Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 12, 2025

Trump to invoke presidential authority to send military aid to Ukraine

Death Toll In Texas Floods Reaches 119 As Search Crews Race Against Time

Stop Blaming The US For Measles. Public health officials are leaning into a “Blame America First” rhetorical strategy, implying doom and panic while ignoring the reality of the 2025 measles situation.

The First in 30 Years: Scientists Discover New Class of Antibiotics

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 11, 2025

The Russian potato shortage that shows Putin’s economy is on the brink

Japan’s Yoroi Reactor Ushers In a New Era of Micro-Nuclear Power

California residents who launched fireworks for the 4th of July have tickets coming in the mail, thanks to police drones that were taking note. One resident, for example, racked up $100,000 in fines last summer due to the illegal use of fireworks. “If you think you got away with it, you probably didn’t,” said Sacramento Fire Department Captain Justin Sylvia. “What may have been a $1,000 fine for one occurrence last year could now be $30,000 because you lit off so many.” Homeowners who weren’t even present at the property also have tickets coming in the mail due to the social host ordinance.

One thing missing from a lot of the reporting on State Dept cuts is that this will bring total hires back to the level of 2020, which itself was a peak level.

Older Adults Outnumber Children In More US States, Median Age Hits New High

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino weighs quitting over Trump admin handling of Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’

Response Rates in Psychiatric Drug Trials Are Statistical Nonsense

When Google detected problems with aging Pixel 4a batteries, it didn’t take any chances. It decided to degrade the experience on the remaining Pixel 4a units out there, even if the lower capacity and slower charging upset users.

Swarm of Hundreds of Small Earthquakes Shakes Washington’s Iconic Mt. Rainier. Cascades Volcanic Observatory indicates there is no evidence suggesting that the swarm is heralding a potential eruption.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 10, 2025

Israel Destroys Hezbollah’s Terrorist Buildup in ‘Rare’ Southern Lebanon Raids

A Daring Escape from China to the U.S. via the Darién Gap

Middle East fertility slump: Fewer babies, big problems?

Cocoa Supply Crunch Shown In One Chart

The Big Four Just Became Five: Walmart Quietly Captures the Beef Chain

New York is staring down billions in lost federal funding for Medicaid and food assistance over the next decade

The problem with Trump’s plan to tax copper is that the U.S. isn’t self-sufficient in copper

“Most Significant Seismicity Since 2009”: Quake Swarm Detected At Washington’s Mt. Rainier

AI-Enabled Trash Trucks Will Scan Your Trash To Scold You About Recycling

Verizon’s request to lock phones supported by police, opposed by users

Largest Russian Long-Range Drone Onslaught Of The War Rains Down On Ukraine

Eternity C Sinks in Red Sea; Search Underway for 15 Still Missing

Russia ‘Ready to Assist Tehran in Refilling’ Uranium Stockpiles, Foreign Minister Says

I am skeptical. India Takes on Stealth With First-Ever Photonic Radar

Patriot Missile Stockpile Concerns Grow, Pentagon Claims It Has Enough

How little they get paid is a little surprising, particularly given the living costs in the area. Trump White House Payroll Shrinks 29% Year-Over-Year

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 8, 2025

“Let’s be realistic here, there’s barely anything left of the security structure. Most of the leadership, about 95%, are now dead,” the Hamas official told the BBC.”

US has only 25 percent of Patriot interceptors needed for Pentagon planning

Running injuries often strike suddenly, not gradually: Study challenges understanding of overuse injuries

The latest example of trouble resulting from this definitional confusion comes from the deteriorating relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI. According to The Wall Street Journal, the two companies are now locked in acrimonious negotiations partly because they can’t agree on what AGI even means—despite having baked the term into a contract worth over $13 billion.

Increasingly, magnets are used to pull the shrapnel to the surface and then a small incision is made to remove it. Magnets were first used to remove metal back in the Crimean War, but a lawyer worked with medical teams to develop flexible extractors for abdominal surgery, micro-extractors for delicate work and high-strength extractors for shrapnel stuck in bones.

The American Civil-Military Relationship

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 7, 2025

The head of NATO says that China would have Russia attack in Europe to draw U.S. and allied forces away from the Pacific during a Taiwan invasion.

46.9% of Pakistan’s new Federal Budget will go towards Debt Servicing.

The Canadian federal government is on pace to post a $92-billion deficit this fiscal year — nearly double what was projected just four months ago, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. If accurate, it would mark the second-largest deficit in Canadian history, trailing only the $327.7-billion shortfall of 2020-21 during the pandemic.

More than 56 per cent of the UK’s total housing wealth is owned by those over 60, while home ownership among those under 35 has collapsed to just 6 per cent. This has had profound social and economic consequences as fewer people marry and have children, further impairing long-term demographic regeneration. The result? More than 80 per cent of the growth in real per capita wealth over the past 30 years has come from appreciation of real estate, not from the financial investment that powers the economy.

Potential sites for the new nuclear plant include the grounds of New York’s three operating plants, all owned or majority-owned by Constellation Energy. The facility could be one large reactor or a collection of smaller ones. Constellation Energy and New York are also collaborating on a federal grant that could support early work toward adding one or more reactors at the Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center in Oswego.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha confirmed in a news conference that at least 90 people are dead and dozens are still missing after a 30-foot wall of water surged down the Guadalupe River late last week. The flooding across Central Texas is shaping up to be one of the deadliest freshwater flood events in the U.S. over the past half-century, with the death toll likely to surpass the 84 lives lost in the 1977 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood.

‘Positive review only’: Researchers hide AI prompts in papers

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 6, 2025

First Red Sea Attack On Commercial Shipping Since December Launched By Houthis

Top Hebron sheikh who wants to pull out of PA

This view is on track to be the majority view in America before too long. US Support For Israel Comes At A Staggering, Multifaceted Price

Actions, not words: The three European countries that came to Israel’s aid after Oct. 7

Campi Flegrei Volcano Shakes Up Southern Italy with Significant Seismic Event