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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 6, 2025

Russia Executes Revenge Strikes Against Ukraine For Blowing Up Its Bombers

Ukrainians hired by Russia carrying out campaign of attacks behind the lines

Is Netanyahu’s government on the brink of collapse?

After the Deluge: An Uneasy Pause in the Trump–Musk Standoff

It was always clear that multiple invention wasn’t that uncommon, given the number of well-known multiples. But I was still surprised that over 50% of inventions in the time period looked at had some type of multiple effort to create, and that nearly 40% weren’t simply someone having the idea or working on the problem, but successes or near-successes.

Not All Sugars Are Equal

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 5, 2025

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24-country survey: Support for Israel strongest in Kenya and Nigeria, lowest in Turkey

The analysis indicates that the U.S. will dip below the industry-recommended 20% reserve margin this year, with national effective spare capacity projected to decline to an alarming 14% by 2027. Once this margin drops below 15%, the risk of grid reliability issues soars.

The Trump-Musk bromance devolves into a chaotic public breakup

NYC Air Quality Alert Triggered by Smoke from Canadian Wildfires

Dwarkesh on slow AI take-off

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Confirmed Losses Of Russian Aircraft Mount After Ukrainian Drone Assault

Why is the EU still buying Russian fertilizer?

Finland Uncovers Iranian Spy Operations

Japan’s fertility rate hits record low despite government push

Two Chinese Nationals Accused of Smuggling ‘Potential Agroterrorism’ Fungus into U.S.

‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids

In 8-0 Ruling, Supreme Court Significantly Narrows NEPA Environmental Reviews

A Historic Missed Opportunity

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 3, 2025

Ukraine Strikes At The Heart Of Russia’s Highly Defended Kerch Bridge

Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China. Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds

Italy’s population decline is among the most acute in Europe, after decades of plummeting birth rates. At present, about a quarter of Italy’s 59mn people are over the age of 65, while just 12 per cent of the population are children aged 14 and under. The working age population is forecast to drop by another 5mn people by 2040.

‘Disgusting abomination’: Musk goes nuclear on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 2, 2025

What We Know About Ukraine’s Mass Drone Assault On Russian Bombers

Russia’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ How pro-war Telegram channels are reacting to Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian air bases

A supporter of Russia offers his take on what happened.

What Ukraine’s Unprecedented Drone Attack Means For Russia’s Bomber Force

Poland’s Tusk gets Trumped

Tourists Flee As Mount Etna Erupts In Italy

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains

Colorado Terror Attack: Authorities Identify 4 More Injured Victims, Totaling 12

The Case of the One Cut Stop

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Russian Strategic Bombers Destroyed In Unprecedented Wide-Scale Drone Attack

It appears that the interim deal that American and PRC trade negotiators worked out in Geneva on May 12, has collapsed.

I wrote before about the terrible fiscal implications of an ageing society. If you go back 20 years and apply today’s spending and tax rates to the demographics of 2004 – changing nothing else, that would give the Chancellor an extra £84 billion a year to play with, enough to cut the basic rate of tax by about 13p in the pound. Roll forward 20 years and we will see the same, but in reverse – creating a huge hole to fill.

Lack of sugar throws Cuba’s rum industry into crisis

Huge landslide causes whole village to disappear in Switzerland

How the BLM riots broke America

Residents of Richmond, Virginia can safely drink the city’s water again after a city-wide boil water advisory was lifted late Thursday. It’s the third significant failure to impact the city’s drinking water this year.

The Next Car Production Crisis Could Be Caused by Magnet Shortage

Lumber Prices Up 17% YoY