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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 4, 2023

Ukrainian Drone Boat Scores Direct Hit On Russian Warship

On Ukraine’s landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill

Saudi Arabia’s Budget Deficit Jumps By 80% Due To Lower Oil Revenues

India’s ‘lost tribe’ of Israel hit hard by deadly violence

Chase Shuts Down Bank Accounts of Mercola and Key Employees

The true nature of American polarization

Dianne Feinstein, 90, cedes power of attorney to daughter — but still serves in Congress

Voyager 2: NASA restores contact with spacecraft

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 1, 2023

At least a half dozen ships have ignored Russian warnings and appear to be headed to a Ukrainian port on the Danube River.

Ukrainian assault commander reveals horrific encounter with one of Russia’s fake trench traps

Saudi Arabia borrowing rate hits new high

Oil Prices Balloon On Largest Single-Week Crude Inventory Crash In Years

Flesh-rotting tranq infects cocaine supply, takes aim at new, unsuspecting victims

It’s 3am. Paul, the head of PayPal database administration carefully enters his elaborate passphrase at a keyboard in a darkened cubicle of 1840 Embarcadero Road in East Palo Alto, for the fifth time. He hits Return. The green-on-black console window instantly displays one line of text: “Sorry, one or more wrong passphrases. Can’t reconstruct the key. Goodbye.” There is nerd pandemonium all around us. James, our recently promoted VP of Engineering, just climbed the desk at a nearby cubicle, screaming: “Guys, if we can’t get this key the right way, we gotta start brute-forcing it ASAP!”

Blood clots in a fossil that is supposed to be 270-300 million years old

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 31, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Key Crimean Railway Bridge Targeted In Missile Strike

Officials found suspected Chinese malware hidden in various US military systems. Its intended use is disruption rather than surveillance, a ‘disturbing’ change in intent, experts say.

Chinese Ex-Foreign Minister Disappears in Apparent Power Struggle

Top Israeli official says country won’t block Saudi civil nuclear program

Niger coup sparks concerns about French, EU uranium dependency

Google Unveils Multimodal Generative AI Model Med-PaLM M for Healthcare

America Flips Switch On First New Nuclear Reactor in 7 Years

Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data

What NASA and the European Space Agency are admitting but the media are failing to report about our current heat wave

CDC Warns Red Meat Allergy Caused By Ticks An ‘Emerging Public Health Concern

Public Health Officials Identify 20 Infectious Agents Found at Unlicensed California Laboratory

Just a sign of how little people think about these things.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 30, 2023

Nuclear weapons on the table if Ukraine counteroffensive succeeds: Russia’s Medvedev

“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This” – Mysterious Chinese Bio-Lab Discovered In Remote California City

What Happened to the Big UPS Strike?

Central Florida: Leprosy Capital Of The USA

How to make today’s top-end AI chatbots rebel against their creators and plot our doom

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 29, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: The Curious Case Of Kyiv’s North Korean Rockets

Sri Lanka travel notes

Emergency nuclear response programs across several federal agencies have been quietly updating existing preparedness plans in recent months

Diagnostic medical errors are a huge problem.

Large language models, explained with a minimum of math and jargon

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 28, 2023

Main Thrust of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Begun

Ukraine Situation Report: S-200 Missile Slams Into Russian Town

North Korea’s New Nuclear Underwater Drone-Torpedo Follows Russia’s Playbook

Israel’s Judicial Reckoning

In a major reshuffle, the Turkish president has dismissed all three deputy Central Bank governors as his government ramps up efforts to regain the confidence of Western investors.

Gasoline prices have gained around 20% year-to-date.

Can This Medication Reverse Multiple Sclerosis? Brain Biomarker Shows It Can

A growing body of research indicates there are potentially large health benefits to improving indoor air quality.

Let Me Repeat Myself: The SAT’s Predictive Power for College Grades is Systematically Underestimated Because of Range Restriction