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Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia have disconnected from Russia’s power grid to prevent "geopolitical blackmail."

The move, decades in the making, was accelerated by fears of Russian pressure after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Baltic states will test their energy stability for 24 hours before integrating with Europe’s grid via Poland.

Officials warn of potential cyberattacks and sabotage, with increased security in place.

Estonia’s Kaja Kallas called the move "a victory for freedom and European unity."

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Man power grids are so friggin cool. And I love the transparency of this site, too.

I'm a self taught network engineer, but I'd like to think if I were born maybe 5 or 10 years earlier (and been properly medicated in my formative years), I'dve studied EE and working on grid projects like this. Or at least large building maintenance and build out.

I'd probably be building/maintaining colo's and data centers. Hah.