How network planning could provide a £2.58 billion boost

The UK has lagged Europe on connectivity for far too long, ranking 24th out of 30 for 5G availability. There is a way to finally get back into gear.

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Cable: US-Polish troop fracas due partly to bad US messaging

President Donald Trump reversed the decision not to deploy troops to Poland, but the fallout has been severe.

Politico
US sending 5,000 troops to Poland as it draws down forces in Germany

The announcement came after a planned training exercise was put on hold, alarming officials in Poland and angering members of Congress.

Politico
Eating more rice & #beans is linked to better #nutrition, a lower carbon and water #footprint, and lower total food expenditures. Promoting consumption of #rice & beans can improve human #health and environmental #sustainability in an affordable way: doi.org/10.1017/S136... #Carbon #Diets #Brazil

Rice and beans: the nutritious...
Rice and beans: the nutritious, sustainable and affordable staple of the Brazilian diet | Public Health Nutrition | Cambridge Core

Rice and beans: the nutritious, sustainable and affordable staple of the Brazilian diet

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Sigourney Weaver makes her mark at iconic Hollywood handprint event

Sigourney Weaver was celebrated in Hollywood with a hand and footprint ceremony at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre.

USA TODAY
Big promises, thin results from Trump’s China trip

President Donald Trump returns from his two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping with hints of deals but no progress on key issues that vex the U.S.-China relationship.

Politico
‘No idea it was coming’: Pentagon officials stunned by Hegseth decision on troops in Poland

It wasn’t clear why the Defense secretary issued the order not to send troops on a routine mission to a country the administration refers to as a “model ally.”

Politico

"Cascading transition risks towards degraded ecosystems in the #Amazon biome[:] The large majority of the simulated transitions is caused by spatial knock-on effects from increasing drought intensities, leading to long-ranging and self-propelling cascades on scales of hundreds to thousands of kilometres."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10456-0

#droughts #deforestation #landGrab #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forest #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #Brazil #Mercosur #beef #cattle #Amazonia

@aptitude @EugeneMcParland What am _I_ doing to countermeasure? What - me personally? Doing everything I can to reduce my #carbon #footprint, at any rate.