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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 5, 2023

A reminder that people on all sides are actively censoring information that they think would be harmful to their cause. Sixty-eight percent supported the war. I was categorically opposed to publishing that poll. Our employees were horrified at first – we had spent money on it, which we as an institute don’t have much of.

North Korean Drone Entered No-Fly Zone Over President’s Office In Seoul

Culiacán has been turned into a war zone following a pre-dawn Mexican government raid that led to the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López

“The power that we purchased did not show up, therefore, we were confronted with the hard truth that our energy demand would soon be eclipsed by our capacity,” stated Bowman. “At that time, we made the only decision that we could. For the first time in our company’s history, we began rolling service disruptions.”

Amazon job cuts increase to 18,000

Colorado Dem Governor Jared Polis to Send Migrants to Chicago and NYC

Hundreds of WordPress sites infected by recently discovered backdoor

What is most interesting is the top comment. Keep in mind that both the top comment and the main post are from the perspective of Professors already in the system. What is going wrong with American higher education?

The main thing I learned: And so, getting magical paper out of the till and into your wallet without it first visiting the bank saves the retailer money.

MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 3, 2023

Troop Loss Catastrophe In Donetsk Outrages Russia’s Military Bloggers

Some of them are meh but some of them are catastrophically crazy. Some of the Craziest California Laws Going Into Effect for 2023

Beef has gone done in price? And cell phones are down just because they adjust for “quality” which is semi legitimate but open to interpretation. US Inflation: How Much Have Prices Increased In 2022?

The spy agency origins of NASA’s next powerful planet-hunting observatory

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 2, 2023

In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo newspaper published Monday, Yoon said the United States’ existing “nuclear umbrella” and “extended deterrence” were no longer enough to reassure South Koreans.

According to the report, there are currently 1,280,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews living in Israel, making up 13.5 percent of the total population. The fastest growing community in the country, the ultra-Orthodox will represent 16 percent of the total Israeli population by 2030.

How Did EVs Handle America’s Arctic Blast?

The Wealth of Generations: Latest Update

Flash floods rush through Saudi Arabia as more severe weather expected

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 30

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Air Defenses Again Activated In Sevastopol

It is supposed to be a feel good story but this depressed me.

Jay Withey’s truck got stuck on the road and he was forced to sleep in his vehicle with two strangers.“I walked to the houses to see if I could find shelter, any house that had lights on. I had $500 that I was offering, to sleep on their floor,” Withey told WBEN.After being turned down by everyone, he walked back to his truck defeated and with a new fear he had never experienced.

According to the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, the drugs currently unavailable in the country include antibiotics, diabetes drugs, cancer drugs, antihypertensives, and painkillers.

Here’s why egg prices surged in 2022. Those elevated costs could last into the first quarter of 2023, expert says

New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law

A study on monkeypox in women was published in The Lancet recently in which almost half of the cohort being studied were males who identify as women.

‘White lungs’ scare Chinese and their travel hosts

Chevron Sending Tanker To Venezuela To Load Oil

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https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-28

Ukrainian troops are using tanks and other weapons captured from Russia, but keeping them operating is becoming a major issue.

Iran will receive dozens of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets

Time to redefine normal body temperature?

“Drug overdose deaths have risen fivefold over the past 2 decades,” the CDC noted. “In 2021, 106,699 deaths occurred.”

Southwest shambles

Research suggests regular outdoor time lowers risk for myopia, a vision problem on the rise worldwide.