RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 15, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Growing Counter-Battery Advantage
Erdogan Claims Putin Agreed to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal
Auto Insurers Hit By Worst Crisis In “30 Years,” Sends Premiums Skyrocketing
Union talk to be sure, but would you do the job for $15 an hour? How about $13 that the pay will revert to if congress does nothing “We are hearing from our firefighting union that we could lose 30 to 50 percent of our firefighting workforce in the Forest Service. That would be devastating.”
I told people that the “Cricket” (the bolt action single shot 22 LR) cost about $300 new. Turns out I was remembering the MSRP for a brand new “Cricket” with a scope. A base model with no scope (such as was being fired today) has an MSRP of $169. Real world price seems to be $159.
The below video shows what one of the modern options looks like (you can have all kinds of stocks and other options). The one in below video has different sights then one we were using today. I don’t know if you can still get the old style sights.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 13, 2023
Gazprom Keeps Gas Flowing Despite Dispute With Ukraine’s Naftogaz
Veteran feds cry foul on White House cocaine probe: ‘This is a cover-up’
Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty More at this link.
How a cloud flaw gave Chinese spies a key to Microsoft’s kingdom
Alarming deterioration of US National Weather Service tornado warnings
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 12, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Antonovsky Bridgehead Holds
Turkey’s F-16s in doubt after Erdogan says no Sweden vote before October
Pakistan: IMF approves $3 billion bailout
Extreme tropical downpours to unleash life-threatening flood risk in Northeast
FedEx warns delivery drivers to have ‘heightened security awareness’ if UPS workers go on strike
Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 11, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: France Officially Sending SCALP Cruise Missiles
Pakistan thanks ‘brotherly’ Saudis for $2 billion ahead of IMF bailout decision
Ride-hailing drivers in Nigeria are suffering after government triples fuel prices
This covers a lot of the same ground that the video I posted from Peter did but with more sourcing. China Imposes Export Restrictions on Two Mineral Products
Adirondack town declares state of emergency, homes evacuated, roads destroyed due to flooding
Evacuations as Vermont in US hit by catastrophic floods
Sugar-Based Flow Battery Could Accelerate The Energy Transition
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 10, 2023
Kyiv’s Forces Push Deeper South Near Robotyne
Kremlin says Putin held post-mutiny talks with Wagner leader as top general resurfaces
Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO membership bid
Russia asks Turkey for ‘clarification’ over Ukraine’s Azov prisoner release
Social media riot shutdowns possible under EU content law, top official says
Germany ‘needs 1.5 million new immigrants per year
27% of nursing homes in Japan face bankruptcy due to soaring prices
“1,000-Year Rainfall Event” Batters Hudson Valley With Flash Floods
Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren’t valid.
Headline overhypes it but maybe a good use for so called “AI” after it matures a bit. At first OCR was not all that great either A recent study describes a new AI that produces high-quality translations of ancient texts.