RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 23, 2023

Thread on Bakhmut.

IMF warns Lebanon at ‘very dangerous moment’

Unscrupulous individuals who frame themselves as persecuted dissidents can easily deceive a media environment poised to believe any negative story about China.

The only reason this is news is that the funds are already in a bank and could be taken if all legal arguments are exhausted. A US judge ordered Iran on Wednesday to pay nearly $1.7 billion to the families of US soldiers killed in the 1983 Beirut bombing.

French Strikes Disrupt Power Infrastructure

Framework gives its modular laptops 13th-gen Intel CPUs and (finally) an AMD option and Framework’s first gaming laptop features upgradeable GPUs, swappable keyboards

Lots of Crashed EVs With Minor Battery Damage Are Being Totaled

Women’s cycling champ quits after loss to trans rider; another trans winner days later in NY race

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 21, 2023

Kazakhstan’s seizure of Russian space assets threatens the Soyuz-5 rocket

African Swine Fever Surges in China Potentially Driving Pork Prices Higher

Vessels claiming to be Chinese warships are messing with passenger planes

UK Strikes To Cause A ‘Tsunami’ Of Unrest For North Sea Oil And Gas

The UK Will Face A Rising Risk Of Power Supply Shortfalls This Decade

Fears of petrol shortages resurface as French refineries strike against pension reform

These Photos And TikToks Show How The French Have Been Protesting The Retirement Age Rising

Earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, Pakistan

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 20, 2023

Explosions Rock Russian Occupied Crimea

Credit Suisse deal: Why are investors worried?

Italy pushing IMF to help Tunisia and avoid instability, minister says

Oil prices fall, Saudi National Bank loses $1 billion over Credit Suisse

Amazon is laying off another 9,000 workers

First Republic Bank Shares Crash To New Record Low, JPM’s Dimon Reportedly Leading Another Rescue Effort

The worst frog disease in recorded history risks wiping them from the face of the Earth

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 18, 2023

Armored Personnel Carriers Make A Charge In Bakhmut

Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan’s home stormed by police

Trump: I’m Going To Be Arrested Tuesday By Manhattan District Attorney

A perfect storm of food-stamp cuts and low tax refunds is looming — and discount chains like Dollar General and Big Lots could feel the pain

Tick-borne disease babesiosis on the rise in Northeast states

Yes, it’s real: Joe Biden’s Department of Energy just moved to ban nearly all gas stoves

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 14, 2023

Poland Could Give Ukraine MiG-29s “Within Four To Six Weeks”

Pakistani Taliban Using US Weapons to Attack Armed Forces: Report

Best disclaimer ever. Banking in very uncertain times Related: ‘Rapid Deterioration’: Major Rating Service Downgrades U.S. Banking System

How Biden’s New Washing Machine Regulations Could Ruin Laundry Day

In FBI Case, the First Amendment Takes Another Bizarre Hit

Why Are the Chickens So Sick?