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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Wants A Million FPV Drones In 2024

Red Sea Maritime Coalition Much Bigger Than Originally Disclosed

Biden Tried to Keep This Dirty Little Secret About His Summit with Xi

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Approves Slavery Reparations Commission

The Big Cloud Exit FAQ: Just over a year ago, we announced our intention to leave the cloud. We then shared our complete $3.2 million cloud budget for 2022, and the fact that we were going to build our own tooling rather than pay for overpriced enterprise service contracts. The mission was set!

AlphV ransomware site is “seized” by the FBI. Then it’s “unseized.” And so on.

Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo

I don’t know what the intention of this article was, but it made me feel sympathy for the US Army and I don’t experience that emotion very often. Some US Army recruits have taken a bold move, taking to social media to complain about how badly they are treated in the service.

Effects of open-label placebos in clinical trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 19, 2023

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: U.S. Military Leaders Push For Scaled-Back Campaign

Hamas Using Female Suicide Bombers As IDF Closes In On Gaza’s Terrorist Leadership

N. Korean Missile Test Had Potential Range of Entire US

In radical shift, Pope Francis approves priestly blessings for same-sex couples To see how Conservative Catholics cope, see here.

YouTube is the last bastion of unbiased journalism in India

‘This Should Be a National Scandal’: Medicare Advantage Plans Using AI for Denials

Colorado Supreme Court says Trump is ineligible to run again

Honestly this is not as crazy it seems. On the East Coast we put it in the river for people downstream to drink. California prepares to transform sewage into pure drinking water under new rules

Armed Robbery Foiled When Getaway Car Is Stolen by Another Thief

Google’s loss to Epic Games leads to $700M settlement with users, states

Video that gives an idea of how long the series of lava eruptions were in Iceland.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 18, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Funding Almost “Exhausted”

Major Shipping Firms Halt Red Sea Routes Following Houthi Attacks

The United States and nine other countries have joined together for Operation Prosperity Guardian as Houthi attacks continue unabated.

China: 6.2 magnitude earthquake leaves over 100 dead

Applesauce Pouches May Have Been Intentionally Contaminated With Lead: FDA

How different languages laugh online

Dark Genome Discovery: Researchers Reveal “Ancient Genetic Parasite” Implicated in Human Diseases

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 17, 2023

Gaza: IDF Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Network “Wide Enough for Vehicles to Pass Through” Near Israel Border

Panama Canal transits plunge as larger ships are turned away

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration Orders California Spending Freeze

Kremlin May Preemptively Bar Uranium Exports To U.S., Firm Warns

Man experiences tracheal rupture after attempting to hold back sneeze

‘Large’ TB outbreak may affect 800 people who were incarcerated in Washington state

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 16, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Troops Question Dnipro River Assault

Financial Times: U.S. says it found way to seize frozen Russian assets ‘in accordance with international law’

Israel Trains Reservists for Military Operations in the North as Iran-Backed Hezbollah Terror Group Intensifies Attacks

The conclusion is wrong. It is the underlying demographics and what they believe, and not any particular nation state that is Israel’s real problem. Israel’s Grim Future: Attrition on All Fronts

Arrests Suggest Terrorist Organization Is Operating in Europe

Conscripts doing urban warfare. Initial IDF probe: 3 hostages were shirtless, waving white flag when troops shot them

Argentina’s new president Javier Milei does away with culture ministry 24 hours after taking office

Full-day, solar-powered, bidirectional thermoregulatory clothing that can respond to changing temperatures

Pregnancy sickness: Major discovery offers hope for cure