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vlgr Oct 27, 2026

France Regularly Loses Its Hafnium - The Stuff Used in Nuclear Control Rods and Aerospace

In the night of 21–22 October 2026, several hundred kilograms of hafnium crystals were taken from the Framatome plant at Jarrie, Isère. The site is classified Seveso high-threshold and is France’s only facility that refines metallic hafnium. The loss is valued at several million euros. It is the sixth theft of this material at the same plant since 2019.

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vlgr Oct 22, 2026

PHP2Shell: Finally, a Breakthrough in Citizen Management

With personal data potentially already exposed, governments see an opportunity to simplify privacy, eliminate unnecessary consent discussions and introduce ABSOLUTELY SECURE™ Digital ID 2.0.

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vlgr Oct 21, 2026

PHP2Shell: Even the Cybersecurity Agency Took Its Website Offline

The internet is burning. Government portals across Europe went dark on October 21. PHP2Shell. Two remote code execution holes in the language that quietly powers half the web. CVSS 9.2. Critical. Patch now or perish.

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vlgr Oct 19, 2026

Austria, WEF’s Flagship Project, Takes Another Step - Introducing Electricity Billing by Stopwatch

In the WEF’s preferred European testbed, ordinary households are being turned into participants in an experiment nobody signed up for. After mandatory vaccination, a special package tax on top of the EU packaging rules, the highest inflation in the neighbourhood, and the inability to freeze vegetables grown by its own farmers, Austria is now introducing a network charge based on the highest average electricity demand recorded in any 15-minute interval during a month.

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vlgr Oct 12, 2026

Evil Americans Unleash American COVID on Defenceless Britain

After years of blaming China, Britain has finally identified a new foreign threat. American COVID has crossed the Atlantic, presumably without a visa. The British press is sounding the alarm.

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vlgr Oct 11, 2026

Brussels Celebrates Europe's High-Tech Miracle. Rejoice, fatties!

On October 11, the European Commission's Digital EU account proudly announced a €32.4 billion high-tech trade surplus for 2025, €566.5 billion in exports, and production growth from €287 billion in 2015 to €532 billion in 2025. Here's what we'll expose behind that announcement.

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vlgr Oct 8, 2026

EU and Britain show their love for Linux by banning it. Only de facto, not de jure.

New product liability rules in the EU and proposals under discussion in Britain could have far-reaching consequences for Linux and the wider open-source ecosystem. Add growing government enthusiasm for age verification and operating-system-level controls, and the future of independent computing starts looking rather less independent.

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vlgr Oct 8, 2026

Who Needs Gas or Oil? The World Is Moving To The Next Stage Of Planetary Evolution (not the EU)

The world is building energy generation in orbit, transmitted across space and delivered wherever it is needed. The United States, Japan and China have spent years developing their own systems, Russia is pursuing nuclear power in space, and Israel sits inside the American aerospace ecosystem. Europe had a roadmap too. It appears to have misplaced it somewhere between another feasibility study and the tax paperwork for your €12 package.

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vlgr Oct 3, 2026

Bill Gates, an expert on everything, proposes to tax robots and AI usage

Gates made his money on software that sat on other people’s computers. He now feels as a standing authority on pandemics, food systems, energy, education, and the correct tax treatment of a language model.

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vlgr Oct 2, 2026

'Hero' Pilot Successfully Lands Routine Flight From Abu Dhabi to Qatar

On Thursday, Lufthansa flight LH 1234 from Abu Dhabi to Doha landed in light rain, eight minutes late. Captain Hoffmann, 44, blond, from Hanover, reported no injuries, no diversion and, crucially, no terrorist stabbing him at 34,000 feet. He is being hailed as a hero.