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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 14, 2023

We’re at war’ — Tensions crackle in East Jerusalem and the West Bank as Israel prepares assault on Gaza

China’s Birth Rate Plummets 10% To Lowest On Record

A surge in US biofuel demand will flip its domestic soybean oil trade and make it a net importer in MY 2023-24 (September-August) for the second consecutive year, the US Foreign Agricultural Service said Oct. 12

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 13, 2023

The DoD and its allies are cobbling together parts to make new air defense systems for Ukraine, including one using the AIM-9L/M sidewinder.

The Perilous Tactical Realities Israel Will Face Fighting In Gaza

Rooting for Israel, Not a Good Word About Palestine: Modi Is Upending Indian Foreign Policy

Ukraine Invented the Drone War. The US Can’t Fight One Without Chinese Equipment

Microsoft completes $69B Activision Blizzard deal, its biggest merger ever

Starlink Direct to Cell Services Start in 2024

An age-old remedy that was prescribed by Hippocrates may be a cheap alternative to antibiotics for those with chronic wounds

Mathematical logic and the code of computer programs are, in an exact way, mirror images of each other.

The true story of Matthew Shepard:

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 12, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Signs Russia’s Attempt To Encircle Avdiivka Is Stalling

Hezbollah’s expansive Iranian-supplied arsenal of rockets, drones, and missiles poses a major threat to all of Israel.

The EU is trying to outsource its migration problems and has entered into a partnership with Tunisia. But the situation there has grown dire, particularly for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Now, even the Tunisians themselves want to get out.

T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike

A 21-year-old computer-science student has won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum, which had been unreadable since a volcanic eruption in AD 79 — the same one that buried nearby Pompeii. The breakthrough could open up hundreds of texts from the only intact library to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 11, 2023

Israel ordered Chevron to shut down a major natural gas field, which could send prices spiking further just before winter

Another Iraqi Shia militia threatens the United States over involvement in Israel

China’s Country Garden warns its first-ever default could come soon, as its September sales plunge by over 80% year on year

Afghanistan Hit By Second Major Earthquake in a Week

Cars exploding at Luton airport London: Huge fire causes partial collapse of structure

‘Not Proud At All:’ Japan’s Army Struggles to Recruit

Yields Spike After Ugly 10Y Auction Sees Biggest Tail Since April; Dealers Stuck Holding Most Paper In A Year

Giant Solar Storm 14,000 Years Ago Leaves The Carrington Event in The Dust

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 10, 2023

Finland is investigating a potential sabotage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline. Helsinki also reports a break in an undersea data cable…

Seized by Palestinian propaganda as symbols of Israeli weakness, Hamas atrocities from the southern kibbutz trigger despair, and resolve, in survivors. Related: Soldiers encounter unimaginable horrors as they remove the bodies of victims, including about 40 babies and small children — some with their heads chopped off

Terror group had Israel convinced it wasn’t interested in war; Hamas source says elite cell jammed signals at IDF base in 1st stage of assault

Top diplomat’s comments marks strongest condemnation by EU yet of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

For the third time in a year, Russian hardware on the space station is leaking

Blackouts are coming: Australian grid so fragile, expensive, cement giant already shuts down nearly every day

Facebook’s sexist, ageist ad-targeting violates Calif. law, court finds

Thousands of ‘special interest aliens’ from Middle East countries stopped at southern border since 2021

US Deploys Navy to Israel Amid Escalating Tensions

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Disclaimer: He is a US Navy fan so his perspective is vary positive and his understanding of the festival massacre is a little off (most sources indicate the paragliders played a minor role).

All that said, if you want to know what they might be thinking by moving the US Navy close to Israel this is as good a source on capabilities they are brining close as you are going to get.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 9, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Brace For Unprecedented Winter Drone War

Satellite imagery shows ‘unprecedented number’ of freight cars near North Korea-Russia border

Israel Vows Gaza Siege, Hamas To Air Live Hostage Executions

Source close to Hamas describes years-long campaign to fool Israel Related: Hamas built a mock Israeli town in Gaza and practiced its attack in plain sight — but Israel didn’t react, report says

I don’t think it is fair to say worse. It is just that this time people like us are experiencing it instead of some minority group in Iraq that does not speak good English. Hamas Savagery Worse Than ISIS

German voters move further to the right