A 9,000-sq-meter inflatable dome wraps a construction site like... a giant bubble in Guangzhou, China — about 1.25 football fields in size, with climate-controlled comfort inside. The city’s first air-supported membrane system blocks 99% of dust and cuts noise by over 40 decibels, while keeping air circulating. This is how human-centered innovation reshapes urban construction.show more

✨In China, a construction site is covered by a... giant air-inflated membrane (like a big “balloon” outside) – it’s the foundation pit air membrane technique. It seals the area to control dust and resist weather, letting excavators and cranes work smoothly. Innovative engineering!show more

Recently, construction sites across China have been introducing “air... membrane systems” for fully enclosed construction. They are promoted as offering noise reduction, dust control, and the ability to work regardless of weather. However, many frontline workers and netizens report that the environment inside these air membranes is extremely harsh. Temperatures inside are far higher than outside — in summer it feels like a sauna, with internal temperatures reaching 40–50°C. Air does not circulate properly, dust concentrations are high, and the risk of pneumoconiosis (dust lung disease) is serious. Workers must wear masks the entire time. Netizen comments: • “They turned outdoor work into indoor work, so now even above 40°C there’s no high-temperature subsidy.” • “Now they have to work even when it rains. No rest 365 days a year.” So who is the capitalist who treat workers as spare parts?show more

Realistic footage with Seedance 2.0 👇 Prompt: This is... handheld documentary footage recorded on an early-2000s consumer DV camcorder at the construction site of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The footage feels like real, imperfect documentation of one of the largest building projects in history. The recording shows hundreds of workers moving massive stone blocks on a large construction ramp. Teams of men are pulling ropes attached to sledges with heavy limestone blocks. Overseers with sticks walk along the lines giving orders. Dust fills the air. In the background, the partially built pyramid rises against the sky. The work is extremely physical and organized. The camera moves along one of the work gangs, following a team of workers as they pull a large block up the ramp. It occasionally tilts up to show the height of the structure. There are natural cuts between different groups of workers and close views of the ropes straining and the stone moving slowly. The movement of the camera feels like someone walking among the workers documenting the labor. The handheld camera shows constant shake, drifting framing, autofocus hunting in the bright sunlight and dust, exposure changes, motion blur, and the typical look of filming heavy physical work with an old DV camcorder. The person filming is clearly moving through the active construction site. Natural sound only: the sound of hundreds of men shouting and grunting in rhythm, ropes creaking under tension, stones scraping on the ground, and general noise of a massive construction site. No music. The result must feel like authentic, raw footage of the construction of the Great Pyramid, captured on an old camcorder.show more

🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukrainian SBU kamikaze drones strike two Russian military support... ships under construction and S-400 air defense elements at Kerch’s Zaliv shipyard in occupied Crimea. 🇺🇦🎯 The Security Service of Ukraine’s kamikaze drones struck two Russian military support ships under construction at the “Zaliv” shipyard in occupied Kerch, as well as elements of the S-400 air defense system that were defending the Kerch Strait 🗣️ According to the SBU, the targets included Project 15310 “cable-laying” ships “Volga” and “Vyatka”, as well as the cargo-passenger ferry “Petropavlovsk”, whose construction was reportedly 96% complete. As a result of the strikes, strong fires broke out on the ships. 🚢 Project 15310 “Volga” and “Vyatka” are military special ships built for the Russian Ministry of Defense. Construction of both began in 2015. “Vyatka” was launched in 2020, and “Volga” in 2021. Both ships are still under construction at the “Zaliv” shipyard in occupied Kerch. 🔹 The 140-meter, 10,000+ ton ships are intended for the deployment of Russia’s underwater surveillance network — “Harmony”. ⛴️ “Petropavlovsk” is a CNF22 project cargo-passenger ferry being built at the “Zaliv” shipyard in occupied Kerch. The 120-meter ship, whose construction began in 2020, can accommodate 150 passengers and 28 trucks, or 78 passenger cars. Construction was almost complete…. The estimated cost of the project is approximately 4.5 billion rubles (about $57 million). Video is generated by grok AIshow more

🇨🇳China unleashes a swarm of death — Flying drone... carrier ready for launch Next month, China will launch its first-ever airborne drone carrier — the Jiutian SS-UAV. This 15-ton giant with a 25-meter wingspan can carry over a hundred FPV drones, capable of launching synchronized swarm attacks powered by artificial intelligence. Military experts are calling it a breakthrough in the tactics of future warfare. With a range of up to 7,000 km and flight altitude up to 15 km, the “hive attack” scenario is no longer sci-fi — it's a real, deployable weapon system.show more

There are, at this moment, precisely zero nuclear reactors... under construction in the United States. In China there are thirty-six. Seven more will switch on this year. The last time America finished a reactor, it had taken eleven years and cost thirty-five billion dollars, roughly two and a half times what was promised. China builds them in five years for under three billion. Meanwhile, in Hefei, they are quietly bolting together a machine that weighs six thousand tonnes and is designed to briefly behave like the inside of the sun. The race isn’t close. The race is barely a race. It’s a country building the future while another holds meetings about it. Gandalv / Gandalvshow more

Iran-US war update summary July 20-21 Updates since 11PM... Tehran time: • US attacked Chabahar several times • Explosion sounds were reported in: Konarak, mountains of Shiraz, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm island US possibly struck a radar site at Shiraz mountains — Iran’s Army (Artesh) targeted: 🇰🇼 HIMARS missile systems at the US Camp Arifjan base with ballistic missiles, in Kuwait 🇰🇼 Administrative buildings and direction-finding antennas at Camp Arifjan, in Kuwait 🇰🇼 A helicopter parking area at Camp Buehring, Kuwait 🇰🇼 A building housing US military personnel at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, in Kuwait. 🇧🇭 Arash drones struck, in several waves, facilities housing and accommodating US army personnel at Sheikh Isa Air Base, in Bahrain. ℹ️ Iran’s IRGC has interestingly announced it started operations “Dark Night” which aims to clear the way for broader future air & missiles operations & removing obstacles Iran’s IRGC targeted: 🇺🇸 2 oil tankers with the hope to be escorted safely by the US “caught on fire” and were stopped due to an explosion. Unclear if struck or hit a mine. 🇧🇭 A US air defense system and radar system was completely destroyed in Muharraq, Bahrain. 🇧🇭 US Patriot air defense system was struck in Riffa, Bahrain. 🇰🇼 A long-range radar site, a communications centre & satellite-reception systems, as well as a missile-defence radar were struck in Kuwait 🇰🇼 MQ-9 drone hangar was struck, destroying or severely damaging several drons, at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait 🇰🇼 Struck & destroyed at the Ahmed al Jaber Air Base, in Kuwait, the following: 🇰🇼 An early-warning radar system 🇰🇼 A missile air defense radar system 🇰🇼 A FPS-117 radar 🇰🇼 A Patriot air defense system 🇰🇼 A satellite communications system linked to US air defenses 🇯🇴 A missile defense radar system and an F-15 fighter jets inside a hangar were struck at a US base, in Jordan (additional info will about this particular operation will be released later) 🇧🇭 In response to the attack on the civilian Darkhoveyn power plant, they struck Amazon’s central data infrastructure in Bahrain with several cruise missiles. 🇯🇴 A compound housing US army personnel & eliminating several, in Jordan’s al-Rukban area — Footage 1: Iran Army (Artesh) drone attacks against Ahmad al Jaber base in Kuwait Footage 2: Iranian missile attack against US base in Bahrainshow more

🏝️ Bali's trash burning problem has just reached new... toxic heights This week, Bali's biggest landfill has been ordered to close. The landfill is a more than 35 meter high mountain of decaying trash covering 32 hectares. It's closed because the gases emanated from it are toxic and ground water is being contaminated This means there's no other landfill of this size near to accept Bali's current trash. So the government has instructed people that "household waste should be disposed of at home" which in Bali means burning it! Trash burning has been a tradition for centuries in Bali (and Indonesia), but it used be mostly organic matter that was being burned Once plastic arrived the tradition didn't change though and locals started burning plastic too, pumping toxic gases into the air causing massive spikes of lung cancer and other respiratory diseases The tradition means on a daily basis around 7 in the morning and 6 in the evening, your neighbours will be burning their trash, and if you're not lucky there's a construction site near which will burn even more but all day! Burning plastic means you emit dioxins and furans, some of the most potent human carcinogens that exist I have friends in Indonesia with family with lung cancer cases, it's a real thing. My fear with Bali has always been that the digital nomads there might not realize the slow danger creeping up on them. You get used to the trash burning and polluted air very quickly in Bali and it probably doesn't affect you over a year or so But if you're there for many years, it will in some way or the other! For a community that's so about fitness and health, air quality is weirdly a consideration mostly overlooked in Balishow more

The moisture question always comes up when I post... pics of my indoor pools on my new builds. Step by step below on how I control it. We create a room where moisture can’t escape into other areas of the home while also having a mechanical system in place to pull the moisture out of the air so mildew/mold don’t ever develop in the pool room itself. In the STR space, investors are trying to stand out. Pools rent. Indoor pools rent even better. You can swim in the winter or summer. 1) Pool is always built on lowest floor inside (generally basement structure) 2) Concrete block wall for basement with very little wood frame 3) Densglass (kind of like a moisture resistant drywall) attached to concrete block 4) Special stucco just like you see on exterior of homes sprayed onto Densglass. The stucco is dyed to color of my choice. 5) Industrial grade dehumidifier (I use Santa Fe or Watchdog Brand). The humidity pulled from air is pumped back into the pool system near the mechanical room or outside. 6) Mini split for the pool room. Main floor HVAC covers the sleeping rooms, bathroom of basement and is always separated from pool room. You don’t want chlorinated air running through a main HVAC system. I look at having to replace the minisplit & dehumidifier about every 4 to 5 yrs because of the chlorinated air that goes through them. 7) Exhaust Fan leading to exterior which also pulls humid air out of the room as a supplemental support for the dehumidifier. When overhead lights are turned on, we have it so the exhaust fan kicks on as well. That’s it. We create a “bubble”, where no moisture gets into the other areas of home and the humid air gets pulled from the pool room.show more

One of the most haunting moments of my life... was visiting Auschwitz and standing inside the remaining gas chambers, where hundreds of thousands of Jews and others were murdered in a systematic way over years. What stays with you is not noise. It’s the silence. The emptiness of a place built for industrial killing. You stand there knowing that families were forced inside together, knowing exactly what was about to happen, watching children, parents, siblings, and friends disappear one by one. The walls are quiet now, but your mind fills in what history erased. This is the largest crime scene in human history.show more

Some uses of AI remind me why technology matters.... After years of seeing automation focus on speed and cost, this is the kind of progress that stands out. China is now using AI-powered robots inside grain warehouses, places so dangerous that workers can sink into loose grain like quicksand or suffocate in dust explosions. These robots map, navigate, and level the grain autonomously, while humans stay safely behind monitors. It is a quiet revolution. Not about efficiency or profit, but about dignity and safety. This is the kind of automation I deeply believe in, where technology protects people before it replaces them. If AI should remove humans from danger first, which industry should it transform next? #AI #Automation #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #TechForGood #Innovation #FutureOfWorkshow more

Inside every cell, there is a transport system that... determines how materials move, signals propagate, and structure is maintained. This video captures that system in motion. The glowing streaks mark the growing ends of microtubules (protein polymers that constantly assemble and disassemble through a process called dynamic instability). Rather than forming permanent tracks, microtubules are rebuilt continuously, allowing cells to reorganize their internal layout in real time. This behavior is essential for life. Cells rely on microtubule dynamics to divide accurately, migrate during development and repair, and maintain long-distance transport in neurons that may span over a meter in length. When this system is altered, the consequences are significant. Certain cancer therapies work by locking microtubules in place, preventing cell division. In contrast, failures in microtubule transport are linked to neurodegenerative conditions (like Alzheimer's) where intracellular delivery breaks down. What appears as abstract motion under a microscope is actually one of the core systems that keeps cells functional, adaptable, and alive. Video Credit: Andy Mooreshow more

I have never encountered this in China. This is... my first time in Hopson One, the 190,000 square meter mall with over 260 places to eat alone in downtown Beijing. It is in the center of four subway lines, and this crowd is crazy. You literally have to wait in line to use the escalator, and you can forget about using the elevator… that's not happening. We took people here because on the fifth floor there is an area with about ten EV brands where you can sit in the cars and experience them. It's part of our Youth Tech China Trek. It is our last day, just a short stop to relax, but it is really giving people a view into how much activity and bustle there is in China. I haven't seen this in any other malls, which look more like American ones, frankly, with a lot less traffic. But this one is so crowded. I was actually here yesterday (Friday night at 9:30pm, right before closing) to confirm which EV models were on display, and there were still lines!!!show more

The battle of the seasons continues! The heat dome... vs the polar vortex duking it out for dominance. We all know how this ends, but the Polar Vortex still has some gas in the tank! First the #heatdome brings record heat to #Florida this week - feels like 100° - then the Polar Vortex slings another chilly shot south next week with most of the East dipping 10-15° degrees below normal. For Florida, drier, milder air will help lower the temperature a bit, but not for long and not by much. North of I-4 pleasant (but not cool) air will return by Tuesday/ Wednesday.show more

April 30 • 12:00pm ET Art Blocks + OpenSea... “Gift of time” began during my residency in Marfa, Texas, as part of the Art Blocks and OpenSea artist residency program, where a distinct shift in the experience of time became central to the work. In the desert, I felt time move differently. It stretched, slowed, and became something I noticed. After a few days, the rhythm changed. Moments felt longer, attention sharpened, and I became increasingly aware of each moment as it passed. This work comes from that condition. Time is not treated only as a theme, but as a system embedded in the structure of the piece. Different ways of measuring time, such as mechanical cycles, calendars, and lunar phases, are translated into rules that continuously transform the work. The piece does not represent time. It runs on it. Its movement is tied to blockchain time. Even when unseen, it continues to rotate and evolve. When loaded, it synchronizes with the present moment, but it does not begin when it is viewed, and it does not stop when it disappears from the screen. During the residency, I spent hours thinking, sketching, and making connections. Those connections are also visible. Elastic lines, like rubber bands, link elements across the piece, representing how memories connect, how one thought leads to another, and how everything builds over time. These same connections introduce moments where the system attempts to pull itself back, as if trying to regain control. But it never fully resets. It is not a loop. The movement continues, drifting forward, never returning to a fixed state. Visually, the work reveals its own construction. Lines, paths, and rotations expose an internal logic, like looking inside a mechanism. The drawing language recalls diagrams, technical sketches, or the interior of a mechanical watch. It is a system in motion, always active. “Gift of Time” exists because I was given time by Art Blocks, OpenSea, and above all my family. It is my way of saying thank you. It is both a reflection on time and a product of it. April 30 @ 12:00pm ET on Art blocks & OpenSea 1 / 1 / 365 • 0.02 Eth Art Blocks, OpenSeashow more

Back in December: Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 opened a 500-bed... mega-hospital, with nine more on the way. On December 24, 2025, Ibrahim Traoré cut the ribbon on the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Pala in Bobo-Dioulasso, a 500-bed teaching hospital built for over 70 billion CFA francs and fully financed by China. Construction began in 2020 and took nearly four years. The hospital is advanced. Health Minister Dr. Robert Kargougou highlighted an interventional brain and cardiovascular imaging suite using Siemens Pheno Artis technology, reportedly the first of its kind in the sub-region. An adjoining radiotherapy center, built with Austrian support, is expected to sharply reduce the need for Burkinabe cancer patients to seek treatment abroad. Traoré did not stop at one. “From this example China has given us, we’ve decided to build nine more like it across the country,” he announced, with construction on the next already planned for Fada N’Gourma. Nearly eight months later, this moment still circulates widely online: ten mega-hospitals, one country betting its future on self-sufficiency, one building at a time.show more

What I find truly fascinating about China is their... ability to employ deception, denial, and false narratives while projecting a facade of concern for regional stability. They excel at crafting statements and narrating events in a way that convinces others of their peaceful intentions and care for the marine environment. However, our commitment to transparency has effectively exposed their true actions and motives. Through compelling images and videos, we have consistently revealed the falsehoods behind their convincing lies. Our primary objective is to expose the truth and unveil their pretense, so that they come to realize that no amount of deceit can conceal their ambitious and greed-driven agenda of controlling the entire South China Sea. The findings of the Philippine Coast Guard, which confirm China's construction of artificial islands and extensive damage to the coral system, are supported by concrete evidence. China cannot simply dismiss these findings as disinformation, as we have documented the presence of their vessels in the area. It is widely known that China is the only country in the region that disregards environmental concerns. Furthermore, it is perplexing how a single Philippine Coast Guard vessel could provoke a response from over thirty maritime militia, three Chinese Coast Guard vessels, three PLA Navy warships, and three research vessels in Escoda Shoal. It is time to stop lying and be man enough to own your unlawful plans that is in progress.show more