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Explosion at Key Power Plant Near Moscow Ukrainian drones struck the historic Shatura GRES power station. Footage shows major fires despite Russian claims of interception.Local reports confirm explosions and power outages.#Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/YumBx0Dbsc — Jackie (@jackiek3o) November 23, 2025 💥#Ukrainian drones struck a thermal power plant in the #Moscow region The Shatura State District Power …
The US has roughly 5,381 data centers compared to China’s 449. That’s more compute infrastructure than literally every other major country combined. The American thesis is straightforward whoever owns the most advanced infrastructure wins the AI race. But China’s not even trying to compete on that front. They’ve conceded the data center count game entirely. …
Chinese are building out 33 next gen nuclear power plants at much cheaper costs than us and we’re debating bathroom rights… Anyone know a good mandarin language tutor? https://t.co/E1mnVPnUL0 pic.twitter.com/nCyJCtQhRn — Kris Patel 🇺🇸 (@KrisPatel99) November 11, 2025 China Aims for Nuclear Expansion with Approval of 10 New Reactors Approval aligns with China’s climate goals …
Everything feels worn thin. People aren’t hiding it anymore. “Oh, F*ck Off!’ Democrats Rage at ‘Pathetic’ Shutdown ‘Betrayal’ in Mass Backlash… Democrats across the spectrum lashed out at leadership after the deal was announced, calling it a sellout and a pathetic betrayal of promises made to voters… one progressive lawmaker said the agreement ‘gives away …
Friday night witnessed more heavy Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, which has left a reported eleven people killed and large swathes of Ukraine without power. Moscow said its attacks targeted the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s military confirmed Saturday morning that Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles from the air, land, and sea, primarily targeting …
Undercover Billionaire star and real estate investor Elaine Culotti came on the shot to talk about California Senate Bill 79, recently signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, which overrides local zoning to allow high-density housing near public transit stops. Culotti argues the law strips local communities of control and enables large developers to build nine-story apartments …
i'll what china is up to: -> china built CIPS as an alternative to SWIFT (the system banks use to send payment messages globally). except CIPS actually settles the money too, not just "messages". -> in august 2025, there were 1700+ financial institutions in 180 countries using… — ELI5 of TLDR (@eli5oftldr) October 25, 2025 …
The weapon disables infrastructure, rather than destroying it – cutting power It causes short circuits over power lines Can reach targets up to 180 miles https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/china-s-graphite-bomb-could-black-out-the-next-war-here-s-how/vi-AA1OJExI
pic.twitter.com/EDrrNtJSu8 — IA_Farmer (@JABWT_Dad) October 19, 2025 pic.twitter.com/VkD26azkt3 — SummerSolstice (@Pilato1C) October 19, 2025 They call Trump a King, but look at her.
Americans will never wake up to the fact that their government spends more money propping up their vassal states like Argentina, Ukraine, and Israel than taking care of its own people.
Dominion Voting Systems just got bought by investors who openly support Trump. Think about that for a second. The company that runs voting machines in dozens of states is now controlled by people with a clear political agenda. That alone should make anyone pause. This isn’t happening in isolation. NBC and TikTok have also been …
At least half of Kyiv is without power following explosions across the Ukrainian capital from a Russian attack – FT — Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) October 10, 2025 Half of Kyiv is without electricity at the moment. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and city military administration head Timur Tkachenko report now that the eastern district of the …
The government’s grip on speech isn’t slipping. It’s changing shape. Ted Cruz just threw a wrench into it. His new bill would let people sue federal agencies for censorship without having to prove they were directly harmed. That one change could flip the balance of power. Every time an official calls a social media company …
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday accused the Trump administration of staging a “military-style invasion” of Chicago, striking fear in residents with “thuggery” tactics by immigration agents and even deploying Black Hawk helicopters to raid an apartment building. Pritzker slammed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown targeting Chicago just hours after the state and City of …
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE BREWING: ZAPORIZHZHIA WITHOUT POWER FOR 9 DAYS Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been relying on diesel generators for 9 days now, after its last external power line was cut during fighting. Russian-installed officials say Ukrainian shelling is preventing repairs. Ukraine says Russian shelling is to blame. The reactors are shut down but still …
The government of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Thursday imposed a nighttime curfew following protests, which saw police use rubber bullets and tear gas to quash demonstrations over ongoing water and power cuts.
The lights are still on, but keeping them that way is getting expensive fast. No one in charge wants to admit how bad it has become. Electricity in the average U.S. city now costs 18 cents per kilowatt-hour. That is a 35 percent increase in five years. Prices are rising faster than wages, faster than …
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society…We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech." pic.twitter.com/Bqj6TQOGwP — The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) September 16, 2025 Perhaps as part of …
by confoundedinterest17 Under The Federal Reserve, the purchasing power of the US Dollar has declined -97% since the establishment of The Federal Reserve in 1913. It is the House of the Dying Dollar. Under The Federal Reserve, the purchasing power of the US Dollar has declined -97% since the establishment of The Federal Reserve in 1913. …
HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist Cuba’s national power grid collapsed for the fourth time in less than a year on Wednesday morning causing a nationwide blackout, authorities said. “There has been a total disconnection of the Electric System,” the Energy Ministry and National Electric Union said. The grid operator said the grid collapsed at 9.14 a.m. …
Early Tuesday morning, two high-voltage pylons in the city’s southeast were set on fire. Over 50,000 households and countless businesses went dark. This was not an accident. The flames were deliberate, fueled to hit the city’s energy backbone and timed to cause maximum chaos. Hours later, a letter appeared on Indymedia from self-proclaimed anarchists. They …
Microsoft has signed a deal with Nebius, the firm that spun out of Russian internet giant Yandex last year, to get artificial intelligence (AI) cloud computing power for the next seven years that could be worth nearly $20 billion. The Microsoft-Nebius deal is worth $17.4 billion and will run till 2031 but the terms allow …
Seating Gates and Zuckerberg next to President Trump is shocking. These are men who have openly opposed him for years. Yet here they are, sharing a table, shaping the story of who holds influence in Washington. It’s really funny that 6 months in to Trump 2.0, the economy is barely hanging on by a string. …
Let’s pretend that she is not put in this positions on purpose. Summarizing WWII in one tweet is problematic, but I’ll try. United allies defeated Japan and Germany. Chinese and Russians paid disproportionately with lives and obliterated territory. The U.S. contributed, largely, an amazing war production system. All deserve praise. — forget the grind. small …
The vault cracked. The silence shattered. The rot that has long festered in the heart of power is bleeding into daylight. Panic should have arrived yesterday. Shock is overdue. Every page, every subpoena, every redaction exposes a deeper moral collapse than the public can stomach. The House Oversight Committee didn’t ask. They forced the Department …
CHINA DROPS A GIANT: WORLD’S BIGGEST WIND TURBINE China just planted the world’s largest offshore wind turbine – a 26-megawatt beast with a massive rotor. Once it’s plugged into the grid, this single unit will pump out 100 million kWh a year – enough juice for 55,000 households. One turbine, an entire city’s worth of …
Alibaba’s chip announcement isn’t an upgrade. It’s a message. “China’s Alibaba has developed a new chip that is more versatile than its older chips and is meant to serve a broader range of AI inference tasks” (US News). The design runs Nvidia’s software stack but comes out of a Chinese fab, not Taiwan. That’s insulation …
Russia accused Ukraine Sunday of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, as Ukraine celebrated 34 years since its independence. https://t.co/p1wo977EWu — CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) August 24, 2025 President Trump said that Ukraine would have to continue attacks on Russia to have any hope …
They didn’t hedge. They didn’t even flinch. A new Jackson Hole paper opens with this line: “In our baseline, it is possible to push long-run debt to 250% of GDP without raising interest rates.”source That isn’t reassurance. That’s a loophole. Four economists ran models out to the year 2100, assuming that as long as investors …
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