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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 13, 2026

Ukraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps

Nord Stream Sabotage Trial Begins With Explosive Allegations Against Ukraine

Oil Prices Reached Over $100 a Barrel Due to Strikes in the Middle East

Earlier this week, a mass hack of refrigeration systems at an estimated 700 supermarkets throughout France caused them to suddenly malfunction, causing spoilage of untold tons of perishables and, in some cases, fires.

Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman are locked in an expensive — and surprisingly competitive — race.

Reparations Advocates Celebrate as Newsom Signs Corporate Slavery Disclosure Bill

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 12, 2026

Ukraine Knocked Out Russia’s Biggest Data Centers, and the Internet Got 17% Better

Upstate NY man pleads guilty after shooting his own dog in the head

Epic Games reportedly pivoting to “AI first” game development model

Honey bees are known to leave their stingers embedded in tender flesh once they sting you and fly away. Scientists have now determined that the stinger is able to continue pumping venom into its unfortunate victim even after the bee flies away, thanks to a unique double-piston pump-like mechanism.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2026

Russia Hits Ukraine’s Energy Grid Despite Trump’s Ceasefire Announcement

Ukrainian drone strikes have plunged Russia’s internet into crisis. Meduza explains why the damage has been so extensive, and why a full recovery will likely take months.

House Republicans Move to Block Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal

Russians who fled after the 2022 mobilization tell Meduza how they rebuilt their lives abroad — and what they’ve lost along the way

Saudi Arabia faces new missile, drone strikes after deadly Houthi airport attacks

China’s debt interest costs are soaring above U.S. levels and growing faster than any other budget category as Beijing struggles to prop up growth

This Ultra-Rare Gas Could Become An Ace In Canada’s Hands

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 10, 2026

The Houthis struck the Riyadh airport for the fourth time in a row on Sunday afternoon.

Dramatic Videos Show Several Tankers On Fire In Strait Of Hormuz This Weekend

Emergency Oil Releases Risk Draining the World’s Last Supply Cushion

Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With Putin to Lower Fuel Prices Ahead of Midterms

School Bus Diesel Bills Have Doubled in Some Areas. Now Activities Are at Risk

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 9, 2026

Attack on Saudi airport leaves 12 dead, hundreds wounded as Houthi strikes escalate, sources say

Britain is Heading Towards Blackouts

India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil ‘Cockroach’ youth movement protests

Blackwater Bloodied: Erik Prince’s Congo Force Ambushed, Ex-UFC Star Tim Kennedy Shot In The Fight For The World’s Cobalt

Fire Powered Refrigeration — A/C & Fridge That Runs on Fire

The fire part don’t impresses me. Absorption chillers/refrigerators have been a thing for a long time. But doing it with salt water instead of a more conventional refrigerant is impressive to me as I did not know it was possible to do it that way. Although granted it is about 10 degrees too warm but give the operating materials that is still pretty impressive

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 7, 2026

Russia called its strikes on Ukrainian data centers a ‘forced digital detox.’ Zelensky says Kyiv has answered by hitting a data center belonging to Russian tech giant Yandex.

Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet. Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.

Trump Signs Order to Expand Access to Tax-Exempt Diesel

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 5, 2026

Russia Walks Back Plague Claims After Siberian Lab Employee’s Death

The Bomb goes Latin. Notes on the nuclear weapons programs of Argentina and Brazil

The Elephant No One Wants To See. Why the World Ignores China’s Economic Crisis.

FPV Drone 101: A Masterclass

Noninvasive Cancer Treatment Looks Safe, yet 11% of Patients Died Within a Month