Monthly Archives: June 2023

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 30, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Counteroffensive Criticism “Pisses Me Off” Says Top General

Alarming antibiotic resistance discovered in war-torn Ukraine

IN PICTURES: FRANCE BURNS

The Ultimate Bubble

New UPS Trucks Will Get Air Conditioning After Years of Driver Demands

SCOTUS “gave universities a narrow opening, and Harvard just announced it’s going to drive an affirmative action truck right through it”

5 Megawatt solar plant destroyed by hail

A long and very informative read on the problems facing the Grid. The predictability of power generation is slowly going out the window. Predictable, firm sources of electricity (such as coal plants) are being removed from the grid, and being replaced by sources of electricity generation such as wind and solar, which fluctuate in their output based on whether the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. Between 2011 and 2020, roughly 1/3rd of US coal plants were shut down. By 2030, that’s expected to fall by another 25%. By contrast, of the 150 gigawatts of new electrical generation projects being tracked by the EIA, 2/3rds of them are wind or solar projects.

Texas Endures Another Heat Wave

For the first time, six fast-growing states in the South — Florida, Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee — are contributing more to the national GDP than the Northeast, with its Washington-New York-Boston corridor

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 29, 2023

The Biden administration appears to be closer to sending Ukraine two weapons it has long-sought, ATACMS and cluster munitions.

China’s Demographics: Even Worse Than You Think

CBO projects federal debt to soar over next 20 years

Teamsters warn of ‘imminent’ UPS strike affecting ‘nearly all Americans’
Many young women, girls in U.S. are iron deficient

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 28, 2023

Ukraine could be in line to receive the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile, or NSM, from Polish stocks, with reports in the Polish media suggesting that talks between the two countries about a possible transfer of these coastal defense systems are underway.

Thread on Sergei Shoigu

Purges Underway In Russian Security Apparatus After Prigozhin’s Mutiny

The Bureaucratic And Logistical Issues Encountered By Russian Drone Developers

The West Bank is undergoing a period of major instability due to the significant allocation of resources by various armed groups, namely Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and Hamas.

Chinese Coal Stocks Reach Record High As Seaborne Imports Surge 73%

Avoid NYC airports for your layovers if you can. If you can connect out of ORD or IAD you should try.

After merger with Google Maps division, Waze gets hit with layoffs

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 27, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Replenishes Kyiv’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle Force

Belarus Wants Prigozhin’s ‘Wagnerites’ To Train Its Army

Destabilizing Africa: Iranian Drones Menace Morocco

Cattle, farmland short of water in northern China

The Netherlands’ intelligence community determined that Iran is “ignoring the agreements” it made as part of the original nuclear deal, including by “deploying increasingly more sophisticated uranium enrichment centrifuges [and] enlarging its enrichment capacity.”

Giant Food president says thieves are stealing ‘everything’ from shrimp to deodorant — and warns some grocery stores could close

Malaria spreading in Texas and Florida; first US-based cases in two decades

Court: NY Attorney General Attempt to Force Section 8 on Landlords Unconstitutional

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 26, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Breakthrough Across The Dnipro At Antonvosky Bridge

Prigozhin’s full post-insurrection statement with English subtitles (The the visual component is fake)

With English-language subtitles, here is the full national address Putin made tonight in Russia.

Before Saturday’s uprising in Russia unraveled, Western intelligence thought the Wagner Group might be able to reach Moscow – and believed that Putin had left the city.

Telegraph: Prigozhin stood down because of threats to families of himself and associates;

Germany: Far-right AfD victory prompts political earthquake

U.S. Sets New Record In LNG Export Capacity

Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0

Train carrying hazardous materials derails and bridge collapses into Montana’s Yellowstone River

A cholesterol-lowering alternative to statins reduces deaths from heart disease, new study finds

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 25, 2023

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin hasn’t spoken publicly in the 24 hours since he ended his rebellion

The promise was that wind turbines would keep getting cheaper as they got bigger and better. Instead, issues are appearing now even in new installations, and people are starting to wonder if they’ve made the turbines too big too fast. The bearings and blades are wearing out, and the costs to fix them are crippling.

FedEx Accused of Largest Odometer Rollback Fraud in History With Used Vans

The Loony Conspiracy Theory Threatening Wall Street

Texas farmers are worried one of the state’s most precious water resources is running dry.

All the immunity, none of the symptoms, through dietary intervention

Earth’s thermosphere reaches highest temperature in 20 years after being bombarded by solar storms