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In October, More Than 2,000 “Shahed” Drones Were Used Against #Ukraine, Literally, Every Single Day – Address by President Zelenskyy 02.11.2024

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Sanctions must be increased; they must be effective. And every scheme to circumvent sanctions is a crime against people and the world.

Full address president.gov.ua/en/news/za-zh…



The view from the swing states: As campaigns spin and scramble, here's what turnout looks like on the ground (David Weigel/Semafor)

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This is one of the few conspiracy theories about big tech that I believe is true. Whenever you ask people at Google what it’s like to work there, they describe a Byzantine bureaucracy which seems designed to prevent work from actually getting done due to multiple layers of approvals.

Better to have Ph.D’s on the payroll endlessly seeking approvals to ship the smallest changes than at OpenAI.

fortune.com/2023/03/10/google-…

in reply to Dare Obasanjo

makes no sense to me. Talented people hate bureaucracy and will leave, no matter how good they are paid.
We had that theory back when MS wooed Anders Hejlsberg from Borland (almost 30 years ago). But history proved us wrong.
Might be true for semi-talented stuff.
in reply to Dare Obasanjo

long predates AI, though. And then there was their non-poach pact with Apple (Meta declined to participate).
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Trying to set up an account on the website of the company that apparently bought my mortgage does… not inspire confidence 😒


Hezbollah’s have released picture of their new launcher: Triple #ATGM-launcher was supposedly introduced into operation in the past few days.


#Hezbollah also published a new #propaganda #video titled 'You will not have any tanks left.' t.me/newsvideofa/2977 (video on my telegram channel)
#Lebanon #Israel



‘Death is everywhere’: fears grow that #Israel plans to seize land in #Gaza - theguardian.com/world/2024/nov… "Increasingly violent siege of north raises suspicions about #Netanyahu’s war aims"


Trump's Microphone Trouble in Milwaukee Leaves Him 'Seething' (Michael Gold/New York Times)

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“There is no other country where the victims idolized their executioners,”
- traveler Astolphe de Custine said about Russia in 1839

Nothing has changed much since then.

A bust of Stalin was recently unveiled in Nakhodka, Russia.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin




Aurora from old Route 66 near Amboy in Southern California (10/11/2024). The lights are a passing train.

#Aurora #Route66 #Photography #Darktable






The #Arizona Daily Star, Tucson's largest newspaper, has endorsed Vice President #Harris, saying Trump spews "vile, racist, sexist" lies.

"The choice is not close or difficult. The stakes are as high as they get. The Arizona Daily Star urges its readers to vote for Kamala Harris." tucson.com/opinion/editorial/a…

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