The first images from the Lumina simulation provide a fascinating glimpse into the childhood of the Universe. #BrowserIssues #NetworkProblems #AdBlockers (translated)
The author wrote that efforts to negotiate peace with Russia over Ukraine had so far amounted to little more than a simulation of talks. They argued that a transactional approach would not bring peace and said Moscow was demanding Ukraine’s and Europe’s capitulation. #Ukraine #PeaceTalks #Russia #RU #UA #EU
After a year of isolation, four volunteers have successfully completed NASA's Mars simulation experiment CHAPEA to simulate life on Mars. #NASA #MarsSimulation #CHAPEA (translated)
After more than a year of isolation, four volunteers, Ross Elder, Matthew Montgomery, James Spicer, and Ellen Ellis, have completed a simulation of life on Mars and are excited to see the sun again for the first time in 378 days. #VieSurMars #SimulationMartienne #ExplorationSpatiale (translated)
Four volunteers have successfully completed a NASA experiment on life on the red planet after 378 days in a Mars simulation environment in Texas. #MarsSimulation #NASA #Chapea (translated)
After 378 days in the windowless NASA simulation site Mars Dune Alpha, four volunteers, including three men and one woman, have successfully completed the extreme experiment of simulated life on Mars and are now looking forward to returning to the sun and real rain. #MarsMission #NasaExperiment #Chapea (translated)
After a year of realistic Mars simulation, four volunteers successfully return from an extreme NASA experiment in which they lived in isolation on a 160 square meter area and were able to gather experiences about life on the red planet. #Mars #Nasa #Simulationsmission (translated)
The author wrote that immersive and interactive experiences combining the freedom of movement of video games with the visual realism of cinema would soon come to fruition. According to him, these simulations could be so striking that it would sometimes become difficult to distinguish them from reality. (translated)
Dark Reading Matter - Thursday Next #8 by Jasper Fforde The final novel in the New York Times bestselling series: Will literary Special Ops agent Thursday Next find her happy ending? The Dark Reading Matter is a theoretical realm that suggests that the observable bookverse can only account for 20 percent of the calculated total readable mass. Out there somewhere, possibly, is a larger and more expansive and unseeable "Dark Bookverse" that contains millions of deleted novels, slush-pile manuscripts, lost poems, forgotten pop culture references, long unheard oral tradition, stories and ideas that were still in people's minds when they died. The Goliath Corporation hopes to exploit the Dark Reading Matter for profit, and Thursday Next is once again pitted against a familiar foe. A visitor named Roger Thatt who purports to be from Fourth Wall Publishing, has some peculiar ideas of his own that require careful thought. Is Thursday and everyone she knows living in a simulation? Was her world created from scratch Last Thursday as Roger supposes, and are the books she reads the only direction in which books can be read? With existential questions the least of her troubles and a family to take care of, Thursday must defeat the Goliath Corporation, ensure that a tear in the fabric of the Bookworld does not suck all literature from hers, and conclude her own series so she can enjoy a comfortable retirement, while dodging the threat of the worse fate imaginable for a story: The Scooby Doo ending.
AFRICA DAILY REPORT — 26 OCTOBER 2026 1. DR CONGO — Ebola response worker killed and another seriously injured Importance: 10/10 — Critical The World Health Organization reported that attackers killed a nurse and severely injured another health worker responding to an Ebola alert in Bafwasende, Tshopo province, on Saturday. The attack was disclosed on Sunday. The suspects have not been identified. The violence further complicates outbreak control in Congo, where the health ministry has recorded more than 9,800 cases and 4,700 deaths since May. Source — Associated Press, 26 October 2026 https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-b739277681b530aef772cf66be7e41f0 2. UGANDA — Mandatory 21-day quarantine introduced for returnees from DR Congo Importance: 10/10 — Critical Uganda announced that citizens returning with recent travel history to DR Congo must quarantine for 21 days, at their own expense. The government also strengthened airport and border screening and required passenger locator forms. Uganda says it has no active Ebola outbreak. Officials are investigating the travel histories of infected patients who passed through Uganda before diagnosis in Kenya and Nigeria; no direct transmission link has been established. Source — Reuters, 25 October 2026 https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/uganda-impose-21-day-quarantine-returning-citizens-with-congo-travel-history-2026-10-25/ 3. GABON — Offshore drilling rig sinking leaves one reported dead, four missing Importance: 10/10 — Critical Borr Drilling's Prospector 5 rig sank off Mayumba during preparations for drilling. Reuters reported one worker found dead and four still missing among the 115 aboard, citing sources; Gabon's government had not yet confirmed the death. Preliminary information suggests a seabed punch-through destabilised the rig. Search operations continue, production was halted and officials ordered a technical investigation. No harmful discharge had been observed. Source — Reuters, 25 October 2026 (updated casualty information) https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/borr-drilling-rig-sinks-offshore-gabon-five-personnel-missing-2026-10-25/ 4. ALGERIA–NIGER — Parliament authorises potential Algerian military deployment Political/security development — Neutral coverage Algeria's parliament unanimously approved sending army units to Madama in northern Niger, near the Libyan border. No troops had officially deployed at the time of reporting. The move would mark Algeria's first overseas military deployment since 1973 and reflects closer security cooperation with Niger, where insurgent violence and shared energy infrastructure are major concerns. Source — Reuters, 25 October 2026 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/algeria-send-troops-niger-first-foreign-deployment-since-1973-2026-10-25/ 5. LIBYA–UNITED STATES — Libya summons US envoy over presidential remarks Political/diplomatic development — Neutral coverage Libya's foreign ministry summoned the US chargé d'affaires after President Donald Trump characterised Libya negatively during a campaign rally. Authorities in both eastern and western Libya criticised the remarks. Trump subsequently expressed respect for Libyans while reiterating US concerns about irregular migration. The dispute has become a diplomatic issue amid Libya's divided domestic governance. Source — Reuters, 26 October 2026 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/libya-summons-us-envoy-protest-trump-remarks-2026-10-26/ 6. NIGER — Overnight petrol-sales restrictions imposed amid shortages Importance: 9/10 — Very High Niger restricted petrol sales from 21:00 to 06:00 except at designated stations, saying suppliers needed time to replenish stocks. A ban on selling fuel in jerry cans outside petrol stations also applies in areas served by stations. Long queues and transport disruption have affected residents and taxi drivers, whose union has requested exemptions or changes. Source — Africanews, 25 October 2026 https://www.africanews.com/2026/10/25/niger-imposes-curfew-on-petrol-sales-amid-national-fuel-shortage/ 7. GABON — Social media restored after eight-month suspension Political/digital-rights development — Neutral coverage Gabon restored access to major social platforms following a suspension imposed in February. The media regulator said the interruption had allowed changes to its oversight framework; users are now required to provide identification. Opposition figures and civil-liberties advocates had criticised the ban, while authorities argued stronger content regulation was necessary. Source — Africanews/AFP, 25 October 2026 https://www.africanews.com/2026/10/25/gabon-restores-social-media-access-after-an-eight-month-ban/ 8. KENYA — Red Cross reinforces Ebola safe-burial training after second death Importance: 9/10 — Very High Kenya Red Cross personnel conducted simulations of safe and dignified burial procedures after Kenya confirmed a second Ebola death. Officials reported nine infections, all linked to the initial patient, and 135 identified contacts. Seven confirmed patients remained in care, with no new cases reported outside Nairobi. The training addresses a high-risk stage of Ebola response. Source — Africanews, 25 October 2026 https://www.africanews.com/2026/10/25/red-cross-trains-staff-as-kenya-records-its-second-death-from-ebola/ 9. SOUTH AFRICA — Pick n Pay reduces first-half loss as turnaround advances Importance: 8/10 — High Retailer Pick n Pay reported that its first-half headline loss narrowed 31.9% to 299 million rand, while trading profit rose 58.1% to 490 million rand. Group turnover increased 2.4% to 60.5 billion rand, helped by discount retailer Boxer. The results indicate progress in restructuring, although the core Pick n Pay business remains under pressure. Source — Reuters, 26 October 2026 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-pick-n-pay-narrows-headline-loss-boxer-boosts-performance-2026-10-26/ 10. SOUTH AFRICA — Rand steady ahead of domestic data and US rate decision Importance: 7/10 — Significant The rand traded near 16.61 per US dollar in early Monday dealings, little changed from the previous close. Investors are awaiting South African money-supply, credit, trade, budget and producer-inflation data, as well as the US Federal Reserve's 28 October decision. The currency remains sensitive to global monetary policy and domestic growth indicators. Source — Reuters, 26 October 2026 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-african-rand-steady-with-local-economic-data-fed-decision-focus-2026-10-26/ #AfricaNews #AfricaDailyReport #TopNewsOfAfrica #AfricaToday #Uganda #UgandaHealth #EbolaOutbreak #EbolaPrevention #EbolaQuarantine #21DayQuarantine #DRCongo #PublicHealth #BorderSecurity #HealthScreening #DiseasePrevention #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaEconomy #PicknPay #RetailIndustry #BusinessTurnaround #CorporateEarnings #FinancialRecovery #AfricanBusiness #Algeria #Niger #AlgeriaNigerRelations #MilitaryDeployment #SahelSecurity #AfricanSecurity #WrldOrg
The article announced an appearance by the economist and manager Walter Schönthaler on X at Punkt Preradovic for the following day. Among other things, he was to discuss his description of war as a business model, which he compared to the Mafia and associated with high profits and low risks. The article also raised the question of whether simulations were sufficient or if a real war was necessary. https://t.co/IB5bIGM36k #Krieg #Wirtschaft #Mafia #DE (translated)
The author wrote that Russia, after a brief diplomatic phase, has intensified its terror against the people in Ukraine with ever-new rockets and drones. Trump's policy of appeasement strengthens Putin, who is not interested in compromises and only reacts to pressure, he explained. #Ukraine #Russland #Putin #RU #UA (translated)
Finneko examined the economic proposals of David Lisnard, who predicted, according to him, 80 billion euros in savings as early as the first year, 200 billion in cruise mode, and up to 300 billion in the long term. He described the program as a liberal strategy aimed at reducing public spending and levies on labor and companies, while promoting investment and employment. Of the 200 billion announced, Lisnard intended to allocate 120 billion to increase net wages through a reduction in contributions, 40 billion to reduce production taxes, and 40 billion to improve public finances. Finneko pointed out that the savings would not translate into a corresponding reduction in the deficit: according to his calculation, the direct budgetary improvement would be 40 billion. Starting from the public deficit of 152 billion euros recorded in 2025, there would remain, before any other changes, a financing need of more than 110 billion. Finneko deemed that the elimination of the C3S and the reduction of production taxes could support certain companies, without guaranteeing that the saved amounts would be devoted to investment or employment. He also noted that the 120 billion intended to increase net wages required further clarification on the distribution between employee and employer contributions, as well as on the financing of social spending. He also questioned the savings achievable through the reorganization of the 1,153 national public bodies, estimating that the elimination of structures would not necessarily eliminate the expenses related to their missions. Regarding pensions, he indicated that Lisnard wished to introduce a mandatory and collective capitalization tier and mobilize the delinking of pensions exceeding 2,000 euros per month. Finneko requested clarifications on the funding of the transition and the payment of current pensions. Finally, he estimated that the adjustment of 80 billion from the first year should be evaluated in light of its possible effects on activity, particularly demand. While he considered several directions worthy of interest, he expressed skepticism about the budgetary credibility of the amounts and the timeline. He awaited details of the savings, measure by measure and year by year, a simulation of their economic effects, and a projection of the funding for the transition to capitalization. #Economie #FinancesPubliques #Salaires (translated)
Furkan Yildirim wrote that he had simulated more than 700,000 grid trading bots for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, gold, and oil in the past few days. He had analyzed 1.4 million candles with fees, funding, and liquidations, and had calculated more than 9 billion candles in total. He examined which settings in futures grid bots determined profit or liquidation. The results were intended to show, among other things, what effect a commonly discussed setting in tutorials had in the simulation, how to calculate an appropriate trading range, and why a certain bot was more dangerous than others. From the data, he also developed a tool that calculates settings for individual markets. Yildirim referred to raw data with 205,686 lines in a file and asked whether he should record a video of the results and the tool on the same day. #GridTrading #Kryptowährungen #FuturesTrading (translated)
In Paris, Gaspard Glanz stated that the police were running low on ammunition and were beginning to use training smoke grenades simulating tear gas grenades. https://t.co/4TDUXOVXmH #Paris #Manifestation #Sécurité (translated)
The Institute for Fire Protection Technology and Safety Research has impressed at the ACR Innovation Award with its unique simulation technology, which represents fire protection tests as a digital twin, enabling a reduction of development times in the industry by up to 50 percent. #Brandschutz #DigitalerZwilling #Innovationspreis (translated)
Malca Goldstein-Wolf wrote that Katharina Dröge from the Greens stated on Maybrit Illner that queer people in Saxony-Anhalt are now afraid to hold hands in public. She criticized that Dröge could imagine cooperating with the Left at the federal level, which Goldstein-Wolf called Germany's most dangerous party. She accused the Left of tolerating proximity to Islamists and clans. Additionally, she asked how queer people would feel holding hands in Berlin-Neukölln and labeled Dröge as an agitator whom people should not fall for, in her opinion. #Simulation #LGBTQ #Politik (translated)
The author wrote that many people believed the United States had maintained its post-Cold War hegemony through military force alone, but argued that it had instead combined strategically deployed military power with media. They said the “Military Simulation” was now entering a terminal crisis. https://t.co/zBbaOjcfVP #Geopolitics #MilitaryStrategy #MediaInfluence #US
bpost and Luminus are launching a partnership that allows consumers to sign energy contracts at certain post offices starting from October 6, offering personalized simulations and assistance from trained employees to help understand the offers. #bpost #Luminus #énergie (translated)
24 septembre 2026 : encore 37 °C en France. Si cette température était un épisode isolé, je n'en ferais pas un post. Mais ce n'est justement pas le cas car cela dure depuis le mois de mai. À Nîmes, 2026 cumule désormais 112 jours à plus de 30 °C. C'est l'équivalent de près de quatre mois de chaleur supérieure à 30 °C sur une seule année... Les 30°C seront encore observés en France jusqu'à la fin du mois. Certaines simulations voient les prolongations jusqu'à début octobre. #Chaleur #Climat #France
