Cleo Immendorf

Software. Hardware. Gadget addict. Markets. Paths and views are my own.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

This morning Russia murdered more children in Ukraine's north eastern region of Sumy.

Remember these things when Ukraine is finally forced to level Moscow apartment blocks to stop the war.

[Hanna Härus @hannagee1]

Varoitus veneilijöille:
Nämä naiset on nähty useasti hengailemassa eri venekerhojen laitureilla kyselemässä miehiltä nopeaa kyytiä milloin minnekin lähistölle. Kun pääsevät veneeseen, toinen alkaa riisuutua ja lähennellä kipparia samalla kun toinen sieppaa salaa lompakon. Eräskin veneilijä kertoi menettäneensä jo kolme lompakkoa ja luultavasti pari menee vielä ensi viikolla. Vinkkasi, että Tokmannilla uusi lompsa 4.95.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Moldova has closed the "Russian House" propaganda center in Chișinău.

The facility officially ceased operations on July 4, according to the Russian agency Rossotrudnichestvo.

The Moldovan Foreign Ministry had announced last year that it would not renew the intergovernmental agreement with Russia regarding the activities of cultural centers. The representative office was closed following the expiration of this agreement.

❗️It is important to understand that the "Russian House" is not merely a cultural center. It is the official representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo—a Russian state agency that the Kremlin has used for decades as a "soft power" tool to spread Russian influence and propaganda abroad.

Its staff often enjoy diplomatic immunity, and the activities of such centers have repeatedly drawn the attention of intelligence agencies in various countries due to suspicions that they serve as a cover for espionage and covert operations.
SPRAVDI

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

GERMAN MONSTER SYSTEM "SKYNEX" UNLEASHED – 12 KILLS IN A SINGLE MISSION! 🇩🇪🛡️🦅

While Russia desperately attempts to break Ukrainian resolve with relentless missile packages, Ukraine's Air Force Command West has just broken its silence on one of its most secretive and advanced weapons: the German-made Skynex air defense system.

For the first time, operational statistics from the frontline (specifically the 223rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment) have been declassified, exposing an astonishing level of lethality:

🎯 12 Interceptions in One Mission: During a single high-intensity combat engagement, a single Skynex unit successfully intercepted 1 cruise missile and 11 Shahed kamikaze drones! The firing unit absorbed heavy incoming fire but completely neutralized the threat.

💥 37 Total Confirmed Kills: This individual unit has already racked up a total of 2 cruise missiles and 35 Shahed drones destroyed.

👾 Next-Gen Tech: Unlike multi-million dollar missile systems, Skynex (pictured in image_f768b2.jpg) operates as a "cannon-based" close-in weapon system using programmable 35mm AHEAD ammunition that shreds enemy swarms at a fraction of the cost.

My take:There is a reason why operational data on these four heavily funded German systems has been kept under strict wraps until now. Mounted on heavy Rheinmetall 8×8 tactical trucks and masked by SolarΣshield thermal camouflage, Ukraine moves them like ghosts. Intelligence hints these systems are deployed to protect critical energy infrastructure in Western Ukraine.
When the Kremlin launches its massed drone strikes, they are now slamming into a wall of automated, programmable steel. The clock is ticking, Russian drones are dropping like flies, and the skies over Ukraine are becoming a graveyard for Putin's air arsenal! ⏳🛡️🇺🇦

[Cleo Immendorf @8eau]

@gemoscatelli @MagellanQuest Hm, what kind?

[Cleo Immendorf @8eau]

@frauwiderwillig Hey, solche Tage sind wichtig! 🫶

[Andrew Perpetua @AndrewPerpetua]

When the Russians do their mobilization keep in mind the following:

1: Russians are suffering more casualties per day than they are recruiting, as such their forces are depleting. This means they need many more men to refill their units to full strength.

2: The size of Russian units are too small to sustain their casualty rates and must become much larger to keep combat effectiveness long term

3: Their rear requires enormous amounts of manpower to man their anti-drone defenses, building counter-drone defenses, and managing drone damage

Right now is similar in some ways to the end of 2022. Ukraine has the opportunity to make small counterattacks to retake ground before a Russian mobilization stops them this autumn. Unfortunately, Ukraine has not developed the reserves necessary to fully take advantage of this situation. Which, in my opinion, is largely due to the absolute trainwreck of the 2023 summer campaign.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Russia's fuel crisis now firmly hitting agriculture in both Russia and Russian occupied Ukraine, with farmers complaing that they cant even water crops, as the pumps run on diesel that is no longer available.

Crops that are ready to be harvested cannot be, and even spraying for pests is no longer possible.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

This is so far the clearest view of the burning oil terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. At least two major fires are raging in the oil facility.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

I’m shocked that Russia can crash a building onto sleeping families in a European capital, murdering 30 people, without any meaningful reaction from the world whatsoever.

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

I remember being amazed 4 years ago when computer models started showing 40°C in a few ensemble members.

Never thought it could happen.

Now those same models are showing 45°C for the UK and 50°C for France.

Highly unlikely.

But possible.

And that’s very worrying.

[Jörg @kachelmann anderswo: @realkachelmann @Kachelmann]

Es ist extrem unwahrscheinlich, dass diese Dinge eintreten. Ich habe es dennoch gepostet, weil aus diesen Modellläufen sichtbar wird, dass wir mit dem Zustand unserer Atmosphäre in einer völlig neuen Welt sind, in der Dinge denkbar sind, die es seit sehr langer Zeit nicht gegeben hat bzw. zumindest, seit Heinz-Dieter diesen einen Kindheitssommer in Geithain erlebt hat, an den er sich genau erinnert.

[Cleo Immendorf @8eau]

Normalizing insider trading.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Trump: "Almost anything my kids do -- if they buy a truck -- they have inside information"

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Trump: "Almost anything my kids do -- if they buy a truck -- they have inside information"

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

The most heartbreaking image from today’s Russian atrocities in Kyiv. “Come in, you can take a look, but my son Roma is lying there. He’s dead, not breathing.”

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

“But then he shared his plan with Rubio and others…”

[Cleo Immendorf @8eau]

Maybe fire more people?

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

META: ZUCKERBERG SAYS AI PROGRESS HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN EXPECTED

• ZUCKERBERG SAID AI AGENT DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT ACCELERATED AS EXPECTED OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS

• SAID META'S 2026 REORGANIZATION "WASN'T AS CLEAN AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN"

• TOP EXECUTIVES WERE CONCERNED EARLY IN 2026 THAT META WAS NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH ON AI

• SAID THE COMPANY'S REORGANIZATION BETS HAVE NOT YET DELIVERED THE EXPECTED RESULTS

• REMAINS CONFIDENT THAT LONG-TERM TRENDS STILL SUPPORT META'S REORGANIZATION STRATEGY

[tern @1goodtern]

Sea surface temperature in the Mediterranean currently 7°C above seasonal averages.

That may not sound as alarming as the heat problems on land, but the sea is like a heat battery. It absorbs slowly, releases slowly, and "a bit warmer" means weeks and months of fuel for storms, humidity problems, and marine die-offs.

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

A slick cloud architecture vendor managed to bypass me and get a meeting directly with the C-suite.

He spent 45 minutes walking around the conference room pitching a full migration to AWS.

He showed them pie charts and talked about scalable elasticity and dynamic resource allocation.

Our CEO was nodding along like he understood what any of those words meant.

The CFO looked ready to sign a 5-year contract right there on the mahogany table.

I let the vendor finish his entire presentation before I cleared my throat.

I asked him if his cloud architecture utilized a standard BGP routing protocol.

He smiled confidently and said yes, of course, it's the industry standard.

I slowly took off my glasses and rubbed the bridge of my nose like a disappointed father.

I looked at the CEO and asked if we were seriously considering paying a premium for a BGP-reliant ecosystem in a post-quantum landscape.

The CEO immediately stopped nodding.

I stood up and explained that moving our data to a public cloud would expose our proprietary algorithms to multi-tenant collateral leakage.

We don't have proprietary algorithms.

We sell commercial HVAC supplies.

I told the room that our on-premise servers utilize a localized gravity-well defense mechanism.

I said if we migrate to AWS, we lose our atmospheric data shielding.

The vendor tried to interject, pointing out that atmospheric shielding isn't a real computing concept.

I asked him if he was willing to bet our company's $50M valuation on his arrogance.

The room went completely silent.

The CFO asked me what I recommended we do instead.

I told him we need to double down on our legacy infrastructure to create a closed-loop digital fortress.

I said I needed a $45K budget increase to reinforce the server racks with titanium-grade stabilization mounts.

The CEO fired the vendor on the spot and apologized to me for wasting my time.

The vendor looked like he wanted to cry as he packed up his HDMI adapters.

I got the $45K approved an hour later.

I'm going to use the stabilization budget to install a commercial-grade espresso machine in my office.

Cloud computing is just renting someone else's computer.

I prefer to own the computers I'm using to mine Ethereum.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Russian drone vs Ukrainian swimming pool. Strategic targeting.