They posted today’s in time for me to link to it. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 16 That means that yesterday’s (found here) has been skipped over but it did not have anything particularly noteworthy in it.

The critical moment behind Ukraine’s rapid advance

FedEx issues ominous warning about the global economy, shares tumble

Fodder dries up for Pakistan’s livestock as floodwaters stay high

Five bank ‘heists’ in a day as Lebanese seek back frozen savings

Mysterious increase in deaths across Europe

An oil spill has forced a shutdown of all crude oil exports from Iraq’s Basra Port, oil sector sources said on Friday, cited by Reuters.

Israel’s Defense Minister Reveals Syrian Military Sites Used to Produce Advanced Weapons for Iran

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More interesting then it sounds but you have to get to the part where they talk about the quality of the study. A daily multivitamin could keep your memory sharp as you age

Mortgage demand from homebuyers falls 29% since last year, as interest rates surge past 6%

Actually, it is starting to make the news now but a little late. The Biggest Looming Crisis You’ve Heard Almost Nothing About

Always seems like that when the standard model ever goes into conflict with general relativity, general relativity wins (not that this conflict happens all that often). The energy of the vacuum should have a gravitational effect on large atoms. But physicists’ attempts to measure it have puzzlingly come up empty.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 12

Russian retreats continue as emboldened Ukrainians push on, shoot down drone

Switzerland looks at jailing people for heating their homes “excessively”

Inflation rose 0.1% in August even with sharp drop in gas prices

Plastic Might Be Making You Fat

Border conflict breaks out between Armenia, Azerbaijan as Russia distracted by Ukraine

Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed

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Ukraine Strikes Multiple Targets INSIDE Russia, More Deputies Call for Putin’s Ouster

Why Europe Won’t Exploit Its Huge Gas Reserves

China loan fact of the day

This should be the absolute peak of hurricane season—but it’s dead quiet out there

Unions blast rail move to delay shipments before deadline

The Pentagon has furnished some 800,000 155-mm artillery rounds to Ukraine, while the US has just one factory making them, the General Dynamics plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania that produces only 14,000 rounds a month.

NY Gov. Hochul’s Law Claims Its First Victims: Historical Battle Reenactors

NY Times Hit Piece On Hasidic Education Published On Eve Of NY Regents Vote To Undermine All Religious Schools

Sanctuary City DC Declares State Of Emergency Over “Flood” Of Illegal Migrants Bused From Border States

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This shut off the power to a lot of people in Ukraine. ‘Daily attacks’ Putin targets natural gas thermal power plant in Kharkiv in missile strike

The fall of Los Angeles Related in a funny way.

‘A necessity’: Lebanon’s forced conversion to solar

Cancers in Adults Under 50 Have Increased Dramatically Around The Globe

What is to become of Memphis?

Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales

A German View: Zelenskyy’s Risky Push

US: Russia to buy rockets, artillery shells from North Korea

‘We’re ready to strike’: UPS workers and Teamsters prepare for contract fight

Enormous Solar Storm May Create Auroras Across Northern U.S. States

Rare First Temple Period Ivories Discovered in Jerusalem

“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5T In Margin Calls

Honestly, this is not all that different from the nation at large and a major reason life expectancy in America is gong down. A staggering total of 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020 and 2021.

Brawls break out and shelves stripped bare as Chinese city heads for ‘strictest lockdown’

Earthquake In Southwest China Kills 65 As Millions In Region Are Under Lockdown

Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’

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Russia to keep key gas pipeline to EU closed

Why is China so Obsessed With Food Security?

This happened to people I know who I thought were past the age of making stupid mistakes. How Weed Became the New OxyContin

The Myth Of American Income Inequality

The Despotism of Isaias Afewerki

Gro’s analysis shows that the impact of the fertilizer crisis globally is less severe than estimates by other sources had feared. Still, because of the uneven impact of the crisis, continued cuts to fertilizer production in Europe and elsewhere, especially combined with drought conditions in many parts of the world, could disproportionately affect certain countries and possibly lead to increased levels of food insecurity.

The branch banking model