Link. Our galaxies will be old when they meet.
Daily Archives: March 5, 2022
The bug-free windshield.
Link. “modern single-crop farms simply lack the diverse plant life necessary to support an insect community.”
The AT&T / Apple eSIM activation fee scam: $30 “discount” and a $30 activation fee
Link. Apple likely gets a kickback.
“NATO had mobilized its rapid response force, a kind of military SWAT team, for the first time in history to deter an enemy.”
Link. Murdoch’s media empire, from Fox to the WSJ, persuaded Putin that Biden was demented and NATO was broken.
Putin: “if they continue doing what they are doing, they risk the future of Ukrainian statehood”
Link. A comically weak threat. Doesn’t even make sense in context of Russian propaganda.
“Chinese companies, determined to regain their market share, began exporting masks below cost, the customers disappeared.”
Link. Supply chain resilience will require tariffs.
“despite the public rhetoric ahead of the invasion that the United States was overstating the threat, Mr. Zelensky privately took the warning more seriously and realized the Russians were intent on capturing or killing him”
Link. Establishing the long term resistance. Article uses “allies” rather like 1942. (iOS autocorrect does not yet recognize “allies”)
“The United States has delivered nearly 70 percent of the $350 million package to Ukraine’s military”
Link. Huge effort.
Not lab leak, wet market.
Link. I had leaned to lab leak but now I’m wet.