#icebreakers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #icebreakers, aggregated by home.social.
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Baltic Shipyard builds Russia’s nuclear icebreakers. Its CNC machines are foreign-made, and Ukraine names them all
Ukraine exposed 50 pieces of foreign equipment inside Russia’s nuclear submarine and warship factories. The sanctions list writes itself.
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Shipyard #icebreakers #nuclear #sanctions #submarine #warfare #army #war #Russia #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
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America Turns to Finland for Icebreakers It Struggles to Build at Home https://www.byteseu.com/1673053/ #ArcticSecurityCutters #Bollinger #Finland #icebreakers #U.S.CoastGuard #U.s.CoastGuardIcebreakers
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The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
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U.S., Canada and Finland recommit to ICE Pact https://www.byteseu.com/1558546/ #ArcticSecurity #Finland #IcePact #IcebreakerCollaborationEffort #icebreakers #KristenHillman #KristiNoem #SakariPuisto
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How Finland’s multi-billion icebreaker deal with the US could leave the country in a frosty spot.
A landmark US partnership puts Finland’s world-leading icebreaker in the spotlight.
As its shipyards gear up for billions in orders, questions remain over politics, dependency and who is truly at the helm.
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About the big icebreaker deal between Finland and USA:
Great that we’re getting it. Our economy is in trouble, after right wing austerity again squeezed the people dry and nobody’s spending.
However: Those boats MIGHT assist an armed invasion of Greenland later. Why else would the USA be needing so many icebreakers? 🤔
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Finnish right wing politicians sell #arctic #icebreakers & #knowhow how to build them to Trump & USA. #Fossil #energy #corporations will be happy. #ArcticOil #Climate #Crisis yle.fi/a/74-20187544
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#Trump plans to continue this business deal approach on Friday, said a source….
#Russia operates the world's only fleet of #nuclear-powered #icebreakers, which play a central role in maintaining year-round #shipping access along the #NorthernSeaRoute, a strategic path for global #energy & #trade flows.
#geopolitics #Putin #Ukraine #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine
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Unbelievable, he’ll #sanction #India for buying Russian #oil, but #Trump is considering buying their #icebreakers!
The #US had internal discussions on aiming for a deal during the summit on Russian #nuclear-powered icebreaker vessels to use in #gas & #LNG projects in #Alaska, 3 sources told Reuters.
Talks between the US & #Russia over #Ukraine have included discussions about business deals.
#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #StandWithUkraine
https://www.reuters.com/world/updates-trump-putin-meet-alaska-summit-war-ukraine-2025-08-15/ -
Russia Failed To Build Two Icebreakers For 18.5 Billion Rubles Because Of Sanctions
The sanctions are working, slowly but surely.
https://charter97.org/en/news/2025/8/15/652177/
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Icebreakers #Sanctions #army #update #war #Russia #WarCriminal #Failed #occupiers #defenders
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Arctech #HelsinkiShipyard was a Finnish #shipbuilding company that focused primarily on #icebreakers and other icegoing vessels for arctic conditions. Between 2011 and 2019, Arctech Helsinki Shipyard built a total of 10 icebreaking vessels (yard numbers 506 through 515) at the #HietalahtiShipyard in #HelsinkiFinland. Due to the #economicSanctions against its Russian owner, the company was forced to transfer its shipbuilding business in Finland to a successor company, Helsinki Shipyard.
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Finland’s Prez suggests setting April 20 as Ukraine ceasefire deadline, lures Trump to Kyiv’s side over golf – Firstpost https://www.byteseu.com/879570/ #AlexanderStubb #DonaldTrump #Europe #Finland #FinlandCeasefire #FinlandPresident #Florida #icebreakers #NATO #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWarCeasefire #RussianFleet #Stubb #StubbTrump #TrumpPissedPutin #US #WorldNews
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US to buy #icebreakers from #Finland, #Trump says after golfing with #Stubb
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My Spanish is not very good, but I will definitely be using it more often in public now. Even when not talking to Spanish speakers.
I'm a white male of German ancestry if you go back far enough.Sí, estoy despertado. ¿Quién te preguntó, guero?
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Attending this short creative workshop weekly and they keep doing these supposed ice breaking exercises at the start like "two truths and a lie" which are met with determined silence and brooding non-compliance from all attendees.
It's quite amusing.
#people #communication #BS #TeamBuildingBollocks #IceBreakers -
If you're in meetings or gatherings where people use an opening question to get the conversational ball rolling you may appreciate this list collected by Rob Walker, author of The Art of Noticing. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j4rj883slFvh1zZLGedqQFM0wqCrHlIEPE62K0LkKak/edit
#icebreakers #conversation #connection #TheArtOfNoticing #RobWalker
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I know I'm not the only one here who's weirdly particular about weirdly particular things! Sure everyone's got there favorite color, favorite food, favorite movie, favorite season...
I say those are basic favorites! I say, let's all of us share a favorite about something weirdly specific that we like to be particular about! I'll start.
My favorite aspect ratio is 16:9
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Does anyone have a favourite icebreaker question for meetings where people don’t know each other (think training courses, inter-department work meetings etc.)?
I used to like, “what’s your name and what was the first album you bought?”, but this only works well if you’re, ahem, older (pre-streaming).
Current favourite is “which actor/ess would you want to play you in a movie about your life? And what movie would it be in the style of?”
Any other favourites?
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The #US wants to spend $13 billion to build Arctic #icebreakers, in order to compete with #Russia and #China. Except, the US seems to have "lost" the technology to do so.
"U.S. officials are racing to procure new polar icebreakers because one of only two that the Coast Guard now sails has reached the end of its life, and the one assigned to the Arctic is out of service for maintenance every winter.""Delivery of the first new icebreaker has slipped to 2028 from 2024 as designers, engineers and welders grapple with something the U.S. hasn’t done in decades: reliably shape hardened steel that is more than an inch thick into a curved, reinforced ship’s hull."
"The Coast Guard hasn’t launched a new heavy icebreaker since 1976. Out of practice, U.S. shipbuilders have had to relearn how to design and build the specialized vessel, say officials in the industry and the government."
"By comparison, Russia has three dozen national icebreakers suitable for the Arctic, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and China has four, including two icebreaking research ships that regularly appear at high latitudes."
"The machinery and skills to build the hulls of most oceangoing vessels aren’t sufficient for the specialized icebreakers. The hull plates need a bespoke alloy and specialized heat-treatment, with a process to form and weld massive curved plates."
“Higher-strength steels require very skilled people,” said Jeff Moskaluk, senior vice president at SSAB Americas.... “It’s not like you just treat it the same as any other piece of steel. It takes a beating—that’s exactly what the steel is designed for.”
"In addition to the technical challenge, American yards are reckoning with a shortage of shipwrights. Employment in ship and boat building totaled just 154,800 in July after peaking at 1.3 million during World War II, according to data from the Federal Reserve."
'“One of the challenges is the workforce—getting qualified welders,” said Bob Merchent, retired former chief executive of VT Halter Marine, since acquired by Bollinger Shipyards. '
So many people seem to think that because we are the US, we have the best technology in the world, and the most skilled workers.
That used to be true. It hasn't for a long time now, though, and the situation is getting worse, jeopardizing national security in multiple ways.
We don't have the designers or experienced engineers. We don't have the shipwrights or welders. We are having trouble with basic execution, because investment bankers don't understand #technology, and think blue collar workers are interchangeable.
It isn't just our inability to build super-sophisticated #hypersonic #missiles, while Russia and China can.
We can't even build an icebreaker, while "poor, pathetic, backward" Russia has 36 in service.
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One of my close friends is a pharmacist. I have this habit when around new people, that we just met, to creatively make a comment about how he sells drugs for a living. Then I walk away for a minute. And he has to explain himself after their awkward expressions.
#Pharmacist #Drugs #SellingDrugs #Friends #IceBreakers #Mingling
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One of my close friends is a pharmacist. I have this habit when around new people, that we just met, to creatively make a comment about how he sells drugs for a living. Then I walk away for a minute. And he has to explain himself after their awkward expressions.
#Pharmacist #Drugs #SellingDrugs #Friends #IceBreakers #Mingling
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One of my close friends is a pharmacist. I have this habit when around new people, that we just met, to creatively make a comment about how he sells drugs for a living. Then I walk away for a minute. And he has to explain himself after their awkward expressions.
#Pharmacist #Drugs #SellingDrugs #Friends #IceBreakers #Mingling
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#Icebreakers Can Actually Be Useful https://www.modusinstitute.com/blog/icebreakers-can-actually-be-useful
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"Connection activities are not #icebreakers... because many #icebreakers have nothing to do with the training topic or concepts, they waste valuable learning time." Sharon L. Bowman #TrainingFromTheBackOfTheRoom
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"Connection activities are not #icebreakers... because many #icebreakers have nothing to do with the training topic or concepts, they waste valuable learning time." Sharon L. Bowman #TrainingFromTheBackOfTheRoom
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"Connection activities are not #icebreakers... because many #icebreakers have nothing to do with the training topic or concepts, they waste valuable learning time." Sharon L. Bowman #TrainingFromTheBackOfTheRoom
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"Connection activities are not #icebreakers... because many #icebreakers have nothing to do with the training topic or concepts, they waste valuable learning time." Sharon L. Bowman #TrainingFromTheBackOfTheRoom
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"Connection activities are not #icebreakers... because many #icebreakers have nothing to do with the training topic or concepts, they waste valuable learning time." Sharon L. Bowman #TrainingFromTheBackOfTheRoom
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Just saw @[email protected] ask this question over on the birdsite, so thought I'd have some fun and pose it for my fellow Mastodonians too:
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL-TIME?
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Welcome. My first post was of #Max. #Pets are great #Icebreakers!
#Maximoo #Maxodon #Labrador #Blacklab
#GardenersDog #Dog
#DogsofMastodon
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Welcome. My first post was of #Max. #Pets are great #Icebreakers!
#Maximoo #Maxodon #Labrador #Blacklab
#GardenersDog #Dog
#DogsofMastodon
#Boop -
Welcome. My first post was of #Max. #Pets are great #Icebreakers!
#Maximoo #Maxodon #Labrador #Blacklab
#GardenersDog #Dog
#DogsofMastodon
#Boop -
Welcome. My first post was of #Max. #Pets are great #Icebreakers!
#Maximoo #Maxodon #Labrador #Blacklab
#GardenersDog #Dog
#DogsofMastodon
#Boop -
Welcome. My first post was of #Max. #Pets are great #Icebreakers!
#Maximoo #Maxodon #Labrador #Blacklab
#GardenersDog #Dog
#DogsofMastodon
#Boop
