Some antidote to what's happening in the world...picture of #aurora-borealis I just took off the coast of Norway...

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Although an 'electronic' signalman at heart, we don't forget our heritage and origins. Had the unique opportunity to visit this in March during a NATO meeting held in Paris and now in the news (article in French): www.rtbf.be/article/a-la... It would be a great loss to let this knowledge die out.

Just posting this here for no particular reason... That we are currently under a heatwave and have already broken 8 temperature records this year is purely coincidental. 🥵 edition.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...

Too good not to share ... was doing a search on public holidays in Austria (the country without kangaroos) and BING gave me this as result ...

Something of interest for you @bartgonnissen.bsky.social ...

🇺🇦 Ukrainian Balloons Enable Communication Relay Over 100 km Balloons manufactured by the Ukrainian company Aerobavovna enable communication relay and reconnaissance over distances of hundreds of kilometers militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

If you shape the FFT right, it peaks the envelope — looks like art, sounds like noise. The poor satellite transponder won’t even know what hit it.😎

Just reposting this for no particular reason. Nudge nudge, wink wink 😜

1930's calling ... they're reclaiming their definition of Entartete Kunst en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degener...

Rather ironic ...

In other news: Today Denis Van Weynbergh finished his Vendee around the world sailing race. Almost 118 days of pure perseverance and endurance, all alone and unassisted. Absolutely amazing achievement. Nail biting till the end. www.vendeeglobe.org/en/article/b...

Je vais faire une supposition audacieuse. Le « bouffon sous kétamine », peut-être?

Strong message from UKR ...

Slava Ukraini

Haven't seen any comment on image Elon Musk uses for his X account: it's literally an image of a black hole! Basically, an object from which nothing can escape and destroys everything in its path ... is he trying to say something??

Just putting this out ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuDx...

Jonathan Pie strikes again ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0n... Just word of warning before blasting out sound: Audio NSFW

A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.

Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked." She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.

As always Jonathan Pie points out a few hard truths in his "off-camera" comments ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3XO.... However had a good laugh with his line on the village people...

🧵 Hello, I’m the Gibbsboro ARSR-4. I watch the skies over New Jersey, and I know when large UAS are operating in my airspace. Specs you should know:    •   Range: 250 nautical miles (463 km)    •   Frequency: L-band (1-2 GHz)    •   Purpose: Long-range airspace surveillance

Starlink announces new direct-to-cell service. Basically, your smartphone can now truely roam worldwide www.starlink.com/business/dir...

Technische kanttekening rond beschadigde uw kabels: debiet kabels wordt uitgedrukt in Terabyte/s; debiet SatCom in Gigabyte/s. Dat is dus een factor 1 Miljoen...