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North Korean soldiers are likely dying for Putin in Ukraine, Seoul says

Israel to refrain from attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, focus on military targets

A year of war saps Israel’s borrowing strength, while costs balloon

Houthis Receive Weapons From Russian Arms Dealer We Traded for Brittney Griner

Brazil Reinstates X After Musk Meets Demands

Ports Restricted, Oil Facilities Shut as Milton Approaches Florida

The man-made disaster that is FEMA: Whistleblower details ‘waste’ of taxpayer funds and staff waiting in hotels.

NY Equal Rights Amendment Ballot Initiative “sets up … racial retribution and favoritism under the guise of ‘dismantling discrimination’”

‘Sensational breakthrough’ marks step toward revealing hidden structure of prime numbers

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 7, 2024

Israel Expands Ground Operation In Lebanon As World Braces For Retaliation Against Iran

China Enters the Economic Doom-Loop

Our country is so fragile. Helene ravaged the NC plant that makes 60% of the country’s IV fluid supply

Who Is Harold Daggett? The Man Behind The Longshoremen Union

Hurricane Milton becomes second-fastest storm to reach Category 5 status

SpaceX and @TMobile have been given emergency special temporary authority by the @FCC to enable @Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability to provide coverage for cell phones in the affected areas of Hurricane Helene.

Surviving Helene

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 4, 2024

However, even if approximately 180 Arrow missiles were used, utilizing both types, the interception cost would be about $450 million—more than double the cost of the Iranian missile barrage.

Longshoremen Union Suspends Strike Until January 15

What Does Turkey Want From Eric Adams?

Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021

Profs at Elite Colleges Shocked to Learn Students ‘Don’t Know How’ to Read Books

NASA is worse the you think. SLS is still a national disgrace

Researchers Discover Aspirin’s Surprising Ability To Combat Hormonal Deficiency

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 3, 2024

Iranian Oil Tankers Bolting From Major Export Island Ahead Of Possible Israeli Strikes

Claims Swirl Around Israeli Strikes Very Near Russia’s Air Base In Syria

Surreal Missile Battle In The Sky Seen In Astonishing Video Of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Barrage

“If that’s what you want us to do, we’ll leave no issue. And I explained to him that I left my son on the side of the mountain, and I left another victim. I was going to go back and bring them, it was already set up for the landing spot and then I would get out of his area. He told me I wasn’t going to go back up the mountain to get them, I was going to leave them there.”

People are panic-buying toilet paper because of the port strike.

Tentative Agreement Reached to End U.S. Port Strike

FEMA Is Out of Money After Helene, and You’ll Never Guess Where It Went

Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 2, 2024

The fall of Vuhledar: How Ukraine lost the ‘fortress town’ and what its capture could mean for the war’s future

World Braces For Israel’s Retaliation To Iran’s Ballistic Missile Barrage

How Israel might respond to the Iranian ballistic missile attack

In first fatalities of Lebanon ground op, 8 IDF soldiers killed in battles with Hezbollah

The Lebanese truth about Nasrallah An anti-Israeli publications hints at the same thing. “Ankara still remembers the vast amount of crimes and atrocities committed by Hezbollah and Hasan Nasrallah in Syria that pushed millions of refugees into Turkey,” Ozkizilcik said.

Ex-Iranian president Ahmedinejad claims Mossad infiltrated Iranian intelligence

Helene takes ultrapure quartz mines offline, threatens tech supply chains.

Bank of America is down: Users report their accounts showing empty balance during widespread outage

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 1, 2024

Russian Pushes Deeper Into Key City In Eastern Ukraine

Iranian Ballistic Missiles Rain Down On Israel

Israel Waits For Possible Iranian Strikes As Commando Raids Into Lebanon Continue

Explosive-Packed Drone Boat Strikes Oil Tanker in Red Sea

Storm Warnings in the West Pacific

Major Port Shutdown: ILA Dockworkers Hit the Picket Lines, Halting Operations on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

Held Hostage Overseas? The IRS Wants Your Back Taxes.

The average cost of childcare chart in this article is crazy. New York Child Care Providers Are Bleeding Workers as Federal Money Dries Up

The amicus brief outlines in detail that “without additional modification, the compliance timelines and related provisions of the Rule are not workable and are destined to trigger an acceleration in the pace of premature retirements of electric generation units that possess critical reliability attributes at the very time when such generation is needed to support ever-increasing electricity demand because of the growth of the digital economy and the need to ensure adequate back-up generation to support an increasing amount of intermittent renewable generation.”

Face masks and protection against COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections: Assessment of benefits and harms in children

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 30, 2024

Israeli Ground Operation In Lebanon Has Begun

Israeli 707 Tanker’s Secretive Remote Vision System Revealed In Long-Range Yemen Raid

We’re only beginning to understand the historic nature of Helene’s flooding

Really? The modern economy rests on a single road in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The road runs to the two mines that is the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers.

A small sample of what you are seeing on social media regarding the floods down south.

Appalachia And Helping Via Charities

In England and Wales you must register if you keep poultry or other captive birds by 1 October 2024. This includes any birds you keep as pets. You’re breaking the law if you do not register.

Port Strike Countdown: Bananas, Medicine, and $5 Billion Daily at Stake

Gut Bacteria Form Communities To Outsmart Medications

Massive Verizon outage

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 29, 2024

US Defense Sec. Austin furious with Gallant over lack-of-notice on Nasrallah strike

Dozens of Israeli planes strike port, power plants in Yemen after Houthi missile attacks

Catastrophe in my Geographical Homeland. Reports from the western Carolinas

Helene Death Toll Hits 57 as Catastrophic Flooding Continues in Southeast

Devastating Footage Emerges From US South Amid Severe Flooding & Potential Dam Failures

Hackers Found Millions of Kias Could Be Tracked, Controlled With Just a Plate Number. Kia updated its web portal after the hackers informed them of the security issue, which was similar to a past vulnerability with Lexus and Toyota vehicles.

Ports Brace for Shutdown as U.S. Dockworker Strike Deadline Nears

IBS Relief: Cutting Sugar and Starch Rivals FODMAP Diet in Effectiveness

Steam doesn’t want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead

Once again: Imports do not subtract from GDP

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 28, 2024

Iran Update, September 28, 2024

Saudi Arabia is willing to endure short-term oil price and revenue pain as it is making a U-turn in policy and going to take back market share and ditching its unofficial $100 oil price target.

India shuts down the internet far more than any other country

Did Sabotage Stall the Navy’s Newest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier?

How California plans to stop you from speeding 10 MPH over the limit

Multiple surgeries could contribute to cognitive decline in older people