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HX-40 with SA Teletype, I just adore SA, especially ifnits green

Just found out about this community. Will be retroactively posting some builds from the last 2 month when I started this world with some friends.

Since my base is in the Tundra, I tried to build based on how I think I would handle living in a very cold climate. So a large potion of my base is actually underground connected by a series of tunnels.

Rough translation below, as original is in German:

For years, SUVs have been getting bigger and more luxurious. However, the people who drive these vehicles have not grown with them. To ensure road safety, a child seat requirement for SUV drivers has now been added to the Road Traffic Regulations (StVO). It will apply to numerous car models starting March 1.

“For safety reasons, child seats are now simply a necessity for adults driving SUVs,” explains traffic expert Manfred Salamonik, who was involved in drafting the new regulation. “Firstly, so that the seat belt fits properly and does not constrict the driver's neck in an emergency. Secondly, so that you can actually see over the steering wheel and reach all the controls and the gear stick in a modern SUV.”

All SUV models built in 2018 or later are affected by the child seat requirement. In these vehicles, it can be assumed that the interior is so large that, relatively speaking, the driver is about as small as a child in a conventional car.

The first adult-sized child seats with five-point harnesses approved by TÜV have been available in stores since this week. Extras such as a built-in cup holder or a Velcro fastener for attaching a favorite cuddly toy or teething ring are available at an additional cost.

Drivers who are at least 2.20 meters tall or weigh more than 250 kilograms are exempt from the child seat requirement.

But it's not just adults who have to adapt: children traveling in a new SUV will in future need two child seats – one adult-sized seat that is attached to the seat, and one child-sized seat that is attached to the first child seat.

Drei Punkte lautete der Auftrag und es gab ein absolut bekömmliches Drei-Gänge-Menü. Samstagmorgen, Brunch Time. Die Rummsmurmel ist nicht ganz so heftig wie befürchtet. Dennoch: Zum Aperitif gab es einen olympischen Franjo-von-Allmen-Café sowie Franzoni-Brötchen. Als Vorspeise wurde bald darauf ein buntgemischter Zweitliga-Salat serviert, bevor mit original Stuttgarter Käsespätzle endlich die Hauptspeise folgte. Diese mundete dann vorzüglich! Die Gäste würfelten zuerst eine Sechs und durften beginnen. Für unsere Jungs galt es, möglichst schnell den ersten Stich einzukassieren und anschließend gleich einen Pasch zu würfeln.

“They are like blind kittens,” a Ukrainian General Staff commander tells POLITICO.

Two days after Elon Musk's SpaceX launched Starlink verification and blocked unverified terminals in Ukraine, the pace of Russia's offensive appears to be slowing, a Ukrainian military official told POLITICO.

“Currently, such a trend is indeed observed. But it will be necessary to monitor further whether it will continue, whether there will be other factors,” said the official, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

“However, at some places, Ukrainian military Starlinks which have not been registered yet have also been disconnected. But the registration process is ongoing,” the official added.

Ian Michael Elliott of neofascist Patriot Front worked ‘crisis relief missions’ funded by Department of Agriculture

A federal security contractor that has been awarded millions of dollars by the Department of Agriculture hired a prominent white nationalist leader to work on its patrols last year.

Ian Michael Elliott, a longstanding senior figure in the neofascist group Patriot Front, was part of “crisis relief missions” undertaken on the US west coast by Knight Division Tactical, according to an image shared on LinkedIn in September by one of the company’s executives.

Elliott is shown posing alongside other people as he helps hold up a flag with the contractor’s logo on it. “Stellar company, sharp agents, quality work!” he would later write, in a five-star review posted on Knight Division Tactical’s Google Maps page.

Portugal elege António José Seguro como novo presidente @bunkerdaesquerda

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fEwNRiflDcE

Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment

The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.

Speaking to the Guardian after the UN hosted a meeting of leading global economists, Guterres said humanity’s future required the urgent overhaul of the world’s “existing accounting systems” he said were driving the planet to the brink of disaster.

“We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing. Let us not forget that when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP.”

For decades, politicians and policymakers have prioritised growth – as measured by GDP – as the overarching economic goal.

The European Union has launched its largest Chips Act pilot line, NanoIC, at IMEC Leuven, a major milestone for European semiconductor development and manufacturing. With a total investment of €2.5 billion, the facility has received €700 million in EU funding, €700 million from national and regional governments, and the remainder from ASML and other industry partners. NanoIC will accelerate the development of next-generation semiconductor technology, essential for the development of AI, autonomous vehicles, healthcare and 6G mobile technology.

NanoIC is the first European facility to deploy the most advanced Extreme Ultraviolet lithography machine, focusing on designing and manufacturing chips using technology beyond two nanometres.

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It is built on the principle of open access, with start-ups, researchers, SMEs and large organisations able to use the facilities at NanoIC. Hosted by IMEC (Belgium), its partners include CEA-Leti (France), Fraunhofer (Germany), VTT (Finland), CSSNT (Romania) and Tyndall National Institute (Ireland).

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The five pilot lines (NanoIC, FAMES, APECS, WBG and PIXEurope) under the Chips Act together represent a combined EU and national investment of €3.7 billion, bridging Europe's research excellence with industrial application. The opening of the NanoIC pilot line follows the inauguration of FAMES on 30 January.

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Resting on a branch in Keystone

Need for greater military autonomy also accepted, says report for Munich Security Conference, which takes place this week

Europe has come to the painful realisation that it needs to be more assertive and more militarily independent from an authoritarian US administration that no longer shares a commitment to liberal democratic norms and values, a report prepared by the Munich Security Conference asserts.

The report sets the scene for an all-out ideological confrontation with the Trump White House at the high-level annual meeting of security policy specialists, which starts on Friday.

In a now infamous speech to last year’s MSC, the US vice-president, JD Vance, claimed European elites were suppressing free speech and “opening the floodgates” to mass migration. The address marked the moment Europe realised the Trump administration would no longer be a reliable trading and security partner.