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good grief describing 1993 as “before most people were born” gave me an emotion
median age is apparently 30.9 years https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/world-demographics/

World Demographics 2025 (Population, Age, Sex, Trends) - Worldometer
Population Pyramid, Age Structure, Sex Ratio (Males to Females), Life Expectancy, Dependency Ratio of the World

Mark Carney Knows the Old World Is Dying. But His New World Isn’t Good Enough. | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/world/mark-carney-davos-speech-aftermath/

Mark Carney Knows the Old World Is Dying. But His New World Isn’t Good Enough.
The Canadian prime minister offered a radical analysis of the collapse of the liberal world order. His response to that collapse is unacceptably conservative.

X's location tool shows revenue sharing incentivizes US political content from international sock puppet and bot accounts, making polarization a side hustle (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/americas-polarization-has-become-the-worlds-side…

America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.

"World’s largest steam-producing heat pump comes online in Finland"
#Finland #HeatPumps #Energy

World’s largest steam-producing heat pump comes online in Finland
Turboden, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has energized what it calls the world’s largest steam-producing heat pump, delivering 12 MWth of superheated steam using low-grade waste heat and CO₂-free electricity with a coefficient of performance 10% above its guaranteed value of 2.

Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe #environment

Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe
The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy—ideal to spark extreme wildfires—has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even higher in the Americas, a new study shows.

I don't have the money to buy the LED strips for the frosted top-windows at the moment, but I am the kind of person who has 5m of LED strips just lying around awaiting a use.
Which is coincidentally exactly the length the space around the dresser-mirrors/window-shutters need.
Looks quite pretty.
#diy #wled #ledStrip

⚡️ "ENERGY RAMSTEIN": World allocates HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS to save Ukrainian power: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/24/quotenergy-ramsteinquot-world-allocates-hundreds.html

🤑 Do World Cup teams really need a 50% prize money hike after tickets furore? | Paul MacInnes
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/18/fifa-world-cup-2026-ticket-prices-prize-money

Do World Cup teams really need a 50% prize money hike after tickets furore?
Fifa has made big mistakes over its 2026 tournament but it can afford to slash prices and even give some tickets away

🚲 How a NASA Engineer Discovered a World of Semi Truck Aerodynamics by Accident
https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-a-nasa-engineer-discovered-a-world-of-semi-truck-aerodynamics-by-accident

How a NASA Engineer Discovered a World of Semi Truck Aerodynamics by Accident
What started as a minor bike incident resulted in aerospace engineers applying their knowledge to make 18-wheelers more efficient.

"Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide"
#Seaweed #Plants