Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 8, 2025

“Let’s be realistic here, there’s barely anything left of the security structure. Most of the leadership, about 95%, are now dead,” the Hamas official told the BBC.”

US has only 25 percent of Patriot interceptors needed for Pentagon planning

Running injuries often strike suddenly, not gradually: Study challenges understanding of overuse injuries

The latest example of trouble resulting from this definitional confusion comes from the deteriorating relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI. According to The Wall Street Journal, the two companies are now locked in acrimonious negotiations partly because they can’t agree on what AGI even means—despite having baked the term into a contract worth over $13 billion.

Increasingly, magnets are used to pull the shrapnel to the surface and then a small incision is made to remove it. Magnets were first used to remove metal back in the Crimean War, but a lawyer worked with medical teams to develop flexible extractors for abdominal surgery, micro-extractors for delicate work and high-strength extractors for shrapnel stuck in bones.

The American Civil-Military Relationship

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 7, 2025

The head of NATO says that China would have Russia attack in Europe to draw U.S. and allied forces away from the Pacific during a Taiwan invasion.

46.9% of Pakistan’s new Federal Budget will go towards Debt Servicing.

The Canadian federal government is on pace to post a $92-billion deficit this fiscal year — nearly double what was projected just four months ago, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. If accurate, it would mark the second-largest deficit in Canadian history, trailing only the $327.7-billion shortfall of 2020-21 during the pandemic.

More than 56 per cent of the UK’s total housing wealth is owned by those over 60, while home ownership among those under 35 has collapsed to just 6 per cent. This has had profound social and economic consequences as fewer people marry and have children, further impairing long-term demographic regeneration. The result? More than 80 per cent of the growth in real per capita wealth over the past 30 years has come from appreciation of real estate, not from the financial investment that powers the economy.

Potential sites for the new nuclear plant include the grounds of New York’s three operating plants, all owned or majority-owned by Constellation Energy. The facility could be one large reactor or a collection of smaller ones. Constellation Energy and New York are also collaborating on a federal grant that could support early work toward adding one or more reactors at the Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center in Oswego.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha confirmed in a news conference that at least 90 people are dead and dozens are still missing after a 30-foot wall of water surged down the Guadalupe River late last week. The flooding across Central Texas is shaping up to be one of the deadliest freshwater flood events in the U.S. over the past half-century, with the death toll likely to surpass the 84 lives lost in the 1977 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood.

‘Positive review only’: Researchers hide AI prompts in papers

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 6, 2025

First Red Sea Attack On Commercial Shipping Since December Launched By Houthis

Top Hebron sheikh who wants to pull out of PA

This view is on track to be the majority view in America before too long. US Support For Israel Comes At A Staggering, Multifaceted Price

Actions, not words: The three European countries that came to Israel’s aid after Oct. 7

Campi Flegrei Volcano Shakes Up Southern Italy with Significant Seismic Event

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 5, 2025

Girl’s Christian Camp Washed Away: Dozens of Campers Missing as Texas Sees Devastating Floods

Stuff related to EVs, renewable energy, and more in the recently passed bill.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 4, 2025

Recent Israeli strikes have targeted Hezbollah’s money and weapons transfer network in Lebanon.

The death of Pixar: Why does a children’s animation studio have an entire group focused on sex and sexuality?

Chickens Might Hold the Antidote to Cat Allergies

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.

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

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