RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 13

Ukraine Is Smashing Russian Bridgeheads Left And Right—But Maybe Still Not Fast Enough

Two morals to this story. Number one is if you are young and healthy enough to do so, stay off the road in situations likes this (headline should not have put the word invisible in there as that was totally false). Number two is even when you are old and can’t make it off the road, give escape a shot. What is the worst that can happen? The invisible Ukrainian who walked 225km to safety from Mariupol

The Turkish Drone That Changed the Nature of Warfare

A Journalist Just Spotted Russia’s ‘Admiral Makarov’ Frigate, Intact And At Sea

Germany Moves To Expropriate Energy Firms In Case Of Emergency

Democrats Wants to Give Biden Power to Impose Price Controls on Gas

Why Is an Entire Generation Ignorant of Cell Biology?

The Last Way Out of Afghanistan

Turkey is pumping the brakes on Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids amid the growing confrontation between Russia and the West.

Very tight Naphta market could increase pain at the pump in Europe

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 11

NASA Releases Ridiculously Sharp Webb Space Telescope Images

Apple workers storm barriers and fight guards keeping them locked at work and this is older but too good to miss.

Are housing prices worse than ever in history?

The worsening crisis around the Temple Mount and the killing of an Al Jazeera journalist in Jenin this morning have the shaky Israeli coalition even more fragile

Mostly of interest to me because I actually bought a wool sweatshirt from the civilian line up from the company of the guy featured in this story. His company is famous worldwide among those who like high quality outdoor gear and not just on the military side that is featured in this article. Peace made Valtteri Lindholm a millionaire, but now he’s gearing up for war.

EU stumbles over Russian oil slick

U.S.-Israeli Cyber Security Firm Exposes Chinese Regime-Linked Global Industrial Espionage Ring

Sri Lanka PM resigns, Rajapaksa family home burnt down amid clashes: 10 points

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 8

Beware the ‘Sure Thing’

U.S. Spooks Can’t Keep Their Mouths Shut About Helping Ukraine Kill Russians

Target Transnistria: Russia’s Maskirovka and Pathways to Escalation

Rising Oil Prices Buying Iran Time in Nuclear Talks

Russia’s military-industrial complex in panic over low salaries, mass layoffs

If California’s cumulative rate of excess mortality equaled Florida’s, about 5,000 fewer Californians would have died during the pandemic. And if California’s unemployment rate equaled Florida’s last year, 500,000 fewer Californians would have been out of work.

Ephemeral car software and the Internet of Things are killing the ‘car you own forever’ era.

Take note: “They constantly send messages saying they will offer rewards and remove certain sanctions if we give up seeking revenge for Soleimani,” IRGC Navy Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri said on 21 April. “But this is wishful thinking. The leader of the Islamic Revolution insists on taking revenge, and the IRGC commander has said that revenge is inevitable.”

Between searing drought and Ukraine war, Iraq watchful over wheat

President Biden’s $6 billion nuclear bailout aims to patch up an industry damaged by bad energy policies.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 3

Media is Slowly Coming Around to Idea that Covid Vaccines Aren’t as Effective as Advertised

Shanghai reports 58 new cases in unguarded, low-risk zones in setback for city’s ‘societal zero-Covid’ push

Beijing to conduct three more rounds of testing in three days to stamp out latest flare-up

Justice Alito meticulously dissects, and forcefully responds to, every conceivable position in favor of retaining Roe and Casey.

The Shocking Supreme Court Leak

Coming soon to a country near you. Scorching electricity price spikes in NSW and Queensland

Taiwan Considering Alternative Weapons Amid US Howitzer Delay