Basically a Peter Zeihan argument toned down for normal people. Title is a little bit click bate as the destruction of Russia and Ukraine has been baked into the numbers for a long time now (I wrote about it at least a decade ago. To lazy to go back and look at the actual date). That said, the war in Ukraine certainly is speeding the process up for both countries.
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In the grips of war, Ukraine faces bleak demographic future
Threat of Nationwide Railroad Strike Grows after 2nd Union Rejects Proposed Deal
75% Of US Winter Wheat Suffers From Drought
Flu season in the US hasn’t been this bad this early in more than a decade. Related: Second child to die from flu this season reported in Texas
Debate over possible acetaminophen-autism link heads to court
New Technique For Decoding People’s Thoughts Can Now Be Done From a Distance
Even Greenpeace now admits the obvious: recycling doesn’t work.
I did not learn anything from the below video but most of what I already to know about the effects nuclear weapons is in this report. So if you watch it and retain it, you will pretty much know as much as me about the effects of nuclear weapons for what that is worth (other areas of the video are a little weaker, at least compared to what I know).
I think the most important thing to learn from this video (if you don’t already know it) is why all your standard Covid PPE gear actually makes sense to use if faced with the fallout from the dreaded bomb. Keep this in mind when you are going through the boring (at least to me) physics at the start of the video. If you don’t have some understanding of that, you will not understand why a dust mask and some kind of eye protection is worth wearing if you have to deal with a post bomb environment. You will also not understand why it is fairly easy to guard yourself against significant portions of the radiation produced by the bomb. These things used to be discussed more but nowadays people only know radiation=panic.
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Russia Now Has a Second Frontline Set Up Just to Kill Its Deserters
Lost In Lies: Keeping Track Of Russian Propaganda Claims
Is China’s GDP Overstated By 60%?
Credit Suisse is One of 13 Too-Big-to-Fail Banks in Europe, But It Looks Like It Could Be Failing
Japan to citizens: Get a digital ID or health insurance gets harder
EU Finalizes Ban On Gasoline And Diesel Cars From 2035
The Global Semiconductor Shortage Is Now Becoming A Glut
How a Diesel Shortage Could Cripple the U.S. Economy
Biden Administration Wants To Make It Easier To Seize Crypto Without Criminal Charges
Ancient Maya cities were dangerously contaminated with mercury
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US Hurries Upgraded Nuclear Bomb Fielding in Europe
Russian Oil Is Amassing In Asian Ports
Blasphemy is dead. Long live blasphemy
More detail then provided by the last link. It seems to me that even if this logic is upheld by higher courts it will not apply to State employees as they were not fired unless it was required by Federal regulations that also applied to the private sector (a big part of this ruling seems to be based on disparity of treatment between private and public sector employees). A New York state Supreme Court has ordered that all New York City employees who were fired for refusing a Covid vaccine be reinstated with back pay.
Lots of people in the comment section trying to make excuses. But in reality, this graphic is too chartable by far. After all, Seattle is still in the design phase and construction is unlikely to go as planned if it even happens. Space Race Versus Seattle Crawl
Is this a metaphor for American’s future? Does woke lead to a messianic great man who comes to rescue us? Frank Herbert claims he wrote the Dune series in part to warn us about messianic great men even when they seemed to be needed…. Elon Musk fires Twitter’s top brass after closing $44 billion deal Related: According to a released article in Time Magazine, Twitter employees have drafted a letter containing several ‘demands.’ In addition to demanding they are not fired, they demand assurances against discrimination for their political beliefs.
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America’s electric utilities facing transformer shortage crisis
The thing that makes this real story to my mind is the non-coverage in the media. I would understand it if he was a nobody blogger but he worked for ABC. ABC Journalist James Gordon Meek Still Missing After FBI Raided His Home in April
Fetterman vs. Oz debate: The elephant in the room
Reminder: A state Supreme Court is not New York State’s highest court. New York Supreme Court reinstates all employees fired for being unvaccinated, orders backpay
Kathy Hochul on the Ropes in New York
Bird Flu Deaths in U.S. Birds Approaching Record Numbers, Affecting Price of Thanksgiving Turkeys
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Kamil on Nukes and Civil War in Russia
Russian Pilot’s Ejection From An Su-25 Seen In Incredible Headcam Video
Home Heating Oil Rationing Begins in Northeast, and It’s Not Even Winter Yet
Hospitals seeing a surge of children with respiratory virus
Cost of Thanksgiving turkey up 73 percent from last year
Treatment From Banana Protein Beats All Known COVID Variants, Flu
Chinese stocks crash after Xi Jinping cements absolute power
The World’s Biggest Infectious Killer Regains Its Deadly Lead
This report focuses on Russian Defense Minister Shoigu’s several calls with his western counterparts and preposterous claims that Ukraine is preparing a false-flag “dirty bomb” attack against Russia RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 23
Russia’s Uranium Dominance Threatens America’s Next-Gen Nuclear Plans
Helium shortage: Doctors are worried that running out of the element could threaten MRIs
Drought Exposes Dinosaur Tracks in Texas
Brain scans reveal that some people who can’t speak or move are aware of the world around them
I wish this was written out as an article, but it is insightful enough to be worth a watch even it if would have been better written out.