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Axios: Pentagon Intel Claims Cuba Is Plotting Drone Attacks On Guantanamo, US Vessels, And Key West - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/05/axios-pentagon-intel-claims-cuba-is-plotting-drone-attacks-on-guantanamo-us-vessels-and-key-west/

What are the odds that Trump OK's Iranian tolls in the Strait if his family gets a cut?
https://bsky.app/profile/shipwreck75.bsky.social/post/3moiwfix7i22e

Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social)
Official MOU text released today notably says Iran "will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge, for 60 days only.-CNN

Briefly delighted to learn that one of the cable-laying vessels mentioned in this piece, was previously named "Clark Cable".
https://www.keystone-collective.org/greece-is-building-its-own-internet-turkey-would-like-a-word/

Greece Is Building Its Own Internet. Turkey Would Like a Word.
A NATO ally's warships have now challenged civilian cable ships working in Greek waters three times in eighteen months. Each incident, taken alone, could be a misunderstanding. Together, they look like a policy. There is a concept in international relations called the fait accompli, the established fact, the thing that

Trump is urging tankers to sail through Hormuz. Vessels aren't so sure yet. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/15/is-the-strait-open-00962226
http://www.memeorandum.com/260616/p6#a260616p6

This headline made me freak the fuck out but then I saw it was Lynde Bradley Uihlein and not that complete piece of shit Richard Uihlein (from ULINE/"Funding Fascism" fame) who is her cousin.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/05/15/

Uihlein Makes $10 Million “Game Changer” Gift To UWM Freshwater School
Endowment supports students, faculty, water policy center and research vessels on the Great Lakes.

Havoc, which offers autonomous boats and software to control thousands of vessels at once, raised a $100M Series A led by Cobalt and Boardman Bay (Monica Hunter-Hart/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/monicahunter-

These Navy Vets Are Betting Their Drone Software Maker Havoc Can Win Over The U.S. Military
Interest in drone boats is surging as the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz drags on. Havoc, which just closed a $100 million funding round, claims it has the perfect tech to help but faces stiff headwinds from bigger rivals like Anduril and Saronic.

Russia has been forced to suspend shipping in the Sea of Azov
after 90 vessels were targeted by Ukrainian drones in less than a week.
Ukraine’s drone forces chief, Robert Brovdi, said on Sunday that
his units had hit 10 tankers and four ferries overnight,
as well as a major oil refinery in the city of Syzran.
There had been several strikes on electricity substations in occupied Crimea, he added.
“The technological humiliation of the [Russian] empire conti…

Ukrainian drone strikes force Russia to suspend shipping in Sea of Azov
Vital maritime corridor closes after 90 vessels – including shadow fleet oil tankers – are attacked in under a week

US claims it is not responsible for strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats – so who is?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/13/ecuador-fishing-boats-us-strikes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

US claims it is not responsible for strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats – so who is?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/13/ecuador-fishing-boats-us-strikes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

> The Royal Navy is a step closer to launching drone boats from the skies
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/july/08/20260708-uncrewed-vessels-airdropped-in-pioneering-trial-supported-by-royal-navy…

Uncrewed vessels airdropped in pioneering trial supported by Royal Navy
Explore the full range of Royal Navy units and squadrons, from surface ships to submarines and air squadrons. Discover the fleet's structure and capabilities.

💧 Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain
#brain

Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain
The brain is more mechanically connected to the body than previously appreciated, scientists report in Nature Neuroscience. Through a study using mice and simulations, the team found a potential biological mechanism underlying why exercise is thought to benefit brain health: abdominal contractions compress blood vessels connected to the spinal cord and the brain, enabling the organ to gently move within the skull. This swaying facilitates the surrounding cerebrospinal fluid to flow over the bra…

Iran greift zwei Schiffe an.
Starke Schäden, aber laut Berichten keine (körperlich) Verletzten
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/07/07/iran-fires-missiles-at-two-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz/

Iran fires missiles at two commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz
Oil climbs on fears of renewed risk to vessels

Kraken Technology, which designs and builds autonomous maritime platforms, such as uncrewed subsurface vessels, raised a $175M Series B at a $1B valuation (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/07/09/maritime-defence-startup-kraken-technology-…

Maritime defence startup Kraken Technology hits unicorn status
British-founded maritime defence startup Kraken Technology today said it had achieved unicorn status. The startup, founded in 2020 by former speedboat racer Mal Crease, said it had raised $175m in a Series B funding round at a $1bn valuation, according to a press release. The funding round was led by Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP), with support from the British Business Bank, NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), Rheinmetall, Inocea group as well as VC firms Hico Ventures, Thesiger Capita…

Russia’s UAV Campaign Over Europe.
"Our key judgement is that Europe’s current counter-UAV architecture does not yet match the threat despite NATO, the European Union and national governments focusing more attention on the issue: detection is uneven, legal authorities are fragmented, response options are often disproportionate and attribution remains too slow to support timely deterrence."

Russia’s UAV Campaign Over Europe
Russia’s UAV campaign over Europe, likely enabled by shadow-fleet vessels operating in international waters, exposed critical gaps in allied air defences, legal authority and political cohesion, revealing that the threshold for collective response is higher than European deterrence has assumed.

Oh, an update on the I-VMS issue from last year.
As part of post-EU transition, the government introduced a requirement for fishing vessels to send their positions using I-VMS (it's a batched data transmission rather than a positional broadcast like AIS) but, critically, didn't finalise a contract with the supplier. Who then disabled the data relays.
So now they're paying to replace the devices of the vessels that bought the previous equipment.

Act now: MMO releases further guidance on I-VMS
Eligible fishermen are urged to take immediate action as the Marine Management Organisation moves into the next phase of its I-VMS roll-out

Trump’s war against Iran is widely regarded as a serious breach of the U.N. Charter,
in addition to the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution.
As Tess Bridgeman and Oona Hathaway have described it, this is a triply illegal war.
The State Department has tried to address some of those criticisms,
but, the official position is legally unpersuasive and analytically confused.
Regardless of those discussions, the U.S. military’s enforcement of the ongoing nav…

Blockade and Article 2(4) of the UN Charter
U.S. attacks on neutral vessels to enforce its Iran blockade point to U.S. violations of UN Charter against four different countries.

""Donald Trump threatened that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz.""
Oh my. Dear Leader is in an angry mood.

This cease fire sure has a lot of shooting...
Did someone in Iran round the corner, unexpectedly see UAE just 45 miles away, and in their surprise and panic accidentally launch a bunch of missiles and drones. Whoopsie Daisy. Sorry about that, chum.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/05/wor

Hegseth says ‘ceasefire is not over,’ as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US effort to guide vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz is temporary, and “separate and distinct” from ongoing military operations in the region. Follow for live updates.

This week: real climate coordination at scale.
The EU set a 2030 energy storage target to cut gas reliance. The Next Generation Shipping Act would invest $1B/year in zero-emission vessels and port electrification. Recife launched a circular plastics initiative to finance collection and reuse systems.
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Weekly Climate Solutions Digest
Welcome This week, the stories share a theme: coordination at scale and giving old systems new work. Across continents, we bank energy, pool flexibility, and clean up the flows of goods and carbon. The arc is steady & practical: take what we have, connect it, and make it serve a cleaner

On March 25th, the President said Iran’s navy is "completely obliterated." Yesterday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized two vessels near the strait of Hormuz and escorted them to Iranian shores. So the good news is: they can walk on water!
https://www.

Trump says Iran’s navy ‘obliterated’ as US enforces Hormuz blockade — but key threat remains
Iran retains fast attack boats, mines and drones capable of disrupting the Strait of Hormuz, even as Trump says its navy is “obliterated" and the U.S. moves to enforce a blockade.

"Two 118 MWh systems will be installed at the ports of Aarhus and Sjællands Odde, powering Molslinjen's new electric mega-catamarans on the Kattegat crossing; vessels currently under construction at the Incat shipyard in Australia, with the first expected in service in spring 2028."

Hybrid Greentech appointed technical advisor on the world's largest maritime electrification project
Hybrid Greentech has served as technical advisor for the battery energy storage systems (BESS) scope to Molslinjen throughout the development of the world's largest maritime electrification project and will continue in that role through to delivery and operation.Molslinjen, Denmark's largest ferry operator, has selected Hybrid Greentech as technical advisor to scope and specify the battery energy storage systems for its landmark maritime electrification project. Two 118 MWh systems will be insta

Crosslisted article(s) found for eess.AS. https://arxiv.org/list/eess.AS/new
[1/1]:
- ShipEcho -- An Interactive Tool for Global Mapping of Underwater Radiated Noise from Vessels
Mark Shipton, Valentino Denona, {\DJ}ula Na{\dj}, Roee Diamant
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08194 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSD_bot/116560461888286028
- Bangla-WhisperDiar: Fine-Tuning Whisper and PyAnnote for Bangla Long-Form Speech Recognition and ...
Bhuiyan, Adib, Bhuiyan, Chakraborty, Saswato, Dhrubo, Khan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08214 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSD_bot/116560470901569776
- Dolphin-CN-Dialect: Where Chinese Dialects Matter
Meng, Zhong, Lin, Wang, Du, Shao, Huang, Li, Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08961
- How Should LLMs Listen While Speaking? A Study of User-Stream Routing in Full-Duplex Spoken Dialogue
Hui Lu, Xueyuan Chen, Huimeng Wang, Shuhai Peng, Shiyin Kang, Xixin Wu, Zhiyong Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10199
- Polyphonia: Zero-Shot Timbre Transfer in Polyphonic Music with Acoustic-Informed Attention Calibr...
Haowen Li, Tianxiang Li, Yi Yang, Boyu Cao, Qi Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10203 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSD_bot/116560575501371296
- Probing Cross-modal Information Hubs in Audio-Visual LLMs
Jihoo Jung, Chaeyoung Jung, Ji-Hoon Kim, Joon Son Chung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10815 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csAI_bot/116560938059845601
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The glassy-winged sharpshooter,
which was first identified and detected May 19 from grapevines sold at a wholesaler in Fresno,
is a small invasive insect that can spread a strain of bacteria,
Xylella fastidiosa,
that kills grapevines by “clogging their water-conducting vessels (xylem).”
The deadly plague is called Pierce’s disease.
Several other strains of the bacteria exist and can infect other host plants, including citrus, stone fruits, almonds, olea…

Authorities warn of invasive insect on California grapevines
A pest that is considered a major threat to California's vineyards and its $73-billion wine industry has been found on grapevines sold at Northern and Central California Costco stores between April 21 and May 21, according to authorities.

Live updates: Hegseth says ceasefire is not over despite Iranian strikes on UAE and commercial vessels (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-05-05-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260505/p107#a260505p107

No surprise, those drones detected in Europe had to be launched from somewhere.
https://apnews.com/projects/russian-drones-shadow-fleet/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campai…

Russian drones and the shadow fleet
Russian drones have been spotted over nuclear power plants, military bases and other sensitive sites in Europe. Some appear to have been launched from Russian shadow fleet vessels.

Crosslisted article(s) found for eess.AS. https://arxiv.org/list/eess.AS/new
[1/1]:
- ShipEcho -- An Interactive Tool for Global Mapping of Underwater Radiated Noise from Vessels
Mark Shipton, Valentino Denona, {\DJ}ula Na{\dj}, Roee Diamant

It’s already a month the seafarers of the 2 container ships seized by Iran have been held captive in Iranian ports on their vessels

Iran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, signalled Iran has yet to fully respond to the US attempt to reopen the waterway.
“We know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America;
while we have not even begun yet,”
he said in a post on X.
His statement did not mention negotiations with the US that are now in the form of passing messages via Pakistan.
Hapag-Lloyd AG, one of the world’s largest container…

💔 Breath-holding study suggests irregular heartbeats can be hard to reproduce
#heart

Breath-holding study suggests irregular heartbeats can be hard to reproduce
Although heart rate and blood pressure readings from breath-holding tests are usually reliably accurate, another vital measurement could be missing a beat, a University of Alberta study shows. Looking at whether a person's heart and blood vessels react the same way every time they hold their breath while low on oxygen, researchers were surprised to discover that arrhythmias—irregular heartbeats—occurred only some of the time, which may make them harder to predict than previously assumed.

Trump demands shipping vessels pay 20% if they want to get through the Strait of Hormuz (Brent D. Griffiths/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-strait-hormuz-blockade-cargo-fee-2026-7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260713/p57#a260713p57

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and members of his inner circle have likely secured at least temporary control over not only Iran’s military response in this conflict but also Iran’s negotiating position and approach within the past 48 hours.
The IRGC Navy attacked several commercial vessels on April 18 and declared that no vessel of “any type or nationality” is permitted passage through the strait, a reversal of Iranian Foreign Affairs…

Iran Update Special Report, April 18, 2026
Regime institutions aligned with Vahidi are presenting a cohesive front against Araghchi and in support of the IRGC.

Looks like we’re now polluting space with satellites so much that stuff is just washing up on beaches. Great.
Here’s another for your collection
@…
Here’s an Australia news story on it.
#spacePollution #spaceX #satellite #space

CNN: Track vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. 🛳️
Me: Why, is my Amazon package on one of those vessels? 😏
#sarcasm #headlines #CNN #hormuz