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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 3, 2025

A Dark Day for Our Fiscal Future

Amazon will soon employ more robots than humans as 1 million machines toil across facilities

Alzheimer’s Might Not Actually Be a Brain Disease

I found that middle-aged participants who experienced nightmares every week, were four times more likely to experience cognitive decline (a precursor to dementia) over the following decade, while the older participants were twice as likely to be diagnosed with dementia.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 2, 2025

Fears Of Disaster Brewing For Ukraine As U.S. Halts Weapons Shipments Over Stockpile Concerns

“If someone defends themselves and kills an animal, not only do they get hit with a million-ruble fine, they also get taken to court. I know two guys whose cabin was attacked by a tiger — one of them died, and the other shot the tiger. He got fined one and a half million rubles ($19,000) and sentenced to a year and a half in prison

Surge in Afghans driven from Iran in spy hunt after Israel attacks

Foxconn mysteriously tells Chinese workers to quit India and return to China

During the first half of 2025, US seaborne grain shipments increased 9% y/y, driven by stronger maize exports. While an increase in import tariffs led to a 57% y/y drop in volumes to China, the US has been able to find alternative markets for most of its cargoes.

New York Farms Refuse to Follow New Union Contracts

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 1, 2025

Notable because it is being used by the Azerbaijan government to spin up drama between the two nations. Azerbaijan opens torture investigation after autopsy shows brothers arrested in Russia died from severe injuries

Chinese students are using AI to beat AI detectors

These 5 Charts Show How Hotels Became New York’s Response to Homelessness