Absolutely they've about an unscheduled stop, but let's not pretend this isn't a complex problem that is contributed to by the airlines themselves (as in Executives) squeezing every penny they can out of passengers at the expense of passengers, crew, airport staff, and more. Deregulating the airlines just made them bigger, which doesn't help them be responsive and dynamic to a societal epidemic of mental health issues. More rules, lifetime bans, fines, and doing more of the same aren't going to fix a problem that is bigger than the airlines.
British? I swear the Brits still think it's the feudal times with their two spouts sinks, half enclosed showers, light switches outside the bathroom, and of course driving on the incorrect side of the bloody damned road! Yes I bitter much... at least the French have the food to make up for their eccentricities.
TKO partially cited the lack of revenue via ticket sales from UFC Freedom 250 for that decline. UFC did not sell tickets to the general public for the event, instead hosting roughly 4,000 Trump administration officials, members of Congress, business executives and military servicemembers and staging the fights in an octagon on the south lawn of White House
“The decrease in live events and hospitality revenue was due to a decrease in ticket sales revenue, which was largely driven by the absence of ticket sales for UFC Freedom 250 and one fewer Numbered Event, partially offset by higher financial incentive package revenue, compared to the prior year period,” the report stated.
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Mark Shapiro, the president and chief operating officer of TKO, said the Freedom 250 event generated more than $1 billion in “earned media value,” which he claimed was the “kind of exposure only a handful of events in the world” can command.“
It also deepened our commercial relationships, adding 25 new marketing partners to our roster — many signing multi-year or multi-event deals,” Shapiro said of the event, which he noted “delivered results as designed.”
Overall, TKO reported $303.9 million in net income during the second quarter, an increase of $30.8 million from quarter two of 2025
According to Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM, the Europol group set up to tackle the problem, the teenage hitmen are recruited on social media, and are given their instructions in a "gamified" way, imitating how computer games work.
Andy Kraag, the head of Europol's European Serious and Organised Crime Centre, calls it the "calculated outsourcing of murder" to vulnerable young people.
OTF GRIMM currently involves 11 countries affected by the VaaS phenomenon - Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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OTF GRIMM has had some successes in the 15 months since it was set up. Police have made more than 280 arrests including a few key suspects.
One of the most important arrests was that of Ahmed, who is thought to be Agent 47.
He was detained in the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq, and is currently subject to an extradition request to Sweden.
The Swedish deputy national police commissioner Stefan Hector said they were "constantly expanding our co-operation with other countries" and showing organised criminals "they cannot feel safe anywhere in the world".
In May, Mohamed "Moewgli" Mohdhi, a former rapper described by Swedish police as a "central actor" in Foxtrot, was arrested in Tunisia.
If China manages to produce the DUV machines itself, it could cost ASML billions of euros in the long run. In the last quarter, 14 % of the machines ASML sold went to China. The Veldhoven‑based manufacturer expects to earn 20 % of its revenue from China this year. If the revenue forecast, recently revised up from €43 billion to €45 billion for this year, materialises, that would correspond to roughly €9 billion.
Further testing
For now ASML does not seem to have to worry. Chinese technology is not yet as advanced and reliable as that of the Dutch company. Before mass production can start in China, the machines still need to be tested. This year China is reportedly starting production of five machines; a year later that number is expected to rise to twenty.
Although ASML appears to retain its lead for the moment, investors were spooked on Monday. The ASML share ended 8.5 % lower, the lowest level since early June. Dutch rivals Besi and ASM also fell sharply, losing almost 10 % and more than 7 % of their value respectively.
The anti-ai is the new Luddite. Once AI busts, it'll be like the dotcoms when we were left with something that works in the current economy and people use. Right now hate wins as people are understandable pretty pissed with capitalists and their lack of ethics/morals. Same as we've seen in history, this one just has more of a cliff from our perspective.
I guess it is like watching toddlers walk, but why the random breakout into dance moves? Also how do they target? Seems like they just generally point at the other one.
The complications is that there are at least four major threads of this going on in different districts and judges. Two in front of Talwani in Massachusetts, this one in DC district, plus another in DC District in front of Nichols.
Tracking all of it is going to be difficult amongst the noise.
The “misconfigured local block gone global” theory goes like this: Reliance was trying to comply with India’s Section 69A blocking order for Telegram. To implement the block domestically, they configured a null route for Telegram’s IP prefixes – traffic from Indian users heading to 91.108.56.0/22 gets redirected to a dead end. Normal ISP blocking procedure.
But somewhere in that configuration, instead of just inserting a null route in their internal routing tables, they accidentally originated a BGP announcement for the prefix – telling the world, via FLAG, that they were the legitimate destination for Telegram’s traffic. The internal block leaked into the global routing table.
This is technically plausible. BGP misconfigurations do happen. The internet has seen accidental route leaks before. Pakistan Telecom knocked YouTube offline globally in 2008 with exactly this kind of mistake. Human error in complex network configurations is real.
But there are a few things that make pure-accident harder to swallow here.
First, the announcement persisted. Multiple researchers spotted it, documented it, and publicly reported it. Network operators contacted FLAG Telecom. The incident was visible in public routing data. Yet it stayed live for an extended period. Accidents get cleaned up faster when there’s external pressure and the error is obvious.
Second, the timing. The government ban announcement, followed immediately by a technically sophisticated routing manipulation that happened to push users toward a blackhole rather than a redirect, followed by slow remediation – this sequence is either a spectacular coincidence or it isn’t.
Third, the competitive context. Reliance Jio and RCom share common ownership threads with Mukesh Ambani’s broader business empire, which has a strategic partnership with Meta – the company behind WhatsApp, Telegram’s primary competitor in India. Telegram’s growth in India has been directly at WhatsApp’s expense. A platform disruption that makes Telegram unreliable while WhatsApp continues working normally is commercially convenient for a Meta-aligned entity.
None of this proves intent. But “we accidentally configured a global BGP hijack of our primary competitor’s IP space and then didn’t fix it quickly when people noticed” is a story that requires you to accept a lot of charitable coincidences stacking up simultaneously.
I think that's the point when they take it to the 'negotiating table' and try to keep what they've taken.
Having said that Israel has a large multilayered antiair defense that isn't just iron dome. They have SPYDER, helos with the APKWS, and it's own CIWS systems, plus they are rushing SMASH Hopper (AI driven improvised gun mount). Which isn't to say your point is wrong, they will run out.
Also these last several years has turn people and their political leaders off Israel, which I mention as it just compounds the economics of this. Israel needs a functioning economy and foreign aid to sustain it, but has been turning off it's partners. Although yes, the US seems to be an exception in this, mostly from a leader stand point.
The Trump administration has cut legal immigration by 132,000 people per month, far more than the drop in illegal crossings. These are doctors, engineers, workers, and entrepreneurs. Over the last 30 years, legal immigrants reduced the U.S. deficit by $14.5 trillion. And Trump has increased our deficit by another trillion in 2026. With an aging population and shrinking workforce, we need them. This isn't border security, it is economic suicide. Our kids and grandkids will pay the price for this idiocy.
It's called Agrovoltaics and it works pretty damn good,if you do it right.
The pairing can also offer some synergies. Solar panels can help moderate ground temperatures, provide shelter for livestock and help plants retain moisture.[6] For farmers the ability to produce electricity can help diversify their income stream.
Solar panels block light, which means that dual use systems involve trade-offs between crop yield, crop quality, and energy production.[7] Some crops/livestock benefit from the increased shade, obviating the trade-off,[8] such as green leafy vegetables, and spices such as turmeric and ginger, whereas staple crops such as wheat, rice, soybeans or pulses require more sun.[9] Agrivoltaics has also been used at scale in arid and semi-arid regions to stabilize soils, reduce dust storm intensity, increase vegetation cover, provide forage for livestock, and curb desertification, notably in northern China.[10][11]
While I understand the sentiment, I think there are a huge number of hurdles in front of them. Certainly they have become a manufacturing powerhouse, but they also have a lot more dependencies then does the US. Also everyone is going to be hit by the demographic inversion here shortly, so that's going to be a dynamic environment to be "the world power". Such as climate change and the reduction of the rule of law.
Absolutely they've about an unscheduled stop, but let's not pretend this isn't a complex problem that is contributed to by the airlines themselves (as in Executives) squeezing every penny they can out of passengers at the expense of passengers, crew, airport staff, and more. Deregulating the airlines just made them bigger, which doesn't help them be responsive and dynamic to a societal epidemic of mental health issues. More rules, lifetime bans, fines, and doing more of the same aren't going to fix a problem that is bigger than the airlines.
British? I swear the Brits still think it's the feudal times with their two spouts sinks, half enclosed showers, light switches outside the bathroom, and of course driving on the incorrect side of the bloody damned road! Yes I bitter much... at least the French have the food to make up for their eccentricities.
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Some of it translated
Indeed, a fitted sheet competition!
The anti-ai is the new Luddite. Once AI busts, it'll be like the dotcoms when we were left with something that works in the current economy and people use. Right now hate wins as people are understandable pretty pissed with capitalists and their lack of ethics/morals. Same as we've seen in history, this one just has more of a cliff from our perspective.
Nice work. Good luck on refining it.
I guess it is like watching toddlers walk, but why the random breakout into dance moves? Also how do they target? Seems like they just generally point at the other one.
The complications is that there are at least four major threads of this going on in different districts and judges. Two in front of Talwani in Massachusetts, this one in DC district, plus another in DC District in front of Nichols.
Tracking all of it is going to be difficult amongst the noise.
Subtitles!
Maybe we should have more anti audio people? Go back to silent movies and show?
Have to agree
I think that's the point when they take it to the 'negotiating table' and try to keep what they've taken.
Having said that Israel has a large multilayered antiair defense that isn't just iron dome. They have SPYDER, helos with the APKWS, and it's own CIWS systems, plus they are rushing SMASH Hopper (AI driven improvised gun mount). Which isn't to say your point is wrong, they will run out.
Also these last several years has turn people and their political leaders off Israel, which I mention as it just compounds the economics of this. Israel needs a functioning economy and foreign aid to sustain it, but has been turning off it's partners. Although yes, the US seems to be an exception in this, mostly from a leader stand point.
The Trump administration has cut legal immigration by 132,000 people per month, far more than the drop in illegal crossings. These are doctors, engineers, workers, and entrepreneurs. Over the last 30 years, legal immigrants reduced the U.S. deficit by $14.5 trillion. And Trump has increased our deficit by another trillion in 2026. With an aging population and shrinking workforce, we need them. This isn't border security, it is economic suicide. Our kids and grandkids will pay the price for this idiocy.
It's called Agrovoltaics and it works pretty damn good,if you do it right.
While I understand the sentiment, I think there are a huge number of hurdles in front of them. Certainly they have become a manufacturing powerhouse, but they also have a lot more dependencies then does the US. Also everyone is going to be hit by the demographic inversion here shortly, so that's going to be a dynamic environment to be "the world power". Such as climate change and the reduction of the rule of law.
Don't forget this is an international game though. China is playing this game.