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Pada awal kosmos Nias, ada Lowalangi, the source of the universe. Ia membentuk semesta menjadi sembilan lapis langit. One stacked above another like a terrace of lights.
Ketika langit selesai, ia menanam pohon suci di pusatnya: Tora’a, the Tree of Life.
Ketika langit selesai, ia menanam pohon suci di pusatnya: Tora’a, the Tree of Life.
Tora’a menghasilkan dua buah bercahaya. Seekor laba-laba emas, juga diciptakan oleh Lowalangi, membungkusnya dengan sutra dan berjaga-jaga. Dari kedua buah itu lahir pasangan ilahi pertama: Tuhamoraangi Tuhamoraanaa dan Burutiraoangi Burutiraoanaa.
Dalam tradisi lisan (syair) Nias yang disebut hoho, laba-laba emas ini sering dipahami sebagai guardian alih-alih pencipta. Ia ditugaskan Lowalangi untuk melindungi buah divine ini hingga tibanya kelahiran makhluk pertama.
Over-explaining is a form of emotional begging.
It keeps you trap in a cycle of anxiety.
How to say less and mean more:
It keeps you trap in a cycle of anxiety.
How to say less and mean more:
Over-explaining is a habit response. It comes from emotional monitoring. When we believe someone might feel upset or hurt by something we say, we over-explain to try to please the other person and to protect ourselves.
The issue with over-explaining is, we're creating a story about how someone will feel before we actually give them a chance to tell us what they think or feel.
An emotionally unavailable partner slowly puts your body into survival mode.
Here's Why:
Here's Why:
When someone's emotionally unavailable, you can feel completely alone in the relationship. You're trying to connect, trying to find middle ground, or trying to "get" them, but they push you away every time.
You crave depth, being seen, and vulnerability, and they crave distraction, avoidance, and solitude.
They things get difficult, their first instinct is to leave or shut down.
Yours is to come together and figure things out.
They things get difficult, their first instinct is to leave or shut down.
Yours is to come together and figure things out.
‼️ Proposed Amendments to the Denver Municipal Sentencing bill that will be heard by City Council today.
7 Amendments were published this morning.
I will post and comment on each below. 🧵
7 Amendments were published this morning.
I will post and comment on each below. 🧵
Amendment 2
Alien psyop, but it's true. Orion is Nephilia the father of the nephilim.
He's Nimrod. Gilgamesh. Samyaza. Anu. Viracocha. Osiris/Sahu. Baal.
Dagda. Lugh lámhfhada. Saint George. Hayk. He's the father God of pre Christian cultures everywhere. The founder or creator deity.
He's Nimrod. Gilgamesh. Samyaza. Anu. Viracocha. Osiris/Sahu. Baal.
Dagda. Lugh lámhfhada. Saint George. Hayk. He's the father God of pre Christian cultures everywhere. The founder or creator deity.
Camelot. Shiva. Zeus. Izanagi. Ta'aroa. Baiame. Nyeeruna. Hashehʼééshzhini. The first slender one. Biboonkeonini. Red horn/he who wears human faces as ear rings. The long sash.
All over the entire planet
All over the entire planet
Watch 'Code X' by Robert Edward Grant on Gaia.
He gives a lot of information on it.
He is mentioned in the bible as a creation of God specifically to downplay his position as God in pre Abrahamic societies.
He gives a lot of information on it.
He is mentioned in the bible as a creation of God specifically to downplay his position as God in pre Abrahamic societies.
MELE NÁS MASOMLÝNEK - VOVČANSK
1/11) Zatímco média plní záběry hořících rafinerií nebo informují o blížícím se pádu Kosťantynivky, zapomíná se, že se Rusko už měsíce snaží otevřít novou frontu. A obrana pomalu prosakuje. ⬇️⬇️
1/11) Zatímco média plní záběry hořících rafinerií nebo informují o blížícím se pádu Kosťantynivky, zapomíná se, že se Rusko už měsíce snaží otevřít novou frontu. A obrana pomalu prosakuje. ⬇️⬇️
CHTĚL JSEM SI UŽ ODPÁLIT HLAVU GRANÁTEM
2/11) Jak nám líčí náš kolega z rozvědky, když ho navštěvujeme v nemocnici, situace je brutální. V těle má díry, které by pro většinu z nás byly neslučitelné se životem. Prostě byste umřeli šokem.
Poškozená čelist, chybějící loket včetně kosti, dvě díry v hrudníku…
Rozhodně to není jeho první zranění, ale z rozsahu je nám jasné, že je v zásadě poslední. Dobojoval. Byť si zatím svoji situaci ještě nechce připustit. A pod sedativy možná ani nemůže.
Válečník, který má kromě krku jizvy na všech částech těla včetně hlavy, zažil to, čeho se dnes vojáci děsí nejvíce – přepad drony z nebes.
Měl štěstí. Dva další kluci zemřeli, jeden v plamenech, když se je zkusil evakuovat.
Rusové si je vychutnali. Měli na to celou noc. Celkem na malou skupinu vyslali minimálně dvanáct útočných dronů. Dva chlapi jsou po smrti, pět raněných, většina střední a těžká zranění. Do bojů se nikdo z nich jen tak nezapojí. ⬇️⬇️
2/11) Jak nám líčí náš kolega z rozvědky, když ho navštěvujeme v nemocnici, situace je brutální. V těle má díry, které by pro většinu z nás byly neslučitelné se životem. Prostě byste umřeli šokem.
Poškozená čelist, chybějící loket včetně kosti, dvě díry v hrudníku…
Rozhodně to není jeho první zranění, ale z rozsahu je nám jasné, že je v zásadě poslední. Dobojoval. Byť si zatím svoji situaci ještě nechce připustit. A pod sedativy možná ani nemůže.
Válečník, který má kromě krku jizvy na všech částech těla včetně hlavy, zažil to, čeho se dnes vojáci děsí nejvíce – přepad drony z nebes.
Měl štěstí. Dva další kluci zemřeli, jeden v plamenech, když se je zkusil evakuovat.
Rusové si je vychutnali. Měli na to celou noc. Celkem na malou skupinu vyslali minimálně dvanáct útočných dronů. Dva chlapi jsou po smrti, pět raněných, většina střední a těžká zranění. Do bojů se nikdo z nich jen tak nezapojí. ⬇️⬇️
VOVČANSK - BRÁNA DO UKRAJINSKÉHO TÝLU
3/11) Vovčansk je dnes srovnaný se zemí, téměř stejně jako Marjinka u Doněcku. Zdálo by se, že nemá žádný smysl se tudy pokoušet projít, ale opak je pravdou. Jak ostatně ukázalo právě prolomení obrany u Marjinky.
Za cenu naprostého zničení můžete otevřít nový směr útoku a prolomit roky odolávající obranu. Vovčansk může být tento případ. Nelze to podceňovat.
Je tototiž dnes jedna z mála relativně krytých cest z velkého ruského logistického hubu – Belgorodu. Když se podíváte na mapu, pěchota může vyrazit z města a jeho okolí krytá lesem téměř až do Vovčansku. ⬇️⬇️
3/11) Vovčansk je dnes srovnaný se zemí, téměř stejně jako Marjinka u Doněcku. Zdálo by se, že nemá žádný smysl se tudy pokoušet projít, ale opak je pravdou. Jak ostatně ukázalo právě prolomení obrany u Marjinky.
Za cenu naprostého zničení můžete otevřít nový směr útoku a prolomit roky odolávající obranu. Vovčansk může být tento případ. Nelze to podceňovat.
Je tototiž dnes jedna z mála relativně krytých cest z velkého ruského logistického hubu – Belgorodu. Když se podíváte na mapu, pěchota může vyrazit z města a jeho okolí krytá lesem téměř až do Vovčansku. ⬇️⬇️
There is an old laptop in your closet.
Gathering dust. Dead battery. Slow processor. You keep it because you feel guilty throwing it away.
That laptop can replace every cloud subscription you pay for.
- Netflix
- Google
- Dropbox
- 1Password
That is $42 a month. $504 a year. To rent things you used to own.
The old laptop in your closet could do all of it.
Now meet CasaOS.
A free and open source system that turns any old laptop, Raspberry Pi, or mini PC into your own personal cloud.
You run one command. In 30 minutes, the laptop becomes a server. You open it from your phone, your TV, your work computer, anywhere in the world.
Then you pick the apps you want from a built-in store. One click each.
- Jellyfin to replace Netflix. Stream every movie and show you own.
- Immich to replace Google Photos. Faces and search included.
- Nextcloud to replace Dropbox. Sync every file across every device.
- Vaultwarden to replace 1Password. All your passwords, your keys.
- Syncthing to keep files in sync across every device, no cloud.
- Home Assistant to control every smart device in your home.
- AdGuard to block ads on every device on your wifi.
Setting up a home server the old way took an entire weekend. Install Linux. Learn Docker. Write config files. Set up storage. Fix errors. Look up every app one by one.
CasaOS does all of that for you. No code. No config files. No Linux skills. You see icons on a screen. You click them.
34,116 stars on GitHub. Apache 2.0. Free forever.
Built by a small team starting September 2021. Runs on Raspberry Pi, Intel NUC, old laptops, and most home servers. Over 100,000 Docker apps can be installed.
A new Raspberry Pi costs $50. The old laptop in your closet costs $0. It already works. It is already in your house.
Netflix charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Google charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Dropbox charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
1Password charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Here is the wild part.
The laptop you forgot about is more powerful than the web server that ran most websites in 2008.
It is sitting in a drawer. It costs you nothing. It already works.
One command. Thirty minutes. Five hundred dollars a year back in your pocket.
Your files. Your photos. Your movies. Your home.
Your closet just became a data center.
Gathering dust. Dead battery. Slow processor. You keep it because you feel guilty throwing it away.
That laptop can replace every cloud subscription you pay for.
- Netflix
- Dropbox
- 1Password
That is $42 a month. $504 a year. To rent things you used to own.
The old laptop in your closet could do all of it.
Now meet CasaOS.
A free and open source system that turns any old laptop, Raspberry Pi, or mini PC into your own personal cloud.
You run one command. In 30 minutes, the laptop becomes a server. You open it from your phone, your TV, your work computer, anywhere in the world.
Then you pick the apps you want from a built-in store. One click each.
- Jellyfin to replace Netflix. Stream every movie and show you own.
- Immich to replace Google Photos. Faces and search included.
- Nextcloud to replace Dropbox. Sync every file across every device.
- Vaultwarden to replace 1Password. All your passwords, your keys.
- Syncthing to keep files in sync across every device, no cloud.
- Home Assistant to control every smart device in your home.
- AdGuard to block ads on every device on your wifi.
Setting up a home server the old way took an entire weekend. Install Linux. Learn Docker. Write config files. Set up storage. Fix errors. Look up every app one by one.
CasaOS does all of that for you. No code. No config files. No Linux skills. You see icons on a screen. You click them.
34,116 stars on GitHub. Apache 2.0. Free forever.
Built by a small team starting September 2021. Runs on Raspberry Pi, Intel NUC, old laptops, and most home servers. Over 100,000 Docker apps can be installed.
A new Raspberry Pi costs $50. The old laptop in your closet costs $0. It already works. It is already in your house.
Netflix charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Google charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Dropbox charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
1Password charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Here is the wild part.
The laptop you forgot about is more powerful than the web server that ran most websites in 2008.
It is sitting in a drawer. It costs you nothing. It already works.
One command. Thirty minutes. Five hundred dollars a year back in your pocket.
Your files. Your photos. Your movies. Your home.
Your closet just became a data center.
In 2014, 300 scientists warned Anthony Fauci would start a global pandemic.
Following the high-profile escape of three bugs from U.S. labs, these 300 scientists sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to shut down Anthony Fauci's gain-of-function research.
Obama issued a moratorium and shut down 18 of the worst projects by Anthony Fauci. In the end, he really didn't shut them down. Instead, Obama moved the research offshore to places like Ukraine, the former Soviet State of Georgia, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China.
Now, it is widely accepted that COVID-19 originated from that very lab in Wuhan, China.
Those 300 scientists were right about Fauci…
But the big question is, why are people like him so obsessed with creating dangerous pathogens in the first place? 🧵
Following the high-profile escape of three bugs from U.S. labs, these 300 scientists sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to shut down Anthony Fauci's gain-of-function research.
Obama issued a moratorium and shut down 18 of the worst projects by Anthony Fauci. In the end, he really didn't shut them down. Instead, Obama moved the research offshore to places like Ukraine, the former Soviet State of Georgia, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China.
Now, it is widely accepted that COVID-19 originated from that very lab in Wuhan, China.
Those 300 scientists were right about Fauci…
But the big question is, why are people like him so obsessed with creating dangerous pathogens in the first place? 🧵
Bioweapons research is always sold with the same simple promise:
We have to make pathogens more dangerous so we can learn how to stop them.
Honestly, that sounds insane when stated plainly.
But somehow this logic has funded a massive industry for decades, and the safety record is far worse than most people realize.
We have to make pathogens more dangerous so we can learn how to stop them.
Honestly, that sounds insane when stated plainly.
But somehow this logic has funded a massive industry for decades, and the safety record is far worse than most people realize.
The public hears “pandemic preparedness” and imagines top scientists working tirelessly to prevent the next disaster.
But it’s not that simple.
The deeper problem is that this research often involves collecting dangerous pathogens, modifying them, storing them, passing them through animals, testing their behavior, and hoping the lab never makes a mistake.
And there are a lot of mistakes that can be made.
But it’s not that simple.
The deeper problem is that this research often involves collecting dangerous pathogens, modifying them, storing them, passing them through animals, testing their behavior, and hoping the lab never makes a mistake.
And there are a lot of mistakes that can be made.
STOP TELLING CHATGPT “ACT AS A STOCK TRADING EXPERT”.
BAD PROMPT = BAD RESULT.
USE THESE PROMPTS INSTEAD AND YOU'LL SEE THE MAGIC:
BAD PROMPT = BAD RESULT.
USE THESE PROMPTS INSTEAD AND YOU'LL SEE THE MAGIC:
1. Personal Market Analyst
"Act as a professional stock market analyst and analyze the following stock based on fundamentals, financial ratios, business model, strength of the management team, competitive advantage, and long-term potential. Present your conclusions clearly. Stock: [name]"
"Act as a professional stock market analyst and analyze the following stock based on fundamentals, financial ratios, business model, strength of the management team, competitive advantage, and long-term potential. Present your conclusions clearly. Stock: [name]"
2. Technical Analysis of the Chart
“Interpret the technical chart of this stock using key indicators such as moving averages, RSI, MACD, trend lines, supports/resistances, and volume. Explain probable scenarios, not predictions. Chart data: [paste]”
“Interpret the technical chart of this stock using key indicators such as moving averages, RSI, MACD, trend lines, supports/resistances, and volume. Explain probable scenarios, not predictions. Chart data: [paste]”
I just walked out of a session with an ADHD teen and I'm honestly speechless.
They explained executive dysfunction in a SINGLE sentence. It’s better than any textbook definition I’ve ever read.
1. They said:
They explained executive dysfunction in a SINGLE sentence. It’s better than any textbook definition I’ve ever read.
1. They said:
“My brain keeps giving me instructions my body doesn’t follow.”
The room went completely silent after that.
The room went completely silent after that.
2. From the outside, people usually see:
• procrastination
• inconsistency
• unfinished tasks
• “not trying hard enough”
But internally, the experience feels completely different.
• procrastination
• inconsistency
• unfinished tasks
• “not trying hard enough”
But internally, the experience feels completely different.
Le Sénégal possède un train qui ne connait ni les problèmes caténaires, ni les problèmes de Clim, et les voies qui chauffent lors d’une canicule.
Pourquoi?
Thread technique.⤵️⤵️⤵️
Pourquoi?
Thread technique.⤵️⤵️⤵️
Tout d’abord on va parler du train en lui même, c’est un Regiolis.
À gauche un modèle Sénégalais, à droite un Français.
Ils se ressemblent ? Si si.
Normal, les deux sont fabriqués en France.
C’est quasiment le même modèle sauf un détail.
À gauche un modèle Sénégalais, à droite un Français.
Ils se ressemblent ? Si si.
Normal, les deux sont fabriqués en France.
C’est quasiment le même modèle sauf un détail.
Les blocs Clim en toiture sont surdimensionnés.
La légende dit même que les radiateurs ont des ailettes supplémentaires en cuivre (j’ai pas pu vérifier).
Le but du jeux étant de climatiser un train qui roule dans un pays chaud, avec des ouvertures de portes fréquentes.
La légende dit même que les radiateurs ont des ailettes supplémentaires en cuivre (j’ai pas pu vérifier).
Le but du jeux étant de climatiser un train qui roule dans un pays chaud, avec des ouvertures de portes fréquentes.
I handed CLAUDE my SALARY.
It told me I was 6 months from never needing one again.
These are the 7 prompts behind my exit plan:
It told me I was 6 months from never needing one again.
These are the 7 prompts behind my exit plan:
The Brutal Reality Check:
1. "Act as a financial strategist. Using my income [amount], fixed costs [list] and current side income [amount] - lay out my true financial position. Show me the three biggest opportunities I'm overlooking and the one change to make this month to get closer to financial freedom."
👉 Most people dodge this conversation. Claude doesn't judge. It just hands you the truth.
1. "Act as a financial strategist. Using my income [amount], fixed costs [list] and current side income [amount] - lay out my true financial position. Show me the three biggest opportunities I'm overlooking and the one change to make this month to get closer to financial freedom."
👉 Most people dodge this conversation. Claude doesn't judge. It just hands you the truth.
The Expense Identifier:
2. "Analyze my monthly spending: [paste it]. Flag every payment I make out of habit instead of necessity. Calculate exactly how much I free up each month by cutting them. Then show me how to redirect that money into building a second income."
👉 Most people uncover €150-300 here in under 10 minutes.
2. "Analyze my monthly spending: [paste it]. Flag every payment I make out of habit instead of necessity. Calculate exactly how much I free up each month by cutting them. Then show me how to redirect that money into building a second income."
👉 Most people uncover €150-300 here in under 10 minutes.
This paper is obviously relevant today, as we mark the 10th anniversary of Brexit, but I don't want to add to the plethora of takes on current events. Instead, let me zoom out and disucss the (fairly nuanced) implications of our analysis both for understanding British politics
over the last decade and the future challenges.
Retrospective implications:
1. While political psychologists highlight the tribal nature of Brexit politics (see the new book @sarahobolt and Tilley), the past decade has brought home to us
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…
Retrospective implications:
1. While political psychologists highlight the tribal nature of Brexit politics (see the new book @sarahobolt and Tilley), the past decade has brought home to us
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…
the importance of relative regional trajectories. Note, this is not simply about places being "left behind".
2. Our research shows that Brexit led to levelling up by levelling down -- reducing regional inequalities by making the richer regions
2. Our research shows that Brexit led to levelling up by levelling down -- reducing regional inequalities by making the richer regions
Paris, France
Upgrading the Electrical Infrastructure to enable Widespread A/C Adoption and Servicing of Peak Loads during Summer Heat Waves
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Paris / Île-de-France
Load problem
Paris combines dense old buildings, low historic AC penetration, strong urban heat-island effects, underground distribution constraints, and high public-sector cooling demand. It is the best candidate for a European “cooling infrastructure masterplan.”
Grid upgrades
Paris should prioritize secondary-network reinforcement rather than only transmission expansion. The bottlenecks will be local transformers, underground duct banks, service laterals, and vault heat.
Recommended upgrades:
LayerUpgradeSubstationsAdd forced-cooling transformers, mobile transformer staging, transformer temperature sensors, and dynamic summer overload ratings.Underground feedersInstall thermal sensors in ducts and vaults, replace weakest paper/oil or aged XLPE sections, and use targeted feeder paralleling.Voltage controlDeploy feeder-level Volt-VAR Optimization, capacitor banks, and automated tap changers.AMIUse smart-meter voltage and outage telemetry to identify overheated circuits and phase imbalance.Critical facilitiesPut hospitals, metro stations, senior housing, and cooling centers on microgrids with batteries and dispatchable backup.
Generation and storage
Paris should not solve this purely with more rooftop AC and more imported power. The better architecture is district cooling + nuclear-backed firm power + urban batteries + thermal storage.
Paris already has one of Europe’s major district-cooling platforms; Fraîcheur de Paris serves hundreds of buildings and is planned for expansion, and district cooling can reduce both electricity use and urban waste-heat rejection compared with individual AC units.
Power plan:
Expand district cooling into government buildings, hospitals, museums, universities, large offices, and dense apartment blocks.
Add chilled-water and ice-storage capacity near cooling plants.
Use France’s nuclear fleet as the firm summer backbone, but assume heatwaves can reduce nuclear output when river cooling is constrained.
Add BESS at substations around high-density arrondissements.
Contract demand-response from commercial buildings and hotels.
Priority
Paris should be Europe’s flagship district-cooling + underground-grid modernization city.
Upgrading the Electrical Infrastructure to enable Widespread A/C Adoption and Servicing of Peak Loads during Summer Heat Waves
=====
Paris / Île-de-France
Load problem
Paris combines dense old buildings, low historic AC penetration, strong urban heat-island effects, underground distribution constraints, and high public-sector cooling demand. It is the best candidate for a European “cooling infrastructure masterplan.”
Grid upgrades
Paris should prioritize secondary-network reinforcement rather than only transmission expansion. The bottlenecks will be local transformers, underground duct banks, service laterals, and vault heat.
Recommended upgrades:
LayerUpgradeSubstationsAdd forced-cooling transformers, mobile transformer staging, transformer temperature sensors, and dynamic summer overload ratings.Underground feedersInstall thermal sensors in ducts and vaults, replace weakest paper/oil or aged XLPE sections, and use targeted feeder paralleling.Voltage controlDeploy feeder-level Volt-VAR Optimization, capacitor banks, and automated tap changers.AMIUse smart-meter voltage and outage telemetry to identify overheated circuits and phase imbalance.Critical facilitiesPut hospitals, metro stations, senior housing, and cooling centers on microgrids with batteries and dispatchable backup.
Generation and storage
Paris should not solve this purely with more rooftop AC and more imported power. The better architecture is district cooling + nuclear-backed firm power + urban batteries + thermal storage.
Paris already has one of Europe’s major district-cooling platforms; Fraîcheur de Paris serves hundreds of buildings and is planned for expansion, and district cooling can reduce both electricity use and urban waste-heat rejection compared with individual AC units.
Power plan:
Expand district cooling into government buildings, hospitals, museums, universities, large offices, and dense apartment blocks.
Add chilled-water and ice-storage capacity near cooling plants.
Use France’s nuclear fleet as the firm summer backbone, but assume heatwaves can reduce nuclear output when river cooling is constrained.
Add BESS at substations around high-density arrondissements.
Contract demand-response from commercial buildings and hotels.
Priority
Paris should be Europe’s flagship district-cooling + underground-grid modernization city.
Rome, Italy
Rome
Load problem
Rome has high summer heat, humidity, tourism, hotels, hospitals, government buildings, old masonry structures, and uneven cooling access. AC demand is already structural, but grid modernization is lagging behind the likely future load.
Grid upgrades
Rome’s challenge is a mix of heritage urban fabric and high summer tourism load.
LayerUpgradeHistoric coreReinforce service laterals and transformer rooms without major street disruption. Hotels and tourism zonesRequire commercial load controls, thermal storage, and grid-interactive HVAC.Hospitals/governmentBuild cooling microgrids with batteries and backup generation.DistributionAdd feeder automation and fault isolation to reduce cascading summer outages.AMIUse smart-meter analytics to identify overloaded residential feeders.
Generation and storage
Rome should use a solar-heavy but storage-backed strategy:
Rooftop solar on public buildings, schools, universities, logistics sites, and parking canopies.
Batteries at hospitals, metro nodes, municipal buildings, and substations.
Ice-storage for hotels, museums, Vatican-adjacent facilities, conference centers, and government offices.
Firm capacity from national gas/hydro/interconnectors during evening peaks.
Heat-pump replacement programs for inefficient room AC units.
Priority
Rome needs tourism-zone grid reinforcement plus commercial thermal storage.
Rome
Load problem
Rome has high summer heat, humidity, tourism, hotels, hospitals, government buildings, old masonry structures, and uneven cooling access. AC demand is already structural, but grid modernization is lagging behind the likely future load.
Grid upgrades
Rome’s challenge is a mix of heritage urban fabric and high summer tourism load.
LayerUpgradeHistoric coreReinforce service laterals and transformer rooms without major street disruption. Hotels and tourism zonesRequire commercial load controls, thermal storage, and grid-interactive HVAC.Hospitals/governmentBuild cooling microgrids with batteries and backup generation.DistributionAdd feeder automation and fault isolation to reduce cascading summer outages.AMIUse smart-meter analytics to identify overloaded residential feeders.
Generation and storage
Rome should use a solar-heavy but storage-backed strategy:
Rooftop solar on public buildings, schools, universities, logistics sites, and parking canopies.
Batteries at hospitals, metro nodes, municipal buildings, and substations.
Ice-storage for hotels, museums, Vatican-adjacent facilities, conference centers, and government offices.
Firm capacity from national gas/hydro/interconnectors during evening peaks.
Heat-pump replacement programs for inefficient room AC units.
Priority
Rome needs tourism-zone grid reinforcement plus commercial thermal storage.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona
Load problem
Barcelona has hot, humid Mediterranean summers, dense apartment blocks, high tourism loads, and strong evening latent cooling demand. Its schools and public buildings are already becoming a visible adaptation priority; Barcelona has launched programs to install efficient heat pumps and solar panels across public schools.
Grid upgrades
LayerUpgradeApartment districtsUpgrade service panels, risers, and local transformers for mini-split saturation.Tourism zonesRequire hotels to provide thermal storage or dispatchable load flexibility.Schools/public buildingsStandardize solar + heat pump + battery + ventilation packages.DistributionAdd feeder automation and voltage control in dense neighborhoods.AMIUse granular load data to identify phase imbalance and overloaded laterals.
Generation and storage
Barcelona should lean into distributed solar + school/public-building batteries + commercial load control.
Solar canopies and rooftop PV on schools, markets, parking areas, warehouses, and port facilities.
Substation BESS for evening peaks.
Thermal storage in hotels, convention centers, universities, hospitals, and shopping centers.
Port electrification should be coordinated with cooling demand to avoid simultaneous peaks.
Smart thermostat and building-management VPPs for hotels and large apartment complexes.
Priority
Barcelona’s best model is tourism-funded public cooling + solarized public buildings + hotel demand response.
Barcelona
Load problem
Barcelona has hot, humid Mediterranean summers, dense apartment blocks, high tourism loads, and strong evening latent cooling demand. Its schools and public buildings are already becoming a visible adaptation priority; Barcelona has launched programs to install efficient heat pumps and solar panels across public schools.
Grid upgrades
LayerUpgradeApartment districtsUpgrade service panels, risers, and local transformers for mini-split saturation.Tourism zonesRequire hotels to provide thermal storage or dispatchable load flexibility.Schools/public buildingsStandardize solar + heat pump + battery + ventilation packages.DistributionAdd feeder automation and voltage control in dense neighborhoods.AMIUse granular load data to identify phase imbalance and overloaded laterals.
Generation and storage
Barcelona should lean into distributed solar + school/public-building batteries + commercial load control.
Solar canopies and rooftop PV on schools, markets, parking areas, warehouses, and port facilities.
Substation BESS for evening peaks.
Thermal storage in hotels, convention centers, universities, hospitals, and shopping centers.
Port electrification should be coordinated with cooling demand to avoid simultaneous peaks.
Smart thermostat and building-management VPPs for hotels and large apartment complexes.
Priority
Barcelona’s best model is tourism-funded public cooling + solarized public buildings + hotel demand response.
Last week, U.S. officials called Cuba's recent economic reform package, its most dramatic in 60 years (at least on paper), "superficial smoke signals."
Today's SDN listings may have already been in works, but timing amounts to an additional snub.
state.gov/releases/offic…
Today's SDN listings may have already been in works, but timing amounts to an additional snub.
state.gov/releases/offic…
I and others have asked many Qs about the reforms:
How will they be sequenced?
Will there be follow through or are they meant to buy time?
Can they work w/o political opening or accomodation w DC?
Will they just empower new elite but impoverish majority?
elpais.com/us/2026-06-13/…
How will they be sequenced?
Will there be follow through or are they meant to buy time?
Can they work w/o political opening or accomodation w DC?
Will they just empower new elite but impoverish majority?
elpais.com/us/2026-06-13/…
But rather than saying "Ok - there are some things that look like progress in right direction on paper (private sector expansion etc), but we need to see follow through on X, clarity on Y, and more on the political front," Washington is basically saying "Ask me if I care."
Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis.
Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention.
So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption.
1/ Here it is - in one🧵
Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention.
So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption.
1/ Here it is - in one🧵
DATE OF CORRUPTION: April 7, 2025
Donald Trump, one of the biggest crypto players in the world, declares we will no longer be enforcing our laws against the crypto industry.
Active fraud investigations are shut down. The entire crypto enforcement team at DOJ is fired.
Donald Trump, one of the biggest crypto players in the world, declares we will no longer be enforcing our laws against the crypto industry.
Active fraud investigations are shut down. The entire crypto enforcement team at DOJ is fired.
DATE OF CORRUPTION: September 23, 2026
Border Czar Tom Homan is caught by FBI agents taking a bribe in exchange for federal contracts. The FBI has video footage of Homan accepting a big bag of cash.
Trump kills the FBI investigation, and Homan gets a job in the administration.
Border Czar Tom Homan is caught by FBI agents taking a bribe in exchange for federal contracts. The FBI has video footage of Homan accepting a big bag of cash.
Trump kills the FBI investigation, and Homan gets a job in the administration.
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