The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
🔹 Advanced snow detection sensors
🔹 Heated track switching systems
🔹 Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup
🔹 Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance
🔹 Automated de-icing systems
Since 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
We had a great time at the @xpub@post.lurk.org EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZINE FAIR. Gave our first talk about FREE BOOKS in a cute auditorium, followed by a lively discussion with participants. Throughout the day, we had many great interactions about minibiebs, data centres and undersea cables with other publishers and guests at our stall at the fair. By complete surprise, we met one of the contributors to the book who had found our original call for submissions online. The venue also came with its own minibieb attached to it!
#selfpublishing #publishingfair #zines #infrastructure #booktalk #minibieb
We had a great time at the @xpub@post.lurk.org EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZINE FAIR. Gave our first talk about FREE BOOKS in a cute auditorium, followed by a lively discussion with participants. Throughout the day, we had many great interactions about minibiebs, data centres and undersea cables with other publishers and guests at our stall at the fair. By complete surprise, we met one of the contributors to the book who had found our original call for submissions online. The venue also came with its own minibieb attached to it!
#selfpublishing #publishingfair #zines #infrastructure #booktalk #minibieb
Are you curious about off-grid messaging?
Join at 7pm CET today as @b_n (Tech workers coalition) livestreams how they're setting up a LoRa board using Meshcore
During this livestream, you’ll get a step-by-step walkthrough of:
livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5e98BbMBeE
part of a collaboration between @techwerkers and @extinctionrebellionnl 🫶
YouTube
Are you curious about off-grid messaging?
Join at 7pm CET today as @b_n (Tech workers coalition) livestreams how they're setting up a LoRa board using Meshcore
During this livestream, you’ll get a step-by-step walkthrough of:
livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5e98BbMBeE
part of a collaboration between @techwerkers and @extinctionrebellionnl 🫶
YouTube
Freedom News: **Making it through the freezing winter in Kyiv**
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/27/making-it-through-the-freezing-winter-in-kyiv/
The Russian war machine has been trying to knock out electricity and heating in the Ukrainian capital ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ As winter came so did Russ…
The post Making it through the freezing winter in Kyiv appeared first on Freedom News.
#News #Infrastructure #Kyiv #Ukraine
We will be honest and say that for a small to medium organisation, their are more up front costs to a more open infrastructure.
There's more upfront costs e.g. discovery, communications, quotes, setup. We're a small co-op so we don't have the same amount invested in automation as big tech.
However these costs balance out over the long term as you don't get locked into the tiers and paywalling of big providers where as soon as you hit a certain scale they tighten the screws and start trying to get real money out of you.
That's how big tech work, they set themselves up using loads of capital, hook in the small fishes for free or cheap to get market dominance then once folks are locked into their workflows, they go for the big clients.
Stop playing their game! There is a different way.
:boost_ok:
There are some areas where open source struggles to keep up.
Collaborative document editing is a big one. We don't love a lot of the existing solutions (Collabora, OnlyOffice, Outline).
We are super excited by the emerging project of Docs: https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs
It has a public funding model which could be really interesting and a viable Google Docs competitor that's already been deployed at a reasonably large scale.
We look to seeing what other projects emerge.
#EU #Parliament Calls For Detachment From US Tech Giants
The #EuropeanParliament is calling on the #EuropeanCommission to reduce dependence on U.S. tech giants by prioritizing EU-based #cloud , #AI , and open-source #infrastructure. The report frames " #European Tech First," public procurement reform, and Public Money, Public Code as necessary self-defense against growing U.S. control over critical digital infrastructure.
#opensource #security #privacy
looking for pictures of decaying corona-infrastructure: Signage, unfilled desinfectant dispensers, floor markings, unremoved notices with old regulations…
still collecting decaying (or not decaying) covid infrastructure. Reply with your finds to:
#EU #Parliament Calls For Detachment From US Tech Giants
The #EuropeanParliament is calling on the #EuropeanCommission to reduce dependence on U.S. tech giants by prioritizing EU-based #cloud , #AI , and open-source #infrastructure. The report frames " #European Tech First," public procurement reform, and Public Money, Public Code as necessary self-defense against growing U.S. control over critical digital infrastructure.
#opensource #security #privacy
looking for pictures of decaying corona-infrastructure: Signage, unfilled desinfectant dispensers, floor markings, unremoved notices with old regulations…
still collecting decaying (or not decaying) covid infrastructure. Reply with your finds to:
"It's not about 'doom' and prepping, it's also about fun", said co-founder @vaurora of the Internet Resiliency Club (IRC). She and some fellows try to figure out the equipment, that's best to master a worst-case-scenario: an internet and power outage.
#internet #power #resiliency #crisis #communication #infrastructure
Such a nice and interesting interview partner! 🙂 Find the article in german here (€) ⤵️
For you maintenance/ #infrastructure groupies, #StewartBrand's new book is out: "The first in a multi-volume work, Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One offers a comprehensive overview of the civilizational importance of maintenance."
https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one
A pleasure to undertake the @nicw scrutiny session in the #Senedd this morning, accompanied by the brilliant Dr Jenifer Baxter and Helen Armstrong.
Head to NICW-Tube to see all our videos, including this one ➡️ https://urbanists.video/a/nicw/videos?sort=-originallyPublishedAt&c=false&s=2 and give our peertube account a follow while you're at it @nicw@urbanists.video
For you maintenance/ #infrastructure groupies, #StewartBrand's new book is out: "The first in a multi-volume work, Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One offers a comprehensive overview of the civilizational importance of maintenance."
https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one
A pleasure to undertake the @nicw scrutiny session in the #Senedd this morning, accompanied by the brilliant Dr Jenifer Baxter and Helen Armstrong.
Head to NICW-Tube to see all our videos, including this one ➡️ https://urbanists.video/a/nicw/videos?sort=-originallyPublishedAt&c=false&s=2 and give our peertube account a follow while you're at it @nicw@urbanists.video
LAist: City isn’t pursuing misdemeanor charge for painting unauthorized crosswalks, activist says
https://laist.com/transportation/vision-zero-jonathan-hale-la-westwood
LAist: City isn’t pursuing misdemeanor charge for painting unauthorized crosswalks, activist says
https://laist.com/transportation/vision-zero-jonathan-hale-la-westwood
"It's not about 'doom' and prepping, it's also about fun", said co-founder @vaurora of the Internet Resiliency Club (IRC). She and some fellows try to figure out the equipment, that's best to master a worst-case-scenario: an internet and power outage.
#internet #power #resiliency #crisis #communication #infrastructure
Such a nice and interesting interview partner! 🙂 Find the article in german here (€) ⤵️
Open Infrastructure Map
Open Infrastructure Map is a view of the world's infrastructure mapped in the OpenStreetMap database. This data isn't exposed on the default OSM map, so there built Open Infrastructure Map to visualise it.
🌎 https://openinframap.org
@OpenInfraMap
#openstreetmap #infrastructure #map #osm #worldwide #power #data #web #followfriday #followerpower #fediverse #opensource #openinframap
