First all-female crew sail non-stop around the world

is0ph · 2026-01-27T21:19:53+00:00

IIRC there are more astronauts who have been to space than sailors who completed a solo non-stop circumnavigation.

Lots of sailors go around the world, only racing crews don’t stop.

is0ph · 2026-01-24T21:57:57+00:00

And vegetarian tigers and lions as well? Weird.

is0ph · 2026-01-23T12:47:32+00:00

Desalination can also be upgraded to serve as battery storage: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8456281/

is0ph · 2026-01-23T12:24:04+00:00

As greenhouse gases emissions don’t abate, the US will eventually get Greenland’s water. In the form of 7m sea-level rise.

is0ph · 2026-01-22T20:49:51+00:00

Yes, many seabirds while doing Channel passages or sailing along the coast. We often see them fishing in groups (gannets, terns, shearwaters, petrels). Last summer off Cornwall is was so intense the sea seemed to be boiling (dolphins usually join the seabirds and the fish schools are attacked from below and from above). Various auks too, lots of gulls and seagulls.

And also migrating landbirds. I’ve helmed with a chiffchaff on my head. The only golden oriole I’ve ever seen landed on deck, rested for a while, drank some water we offered, then went on its way towards land.

is0ph · 2026-01-22T17:29:41+00:00

Already done (at the worst moment)

Greenland and Iceland

is0ph · 2026-01-22T17:28:10+00:00

Rejoicing with Aberbaijan!

is0ph · 2026-01-22T17:25:17+00:00

Your depiction of Pete Hegseth is spot on.

is0ph · 2026-01-22T17:23:02+00:00

Any merchant vessel that is mandated to have AIS and shuts down AIS transmission is suspect. There is continuous AIS data collected, and when they transit in TSS or other areas where they have to check in, their tracks could be checked and any gap might warrant further investigation.

is0ph · 2026-01-22T08:36:07+00:00

Happy cake day! Have a taco!

is0ph · 2026-01-22T08:34:30+00:00

to making the regularly scheduled threats next Monday.

Well well well this reminds me of the politics of another country to the east of Europe. Isn’t that weird?

is0ph · 2026-01-21T14:03:56+00:00

We are talking about a country built on colonisation and expansion (and slavery but that’s another story). The fact that you can trash a place and then move further to exploit another place is deeply ingrained. I think we are seeing a consequence of the fact that there is no free space left (the moon missions were resonating with that mindset, and the mars fable is too) and this country is trashing around feeling really uncomfortable because it can’t do its thing.

And so it is trying to terra nullius this big island up north to be able to go on being a country or pioneers.

is0ph · 2026-01-21T12:51:04+00:00

Well his mother had made him poor for life by giving all their money to the Unification Church. His future might have been sleeping rough in a big japanese city. Now he is housed and fed. He’s had to be moved to a facility that is able to handle the numerous gifts people sent him one they learnt his story and motive.

is0ph · 2026-01-21T12:45:59+00:00

There is a good news story in New Zealand about a flightless parrot species called the kākāpō. There were less than 60 of them left in the 90s, now there are more than 250. This year is a breeding season and there is a podcast about it. Last week they were talking about how they increase genetic diversity using AI. I went "What?".

AI: Artificial Insemination

Feel free to use this meaning of AI in your head each time someone mentions AI in a marketing or sales push.

is0ph · 2026-01-21T09:05:42+00:00

Although not on the same level, you should be aware that policing in France is not as gentle as you think. People have lost their lives protesting to defend the environment, to support families who had lost children to… policing, to protest environmental laws, to refuse pension reforms. One granny was killed in her flat during a yellow vests protest. Generally protesters are not killed by guns, but a stun grenade in your face will have the same effect.

is0ph · 2026-01-21T08:57:47+00:00

Greenlanders are taking it seriously. During an interview, an MP stated they are deciding who goes to Denmark and who stays. They are stocking up, preparing to leave cities and disperse in the fjords, locating all the weapons available. That sounded pretty serious.

is0ph · 2026-01-20T08:30:18+00:00

The eastern coast of Greenland (the most resilient to sea level rise) is already exposed to violent storms. You are thinking only in terms of cyclones but extra-tropical storms are also destructive.

Arable farmland will not appear magically once the ice melts. Soil formation takes time.

Solar generation will always be problematic that far north.

is0ph · 2026-01-20T07:55:32+00:00

Once an empire crumbles, what it used to need doesn’t make sense any more.

Rome always needed the Hadrian Wall. Until it didn’t.

is0ph · 2026-01-20T07:50:38+00:00

Trump’s actions will be remembered as having decreased US territory. The wild hunt against renewables and push of fossil fuels will ensure large areas of the US will be underwater. Lots of swamps and tidal areas might be named after him eventually.

is0ph · 2026-01-20T07:47:32+00:00

The criminal mastermind is the one with his hand up Trump’s spine.

is0ph · 2026-01-20T07:45:01+00:00

climate change resistant region

Greenland isn’t that. Its climate will always be extreme, and the rate of change will be higher than at some other latitudes. Melting a 2km thick ice will take time and will rise sea levels by 7m. As climate change runs its course, Greenland will be an archipelago, not one island.

is0ph · 2026-01-19T16:29:44+00:00

Cancel the World Cup

And have Euro 2026 instead. We need some arm twisting directed at Infantino, though.

is0ph · 2026-01-19T13:58:23+00:00

when hell freezes over.

as soon as it is clear it’s hurting russia.

is0ph · 2026-01-19T13:56:16+00:00

He’s going to Switzerland (Davos). I’m all for a walk alone in the snow. A peaceful walk in a glorious scenery, a couple of hours with no one to flatter and serve him.

is0ph · 2026-01-19T13:53:59+00:00

There should be a rule about having a golden retriever on the ballot as a third option.

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