Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 18, 2025

Russia gasoline sales hit 2-year low amid Ukrainian drone strikes and harvest-season demand

When Africa’s internet breaks, this ship answers the call

Electric bills in New York haven’t been this high for a decade, and they’re about to rise even more.

California Issues Advisory for New World Screwworm

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 17, 2025

How a corruption scandal and power struggle in the Z-blogosphere could paralyze the Russian military’s grassroots funding pipeline

I have a paper with Cailin Slattery and Will Nober studying transportation construction in California. We assemble data on the individual engineers involved in transportation projects. What we found shifted my views about the basic issues that drive up costs. First, we found that when an extra 1% of state engineers retire, costs go up by 4.5%, which is a big effect. If you increase the quality of engineers working for the state from the 25th to the 75th percentile, that results in huge cost savings. The savings are three times the amount it costs to hire one of these engineers.

This research suggests that an increase in administrator pay is a more likely cause of the negative correlation with student achievement.

GM’s facility building the GMC Canyon, Chevy Colorado, and GM cargo vans, will be idling for three weeks thanks to a break in the supply chain.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 16, 2025

‘I should never have just hoped for the best’

Reciprocal attacks between Houthis and Israel continue

Trump Says Another Drug Running Boat Has Been Destroyed

House again votes to surrender tariff powers to Trump

“A Dirty Little Secret”

For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa destructor, which has devastated honey-bee colonies around the world. But an even deadlier mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae – or “tropi” – is on the march.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15, 2025

Europe sees surge in electronic warfare incidents

Military Conducted Second Strike on ‘Narcoterrorists’ From Venezuela

Historic Shuttered Navy Base Back In Action For Caribbean Counter-Drug Mission

Parts shortage is the latest problem to hit General Motors production

Gov. Kathy Hochul Endorses Zohran Mamdani for New York City Mayor

What if Your Refrigerator Was Twice As Efficient and Completely Silent?

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 14, 2025

IDF Eliminates Several Hamas Commanders as Gaza City Offensive Unfolds

Far right gains stronger foothold in western Germany

This was meant to be a positive overview but I found it shocking. I mean, I knew things were bad but sending an officer by bus because you don’t have enough cars? Policing at the Speed of London

How a movement against corruption on Nepali social media triggered unrest and death

The EIA projects 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity will retire in 2025, a 65% jump over 2024. That includes 8.1 GW of coal, such as the 1,800-MW Intermountain Power Project in Utah, plus another 2.6 GW of natural gas. These plants provide round-the-clock power that intermittent sources cannot yet replace.

Blowout 10Y Auction: Lowest Yield Since Last September’s 50bps Jumbo Cut; Near-Record Foreign Demand

The Great American Sorting: How Education Rewired Politics

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 13, 2025

Russia may raise VAT to 22 percent as war spending deepens budget deficit

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes near east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region

“French pensioners now have higher incomes than working-age adults”

The best obituary of the man I have read yet in terms of fairly describing his significance. Obviously the writer is sympathetic to his subject but I think his take is well grounded in the facts. Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk

F-35s Arrive In Puerto Rico For Counter-Drug Operation

An Engineering History of the Manhattan Project

France In Flames As The ‘Block Everything’ Protest Movement Sweeps The Country

Just posting this because I have a surprising amount of sources in my feeds spreading false or photo shopped information trying to show that he was a Trump supporter. Charlie Kirk Assassination Suspect was ‘Pretty Far Left on Everything’

Most is debatable. But this has certainly been a radicalizing moment for a lot of people. Millions of peaceful, law abiding conservatives who just want to be left alone have been woken up and suddenly realize that most Democrats would gladly see them dead.

‘No Arrests’: In New York, Some Police Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges

‘Oldest organ in Christendom’ makes music in Jerusalem after centuries of silence

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 11, 2025

Poland Says Russia’s Mass Drone Incursion Was “A Test”

NATO isn’t ready for Russia’s drones

Survey Finds 1 in 3 Students Say Some Level of Violence Acceptable to Stop Campus Speech

School Districts Revert to Diesel Buses as Poor Performance Restricts Electric Bus Usage and Bankruptcies Affect Service