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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,226,420 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,225,590 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

2022 was 20 years ago

While I am struggling to find any detailed media reports about the current situation in #Venezuela, the Fediverse is already certain that the U.S. has invaded the country “just like russia” did with Ukraine. Would we not have seen an invasion force being built up (like the russian one before 24 February 2022)? 🤔

In the last, guttering hours of the year, it’s tradition to look back on the last 12 months’ #TTRPG activity and reflect. You can read last year’s summary at https://dice.camp/@davej/113747664699824381…

Today I have learnt about the deliriant history of the ultra-far right ex professor Enoch Burke.
The summary of the history is that while this guy was professor he refused to call by her new name a trans student, was finally fired, but keeps going to the school he was fired from in *2022*, and he has been arrested a number of times.
You can learn more about this case in this article from The Irish Times:
Without paywall:

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,188,490 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/14/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

La pratique du vélo en forte hausse dans les grandes villes entre 2019 et 2022 🥳
https://www.liberation.fr/societe/ville/la-pratique-du-velo-en-forte-hausse-dans-les-grandes-villes-20260103_VDIUO2GLMRGUX…

faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,233,020 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/24/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

16WW House Suburban Sparrows Ambient (2022-05) - House sparrows outside 16WW or close by. #sparrow #wildlife #fieldRecording -

16WW House Suburban Sparrows Ambient (2022-05)
House sparrows outside 16WW or close by. #sparrow #wildlife #fieldRecording

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,211,530 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/04/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,240,680 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,239,590 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/31/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,234,040 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,232,090 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

"More than 100,000 applications for UK heat pump subsidy"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #HeatPumps #Energy

More than 100,000 applications for UK heat pump subsidy
Latest boiler upgrade scheme (BUS) data reveals more than 100,000 applications for heat pump grants have been made since support scheme launched in May 2022. Demand has significantly increased in 2025, and the scheme was expanded in early November to include an air-to-air heat pump grant.

Good Morning #Canada
My morning routine includes #CBCRadio with my coffee and this morning they had an interesting segment on Canadian youth returning to church. According #StatsCan 2022 data, 22% of Canadians ages 15-24 attended religious services at least once a month. That's a significant increase compared to ages 25 to 64. Angus Reid found that positive views of religion by #GenZ adults grew from 35 to 40% between 2023 to 2025, while views from every other generation significantly decreased.
This led me to read several news articles from late last year that reported on these studies, one of which is linked below. It appears the trend became noticeable during and after COVID lockdowns. The words of multiple interviewees tells me that young people's were looking for community and human interaction with something grounded with a sense of morality. That's positive even if you don't believe in her holiness above.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Hallelujah
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/return-to-faith-church-attendance-increasing-for-first-time-in-decades/