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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 6, 2023

Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Likely Begun

Dam Destroyed, Accusations Fly, Waters Rise, War Plans Could Change and Russia Blows Up Farm Equipment, Claims They’re Leopard Tanks

Russia’s oil and gas revenue plunged in May as sanctions and dwindling exports weigh on Moscow’s energy trade

Russian Oil Output Remains High Much To OPEC’s Dismay

Feds spent over $1.3 billion in Russia, China on controversial projects

How China’s rural influencers find fame and fortune across the Great Firewall

I am trying to figure out how to get rid of hundreds of gallons of expired sanitizer at work. Statewide the problem is massive. Sanitizer Surge: Cautionary Consequences of COVID-19 Crisis

Potential For Catastrophic US Electric Grid Failures This Summer A Reality

As Fewer MDs Practice Rural Primary Care, a Different Type of Doctor Helps Take Up the Slack

Why? *Edit*

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I don’t understand this at all. Who really benefits from this? The only thing I am pretty sure of is that it was not done by “shelling” as Russia is accusing Ukraine of doing.

Edit: They took down the video I posted this morning. Here is a new one.

The example of underwater gas lines in the above video is unfortunate because there is a good chance that Ukraine did that but there is very little chance that Ukraine blew this up.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 5, 2023

Early Stages Of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Appear To Be Underway

Russian TV airs apparent deepfake video of Putin ordering martial law amid reports Ukraine is on the attack

Odisha Train Accident: A Monumental Tragedy

Oil Prices Climb As Saudi Arabia Goes It Alone With Additional Cut

FDA to allow imports of cancer drug from China amid ongoing shortage

Core US Factory Orders Unexpectedly Shrank In April – Weakest Since COVID

Experts warn bird flu virus changing rapidly in largest ever outbreak

This is the type of chart that is used to justify stereotypes. But does that mean it is wrong?

The ‘I’ in BIPOC

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 4, 2023

Ukraine in last-ditch appeal for EU to end grain import curbs

Japan’s Birth Rate Plummets To Record Low For Seventh Straight Year

Interesting Map. Drought Tightens Grip Across the Corn Belt, 34% of Corn Now Hit with Drought

Primarily posted for Chickenman. ‘Barbie’ production emptied a company’s worldwide supply of pink paint

Exercise soon after prolapse surgery is safe, study shows

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 3, 2023

One of Ukraine’s Su-24M Fencers appeared in photos with a Storm Shadow under each wing as strikes far behind Russian lines continue.

Israel alarmed by IAEA report, possible US backchannel diplomacy with Iran

The Irish political leaders pushing to cull 200,000 animals may want to ask Dutch officials how their eco-activism against farmers in the Netherlands worked out for their careers.

Comptroller concerned as state tax collections are far below projections

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 2, 2023

Critical of Ukrainian forces but it is worth remembering that this is the force that Russia is having problems with. WHAT THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES NEED TO DO TO WIN

Long-Range Strike Hits Russian-Held Port City On Sea Of Azov

Russia Says US Hacked ‘Thousands’ Of iPhones In Espionage Operation

“Migrants Will Soon Be The Powerful” – German Broadsheet Causes Uproar With Immigration Article

Even though the 2021 Marshall Fire made it clear that the fire threat posed by Colorado’s grasslands endangers large urban areas, federal, state and local rules continue to make it difficult to address the risk.

Farms and ranches all over the United States have been hit by a string of disasters in recent months

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 1, 2023

Misfiring Cannons, Rotted Tires in US Army Gear Pulled for Ukraine, Watchdog Finds

If you read through, a reminder that that the US is still involved in the fighting over there. Shabaab storms army base in central Somalia

Apple and Foxconn lobbied India to relax its labor laws. Unions are fighting back

“I don’t really need to see loads of useless white male pilots, let’s get as focused as possible, I am more than happy to reduce boarding if needed to have a balanced BAME/female/male board.”

New York Wedding Photographer Won’t Share Her Beliefs About Marriage Because Speaking Out Could Put Her in Jail

Natural Gas Prices Plunge Further Amid Rise In U.S. Stockpiles

FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras

The case of course wound up before the Supreme Court, with Sullivan’s lawyer, Harvard educated Roland Nachman, saying that the only way for him to lose was for the Court to change the law. And that’s just what it did.