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Ukraine war latest live: Russia's Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery ceases operations following drone attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/ukraine-war-latest-live-russias.html

An evening discussing falling enrollment in #STEM courses at universities across Europe, especially traditional studies like chemistry, geology and meteorology. I wonder if young people are unaware of just how interesting #STEM careers to be? Or do they have the perception it's "too hard" compared to other subjects where easier grades may be had? Or is it simply they think they can have "better"* jobs in other fields?
#AcademicChatter
*Where better might mean higher paid, more prestigious, more certain of employment, or less workload or some combination of all of these... ?

Datenschutz-WTF Moment:
Zum ersten Mal in einer neuen Arztpraxis, ich bekomme einen Stapel Formulare zum Ausfüllen. Eines davon eine Einwilligungserklärung in die Datenbearbeitung, die auf die "folgende Seite" verweist.
Diese "folgende Seite" war eingeschweisst, und ich erhielt sie nur zur Ansicht und sofortigen Rückgabe nach Unterschrift.
Dass ich beides fotografiert habe, hat man nicht verstanden.🤦‍♀️

Trump blames Ukraine war negotiations deadlock on Moscow, Kyiv failing to align on talks: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/trump-blames-ukraine-war-negotiations.html

Damn, New Jersey…
“Panic is the appropriate response to the passage and signing of a new law in New Jersey that requires all e-bike riders 17 and older to have driver’s licenses, registration and insurance (which may not even be available and proof of which they must carry with them while riding) and wear a state-approved motorcycle helmet.”

Amid panic following terrible New Jersey law regulating all e-bikes as mopeds, some look to remove throttles from e-bike definition
Under New Jersey law, most of these people would be riding motorcycles. Panic is the appropriate response to the passage and signing of a new law in New Jersey that requires all e-bike riders 17 an…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
War:
🎵 Flying Machine (The Chase) (the new classic rework stevie b)
#War
https://open.spotify.com/track/2CyyaQVqyHdlcZNZA2iSJg

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Dry Cleaning:
🎵 Strong Feelings
#NowPlaying #DryCleaning
https://drycleaning.bandcamp.com/track/strong-feelings
https://open.spotify.com/track/4w7iiR54wJS8qYJG7dwcIX

💥2000 meters to Andriivka
The closer you get to combat, the more jarring it becomes.
Death comes randomly.
The noise is terrifying;
the fear is stifling.
And most people can’t bear to see what war actually does to the human body
—how a brief instant can transform a living, breathing person
into ugly scraps of flesh.
The fighting in Ukraine has, in many ways,
transformed the nature of warfare.
As many as 80 percent of battle casu…

A War Film to Change All War Films
An Oscar-shortlisted documentary shows battle in startling clarity.

@… Rector 2.3.1 works fine, except for a few warnings for me.
Now composer-unused is where my issues are; filing issues for it tomorrow.

Ukraine to replace head of Southern Air Command following repeated deadly Russian strikes in Odesa Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ukraine-to-replace-head-of.html