Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Counter Terrorism Police Probe Heathrow Fire
March 21st, 2025Mmm hmm. Via: Daily Mail: Counter terrorism police are now leading the probe into an electrical substation fire that has shut London Heathrow Airport for the whole of today amid claims it could be a Russian sabotage attack linked to Vladimir Putin’s campaign of disruption. More than 1,300 flights to and from the UK’s busiest […]
In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying
March 12th, 2025Via: EFF: EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans. Mark didn’t set out to change the world. For 22 years, he was a telecommunications […]
Research Underway to Enable Satellites to Permanently Orbit in Very Low Earth Orbit
February 9th, 2025Is this actually going to happen? I don’t know why, but Cryptogon is read by many people who are qualified to provide a sanity check on this. I hope they comment. Needless to say, it would be very bad if remote operated/autonomous weapon systems were able to use realtime, high definition imagery, available planet-wide, for […]
Critical Air Safety System NOTAM Goes Down Nationwide
February 2nd, 2025Via: New York Post: Flights across the US could be delayed Sunday after the Federal Aviation Administration’s critical NOTAM warning system experienced an outage —mere days after two deadly plane crashes rocked the nation. Notice to Air Missions — which relays important information about possible hazards to pilots and airports — went dark Saturday night, […]
NYC Subway Train Stolen for “Joyride”
January 31st, 2025Via: Fox5: The NYPD is searching for the six suspects who are accused of stealing a subway train in Queens and taking it for a joyride. According to police, the theft took place at 10 p.m. on Saturday near the 71st Avenue station in Forest Hills. Police said that six suspects got into an empty […]
California: Moss Landing Lithium Ion Energy Storage Facility on Fire
January 17th, 2025Via: SF Gate: One of the world’s largest lithium battery plants went up in flames on Thursday, prompting evacuations and warnings to stay inside to avoid noxious fumes in Monterey County. “There’s no way to sugar coat it,” Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church told KSBW. “This is a disaster.” The Moss Landing Power Plant, located […]
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires
January 14th, 2025If you happen to be trying to wake someone up in Los Angeles, the fires might represent a teachable moment. Shellenberger comes from the left, so that might make the medicine more palatable, in general, to people in that area. On a much different topic, if you stick with this to the end, it appears […]
“Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise,” Postponed Due to, “Disinformation About the Purpose of the Event and Its Proximity to Election Day”
October 31st, 2024Mmm hmm. Anyone who thought that the timing of the event was strange is clearly nuts. Peddling disinformation. Probably racist. etc. I wonder why, “A number of government agencies,” wouldn’t have been able to participate? Are they going to be busy with other pressing matters around the election? *wink* Via: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics […]
X.ai: Inside the Largest AI Training Cluster in the World
October 29th, 2024Off topic, but this might be of interest if you want to see what the business end of Grok AI looks like. Also, that cable management… Woh. Via: ServeTheHome:
California May Lose Two More Refineries That Produce 14% of Gasoline in the State
October 27th, 2024Via: Just the News: Short on the heels of another major refinery closure, Valero signaled it is considering closing its two California refineries that produce over 14% of the state’s gasoline. Refinery closures already have the state importing 8% of its gasoline supply, which means the state could soon have to significantly increase its imports […]
