Kiew: Russische Soldaten in Pokrowsk eingedrungen ++
Russischen Soldaten ist es nach Angaben aus Kiew gelungen, in die umkämpfte Stadt Pokrowsk einzudringen. Bei einem Drohnenangriff auf die Hauptstadt Kiew sind mindestens drei Menschen getötet und 29 verletzt worden.

Im niedersächsischen #Ahnsbeck förderte das Projekt #DemoCELL bei einer #Geothermiebohrung über 1000 Kubikmeter heißes Thermalwasser aus rund 2500 Metern Tiefe.
Erste Messungen zeigen …

X starts rolling out About This Account globally, letting users see the country or region where an X account is based by tapping the signup date on the profile (Nikita Bier/@nikitabier)
https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1992335925322613127

Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) on X
In a couple hours, we'll be rolling out About This Account globally, allowing you to see the country or region where an account is based. This will be accessible by tapping the signup date on profiles. This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town

🛰️ Satellite data reveals new insights into sustainable groundwater usage in the Hollywood Basin
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-satellite-reveals-insights-sustainable-groundwater.html

Satellite data reveals new insights into sustainable groundwater usage in the Hollywood Basin
Groundwater is a critical resource in Southern California, where long-term drought and climate change place increasing pressure on local aquifers. Some regions, like the Hollywood Basin (a small region in and around the West Hollywood neighborhood), are increasing their reliance on these aquifers in order to reduce the amount of water imported from elsewhere. A new Caltech-led study provides the most detailed picture to date of how the Hollywood Basin responds to groundwater usage, revealing th…

The United States has released a new NOTAM for the entire Venezuelan Flight Information Region (FIR), warning of a potentially hazardous security environment amid worsening conditions and heightened military activity in and around Venezuela.
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/azintel.bsky.

UPDATE: Pokrovsk, Ukraine.
Over 20% of Ukraine's GDP comes from the Pokrovsk region. There are 127 official mines in the region, providing the true incentive for Putin's push to steal it.
In the maze of mineshafts and tunnels, an invisible war is being waged in horrifying conditions.
The idea of US "peace" plan is absurdist fiction that fits in with the Kremlin lies of Russia controlling Pokrovsk.
Information wars are being waged in your face. Defend…

If I could live my life over again, I'd be much more involved in historical research. This kind of stuff fascinates me now. #GreatLakes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/science

At the Great Lakes, Unearthing the Submerged History
Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist and diving instructor, has helped uncover more than 100 shipwrecks across the region.

My "grow plants everywhere" mod for #Luanti is progressing!
I just built a routine to do blobby weight regions as the intersection of a bunch of parabolas, where weight increases logarithmically from the edge of the parabola with an adjustable edge region, and we use the geometric average of these weight values within the intersection region. Then I spent a few hours hunched over a biomes vornoi diagram approximating different broad regions like "arid_grasses" and "temperate_trees" so you can just name some combination of these regions (with custom per-region multipliers) and have your plant definition apply within those regions. I was using rectangular min/max heat/humidity values before, but they were pretty awkward to work with.
If anyone on here who plays Luanti wants to check it out let me know and I can prioritize publishing what I've got. I've got growth definitions for most but not all VoxeLibre plants and it wouldn't be hard to put them together for another game. No trees yet, but that's pretty much the next thing to work on.

Horse Bots ! -- but not what you think-- but I couldn't resist.
Thank you, Department of Ag leaflets, this one from 1973.
https://archive.org/details/horsebotshowtoco450unit_2/page/n1/mode/2up
(lots of leaflets:

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles announced a flash flood warning for the region beginning on Tuesday
and is urging people to use caution while traveling for the upcoming holiday.
The city is also deploying staff with the Los Angeles homeless services authority (Lahsa) to get supplies and hotel vouchers to those living outside.

'Medieval raids' — fear, uncertainty in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast border region: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/medieval-raids-fear-uncertainty-in.html

X-Ray Polarimetry of Accreting White Dwarfs - A Case Study of EX Hydrae: #WhiteDwarf system: https://news.mit.edu/2025/first-look-innermost-region-white-dwarf-system-1120 - X-ray observations reveal surprising features of the dying star’s most energetic environment.

“Live Region Support”
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/01/live-region-support.html
Just about to publish, Chrome updated, I re-tested, and my results for dynamic descriptions went sideways. So, I dunno, QA that for me?
Won’t it feel good to correct me? You know…

Live Region Support
This post does not discuss whether live regions are good, nor is it a post about the best way to use them. This post only covers how they are exposed to the audience who experiences them — screen reader users. Written by a non-screen-reader user. If you’re here because your…

Five New England states just launched a $450M initiative to make heat pumps way more accessible.
The plan? Incentivize contractors to keep units in stock, dropping upfront costs by $500-$700 per heat pump. The goal is 580,000 residential installations by 2030, cutting 2.5M metric tons of carbon while lowering energy bills.

New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption
The program aims to use federal funds awarded under the Biden administration to deploy more than 500,000 heat pumps in the chilly region over the next few…

A look at The Amargi, a new nonprofit digital outlet based in Germany covering Kurdish news in English and trying to avoid favoring any specific political party (Seyma Bayram/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/amargi-kurdish

‘The Amargi’ imagines a free Kurdish press.
The Amargi, a digital outlet based in Germany, takes the lead on Kurdish news.

Speaking of volleyball...
All abilities invited to relaxed grass volleyball Come and Try day
https://region.com.au/your-invite-to-play-all-abilities-welcomed-to-relaxed-grass-volleyball-come-and-try-day/930794/

All abilities invited to relaxed grass volleyball Come and Try day | Region Canberra

new_guinea_tribes: New Guinea Highlands tribes (1954)
A network of friendships among tribes of Gahuku-Gama alliance structure of the Eastern Central Highlands region in New Guinea. Edge sign indicates either friendship ("rova") or enmity ("hint”).
This network has 16 nodes and 58 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Signed
h…

FPF Year in Review 2025
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-year-in-review-2025/
@…
This year, FPF continued to broaden its footprint across priority areas of d…

In einer Stadt, die stellenweise nach Reichtum stinkt, ein Unding. Wie es besser geht, zeigt Helsinki. Offensichtlich ist Obdachlosigkeit als Druckmittel erwünsch.
https://

44 obdachlose Menschen seit April gestorben in Hamburg – System versagt
Mehr als 40 obdachlose Menschen sind seit April in Hamburg gestorben. Die Linke spricht von Systemversagen, der Senat verweist auf Hilfsangebote.

Region locking content should have been illegal in 2026, but here we are unable to legally watch the next Star Trek series
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

❄️ It’s freezing cold outside here in Germany, and this is an interesting explainer of why that is: a warming event in the polar region is leading to an early collapse of the polar vortex, so Europe and North America are flooded with cold air, while the North Pole is unusually warm. #weather #climate

Stratospheric Warming Watch: Polar Vortex Collapse has begun, with cold air and snowfall impacts expected
A Stratospheric Warming is now collapsing the Polar Vortex, with polar air and snow forecast across the United States, Canada and Europe in December

Wir haben beim Klimastammtisch des #DJV über die Klimatour der Volos bei Echo-Online gesprochen. Die Volos sagen: wo #Klimawandel draufsteht, das klick nicht mehr gut. Dabei ist die Tour eine richtig gute Idee:

Stadt, Land, Fluss: Wie die Klimakrise unsere Region fordert
Klimawandel vor der Haustür: An neun Orten in der Region zeigt sich, wie Hitze, Trockenheit und Waldsterben schon jetzt wirken – und welche teils überraschenden Lösungen es gibt.

Google DeepMind plans to open an AI research lab in Singapore, collaborating with institutions across the Asia-Pacific in education, public services, and more (Lila Ibrahim/Google DeepMind)
https://deepmind.google/blog/were-expa…

Google DeepMind opens Singapore research lab for Asia-Pacific AI.
Google DeepMind opens a new research lab in Singapore to accelerate the development of frontier AI across the Asia-Pacific region through research, talent, and strategic collaborations.

"Liam, who had recently turned five, is one of four children in the school district who have been detained by federal immigration agents ... in the region over the last two weeks, the district said...
An agent had taken Liam out of the car, led the boy to his front door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in, “in order to see if anyone else was home – essentially using a five-year-old as bait”, the superintendent said in a statement.
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#CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation
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CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technolog…

#CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation
CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation

Der modernisierte #Windpark Muel in Spanien liefert nach dem #Repowering mehr als doppelt so viel Strom wie zuvor.
Drei neue #Windturbinen ersetzen 27 ältere Anlagen, wodurch rund 21.000 …

RWE-Windpark in Spanien liefert nach Repowering doppelt so viel Strom - Alte Rotorblätter werden recycelt
Essen – Der Energieversorger RWE hat den modernisierten Windpark Muel in der spanischen Region Aragon bei Zaragoza in Betrieb genommen. Mit dem Repowering-...

Wow, I'd like to be able to ski like those guys.
Btw, the dialect he's speaking is the dialect in my region. I Love it 😍
I just tried to get rid of the dialect when I'm speaking english 😉
https://youtu.be/L0AwqY49bPQ?si=1z0ZV_ntyjZjEPEO

Weekend Reads
* How Quake got its TCP/IP stack
https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_chunnel/index.html
* MENOG 25 region advancement report

Jamming GPS signals is a favorite tactic of Putin. Just saying.
At least some of the U.S. warships that have deployed to the Caribbean in recent months have been jamming GPS signals in their vicinity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/a

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard
Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.

As US government cuts weather forecasting, vulnerable places like Puerto Rico risk losing vital early warnings https://phys.org/news/2025-11-weather-vulnerable-puerto-rico-vital.html

As US government cuts weather forecasting, vulnerable places like Puerto Rico risk losing vital early warnings
Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica in late October, killed dozens in Haiti and forced nearly three-quarters of a million Cubans to evacuate. The death toll across the region is still unknown—but Melissa will go down as one of the strongest storms ever recorded.

RE: #DigitaleGewalt.
Gibt's in der Region noch mehr Inte…

SBU UAVs attacked the Taman Oil Port in the Krasnodar region in Russia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/sbu-uavs-attacked-the-taman.html

Ukraine drone strike causes fire at oil depot in Russia's Volgograd region | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-drone-strike-causes-fire-oil-depot-russias-volgograd-region-authorities-2026-01-10/

Is there such a thing as a Cortex-A with TCM?
Like a dedicated region of SRAM that's essentially L1 cache with single cycle latency, but not backed by any other memory

🎩 »Ein Weg hin zu mehr digitaler #Souveränität« #Traunstein

Hausbesitzer und Unternehmen in der Emscher-Lippe-Region können über das #KlimaWerk #Fördermittel für #Dachbegrünung,

Dach begrünen, Flächen entsiegeln: Hier gibt es Fördermittel
Eine Fassadenbegrünung mit Bewässerung über gesammeltes Regenwasser ist eine der Maßnahmen, die über das Förderprogramm Emscher-Lippe Klima.Anpassung (ELKA) in Dinslaken bezuschusst wird.

"New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption"
#US #USA #America #NewEngland

New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption
The program aims to use federal funds awarded under the Biden administration to deploy more than 500,000 heat pumps in the chilly region over the next few…

M 3.8 #earthquake, southern Illinois in the Illinois basin - Ozark dome region. Jan 20, 2026; 8.8 km depth. Scroll down the page for a general tectonic overview by #USGS.

Good growth?
'Greater Manchester unveils £1bn "good growth" plan' -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn8y6q957o
We considered this concept long ago:

Greater Manchester unveils £1bn economic growth plan
Andy Burnham says the city region wants to "pioneer a new model for economic growth" in the next decade.

Odd story - criminals in Brisbane stealing 4WDs and shipping them to the United Arab Emirites for sale.
https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2026/01/07/update-vehicle-theft-appeal-brisbane-region/

Update: Vehicle theft appeal, Brisbane Region - Queensland Police News
Detectives from Brisbane Criminal Investigation Branches and the Major and Organised Crime Squad Brisbane (MOCSB) have disrupted an international-based

Russisches Heizkraftwerk angegriffen
Die Ukraine hat russischen Angaben zufolge mit Drohnen ein großes Heizkraftwerk in der Region Moskau angegriffen. Dadurch sei ein Feuer ausgebrochen, und die Notversorgung habe aktiviert werden müssen, teilt Regionalgouverneur Andrej Worobjow mit. Ziel des Angriffs war demnach das Kraftwerk Schatura rund 120 Kilometer östlich der Hauptstadt. Einige Drohnen seien v…
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📢 Bundeswehr entsendet Erkundungsteam nach Grönland
Die Bundeswehr beteiligt sich an einer Erkundung in Grönland. Das hat das Bundesverteidigungsministerium mitgeteilt. Bereits morgen soll das Team aus 13 Soldaten nach Nuuk aufbrechen. Ziel sei es, Rahmenbedingungen zur Sicherung der Region zu erkunden.
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Bundeswehr entsendet Erkundungsteam nach Grönland
Die Bundeswehr beteiligt sich an einer Erkundung in Grönland. Das hat das Bundesverteidigungsministerium mitgeteilt. Bereits morgen soll das Team aus 13 Soldaten nach Nuuk aufbrechen. Ziel sei es, Rahmenbedingungen zur Sicherung der Region zu erkunden.

Frankfurt als digitales Kraftwerk: Rechenzentren kurbeln Wirtschaftswachstum an
Eine Studie für den eco-Verband belegt die hohe Wertschöpfung der Rechenzentrumsbranche in der Region Rhein-Main. Doch der Boom hat deutliche Schattenseiten.

Wow, tonight's #Aurora was also pretty visible in the Alps...
(All picture credits: https://www.foto-webcam.eu/)
Eibsee (Zugspitze):

"‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China
US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec

‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China
US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region

Anonymisierung von Urteilen:
Neues KI-Tool Jano für die hessische Justiz #teamresopal
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/reg

KI in der Justiz: Projekt Jano beginnt in Hessen
In Hessen wird erstmals ein KI-Tool eingesetzt, mit dem Gerichtsentscheidungen anonymisiert werden können. Was früher mehrere Stunden gedauert hat, soll damit in Sekunden erledigt sein.

About 100 Russian troops enter Hrabovske in surprise assault as fighting rages in Ukraine’s Sumy region, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/about-russian-troops-enter-hrabovske.html

Summer weather in China: temperatures of 20-23°C in Shanghai and its inland region!
(Normal for January there is a high temperature of 8°C)
Via @…
#ClimateChange

Was looking at the Chaos Communications Congress agenda & this session caught my eye:
A cool civilian terrestrial backup for GPS Satellite that is interference resistant.
✅ Who cares about the Baltic Jammer?
https://

[39c3] Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region
Since 2017, our team at DLR and partners across Europe have been working on an alternative to satellite navigation: **R-Mode**, a backup system based on terrestrial transmitters. Our main testbed spans the Baltic Sea — a region now infamous for GN...

Auf der Zentraldeponie #Cröbern bei #Leipzig ist eine neue #Photovoltaik-Anlage mit 12.000 Modulen in Betrieb.
Sie versorgt die

3 Millionen Euro investiert: Neue Photovoltaik-Anlage auf der Zentraldeponie Cröbern in Betrieb genommen · Leipziger Zeitung
Wenn sie nicht gerade zu wertvollen Biotopen begrünt sind, eignen sich alte Deponien ganz gut als Unterbau für große Photovoltaik-Anlagen. Eine solche

Seeing more than schemas: the vmPFC represents imagery-rich mental scenarios https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393226000163 "Mental imagery varies dramatically across individuals", role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex (

Cakeberra!
All pictures in the book are from the charity’s 2017 Cake Off competition, in which the theme was ‘Canberra’. They were professionally captured, but unutilised until now.
Learning your ABCs? It's a piece of cake with this charity's Canberra-themed book | Region Canberra

Learning your ABCs? It's a piece of cake with this charity's Canberra-themed book | Region Canberra
Imagine you're on a bus, driving around discovering Canberra icons made of cake - and learning your ABCs along the…

new_guinea_tribes: New Guinea Highlands tribes (1954)
A network of friendships among tribes of Gahuku-Gama alliance structure of the Eastern Central Highlands region in New Guinea. Edge sign indicates either friendship ("rova") or enmity ("hint”).
This network has 16 nodes and 58 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Signed
h…

#ElkeHeidenreich schreibt für die Annektierung von #Hawaii durch #Bayern.

Autorin Heidenreich erhebt wegen Trump und Grönland Anspruch auf Hawaii
"Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii" und "Toast Hawaii" nennt sie als Begründung in ihrem offenen Brief an die Amerikaner

So ein Sack ...
Ex-Schriftführer verlässt AfD Miesbach wegen Rechtsextremismus-Vorwürfen
https://www.merkur.de/lokales/region-miesbach/miesbach-ort29062/ex-schriftfuehrer-verlaesst…

„Autoritär und undemokratisch“: Ex-Schriftführer verlässt AfD Miesbach
Gabriel Sack trat nach 20 Monaten aus der AfD aus. Der Grund: Homophobie und Antisemitismus würden in der Partei geduldet.

The Los Angeles Metro Board
unanimously voted Thursday to proceed with developing a
14-mile-long subway under the Santa Monica Mountains.
It’s one of the first significant steps in what city and county leaders are describing as
the region's most consequential transit project -- and perhaps one of the most important in the country.
Metro staff said in a report to its board that it has secured funding through county tax measures for about 14% of the $24.2 bill…

LA Metro Board says heck yeah to proposed Sepulveda Transit Corridor train route — with a warning
The governing board of the countywide transportation agency unanimously approved a route that would provide 20-minute rides from the Valley to the Westside.

Ukraine has a coastline of ~1,729 miles (~2,782km), and a very small navy. Russia blockaded them and end up with a bunch of their ships becoming coral reefs, and largely withdrawing from the Black Sea.
Venezuela has a coastline of 1,700 miles (~2,800km), and a very small navy. The US is gonna blockade them and…

Trump orders blockade of oil tankers into Venezuela
President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region. In a post on social media Tuesday night announcing the blockade, Trump alleged Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking and other crimes. The bu…

Diese Augenwischerei ist schon beeindruckend. Die öffentlichen Kassen sind leer, weil sie von den Eliten geplündert wurden. Und die Pflege ist teuer, weil sie ein Profit-Center ist, das GEWINN machen muss.
Das kommt alles in der Studie nicht vor. Thema verfehlt.
https://www.tage…

💥 Growing popular unrest in India’s Ladakh region as New Delhi makes it a forward base for war with China and Pakistan
#india

Growing popular unrest in India’s Ladakh region as New Delhi makes it a forward base for war with China and Pakistan
On September 24, security forces opened fire on unarmed protestors opposing the Indian central government’s oppressive rule of the region, killing four and wounding more than 150.

Near-continuous tracking of solar active region NOAA 13664 over three solar rotations: #solar region: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/01/longest-observation-of-an-active-solar-region.html

Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/climate-change-is-straining-alaskas-arctic-a-new-mining…

Climate change is straining Alaska's Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink
AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd has plummeted 66% in two decades while salmon runs have collapsed from record rainfall and warming waters. The Trump-approved Ambler Access Road would unlock copper deposits and other […]

#CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation
https://ift.tt/xyLpOES
CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technolog…

#CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation
CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation

Ukraine update: Bessarabia is being overwhelmed by Russian fuckery, as Kremlin diverts resources to the "Transnistria" region of Moldova.
Rumors took little time to confirm, thanks to a true reporter on the ground in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to befuddle a shockingly ignorant and greedy American populace with the same old tricks, allowing Russia to run rampant...
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall, and give the world a better chance to glimpse t…

"Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia"
#Asia #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia
A climate study led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with an international research team, reveals that under a high-emission scenario, the Northern Hemisphere summer monsoons region will undergo extreme weather events starting in 2064. Asia and broader tropical regions will face frequent "subseasonal whiplash" events, characterized by extreme downpours and dry spells alternating every 30 to 90 days which trigger climate disruptions with catastrophi…

Disney and Gulf region streamers Shahid and OSN announce a bundle offer; all three apps are available through Shahid, owned by Saudi broadcaster MBC (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/disney-shahid-osn-streaming-bundle-gcc-1236652367/

Disney+ Unites With Middle Eastern Streamers In “First-Of-Its-Kind” Bundle
Disney+ is uniting with Middle Eastern streamers Shahid and OSN+ for a three-in-one bundle offer billed a a"first-of-its-kind."

Belgorod governor warns entire region could lose power amid catastrophic outages: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/13/belgorod-governor-warns-entire-region.html

https://www.azernews.az/region/249665.html
Pro-Russian hacking groups KillNet and Beregini said they had obtained data from several large Ukrainian companies, including defense-sector firms,

Pro-Russian hackers claim data haul from Ukrainian defense firms
Pro-Russian hacking groups KillNet and Beregini said Friday that they had obtained data from several large Ukrainian companies, including defense-sector firms, Azernews reports, citing a KillNet representative who spoke to RIA Novosti.

Mentos Tree, Goon Bag and other pet names for Canberra's public art | Region Canberra
https://region.com.au/mentos-tree-goon-bag-and-other-pet-names-for-canberras-public-art/931392/

Mentos Tree, Goon Bag and other pet names for Canberra's public art | Region Canberra
We’re so lucky to live in Canberra. Not only are we a garden city threaded with nature but we’re also…

Trump's rally in tiny Rocky Mount, North Carolina, an economically distressed region,
drew a smaller than expected crowd,
leaving merchandise vendors and supporters disheartened.
According to interviews conducted by the Washington Post, the presidential visit was marked by a sense of disappointment and disillusionment
as Trump touted economic growth claims that contrasted sharply with the visible hardship surrounding the Rocky Mount Events Center.
One Trump m…

Russian region vows crackdown on 'provocateurs' as claimed Ukrainian strikes cause 'catastrophic' outages, tensions: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/12/russian-region-vows-crackdown-on.html

🛫 Madagascar’s military power grab shows Africa’s coup problem isn’t restricted to the Sahel region
https://theconversation.com/madagascars-military-power-grab-shows-africas-coup-problem-isnt-restricted-to-the-…

Madagascar’s military power grab shows Africa’s coup problem isn’t restricted to the Sahel region
While illegal takeovers of state have declined globally, Africa has now seen at least 10 successful coups since 2020.

Das #Rezept des Tages:
Von der französischen #Quiche bis zur Schweizer #Wähe – jede Region hat ihre eigene Variante. Doch was macht eine perfekte Wähe aus? Wie verhindert man, dass der Boden durch…

Die Wähe - Wer hat’s erfunden?
Wer hat die Wähe erfunden? Die Schweiz, werden die Schweizer sagen. Mit oder ohne Rundumleuchte. So ganz sicher kann man sich da nicht sein, denn es gibt in einem bestimmten geografischen Gebiet in Europa ungefähr das...

Ich kannte Malte persönlich. Sein Tod kam nicht überraschend, er war schon lange krank und hatte sich aus der Öffentlichkeit zurück gezogen, aber trotzdem - dass Du nicht mehr da bist, Malte, hinterlässt ein Gefühl der Leere.

Große Trauer in Hamburg – Deichkind nehmen Abschied von Malte Pittner
Deichkind hat eine traurige Nachricht verkündet: Das Gründungsmitglied Malte Pittner ist nach langer Krankheit gestorben. Er prägte zwei wichtige Alben der Band.

Evacuation in Donetsk region: why are fewer people willing to leave? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/evacuation-in-donetsk-region-why.html

#CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation
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#CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation
CFP: American Academy of Religion, Western Region 2026 Conference: Religion, Technology, and Innovation

Ukrainian military: fighting continues in Hrabovske, Sumy region: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/ukrainian-military-fighting-continues-in.html

Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
“80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch.
The Pentagon claims the boats were carrying drugs but officials have acknowledged they don’t know who has been killed.
The U.S.now has 15,000 military personnel in the region.

“Gunboat Diplomacy”: U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. “80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch. Th…

Latin American VC funding rose 14.3% YoY in 2025 to $4.1B, with early-stage investment up 31.9% YoY to nearly $2B and late-stage/growth deals reaching $1.63B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/vcs-bullish-latam-startup-…

LatAm Startup Funding Rebounds In 2025 As Mexico Sees Surge In Investment And VCs Remain Bullish On Region
Latin America startup investment climbed by 14.3% in 2025, driven by a boost in both early- and late-stage funding, Crunchbase data shows. 

Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in #GreatLakes

In #Esperke bei Hannover entstehen vier #Windenergieanlagen vom Typ Nordex N149.
Zwei davon stehen bereits. Der #Windpark wird rund 12.000 Haushalte mit

Zwei von vier Nordex Windenergieanlagen im ersten enercity-Windpark bereits errichtet | Windkraft-Journal
Bau des ersten enercity-Windparks in der Region Hannover schreitet voran Windkraftanlagen erzeugen Ökostrom für rund 12.000 Vier-Personen-Haushalte (WK-intern) - enercity-CEO Aurélie Alemany: „Das Projekt unterstreicht unsere Ambition, die Energie- und Wärmewende in unserer Heimatregion Hannover maßgeblich zu gestalten“ Ein neuer Windpark für die Region Hannover: Zwei von insgesamt vier modernen Windenergieanlagen vom Typ Nordex N149

Minnesota and Illinois sue Trump administration over immigration crackdown
Minnesota asks court to declare surge in federal agents in region unconstitutional and unlawful,
while Illinois says ICE agents used ‘dangerous tactics’

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HORROR in the Dnipropetrovsk region! Russian drone takes the life of a 12-year-old boy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/05/horror-in-the-dnipropetrovsk-region.html

(€) In Bayerns #Staatswäldern sollen künftig bis zu 500 #Windräder entstehen.
Damit treibt der #Freistaat den Ausbau der

500 Windräder in Bayerns Wäldern: Die ersten Standorte stehen schon fest - auch in Franken
Nürnberg - Dutzende neue Windräder sollen jedes Jahr in Bayerns Staatswald entstehen, 500 Anlagen sollen sich dort künftig drehen. Auch in Franken gibt es bereits jede Menge Pläne für zusätzliche Windparks. Manche werden sogar schon gebaut.

Draft plans: EU is pushing for market regulator ESMA to get supervision and authorization powers over crypto firms, shifting oversight from national regulators (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-14/eu…

The first of at least seven straight days of rain begins Friday in the Bay Area
as an atmospheric river is set to soak the region with a stream of subtropical moisture from Hawaii.
The phenomenon, known as a Pineapple Express, generally brings heavy rain and mountain snow to the West Coast.
“When it reaches the west coast, the Pineapple Express can dump as much as 5 inches of rain on California in one day.”
Friday marks the first of what could be three different round…

Auf dem Dach des Stadtzentrums #Schenefeld wurde die größte #Wärmepumpe der Region in Betrieb genommen.
Sie versorgt nicht nur das #Einkaufscenter, sondern auch Teile von Hambur…

Größte Wärmepumpe der Region geht in Betrieb – was sie alles leistet
Vor der neuen Großwärmepumpe auf dem Dach des Stadtzentrums Schenefeld: Jörg Rudat (h. v. l., Geschäftsführer Wärmeversorgung Schenefeld), Jürgen-Hinrich Theede-Sievers (Projektleiter HanseWerk Natur) und Centermanager Gerrit Haaß. Auch Hans-Jürgen Rüpcke (Erster Stadtrat und Ratsherr) und Gerta Gerdes-Stolzke (Geschäftsführerin HanseWerk Natur) freuen sich über die klimafreundliche Wärmeerzeugung.

The research team drilled ice cores in the Allan Hills (the region of Antarctica closest to New Zealand).
In this location,
Layers of ancient ice have been pushed toward the surface by slow currents within the ice sheet itself.
Consequently, the team had only to drill about 300-600 feet to find the oldest ice.
The team, which included researchers from OSU and the University of Washington,
determined the age of the ice by measuring the concentrations of partic…

Der #Windpark der Bürgerwind Hofoldinger Forst GmbH läuft noch im #Probebetrieb, liefert aber bereits hohe #Stromerträge.
Im Oktober wurden rund 2,7 Millionen Kilowattstunden einge…

Windräder noch immer im Probebetrieb, aber schon mit starken Erträgen
Die Ausbeute im September lag unter der Erwartung. Der Oktober jedoch zeigte, dass bei der Windernte die Hauptsaison begonnen hat. Die drei Anlagen der Bürgerwind Hofoldinger Forst GmbH erwirtschaften seit Sommer beachtliche Erträge, obwohl sie noch im Probebetrieb laufen. Der Regelbetrieb startet frühestens im Dezember. Am Boden hat der Rückbau der Baustellen begonnen.

Iran:
Arab nations in the region have already urged Trump not to attack Iran, an idea he has been discussing since early this month as the government there cracked down on protests engulfing the country.
Israel’s leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has also asked Trump to postpone any attack on Iran, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.
Israeli and Arab officials fear Iran would retaliate by striking their countries

Trump Live Updates: Iran Conflict, Venezuela Oil Blockade and More

Ukraine repels Russian border breach attempt in Kharkiv region, killing 21 soldiers: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/ukraine-repels-russian-border-breach.html

Im Kreis #Ravensburg nimmt der Ausbau der #Windenergie sichtbar Fahrt auf.
Im #Röschenwald stehen die ersten Anlagen des Windparks im

Windkraft verändert die Region Bodensee-Oberschwaben
Zahlreiche Projekte liegen im Landratsamt Ravensburg zu Genehmigung. Im Jahr 2025 hat sich viel getan, 2026 wird noch einiges mehr passieren.

We've seen some big news in outbreaks over the weekend with Marburg in Ethiopia and H5N5 in Washington, US.
See more on both below👇.
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Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info)
🦠Marburg in Ethiopia Ethiopia confirmed its first-ever outbreak, with 9 cases in Southern Ethiopia. Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; it's in the same family as Ebola. It primarily spreads through contact with body fluids. There are no vaccines. https://africacdc.org/news-item/africa-cdc-statement-on-confirmed-marburg-virus-disease-in-jinka-southern-region-ethiopia/

Ukrainian forces withdraw from Novovasylivske in Zaporizhzhia region, southern command says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/15/ukrainian-forces-withdraw-from-novovasylivske.html

Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in a national park in northern Italy.
The footprints - some of which are up to 40cm (15in) in diameter - are aligned in parallel rows,
and many show clear traces of toes and claws.
It is thought the dinosaurs were prosauropods - herbivores with long necks, small heads and sharp claws.
"I never would have imagined I'd come across such a spectacular discovery in the region where I l…

Stelvio national park: Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Italian mountain
The footprints date back some 210 million years and show traces of toes and claws.