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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 31, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Key Crimean Railway Bridge Targeted In Missile Strike

Officials found suspected Chinese malware hidden in various US military systems. Its intended use is disruption rather than surveillance, a ‘disturbing’ change in intent, experts say.

Chinese Ex-Foreign Minister Disappears in Apparent Power Struggle

Top Israeli official says country won’t block Saudi civil nuclear program

Niger coup sparks concerns about French, EU uranium dependency

Google Unveils Multimodal Generative AI Model Med-PaLM M for Healthcare

America Flips Switch On First New Nuclear Reactor in 7 Years

Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data

What NASA and the European Space Agency are admitting but the media are failing to report about our current heat wave

CDC Warns Red Meat Allergy Caused By Ticks An ‘Emerging Public Health Concern

Public Health Officials Identify 20 Infectious Agents Found at Unlicensed California Laboratory

Just a sign of how little people think about these things.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 30, 2023

Nuclear weapons on the table if Ukraine counteroffensive succeeds: Russia’s Medvedev

“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This” – Mysterious Chinese Bio-Lab Discovered In Remote California City

What Happened to the Big UPS Strike?

Central Florida: Leprosy Capital Of The USA

How to make today’s top-end AI chatbots rebel against their creators and plot our doom

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 29, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: The Curious Case Of Kyiv’s North Korean Rockets

Sri Lanka travel notes

Emergency nuclear response programs across several federal agencies have been quietly updating existing preparedness plans in recent months

Diagnostic medical errors are a huge problem.

Large language models, explained with a minimum of math and jargon

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 28, 2023

Main Thrust of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Begun

Ukraine Situation Report: S-200 Missile Slams Into Russian Town

North Korea’s New Nuclear Underwater Drone-Torpedo Follows Russia’s Playbook

Israel’s Judicial Reckoning

In a major reshuffle, the Turkish president has dismissed all three deputy Central Bank governors as his government ramps up efforts to regain the confidence of Western investors.

Gasoline prices have gained around 20% year-to-date.

Can This Medication Reverse Multiple Sclerosis? Brain Biomarker Shows It Can

A growing body of research indicates there are potentially large health benefits to improving indoor air quality.

Let Me Repeat Myself: The SAT’s Predictive Power for College Grades is Systematically Underestimated Because of Range Restriction

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT JULY 27, 2023

Calling it a city is a a little misleading. Ukraine Situation Report: Key Donetsk City Liberated

Lack of Western Weapons Slows Progress in Ukraine Counteroffensive

I always thought stories about a government just giving up was really stupid prepper fiction. To be fair, Hezbollah still functions. Lebanon void expands as Central Bank, security, presidential posts go vacant

Japan’s population drops by nearly 800,000 with falls in every prefecture for the first time

Yellow freight looks like it’s going under

Hawaii Gov Takes Dramatic Action To Solve Housing Crisis. But Is He Going Too Far?

Hunter Biden’s Hearing Transcript Shows How Defense, Prosecution Tried to Slip In ‘Blanket Immunity’

“NLRP11 is present in humans and other primates but absent in mice, likely explaining why it has been missed previously, as most screens looking for innate immune signaling molecules have been carried out in mice”

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 26, 2023

Pentagon officials told the New York Times that the full weight of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is now underway.

Hunter Biden Plea Deal Implosion Links. More drama then I was expecting. Not entirely surprised that a judge was reluctant to sign off on it but was surprised by the drama between the legal teams.

The rush is on for rice

Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared

Vitamin D may ease severity of psoriasis

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 25, 2023

Kyiv’s Noose Around Bakhmut Tightens

Ukraine says unit 4 at Zaporizhzhia NPP put into ‘hot shutdown’ state, claims it could lead to accident

Russian lawmakers on Tuesday backed legislation increasing the maximum age limit to 30 for compulsory military service

China secretly sends enough gear to Russia to equip an army

The disappearance of Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and the recent fate of senior Chinese officers in the country’s strategic missile command suggests all is not well in China.

Prescribed burns are banned in New York’s largest tracts of forest, but some rangers say they need to torch the brush to save the trees.

More info then last link on this subject New Biden Administration Rule Targets Portable Gas Generators and Water Heaters

The education of Nate Silver (means more if you know who Nate Silver is and what he is famous for).

Medieval “climate change” was filled with heatwaves, droughts, and crop failures

A description of advanced tips and tricks for effective Internet research of papers/books, with real-world examples.