The Human Archipelago / L'Archipel humain

  (Posted on Linked In, today) * * * This is a very interesting text about the International Space Station. It appears to have been published with the agreement of the five countries operating it, whose maintenance cost seems to be in question, probably because of the Trumpian cuts on the NASA budget, or possibly because the Russians want to get out of the project as fast as possible. Many things may happen with this experiment in space cooperation. A) The station's fate may be to end in the fires of forced reentry in the Earth atmosphere (or possibly sent on a long voyage toward the Sun), in 2030 or earlier. B) The Russian segment may be separated from the US one and attached to the Chinese space station, supposing that it is technically possible and supposing that China even agrees to such an eventuality. C) Another possibility is for that segment to be sent in orbit around the Moon and used there in some way, by Russia alone, or as a joint operation between Russia and China, unl...

  LES NOUVELLES - 2025 OCTOBRE (26) * * * (Affichages faits sur Linked In, en date du  dimanche 5 octobre 2025) *** This is a very interesting article that incite the reader to rethink the way he is used to see the world. The word 'petrostates' indicates a country that has became rich because of its fossil fuels. Oil was long synonymous with wealth. It is true that the assimilation of fossil fuels with modernity and wealth is an old one that goes with the beginning of the Industrial revolution. Countries with large coal deposits had an edge over those who didn't. History would have been very different had Britain not been able to count on the presence of a large supply of coal on its soil. Nowadays, things are different and we have to adapt to different realities. Fossil fuels must now be seen as the main cause of the growing climatic problems that we have inadvertently created by making use of them. https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09/goodbye-petrostates-hello-electrostat...