It is interesting to know that people are doing this, but I think he is a fool for talking about it to the international press. Before, it might have been to much work to find him for some lazy local bureaucracy but now somebody at the FSB probably has the job of finding him. The fact that he has been arrested for protesting and is an IT specialist narrows it down considerably. Now all somebody has to do is to figure out who meets those to criteria who has not shown up.
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More Questions about Spring 2020 Covid in New York City Hospitals
Paintballs to be shot at Dutch wolves in bid to make them less tame
It is a misleading headline but too good not to post. Mouse Study Suggests a Surprising Link Between Nose-Picking And Alzheimer’s
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan ‘doing fine and stable’ in hospital after assassination bid
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Bulgaria Parliament Approves Sending Military Aid to Ukraine
Turkey holds off on Finland and Sweden in NATO
Commentary from someone in Israel. Ignore the short section on the US. Israel returns Netanyahu to office
Can you guess the country based just on the headline? Underwater cables keep the internet online. When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.
‘Excellent News’: World Hails Ethiopia Truce
FDA reports shortages of amoxicillin
LAPD worked with CBS to hide Moonves sex scandal
Social Sciences are not science. Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty
A good overview of what happened in Ukraine over the month of October if you have had trouble keeping track of the overall plot.
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US military now doing onsite weapons inspections in Ukraine
Russia returns to Ukraine grain deal, easing food crisis fears
Why Workers Are Fleeing China’s ‘IPhone’ City
Chinese authorities race to contain new waves of ‘dire and complicated’ outbreaks
Why is India’s single-use plastic ban failing?
Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity Insufficient in West Texas
“Possibility Of Additional Outbreaks:” Bird Flu Strikes Iowa Egg Farm With Million Hens
Bloated College Administration Is Making Education Unaffordable
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Russia’s Leadership Is In Trouble As Inevitable Economic Mobilization Looms
Escape and evasion, the new required skill for your ordinary person. Shanghai Disney: Visitors unable to leave without negative Covid test as park shuts Related: More on people trying to escape the Foxcon lockdowns.
I am not sure I understand why this is a big deal, but critics of the story I posted earlier are making it out to be so for the sake of balance…ProPublica scrambles to check translation in COVID origin story
The U.S. Diesel Shortage Is Worsening
It’s time to play “find the falling Chinese rocket” once again
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Reading between the lines, Hezbollah (which the Cradle is affiliated with) is not happy about this which is a little odd. Guess who is going to be hardest hit if this grain don’t go through? Maybe they think they can make hay off of the resulting problems? Turkey to press on with Ukraine grain deal despite Russia’s withdrawal
East Coast Diesel Prices Are Soaring
For once the headline undersells the story. This is more like escape and evasion type fleeing. Not the type where everyone gets in their car and drives because they are worried about a storm. China Braces For Covid Wave As Foxconn Staff Flee Zhengzhou
Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq’s mighty river drying up
Lula Wins Brazilian Election, but Bolsonaro Does Not Concede
Looming Copper Shortage Could Slow The Global Energy Transition
The Bee don’t only mock liberals. Report: Jesus Is Aware That Your ‘Harvest Festival’ Is Really A Halloween Party
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.