2025

A bit tired of the negativity towards modern TV and films, much of which I think is deserved, so instead lets have a topic about good TV shows and films you've seen. I really enjoyed or am currently enjoying these: The Peripheral (Amazon Prime) Adaptation of a William Gibson Sci-Fi novel I...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkZ92Uzh9E http://www.collectspace.com//news/news-072825a-smithsonian-air-space-museum-milestones-futures-open.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/07/30/national-air-space-museum-reopens-smithsonian-exhibits/

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fnpps-to-be-evaluated-for-use-in-the-mediterranean

https://www.wkms.org/energy/2025-07-25/billionaire-peter-thiel-backing-first-privately-developed-us-uranium-enrichment-facility-in-paducah The new plant will be run by figures closely tied to Elon Musk, with former SpaceX and Tesla executives high in the pecking order.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gabe-newell-acquires-yacht-company-building-the-usd400-million-ocean-fortress-hell-pick-up-later-this-year-because-he-respects-the-sea/ https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/oceanco-yacht-builder-sold-to-gabe-newell...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l7dey54zjo ORIGINAL CAPTION: A rendering shows what the outside would look like of the renovated East Wing of the White House. The right portion of the building is the East Wing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77v2kx304go

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/30/us/us-navy-f35-crash-california-intl-hnk-ml Regards,

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2025-07-26/piper-signs-biggest-ever-order-taps-deltahawk-diesel

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9jn1ydx9lo

This RFI, along with a bunch of other materials, was put out by AFRL in April/May as AFLCMC-EB-25-RFI01 . The Air Force has since pulled the files from SAM.gov , etc. but oh darn I happened to have the RFI saved.

When I saw that news about tsunami warnings for the US & Japan etc on my phone I thought it was fake news until I saw it being reported on proper news channels that’s an incredibly powerful quake at 8.8!!! According to the BBC it’s one of the biggest in modern history...

This new device can be installed on spy mini-drones to analyze the air for explosives or humans hidden in bunkers and tunnels, perhaps a more advanced version will be able to analyze the DNA of expired gases and identify people...

Thai F-16 confirmed shot down by credible SEA sources. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has refuted Cambodian media reports claiming that an F-16 aircraft had been shot down on Thursday. It confirmed that the aircraft returned safely after conducting a bombing mission on a Cambodian brigade...

Apparently Sig messed up real bad. Hoping here that some sensible figure leverage on this to push back the whole M7 pony. View: https://x.com/tangopapadelta/status/1947760579202236679 View: https://x.com/HardPass4/status/1948153303772119374

https://www.tamiya.com/english/pressrelease/20250722/index.html

Hasn’t it previously been rumoured that it’s this aircraft they keep losing money on during development. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/lockheed-records-1-6b-in-losses-mostly-linked-to-continued-strife-on-classified-aero-program/

well i have just come back from Royal International Air Tattoo 2025 at RAF Fairford (501st Combat Support Wing ) and one gem highlight of this years show is appearance of Egyptian Air Force Antonov AN74T-200A so here are my photos of it on arrival, and on static cheers

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/giora-epstein-legendary-israeli-fighter-pilot-and-worlds-top-jet-era-ace-dies-at-87/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql0n9dp7xwo https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/britains-lindsey-oil-refinery-close-after-no-buyer-found-2025-07-21/ https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2025/07/lindsey-oil-refinery-joins-grangemouth-on-scrapheap/