Lucas Lilieholm

Palantir’s success in selling to national security agencies and the emergence of tech founders who identify as patriots fighting to preserve U.S. preeminence have helped make the tech industry more comfortable selling to the military. https://t.co/netPRxrjXI

The country’s railway system, of which high-speed lines link 97 per cent of Chinese cities with a population above 500,000, recorded 4.08 billion passenger trips last year, up 10.8 per cent year on year. https://t.co/O3TSjgCPXi

"There is a load of carbon in the Arctic soils. It’s close to half of the Earth’s soil carbon pool. That’s much more than there is in the atmosphere. There’s a huge potential reservoir that should ideally stay in the ground." https://t.co/TdWkPUz3R3

Another Proud Boy told Reuters the pardons would help recruit more members. "A lot of people stayed away from us after there were arrests,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Now they are going to feel like they are bulletproof." https://t.co/ajuHF41lAd

Time and again, Israel crossed the Biden administration’s red lines without changing course in a meaningful way, according to interviews with government officials and outside experts. Each time, the U.S. yielded https://t.co/0OmdT2nEUJ

RT @sananoorhaq: Janat Abdel Aal, an 11-year-old Palestinian girl who survived an Israeli attack in Al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza, on Thursda…

The war of all against all finds its ideological correlate not in a Protestant work ethic but in the speculative-entrepreneurial ethic of evangelicals. https://t.co/la2HV4kvwh

Pakistan is expected to add an estimated 17 GW of solar power in 2024, which is more than a third of the country's entire generating capacity. This growth places Pakistan as one of the top installers of solar panels globally for 2024. https://t.co/saDzhyMV5X

Russia's low birth rate has for years caused labour shortage headaches, but the [war] resulted in tens of thousands of potential workers joining the army and many others emigrating. The central bank says 73% of Russian businesses are short of staff. https://t.co/sr4ND6amQt

“It’s refreshing to see people huddled offline in a casual setting, discussing literature and society… It makes me feel like we ordinary folks can also engage in public conversations.” https://t.co/8hqVWjVy8t

The findings come a year after the BBC obtained leaked documents that revealed plans by the UAE to use its role as host of COP28 to strike oil and gas deals. https://t.co/3wN2rGgqJT

‘According to the report, the 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years unless nations collectively commit to cut 42 per cent of annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and 57 per cent by 2035 in the next round of nationally determined contributions. https://t.co/7fki0t3eAQ

From barely anything just a few years ago, the US is now adding utility-scale batteries at a dizzying pace, having installed more than 20 gigawatts of battery capacity to the electric grid, with 5GW of this occurring just in the first 7 months of this year https://t.co/k6zucHKzWe