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A previously energetic outgoing dad…
Work
I’m an Electrical engineer by trade, now leading HVDC projects specializing in offshore wind.
Life
Writing: my journey through life, including recovery (on-going) of chikungunya fever
Around the world today…
- Iran says the United States is "not serious" about negotiations as UKMTO reports a ship on fire off the coast of Iraq.
- Flavio Bolsonaro posted a video on social media saying police ordered him to surrender his passports
- Syria denies prior coordination with Jordan after deadly air strikes hit two provinces, killing at least seven people.
- Jordan’s air force has carried out several strikes in southern Syria in response to Friday’s church attack.
- Bayern Munich striker becomes the first Englishman to win the prestigious award in 25 years, after Michael Owen in 2001.
- A mass brawl erupted between players of the Turkish football teams Galatasaray and Fenerbahce.
- Comey, who was fired during Trump's first term, has been accused of unlawfully divulging national security information.
- The war on Iran is driving up fuel and fertiliser costs across Africa, threatening food security, trade officials say.
- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins a fourth term as Bolsonaro disputes the result. Can he deliver on his promises of change?
F1
Top Sporties
- Fighters are being "hurt, exploited or forgotten" in a failing system, says former boxer Paul Smith, who has criticised a lack of support for athletes.
- Harry Kane's dream of winning the Ballon d'Or came true on Monday, but a few hours earlier organisers prematurely released an article claiming he had clinched the award.
- Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas wins the Ballon d'Or Feminin for a record-equalling third time.
- Harry Kane becomes the first English player to win the Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world's best player at a ceremony in London.
- Harry Kane becomes the first English player to win the Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world's best player at a ceremony in London.
- Lancashire will look into organising a farewell for bowler James Anderson amid fan unrest over his departure from the club.
- Portuguese striker Gustavo Varela is on Arsenal's radar, Crystal Palace want to keep winger Ismaila Sarr, Brighton defender Luka Vuskovic receives admiring glances from some of Europe's biggest clubs, plus more.
Rugby
- Head coach Richie Murphy says Ulster are "small margins" away from a first victory in the United Rugby Championship after a winless start in the league.
- Bristol Bears have signed 21-year-old Samoan forward Totoa Auvaa, two weeks after he was sacked by Saracens.
- Dragons prop Dillon Lewis is hoping for more Wales caps in the Nations Championship after a successful return from the international wilderness.
- Ireland prop Tadhg Furlong is cited over an alleged groin grab in Leinster's United Rugby Championship win over Munster on Saturday.
- Christian Wade has equalled the Prem Rugby try-scoring record, level on 101 with Chris Ashton, and the Newcastle winger has shown no signs of slowing down.
- This is just an FYI A lot of trading people have seen this in the market but I've never seen it said outload overtly (as if obviously true and unavoidable): This is from a very recent reuters […]
- CART is my 3rd largest position and I noticed it went up ~23% in the last two trading days. I heard the rumors on Friday that CART was seeking buyers, today near close it was reported DASH […]
- Before I get into my analysis, let me just say that I use Claude every day and really like Anthropic's products. But I think they are making a pretty large error with their IPO, trying to slide […]
- I noticed JetBlue (JBLU) moving higher in after-hours trading and wanted to understand what might be driving the move. I’m interested in whether this is related to company-specific news, earnings expectations, analyst commentary, or broader airline-sector sentiment. […]
- Reddit -5% at 137 as I am writing this. They will have earnings on Thursday, and have historically beaten guidance each quarter. Having used Reddit for 10+ years now, this is the app I always come back […]
- Microsoft said Monday that it’s offering buyouts to a wide swath of employees as it strives to balance a costly AI infrastructure buildout with capital efficiency. The software maker announced a new voluntary exit offer for certain […]
- Quarterly revenue vs. compute & infrastructure expense ($M) $M Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Revenue 376 787 1,382 2,040 4,731 11,555 Compute & infrastructure 944 1,390 2,047 2,945 3,387 5,558 Compute as % of revenue 251% […]
- Driven by surging demand for AI memory chips and rising prices for conventional DRAM, South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are expected to post a historic combined third quarter operating profit of 184.4 trillion […]