Jill Sargent Russell, PhD

This might not have been the war Ukraine wanted to fight in an ideal world, but the strategy has matched its strengths and the allied capabilities to a tee. Given the state of play in February 2022, it was the best strategy that could be pursued. jsargentr.substack.com/p/logistics-...

President Zelenskyy: Kyiv hopes to have a technical meeting with Russia and the United States between November 6 and 10, but acknowledged that the venue could change due to the situation in the Middle East. "In any case, there will be a trilateral meeting at the technical level in Abu Dhabi.

🔥 Destruction of Russian occupiers on the frontline

CPSC port investigators have a very important job - stop dangerous products at the ports before those products can get inside your home. Chris showed us a product that contained water beads and how he tested them.

Some 80% of respondents back the continued strikes, even if Washington restricts intelligence sharing or Starlink operations. Only 11% said Ukraine should pause the attacks, despite Russia's ongoing attacks on the Ukrainian energy grid, according to the survey.

The origin of the Royal Marines can be traced back to 28 October 1664, when the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot was established in preparation for the Second Anglo-Dutch War. It was formed with an initial force of 1,200 infantrymen recruited from the Trained Bands of London.

Happy Birthday to the Royal Marines and the best military band in the world! 😎 🇬🇧 🇬🇮 ⚓️

Happy Birthday to Little Sargent and the Royal Marines!

I am saddened to hear of the passing of Dolores Huerta, a champion for civil rights and a hero to working people around the world. Her legacy will live on through the countless lives she changed and the generations she inspired.

I can't see it without seeing the Modern Family recreation.

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She added that sanctions against the Russian energy sector will remain in place until the end of Putin’s war.

🇪🇺 EU has no plans to return to Russian energy resources, including after the end of the war in Ukraine, — EC spokeswoman “We have learned our lesson,” she said. Moreover, by the end of 2027, the EU plans to completely abandon Russian gas.

Bolsonaro's escape jet belongs to a alleged cocaine trafficker. Scriptwriters would be like that's too much!

🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🗳️ Brazil's defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro stepped out of a private plane in Florida on Wednesday morning, AFP witnessed, despite a court order banning him from leaving his country ➡️ u.afp.com/SyGH

Heh.

We mourn your losses as we would our own www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Eternal screaming at the continued, unabated jackassery of airpower and standoff fires.

Faruqui, responding to this, has a question about one of the cases. He reads aloud from a case stating that a preliminary inquiry is an "investigation" into the "reasonableness" of the charges. Isn't that exactly what defense counsel is getting at w/ their questions re: animus & origins?

The Whitewater Shuffle.

A glimpse into the Milky Way’s past 👀 Travel 19 000 light-years towards the heart of our galaxy and meet the star cluster Terzan 5. Terzan 5 is regarded as a fossilised remnant of the early Milky Way. Discover why: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1630/ 🔭

Microphones do terrible things to my voice.

Very sad story; please note: AI does not tap into some arcane platonic realm of new knowledge. It is not a portal to the optimal or even the logical. It is a word-guessing algorithm built on post-hoc statistical harvesting of unselected stuff that humans have written, and is very frequently wrong.

There has been nothing magical about the candidates in Hungary, Serbia, or Brazil. It was the electorate smartening up to vote for good enough, not to hold out for perfect and abstain until then.

When I read stories about informed, intelligent people falling prey to this stuff, I keep coming back to the phrase "we slip and feel beguiled" in @olivia.science et al's paper "Understanding Artificial Neural Networks: Mysterianism about Known Mechanism is Mysticism" Systems designed to beguile.

There are a lot of utterly clueless judgmental comments on this article. I have the same condition she did. I’m on the same drug (lamotrigine) at almost the same dosage (300mg for me). For me, it’s not enough, so I’m ALSO on Keppra. Those two together almost completely control the seizures.

“”The situation is getting worse”” I did warn you…repeatedly

Military Historians had best not ignore the Ukrainian Blue Lights' service to the war on the home front.

Ukrainian rescuers saving cats after another Russian attack

This is the shit that sucks the most. You cannot defend yourself on here because that’s blood in the water for every bad faith vulture to come peck at you. Seeing so many people call out a big account who’s been playing this game today has been life-affirming. Seriously, thank you.

Yesterday, Alice Rufo, the Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces, confirmed that France will indeed begin training Ukrainian pilots in the coming days to fly Rafale fighter aircraft.

an interesting retraction notice, (one of many) and a cautionary tale for those who think you can evaluate scientists by counting citations www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Oooops!

Yikes, the absolute state of Steve Bannon.

🔥 Novomoskovsk, a fire in the area of AM-70 ammonia plant

🔥 Drone attacks on Ozon facilities resulted in losses of over ₽30 billion ($372.5 million), according to the marketplace's financial statements.

💥 As a result of fire from the 1st Corps of the Azov NGU, more than 100 trains carrying out logistical transportation in the interests of the enemy were hit.

I didn’t think a trucker strike would really affect me - until supermarkets and petrol pumps were empty.

1/ Vladimir Putin seems to have decided that protecting his palace at Valdai is more important than protecting Russia's vulnerable factories and oil refineries. A few bold Russian warbloggers are questioning why scarce air defence assets are being diverted for Putin's benefit. ⬇️

Ukraine is the most heavily mined country in the world after the start of the Russian full-scale invasion. Putting a Russian in charge of mine action is...well, it's hard to find a name for it.

That is affirmatively not the Spirit of '77.

Yes, Deutschland, our junior cousin, there's a lot you can learn from us! bsky.app/profile/note...

🇺🇦 63% of Ukrainians are ready to endure the war as long as necessary, — KIIS ❗️ 62% of respondents said they trust President Zelensky.

🇮🇩 Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns More than 11,000 people have been treated for respiratory infections in Palangkaraya, on the island of Borneo during the wildfire crisis that has also affected Indonesia's neighbours with toxic haze pollution.

Jesse Adams, an animal rescue volunteer from Canada, was killed by an attack of a Russian FPV on an evacuation vehicle near Kramatorsk. Jesse Adams was helping bring out animals to safety from the war Russia started. Deepest condolences. Eternal gratitude. 📷: the_dog_guy_