RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 19, 2023
The Truth About Russia’s Mysterious Winged Glide Bombs

Russia’s Counter-Battery Radar Shortage Worsening

Morocco and Western Sahara: A new conflict brewing?

NY has been closing peaker plants down without replacing them.

Florida malaria outbreak still going with local cases now at 7

“Like A Bomb Went Off”: Pfizer Plant In North Carolina Destroyed By Tornado

New York to distribute flyers telling migrants at U.S.-Mexico border to ‘consider another city’

Top Scientists Misled Congress About Covid Origins, Newly Released Emails And Messages Show Related: “In Their Labs”: Fifteen Illuminating Passages in The Proximal Origin Chats and Emails

I bet you thought this had already happened: Biden administration suspends funds to Wuhan lab over failure to provide COVID-related info

Study shows dogs can detect COVID-19 faster, better than most PCR tests

It doesn’t matter if you exercise every day or squeeze it all into the weekend. If you do the recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a week, you’ll get heart benefits, a new study finds.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 18, 2023

With Ukrainian personnel and equipment losses mounting, the U.S. defense secretary has promised more Bradleys and Strykers will be delivered.

In June 2023, Russia’s expert community descended into a public debate about the wisdom of preemptive nuclear use. The exchange occurred against the backdrop of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and betrayed a fear that Russia might lose the war — if not imminently, then over time. The debate about nuclear use marked a qualitative shift compared to previous Russian debates in that select voices flirted expressly with nuclear strikes against European countries, expressing considerable confidence that the United States would not retaliate in kind.

Russia tightens health protocols on flights from Egypt after reports of unidentified disease. Symptoms include body aches, fever, and, in some cases, vomiting and nausea.

Mounting Deficits Force Euro Minsters To Cut Energy Support Measures

U.S. soldier crossed into North Korea ‘willfully and without authorization,’ Austin says

Homes evacuated after train carrying hazardous materials derails in Pennsylvania

Aging infrastructure poses additional challenges. The Gulf Coast salt caverns that make up the reserve were initially designed with a 25-year lifespan. As such, the risk of cavern dissolution increases with each drawdown and refill. Maintenance issues, along with the ballooning costs of the $1.4 billion modernization program, add further strain to the already troubled reserve. Related: As a result, onshore oil inventories estimated at 980 million barrels at the end of June are just 20 million barrels below an all-time record in August 2020. Thus, China’s oil inventories are much larger than that of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) which President Biden depleted to keep gasoline prices in check before the mid-term election last year. The SPR stands at 347 million barrels from a capacity of more than double that amount—the lowest level since 1983.

eGenesis has started transplanting gene-edited pigs’ hearts into infant baboons—and humans may be next.

AI writing detectors are flagging the U.S. Constitution, one of America’s most significant legal documents, as a piece of AI-generated text.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 17, 2023

Kyiv Claims Massive Russian Buildup Near Kharkiv

Russia’s Kerch Strait Bridge Has Been Badly Damaged

Ships no longer safe in Black Sea, Russia says after quitting grain deal

Israel Military Using New AI System in Combat Operations

Netanyahu had more than a little sun stroke — and no chain of succession has been established

European Natural Gas Prices Plunge As Norwegian Supply Rises

Evacuations Ordered in Pennsylvania After 40-Car Train Derails

Teamsters president says he’s asked the White House not to intervene if UPS workers go on strike

The authors were able to reproduce this phenomenon in response to a four-week treadmill training protocol in an animal model of early-stage Parkinson’s disease, and to demonstrate, for the first time, how this neurotrophic factor determines the beneficial effects of physical activity in the brain.

Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called “impossible early galaxy problem.”

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 16, 2023

Alaska Peninsula Rattled By 7.2-Magnitude Quake After Volcanic Eruption

Heavy rains in US Northeast: At least 5 dead in Pennsylvania

Federal Trade Commission Begins Investigation Into ChatGPT Maker

What Is Happening to the Cats of Cyprus?

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 12, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Antonovsky Bridgehead Holds

Turkey’s F-16s in doubt after Erdogan says no Sweden vote before October

Pakistan: IMF approves $3 billion bailout

Extreme tropical downpours to unleash life-threatening flood risk in Northeast

FedEx warns delivery drivers to have ‘heightened security awareness’ if UPS workers go on strike

U.S.A. fact of the day

Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 11, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: France Officially Sending SCALP Cruise Missiles

Weekend Update #36: 500 days

Rumors abound that the apparent U.S. approval of an F-16 deal rests upon Turkey dropping its opposition to Sweden joining NATO.

Pakistan thanks ‘brotherly’ Saudis for $2 billion ahead of IMF bailout decision

Ride-hailing drivers in Nigeria are suffering after government triples fuel prices

This covers a lot of the same ground that the video I posted from Peter did but with more sourcing. China Imposes Export Restrictions on Two Mineral Products

Adirondack town declares state of emergency, homes evacuated, roads destroyed due to flooding

Evacuations as Vermont in US hit by catastrophic floods

Sugar-Based Flow Battery Could Accelerate The Energy Transition

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 10, 2023

Kyiv’s Forces Push Deeper South Near Robotyne

Kremlin says Putin held post-mutiny talks with Wagner leader as top general resurfaces

Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO membership bid

Russia asks Turkey for ‘clarification’ over Ukraine’s Azov prisoner release

Social media riot shutdowns possible under EU content law, top official says

Germany ‘needs 1.5 million new immigrants per year

27% of nursing homes in Japan face bankruptcy due to soaring prices

“1,000-Year Rainfall Event” Batters Hudson Valley With Flash Floods

Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren’t valid.

Headline overhypes it but maybe a good use for so called “AI” after it matures a bit. At first OCR was not all that great either A recent study describes a new AI that produces high-quality translations of ancient texts.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 9, 2023

Certain tech bosses are notoriously temperamental – so much so that conflict-averse folks have been known to put in their notice while the execs are on leave. But some Japanese employees have taken this a step further – actually employing an agent to quit their job for them.

Chart Shows the Outrageous Rise in College Tuition Cost Over the Years

Kidney stones are rising among children and teens, especially girls, research shows

New research finds deep-sleep brain waves predict blood sugar control