🚨 MAYDAY from Belarus 🚨

I am EU1AEY, and this is an SOS to the global amateur radio community. My heart is breaking. Today, in Belarus, a harmless technical hobby is being treated as high treason.

Help me amplify this signal before our keys are silenced forever. Show this to a journalist, relay it to your national radio associations, and don’t let this intellectual genocide happen in total silence.

https://medium.com/@steanlab/mayday-389f5713fee4

#hamradio #AmateurRadio #radio #DXing #hamr #swl #pota #sota

Picking up our AI bubble talk, this stuff should be the hot topic at every coffee shop, but nah, it's stuck in those nerdy tech mags 😔

https://2digital.news/when-the-ai-bubble-bursts-we-could-be-facing-the-first-great-depression-of-the-21st-century-one-more-grim-future-forecast

#ai #tech #technology #science #economics #forecast

2026 tech forecasts

2026 won’t be “the year of AI” – it’s the year inequality hardens. The rich get biology-as-a-service and life-extension; the rest get chatbot nutritionists. AI drifts from romantic experimentation to control tech and war infrastructure. Space turns into another military–industrial theater. Belarus is a case study in how universities become a tech back office for authoritarian regimes

https://belsat.eu/90661091/pragnozy-na-2026-god-ad-navukoca (Belsat, In Belarussian)

#tech #technology #ai #science #forecast

My Top AI-skepticism interview of 2025

I featured in an AI documentary, but key insights got cut. So I gave a dedicated interview unpacking my skepticism. It's my best tech talk this year, recommended even for AI newcomers.

https://2digital.news/a-technooptimist-on-what-will-finally-burst-the-ai-bubble/

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Discuss it on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackboxAI_/comments/1ppnsdl/one_of_the_best_oponions_on_ai_ive_read_recently/

#tech #technology #ai #ArtificialIntelligence

Weather Balloons as Smuggling Tools?

The recent border crisis involving #weather #balloons over Lithuania has everyone pointing fingers at smugglers. But what if the truth is less about crime and more about... #science?

In my latest analysis, I ran the numbers. The result? Using high-altitude balloons for cigarette smuggling is a logistical nightmare. A simple drone would be cheaper, faster, and far more effective.

Read my full breakdown and decide for yourself: https://lnkd.in/dSESwt9w

What's Lurking in Your Tap Water?

A reader's question about nitrosodimethylamine in chlorinated water sent me down a rabbit hole. I often mention nitrosamines when discussing cured meats or tobacco, but I've never done a full overview for our community.

These compounds are everywhere, quietly forming from common pollutants. It's a recurring toxicological theme that deserves a closer look.

So, let's fix that. Here is the full breakdown:

🐟 https://lab66.substack.com/p/nitrosamine

#Ecology #Chemistry #Science

My Perspective on Agroclimatic Adaptation in Eastern Europe: The Case of Belarus

Belarusian agriculture faces a climate tipping point: traditional crops are on the way out, and only bold adaptation—think corn, sunflower, and sorghum—can keep the fields alive

https://www.patreon.com/posts/134371896 (In Russian)

#Ecology #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Agriculture #ClimateResilience #Food #Environment #FoodSecurity #Innovation #Agribusiness

'Varkhi' tornado in Belarus

Belarus is facing a new climate reality: tornadoes are becoming more frequent and severe. July’s EF2 tornado in Varkhi village is a wake-up call for adaptation and climate resilience. Scientists urge investment in resilience and adaptation as tornadoes become a new normal for Belarus.

https://t.co/YEXmZjetDp

#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateAdaptation #Belarus #Ecology #Tornado #GlobalWarming #WeatherRisk #ClimateAction #Adaptation

Cognitive Debt Crisis: How AI Undermines Critical Thinking

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steanlab_cognitivedebt-ai-artificialintelligence-activity-7343286850259673088-nabN

#technology #tech #ai #cognitivedebt

Is Your Cat’s Litter Box Secretly Fueling the Male Fertility Crisis?

A new study reveals that Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite in cat litter, not only threatens unborn babies but may also silently destroy human sperm. With male infertility up 60% since the 1950s, are we missing a hidden culprit at home? Most men aren’t tested, and there’s no cure for tissue cysts. Time to rethink screening and what’s at stake for men’s health

https://t.co/PErjzJCIif (in Russian)

#science #ecology #medicine #cat