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NATO baut Schutz der Ostflanke aus
Die NATO startet nach den mutmaßlich vorsätzlichen Luftraumverletzungen durch Russland eine neue Militäroperation zum Schutz der Ostflanke. Das teilte Generalsekretär Mark Rutte in einer Pressekonferenz mit dem Oberbefehlshaber der alliierten Streitkräfte in Europa, Alexus Grynkewich, mit.
Den Angaben zufolge sollen bei der Operation mit dem Namen "Eastern Sentry"…
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NATO will Flanke zu Russland stärken
Die NATO zieht Konsequenzen aus der Verletzung des polnischen Luftraums durch russische Drohnen. Man starte zum Schutz der Ostflanke eine neue Militäroperation, so Generalsekretär Rutte. Dafür soll unter anderem die Flugabwehr ausgebaut werden.

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Buddhism: 3 August - 10 August https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20122087/h-net-job-guide-weekly-report-h-buddhism-3-august-10-august

Re this from @…, also crucial to note that while cars are probably the greatest head injury while on a bicycle, they’re not the only danger. Wear a helmet on the trails too, kids.

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In his op ed in the WaPo,
Jay Bhattacharya has shown that he should not be taken seriously. He’s DEFINITELY not a real scientist.
If people don’t like science should we ignore the potential it has?
That’s not how it works.
Science doesn’t care about your feelings.
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For the first time in years, I’m not feeling any FOMO about not preordering anything on iPhone day.
I’ll pick up the new watch when Costco has them, might as well save a buck. My series 7 is starting to struggle with the battery.
But there’s absolutely no hype there, just a practical upgrade whenever.
Thanks for reminding me how much of a capitalist bootlicker you are Tim, otherwise the spell might not have broken.

Mac Jones to start for 49ers vs. Buccaneers despite not practicing during the week with knee, oblique injuries

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mac-jo…

#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
JENNA: Hello.
RENOR: Hello, hello, hello!
VILA: Ah. Jenna, this is Professor Kayn's assistant, his name is -
RENOR: Renor. And I had a feeling this was going to be a good day.
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Just finished "Beasts Made of Night" by Tochi Onyebuchi...
Indirect CW for fantasy police state violence.
So I very much enjoyed Onyebuchi's "Riot Baby," and when I grabbed this at the library, I was certain it would be excellent. But having finished it, I'm not sure I like it that much overall?
The first maybe third is excellent, including the world-building, which is fascinating. I feel like Onyebuchi must have played "Shadow of the Colossus" at some point. Onyebuchi certainly does know how to make me care for his characters.
Some spoilers from here on out...
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I felt like it stumbles towards the middle, with Bo's reactions neither making sense in the immediate context, nor in retrospect by the end when we've learned more. Things are a bit floaty in the middle with an unclear picture of what exactly is going on politics-wise and what the motivations are. Here I think there were some nuances that didn't make it to the page, or perhaps I'm just a bit thick and not getting stuff I should be? More is of course revealed by the end, but I still wasn't satisfied with the explanations of things. For example, (spoilers) I don't feel I understand clearly what kind of power the army of aki was supposed to represent within the city? Perhaps necessary to wield the threat of offensive inisisia use? In that case, a single scene somewhere of Izu's faction deploying that tactic would have been helpful I think.
Then towards the end, for me things really started to jumble, with unclear motivations, revelations that didn't feel well-paced or -structured, and a finale where both the action & collapsing concerns felt stilted and disjointed. Particularly the mechanics/ethics of the most important death that set the finale in motion bothered me, and the unexplained mechanism by which that led to what came next? I can read a couple of possible interesting morals into the whole denouement, but didn't feel that any of them were sufficiently explored. Especially if we're supposed to see some personal failing in the protagonist's actions, I don't think it's made clear enough what that is, since I feel his reasons to reject each faction are pretty solid, and if we're meant to either pity or abjure his indecision, I don't think the message lands clearly enough.
There *is* a sequel, which honestly I wasn't sure of after the last page, and which I now very interested in. Beasts is Onyebuchi's debut, which maybe makes sense of me feeling that Riot Baby didn't have the same plotting issues. It also maybe means that Onyebuchi couldn't be sure a sequel would make it to publication in terms of setting up the ending.
Overall I really enjoyed at least 80% of this, but was expecting even better (especially politically) given Onyebuchi's other work, and I didn't feel like I found it.
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After almost two centuries,
Baker & Taylor,
a nationwide library book distributor,
will reportedly shut down operations in January.
Baker & Taylor CEO Aman Kochar told employees Monday that following a recent failed acquisition deal with ReaderLink, the Charlotte-based company has no viable path forward, though he had hoped to find another solution

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down
At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.