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In spite of all its foolish decisions, China is likely to do better then the US in percentage terms because they have far less obese people and other similar issues. But that is not what NPR is going to tell you. COVID spreading faster than ever in China. 800 million could be infected this winter

Trumka, who is the son of the late labor organizer of the same name, called an outright ban on new gas stoves “a real possibility.”

Research shows doctors and their families are less likely to follow guidelines about medicine

Uganda lifts Ebola-related lockdown

As part of their list of demands, students at the private New York City arts school The New School (TNS) are occupying a campus building until instructors agree to give As for the semester.

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Posted on December 16, 2022 by The Editor

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 16

Estimating Russia’s Kh-101 Production Capacity

Kyiv Expects Major Russian Offensive In The New Year

Russia Ramped Up Military Satellite Launches In 2022

Chinese leadership abandoned its zero-COVID strategy practically overnight.

UK close to nation wide blackout, while 12% of entire Germany GDP paying for energy crisis

LA Port Inbound Traffic Down Sharply in November

Massive aquarium home to 1,500 fish bursts

Study: Every little bit of physical activity counts in avoiding severe COVID-19

New Zealand’s smoking ban — a precedent for others?

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Posted on December 15, 2022 by The Editor

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 15

As Germany experienced its coldest December in a decade, the government implored residents to exercise restraint on turning up the heat.

The Russian mobilization has worked. It is not true that their problems are so terrible that these people will not fight. They will.

China Quickly Accelerates from ‘Zero Covid’ to Having Numerous COVID Cases

Stock market drops sharply as retail sales show biggest decline in months

Somebody is thinking about trying to eat Framework’s lunch. Dell concept laptop has pop-out components, disassembles screwdriver-free

Building Fast and Slow Part IV: Construction of the World Trade Center

“This is unlike Chechnya, this is worse”

Posted on December 15, 2022 by The Editor

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Posted on December 14, 2022 by The Editor

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 14

“Impossible” to track: China gives up on COVID case count amid explosive outbreak

How Chinese students cheat on U.S. college entry exams

Beijing’s nuclear strategy has long been surprisingly modest. So why did it just double its nuclear arsenal?

Peru declares nationwide state of emergency amid protests

How does the Consumer Price Index account for the cost of housing?

‘Gas Station Heroin’ Is Causing Intense Withdrawals. It’s Legal in Most States.

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Posted on December 13, 2022 by The Editor

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 13

Ukrainian Military Is Targeting Russian Fuel Supply Lines As Winter Approaches

Russia, which is running out of fresh ammunition, is increasingly relying on rockets and artillery shells made 40 years ago, the Pentagon says.

Chinese, Indian Troops Injured in Fresh Border ‘Face-Off’

Late-Year Stumble for Microchip Supply

Flu is ‘eclipsing COVID as the biggest threat,’ Bay Area health officer says

Look more like sheep pens to me but what do I know. Mysterious Patterns Span The Arabian Desert, And We May Finally Know Why

Before we get to visions of fusion power plants dotting the landscape, however, there’s the uncomfortable fact that producing the 2 megajoules of laser power that started the fusion reaction took about 300 megajoules of grid power, so the overall process is nowhere near the break-even point. So, while this was a real sign of progress in getting this form of fusion to work, we’re still left with major questions about whether laser-driven fusion can be optimized enough to be useful.

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Posted on December 12, 2022 by The Editor

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 12

Twitter does not have separate development, test, staging, and production environments. At least 5,000 employees had privileged access to production systems.

US Vegetable Prices Soar Nearly 40% as Water Cuts Crush Supply From this I learned that farmers in Arizona(!!!!!) provide more than 90% of the US’s leafy greens each November through March. So not only is US leafy green production highly concentrated, it is highly concentrated in a desert state.

Higher Nuclear Output Helps France Meet Rising Power Demand

FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE?

NH hiker falls to death off mountain cliff while taking photos with wife

An important geographic point about the current status of war in Ukraine

Posted on December 12, 2022 by The Editor

There is nothing particular special about the video if you have been following the war in Ukraine. But starting around the two minute mark he makes a very perceptive geographic point that I have not seen made elsewhere although I am sure most professional soldiers on both sides are quite aware of it. To a certain extent, it was clear that the Russian abandonment of Kherson was aimed at achieving this very outcome but I had not considered how the Ukraine successes had also contributed to it.