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Edgecontrol🍉🛹<a href="https://www.latimes.com/espanol/deportes/articulo/2025-06-26/asi-quedaron-los-octavos-de-final-del-mundial-de-clubes-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/espanol/deportes/articulo/2025-06-26/asi-quedaron-los-octavos-de-final-del-mundial-de-clubes-2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HotSpots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HotSpots</a>

michael4-Jun-2025 Life from oceans to savannas explained with one single rule this is about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1086017" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1086017</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a>

Alo Japan<a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1285513/japans-e-booking-tool-transforms-restaurants-into-tourist-hotspots/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.alojapan.com/1285513/japans-e-booking-tool-transforms-restaurants-into-tourist-hotspots/</a> Japan’s e-booking tool transforms restaurants into tourist hotspots <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EBooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EBooking</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japans</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#restaurants</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tokyo</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TokyoNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TokyoNews</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tool</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/tourist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tourist</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/transforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transforms</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#東京</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#東京都</a> TOKYO — A growing number of otherwise obscure restaurants in Japan have become go-to spots for international tourists, thanks to an easily accessible table reservation system. More than 100 tourists a day visit the Muscle Girls theme bar in Tokyo. Among the variety of ex…

Miguel Afonso Caetano"The US Senate today voted along party lines to kill a Federal Communications Commission program to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, with Democrats saying the Republican-led vote will make it harder for kids without reliable Internet access to complete their homework.The Senate approved a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to nullify the hotspot rule, which was issued by the Federal Communications Commission in July 2024 under then-Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The program would be eliminated if the House version passes and President Trump signs the joint resolution of disapproval.Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced the plan in January, saying the FCC program would "imped[e] parents' ability to decide what their kids see by subsidizing unsupervised access to inappropriate content." He also alleged that the hotspot program would shift control of Internet access from parents to schools and thus "heightens the risk of censoring kids' exposure to conservative viewpoints.""<a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/senate-approves-ted-cruz-plan-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/senate-approves-ted-cruz-plan-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wifi</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Broadband</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalDivide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalDivide</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hotspots</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> passes “cruel” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> plan to block Wi-Fi <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> for schoolkids <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wifi</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/senate-approves-ted-cruz-plan-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/senate-approves-ted-cruz-plan-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/</a>

GehtsoRussia steps up shelling after 16 hours of ceasefire, Zelenskyy names hotspots <a href="https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-steps-up-shelling-after-16-hours-of-1745145840.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-steps-up-shelling-after-16-hours-of-1745145840.html</a><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WarOfAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarOfAggression</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europa</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zelenskyy</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ceasefire</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#army</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#update</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Frontline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Frontline</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarCriminal</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/occupiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#occupiers</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/defenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defenders</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0Y%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#перемогаYкраїни</a>

Dining & CookingTake a Walk Around Ouzo Bay and Loch Bar, River Oaks’s New Seafood-Obsessed Hotspots <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1986083/take-a-walk-around-ouzo-bay-and-loch-bar-river-oakss-new-seafood-obsessed-hotspots/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.diningandcooking.com/1986083/take-a-walk-around-ouzo-bay-and-loch-bar-river-oakss-new-seafood-obsessed-hotspots/</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#a</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/And" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#And</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Around" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Around</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/bar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bar</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Bay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bay</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/eater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eater</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/EaterInside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EaterInside</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FrontPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrontPage</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Houston</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/loch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#loch</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mediterranean</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MediterraneanSeafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MediterraneanSeafood</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#new</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/oaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oaks</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/obsessed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obsessed</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ouzo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ouzo</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#river</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#s</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seafood</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/take" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#take</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walk</a>

PrivacyDigestSenator <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TedCruz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TedCruz</a> is trying to block Wi-Fi <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/schoolchildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#schoolchildren</a> US Senator Ted Cruz (R- <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> ) is trying to block a plan to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, claiming it will lead to unsupervised Internet usage, endanger <a href="https://mas.to/tags/kids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kids</a> , and possibly restrict kids' exposure to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> viewpoints. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wifi</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/senator-ted-cruz-is-trying-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/senator-ted-cruz-is-trying-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/</a>

infoDOCKETReport: “Senator Ted Cruz is Trying to Block Wi-Fi <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hotspots</a> For School Children” <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/01/28/report-senator-ted-cruz-is-trying-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-school-children/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.infodocket.com/2025/01/28/report-senator-ted-cruz-is-trying-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-school-children/</a>

Bytes EuropeRhythm and Rain: Northland and Auckland enjoy sun, Gisborne faces rain for new year <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/600124/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/600124/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/across" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#across</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/and" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#and</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/annual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#annual</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/auckland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#auckland</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/biggest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biggest</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#city</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/conditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conditions</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#country</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dawn</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/delivering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delivering</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/enjoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enjoy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#events</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/faces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#faces</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/for" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#for</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/forecast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forecast</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gisborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gisborne</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hoping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hoping</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/host" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#host</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/including" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#including</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mixed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mixed</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#new</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewZealand</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/northland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#northland</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/preparing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#preparing</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rhythm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhythm</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/summery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#summery</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sun</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weather</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#year</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zealands</a>

Scott's Game RoomThe Best Chaos CampaignChaos Campaign is a lightweight campaign framework for BattleTech that was introduced about 20 years ago for the Jihad sourcebooks. BattleTech had supported campaign-style play before then, but it was with a complex system that asked players to track C-Bills, individual supplies, all of their support personnel, etc. Chaos Campaign, originally just called the Warchest Point System, was much more streamlined. It provided a lightweight way to link together games in a campaign while players just had to keep track of abstract points representing their war chest which could be used for repairs, purchasing new equipment and personnel, and paying to get to the next battle.Since its first introduction, the Chaos Campaign system has seen a good amount of support as well as refinements. In addition to being the campaign system for the Jihad sourcebooks, Chaos Campaign was supported by numerous Turning Points pdfs covering conflicts throughout BattleTech’s history. A free <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/279836/battletech-chaos-campaign-succession-wars?affiliate_id=272087" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Chaos Campaign: Succession Wars</a> version was released in 2019, and it powered the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/386224/battletech-battle-of-tukayyid?affiliate_id=272087" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tukayyid</a> campaign book that was part of the Clan Invasion Kickstarter.The Mercenaries box set and new <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/503903/battletech-hot-spots-hinterlands?affiliate_id=272087" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hot Spots: Hinterlands</a> book have introduced the latest refinement of the Chaos Campaign system. Focused on running a relatively small mercenary unit, it allows for players to sign contracts and then fight battles to chart their unit’s future. It is by far my favorite iteration on the campaign rules thanks to a few improvements.Warchest Point System No MorePrevious implementations of the campaign system used two different types of points to track resources. Warchest Points (WP) were the main currency tracked, but then a player needed to convert those to Support Points (SP) in order to spend them on repairs and purchases. The conversion rate was based on the size of the player force. For example, a company would use a conversion factor of 3 (1 per lance), so each WP could convert to 3 SP.The Mercenaries version instead uses only SP. A scale number, similar to the old conversion rate, is used as a multiplier for some rewards and costs, but a player only ever tracks SP. While functionally accomplishing the same thing, switching to a single type of resource points makes the system feel a whole lot more streamlined. More Granular RepairsAnother nice change for Mercenaries is more granular repair costs for ‘Mechs. Older versions had repair costs cover fixing all armor or fixing all structure. Mercenaries expands that to have increased costs for repairing ‘Mechs that have been crippled or destroyed. This is a nice change to give players more reason to minimize damage to their units since more damage to it can continue to increase costs.Cost-Free TracksBefore Mercenaries, costs for running a unit were abstracted into a track cost. In order to play a game, a player’s unit needed to spend a certain number of WP in order to cover their costs to get to the battle. These had always felt odd to me since there wasn’t much story weight behind that mechanic. Mercenaries removes these track costs and replaces them with SP costs for monthly maintenance and transportation costs. This adds a little more tracking for players, but in my opinion feels much more flavorful.These more granular costs also support the Mercenaries framing of negotiated mercenary contracts for the player units. A contract can now help cover maintenance costs, transport costs, and other costs in different ratios to give players the experience of different contract types and negotiating for what they care about the most.Well-Defined Game LoopA nice thing about the Mercenaries system is its well defined game loop for the campaign. Time is tracked in months with players paying their maintenance costs and taking in their base pay at the start of each month. Then they can play a number of tracks during that month depending on the specifics of their contract. After each track, they collect combat pay and can make repairs. Then when a contract ends, they have the opportunity to pick there next one.The contracts also are multiples of 3 months in length (with most at 3 or 6 months), so in a big multi-player campaign, they provide nice quarterly snap points where players can shuffle around their pairings at different hot spots.Battle Value as CostA change in the Hot Spots book is that the cost to purchase units is now based on their battle value. Previous Chaos Campaign versions had based the costs on tonnage. Battle Value, as a measure of unit effectiveness, nicely makes it feel a bit like prices are aligned with demand for units. From a gameplay perspective, it also means that players will be getting about balanced combat effectiveness for purchase costslLimits to ScaleWhile I like the change to Scale, I think it also brings some potential limitations to the system. The Scale system couples the size of a player force, the pay of a contract, and the size of games played, and it uses Battle Value (BV) as the measure of that. I think the BV definitions for Scale levels is great for a more open GM-less play mode, but for narrative GM-run campaigns, it would be nice to have alternate definitions based on the count of units. This is something that would be pretty easy for a GM to house rule though.The other issue with Scale that I see is that advancing the scale of contract currently requires also playing bigger games. That feels like a good fit for the small scale units that are a focus of Hot Spots: Hinterlands, but I’m not sure how or if the concept will work for something like managing a company of mercenaries since conceptually I’d want company-scale contracts but not playing games with the whole company on the table at once.Built for Battlefield SupportOne disappointment for me with Hot Spots: Hinterlands was its lackluster support for players who don’t want to use the new Battlefield Support Assets rules. It says that players are welcome to use either the new rules or full vehicle rules, but most of the book assumes that the assets will be used. For example, here’s one of the potential complications while fighting on Apostica:<blockquote>Your forces are ill-prepared for the dusty, sandy terrain of the day. The Threshold of all Battlefield Support Assets is reduced by one, while all Battlefield Support Asset MP are cut in half, rounding up.</blockquote>That doesn’t let players know how the complication would affect their forces if they are using full vehicle rules rather than assets. Alpha Strike, which doesn’t have assets at all and always uses its standard vehicle rules, runs into the same problem. Unless bits like that are fixed in errata, players who aren’t using assets will need to come to agreements on how rules written with an assumption that assets are being used should impact their non-‘Mech forces.How Do Force Manuals Fit In?A product that I want to see in the future from CGL is something to link the new force creation rules in the <a href="https://scottsgameroom.com/2024/11/11/what-are-force-manuals/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Force Manual line</a> to the updated Chaos Campaign: Mercenaries campaign system. Right now, it feels like players can build a flavorful force with the Force Manuals, but there’s no official guidelines to then use that force in the updated campaign system.Hot Spots, Coming in HotOne last issue is that the Hot Spots: Hinterlands book has a few big errors in it with some missing pieces. These are being addressed as <a href="https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=86715.0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">errata</a>, but it is still a frustration for folks who bought the physical book. Hopefully CGL will be able to take more time on the recently announced Hot Spots: Draconis Reach and have fewer issues make it to print.<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://scottsgameroom.com/tag/battletech/" target="_blank">#BattleTech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://scottsgameroom.com/tag/chaos-campaign/" target="_blank">#ChaosCampaign</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://scottsgameroom.com/tag/hot-spots/" target="_blank">#HotSpots</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://scottsgameroom.com/tag/mercenaries/" target="_blank">#Mercenaries</a>

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formuchdeliberationGizmodo: Climate Scientists Can’t Explain These ‘Hotspots’ Appearing Around the World…The global average temperature is rising, but some regions are experiencing extreme heatwaves way beyond what models predicted—and scientists don't know why... Gizmodo.com <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climatescience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatescience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heatwaves</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/temperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#temperatures</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#globalwarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremeweather</a><a href="https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/gizmodo-climate-scientists-cant-explain-these-hotspots-appearing-around-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/gizmodo-climate-scientists-cant-explain-these-hotspots-appearing-around-the-world/</a>

DoomsdaysCWUnexplained <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeatWave</a> ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hotspots</a>’ Are Popping Up Across the GlobeKevin Krajick November 26, 2024"Earth’s hottest recorded year was 2023, at 2.12 degrees F above the 20th-century average. This surpassed the previous record set in 2016. So far, the 10 hottest yearly average temperatures have occurred in the past decade. And, with the hottest summer and hottest single day, 2024 is on track to set yet another record."All this may not be breaking news to everyone, but amid this upward march in average temperatures, a striking new phenomenon is emerging: distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves that are so extreme, they fall far beyond what any model of global warming can predict or explain. A new study provides the first worldwide map of such regions, which show up on every continent except Antarctica like giant, angry skin blotches. In recent years these heat waves have killed tens of thousands of people, withered crops and forests, and sparked devastating wildfires."'The large and unexpected margins by which recent regional-scale extremes have broken earlier records have raised questions about the degree to which climate models can provide adequate estimates of relations between global mean temperature changes and regional climate risks,' says the study."'This is about extreme trends that are the outcome of physical interactions we might not completely understand,' said lead author Kai Kornhuber, an adjunct scientist at the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. 'These regions become temporary hothouses.' Kornhuber is also a senior research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria."The study was just published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.""The study looks at heat waves over the past 65 years, identifying areas where extreme heat is accelerating considerably faster than more moderate temperatures. This often results in maximum temperatures that have been repeatedly broken by outsize, sometimes astonishing, amounts. For instance, a nine-day wave that hammered the U.S. Pacific Northwest and southwestern Canada in June 2021 broke daily records in some locales by 30 degrees C, or 54 F. This included the highest ever temperature recorded in Canada, 121.3 F, in Lytton, British Columbia. The town burned to the ground the next day in a wildfire driven in large part by the drying of vegetation in the extraordinary heat. In Oregon and Washington state, hundreds of people died from heat stroke and other health conditions."These extreme heat waves have been hitting predominantly in the last five years or so, though some occurred in the early 2000s or before. The most hard-hit regions include populous central China, Japan, Korea, the Arabian peninsula, eastern Australia and scattered parts of Africa. Others include Canada’s Northwest Territories and its High Arctic islands, northern Greenland, the southern end of South America and scattered patches of Siberia. Areas of Texas and New Mexico appear on the map, though they are not at the most extreme end."According to the report, the most intense and consistent signal comes from northwestern Europe, where sequences of heat waves contributed to some 60,000 deaths in 2022 and 47,000 deaths in 2023. These occurred across Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and other countries. Here, in recent years, the hottest days of the year are warming twice as fast the summer mean temperatures. The region is especially vulnerable in part because, unlike places like the United States, few people have air conditioning, because traditionally it was almost never needed. The outbreaks have continued. In September, new maximum temperature records were set in Austria, France, Hungary, Slovenia, Norway and Sweden. Well into October, many parts of the U.S. Southwest and California saw record temperatures for the month more typical of midsummer."The researchers call the statistical trends 'tail-widening'―that is, the anomalous occurrence of temperatures at the far upper end, or beyond, anything that would be expected with simple upward shifts in mean summer temperatures. But the phenomenon is not happening everywhere; the study shows that maximum temperatures across many other regions are actually lower than what models would predict. These include wide areas of the north-central United States and south-central Canada, interior parts of South America, much of Siberia, northern Africa and northern Australia. Heat is increasing in these regions as well, but the extremes are increasing at similar or lower speed than what changes in average would suggest."Climbing overall temperatures make heat waves more likely in many cases, but the causes of the extreme heat outbreaks are not entirely clear. In Europe and Russia, an earlier study led by Kornhuber blamed heat waves and droughts on wobbles in the jet stream, a fast-moving river of air that continuously circles the northern hemisphere. Hemmed in by historically frigid temperatures in the far north and much warmer ones further south, the jet stream generally confines itself to a narrow band. But the Arctic is warming on average far more quickly than most other parts of the Earth, and this appears to be destabilizing the jet stream, causing it to develop so-called Rossby waves, which suck hot air from the south and park it in temperate regions that normally do not see extreme heat for days or weeks at a time."Read more: <a href="https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/11/26/unexplained-heat-wave-hotspots-are-popping-up-across-the-globe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/11/26/unexplained-heat-wave-hotspots-are-popping-up-across-the-globe/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RossbyWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RossbyWaves</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rossby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rossby</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalBurning</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wildfires</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalHotSpots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalHotSpots</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heatwaves</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtremeHeat</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtremeHeatwaves</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtremeWeather</a>

formuchdeliberationUnexplained heat-wave ‘hotspots’ are popping up across the globe | ScienceDaily…Summary: A striking new phenomenon is emerging: distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves that are so extreme, they fall far beyond what any model of global warming can predict or explain... Science daily <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heatwaves</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#globalwarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/earthscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremeweather</a><a href="https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/unexplained-heat-wave-hotspots-are-popping-up-across-the-globe-sciencedaily-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/unexplained-heat-wave-hotspots-are-popping-up-across-the-globe-sciencedaily-2/</a>

EURACTIV PoliticsMigrants held in Albania transferred to Italy after court ruling <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/migrants-held-in-albania-transferred-to-italy-after-court-ruling/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/migrants-held-in-albania-transferred-to-italy-after-court-ruling/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Albania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Albania</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/asylumpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asylumpolicy</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Italy</a>

EURACTIV PoliticsEU talks deportation hubs to stem migration <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-talks-deportation-hubs-to-stem-migration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-talks-deportation-hubs-to-stem-migration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/asylumpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asylumpolicy</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportations</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUTunisiadeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EUTunisiadeal</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a>

Matt WillemsenFossil Hotspot Bias: Are We Missing the Full Story of Human Evolution? <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/fossil-hotspot-bias-are-we-missing-the-full-story-of-human-evolution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scitechdaily.com/fossil-hotspot-bias-are-we-missing-the-full-story-of-human-evolution/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleoanthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bias</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rift</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sampling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sampling</a>

DoomsdaysCWEnvironmental Impacts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Geothermal</a> EnergyPublished Mar 5, 2013 Union of Concerned Scientists"The most widely developed type of geothermal power plant (known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hydrothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hydrothermal</a> plants) are located near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geologic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geologic</a> “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HotSpots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HotSpots</a>” where hot molten rock is close to the earth’s crust and produces hot water. In other regions enhanced geothermal systems (or hot dry rock geothermal), which involve drilling into Earth’s surface to reach deeper geothermal resources, can allow broader access to geothermal energy."[...]"Some geothermal plants also produce small amounts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mercury</a> emissions, which must be mitigated using mercury filter technology. Scrubbers can reduce air emissions, but they produce a watery <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sludge</a> composed of the captured materials, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sulfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sulfur</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vanadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vanadium</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/silica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#silica</a> compounds, chlorides, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/arsenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arsenic</a>, mercury, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nickel</a>, and other heavy metals. This <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicSludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToxicSludge</a> often must be disposed of at hazardous waste sites."[...]"Land <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/subsidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subsidence</a>, a phenomenon in which the land surface sinks, is sometimes caused by the removal of water from geothermal reservoirs. Most geothermal facilities address this risk by re-injecting wastewater back into geothermal reservoirs after the water’s heat has been captured. "Hydrothermal plants are sited on geological “hot spots," which tend to have higher levels of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> risk. There is evidence that hydrothermal plants can lead to an even greater earthquake frequency. Enhanced geothermal systems (hot dry rock) can also increase the risk of small earthquakes. In this process, water is pumped at high pressures to fracture underground hot rock reservoirs similar to technology used in natural gas hydraulic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fracturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fracturing</a>. (See How Natural Gas Works for more information.) Earthquake risk associated with enhanced geothermal systems can be minimized by siting plants an appropriate distance away from major fault lines. When a geothermal system is sited near a heavily populated area, constant monitoring and transparent communication with local communities is also necessary."<a href="https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/environmental-impacts-geothermal-energy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/environmental-impacts-geothermal-energy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fracking</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeothermalEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeothermalEnergy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThinkBeforeDrilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkBeforeDrilling</a>

Alaska Native NewsResearchers use AI to track global squirrel hot spots [the_ad id="30587"]Image Courtesy of Moriz Steiner. A squirrel pauses in a spruce tree in the boreal forest near Fairbanks, Alaska.Squirrels are arboreal acrobats that spread tree-generating seeds, mushrooms and fungi spores and serve as food for predators. As important as squirrels are to ecosystems, their... <a href="https://alaska-native-news.com/researchers-use-ai-to-track-global-squirrel-hot-spots/74551/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alaska-native-news.com/researchers-use-ai-to-track-global-squirrel-hot-spots/74551/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/squirrels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#squirrels</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hotspots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotspots</a>

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