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Ukraine sanctions nearly 700 vessels tied to Russia’s 'shadow fleet': https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/14/ukraine-sanctions-nearly-vessels-tied.html

Interesting , They Droned Back.
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
#drones #germany #netherlands

They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast

Ukrainian sea drones on Wednesday hit and disabled
a tanker involved in trading Russian oil
as it sailed through Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea
to the Russian port of Novorossiysk.
The attack is the third sea drone strike in two weeks
on vessels part of Russia’s
“shadow fleet” of unregulated and often western-sanctioned ships helping Moscow export oil to fund the war.

💉 3D-printed blood vessels could unravel secrets of strokes
#biotech

3D-printed blood vessels could unravel secrets of strokes
3D printed blood vessels on glass that mimic blood vessel anatomy and the fluid dynamics of blood flow could be an invaluable tool in studying the causes of stroke, new research from a University of Sydney team has found and it has already led to important insights.

Mit ein wenig #OSINT russische Drohnen verfolgen. Imposante Recherche von Journalismusstudent:innen.
https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-droned-back

"The crew was hungry, the crew was angry, and we tried to survive only day-by-day."
"Back in 2016, 20 ships were abandoned around the world, according to the ITF. In 2025 the number had ballooned to 410, with 6,223 merchant seamen falling victim. Both of those figures for last year were up by almost a third on 2024."
https://www.…

The shadowy world of abandoned oil tankers
A growing number of tankers and other commercial vessels are being ditched by their owners.

Offshore wind farms are about to get a second job: charging stations for electric ships.
Two Danish companies are pioneering this integration at Bornholm, a designated "energy island" in one of Europe's busiest shipping corridors. The concept could provide 17 terawatt-hours of clean power for battery-powered ferries and cargo vessels, saving €2 billion in oil imports while slashing marine emissions.

Offshore wind farms could be used as charging hubs for electric and hybrid ships
Two Danish companies are exploring the possibility of integrating offshore wind with marine electrification – essentially, charging infrastructure for battery powered vessels at sea.

Boats can have duplicate names, but I understand the IMO to be a unique identifier. For example, Jeff Bezos' yacht is called KORU and has an IMO of 9857298. Sites like vesselfinder can take the IMO as an argument to the URL:
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9857298

Derivation and analysis of a Stokes-transport system in evolving vessels modeling thermoregulation in human skin
Kilian Hacker, Maria Neuss-Radu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08788

Hegseth says U.S. has "only just begun" sinking alleged drug vessels (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/hegseth-boat-strikes-venezuela-cabinet-meeting
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p99#a251202p99

For years, Donald Trump has fantasized about lawlessly killing drug dealers
In his second term, he’s made the fantasy a reality,
killing putative "drug dealers" in a likely illegal airstrike campaign on vessels in international waters.
Yet at the same time, Trump last week pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez,
who had just started serving a 45-year federal prison sentence for helping to traffic
💥 hundreds of tons of cocaine💥 into t…

Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise
He's talked about executing drug dealers for a decade.

#OTD in 1788, the final seven ships joined the four vessels of the #FirstFleet already in #BotanyBay. (HMS Supply arrived on 18 Jan; three others on 19 Jan.)
Four days later, the two vessels of the French La Perou…

#Containerschiffe verursachen rund 3 Prozent der weltweiten #Emissionen.
Vollständig elektrische Antriebe sind für Ozeanreisen kaum wirtschaftlich, doch eine Kombination aus #Flüssigkraftstoff

Electric container ships won’t work – but a fleet of auxiliary battery ships could clean up shipping
Could container ships ever go electric? The best option might be a fleet of attendant battery vessels to power these giants directly.

"Bay of Biscay fishing ban to return in 2026 after proving successful at reducing dolphin deaths"
#Dolphins #Animals

Fishing ban in Bay of Biscay will return in 2026 to protect dolphins
Winter closures in recent years have gained positive results, although the measure will affect around 300 vessels.

Thinking about all the citizen data that our government is shipping offshore to AU & elsewhere... there're apparently indications that Russian vessels have been hovering around undersea data cables in the north Atlantic... some suspect they've installed charges on all cables supplying data to Europe. In a future conflict, they could use these to continually disrupt European communications & intelligence. Who's to say that the US/China/others? haven't done the same to …

A new study suggests that #dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain.
Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive,
disrupting circulation and starving brain tissue.
When the missing molecule was restored, normal blood flow returned.
This discovery opens the door to new treatments aimed at fixing vascular problems in …

Scientists found a way to restore brain blood flow in dementia
A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive, disrupting circulation and starving brain tissue. When the missing molecule was restored, normal blood flow returned. This discovery opens the door to new treatments aimed at fixing vascular problems in dementia.

Electric cargo ships crossing oceans could be just 3 years away. CATL's marine division has already supplied batteries for 900 vessels and is making big strides with sodium-ion tech.
Falling battery prices are finally making long-range electric shipping economically viable—a huge step toward zero-carbon ocean freight.

CATL Expects Oceanic Electric Ships in 3 Years - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. News in batteries and electrification has been coming fast and furious lately. Recently, Su Yi, the head of CATL’s marine division, stated, “CATL’s marine business already covers inland rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, and is now advancing toward ocean-going applications.” ... [continued]

Another way of saying those people were just murdered....
"The clips show some of the boats were already stopped at sea when they were detected, and the people onboard were potentially within reach of U.S. forces before they were blown up."

What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs. But they tell only part of the story.

Donald Trump unveiled a new class of so-called “battleships” on Monday,
but his plans are already hitting rough waters on social media.
In remarks from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the president claimed that the two “Trump Class” military vessels would be
the “fastest, the biggest and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.”
Trump described himself as
a “very aesthetic person” while noting that he,
along with the U.S. Navy,
would wor…

Critics Sink Trump's Bonkers Battleship Plans: 'Got The Design From G.I. Joe'
The president, who claimed to be a "very aesthetic person," said he would join the U.S. Navy in designing the vessels named after him.

Sweden’s navy says armed guards are appearing on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ vessels: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/swedens-navy-says-armed-guards.html

"Artist Paddles Across Ocean On World’s First Mushroom Kayak"
#Kayak #Mushrooms
https://happyeconews.com/worlds…

Artist Paddles Across Ocean On World’s First Mushroom Kayak | Happy Eco News
Los Angeles artist Sam Shoemaker completed a 26-mile ocean crossing from Catalina Island to San Pedro in a kayak grown entirely from mushroom mycelium. The 12-hour journey included a whale encounter and demonstrated fungi's potential as a biodegradable plastic alternative, though the 135-pound mushroom kayak remains heavier than commercial vessels.

You see some effort on the part of Congress to assert itself in the realm of war.
But it failed predominantly on party lines
Republicans predominantly were supporting the president and whatever it happens to be that he would like to do.
Moderate Republicans and Republicans who are in less safe districts were and are more likely to at least stand up a little bit to the president,
but there’s a very small number of them.

House rejects resolutions to limit Trump's military campaign
The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela. Democrats forced the votes using war powers resolutions as Trump has stepped up his threats against the South American nation. Congress has questioned how the U.S. military is conducting a campaign that has destroyed 25 vessels allegedly carrying drugs and killed at least 95 people. The legislation would have forced the T…

Why don’t they capture these vessels and display what they were carrying?
Wouldn’t that be better PR?
Unless maybe it’s all a big scam.
-- @ambientheat.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/ambientheat.bsky.social/post/3lyvo6edkrk27

MJ (@ambientheat.bsky.social)
Why don’t they capture these vessels and display what they were carrying? Wouldn’t that be better PR? Unless maybe it’s all a big scam. 🧐

A new genome study offers significant insight, pinpointing the introduction of domestic cats into Europe from North Africa.
The research indicates that domestic cats first arrived on the continent roughly 2,000 years ago, coinciding with the early imperial Roman era.
This migration was likely facilitated by burgeoning maritime trade,
with some of these early feline travellers possibly brought by sailors to hunt mice on ships.
These vessels plied the Mediterranean, carr…

Domestic cats first arrived in Europe with Romans, analysis of ancient DNA shows
The study has pinpointed a key moment in feline history