AVmen London

[The Defence Blog @Defence_blog]

Cargo planes have seconds to dodge a missile. The US Air Force paid $60 million for a new sensor that could buy them more time.

https://t.co/NhXZef8x0z

[Luke George🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MrLukeGeorge]

I'm centre-left and I'll freely admit socialism is bollocks and we need to bin it! 🗑️

I'd much prefer the Scandinavian social market model or Blair's third-way or orange booker liberalism over this "tax the rich" rubbish!

[Ben Hopkinson @Ben_A_Hopkinson]

Someone who gets a social tenancy in Kensington and Chelsea at age 25 will receive £1.8m in implicitly subsidised rent over their lifetime

[Winston @ChurchillWw]

Coal generates more electricity than any other single source in the world. In 2024, coal plants produced 10,766 TWh—the highest output ever recorded—about 35% of global generation. China and India together burn 71% of the world’s coal. 1/8

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Emirati analyst Salem Al-Ketbi:

"The Muslim Brotherhood presents itself in the West as liberal and democratic, but seeks global control and rejects the nation-state, its institutions, and borders."

[Jesse Heasman @jesseheasman]

@SebJohnsonUK @UKSovereignAI @leicesterliz Energy and planning baby

[James Hopf @HopfJames]

Up until recently, the World Bank refused to finance nuclear power projects. Now it's working with the IAEA on how to make nuclear deplyment happen, particularly in developing countries. Article link in reply.

[Think Defence @thinkdefence]

This brief video clip shows the Next Generation Light Ant-armour Weapon, NLAW

[Daniel Cuthbert @dcuthbert]

This image alone is incredibly powerful.

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

Extreme poverty worldwide has never been as low as it is today, and it's never fallen as fast as in recent decades.

We need more facts and less ideology...

[Object Zero @Object_Zero_]

How good is the US grid?

The chart below illustrates what percentage of the retail electricity price is transmission cost.

In most of the world Non-Energy costs (transmission) is 20-30% of the retail price of electricity, in the USA it is 50-60% of the cost of electricity.

Everyone focuses on power generation, and how different types of power generation can solve the US shortfall v's Chinese power.

But no. The US grid is old, neglected, it need major investment.

Maybe batteries are the solution? No. Batteries use the grid twice, once on the way in, and again on the way out. 1 kWh from BESS has used the grid twice. Grid operators are starting to charge utility batteries a lot more for their connection because of this reality.

Countries with old electricity grids have very expensive transmission, the only reason countries like the UK and Italy are blue is because wholesale electricity is also very expensive there. They have expensive generation and expensive transmission.

New transmission system are just a lot better than the older systems, the technology has improved. Countries are building 750kV and 950kV transmission, countries are building HVDC.

The old grid is a major headwind for industry in Western countries, they fact we have never redeveloped our grids is a big problem for this industrial revolution.

Renewing the grid is as important as pursuing AI, you need both for building general automation at scale.

There's a school of thought that everyone is going to go behind the meter and use PV+BESS, this will be a long running trend in residential load, but industrial load needs reactive power and baseload, PV-BESS is the wrong geometry for industrial power requirements.

A lot is going to change, and it is going to change a lot.

[AVmen London @AvmenLondon]

@NobodymrRobert another 10 - 15 years lol

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

South Africa was once hailed as a 'Rainbow Nation' - now it's being torn apart by 'Afrophobia' as black South Africans turn against illegal migrants from other African countries who they fear will take their jobs: SUE REID https://t.co/l8DMxenybN

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

'Abject terror' of murdered Ann Widdecombe: Family's shock as police arrest 26-year-old man after ex-MP is found covered in blood with head wound at Dartmoor house https://t.co/fujVD7kSRz

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

4-year-old child murdered by her parents before being dissolved with chemicals and poured into a lake.

During an emotional press conference, Aiken County Sheriff Marty Sawyer shared details of what he called the most horrific thing he has seen in his 37-year career.

Javeayah Harris is believed to have been deceased for a month before her parents reported her missing.

Michilae Herring, 22, and Johnmarea Harris, 23, are facing charges of homicide by child abuse, and destruction, and desecration of human remains.

They are accused of taking her life before using "corrosive chemicals" to "accelerate the destruction of her little body."

Absolutely horrific. This is why the death penalty exists.

[TVP Roads Policing @tvprp]

Lewis Baker, 35, rode through Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire at speeds of up to 160mph while filming his dangerous riding to share with others.

He has now been sentenced to 15 months in prison and banned from driving for 10 years.

No stunt is worth a life. Ride responsibly.

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

💔 Kramatorsk. I have no words left. A 14-year-old boy and his 19-year-old sister.

What did they do? What was their crime? Was their only crime being Ukrainians in their own home?

If this doesn't make you hate russia, nothing will.

[David Hearne, CFP™ @dontdelay]

‘We paid our dues’

Is what you’ll often read about why we shouldn’t abolish the triple lock increases on state pensions

🔴 Reality of what current pensioners paid to their parents and grandparents in state pensions during the 80s, 90s and 00s

🟢 Compared to what they’re getting and expect to keep getting from their children and grandchildren, in the 10s, 20s and 30s, thanks to the triple lock

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

Very encouraging to see many British companies leading multiple categories!

We have the talent, we have the agency, now we just need the political will.

Make energy cheap, grow the economy, and build housing so people can afford to live in cities.

Will they do it?

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

LIAM HALLIGAN: To stave off a shameful bailout, Britain needs to raise £120billion a year - by cutting welfare or raising taxes. Guess which Labour will do! https://t.co/XvoB22NkxH