I have been keeping half tabs on this farm just because there are large numbers of farmers in America that are struggling to get out on the fields and plant. But it can always get worse.
A good overview for those who had trouble following how the war went up to the start of May
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Iraq’s prized rice crop threatened by drought
Lower Demand Changes Everything For Oil Markets
The Badly Needed EastMed Pipeline Awaits Approval
Turkey outlines demands on Finland and Sweden membership
California regulator rejects desalination plant despite historic drought
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“Moles in the dark”: survival and escape from the Mariupol steelworks
Short-term use of ibuprofen may increase chance of chronic pain, study suggests
Direct Instruction Works. So Why Is It Controversial?
Russia Cuts Gas Supply To Seized German Gazprom Unit
Wheat futures soar after lower USDA harvest estimate
Texans asked to limit electricity use after six power plants go down ahead of a hot weekend
At least 10 killed in shooting at Buffalo supermarket in the US
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Ukraine Is Smashing Russian Bridgeheads Left And Right—But Maybe Still Not Fast Enough
Two morals to this story. Number one is if you are young and healthy enough to do so, stay off the road in situations likes this (headline should not have put the word invisible in there as that was totally false). Number two is even when you are old and can’t make it off the road, give escape a shot. What is the worst that can happen? The invisible Ukrainian who walked 225km to safety from Mariupol
The Turkish Drone That Changed the Nature of Warfare
A Journalist Just Spotted Russia’s ‘Admiral Makarov’ Frigate, Intact And At Sea
Germany Moves To Expropriate Energy Firms In Case Of Emergency
Democrats Wants to Give Biden Power to Impose Price Controls on Gas
Why Is an Entire Generation Ignorant of Cell Biology?
The Last Way Out of Afghanistan
Very tight Naphta market could increase pain at the pump in Europe
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The data about police shootings just didn’t add up, but no one at Thomson Reuters wanted to hear it.
Yes, Safe Smoking Kits Include Free Crack Pipes. We Know Because We Got Them.
America’s Infant Formula Crisis and the ‘Resiliency’ Mirage
Xi Jinping moves to silence Covid Zero critics in sign of brewing tumult
Finnish President, PM in Favor of Joining NATO ‘Without Delay’
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NASA Releases Ridiculously Sharp Webb Space Telescope Images
Apple workers storm barriers and fight guards keeping them locked at work and this is older but too good to miss.
Are housing prices worse than ever in history?
Mostly of interest to me because I actually bought a wool sweatshirt from the civilian line up from the company of the guy featured in this story. His company is famous worldwide among those who like high quality outdoor gear and not just on the military side that is featured in this article. Peace made Valtteri Lindholm a millionaire, but now he’s gearing up for war.
EU stumbles over Russian oil slick
U.S.-Israeli Cyber Security Firm Exposes Chinese Regime-Linked Global Industrial Espionage Ring
Sri Lanka PM resigns, Rajapaksa family home burnt down amid clashes: 10 points
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Russian Space Agency Head Threatens Elon Musk Over Starlink In Ukraine
U.S. Gasoline Prices Hit All-Time High
U.S. Grid Operators Are Bracing For A Wave Of Blackouts
US mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 5.27%, highest since 2009
It’s not even summer, and California’s two largest reservoirs are at ‘critically low’ levels