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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 10

A Different Take On Russia

Europe in trouble. More French nuclear power out for winter, and prices hit €1,000/MW

3D-printed guns are on the rise in Australia. How can we prevent them being made?

Iran Warns Saudi Arabia ‘Our Strategic Patience’ May Run Out

With no vaccine or treatment available for a strain of Ebola that is circulating in Uganda, the country’s latest outbreak is shaping up to be the third largest on record.

Dentists’ water lines linked to rare bacterial infections, CDC warns

The loss of glaciers from Glacier National Park is one of the most visible manifestations of climate change in the U.S. Signs were posted all around the park, proclaiming that the glaciers would be gone by 2020. In 2017, the Park started taking these signs down. What happened, beyond the obvious fact that the glaciers hadn’t disappeared by 2020?

Hensley says that this is because the population “is more immunologically naive than what we would expect in most years”. Normally, children get infected by their second birthday. Now, “you’re going to end up having kids that are three, four years of age right now who have never seen RSV”.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 9

Russia Traded Captured Western Weapons for Iranian Drones

Top Russian Security Official Arrives in Tehran in Fresh Sign of Deepening Ties With Iranian Regime

A New Concern: Falling US Treasury Demand

Vermont Woman Mauled by Bear in Her Backyard While Letting Dog Out

CNN National House Exit Poll 65 and older R +13 45 to 64 R +1130 to 44. D +218 to 29. D+28

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 7

The wounded Khan, worried Generals and political chaos

Japan’s population problem forces changes to social security

Oil Prices Slide As China Reaffirms Covid Containment Strategy

Elsewhere in COVID news, a report suggests that in China’s first- and second-tier cities, the total cost of implementing normalized nucleic acid testing has reached about RMB1.7 trillion per year – accounting for around 1.3% of China’s GDP.

Japan’s Ruling Government in Crisis Over Unification Church Scandals

New York’s Energy Transition Plans Are Not Feasible

If the Senate got its way — and the bill they passed in March became law — today would have been the last-ever “fall back.” But instead, the bill for permanent daylight saving quietly died in the House. I got curious how that happened.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 6

Why So Many Jails Are in a ‘State of Complete Meltdown’

The State Department is giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to the personal data of more than 145 million Americans, through information from passport applications that is shared without legal process or any apparent oversight

Facebook parent Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week

The one who created Stand Still Be Silent: One comic artist’s journey through atheism and nihilism to Christ.

Random footage from a crazy Canadian who is evacuating civilians in Ukraine

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This guy has made it his mission to evacuate civilians from places they should have left along time ago. He is clearly getting frustrated with the entire process and people in general. He is not very polished in his presentation of material (no professional U-tuber) but it makes everything seem more real if you can get through it.