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As a geologist, I have studied various types of natural rocks, but recently I have become interested in ‘anthropogenic geomaterials’ – things like industrial slag – and how they become entwined in geological and environmental processes. I came to Workington originally to look at the slag, because I was interested in its potential to scrub-capture carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. However, when encountering the rock platform with the wheel in it, I was drawn by its incongruity. After studying the geomaterials of Workington more closely with my colleagues Amanda Owen and David Brown, we believe that this little-known section of the English coastline represents a tangible and potentially long-lasting signature of the impact humans are having on the planet.

Unlike many industrial landscapes, nature here has mostly returned, so it would be easy to miss that the beach is composed of human materials. Here a process that normally takes millennia or aeons has happened in a matter of decades. And it’s not the only example: new forms of anthropogenic geology are emerging around the world. These new materials are blurring the borderline between the natural and unnatural. They are also raising a rather fundamental question for geology: what actually is a rock?

If those shaheds cost $20,000 which is low balling the cost than that Gepard just eliminated $340,000 worth of drones.

The cost quickly balloons from there for russia as the cost per flying bomb/shahed goes up from having to make them more sophisticated and capable of flying higher to penetrate Ukrainian defenses.

The idea that mass flying bomb attacks are more cost efficient than other types of attacks or that there is no way a defender can't affordably chew through mass flying bomb attacks with expensive equipment in an affordable way is prevalent among people and entirely off the mark.

Safeguards governing drone strikes were dismantled. Restrictions imposed by the Biden administration – requiring White House approval for drone strikes in Somalia – were overturned.

Now, Africom generals could unilaterally decide whether to sanction a strike.

“They got the green light for high-tempo operations with minimal oversight,” says Jethro Norman, of the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS).

Of a dozen analysts and experts consulted by the Guardian since the news of a potential end to hostilities broke at the weekend, not one suggested the interim deal to be signed on Friday by representatives of Iran and the US would be any more than a temporary solution.

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - All nine South Dakota tribes are moving forward on legislation aimed at returning federal lands in the Black Hills to the Great Sioux Nation.

In a press release, leaders said the early draft focuses on protecting sacred sites, clean water, and land management, without involving private property or existing legal treaty claims.

“The Oceti Sakowin people are coming together to claim the land that is rightfully and legally owed to us,” said Madonna Thunder Hawk, Cheyenne River Sioux elder. “We are here to say, loud and clear, that the Black Hills are not for sale. We love our land, and will continue defending it – from Pe’ Sla to Craven Canyon and beyond.”

Tribal officials said the goal is to preserve the Black Hills and curb mining activity across the region.

“The ability to live with and care for our land is essential to our collective healing,” said Russell Eagle Bear, Sicangu Lakota elder and Rosebud Sioux Tribe Presidential Cultural Liaison. “The fight for the Black Hills to be returned to its rightful stewards is not only a material one, but also a spiritual one.”

This comes after a proposed graphite drilling project near Pe’Sla, a deeply sacred ceremonial site in the Black Hills, was halted.

There’s a town in eastern Ukraine at risk of falling to Russian forces in the next few weeks, with a local Ukrainian commander saying, “It is quite possible to lose Kostyantynivka by the end of the summer. The enemy is pressing very hard." This is shaping up to be a key fight in summer 2026 with recent reports from Ukraine and Russia that the city is becoming a key component of Russian offensive operations.

I have been posting a lot of videos lately, I will dial it back, but this is a great summary of the current context and situation in Kostyantynivka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBenq79e3w