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Beautifully simple memorial for #WW1 - "War dead commemorated by Birmingham ice installation" bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi…
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“It was basically a campaign done by young people in the streets, social media with recently elected congress people. It was transformation made outside, not inside the campaign.”
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Back from our month in China 🇨🇳! What an amazing time we have had. Terracotta warriors, pandas, limestone karsts, hutongs, hotpots, mopeds, bbqs, Great Wall, pagodas, megacities, villages, overnight trains and countless meetings with lovely people. But now it is time to come home to the mountains of Norway. I thought I would post more whilst we were travelling but honestly I was having far too much fun with the family.
My China posting will have to be in retrospect. It was great to be there but it also good to be home, even if the weather is not quite as comfortable. Thank you China for the hospitality and amazing memories we will all carry with us.
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Poppi used to get her milk from her mum. Now a bottle does the trick.
Her mother was a matriarch of Amboseli. When she died of natural causes, Poppi couldn’t have survived without milk, so when the Kenya Wildlife Service rescued her, the mantle fell to us to keep her appetite sated. Although she had already spent her first year in the wild, she settled quickly into our care, and her voracious appetite soon became clear. So much so that we have increased her portion!
Discover Poppi’s story, from the Nursery to her eventual return to the wild, and help fund the care of orphans like her through an adoption: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o…
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Now what England should do is sack the coach, send half the squad home, make some criminal allegations against a few players, and find some entirely new cricketers for their final match in Pakistan.
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Abi Burton’s try against Australia has been nominated for the International Rugby Players Association Women’s 15s Try of the Year 2026 🤩
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I forgot to up load this short video of autumnal colour at dawn then later in morning in more light. The succession of high wind and rain storms hasn’t helped to keep them colourful for very long.
A delightful young man, good luck to him for the future 🥇
Antonelli delivers 'the race of a champion who isn't the champion yet'
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乌克兰把自杀式无人机飞进了西伯利亚腹地,航程整整两千五百公里。
两千五百公里有多远?
相当于从柏林一路飞到莫斯科,再往前飞出一千公里。
飞了这么漫长的一条航线,它没有去炸红场,也没有去炸克里姆林宫。
它一头撞进了鄂木斯克的一座合成橡胶厂。
跨越大半个欧亚大陆,就为了去炸橡胶?
换条轮胎才几个钱,犯得着大费周章飞十几个小时去炸一座橡胶厂吗?
被炸中的目标叫鄂木斯克橡胶厂(Omsky Kauchuk)。
隶属于俄罗斯大型化工企业泰坦集团(Titan Group)。
很多人看到橡胶两个字,以为它只是造鞋底和轮胎的地方。
只要把它的生产清单翻开,里面全是要命的国防工业底牌。
先说导弹。
现代远程导弹可不是普通炸弹。
像伊斯坎德尔(Iskander-M)战术弹道导弹、白杨 M 还有亚尔斯洲际导弹,全靠固体燃料发动机推进。
造固体推进剂,工人们必须把高氯酸铵氧化剂、铝粉和特种合成橡胶基质,在真空环境下混合浇注成型。
这种橡胶聚合物在里面负责把高能炸药紧紧粘在一起,自己也是燃料的一部分。
没有高规格的特种合成橡胶,导弹发动机的固体药柱根本成不了型。
药柱内部哪怕有一丁点微小裂纹,点火瞬间整枚导弹就会在发射架上炸毁。
再说每天在路上跑的军用装备。
这次无人机精准砸中的,是厂区里的 D-3 和 D-5 生产车间。
现场烧成一片火海的 D-3 车间,生产的正是一种叫甲基叔丁基醚(MTBE)的化工原料。
名字听着拗口,但炼油厂一刻也少不了它。
它是高辛烷值汽油最关键的抗爆添加剂。
前线的装甲输送车、自行火炮和重型运输卡车,高负荷运转的发动机必须喝高标号燃油。
一旦缺少 MTBE,粗炼汽油的抗爆性能根本达不到标准。
发动机只要猛踩油门就会严重爆震,甚至直接把气缸冲毁。
把 MTBE 生产线炸瘫,周边炼油厂的高标号燃油供应就得跟着断崖式下跌。
还有更重要的一点:为什么专门挑化工厂下手,不像过去那样炸储油罐?
因为储油罐烧起来好看,修起来太快了。
大火灭掉之后,工程队进场清走铁皮,重新焊接一个钢板储罐,几个星期就能恢复运转。
化工厂完全是另一种生存逻辑。
像 D-3 这种合成装置,主体是几十米高的特种精馏塔、加氢反应釜和催化裂化系统。
整套装置在几百摄氏度高温、几十个大气压下日夜运转。
管道里流动的全是高浓度丙酮、苯酚和高压烃类气体。
几十公斤高爆炸药砸进去,瞬间引发的是连环次生大火。
上千度的高温把金属塔架烧到变形,里面的催化剂床层也一并烧毁。
要命的是这些设备从哪里来?
高精度的耐酸塔盘、特种合金阀门,还有整套工业控制系统的传感器,大部分都是 2022 年之前从欧美化工企业进口的。
在严密的贸易禁运下,俄罗斯本土根本无法独立补齐这些定制配件。
想走灰色中间渠道重新搞一套,少说也要折腾大半年甚至一年以上。
这意味着,生产线一旦停下来,产能窟窿短期内根本堵不上。
更深层的震动,在两千五百公里这个地理坐标上。
在过去的苏联军工版图里,西伯利亚意味着绝对不可触及的大后方。
1941 年卫国战争打响,苏联把位于欧洲部分的军工厂和化工厂,全部拆卸装车运过乌拉尔山。
鄂木斯克就是当年的战略大后方之一。
过去几十年里,这里的安全逻辑只有一条:敌人根本够不着。
既然敌人够不着,昂贵的防空系统自然用不着堆在后方。
俄罗斯最精锐的 S-400 远程防空导弹、铠甲 S1 防空系统,几乎全压在前线战场、克里米亚半岛和莫斯科周边。
西伯利亚辽阔的荒原和森林上空,雷达盲区大得惊人。
乌克兰就是利用了这个巨大的地理盲区。
想要打到两千五百公里外,按照传统大国空战思维,必须动用单价上百万美元的巡航导弹,或者造价昂贵的隐身战略轰炸机。
乌克兰采用的方案,成本低得惊人。
他们用轻型复合材料和通用航空部件,造出像 FP-1 或是柳特(Lyutyi)这样的长航程无人机。
配上一台小排量活塞发动机,塞进几十公斤炸药,装上抗干扰卫星导航芯片。
整架飞行器的成本,可能还比不上一枚正规防空导弹的导引头。
它就这么以两百公里左右的时速,低空掠过原野,飞了十几个小时,直挺挺砸进了西伯利亚的厂区。
这就把一道残酷的算术题,直接推到了俄军指挥官面前。
要不要给西伯利亚的化工厂和炼油厂补防空?
如果把铠甲和 S-400 从前线调回两千五百公里外的大后方,前线的弹药库、补给车队和指挥所就会变成靶子。
如果不调防空,分散在乌拉尔山以东的所有石化基建与军工节点,随时都会成为下一架廉价无人机的坐标。
当两千五百公里的纵深安全感被彻底撕开,大后方和前线的界限就已经消失了。
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So, #Brazil keeps #Amazon safe from the #BRI. Remember, it was #rightwing #Bolsonaro who was building railways and highways in the #rainforests with money from #China. His son is also #proTrump rather than #proAmerican.
#Lula
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England went to Pakistan expecting easy wins and boosted stats, but now they are ranked world number nine in ODI cricket, below Afghanistan. A World Cup qualifier against Jersey should await.
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Finished Banville's The Untouchable. By about 60% of the way through I actually really liked it and would recommend it. I've also finished for the second time @pirateirwin first Gaston Lafarge story and enjoyed it all over again.
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Just hours old, and tiny Chili is already getting a tour of Ithumba.
It started with introductions to the Keepers who raised her mother, Chyulu, followed by a tour of the troughs that help sustain her herd through the dry season. In elephant society, knowledge is passed from mother to daughter. When Chyulu lost her mother, we stepped in to raise her. Now she is living wild and teaching her own growing family how the world works.
This scene has been years in the making. After years in our care, Chyulu has adapted to the wild, joined a herd, mated and nurtured new life. Your support makes it all possible: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/d…
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How is Donald Trump’s criticism of President Zelensky interpreted in Moscow? “Moscow perceives these words as a mandate to continue military pressure,” writes one Russian paper. I ask Muscovites to name one word that’s important to them, & read what Russian schoolkids are taught about “defence of the Motherland.” #ReadingRussia
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, has staged a dramatic election fightback, defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, to claim a historic fourth term in power. 👍👏🇧🇷
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‘Autumn, Turners Road, E3’ 1987. A block of flats stands where this little park used to be- a quiet oasis near the busy Burdett Road. @ahistoryinart @thegentleauthor
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Un 25 de octubre de 1881 nació Pablo Picasso.
Hoy celebramos el 145.º aniversario de su nacimiento repasando algunas de las piezas fundamentales que marcaron su trayectoria y que forman parte de la Colección del Museo 🎨👇























