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...

  LES NOUVELLES - 2025 SEPTEMBRE (25) * * * (Affichages faits sur Linked In, en date du  dimanche 28 septembre 2025) *** The interplay between China, India and America is very complex and cannot be explained in a few words. India is playing a long game, essentially, between a slowly emerging China and a slowly declining America, whose deep-rooted footing with its closest allies, in Europe and Asia, is getting reduced, bit by bit, over the years. It took decades to get there, and it will likely took more decades for this situation to evolve. https://www.newsweek.com/why-trump-has-not-lost-india-china-2132267?utm_source=STMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Geoscape&emh=203e2b52bb7cdda2cf72b78cbe625321bed7b7f7ac3b146f04dc71f02dc50bce&lctg=67f8fd055605f7af030a90ba&utm_term=%5BAudience%5D%20-%20Geoscape PLEASE SIGN !  Help the population in the Gaza Strip by signing this petition that ask the United Nations General Assembly to circumvent the Security Cou...

  LES NOUVELLES - 2025 SEPTEMBRE (24) * * * (Affichages faits sur Linked In, en date du  dimanche 21 septembre 2025) *** Since the US is not respecting its own word about the United Nations, the Security Council and the General Assemblée, and their ancillary services, must be removed from the New York offices of what is essentially the world government and put somewhere else, possibly in Geneva (Switzerland) for the time being, till a new and more adequate place is found out for those two institutions. https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09/the-un-turns-80check-stand-first/ Il n'y a pas d'issue réelle pour Israël, sinon la déportation forcée de millions de Palestiniens hors de leurs propres terres, une solution acceptable pour Washington et Jérusalem, apparemment, mais inacceptable pour le reste du monde. Ou bien Israël s'enferme dans une logique d'affrontement à outrance avec les Palestiniens, conquérant les Gazaouïs et les enfermant dans d'immenses camps de concentr...