We visited northern France in June 2019 to follow the fortunes of Australia’s Women’s ⚽️ team in the World Cup. In between games we had the opportunity to visit the battlefields of WW1 and 2. These are some pics related to the D Day Landings on 6 June 1944. 82 years ago.
A duck was raised by eagles after being brought to the wrong nest.
On February 12, 2025, a nest camera captured an eagle sitting on two eggs when her mate returned with a third mystery egg.
Nobody knew where it came from, and even the mother eagle seemed confused for a moment. But instead of pushing it away, she tucked it under her body and raised it with the others.
Then the first egg hatched. It wasn’t an https://t.co/qmzgXWpDBq was a duckling.
A week later, the two eagle chicks hatched beside it, and viewers thought the duckling wouldn’t last long in a nest full of predators. But the mother eagle never treated it like food. She treated it like hers.
Fifteen weeks later, the same camera showed all three still together, with the duck growing beside the eagle chicks like a sibling. Researchers were stunned when they noticed the mother bringing back fish and softer food, almost like she knew the duckling couldn’t eat the same meat as the others.
Now everyone watching is waiting for the next impossible moment. Soon the juvenile eagles will fly away but how will the duck get down from the nest?
Further to yesterday’s ’edition’ of our planned Camino walk here are details of days 4 and 5. And I don’t say ‘details’ lightly. A superbly curated ‘beginners’ walk of the Camino or ‘The Way’ as some call it.
Another brilliant idea. Unlike a certain other country that’s buying up an inordinate amount of land and water tenements that may deny communities water for sustenance.
🚨 CHINA IS PUTTING DATA CENTERS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR AND LETTING THE SEA COOL THEM.
Instead of building massive air-conditioned buildings on land, China is submerging sealed server modules on the seabed. The ocean itself acts as a giant natural cooling system.
This dramatically cuts energy use, water consumption, and land requirements for power-hungry AI data centers.
Why this matters:
• Seawater provides free passive cooling no giant chillers or evaporative systems needed
• Combined with offshore wind power, many of these facilities run on mostly renewable energy
• Projects like the one off Shanghai (Hailanyun/HiCloud) are already operational with hundreds of server racks
• Early results show 30–90% lower cooling energy demand compared to traditional data centers
The deeper implication is huge:
As AI drives explosive growth in computing power, traditional data centers are becoming unsustainable due to electricity and water demands.
Underwater data centers offer a clever way to scale AI infrastructure while reducing environmental strain on land.
This could become a major trend turning the ocean into the new frontier for the data centers powering tomorrow’s AI.
What do you think smart innovation or risky for marine ecosystems?
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@qwnofeverything I miss them all Rae. Mum and dad died within 19 days of each other in November 2013. Mum from pancreatic cancer in a hospital and dad died after from pneumonia in a nursing home. Dad was a story teller and mum a listener. Most of their grandkids have one or more of those.
@qwnofeverything She died in December 1983. She was a traditional healer using herbs, cupping, massage etc. I think they call it complementary therapy these days. Might be the reason we have so many doctors in the extended families haha.
@qwnofeverything My paternal grandmother absolutely adored me. When she gave birth to my father in a mountainous village, she developed a fistula and was too shy to have it repaired. So dad was an only child— so me as the eldest was a blessing for her. She was a very strong woman. I so miss her.
The Camino continued: arriving in Sarria for one night and the next day the start of section 1 of our walk. So impressed with the way our walk has been curated by this exceptional company. Nothing is left to chance for our ‘beginners’ walk. As it should be. 10 out of 10.
@qwnofeverything There shouldn’t be. It’s the richest country in the world yet infrastructure is crumbling. Money spent on wars and not people. It’s been estimated that wars have cost between 10-11.5 trillion in the last 25 years. I used to have people travel to 🇨🇳 and tbey were amazed.
@qwnofeverything Yeah 10000 extra visas just issued a cupla days ago. Saw it on one of 🇺🇸 business channels. So, there’s one rule for one type of people and one rule for another. And, of course, a lot of petty crime is committed to survive although of course I don’t condone it.
@qwnofeverything Well, can’t be the people. They are the salt of the earth imo. Can’t be the $ exc. rate. People allow for that. Can’t be the crime rate. 99% of international tourists don’t go to those places. So what is it? Maybe because they’ve gone before to a place that US govt. didn’t like.