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Slovak PM Fico undergoes 2nd surgery, still in serious condition following assassination attempt: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/17/slovak-pm-fico.html

Selenskyj fordert nach Angriff mehr Unterstützung
Der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj hat nach dem russischen Raketenangriff auf die Stadt Tschernihiw mehr Entschlossenheit und Unterstützung der westlichen Partner gefordert. "Dies wäre nicht passiert, wenn die Ukraine ausreichend Luftabwehrausrüstung erhalten hätte und wenn die Welt entschlossen genug gewesen wäre, dem russischen Terror en…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) on X
Chernihiv. A rescue operation is underway following a Russian missile strike. There are people under the rubble. As of now, 20 people are reported to have been injured and ten killed. My condolences to their close ones. Unfortunately, the death toll may still rise. This would…

‘Motivated’ Maxx Crosby feeling better than ever as he’s set to end Raiders’ Super Bowl drought under Antonio Pierce https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/motivat…

‘Motivated’ Maxx Crosby feeling better than ever as he’s set to end Raiders’ Super Bowl drought under Antonio Pierce
Maxx Crosby was one of the most important figures to champion the cause of head coach Antonio Pierce’s promotion. The Las Vegas Raiders team was in a difficult situation in the middle of the last season. However, the sacking of the then-head coach Josh McDaniels, and the appointment of Antonio Pierce changed the team. Pierce took the Raiders back to winning ways and as a result, he got promoted to head coach. Maxx Crosby is highly influenced by Pierce. So much so that he feels that the DE fee…

5 Dallas Cowboys players under the radar entering training camp https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-under-radar-players-2024-training-camp-rg2

5 Dallas Cowboys players under the radar entering training camp
These 5 players are flying under the radar for the Dallas Cowboys ahead of training camp.

The EU warns Microsoft it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under DSA after failing to provide risk info about its generative AI tools (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/micr

EU warns Microsoft it could be fined billions over missing GenAI risk info | TechCrunch
The EU's warning comes after Microsoft failed to respond to a legally binding request for information that focused on its generative AI tools.

Closing the Skies, Liberating Ukraine, Helsinki Commission, May 16, 2024 The following testimony was presented by ISW Non-Resident Russia Fellow Nataliya Bugayova before the Commission on Security and Source : https://www.understandingwar.org/backgroun

I’d wanted to interview Jennifer Harris for years.
She has been the quiet intellectual force behind the Biden administration’s economic policies,
and she seemed key to understanding why both parties in Washington had walked away from free trade and neoliberalism
— the belief that free markets will bring prosperity and democracy around the world.
These matters felt personal to me.
I spent much of the Trump administration following steelworkers in Indiana who los…

Opinion | Bidenomics: The Queen Bee Is Jennifer Harris
Jennifer Harris is the intellectual force driving the administration’s approach to trade and economic policies.

I've long been fond of the phrase, "the bottom falling out of the bucket" as a reference in #Zen to a kind of irreversible awakening experience. It's used in the 12th c. *Blue Cliff Record.* This story appears to be from a century later, but it's nice (from Paul Reps' *Zen Flesh, Zen Bones*):

Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
MAX: I understand your feelings, believe me, I do. But Deeta was a professional, he knew the risks-
TARRANT: The challenge has already been made.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/312/509 📺 B7B2

Ukraine's EU integration under threat with a looming Hungary presidency? Ukraine in Flames #625: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/15/ukraines-eu-integration.html