Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 10, 2025

Taiwan is walking an energy tightrope. The island nation’s isolated energy grid supports a population the size of Australia’s at 23 million and one of the most advanced and energy-intensive tech sectors in the world. And not only is it being pushed to its absolute limit by economic factors, it’s also facing an existential threat from potential Chinese aggression.

What’s in the 2025 New York State Budget? Here’s Everything You Need to Know.

In America, we tell ourselves one kind of story — about the backlash to science, on one side, or the liberal overreach, on the other. But this is not just an American phenomenon. The measles outbreak in Canada, for instance, is even bigger than ours; in Europe, they’ve gone from 127 cases in 2022 to more than 35,000 in 2024. Routine vaccination rates went down almost everywhere.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 9, 2025

Indian (and Pakistani) Military Etiquette

Senior Biden administration officials consistently told the Saudis during months of dialogue about normalization with Israel that they could have a civilian nuclear program—but only if a peace agreement with Israel was in place. However, according to a Reuters report, President Trump is now decoupling the nuclear issue from normalization.

Newark airport air traffic controller screens black out again. Older related story: Newark airport air traffic controller offers damning assessment: ‘It is not safe. Don’t fly into Newark’

I am not sure this is really correct. It relies on one source that is self interested. But it don’t matter because it could be a self fulfilling if enough people see headlines like this. Toilet paper shortage could be coming to US thanks to Trump tariffs

Trump Makes Concessions on Auto Parts Tariffs for Domestic Car Producers

The State Is Making New York City Spend $275 Million More for Child Care Vouchers

How to Salvage a Transit Project

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 8, 2025

Israeli-Made Harop Attack Drones Launched By India By The Dozens, Pakistan Claims

New York Will Boost Unemployment Benefits, Labor and Businesses Celebrate

FTC loses appeal to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal that already happened

How the US Built 5,000 Ships in WWII

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 7, 2025

Trump Halts U.S. Bombing of Houthis, Citing Ceasefire Pledge That The Houthis Deny

Saudi Arabia Pressed Trump To Stop Attacks On Yemen Ahead Of Visit

Mammoth $254B NY state budget revealed, goes up for vote: ‘Albany at its cynical worst’

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 6, 2025

India Strikes, Pakistan Responds

Trump: U.S. Will Stop Bombing Yemen After Houthis ‘Capitulated’

Super Hornet Crashes Landing On USS Truman, Its Second F/A-18 Loss In A Week

Chemical Industry Redoubles Campaign Against New York Waste Bill

Judge Blocks School Board From Removing Explicit Books, Saying It’s Unconstitutional to Follow ‘Conservative Values’

Valero Refinery Fire in Benicia is the Latest in California’s Fuel Supply Challenges

New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 5, 2025

Israeli Airstrikes ‘Obliterate’ Houthi’s Main Port After Missile Attack on Ben Gurion Airport

Israel okays ‘conquering Gaza, holding the territories,’ as IDF chief said to warn ‘we could lose’ the hostages

From safe haven to hidden hazard: Bangladesh’s growing yen debt strain

Saudi Arabia’s New Oil Play – Embracing the Glut to Win the Long Game

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 3, 2025

China Erupts: Furious Workers Riot As Factories Collapse Under Trump’s Tariffs

OPEC+ Stuns Market With Larger Than Expected Output Hike

Aurora’s driverless trucks are making deliveries in Texas

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2025

It’s Okay to Notice When Solar and Wind Fail. Lessons from Spain’s Blackout

BBC on what people found that they needed during the Spanish Power Outage (or wished they had)

New York’s School Districts Are Shrinking — But Their Financial Problems Are Growing

We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites

College students don’t spend much time studying

‘Unparalleled’ snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 1, 2025

Mike Waltz Out as National Security Advisor, Nominated for Ambassador to UN

The interesting thing to me is that some washing machines succeeded in getting rid of pathogens in question Health care workers who wash their uniforms at home may be unknowingly contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals

It is ironic that a article that ends by saying “the math does not work” acts like saying that a program that is growing by 7% is not sustainable is a partisan point instead of mathematical fact.The debate over Medicaid costs has put New York’s seven Republican members of Congress in a tight spot: They are pressured by their leadership to impose budget cuts, but they are aware that a large proportion of their constituents rely on Medicaid. At the same time, the debate gives them significant power: With a tiny majority in the House, Republicans can afford only a handful of defections to pass the budget — so New York Republicans’ votes can be decisive.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 30, 2025

U.S., Ukraine Sign Rare Minerals Deal

Europe lacks resources to field even 25,000 troops for Ukraine peace mission

Oil Plunges On Report Saudis Bracing For Price War, Can “Live With Lower Oil Prices”

Iran Port Blast Was Massive

The massive power outage that wreaked havoc in Europe is being blamed on a pair of likely solar plant breakdowns in southwest Spain

Port of Los Angeles Boss Sees Dramatic Drop in Cargo Volumes

New York Just Took a Big Step Toward State-Sponsored Suicide