Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 27, 2026

Tankers Vacate Al Udeid Air Base As U.S. Citizens Are Urged To Leave Israel Immediately

Pakistan Declares War on Afghanistan, Conducts Airstrikes on Kabul

Cartel Warfare Creeps Close to California’s Doorstep After El Mencho Raid

New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics. Research published in 2022 revealed the bacterium that causes typhoid fever is evolving extensive drug resistance, and is rapidly replacing strains that aren’t resistant.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 26, 2026

USS Gerald R. Ford’s Imminent Arrival Off Israel Comes As Negotiations Grind On

Russia and Iran Launch Oil Price War for Chinese Buyers as India Retreats

Hezbollah official: We will not intervene in event of ‘limited’ US strikes on Iran

Trump advisors eye Israel-first Iran strike to boost US backing for American assault

600 airline passengers faced the weirdest sleepover ever, when heavy snow left them stuck on stationary planes overnight There is this claim associated with the story they trapped FIVE planes overnight with over 500 people on board because ground crew went home at their shift. I don’t know if is true or not but it does seem weird that they could not get people out of planes on the ground just because of snow.

Number of births in Japan falls to record low for 10th straight year

When FAFSA Broke, They Called This Guy. “Two moms can’t produce a baby in 4.5 months”

Smartphone Market Set to Shrink 13% Due to Memory Chip Crisis

‘Some of the cracks had penetrated through’: Chinese astronauts reveal new details about spacecraft that ‘stranded’ them in space last year

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2026

The Massive Questions Surrounding A Major American Air War Against Iran

UK Officers Used Police Cars to Help Traffic Girls

Many NYC Gas Stations Reportedly Selling Regular Gas as Premium

It seems quite likely that humans today are a bit less intelligent than in prehistoric times.

Western analysts say Russia is losing 50,000 soldiers a month. A Meduza investigation suggests those estimates are based on manipulated data.

The Kremlin spent years building a messenger to replace Telegram. Now it is reportedly telling soldiers the substitute is too insecure to use at the front.

USS Gerald Ford Carrier Hit By ‘Sewage Crisis’ As Record Deployment Endures

The Hidden Imran. The cricketing legend is Pakistan’s most famous man. Can the state make him vanish?

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.

I recently tried refine, an AI tool for refining academic articles. The results are stunning. The comments it offered were on the par of the best comments I’ve received on a paper in my entire academic career.

SMART PEOPLE SURE CAN ACT DUMB SOMETIMES:

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 23, 2026

Russia’s military recruitment numbers remain steady, but how long can the regions foot the bill?

Iran Signals Possible “Fast Deal” To Be Made In Nuclear Talks As U.S. Military Build-Up Grinds On

U.S. Gave Mexico Intelligence for Operation That Killed Drug Cartel Leader. The State Department also expanded the “shelter in place” declaration for Americans in Mexico.

The Great Cocoa Unwind

Home health care is going to get increasingly political as money gets short. Medicaid Data Dump: Billing Codes Explode Up to 10,000%, LA Mental Health Dept. Highest Biller in the Nation

Popular Sugar Substitutes Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 22, 2026

A major article. A war foretold: How the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Commentary on the above. The First- (and the Next-) Four Years

This is so new not a lot of good long form sources on this story. Mexican Resort Towns Burn As Special Forces Kill Jalisco New Generation Cartel Boss “El Mencho”

This was more interesting then expected. Why Are American Passenger Trains Slow?

Men Lose Their Y Chromosome With Age. We Finally Know The Cost.

Autism, Vaccines, and the Diagnostic Empire

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 21, 2026

Kremlin spokesman admits Putin’s press service uses a VPN to bypass Russia’s Telegram restrictions

I is skeptical of this story but Oman is for a sure a different place for the time being then its neighbors in a very good way. Reflections on Oman

The conclusion of Justice Gorsuch’s concurrence in the tariff case.

‘Unprofessional behavior’: NASA report rips into astronaut-stranding Starliner mission

From chickens to humans, animals think “bouba” sounds round. There seems to be a deep-seated association between sounds and shapes.