Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 27, 2024

Iran’s Khamenei seriously ill, son likely to be successor as supreme leader

The Israeli warplanes took out Iran’s advance Russian-made air defense systems, making regime’s nuclear weapons and terrorist assets venerable to any future Israeli airstrike.

Japanese village struggling with low population creates life-sized dolls to mimic feeling of bustling society

Japan faces political instability as ruling coalition loses majority

The Mississippi River is Drying Up Again—And the Timing Could Not Be Worse

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 26, 2024

Russia makes key gains on seven fronts as Ukraine suffers its hardest week on the battlefield this year

Israel’s Reprisal Strike Carefully Calculated, Unclear If Jets Ever Flew Over Iran. Israeli officials contacted Iran before the attack and said what they would and would not hit, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The clip starts out so corny and stupid I almost did not watch it. But wow does it pack a punch if you wait a bit. This is the single-most devastating ad against Kamala Harris.

TSMC’s Chip Plant In Arizona Achieves Higher Yields Than Taiwan

Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 25, 2024

Musk has been in secret contact with Putin since 2022, says bombshell new report

Maritime Industry on Edge as Russia Intensifies Attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea Grain Corridor

Israel’s Retaliation Strikes On Iran Have Begun

Who Says Another Google is Coming?

What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs

Ford CEO Jim Farley Opens Up About His ‘Fantastic’ Chinese EV and Learning From Toyota

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 24, 2024

Does Russia face military collapse by 2026? Inside Ukraine’s strategic assessment

Russians Helped Houthis Target International Shipping

Israel delays Iran retaliation after US intelligence leak For what it is is worth… “We have no indication that Israel is delaying any action because of the document leak,” a U.S. official told The War Zone Thursday morning. “Would steer you away from that.”

A vast wave of violence is catching Germany off guard.

German birth rate drops rapidly

Mexican TikTokers have code words to report on narco-violence without getting banned

Just because I have been talking about this for family reasons. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that the country will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants it allows into the country after acknowledging that his government failed to get the balance right coming out of the pandemic.

A single barge on the Mississippi moves a ton of cargo 647 miles on just one gallon of fuel. That’s more than four times the efficiency of trucks. This efficiency is no accident; it results from deliberate engineering by the Army Corps of Engineers, who spend billions annually to dredge, lock, and maintain this commercial lifeline. But like all great machines, it’s aging. Locks, dams, and levees built in the 1930s are breaking down, causing costly delays.

Bird flu hit a dead end in Missouri, but it’s running rampant in California

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 23, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: The first three Mirage 2000s are expected to arrive in Ukraine by March.

Japan’s 40-year yield rises to highest since 2008 on Fed outlook

With messaging apps, social media, and VPNs banned, people look to satellite services, mesh networks, even walkie-talkies to communicate and work.

The Market is Pricing In Another ‘Warm Winter’ for Natural Gas

Reston, Virginia-located Babel Street is the little-known firm behind Location X, a service with the capability to track the locations of hundreds of millions of phone users over sustained periods of time.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 22, 2024

South Korea Could Send Advisors, Weapons To Ukraine Over North Korean Troop Movements

How Dagestan called Kadyrov’s bluff after his ‘blood feud’ threat against a billionaire lawmaker

The Existence Of Israel’s Secret Stealth Drone Should Come As No Surprise

Iraq Pivots To Washington for Support as Chinese Money Dries Up

Fortinet, a maker of network security software, has kept a critical vulnerability under wraps for more than a week amid reports that attackers are using it to execute malicious code on servers used by sensitive customer organizations.

Antibiotics are on the list for what it is worth. Hidden Vitamin B1 Deficiencies: How Common Drugs May Be Starving Your Brain

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 21, 2024

Israel Trades Increasingly Bellicose Threats With Iran As Retaliation Operation Looms. The threats come as the U.S. says it is very concerned about an unauthorized release of documents pertaining to Israel’s attack plan.

Cuba’s Government Struggles to Restore Power After Nationwide Blackout

ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models. Sabotage supposedly cost tens of millions, but TikTok owner ByteDance denies it.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 20, 2024

Scandal Over Leak Of U.S. Intel On Israel’s Attack Preparations Grows

Fearing an Israeli targeted strike, Hezbollah’s new chief relocates to Tehran

Cuba grid collapses again, hurricane heaps on misery

Saudi construction project of the day

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 19, 2024

High Electricity Prices Have Europe Facing Deindustrialization

Cuba hit by island-wide blackout after power plant failure

U.S. Intel on Israeli Retaliatory Attack Reportedly Leaked to Iranians

Chronic Coughs Could Be Genetic – Which May Transform Treatments

He describes how his Nvidia team worked with xAI and Elon Musk to build a complete AI Data Center with 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs in 19 days. Elon Musk has said it took 122 days from start to finish.