2026-02-18 08:04:23
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,256,080 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/18/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,256,080 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/18/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
A look at the meteorologists leaving broadcast news to become independent streamers; 19 meteorologists have joined the Digital Weather Network, founded in 2022 (Elizabeth Hewitt/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/meteorologists
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,255,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,253,270 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/15/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
It has been an extraordinary 24 hours in global markets
Oil prices have tumbled back from the four-year highs they hit on Monday
after Donald Trump suggested the US-Israel war on Iran could end “very soon”.
This time yesterday, Brent crude, the international benchmark, surged beyond $100 per barrel for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022
– triggering stark sell-offs across leading Asian and European stock indices.
Wall Street also started t…
How often do NFL teams get coaching hires right? What 23 years of data tells us https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7056940/2026/02/24/nfl-head-coach-hire-success-rate/
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 1,247,580 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/09/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
Ukraine-Invasion - Vier Jahre Krieg – und Putin gewann nichts #News #Nachrichten
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)? 🤔
5 Things to Know About New Chargers Center Tyler Biadasz https://www.chargers.com/news/tyler-biadasz-free-agency-5-things
Frohe Weihnachten ;-)
https://sh.itjust.works/post/52138124
16WW House Suburban Sparrows Ambient (2022-05) - House sparrows outside 16WW or close by. #sparrow #wildlife #fieldRecording -
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,200,370 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,249,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,245,290 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/07/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,246,330 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/08/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,270,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,268,520 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/03/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 1,265,130 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/27/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,195,610 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,262,490 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/25/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,202,070 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/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 1,258,890 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/21/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html