Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 2, 2024

Ukrainian troops ordered to hold Kursk territory until Trump takes office

Over 100,000 Soldiers Have Deserted Ukrainian Army

Airstrikes Slow Advance Of Anti-Assad Forces In Syria

Israel Gears Up for Military Response as Hezbollah Violates Ceasefire

French government faces collapse in no-confidence vote. As the crisis intensified last week, investors briefly declared France a worse credit risk than Greece, whose debt almost brought the eurozone to its knees just over a decade ago. France is the currency bloc’s second largest economy and the chaos is likely to send shock waves well beyond its borders.

Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 1, 2024

Aleppo Has Fallen, Assad’s Forces Regrouping As Rebels Blitz South

Syrian War, 1 December 2024

Biden Pardons Hunter on All Charges and Anything Else He Might Have Committed Since 2014

Upstate NY could get up to 6 feet of snow as NYC braces for cold snap

Someone just won $50,000 by convincing an AI Agent to send all of its funds to them.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 30, 2024

This is a big deal. Not so much China’s rates falling as Japan’s rising. Japan is even more indebted then the US. For them to start facing rising interest rates is the start of a major crisis for Japan. China (Japan) fact of the day

Norway Shrugged

Denmark paralyzed: nationwide mobile network failure halts trains and emergency services

Cuba decrees contingency plan, new restrictions as energy crisis deepens

‘Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse

Europe’s Gas Storage Empties At Fastest Rate Since 2016

Seoul blanketed by heaviest November snow on record

As the Great Lakes basin hits record-warm temperatures, it reminds us of what’s coming: Intense, lake-effect snow.

Snowpocalypse Strands Drivers Along I-90 In Lake Erie Area

Nationwide IV fluid shortage could change how hospitals manage patient hydration

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 29, 2024

‘Absolutely no reason for panic’: As ruble falls, Putin says situation is ‘under control’

This is a count of publicly acknowledge deaths and so should be seen as setting a lower floor. More than 80,000 Russian servicemen confirmed killed in Ukraine

Best I can tell from pictures coming out, Aleppo has truly fallen but it is hard to get good link because the most recent stuff is on Telegram and X. This is the most recent update that I could find from the linkable web. Rebel Forces Enter Syria’s Second Largest City Of Aleppo

Pakistan’s surprise solar surge shocks experts and grid

California Gasoline Prices Will Skyrocket

Repeat: How ‘Bout Making Sure Troops Get Some %#$*ing Food?!

U.S. pressuring Ukraine to lower draft age to 18 amid troop shortage

Increasingly flexible Hamas said open to temporary IDF presence at Gaza-Egypt border

AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse

Feds Shrug Off Carmakers’ Objection to Mandatory Automatic Emergency Braking

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 27, 2024

Hezbollah believes the number of its fighters killed during 14 months of hostilities could reach several thousand. One source said the Iran-backed group may have lost up to 4,000 people – well over 10 times the number killed in its month-long 2006 war with Israel.

Drone Incursions Over USAF Bases In UK Enter Second Week

I have been following demographic issues for a long time and I still find it shocking how fast their birth rate is collapsing. At this rate nobody in the country will be having kids in a couple of more years. 2/3 of Korea will disappear every generation

US Navy to Sideline 17 Vessels Due to Workforce Shortage

Leaky Pipes Are Costing New York Billions of Gallons of Water per Year

How to Build a Flying Ebola Hospital

Trump Nominees Targeted in Attacks Ranging From ‘Bomb Threats to Swatting’