Syria & the Fall of Bashar al-Assad
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Monthly Archives: December 2024
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 14, 2024
Unidentified Drones Spotted Over German Military, Industrial Sites
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Former Assad Regime’s Military Sites, Including Deep Underground Missile Depots
US government officials said last week that major telecom companies have been unable to fully evict the Chinese state-sponsored hackers from their networks.
Scientists Turn Their Focus to WA’s Mount Adams After Volcano Begins Rumbling
Hochul Weighs Warehouse Safety Bill as Injuries Continue to Climb
OpenAI whistleblower found dead at 26 in San Francisco apartment
ABC, Stephanopoulos Must Apologize to Trump, Pay $15 Million to Settle Defamation Suit
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 11, 2024
Satellite Imagery Shows Russian Navy Ships Anchored Off Syrian Coast
A good rule of thumb is that if it has flashing lights it is not something scary and secret. Though the concern about drones flying over military installations and other sensitive locations is legitimate, nearly all of the videos and imagery TWZ has reviewed are of private and commercial aircraft.
Educators Sound Alarm as College Enrollment Drops by ‘Very Large and Very Discouraging’ Amount
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 10, 2024
New Syrian Prime Minister Assumes Power Amid Airstrikes, Continued Fighting
Israel Lays Waste To Syria’s Missile Boats
Russian z-bloggers process their shock and outrage over Assad’s overthrow in Syria
Who liberated Damascus? Unpacking the Southern Operations Room’s emergence
Rescuers end search operations inside Assad’s Sednaya prison
It takes a special kind of educated person to write an article about how Voodoo is being persecuted when it is voodoo priests instigating the killing according to the very same article. Terror, massacre and voodoo in the latest episode of gang violence in Haiti
UK Government ‘Commits’ to Forcing Cattle to Consume Anti-Flatulence Feed Additive
Judiciary Committee: FBI Using Banks to Surveil Bank Accounts Without Warrants
Interesting Job Posting For People With Tech Skills
The below is selected verbiage from a real job posting from the Vesuvius Challenge that you can find here.
We’re hiring full-time annotators for the Vesuvius Challenge. Spend hours every day clicking on ancient scrolls to unlock lost knowledge. Pay is $40/hour. This line is from the X post linking to job posting. The rest below is selections from the job posting itself.
Help us unravel the mysteries of the only remaining library from antiquity!
Role
As an Annotation Specialist you will analyze and process volumetric CT scan data from ancient scrolls, which were carbonized and buried at Herculaneum two thousand years ago during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
Required Skills
Capacity to sustain a high level of engagement in complex repetitive tasks
Attention to detail
Excellent communication skills
Familiarity with basic Linux command line operations
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with volumetric image segmentation and annotation
Experience beta-testing and debugging software
Graphics and algorithm development
C/C++, Python
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 8, 2024
For what it is worth Russia says he is safe and sound in Russia. The Assad Regime Has Fallen, Claims Swirl Around Possible Crash Of His Escape Jet
From other sources I have read that they are still trying get some of them out because the guards ran away with the codes and they are struggling with the electronic locks in cells deep underground. Bewildered, elated prisoners pour out as Assad’s jails flung open
New York’s Court of Appeals — Who’s on It and What Do They Do?
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 7, 2024
War, Deficits, and the Russian Economy: An Uphill Battle to Nowhere
How fast it happened and how little effort Iran made to save Syria was surprising. Syria’s armed opposition says they have captured the capital, Damascus, and that President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country.