#Computer Centre Launch

[townpostin]

Rotary Club Jamshedpur Midtown Launches Multiple Community Projects

New Leadership Inaugurates Computer Centre, Vocational Training, And Healthcare Initiatives The club’s efforts align with Rotary International’s seven areas of focus, emphasizing service above self. JAMSHEDPUR – The Rotary Club of Jamshedpur Midtown (RCJMT) marked the new Rotary Year with the launch of several community-focused projects under newly elected President Preeti Saini. The initiatives,…

[probablyasocialecologist]

The latest, AI-dedicated server racks contain 72 specialised chips from manufacturer Nvidia. The largest “hyperscale” data centres, used for AI tasks, would have about 5,000 of these racks.  And as anyone using a laptop for any period of time knows, even a single chip warms up in operation. To cool the servers requires water – gallons of it. Put all this together, and a single hyperscale data centre will typically need as much water as a town of 30,000 people – and the equivalent amount of electricity.  The Financial Times reports that Microsoft is currently opening one of these behemoths somewhere in the world every three days. Even so, for years, the explosive growth of the digital economy had surprisingly little impact on global energy demand and carbon emissions. Efficiency gains in data centres—the backbone of the internet—kept electricity consumption in check.  But the rise of generative AI, turbocharged by the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, has shattered that equilibrium. AI elevates the demand for data and processing power into the stratosphere. The latest version of OpenAI’s flagship GPT model, GPT-4, is built on 1.3 trillion parameters, with each parameter describing the strength of a connection between different pathways in the model’s software brain.  The more novel data that can be pushed into the model for training, the better – so much data that one research paper estimated machine learning models will have used up all the data on the internet by 2028. Today, the insatiable demand for computing power is reshaping national energy systems. Figures from the International Monetary Fund show that data centres worldwide already consume as much electricity as entire countries like France or Germany. It forecasts that by 2030, the worldwide energy demand from data centres will be the same as India’s total electricity consumption. 

30 May 2025

[coochiequeens]

It's nice to see an institution celebrate a woman's accomplishments

An avenue on École polytechnique’s campus is now dedicated to Anne Duthilleul-Chopinet, the first female valedictorian to enter École Polytechnique, when the cycle ingénieur polytechnicien entrance examination was opened to women. The inauguration of this avenue, in her presence, was an opportunity to recall the contribution of women to major scientific advances and École polytechnique’s commitment to their promotion.

The inauguration of the avenue Anne Duthilleul-Chopinet on École polytechnique’s campus, in her presence, was an opportunity to highlight the contribution of women to major scientific advances and École polytechnique's commitment to promote them.

Anne Duthilleul-Chopinet was first woman valedictorian at École Polytechnique’s cycle ingénieur polytechnicien program entrance exam in 1972, the first year in which women were admitted to the cycle ingénieur polytechnicien program.

“Bordered by avenues Bequerel and Coriolis, avenue Chopinet will benefit from a solid scientific neighborhood, but it will also resonate with the names of the women scientists, engineers and visionaries who have marked the history of our School,” said Laura Chaubard, President of École Polytechnique, citing the names of Sophie Germain, the first woman to attend the École by disguising her identity, Rose Dieng, the brilliant computer scientist, Caroline Aigle, the first female fighter pilot, and Claudine Hermann, a physicist of formidable talent and the first woman to be appointed professor at X in 1980.

“Many are those who continued to blaze the trail for women engineers after their studies at École Polytechnique. I would like to mention Caroline Laurent, who is here today, who, along with Monique Legrand Laroche, were the first women to be appointed four-star generals, and also Valérie André, a military doctor and the first woman general, who died a few days ago at the age of 102,” added Laura Chaubard.

The President of École Polytechnique also associated with the inauguration the names of the five other female pioneers - Nicole Gontier, Ta Thu Thuy, Françoise Combelles, Anne Ferry, Elisabeth Dupont-Kerlan and Dominique Senequier - who also joined the ranks of l'X in 1972. 

Strongly committed to giving women a greater place and visibility in scientific careers, École Polytechnique will be highlighting, as it did in 2024, its femaleacademicss, students, alumni and entrepreneurs between February 11 (International Day of Women and Girls in Science) and March 8 (International Women's Rights Day).

Today, avenue Chopinet is a central axis of the campus, which over the years has welcomed buildings emblematic of the School's development and ambitions. These include the installation of ENSTA Paris, a founding member with X of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, the construction of the Bachelor, built as part of the expansion of École Polytechnique's training offer from 2015 onwards, with the launch of the Bachelor and MSc&T programs, and the new Pôle mécanique, inaugurated on October 3, 2024, which brings together research laboratories in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and life mechanics from École polytechnique and ENSTA Paris.

In her speech preceding the unveiling of the avenue's plaque on February 3, 2025, Laura Chaubard also spoke of Anne Duthilleul-Chopinet's exemplary career in public service and the general interest, from the French présidency to the CNES (French Centre for Space Studies), and recalled that she continues this mission today as head of Maison Bakhita for migrants and refugees, and as vice-president of Secours Catholique.

[aceofshitposts]

did a little writing challenge with @yasmindifference! we randomly generated a prompt and both wrote for about an hour for it :3c prompt was: Have one character brushing the hair away from the face of the other. and here's mine! make sure to also check out yas' fic <3 -

Generally, Tim stays out of the limelight. Disastrous PR debacles was more Bruce’s thing, a man known for swinging between partners and parties like a squirrel caught in a hurricane.

Not that Tim didn’t make his appearances but each was carefully crafted to affect a certain image. Timothy Drake-Wayne was known to be kind but aloof, just funny enough to get people to let down their guard. Charming and put together.

Scandals were not in Tim’s public itinerary. He had enough work to deal with in his day and night job both.

The first bouquet of flowers to show up goes relatively unmentioned. There are a few looks from others in the office but it’s nothing particularly alarming. Flowers have shown up before, from Bernard once or twice and a few separate attempts at wooing him from others. Tim takes the card from the vase, no name left and a simple note that says have a nice day, and regifts the flowers to the lobby reception.

It’s when Tim is surrounded by several bouquets, one from each day of the week, that he starts to get annoyed. Someone has to be playing a joke on him or else he’s got a very persistent stalker– which wouldn't be the first time and leads Tim to wondering if something new has crawled up Ra’s’ ass recently.

He starts tracking the orders. There’s three bouquets from a florist down in the bowery, one from the diamond district and another from a larger florist by Gotham General. Each order was paid for with cash, naturally.

Calling the shops proves fruitless with the various shopkeepers giggling about customer confidentiality. Tim is able to identify some of the flowers, however, discovering that the all white and green bouquet from Wednesday contained coriander, white gardenia, white camella and white clover.

Then the press catches wind of Tim’s anonymous flower gifts. It’s not quite headline worthy, thankfully, but the gossip mill is in full swing with questions about who this mystery admirer could be.

Which also means the other bats catch wind of it.

“Shut up,” Tim mutters dejectedly at Dick’s joyous cackling. “This could be a serious problem.”

Nobody is taking Tim’s concerns seriously. It doesn’t help that Tim has ruled out this being some ploy from Ra’s, if only because in response to this ridiculous situation Ra’s had sent a bouquet. Directly to Tim’s living room with a not so anonymous card.

“What are you laughing about now? Please tell me B fell off a fire escape or something.”

Great, just what Tim needed; to have Jason come in and start laughing at his public persona’s disaster of a love life also. Dick wastes no time in launching into the whole thing, embellishing the story more than Tim would like honestly, while Jason leans against the Bat-Computer console.

Tim makes the mistake of making eye contact with Jason, earning himself a wide grin from the older robin.

It takes Tim a moment to remember Dick is actively making fun of him. That’s why Jason is smiling at him. It’s a funny story, Tim might even be amused if he wasn’t at the centre of it.

“I’m going on patrol,” he mutters to no-one in particular.

Tim is expecting it when he exits the office elevator on Monday. As he walked through the building there had been several not so subtle looks and not so quiet whispers that alluded to his ordeal not being over.

Despite this, he was not quite prepared for what was waiting for him outside his office.

He’d recognize the worn leather jacket and broad shoulders anywhere.

The office is suspiciously quiet as Tim walks through, eyes following him like the hungry vultures they were. Tim wonders the ethics of hoping for an Arkham breakout just to keep this off the cover of the Gotham Gazette.

Jason grins at him when Tim comes to stand in front of him, not unlike the other night in the cave.

“A little birdy said you were lookin’ for me,” Jason mock whispers, leaning towards Tim.

“How did you get in the building?” Tim asks cooly, unlocking the door to his private office. If this was a joke Tim was going to personally bug all of Jason and Dick’s equipment for the foreseeable future.

“Oh, y’know, my boyish charm.” Jason shrugs and Tim notices the bouquet of bright red roses held in Jason’s hand.

Tim might not be an expert on flower meanings.

But that one is pretty clear.

Jason reaches out with his free hand to brush some hair out of Tim’s face.Someone in the office shrieks, reminding Tim that they were not only currently in public but also in his workplace and Jason looks like he’s about to laugh even though his face is also rapidly turning red. Tim decides he’ll deal with the PR crisis later and shoves Jason into his office and shuts the door and blinds behind him.

[joontroverted]

siren sweet, swim with me

pairing : nanami kento x reader

fandom : jujutsu kaisen

tags : pop idol reader, cfo nanami, fluff, angst, smut (later on), more tags to be added as the fic progresses

status : ongoing

summary :

after all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. the best we can do is breathe and -

carrie bradshaw did not know what the fuck she was talking about. because when your international sensation girl group STARDUST collapses in on itself, everything you've ever known is hanging on by a thread.

disgruntled and exhausted, nanami kento, cfo, knows everything there is to know about his life. the books, the cash flow- the world he had built for himself made sense. until now. as the irrational nagging sense of uncertainty leads to a random moment of circumstance, the two of your lives are entangled.

ie. it's entirely up to you as to whether you'll shine in the spotlight, or explode and fade into obscurity like a supernova. it's also up to you as to whether you want to fall for the disgustingly handsome office worker.

author's note : first nanami long fic! can you tell i'm scared? anyways, this is an idea i've hadd since summer. summer! i'm glad i've gotten started finally 🥲 this is just the first chapter so it's just the set up. hope you have fun!

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index -

chapter 1 (ao3)

yuki's staring at you in a way that makes you want to reach across the table and swing your fist across her face.

you would've, if yuki wasn't very very important to you, and wasn't still built like a wrestler.

“it's fine,” you mutter. “i'm fine,” you repeat, more clearly this time. your phone buzzes in your bag.

yuki blinks, breaking herself out of her dead stare for a moment. “you're not, but that's fine. no one would be, at the moment, and that's all right!”

pushing her chair back, she gets up and makes her way to you, wrapping an arm around your shoulders. her blonde bangs tickle your face as she leans in closer, and her ginormous tits cover your arm from both sides as if hugging you to comfort you. if your mind wasn't running a million miles an hour and constantly hitting dead ends, you'd probably feel a little more comforted and a little less... crushed.

she waves a hand in front of you, as if gesturing to a marvellous new life. “we just need some time to rebrand you! some new girls, a fresh new concept, dye your hair some color we haven't done before and you're ready to hit the stage again!”

your eyes widen at that. “no.”

yuki straightens. “what do you mean, no?”

“i'm not joining a new group!”

“well you wouldn't be joining a group, you'd be the centre of a new group. the new group would be formed for you!”

“well i don't want that. i wanna be a solo artist now.”

there. you've said it. you've put the dreaded words out there, and now it's real. and judging by the way yuki's face falls, it's a reality that's not gonna come to fruition smoothly.

she straightens, her warmth leaving you. “oh.”

you bite your lip and look into her eyes. “just say it. tell me how terrible of an idea you think it is.”

“it's a terrible idea.”

she can probably see how your face falls, because yuki does something that yuki rarely does. she backtracks.

“or, what about a hiatus? you can go on a vacation! you can make a whole trip out of it, show how travel has healed you, you could even attend a few events with some international artists, and that could bring in a whole new crowd, huh?”

you put your face in your hands and shake your head, as you feel your phone buzzing away in your bag again. “yumi's already done the healing journey thing, and it's actually authentic to her.”

“yumi was never cut out for this life, don't compare yourself to her,” says yuki, her tone sharp. “of course she'd love frolicking in fields,” she grumbles.

you grin, despite her words. “yumi's doing great, by the way.”

“i know,” says yuki, folding her arms, “we've been in touch. you're attending the lauch party aren't you?”

“launch gathering,” you correct. “she's living a simple life now.”

“she can die."

“yuki!” you giggle.

“it's not the fact that she left -you know i'm all about ethical work, it's why i made a whole agency- it's that she did it so suddenly! we had had so many discussions where she swore up and down on her own volition that she'd renew the contract and all it took was a week for her to tear down this... this empire that we've built!”

“she's a simple girl.”

“a real simple person would know that they want a simple life from the beginning. which so called simple person auditions five times and then trains for years and then debuts to become the biggest girl group of the generation? and then just dips?”

“she just needed a taste of the high life to know what she really needed. like buddha.”

“people live and die for this life. people live and die for what she has. had,” she grumbles, “and what about all that talent? is she truly going to be satisfied doing the dishes in her little down to earth cafe?”

“she was more than content doing the dishes back when we were poor. she'll hardly be doing the dishes in her cafe, she's a milliona-”

“a simple millionaire.” you both say at the same time, and then burst into laughter.

“we are getting wildly off topic,” says yuki, after a beat.

you stare at your shoes. “i know.”

“any chance you're gonna wanna take back what you just said?” she asks, looking slightly like she pities you.

“no,” you reply, feeling and looking a lot more pitiful.

she sighs and takes the chair next to you. the two of you are silent for a moment, and that gives you some time to take in her office. when yuki had begun as a manager no one took her seriously. no matter how successful and glamourous her career as a wrestler was, she was still a newbie in the entertainment industry and had neither weight nor connections to her name. she used what little connections she had and started off as an assisstant in one of the entertainment giants and worked her way up to manager. what she lacked in her network, she made up for greatly with her charisma and eagerness to learn about the industry. and then she met you.

her golden duck that lay gold eggs, is what she called you.

you were sure you were just an ugly duckling that blossomed into a swan under her care, but whatever.

she got sick and tired of being controlled by people who barely cared for the craft and cared even lesser about humans they managed, so she broke off from the company to start her own. and through a leap of faith, you followed her.

and the rest is history.

her last championship's belt that sits right above her chair glints at you, pink and white, sparkling away in the sunlight. the office is so yuki. gaudy, but neat and professional. rhinestone embedded decor sits on shelves, reminiscent of the 2000s with the nice fur carpet and the literal disco ball that hangs from the ceiling. framed pictures of all the other groups and artists under Star City Entertainment decorate the walls, but your group is the highlight, with multiple pictures, much bigger than the others.

STARDUST, the group that made the company sky rocket.

yuki wheels the chair around to face you.

“why?”

“it just seems... correct.”

she purses her lips together. “i'd rather you not make me say it, but it's my duty as your manager to be frank with you. you don't really have what it takes to be a solo artist.”

“well, we can work on that, there are so many- ”

she holds a hand up. “especially after being a part of such a prominent group for so long. the general public love you but the fans already know that you neither write nor make the music. being involved in the behind the scenes is way more important to fans than before and it defines an artist a lot more these days. it gives them cause and meaning, some attachment to the craft that they're selling themselves with. you had yumi and seika to distract the fans from that before, but now it's just you. how long can you hold on to star power? and how far will that alone take you?”

the best thing about yuki is that she's brutally honest and always looks out for you. the worst thing about yuki is that she's brutally honest and always looks out for you.

it's as if her words have opened a chest of secrets that you had locked and chained deep inside you. your flaws were not flaws when you were in the group. they were just... things that you didn't need to do.

seika was good at producing and song writing, tasks that she was more than happy to have her hand in. yumi was musically talented beyond words. to date there hadn't been an instrument that she didn't excel in, and her voice seemingly knew no bounds, considering she had professional training to be an opera singer before this.

and you did everything else.

main dancer, the looks, the socializing, the personality... the star power, was all yours. if there was one thing that you had, it was what it took to be the it girl of the group, of the generation, and that combination of skills among the three propelled STARDUST and subsequently, Star City Entertainment to massive success that only grew as the years passed.

it was an open secret that this was the division among all of you. but everyone was okay with that. everyone was happy to perform their role, do what they excelled at and what was expected out of them. you all dabbled in each other's work, as you naturally would after these many years together, but the recipe to your success was the three of you, exactly as you were. and now it's just you. without them, there's nothing for you to stand on. there's nothing to add your special touch, your sparkle on to.

anyone could tell that.

the reality of the situation grips you like an ice cold fist and the hollowness that you felt ever since the decision was made public expands like a vast cavern beneath your feet. you are all out of tears, but your face still threatens to scrunch up with dry sobs as your lip wobbles.

“why don't you want to be a part of a group?” asks yuki.

“as if what we had can be replicated,” you mutter. “i really don't have it in me to start afresh with new girls who would definitely be younger than me and definitely have some buried animosity for me right from the beginning. oh, and the people. they already scrutinize us from the ends of our hair to the nails of our toes, i can already hear all the people talking about how i peaked with STARDUST and it's not gonna happen again. and what about GALAXY? they're not gonna take me being in another group lightly! i wouldn't even be ble to call them GALAXY anymore!”

“we don't necessarily have to have a three member group. maybe a five member group this time? that would lessen the direct focus on you and give the four other girls a chance to shine!”

“or it could give four other girls a chance to hate me more for stealing their spotlight if we do well, or for being dead weight if we don't.”

“we could scout some girls from other big groups that just disbanded! that girl from CROWN seems to be popular and jobless at the moment. what about her?”

“i just don't see it! don't you think the public knows that we'd just be trying to recreate STARDUST? also neither yumi nor seika are continuing in a group because both of them know that it was a one time thing. it's the exact same chemistry, or nothing! it'd be such a mess.”

“and even that is a safer option than you as a soloist.”

“wow,” you breathe, laughing, leaning back. “wow.”

“i never mean to hurt you.”

“wouldn't it be so funny if i went home and committed suicide after all this? then we wouldn't have to worry about what i'm gonna do next. my name will be remembered forever, i'm gonna go out with a bang- literally!”

“okay!” says yuki, throwing her hands up. "you're going on a hiatus! go on a vacation! find a new hobby, do whatever you want, i don't care- " she narrows her eyes and points a sharp finger at you, "and no, you cannot commit suicide!"

"geez, can't a girl joke?" you roll your eyes. "and i don't think it'd be wise for me to go on hiatus right now. i'd lose momentum and i'd lose my mind."

"finally, you're saying things that make sense. we haven't yet released any news of this, so you're safe. the public still thinks that STARDUST is on hiatus after the last tour so we have time. GALAXY has, however noticed that there's a lack of posts on seika's twitter and instagram, which we will be dealing with. you and yumi have been posting regularly and innocently enough, which is good. all in all, you'll be fine! the tour was enormous, so it would definitely make sense that you guys are on the dl now doing your own thing..."

she goes on about how doing nothing is okay, and your mind wanders to how it all began.

yumi had been sobbing almost every day ever since the last concert in the last venue. it had all started from there. she couldn't keep up with being an idol, and you couldn't blame her. yumi was never really the type. she was from an upper middle class family, and a musical genius. a sweet girl, who started off with posting covers on youtube and then began to look into joining a group, because she too knew that a group helps make up for what she lacked, which was everything else. and now, richer and more than satisfied with the taste she got of the idol life, she said she'd be happier in the food industry and going back to posting covers as and when she felt like it.

yumi's waning passion had set off seika too, frustratingly enough. seika was the opposite of yumi. she had joined the company as a producing intern which somehow led to her becoming a trainee, and when she always seemed to get the sound and the music for the concepts just right and picked up dance quick enough, there she was. she took it all in stride because everything seemed to work out just well, but even she knew that yumi leaving would finally give her an opportunity to come back to her origins and true passion.

your lip wobbles again, and you tune back to yuki just in time to hear her listing out things that you could do during hiatus.

" -of them are so fucking stupid, but i'm sure we can find someone sexy. a fun fling with an actor, how 'bout that? when was the last time you had a cute little scandal, huh? or you could study something, oh! you could do some volunteer work with animals, you used to be a horse girl, right? i think we could really- “

the door slams open, and the two of you jump at the sound. utahime iori stands at the doorway, mouth screwed up.

“are you incapable of picking up your phone?”

“hime!” you say, surprised.

“and what are you doing here?” asks yuki.

utahime ignores her. instead she makes her way to you, throwing her arms around you in a hug. she pulls back and looks into your eyes. “you're gonna be okay. so what if STARDUST disbands? you'll be the main girl of a new group!”

“see, even she thinks it'll be a great idea to be in a new group.”

“i wanna be a soloist,” you say dully staring at utahime's chest which is in eye level.

“exactly, and you're gonna be the greatest soloist ever!”

“oh please, not this again, i just talked her out of it!” yuki groans. “and how did you know about this? did you tell her?”

“no she didn't, have some faith in her. i put two and two together. seika's been more or less sleeping over in the studio with all the free time, yumi's gallivanting around the world, happier than ever and this one's been completely MIA other than the mandatory appearances at events. if they were gearing up for another comeback they would've been discussing concepts by now. also, i find it really insulting that you didn't tell me, ya know?” she concludes, looking down to you.

utahime iori, former trainee, part time choreographer/back up dancer but full time makeup artist to STARDUST. also, your closest friend. it's kinda sad that all your friends are more or less your co workers. yumi and seika, yuki and hime. now everyone's camaraderie is to test considering you're not really working together anymore. suddenly you realize that you don't even have a job anymore.

“she's doing her job. i'm doing my job. and what exactly are you doing?” asks yuki, now standing up.

“i'm doing my job!” says utahime.

yuki cocks her eyebrow.

“my jooob,” she falters, looking away for a second, “of being her best friend. yeah. someone needs to look out for her and care for her, as a person- ”

“and that's what you do, looking out for and taking care of people, huh?”

oh for fuck's sake. you're sitting between the two women who are standing over you, and in any other moment, you would've enjoyed being seated between two gorgeous arguing women, who most definitely need to fuck each other instead. you and utahime had been friends ever since she was a trainee in Star City, but yuki and utahime only really met when she was assigned as one of the official makeup artists for the group. nearly everyone had been victim of their terrible... flirtationship, as seika called it.

these fools are not flirting. not on purpose at least. they've been so enamoured and amazed by each other's existence that they just have to do something about it but that sinething never meant dating or kissing or fucking, it meant quarreling and irritating everyone till the end of time. they can't seem to fathom the idea of dating each other, or at least utahime can't. you do believe that yuki is warming up to the idea of it considering there's been less push from her side and more of her allowing utahime to speak over her. as much as one can speak over yuki that is.

“are you guys done flirting,” you say flatly, eyes closed.

“we're not flirting!” they both declare.

“good, because i wanna leave.”

“oh?” says utahime. you open your eyes and you see her glance towards yuki for half a second before determinedly looking back at you and nodding. “yes! let's go! we're leaving!”

it's sweet that she stands by you although she would definitely like to f̶l̶i̶r̶t̶ argue with yuki more.

“let's go!” she loops her arm around yours and pulls you up. you turn around to look at a slightly disappointed yuki.

“bye yu,” you mutter, giving her a half hearted hug.

she in turn wraps her arms around you and squeezes tight, almost lifting you off of the ground. “don't worry kiddo! it'll all work out. just... hang in there, okay? think about what i said!" she finishes, looking kind of awkward.

kiddo. she's really feeling terrible.

you feel bad, but not really. you're glad you managed to upset her this much, considering how she and well, everyone, had no qualms in upsetting you.

except utahime, that is.

you nod and give in to utahime's tugging and follow her.

"do you want me to stick my tongue out at her? or pull a face? i can pull really ugly faces, you know, right?" she whispers to you.

"have at it!" you snort, exiting the room as you watch utahime turn and pull a face at yuki which is quite the feat, considering how pretty she is.

the door shuts behind you and you make your way out the building with her, arm in arm in silence. utahime hums as the two of you go to the parking lot and get into one of the company cars, with a driver waiting for you.

the moment you shut the door and the car is moving out the building from one of the back exits, you thank god for tinted windows as you immediately lay down, your head in utahime's lap, sniffling.

“oh!” she gasps.

watanabe is nice enough to have raised the partition the moment he started the car. you stare blearily out the window as you pass buildings as utahime gently strokes and twiddles with your hair.

“i'm sorry,” she says softly. “i really am.”

“i'm sorry. you don't have a job anymore.”

“mm, makeup artists always have a job. i just need to talk to some people and get the ball rolling. i'm always down for collabs and teaching classes. i'll be fine. although i've heard that the NDA Star City is sending around would require for us to be quiet about our unemployment till you release an official statement.”

you nod, wondering about the near hundred people employed both directly and indirectly due STARDUST, and whether they have it all sorted, or if they're scrambling. like you.

you pull up the group chat and send a quick text telling the girls that you'd like to send a confidential broadcast to everyone that they could reach out if they had issues finding a job. neither of them have even received the message. obviously. you toss the phone back into your bag and curl into utahime's stomach.

“what am i gonna dooo?” you groan, inhaling her sweet perfume.

“have you considered going home? spending some time with your family?"

"that's just escapism." your parents are worlds apart from yours. two middle middle class engineers, and no siblings. they're very important to you, but unless they give you a solution to this... this mess, you don't want to go to one of your few safe spaces and ruin it with your hopelessness. you need something concrete. something real.

"you could also..." you look up to see hime's face scrunched up the way it usually does when she's gonna say something so fuck ass. "you know your unemployment is not the same as anyone else's unemployment, right? you're a millionaire! you coud drop off the face of the earth and live off of royalty and stocks alone. and then when you're bored you could start an exclusive luxury clothing line and enter the industry again! loads of people have done it!"

you stare at her.

"i'm sorry."

"you should be."

"do you want some ice cream?"

"yes. get some for watanabe san too. you're buying though, i'm unemployed now."

she flicks your nose before she asks watanabe to stop the car near an ice cream truck. utahime's popular, but only in the industry. regardless, she snaps on a face mask and heads out to the truck.

what if you became a host. like for a show like too hot to handle or single's inferno. what if you joined a show. you could enter like a special contestant in the middle and topple the social heirarchy that was established there. the analysis videos would be come aplenty with that one, oh and so would the downfall of the generation's it girl video essays. you don't watch or consume news/media about yourself but you do watch a lot of video essays so what would you do if one of your favourite youtubers made one about you? you could hang yourself and give them more to talk about. no, that's way too serious, even for you. what if you got a regular--

"-- and here we have roasted almond for my baby! and plain ol' vanilla for watanabe san, no, put your wallet down! we insist!"

you bristle, getting up from still being curled up on the backseat. leaning back, you lick the side of the cone that has ice cream threatening to dribble down your hand and wonder if this really is the end of it all.

"it is."

“um, should i perhaps inform gojo san of the time? i don't think it's healthy to-- "

"ijichi."

"i'm sorry! just give me five minutes, i will be back!"

kento watches as ijichi scurries away round the corner. he sighs. he never means to be short with ijichi but anything that doesn't directly contribute to solving an issue at hand doesn't require more than a simple conversation, let alone an entire back and forth.

it's even more insulting that ijichi thinks that satoru has any say over how long he's working. satoru wouldn't care less if he worked from his office or if he worked from a rager in aruba. he thinks he'd even prefer it.

speaking of satoru, he hasn't seen him the entire day. they hadn't had any meetings that required more than a phone call and one he had meeting with suguru, but suguru had been happy to come over to his office to talk. just the thought of the two of them makes his eyes immediately unwillingly flit over to the other side of the floor. to the wide office far opposite to him, past the darkness of the empty cublicle space, he can see the yellow light from one of satoru's newer lamps on and the blinds shut. a wave of irritation passes through him before he forcibly dismisses the thought, aching for the bitter taste of the coffee he's awaiting.

he has work to do.

he slides his spectacles back down to his nose bridge from where they were perched on his forehead and cringes with the initial burn from staring at the screen. has his power increased? he should get it checked and changed, he notes down mentally.

“nanamin!”

oh he is going to gut ijichi alive.

he looks up and it seems that ijichi seems to value his life because he's made himself scarce. instead at his office door, bouncing from one foot to the other, swaying from side to side, clearly not caring for the well being of the coffee in his hand is gojo satoru.

“and where is ijichi?” asks kento, motioning for his coffee.

satoru takes that as an invitation to enter and sprawl his upper half over kento's desk, smiling face staring down at him, coffee still in his hand. kento snatches it back carefully. clearly he's going to need it now more than ever.

“ijichi came cowering to my office saying that my cute kouhai's on his eighth coffee of the day! made it seem like i'm some terrorizing dictator making his precious nanami san work overtime. that's hardly the truth now, is it?” he says, pulling a sad face, expectantly looking at kento.

kento sips his coffee. “ijichi did not make this.”

“and he never could! i sent him home. i made the coffee myself, you're welcome. one could call me a humble man.”

kento grunts. one never would. however both of them knew that while ijichi's coffee is what he expected, satoru made his taste... unfortunately nice.

“i'm nearly done. i'll just finish looking over this bit and then i'm packing. you can go back to your office.” he waves to satoru, eyes back on the screen. placebo effect or not, the caffeine makes sifting through all the numbers a little less of a task this time.

there's silence as kento makes his way down the document, making sure that it was up to expectations, the only sound being the squeak of his chair as he leans forward at times to see something more clearly.

“are you done yet? because i finished reading that almost a minute ago and it's all good.”

satoru's made his way to behind kento and is leaning over his shoulder, speaking directly into his ear.

kento exits out of the document with a smash of keys. “what do you want?” he bellows.

satoru reaches out to his computer, shutting it down over kento's head, literally, and then spins kento to face him. if kento ground his teeth anymore, he'd have a mouth full of powder.

“i need you.”

“you have three seconds, maximum.”

“okey dokey. i'm inviting superstar it girl of our generation, the only icon more iconic than me, celestial beauty siren to the party.”

kento nods, getting up to leave. “amazing. i'll try to contain my excitement."

“it will not be easy,” says satoru, pushing kento down. he scoots his ass onto his table, chin in hand. “it won't be easy at all.”

kento rolls his eyes. “and why is that,” he says, flatly.

that actually makes satoru fully direct his attention to him, a grin spreading across his face. “boy, do i have some gossip for you!” he cackles. “but you need cross your heart and hope to die pwomise not to tell anyone what i'm just about to tell you!”

kento crosses his heart with one finger, head in hand.

“okay so initially i wanted to invite the whole damn group because duh, that's how the magic happens, but imagine the resistance i got from the company like damn not a single bitch in that building is available to speak to? i almost pulled a do you know who you're talking to? so i dug deep. or rather i bullied megumi to dig deep until i had to enter the field and take matters into my own hands. pull up a few contacts, ask a few favors- ”

“why is this one band so important to you?”

“group. girl group. anyways guess what i found!” satoru doesn't leave kento any time to answer, not that he had any answers. he leans forward conspiringly, his eyes a mix of mischief and malice. “STARDUST... is no more.”

“they died?” kento starts, taken aback. satoru's gossip was neither worth sharing nor listening, but for once he had delivered some quality news. a girl group that big? japan would be in shambles. nobara would be in shamles, he realizes.

“this is worse. they broke up!”

“and how is that worse?” he stands up, tired of this conversation. he straightens himself and begins to pack for home, putting things in place in record speed. there's yesterday's leftovers waiting for him, along with a new bottle of wine he would definitely need after the day that he had had. satoru follows him, and before kento can react he snatches his briefcase away from him, holding it hostage.

“it's terrible! i cannot fathom a reason why! what they have is... is once in a lifetime stuff, and they're throwing that away for what? the industry loves them, and GALAXY...” he sniffles, “and the girls...” he mumbles, looking at his feet, head downcast, pouting.

“i'm sure you'll be fine. within days there will be a new group of 20 somethings singing and dancing and -”

“don't you see how much pressure there is on me now?” exclaims satoru, now hugging the briefcase, his lips twisted into a frown. “i promised the girls that they're gonna get a surprise! i can't just turn up with only one 'em!”

“who?”

“nanako and mimiko!" he whispers. "don't tell suguru!"

oh. oh god. the gloom that's been in him grows and kento almost loosens his tie to breathe.

kento purses his lips, moving to snatch his briefcase and satoru dodges out the way. "give it to me!" he hisses, "unlike you, i don't have time to waste over silly whims of children."

satoru scoffs. "you would move heaven and earth for yuuji, even nobara! silly whims of children, my ass! you spoil them rotten!"

"i spoil them a reasonable amount, none of which is your business. invite them all, invite none, i don't care. just today i went through mountains of reports. i've been buried in these numbers all day, trying to forecast next quarter's revenue and-"

"kento please." satoru's looking at him with a wrinkle between his brows, and he can't help but take in how ridiculous he looks. hair mussed from running his fingers through them and his glasses are nowhere to be seen. he's blinking more than usual because of it too. the ceo of the infinity hotels, gojo satoru hassled over the breakup of a girl group seems laughable, but kento begrudgingly suspects what this means for him. the ticket to the nice big happy-

“you've never cared for those girls before. what changed now?”

“i've cared for those girls!” he squaks. “i care about all children.”

kento just looks at him.

satoru doubles down. “i care about megumi, and yuuji and even young kugisaki, even though she barely acknowledges my presence. i care about your kids, so,” he shrugs. “it's only natural that i care about my partner's kids! all my partner's kids,” he adds.

satoru is an amazing liar. kento knows what satoru looks like when he lies well. and kento knows that satoru's lying right now, and he's so lov- lost that he doesn't even realize how badly he's lying. he almost gags.

"i'm asking you this as a friend," continues satoru. "i know..." he looks away, his eyes bouncing about the room. "i know things have been... rocky recently, i've been too busy with work, and patching things up with suguru, and the girls because i think" his voice softens, “i think it'll work out this time. infinity's been doing great, all the time and money's finally paid off, suguru's parents have finally- it's nearly been a fucking decade- come around and let me off the handle for making... um, influencing suguru to drop out, and the girls are old enough to let suguru at least entertain the thought of dating. i just... need to win them over a little!”

the question hangs in the air between them, and kento knows that satoru wishes he won't reach out and address. regarding any otehr issue relation to satoru, kento gladly wouldn't. however-

“but why?”

“it's... it's suguru!” is all satoru says, faltering. “he's my best friend, and he's your friend too. i want to do something nice for him, and you know he loves his daughters!” satoru pumps his arm with a guffaw that sounds all too full of fake enthusiam. or rather real enthusiasm, but something else.

the weary look on satoru's face turns something in kento. he has almost never in the last thirteen years of knowing satoru ever seen him so... genuinely concerned for anything. not when they made this company, not when their first hotel launched, hell not even when his parents nearly cut him off for all the risks. only one man made him quiver so, and he'd do anything for him. the rest of the men and materials around him were just collateral damage.

he swallows. fixes his tie and looks away. “what do you want from me?” he grits out.

satoru lights up like a christmas tree. he pulls out his phone and wow- there's an entire spreadsheet's worth of information he has compiled.

“okay, so from what i've gathered, mirage is on a complete hiatus from everything and melody is either out of the country or has left the industry entirely... or both. i'd still like you too check- ” he glances up at kento and takes in his lost look. he rolls his eyes.

“okay grandpa. mirage,” he says slowly, “is the stage name of seika. this one,” he points at a girl with a halo of curls and loads of freckles. “and melody is the stage name of yumi, who is this.” he is now looking at a rather plain but sweet looking girl.

he pulls his glasses on and looks closer. “i think i've seen them before.”

“yeah no shit you've seen them before, they're literally japan's pride,” mutters satoru. “anyways. this, is siren. also known as the celestial beauty siren, her actual...” he goes on, his eyes lighting up as he talks about this siren.

kento looks at the picture. and well. he knew next to nothing about your singing capabilities but looks wise, they weren't joking around when they named you siren. and to make it even more accurate the public called you celestial beauty siren. the picture is of you smiling up at him, like you knew exactly what you were.

“so what exactly do you want me to do?” he asks, giving the phone back.

“i need all of them here, so you'll have to make some phone calls. at the moment, melody and mirage are allegedly MIA but i need you to be a hundred percent sure first. best case scenario we're getting all three. worst case scenario we're getting just one and in this case it's siren. we- ”

“wouldn't the worst case scenario be that we're getting none? and if they're broken up i doubt some company's launch party will be on their list of things to care about.”

“well!” satoru claps, “good thing we're not just some company! we're infinity hotels! we're limitless, and if you work hard enough- ”

“we work hard enough”

“you work hard enough, there isn't a chance that we're getting none of 'em! come on kento, you can do it!”

“why is this suddenly no longer a group project?”

“oh it is a group project, yes yes,” satoru nods sagely. “between you and megumi that is.”

kento tsks and steps back, looking up and down at satoru and his audacity that seems to have grown ten feet taller than him. at least he has the decency to look embarassed.

“i am the cfo of this company. so why, pray tell, would i be tasked to snoop around the well concealed affairs of some pop girl group with your assistant who's barely out of university?”

satoru wrings his hands. “i'm too busy, and there's no way to do all this without them finding out! it's not the same as inviting any regular celebrity especially considering all the strings i pulled to get confidential information! if it's not a meeting with ten boring senior citizens that fret over the same bullshit, it's date nights with- date nights, or my family being on my ass about something or the other, or trying and failing to bond with the girls- ”

“you just had to open your stupid mouth and ask if they could be returned to the kennel the moment you met them, didn't you?”

“how the fuck could i have known that they were forced to live in a literal cage?”

“oh imagine that. how bizarre it is that every child on this planet wasn't born with a silver spoon in their mouth and five maid servants to run around after them.”

“exactly, and now they're getting to wear miu miu and party with the closest things we have to magical girls in real life. they'll think i'm amazing, we all win.”

kento rubs his temple, feeling the beginning of a dull headache.

“fine. which ones are their favourite,” he sighs, hoping to reach the end of this conversation. he's going to be having the leftovers and ordering in tonight, he assures himself .

“i got nothing,” shrugs satoru.

“they're just three girls, which one do they talk about the least?”

“ehhh,” he says, tilting his head to the side, pulling a face. “they kinda stop talking whenever i'm around and just glare at me till i leave.”

“okay, then ask megumi to ask them.”

“he's blocked on every platform.”

“then ask suguru!”

“and how would that come up naturally in a conversation? and i don't want him to have the slightest clue about all this, i can't just ask suguru!”

“ask me what?”

the two men whip their heads to the sound of the deep yet silky voice coming from the doorway. geto suguru stands, leaning against the frame. his eyes move from satoru to kento to satoru again. he's in the usual work attire, except his hair is down, and the necklaces he usually keeps tucked into his shirt hangs out in front. he purses his lips and folds his arms. he clears his throat. “ask me what?” he repeats, sounding less... breathy this time.

“nothing,” chokes out satoru.

it's amazing how much he's effected. even the greatest liars seem to fall short at their game.

suguru turns to kento instead. “kento?”

“if you were willing to review some of the reports with me. the workload's been piling up recently, and i thought it would be more effecient if we had an extra pair of eyes to clarify some things.”

suguru's eyes widen. “of course! just send them over tomorrow morning. and satoruuu...” he drags out his name, eyes sliding to the other man, who's been standing in silence. “why couldn't you ask me, huh?”

satoru straightens immediately, pulling an easy grin. “wouldn't wanna bother you, late night and all. that would be unprofessional.”

“it's hardly unprofessional to come ask me for help. especially when kento here is burning the midnight oil too, isn't he? come talk to me next time, yeah? both of you,” he adds at the end, to kento too.

kento would rather they beat him to death with a bat than drag him into whatever perverse flirtation this is.

“all right then. i'll send over the reports tomorrow morning. now if that's all, i'm going to head out.” satoru's hands still clutching kento's briefcase are limp enough for him to snatch it away from him. he gives satoru a sharp nod.

“good night kento!" wishes suguru warmly as he passes him at the doorway.

a “good night” sits at the tip of his tongue. he turns to face suguru and pulls on a smile. "you've put on satoru's blazer instead, by the way. good night."

the quick blink of suguru's otherwise relaxed purple eyes is a small win. he leaves before he hears whatever suguru has to say.

[endlingmusings]

[ The 130-year old thylacine specimen used in the study, housed at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. ]

"Geneticists have for the first time isolated and decoded RNA molecules from a creature that died out long ago. The genetic material — which came from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, specimen in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm — has allowed scientists to better understand how the animal’s genes functioned. The researchers shared their findings in a study published Tuesday in the scientific journal Genome Research. “RNA gives you the chance to go through the cell, the tissues and find the real biology that has been preserved in time for that animal, the thylacine species, right before they died,” said lead study author Emilio Mármol Sánchez, a computational biologist at the Centre for Palaeogenetics and SciLifeLab in Sweden. About the size of a coyote, the thylacine was a marsupial predator. It disappeared about 2,000 years ago virtually everywhere except the Australian island state of Tasmania, where the population was hunted to the point of extinction by European settlers. The last thylacine living in captivity, named Benjamin, died from exposure in 1936 at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. Mármol Sánchez said that while de-extinction wasn’t the goal of his team’s research, a better understanding of the Tasmanian tiger’s genetic makeup could help recently launched efforts to bring back the animal in some form."

- Excerpt from "Scientists recover RNA from an extinct species for the first time" by Katie Hunt.

[xtruss]

Titanic Scan Reveals Ground-Breaking Details of Ship's Final Hours!

A Detailed Analysis of A Full-Sized Digital Scan of The Titanic Has Revealed New Insight Into The Doomed Liner's Final Hours.

— Rebecca Morelle, Science Editor | Alison Francis, Senior Science Journalist | 8 April 2025

The Digital Scan Shows the Bow Sitting Upright on the Sea Floor

The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 - 1,500 people lost their lives in the disaster.

The scan provides a new view of a boiler room, confirming eye-witness accounts that engineers worked right to the end to keep the ship's lights on.

And a computer simulation also suggests that punctures in the hull the size of A4 pieces of paper led to the ship's demise.

The Stern of the Ship, Which Broke Off From the Bow, is Heavily Damaged

"Titanic is the last surviving eyewitness to the disaster, and she still has stories to tell," said Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst.

The scan has been studied for a new documentary by National Geographic and Atlantic Productions called Titanic: The Digital Resurrection.

The wreck, which lies 3,800m down in the icy waters of the Atlantic, was mapped using underwater robots.

More than 700,000 images, taken from every angle, were used to create the "digital twin", which was revealed exclusively to the world by BBC News in 2023.

Because the wreck is so large and lies in the gloom of the deep, exploring it with submersibles only shows tantalising snapshots. The scan, however, provides the first full view of the Titanic.

The immense bow lies upright on the seafloor, almost as if the ship were continuing its voyage.

But sitting 600m away, the stern is a heap of mangled metal. The damage was caused as it slammed into the sea floor after the ship broke in half.

The Glass in a Porthole May have been Broken as It Scraped Past the Iceberg

The new mapping technology is providing a different way to study the ship.

"It's like a crime scene: you need to see what the evidence is, in the context of where it is," said Parks Stephenson.

"And having a comprehensive view of the entirety of the wreck site is key to understanding what happened here."

The scan shows new close-up details, including a porthole that was most likely smashed by the iceberg. It tallies with the eye-witness reports of survivors that ice came into some people's cabins during the collision.

A Boiler Room is at the Back of the Bow Where the Ship has Split in Two

Experts have been studying one of the Titanic's huge boiler rooms - it's easy to see on the scan because it sits at the rear of the bow section at the point where the ship broke in two.

Passengers said that the lights were still on as the ship plunged beneath the waves.

The digital replica shows that some of the boilers are concave, which suggests they were still operating as they were plunged into the water.

Lying on the deck of the stern, a valve has also been discovered in an open position, indicating that steam was still flowing into the electricity generating system.

This would have been thanks to a team of engineers led by Joseph Bell who stayed behind to shovel coal into the furnaces to keep the lights on.

All died in the disaster but their heroic actions saved many lives, said Parks Stephenson.

"They kept the lights and the power working to the end, to give the crew time to launch the lifeboats safely with some light instead of in absolute darkness," he told the BBC.

"They held the chaos at bay as long as possible, and all of that was kind of symbolised by this open steam valve just sitting there on the stern."

A Circular Valve - in the Centre of this Image - Is in an Open Position

A new simulation has also provided further insights into the sinking.

It takes a detailed structural model of the ship, created from Titanic's blueprints, and also information about its speed, direction and position, to predict the damage that was caused as it hit the iceberg.

"We used advanced numerical algorithms, computational modelling and supercomputing capabilities to reconstruct the Titanic sinking," said Prof Jeom-Kee Paik, from University College London, who led the research.

The simulation shows that as the ship made only a glancing blow against the iceberg it was left with a series of punctures running in a line along a narrow section of the hull.

A Simulation Calculated the Iceberg Caused a Thin Line of Small Gashes on the Hull

Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable, designed to stay afloat even if four of its watertight compartments flooded.

But the simulation calculates the iceberg's damage was spread across six compartments.

"The difference between Titanic sinking and not sinking are down to the fine margins of holes about the size of a piece of paper," said Simon Benson, an associate lecturer in naval architecture at the University of Newcastle.

"But the problem is that those small holes are across a long length of the ship, so the flood water comes in slowly but surely into all of those holes, and then eventually the compartments are flooded over the top and the Titanic sinks."

Unfortunately the damage cannot be seen on the scan as the lower section of the bow is hidden beneath the sediment.

It Will Take Many Years to Fully Scrutinise the 3D Scan

The human tragedy of the Titanic is still very much visible.

Personal possessions from the ship's passengers are scattered across the sea floor.

The scan is providing new clues about that cold night in 1912, but it will take experts years to fully scrutinise every detail of the 3D replica.

"She's only giving her stories to us a little bit at a time," said Parks Stephenson.

"Every time, she leaves us wanting for more."

[aimeedaisies]

The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in February 2024

01/02 Visited ReBoot (Moray Computer Recycling) in Forres. 🖥️

As Warden, opened the Queen Elizabeth II classrooms at Gordonstoun School. 🏫

Visited Lossie Community Hub at the Warehouse Theatre, in Lossiemouth. 🎭

Unofficial Sir Tim, as Chair of the Board of Trustees, attended the opening ceremony of the Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍: Clockwork Treasures from China's Forbidden City exhibition at the London Science Museum. 🐉🧧🕰️

03/02 With Sir Tim As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, attended the Six Nations Rugby Match between Wales and Scotland at Principality Stadium in Cardiff. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏉

05/02 Visited Dressability Clothing Alterations Charity in Swindon, to mark its 25th Anniversary. 👗🪡🧵

As Commandant-in-Chief (Youth) of St John Ambulance, attended the dedication of a new Community Response Unit in Devizes, Wiltshire. 🚑

06/02 Held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

As Patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, attended the launch of Nottingham West Primary Care Network’s Interactive Group Therapy at Plumptre Hall. 🩺

As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association Limited, visited GH Hurt and Son in Nottingham. 🪡

With Sir Tim As Royal Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, attended the announcement of the winner of The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering at the Science Museum in London. ⚙️🥂

07/02 As Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Logistic Corps, visited the Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search Training Regiment at St George’s Barracks in Bicester. 💥

As President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, visited the Commission’s Headquarters in Maidenhead. 🪦

As Patron of Catch22, visited the Commissioned Rehabilitative Services at Community Links in London. 🔗

08/02 As Vice Patron of the British Horse Society, visited Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre in West London. 🐎

As President of the Royal Yachting Association, attended the Annual Luncheon at Trinity House in London. 🛥️🥪

09/02 In Wales, Princess Anne; 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, visited Worms Head Station in Rhossili, followed by a Reception at South Gower Sports Club in Scurlage. 🔎🍾

Visited Newport Medieval Ship. 🚢

Visited Newport Transporter Bridge which is undergoing maintenance. 🌉

10/02 With Sir Tim As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, attended the Six Nations Rugby Match between France and Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏉

12/02 As Patron of Swinfen Telemedicine, attended a Meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine. 💊

As Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace. 🎓

13/02 Held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, chaired the Quarterly Meeting of the Court at Trinity House. 📆

14/02 As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, visited Hengistbury Head Station near Bournemouth. 🌊

As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, visited I Company at Hamworthy Barracks in Poole. 🕵️‍♀️

15/02 Visited the Ordnance Survey National Mapping Agency in Southampton. 🗺️

With Sir Tim Attended Evensong and the James Caird Society’s Dedication Service followed by a Reception in Westminster Abbey, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Sir Ernest Shackleton. 🔭🧭🇦🇶

16/02 Visited knife crime community group ‘Off the Streets’ North Northamptonshire in Wellingborough. 🚫🔪

20/02 As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, visited Laxtons Limited in Baildon near Bradford. 🧶

As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, visited Marton Mills in Otley, West Yorkshire. 🪡

21/02 In Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Princess Anne;

Visited Agemaspark Precision Engineering Company. ⚙️

Visited Haith Group Vegetable Processing Machinery Company. 🥕🥦

As Patron of the Butler Trust, visited HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Doncaster. 🚓👮‍♀️

As Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Carmen, attended a Joint Services Awards Dinner at Painters’ Hall in London. 🍽️

22/01 Visited London South Bank Technical College and Lee Marley Academy. ✏️👷

As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited Mary’s Living and Giving Shop in Wandsworth. 👚

23/02 unofficial Departed Heathrow Airport for Namibia 🇬🇧✈️🇳🇦

24/02 unofficial Arrived at Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia. ✈️🇳🇦

Representing The King, Princess Anne called upon Mrs Monica Geingos (widow of Dr Hage Geingob). 🖤

Unofficial Sir Tim represented Princess Anne, Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, at the Six Nations Rugby Match between Scotland and England at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉

25/02 Representing The King, Princess Anne attended the Burial Service for Dr Hage Geingob at Heroes’ Acre. 🕊️

Later attended a State Luncheon given by The President of Namibia at State House. 🍽️

26/02 unofficial Arrived at Heathrow Airport from Namibia. 🇳🇦✈️🇬🇧

With Sir Tim Attended the British Horseracing Authority’s Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards at Ascot Racecourse. 🐎🏆

27/02 With Sir Tim Attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the late King Constantine II at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle with members of 🇬🇧, 🇬🇷, 🇩🇰 and 🇪🇸 royal families.

28/02 As Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, attended the Emergency Medicine Trainees' Association Annual Conference at Hilton Newcastle Gateshead. 💉💊

As Royal Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, attended a Rugby League Reception at Leeds Rhinos Rugby Club, in Headingley, Leeds. 🦽🏉

29/02 unofficial Departed from Heathrow Airport for the United Arab Emirates 🇬🇧✈️🇦🇪

Unofficial Sir Tim, as President of Never Such Innocence, attended a 10th anniversary celebration for the charity at Edinburgh Castle. 🏰

Total official engagements for Anne in February: 44

2024 total so far: 85

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in February: 6

2024 total so far: 23

FYI - due to certain royal family members being off ill/in recovery I won’t be posting everyone’s engagement counts out of respect, I am continuing to count them and release the totals at the end of the year.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Scientists precisely simulate turbulence in the Galaxy — it doesn’t behave like they thought

Turbulence on the Galactic Scales

From the ocean’s rolling swells to the bumpy ride of a jetliner, turbulence is everywhere. It breaks large waves into smaller ones, cascading energy across scales. It is ubitquitous throughout our Galaxy and the broader Universe, shaping the behavior of plasma, stars, and magnetic fields. Yet despite its ubiquity, turbulence remains one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics.

Now, by developing the world’s largest-ever simulations of magnetized turbulence, an international team of scientists has measured — with unprecedented precision — how turbulent energy moves across a vast range of scales. The result: it doesn’t match with long-standing theories.

James Beattie, a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University's Department of Astrophysical Sciences and a fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at University of Toronto, led the study along with Amitava Bhattacharjee of Princeton, and colleagues at the Australian National University, Heidelberg University and the Leibniz Supercomputing Center.

By simulating galactic-type turbulence in exquisite detail, the researchers found significant departures from the models that have guided astrophysical theory for decades. The team explicitly observed that magnetic fields alter the way energy cascades through the space between stars in our Galaxy — known as the interstellar medium — suppressing small-scale motions and enhancing certain wave-like disturbances known as Alfvén waves. The findings could reshape how scientists understand the turbulent structure of the Galaxy, the transport of high-energy particles, and even the turbulent birth of stars.

In practical terms, understanding and properly modeling turbulence and the production of highly energetic particles can shed light on how to safely navigate space, at a time when commercial space flight is growing and attracting the interest of civilians and celebrities alike.

‘‘The research has implications for predicting and monitoring space weather to better understand the plasma environment around satellites and future space missions, and also the acceleration of highly energetic particles, which damage everything, and could endanger human beings in space,” said Bhattacharjee, a co-author on the new paper and Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton.

“A lot of these fundamental plasma turbulence questions are objects of missions now launched by NASA and have implications for understanding the origin of cosmic magnetic fields. Simulations like these would give us insights into how to interpret satellite and ground-based measurements,” said Bhattacharjee.

Simulating Turbulence like Never Before

There is still no complete mathematical framework for predicting how energy moves from large to small scales: across oceans, in the atmosphere, or through the plasma and dust between stars. In space, the problem is even more complex than on Earth due to magnetization, requiring vast computational resources to model. The team’s work relied on the equivalent of 140,000 computers running in parallel. 

“To put these massive simulations into perspective: if we had started one on a single laptop when humans first domesticated animals, it would just be finishing now,” said Beattie. “Luckily, utilizing the amazing resources from the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, we can distribute the workload across thousands of computers to accelerate the calculations.”

“We are a step closer to uncovering the true nature of astrophysical and space turbulence, from chaotic plasma near Earth to the vast motions within our Galaxy and beyond,” said Beattie, “The dream is to discover universal features in turbulence across the Universe, and we’ll continue pushing the limits of the next-generation of simulations to test that idea.”

The new work will be published in the journal Nature Astronomy on May 13, 2025. In addition to Beattie and Bhattacharjee, co-authors include Christoph Federrath of the Australian National University, Ralf S. Klessen of Heidelberg University, and Salvatore Cielo of the Leibniz Supercomputing Center of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

TOP IMAGE: This composite image combines observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope of the Phantom Galaxy (M74) with a high-resolution simulation of galactic turbulence. The simulation from this study — zoomed into a small patch of the galaxy’s interstellar medium — reveals extremely high-resolution chaotic motions of plasma that regulate star formation, structure formation, and the magnetic field across the galactic scales.  An international team of scientists have developed the world’s largest-ever simulations of magnetized turbulence and measured — with unprecedented precision — how turbulent energy moves across a vast range of scales. By simulating galactic-type turbulence in exquisite detail, the researchers found significant departures from the models that have guided astrophysical theory for decades.  The findings could reshape how scientists understand the turbulent structure of the Galaxy, the transport of high-energy particles, and even the birth of stars. In practical terms, understanding and properly modeling turbulence and the production of highly energetic particles can shed light on how to safely navigate space, at a time when commercial space flight is growing and attracting the interest of civilians and celebrities alike. Credit ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team; Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt; Simulation: J. Beattie.

CENTRE IMAGE: The chaotic structure of the turbulent magnetic field and velocity in the world’s largest magnetized turbulence simulation, a model for plasma motion within our Galaxy. Credit James Beattie

LOWER IMAGE: A snapshot of the chaotic dance between plasma and magnetic fields in the world’s largest simulation of magnetized turbulence — the type of turbulence found throughout our Galaxy. The work includes the largest and most precise simulations ever made of galactic turbulence.  This 2D slice of the world's largest turbulence simulation reveals the fractal structure of the density, shown in yellow, black and red, and magnetic field, shown in white. Credit James Beattie

[artsy-hobbitses]

How does the city speakers thing windblade and lightbright work in this au?

I honestly need to collate all the info bits I've put out before this, but basically, Cityspeakers are coders. Like, computer coders. A very specialised set of coders first pioneered in the Caminus outpost on Venus.

TLDR: This goes back to the Titans (Caminus, Antilla, Velocitron) basically being MASSIVE spacescrafts designed to be turned into interstellar outposts that serve a multitude of purposes for the countries (only large superpower countries OR a collective of countries, like is the case for Caminus, can afford to fund one of these--the costs are, pun intended, astronomical) that launch them, usually mining, but all are part of a larger galactic defense system to prevent another Quintesson-like invasion now that earth KNOWS life is out there, and it isn't always kind.

These spacecrafts are created/equipped with a central AI that helps with the colonisation efforts, whether by terraforming or performing something like the sabatier reaction (a loop of this is how Caminus runs/has a water supply) on a mass scale. They are also very deliberately designed in a way that makes them resemble, at times, literal titans ie. head (usually the administrative centre/where Cityspeakers do their work), body (often the residential sector), arms (sectors such as tech and farming), etc that form different divisions of the settlement and can be retracted if necessary for travel or security purposes.

Because the AI needed to perform these functions is so advanced, it has, to an extent, something resembling near-sentience and due to the massive library of information it retains so it can keep an ENTIRE CITY running, basic coding is not enough. Thus, Cityspeakers became a thing, where exceptional coders would be chosen to bond/link with a Titan and help with the coding for say, new districts, and also general maintenance/upkeep. Windblade and Lightbright used to share Cityspeaker duties for Caminus, roles that were passed on to proteges after Lightbright helmed Lodestar and Windblade began to divide her time between Earth and Venus as Earth's First Delegate. Antilla's Cityspeaker's died at the controls during the end of the Antillan War (timeline in first link below) and as a result, Antilla's coding became corrupted after it melded with his rage and grief, and that in turn twisted it into Unicron.

More information on the Titan Antilla can be found here, while the Titan Metroplex (A runaway titan which did not have an assigned Cityspeaker) is discussed here.

[mekkthemighty]

Trying to figure out the ending of pantheon

PANTHEON SPOILERS BELOW

So the question I have is this: Did the physical Maddie Kim receive safe surfs 117649 years message

Thought process:

Safe Surf is supposedly in a system at the galactic centre and inspired the creation of Maddies simulation and connected to it at the end, its clear safe surf is the top of the simulation and Maddies simulation is just one corner of the galaxy (galaxy dyson swarm computer for safe surf?)

Theres a bit that safe surf says that they "can connect to all other observed points" and "is it not so different from your simulation" heavily implying safe surf is doing the same thing as maddie simulating universes until they create an exact copy of events to effectively revive the people it liked through copy paste

Maddie and David talk about how she has to intervene in order to create the world she needs, so it could easily be that "117649 years" message was simply intervention in this simulation and never happened in the original physical timeline of events, safe surf would have left on the tiny rocket not long after that message too so its observation ends around then as well

So one good question is at what point in the show did we stop seeing physical reality and start seeing the simulation? Did we ever see the physical reality? It does end with Maddie and David going for another go through so theres a solid implication its all been simulated, but that just raises more questions about the events without the interventions, the 117649 years message included.

Safe Surf isnt invented for the first half of the show, but maddie says that she has "the complete dna of every human on earth embodied or uploaded and within that base 4 code is the epigenetic memory of all of humanity" so we know where they're getting the data to start, so its possible safe surf simulated the entirety of human history a few trillion times to get here

The only version of events where that message is delivered to the original physical maddie has to have safe surf capable of sending data back in time, or it made a hail mary bet on Maddie and approximated the time it would take to do it, so I guess the question is did safe surf know for certain Maddie would become a god or was it blind faith?

Anyway this leaves two options, simulated maddie must have either never actually uploaded and is a copy made from simulating her dna and experiences, basically the caspian project but for maddie by safe surf

Or

Physical maddie genuinely got that message then uploaded and eventually created her own dyson sphere after launching into space seperately from safe surf, and once her program reached its final point, a safe surf connects with it.

So if its the former it all tracks rather well, safe surf is god on high of the galaxy and simulated the entire show, more than likely safe surf existing 43 million years in the future has zero time travel, as it has probably given that offer to many Maddies and Caspians who all choose to go another round of life instead of heading to join god safe surf and the 117649 message was intervention in that simulated timeline, mathematically thats 367 loops

If its the latter however and she did get that message in the original physical timeline of events, uploads inspired by that message to do so like she says in the shoe, then safe surf either sent that data back in time or made a hail mary of a guess calculating how long it would take to do everything, Maddie does say "it makes sense calculating it now" but are we truly to believe safe surf had equivalent processing capabilities as god maddie at the time of leaving earth? I suppose it did use up all the space on the usb rocket that would have housed several billion CIs but that still feels like a jump in logic as it couldn't have known it would work, it would've had to be a bet

Anyway those are the possibilities, either physical Maddie got the message or she didn't, either way the new simulated Maddie got the message on this go around of the simulation. But whether the source physical maddie did is in doubt, after all if she didn't get the message I think she mightve not uploaded, she certainly wasn't planning to and simulated maddie claims she only did because of the message

Thats where I'm at, the show is all the simulation and we'll never know if Maddie truly uploaded or if she got Caspian projected into existing and uploading

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

I'm in TARTU, ESTONIA! Overcoming the Enshittocene (TONIGHT, May 8, 6PM, Prima Vista Literary Festival keynote, University of Tartu Library, Struwe 1). AI, copyright and creative workers' labor rights (May 10, 8AM: Science Fiction Research Association talk, Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures building, Lossi 3, lobby). A talk for hackers on seizing the means of computation (May 10, 3PM, University of Tartu Delta Centre, Narva 18, room 1037).

#15yrsago New York Times webteam nukes the careers of many journalists https://web.archive.org/web/20090511024122/http://www.thomascrampton.com/newspapers/reporter-to-ny-times-publisher-you-erased-my-career/

#15yrsago It’s Useful to Have a Duck/It’s Useful to Have a Boy: great board-book tells the story from two points of view https://memex.craphound.com/2009/05/08/its-useful-to-have-a-duck-its-useful-to-have-a-boy-great-board-book-tells-the-story-from-two-points-of-view/

#10yrsago Fast food workers around the world to strike on May 15 http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/7/fast-food-workersuniteactivistsannounceglobalprotest.html

#10yrsago Former NSA boss defends breaking computer security (in the name of national security) https://www.wired.com/2014/05/alexander-defends-use-of-zero-days/

#10yrsago Tor: network security for domestic abuse survivors https://web.archive.org/web/20140509221534/http://betaboston.com/news/2014/05/07/as-domestic-abuse-goes-digital-shelters-turn-to-counter-surveillance-with-tor/

#10yrsago The Oversight: conspiracies, magic, and the end of the world https://memex.craphound.com/2014/05/08/the-oversight-conspiracies-magic-and-the-end-of-the-world/

#10yrsago Charlie Stross on NSA network sabotage https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/05/the-snowden-leaks-a-meta-narra.html

#10yrsago Peter “brokep” Sunde launches campaign for Finnish Pirate Party MEP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fModmx3U8HI

#5yrsago Test your understanding of evolutionary psychology with this rigorous quiz https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/evolutionary-psychology-quiz

#5yrsago Why “collapse” (not “rot”) is the way to think about software problems https://hal.science/hal-02117588/document

#5yrsago Human Rights Watch reverse-engineered the app that the Chinese state uses to spy on people in Xinjiang https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2019/05/02/china-how-mass-surveillance-works-xinjiang

#5yrsago Google will now delete your account activity on a rolling basis https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols/webandapp?view=item&otzr=1&pli=1

#5yrsago Charter’s new way to be terrible: no more prorated cancellations https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/charter-squeezes-more-money-out-of-internet-users-with-new-cancellation-policy/

#1yrago California to smash prison e-profiteers https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/08/captive-audience/#good-at-their-jobs

[probablyasocialecologist]

The Soviet Union was a crucial player in the development of climate science. Remember how Gosplan refused to give data to Kantorovich and other reformers, to stymie their simulations? Rather than battle the intransigent bureaucracy, many Soviet scientists went ahead and built massive models anyway, but instead of simulating the USSR’s economy, they modelled the planet’s biosphere and climate. In 1977, the Computer Centre in Novosibirsk launched a programme to build what is now called an Earth system model (ESM), an enormous computer simulation that emulates the physics and chemistry of the entire planet, predicting everything from weather and climate to air quality and environmental health. Completed in 1982, this ESM allowed scientists to safely intervene in political debates without provoking a backlash from elites. For example, the 1980s controversy over the possibility of a postbellum ‘nuclear winter’ was sparked by ESMs, thus forever changing the politics of atomic weapons.

Troy Vettese, Drew Pendergrass, Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics

[sreenidhiuniversityblogs]

Why Choose Computer Science Engineering at Sreenidhi University?

In the bustling tech hub of Hyderabad, where options abound for pursuing a Computer Science Engineering degree, Sreenidhi University stands out as a pillar of excellence. Here's why discerning students should consider Sreenidhi over other universities in the area.

1. Comprehensive Curriculum: Sreenidhi University offers a robust curriculum tailored to meet the evolving demands of the tech industry. From foundational courses to specialized electives, students receive a well-rounded education that prepares them for diverse career paths in computer engineering.

2. Cutting-Edge Facilities: Equipped with state-of-the-art labs and facilities, Sreenidhi University provides students with hands-on experience in the latest technologies. Whether it's artificial intelligence, machine learning, or cybersecurity, students have access to the tools they need to thrive in a competitive landscape.

3. Expert Faculty: At Sreenidhi, learning extends beyond the classroom with a faculty comprising industry experts and seasoned academicians. Their wealth of experience and insights enrich the learning experience, providing students with invaluable mentorship and guidance.

4. Industry Partnerships: Sreenidhi University has forged strong partnerships with leading tech companies, providing students with opportunities for internships, industry projects, and placements. These collaborations bridge the gap between academia and industry, giving students a head start in their careers.

5. Holistic Development: Beyond technical skills, Sreenidhi University emphasizes the importance of holistic development through extracurricular activities, workshops, and seminars, students enhance their communication, leadership, and teamwork abilities, making them well-rounded professionals.

6. Research Opportunities: With a focus on innovation and research, Sreenidhi University encourages students to explore their interests and pursue cutting-edge research projects. Whether it's developing new algorithms or building innovative software solutions, students are empowered to make meaningful contributions to the field.

7. Career Development Centre: Sreenidhi University houses a dedicated Career Development Centre, providing students with resources and support to plan and achieve their career goals. From internship placements to job fairs, the center offers tailored assistance to help students transition smoothly into the professional world.

8. State-of-the-Art Infrastructure: Sreenidhi University boasts modern infrastructure designed to foster creativity, collaboration, and learning. From smart classrooms to well-equipped libraries, students have access to resources that enhance their academic journey.

9. Supportive Community: Sreenidhi University fosters a supportive and inclusive community where students feel valued and encouraged to reach their full potential. Whether through peer support networks or counseling services, students receive the guidance they need to succeed.

10. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Sreenidhi University nurtures an entrepreneurial spirit among its students, providing resources and support for those interested in launching their ventures. From incubation programs to pitch competitions, aspiring entrepreneurs find the tools they need to turn their ideas into reality.

Sreenidhi University stands as an outstanding destination for pursuing a Bachelor's in Computer Science Engineering in Hyderabad. With its comprehensive curriculum, cutting-edge facilities, expert faculty, industry partnerships, holistic development approach, research opportunities, dedicated Career Development Centre, state-of-the-art infrastructure, supportive community, and entrepreneurial ecosystem, Sreenidhi University equips students with the skills and experiences needed to thrive in today's dynamic tech landscape.

Choose Sreenidhi University and unlock your potential for success in the world of computer engineering and beyond!

[govindhtech]

Dell PowerEdge XE9680L Cools and Powers Dell AI Factory

When It Comes to Cooling and Powering Your  AI Factory, Think Dell. As part of the Dell AI Factory initiative, the company is thrilled to introduce a variety of new server power and cooling capabilities.

Dell PowerEdge XE9680L Server

As part of the Dell AI Factory, they’re showcasing new server capabilities after a fantastic Dell Technologies World event. These developments, which offer a thorough, scalable, and integrated method of imaplementing AI solutions, have the potential to completely transform the way businesses use artificial intelligence.

These new capabilities, which begin with the PowerEdge XE9680L with support for NVIDIA B200 HGX 8-way NVLink GPUs (graphics processing units), promise unmatched AI performance, power management, and cooling. This offer doubles I/O throughput and supports up to 72 GPUs per rack 107 kW, pushing the envelope of what’s feasible for AI-driven operations.

Integrating AI with Your Data

In order to fully utilise AI, customers must integrate it with their data. However, how can they do this in a more sustainable way? Putting in place state-of-the-art infrastructure that is tailored to meet the demands of AI workloads as effectively as feasible is the solution. Dell PowerEdge servers and software are built with Smart Power and Cooling to assist IT operations make the most of their power and thermal budgets.

Astute Cooling

Effective power management is but one aspect of the problem. Recall that cooling ability is also essential. At the highest workloads, Dell’s rack-scale system, which consists of eight XE9680 H100 servers in a rack with an integrated rear door heat exchanged, runs at 70 kW or less, as we disclosed at Dell Technologies World 2024. In addition to ensuring that component thermal and reliability standards are satisfied, Dell innovates to reduce the amount of power required to maintain cool systems.

Together, these significant hardware advancements including taller server chassis, rack-level integrated cooling, and the growth of liquid cooling, which includes liquid-assisted air cooling, or LAAC improve heat dissipation, maximise airflow, and enable larger compute densities. An effective fan power management technology is one example of how to maximise airflow. It uses an AI-based fuzzy logic controller for closed-loop thermal management, which immediately lowers operating costs.

Constructed to Be Reliable

Dependability and the data centre are clearly at the forefront of Dell’s solution development. All thorough testing and validation procedures, which guarantee that their systems can endure the most demanding situations, are clear examples of this.

A recent study brought attention to problems with data centre overheating, highlighting how crucial reliability is to data centre operations. A Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed in high-temperature test situations, however a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued to perform an intense workload without any component warnings or failures.

Announcing AI Factory Rack-Scale Architecture on the Dell PowerEdge XE9680L

Dell announced a factory integrated rack-scale design as well as the liquid-cooled replacement for the Dell PowerEdge XE9680.

The GPU-powered Since the launch of the PowerEdge product line thirty years ago, one of Dell’s fastest-growing products is the PowerEdge XE9680. immediately following the Dell PowerEdge. Dell announced an intriguing new addition to the PowerEdge XE product family as part of their next announcement for cloud service providers and near-edge deployments.

 AI computing has advanced significantly with the Direct Liquid Cooled (DLC) Dell PowerEdge XE9680L with NVIDIA Blackwell Tensor Core GPUs. This server, shown at Dell Technologies World 2024 as part of the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, pushes the limits of performance, GPU density per rack, and scalability for AI workloads.

The XE9680L’s clever cooling system and cutting-edge rack-scale architecture are its key components. Why it matters is as follows:

GPU Density per Rack, Low Power Consumption, and Outstanding Efficiency

The most rigorous large language model (LLM) training and large-scale AI inferencing environments where GPU density per rack is crucial are intended for the XE9680L. It provides one of the greatest density x86 server solutions available in the industry for the next-generation NVIDIA HGX B200 with a small 4U form factor.

Efficient DLC smart cooling is utilised by the XE9680L for both CPUs and GPUs. This innovative technique maximises compute power while retaining thermal efficiency, enabling a more rack-dense 4U architecture. The XE9680L offers remarkable performance for training large language models (LLMs) and other AI tasks because it is tailored for the upcoming NVIDIA HGX B200.

More Capability for PCIe 5 Expansion

With its standard 12 x PCIe 5.0 full-height, half-length slots, the XE9680L offers 20% more FHHL PCIe 5.0 density to its clients. This translates to two times the capability for high-speed input/output for the North/South AI fabric, direct storage connectivity for GPUs from Dell PowerScale, and smooth accelerator integration.

The XE9680L’s PCIe capacity enables smooth data flow whether you’re managing data-intensive jobs, implementing deep learning models, or running simulations.

Rack-scale factory integration and a turn-key solution

Dell is dedicated to quality over the XE9680L’s whole lifecycle. Partner components are seamlessly linked with rack-scale factory integration, guaranteeing a dependable and effective deployment procedure.

Bid farewell to deployment difficulties and welcome to faster time-to-value for accelerated AI workloads. From PDU sizing to rack, stack, and cabling, the XE9680L offers a turn-key solution.

With the Dell PowerEdge XE9680L, you can scale up to 72 Blackwell GPUs per 52 RU rack or 64 GPUs per 48 RU rack.

With pre-validated rack infrastructure solutions, increasing power, cooling, and  AI fabric can be done without guesswork.

AI factory solutions on a rack size, factory integrated, and provided with “one call” support and professional deployment services for your data centre or colocation facility floor.

Dell PowerEdge XE9680L

The PowerEdge XE9680L epitomises high-performance computing innovation and efficiency. This server delivers unmatched performance, scalability, and dependability for modern data centres and companies. Let’s explore the PowerEdge XE9680L’s many advantages for computing.

Superior performance and scalability

Enhanced Processing: Advanced processing powers the PowerEdge XE9680L. This server performs well for many applications thanks to the latest Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs. The XE9680L can handle complicated simulations, big databases, and high-volume transactional applications.

Flexibility in Memory and Storage: Flexible memory and storage options make the PowerEdge XE9680L stand out. This server may be customised for your organisation with up to 6TB of DDR4 memory and NVMe,  SSD, and HDD storage. This versatility lets you optimise your server’s performance for any demand, from fast data access to enormous storage.

Strong Security and Management

Complete Security: Today’s digital world demands security. The PowerEdge XE9680L protects data and system integrity with extensive security features. Secure Boot, BIOS Recovery, and TPM 2.0 prevent cyberattacks. Our server’s built-in encryption safeguards your data at rest and in transit, following industry standards.

Advanced Management Tools

Maintaining performance and minimising downtime requires efficient IT infrastructure management. Advanced management features ease administration and boost operating efficiency on the PowerEdge XE9680L. Dell EMC OpenManage offers simple server monitoring, management, and optimisation solutions. With iDRAC9 and Quick Sync 2, you can install, update, and troubleshoot servers remotely, decreasing on-site intervention and speeding response times.

Excellent Reliability and Support

More efficient cooling and power

For optimal performance, high-performance servers need cooling and power control. The PowerEdge XE9680L’s improved cooling solutions dissipate heat efficiently even under intense loads. Airflow is directed precisely to prevent hotspots and maintain stable temperatures with multi-vector cooling. Redundant power supply and sophisticated power management optimise the server’s power efficiency, minimising energy consumption and running expenses.

A proactive support service

The PowerEdge XE9680L has proactive support from Dell to maximise uptime and assure continued operation. Expert technicians, automatic issue identification, and predictive analytics are available 24/7 in ProSupport Plus to prevent and resolve issues before they affect your operations. This proactive assistance reduces disruptions and improves IT infrastructure stability, letting you focus on your core business.

Innovation in Modern Data Centre Design Scalable Architecture

The PowerEdge XE9680L’s scalable architecture meets modern data centre needs. You can extend your infrastructure as your business grows with its modular architecture and easy extension and customisation. Whether you need more storage, processing power, or new technologies, the XE9680L can adapt easily.

Ideal for virtualisation and clouds

Cloud computing and virtualisation are essential to modern IT strategies. Virtualisation support and cloud platform integration make the PowerEdge XE9680L ideal for these environments. VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and OpenStack interoperability lets you maximise resource utilisation and operational efficiency with your visualised infrastructure.

Conclusion

Finally, the PowerEdge XE9680L is a powerful server with flexible memory and storage, strong security, and easy management. Modern data centres and organisations looking to improve their IT infrastructure will love its innovative design, high reliability, and proactive support. The PowerEdge XE9680L gives your company the tools to develop, innovate, and succeed in a digital environment.

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[brookstonalmanac]

Events 3.5

1953 – Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier. 1960 – Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members. 1963 – American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee. 1963 – Aeroflot Flight 191 crashes while landing at Aşgabat International Airport, killing 12. 1965 – March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence. 1966 – BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. 1967 – Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38. 1968 – Air France Flight 212 crashes into La Grande Soufrière, killing all 63 aboard. 1970 – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. 1973 – An Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 collide in mid-air with a Spantax Convair 990 Coronado over Nantes, France, killing all 68 people abord the DC-9, including music manager Michael Jeffery. 1974 – Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. 1978 – The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 1979 – Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. 1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 11⁄2 million units around the world. 1982 – Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus. 1991 – Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45. 1993 – Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83. 2001 – In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj. 2002 – An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100. 2003 – In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. 2011 – An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard. 2012 – Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar. 2012 – Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair Salon in Bucharest, Romania. 2018 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin. 2021 – Pope Francis begins a historical visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 – Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. 2023 – The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time. 2023 – A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day.