Author Archives: TTG

Exploding pagers wound large number of Hezbollah members in Lebanon

Posted on September 17, 2024 by TTG

Beirut, Lebanon — Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said Tuesday that “a large number” of its members were wounded and at least three people killed when pagers issued by the group exploded simultaneously in locations across the Iran-backed group’s Beirut and south Lebanon strongholds. … Continue reading →

Posted in Intelligence, Israel, Lebanon, Technology, TTG | 8 Comments

‘Monumental’ solar project unveiled

Posted on September 14, 2024 by TTG

North Stafford High School’s rooftop array will save system $2.8M CATHY DYSON – The Free Lance–Star Stafford County officials and high school students joined with state senators and a White House economist Thursday to unveil Virginia’s largest school solar array. … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Local News, TTG | 21 Comments

Open Thread – 11 September 2024

Posted on September 11, 2024 by TTG

You can talk about last night’s debate, Haitian immigrants eating pets or Taylor Swift’s druthers if you want. Or maybe you want to remember what happened 23 years ago today. On that day, my partner and I were on our … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Thread, TTG | 165 Comments

SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk says

Posted on September 10, 2024 by TTG

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will start flying Mars missions just two years from now, if all goes according to plan. “These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Mars, Space, TTG | 3 Comments

The other side of Russia’s application of reflexive control

Posted on September 9, 2024 by TTG

The Kremlin signaled its commitment to establish full control over the Russian information space in the future and will likely reattempt to deanonymize Russian social media and Telegram channels even though Roskomnadzor withdrew its recently proposed regulations for now. Kremlin … Continue reading →

Posted in Russia, TTG | 12 Comments

Russians taking reflexive control to a new level

Posted on September 7, 2024 by TTG

Federal officials have accused Russia of using unwitting right-wing American influencers in its quest to spread Kremlin propaganda ahead of the 2024 presidential election. On Wednesday, the Justice Department charged two employees of RT, the Russian state media broadcaster, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Intelligence, Russia, TTG | 108 Comments

“What are Israel’s protests and general strike about — and how big are they?”

Posted on September 4, 2024 by TTG

The largest since the start of war, the protests and strike are the latest outpouring of anger against PM Netanyahu for failing to reach a ceasefire. Protests have erupted across Israel, accompanied by a general strike, after the recovery of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Palestine, TTG | 7 Comments

“As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel”

Posted on September 2, 2024 by TTG

This summer, one of my lectures was protested by far-right students. Their rhetoric brought to mind some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history – and overlapped with mainstream Israeli views to a shocking degree. In 19 June 2024, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Palestine, TTG | 47 Comments

Tom67 on Mongolia

Posted on September 1, 2024 by TTG

This a comment of Tom67 in reply to elkern  in a recent post “Putin’s alternative pipeline flops quietly.” I find Tom67’s comment worth a separate post.  I am married to a Mongolian, speak Mongolian run an outdoors company in Mongolia … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Asia, China, Russia, TTG | 37 Comments

“NASA Composite Booms Deploy, Mission Sets Sail in Space”

Posted on August 30, 2024 by TTG

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is now fully deployed in space after a successful test of its sail-hoisting boom system. Mission operators confirmed success at 1:33 p.m. EDT (10:33 a.m. PDT) on Thursday, Aug. 29, after receiving data from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Space, Technology, TTG | 6 Comments