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[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

The French hate air conditioning.

So Paris built a 120-kilometre machine under its streets for producing cold.

It’s called Fraîcheur de Paris, and it does for summer heat what district heating did for winter: centralise the problem.

Instead of every museum, office, hotel, hospital and shop bolting its own cooling plant onto the building, Paris moves cold through pipes.

The network sends water chilled to 2 to 4°C through buried supply lines. The water enters a connected building, absorbs heat through an exchange station, then returns at 12 to 14°C to be cooled again.

It essentially functions with two pipes. One carries the cold out, the other carries heat back.

The production plants cool the circuit from 12°C to 4°C. Some sites use the Seine as a heat sink. In colder periods, the system can use the river’s own temperature for free cooling, which means the machines work less and the electricity demand drops. The Seine water doesn’t become the building water. It stays separate, passing temperature across heat exchangers.

The scale is pretty strange when you see it written down though.

It's got 15 production sites, 4 storage sites, 120 km of underground network with 924 subscribers. This has resulted in 7 million square metres cooled, and 493 GWh of cooling sold.

A cold utility running beneath one of the densest cities in Europe.

The Forum des Halles has been cooled this way since 1979. The Louvre since 1986. Galeries Lafayette, Opéra Garnier, Hôtel de Ville, Station F, La Samaritaine and the National Assembly all sit on the same idea. Tourists stand in the Louvre looking at paintings while a municipal cold loop does part of the dull work below ground.

The boring part is the breakthrough.

Cold can be stored at night in chilled water or ice, then used during daytime peaks. The network is monitored from a control room with more than 125,000 control points. A delivery station inside a building takes 5 to 7 times less space than a standalone cooling installation and avoids the roof and façade clutter that turns cities into compressor farms.

That matters because conventional air conditioning solves heat by moving it somewhere nearby. In a dense city, thousands of private machines mean thousands of outdoor units rejecting heat into streets, courtyards and roofs, plus refrigerants, noise, vibration and maintenance spread across every building.

Paris’s public cooling network has a stated coefficient of performance of 4, against 3 for a wet standalone system and 2 for a dry standalone system. Against an equivalent set of autonomous installations, Fraîcheur de Paris says the network gives 100% higher energy efficiency, 35% less electricity use, 90% fewer refrigerant-fluid emissions and 50% lower CO2 emissions.

The climate backdrop is the real reason this exists.

Paris ran a full crisis exercise called “Paris at 50°C” in 2023. Météo-France’s 2050 reference trajectory for France points to heatwave days becoming five times more frequent, hot nights rising sharply in urban centres, and some local extremes around 48°C becoming possible.

The city signed a 20-year concession in 2022 with Fraîcheur de Paris, owned 85% by ENGIE and 15% by RATP. The contract is worth a projected €2.4 billion. The plan is to extend the network by 158 km by 2042, add 20 production plants and 10 storage sites, and reach more than 3,000 subscribers, including hospitals, nurseries, schools and care homes.

This is basically the infrastructure version of admitting that summer is becoming a public systems problem...

[Thevesh @Thevesh]

Unfortunately @FabriRahman - the data suggests that your statement is pure rhetoric, and does not reflect DAP's actual operating method.

Here's the data, focusing on the GE-14 to GE-15 transition:

DAP won 42 seats in GE-14.

What happened to these 42 seats in GE-15?
• All 42 were recontested by DAP (no 'donation' to other parties)
• 26 were contested by the winner.
• 16 were contested by a person other than the winner.

Let's zoom into those 16 seats where the DAP candidate changed:
• 8 seats were won by a Chinese candidate in GE-14, and then contested by another Chinese candidate in GE-15.
• 1 was won by an Indian candidate, contested by another Indian candidate (Charles Santiago --> Ganabitirau in Klang).
• 4 seats were won by Chinese, recontested by non-Chinese.
• 3 seats were won by non-Chinese, recontested by Chinese.

So the 'net loss' of Chinese candidates is actually just 1 overall.

And if you zoom into those 4 seats, they are:
• Bukit Bendara (Hon Wai --> Syerleena, Hon Wai moved back to being ADUN)
• Bangi (Kian Ming --> Syahredzan, Kian Ming voluntarily stepped back and supported Syah)
• Damansara (Tony Pua --> Gobind, Tony voluntarily stepped back)
• Bentong (Wong Tack --> Young Syefura)

This does not at all paint the picture of a widespread conspiracy like you are claiming.

And remember, we also have 3 seats where it went in reverse:
• Puchong (Gobind --> YBY, Gobind went to Damansara replacing Tony Pua)
• Batu Kawan (Kasthuri Patto --> Chow Kon Yeow, losing the only female Indian MP)
• Raub (Tengku Zulpuri --> Chow Yu Hui)

Do with this data what you will. To me, it's a clear repudiation of your sentiment, but ymmv.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

The genocide seems unstoppable,
Necrocapitalism seems invincible- but they are not!

All we need is UNITY. COORDINATION. PERSEVERANCE.

Keep Protesting. Striking. Boycotting. Litigating.

Not just once.
All the times needed till the Apartheid ends and the system which fed it too.

[Persian Culer 🇮🇷 @Persian_Culer]

11 days before Iran’s World Cup opener:

• No visas yet approved for players or staff
• Forced to move their camp from USA to Mexico
• A friendly cancelled due to the relocation

This is how the world’s 21st-ranked team is being treated before football’s biggest tournament.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

An incredible bit of sports journalism by The Guardian here. A short summary of the playing style of all 48 World Cup nations and a short profile of all 1248 World Cup players. Bookmark and refer to the resources when watching the obscure matches: https://t.co/tdLGq8en0o

[Amar-Singh HSS @DrAmarMOH]

Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela). The look that birds of prey give is often so piercing. I have a healthy respect for them & keep my distance.
#Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #birds #nature #wildlife @Avibase @orientbirdclub @IndiAves @birdsoftheworld @Team_eBird

[Jahabar Sadiq @jsadiq]

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[Jahabar Sadiq @jsadiq]

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[Math Files @Math_files]

A classic puzzle is often associated with John von Neumann.

Two cyclists start 30 miles apart and ride toward each other, each at a speed of 15 miles per hour. At the same moment they begin, a fly starts at one cyclist and flies back and forth between them, instantly turning around each time it reaches either cyclist. The fly travels at a constant speed of 30 miles per hour.

The question is: how far does the fly travel in total before the cyclists meet?

According to the story, a student once posed this problem to von Neumann, who immediately answered, “30 miles.”

“That is correct,” said the student. “Most people try to add an infinite series, instead of noticing that the cyclists meet after one hour, so the fly travels 30 miles in that time.”

Von Neumann replied, “That is exactly what I did.”

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

After Israel occupied Gaza & the West Bank in 1967, it deported Palestinian intellectuals, educators & politicians who (peacefully) resisted Israeli domination.

In 1969, Jordan stopped allowing Israel to do this at border crossings.

So Israel started dumping Palestinians in the desert. They sent 800 Palestinians onto a virtual death march from 1969-1973.

Yusuf 'Abdullah 'Udwan was deported this way. Here's his survival testimony:

[Muhammad Mazen @mhmd_s09]

One of the most brutal scenes in human history has been leaked.

Footage from an Israeli aircraft shows thousands of starving Palestinians running towards an aid truck, before it bombs and kills them all.

A video that the world must never forget.

[Aisehman @Aisehman]

Kalau nak marah pasal kemalangan jalanraya, marah kat perkara yang lebih besar: setiap tahun ada beratus ribu kemalangan.

Last year, 6,537 maut, 66% yang bawak moto.

Tragedi sebenar ialah walaupun ramai dah mati, kita masih memandu macam kita dan orang sekeliling kita kebal. 🤷‍♂️

REF:
NST | Motorcyclists account for most road fatalities in 2025, with 4,340 deaths
https://t.co/adc8QVJxKJ

[Nervana Mahmoud @Nervana_1]

Another disgraceful move by the Erdogan government in Turkey.

The Basilica Cistern—one of Istanbul's most important historical landmarks—was built in 526–527 CE by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I to store water for the city.

Now its management has been taken away from the opposition-controlled Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and transferred to a ministry under the central government.

For years, the site suffered from neglect.
However, under Mayor @ekrem_imamoglu Ekrem İmamoğlu's administration, the municipality restored it and helped transform it into one of Istanbul's premier tourist attractions.

But Erdoğa seems unable to tolerate any success associated with the Turkish opposition CHP.
Everything must be brought under his control.

At this point, I wouldn't even be surprised if someone eventually proposed turning the cistern into a mosque.

[Hadi @HadiNasrallah]

“Jesus told us to forgive our killers, but this is too much”

Heartbreaking moments from the funeral of Theodosia Karam, her brother Tony and their father James in Qlayaa, southern Lebanon. James was driving his children home from their exams when an Israeli drone killed them

[KV Iyyer - BHARAT 🇮🇳🇮🇱 @BanCheneProduct]

When former President Of India, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam passed away in Shillong, the whole world mourned. But the real story came to light the next day in Delhi.

His close associates arrived to open his room. Everyone was curious to see what wealth such a great scientist — a man who had served the government in top positions for 40 years and spent 5 years in the majestic Rashtrapati Bhavan on Raisina Hill — had left behind.

But when the room was opened, silence filled the air.

There was no locker. No luxury car keys. No foreign bank account passbook.

In a small trunk lying in the corner of the room, they found only this:

6 worn-out shirts and 4 trousers (which he used to wash himself)

3 old suits (one of them had been stitched when he became President and lasted all 5 years)

1 wristwatch — punctual, yet far removed from showmanship

1 old laptop and 1 veena

And the most valuable possession of all: 2,500 books including Bhagwat Gita 

That was the entire wealth of the man who helped make India a NUCLEAR POWER.

Do you know what is even more astonishing?

APJ Abdul Kalam donated his entire salaries and savings to a charitable trust- PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas) – that he had founded. His argument - after becoming the President of India - was that the Government of India will take care of him till the end of his life, so why not use his salary for better things.

The man whose signature could influence budgets worth billions never bought even an inch of land for himself.

Today, we wear shoes worth ₹2,000 and sunglasses worth ₹5,000 and consider ourselves rich. But that great soul, without any brands or extravagance, won the admiration of the entire world.

Even in death, Dr. Kalam left us with a mirror to look into — teaching us that:

“A person is remembered not for his status, but for his values and vision.”

If today you have a roof over your head and clothes to wear, then materially you may be richer than the President once was. But do you have a heart like his?

Countless salutations to this great soul and his simplicity.

Jai Hind 🇮🇳 🙏 🫡 🫡 🫡

[Ethan Levins 🇺🇸 @EthanLevins2]

In 1982, Israel bombed the Beirut airport.

The Lebanese were trapped as the IDF marched into Beirut, massacring thousands of civilians.

Hezbollah didn’t exist.

[Kateri Seraphina @KateriSeraphina]

En arrivant au Brésil et en étant témoin de l'esclavage de près, Charles Darwin écrivit :

« Près de Rio de Janeiro, ma voisine d'en face était une vieille dame qui possédait des vis-pouces avec lesquelles elle écrasait les doigts de ses esclaves. Dans une maison où j'avais séjourné auparavant, un jeune serviteur mulâtre était, chaque jour et à toute heure, insulté, battu et pourchassé avec une fureur capable de décourager jusqu'au plus vil des animaux.

J'ai vu un enfant de six ou sept ans frappé à la tête avec un fouet (avant que je puisse intervenir) parce qu'il m'avait servi un verre d'eau légèrement trouble...

Et ce sont là des actes commis par des hommes qui prétendent aimer leur prochain comme eux-mêmes, qui croient en Dieu, et qui prient pour que Sa volonté soit faite sur terre !

Le sang bout dans nos veines et nos cœurs s'emballent quand nous songeons que nous, les Anglais, et nos descendants américains avec leurs cris fanfarons pour la liberté, avons été et sommes encore coupables de cet énorme crime. »

(Charles Darwin, Le Voyage du Beagle)

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This might be one of the most beautiful churches in the world and it's situated in... Chengdu, China.

It's called the Shadowless Church (无影教堂) and it was designed entirely by Chinese architects (Shanghai Dachuan Architects, 上海大椽建筑设计事务所) as part of a bigger project called the "Sino-French Agricultural Science and Technology Park (中法农业科技园)."

The aim was to build a place that reflected "an inner understanding of the French spirit" and, as a Frenchman, I have to say they did an extraordinary job.

There is a French philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, who wrote around the concept that we can only truly understand ourselves through "the long detour" of our relationship with others (which those who've followed me for a while know is a concept very close to my heart). This church is a beautiful illustration of that idea.

More on this place if you want to read further: https://t.co/hdd5vPBE4M

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

I am still flabbergasted at how we told the world that what Israel was doing to us was genocide from the first days, just for the world to wait for "foreign people" to tell them it's genocide.

Maha's post will live well for ages to come.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Israel's destruction of life in Lebanon is an extension of its ongoing genocide in Gaza. The British government is shamefully complicit in both.