Cowboys-Commanders on Christmas Day: What We Learned from Dallas' 30-23 win https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-commanders-on-christmas-day-what-we-learned-from-dallas-30-23-win

I love the abstraction of the "AI" bubble popping. But the very probable effects haunt me.
(Original title: Desire to Pop)
https://tante.cc/2025/11/23/desire-to-pop/

Desire to Pop
Abstractions are powerful tools. Given enough abstraction everything gets somewhat simple. Somewhat clear. Also somewhat wrong. Abstraction turns everything real, material, consequential into mostly nothing. The abstraction of “a relationship” hides all the love and care and desire it might entail. The abstraction of “the border” hides the violence its defense entails. Given enough abstraction […]

Fleet management software provider Motive files for a US IPO, reporting a $138.5M net loss on $327.3M in revenue for the nine months ended September 30 (Prakhar Srivastava/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/motive-technologies-files-us-ipo-2025-12-23/…

Getting serious about data breaches in Kazakhstan
January 23: Kazakhstan Moves to Criminalize Mass Data Breaches
https://meyka.com/blog/january-23-kazakhstan-moves-to-criminalize-mass-data-breaches-2301/

January 23: Kazakhstan Moves to Criminalize Mass Data Breaches | Meyka
Australia-focused take on Kazakhstan data breach law, criminal penalties and $42,500 fines, risks for banks and fintechs, and clear compliance steps for investors.

Do catgirls like boxed wine because of the box? :eyethink:

Inside the FBI's Review and Redaction of Epstein Files (Jason Leopold/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-25/epstein-files-new-fbi-emails-detail-review-special-redaction-project?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NDEwNjcwNiwiZXhwIjoxNzY0NzExNTA2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNkFYQjlLR0NUSDcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQjE3NzFFOTlEODc0QzRDOTY1Njg1RTZBQkJGM0QwRCJ9.4AhUWGtFVEVSrO7l-hOVhSm9BzndW2MU61lqEJqTNs
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p114#a251125p114

This is what’s called the “aussie smile”, Australian shepherds do this as sort of an appeasement and subservience signal

ACLU sues over new Missouri congressional map going into effect | STLPR
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-12-23/aclu-sues-over-new-missouri-congressional-map-going-into-effect

Storm bound in Antarctica and catching up with reading, including an *excellent* paper by one of our PhD students on #DeepLearning applications, soon to be submitted.
Not for first time I'm struck that 1) there is a genuine #AI revolution in climate 2) It's mostly based on ERA-5 reanalysis.

Photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested in November while documenting a protest in Miami, Florida.
A coalition of 23 press organizations spoke out against the charges
— and this week the prosecutor agreed❗️
The following statement can be attributed to Adam Rose, deputy director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):
“I hope law enforcement officers take this to heart: Swearing an oath to protect the community means protecting everyone — including pre…

Florida prosecutor agrees: Photography is not a crime
A coalition of 23 press organizations spoke out against the charges — the prosecutor agreed

Inside Trump’s chaotic Ukraine peace process: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/inside-trumps-chaotic-ukraine-peace.html

Jake Moody's 51-yard FG trims Cowboys' lead to 30-23 late in fourth quarter https://www.commanders.com/video/jake-moody-s-51-yard-fg-trims-cowboys-lead-to-30-23-late-in-fourth-quarter

So It Goes
by The Broken West
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIrfddkprDs

This deserves the voice over from that video some 15 years ago “mongodb is webscale”
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/115770620333626312

RE: https://mas.to/@gleick/115952606396238455
Unlikely, but I hope somehow his phone will be used in evidence, so we can know what they said to one another. More likely is that the murderer will see to it that the phone disappears.

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Wie viel CO₂ lässt sich wirklich dauerhaft unterirdisch speichern?
Zwischen ambitionierten Versprechen, Hochrechnungen und realistischen Schätzungen liegen Welten. Wenn dann noch vermeidbare fossile Emissionen gespeichert werden, ist das sowohl schlecht für den #Klimaschutz als auch für die wertvollen Speicherressourcen.

CO₂-Speicherung im Faktencheck: Wie viel Potenzial steckt wirklich dahinter?
CO₂-Speicherung soll beim Klimaschutz helfen – doch aktuelle Studien zeigen: Die Potenziale sind begrenzt, der Missbrauch liegt nahe.

fedibird.comは、誰もフォローしてなくても、購読や全文検索でいろんな投稿を見つけられるサーバだけど、
フォローしておくと、購読や全文検索の対象範囲が広がるから、投稿をみて良いなと思った投稿者は、フォローしておくといいよ。

Somebody told me today that it was tea, shirt weather in #Milwaukee. It was forty two degrees outside.

es gibt zwei neue folgen vom #podcast "The Future is Open Science":
"FOS 54 Paper Mills und Fake Journals" https://podcast.zbw.eu/fos/2025/12/23/

🐈⁠💨

Source: smart ring maker Oura plans a tender offer for early investors at a 25% discount to its $11B valuation from Series E, aiming to stay private longer (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/smart-r…

Kansas Resident Patrick Roach Successfully Sues Verizon For Refusing To Unlock His Phone (And Wins) | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/23/kansas-resident-patrick-roach-successfully-sues-verizon-for-refusing-to-unlock-his-phone-and-wins/

California to join WHO health network in rebuke of Trump (Brock Hrehor/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/california-to-join-who-health-network-in-rebuke-of-trump-00745350
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p107#a260123p107

lol https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-23/apple-ios-27-snow-leopard-like-quality-focus-ai-features-tim-cook-retirement-mibq7jv8

Zelensky ready to make a peace deal, Trump claims after Davos meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/zelensky-ready-to-make-a.html

There seem to be no plans to haul in the US ambassador, as the Liberal Democrats are proposing.
(See 11.28am.)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jan/23/uk-politic…

Complaint by Coupang's U.S. investors may turn data leak probe into trade flash point
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-01-23/business/tech/Compl…

Complaint by Coupang's U.S. investors may turn data leak probe into trade flash point
U.S. investors in Coupang sought intervention in the Korean government's probe of the e-commerce giant over a data leak, potentially escalating the domestic investigation into an international trade conflict.

When would you say someone is "heavily tattooed"?
I was called that today and was very surprised.

Concise and useful overview of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian land:
"What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/world/ukraine-donbas-region-explained-intl

What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?
The United States, Russia and Ukraine rarely agree on anything. But as their delegations head to Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three parties seem to have come to the same conclusion: Only one issue remains to be resolved.

If Rams are NFL's top team, who is No. 2? Plus: Purdy's performance, 2026 targets https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6916089/2025/12/23/nfl-best-team-2025-rams-seahawks-patriots/

Ok, I'm closing the work laptop for 2025.

2025 NWSL champions Rose LaVelle and Emily Sonnett discuss game-winning goal
#nwsl

Game Recap: Cowboys earn holiday win, 30-23 https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/game-recap-cowboys-earn-holiday-win-30-23

Frontline report: Kazakhstan cuts off key supply route for Russia's war machine with new export controls - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/frontline-report-2025-12-23-2/

Solitaire Battle Royale mode

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-agent-ice-shooting-renee-good.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.feA2.mC6wLoCQuATF&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p109#a260123p109

Source: Databricks obtained $1.8B in fresh debt and now has over $7B in debt ahead of a potential IPO; it raised $4B in December at a $134B valuation (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/databricks-obtains-1point8-billio…

Databricks obtains $1.8 billion in additional debt ahead of IPO
Databricks is among the highly valued technology companies that are primed to go public in 2026.

Zelenskyy: Security guarantees agreed upon — Trump needs to sign: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/zelenskyy-security-guarantees-agreed-upon.html

Trump may have just created the "kryptonite" that brings down his second administration,
according to a new report
Trump's MAGA movement coalition has started to crack in recent weeks over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files,
which Trump promised to release in full during his 2024 presidential campaign.
The administration has sought to withhold files from the public,
and the Justice Department has said it
"nee…

'End of the era': Trump just created the 'kryptonite' that could bring down his presidency
President Donald Trump may have just created the "kryptonite" that brings down his second administration, according to a new report. Trump's MAGA movement coalition has started to crack in recent weeks over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which Trump promised to release i...

DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in (Brianna Sacks/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/23/dhs-pauses-fema-cuts-storm/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY5MTQ0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwNTI2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkxNDQ0MDAsImp0aSI6IjNmOTJiM2FjLWJmYmYtNGY5NS05M2ZjLWQ4OWQzZDdmMWEyZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93ZWF0aGVyLzIwMjYvMDEvMjMvZGhzLXBhdXNlcy1mZW1hLWN1dHMtc3Rvcm0vIn0.JwdEQZ7-luNPLsF3LaE3iqOGhLnHzSJVyLPiYS6rL4c&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p105#a260123p105

How Chinese tech companies navigate geopolitical tensions: TikTok and Manus adopted a "China shedding" strategy, while Shein and Meituan seek non-US growth (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/business/tiktok-china-technology.ht…

After TikTok Deal, Chinese Firms Search for a New Global Path
Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States. Some are choosing to avoid the U.S. altogether.

Laws typically are not retroactive in nature, so good luck with that, boys...
Two Oklahoma Cops Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Holding a Hat ‘In Cold Blood’ Try to Appeal Based on New ‘Justifiable Homicide’ Law for Police
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/12/23/two-oklahoma-cops-who-shot-unarmed-black-man-try-to-appeal-based-on-new-law-for-police/

First trilateral meeting Ukraine–US–Russia: war close to ending?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/first-trilateral-meeting-ukraineusrussia-war.html

Improve the IRS by giving it less to do

A simpler tax code would be easier to understand and enforce.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/23/irs-tax-code-complexity/

Improve the IRS by giving it less to do
A simpler tax code would be easier to understand and enforce.

Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a special version of an AI character for teens (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/meta-pau…

Meta pauses teen access to AI characters as it develops a specially tailored version | TechCrunch
Meta will developed new versions of AI characters that will give age-appropriate responses

Transcript: Rep. Jason Crow on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 23, 2025 (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-crow-colorado-democrat-face-the-nation-transcript-11-23-2025/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p56#a251123p56

Kremlin says Ukrainian forces must leave Donbas as key condition for peace: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/kremlin-says-ukrainian-forces-must.html

Breaking: insurers pull cover for Israeli arms firm Elbit after direct actions
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/12/23/insurers-pull-cover-for-israeli-firm-elbit/

Grid managers have instructed the country’s largest electricity providers to postpone routine maintenance on power plants and lines
to ensure that those resources are available during and after the storm.
Heavy snow and freezing rain weigh down tree branches and power lines, causing failures that can cripple energy systems.
Frigid cold also drives up electricity demand as heating appliances require more energy and run longer

Storm Poses Big Threats to Power Grids Across U.S.
Managers of electric grids say freezing temperatures and ice and snow could lead to power outages in many places, potentially leaving millions in the dark.

Booz Allen Hamilton commits $400M to a16z's newest set of funds, for which a16z raised $15B in January; this is Booz Allen's first LP stake in any VC fund (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/01/23/booz-allen-hamilton-400m…

Booz Allen Hamilton commits $400M to a16z funds
It's the firm's first LP stakes in any venture funds.

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

Jeffrey Epstein's letter to Larry Nassar before committing suicide revealed | Marca
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2025/12/23/694aba8722601d861d8b4583.html

Lemon Slice, which launched a 20B-parameter model that creates digital avatars for AI agents, streaming video at 20 FPS on a single GPU, raised a $10.5M seed (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/lemon-slic…

Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech | TechCrunch
Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.

Massive winter storm could lay bare Trump's FEMA cuts (Josephine Walker/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/23/winter-storm-trump-fema-cuts
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p96#a260123p96

WATCH! Finnish volunteer Karlo: frontline reality in Ukraine | Live Broadcast: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/watch-finnish-volunteer-karlo-frontline.html

Chinese automakers delay plans to mass-produce self-driving vehicles as Beijing becomes more cautious, after a fatal Xiaomi crash in March caused public concern (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/business/china-autonomous-cars-dr…

China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident
After years of planning for cars that would let drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road, China’s regulators have become more cautious.

'Devastating': Amnesty Rips Hegseth Memo Reversing Limits on Landmines | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty-hegseth-landmines

RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/republicans-take-steps-towards-midterm-convention-00744673
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p98#a260123p98

Fire burns through oil depot in Russian city of Penza following Ukrainian drone strike: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/fire-burns-through-oil-depot.html

Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building next-gen AI personal assistants, raised an $8M seed at a $35M valuation and plans to exit stealth in 2026 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/mari

Marissa Mayer’s new startup Dazzle raises $8M led by Forerruner's Kirsten Green | TechCrunch
Mayer launched Dazzle after shuttering her photo and contact management startup Sunshine.

Federal judge greenlights challenge to termination of Haitian migrant protections | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-greenlights-challenge-to-termination-of-haitian-migrant-protections/

Trump's Turnabout on Greenland Shows the Limits of His Coercive Powers (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/politics/trumps-greenland-power.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p95#a260123p95

Zelensky optimistic $800 billion US prosperity plan will be signed after Davos delay: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/zelensky-optimistic-billion-us-prosperity.html

France's La Poste says it has suffered a suspected DDoS attack in "a major network incident" on Monday, which disrupted its postal and banking services (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/fran

France's postal and banking services disrupted by suspected DDoS attack | TechCrunch
France's postal service, La Poste, said it was hit by a disruptive cyberattack that knocked its services offline.

The U.S. Is Paying for Torture: The Suppressed '60 Minutes' CECOT Investigation Video
https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-is-paying-for-torture-the

A million-dollar parking fee: Canada's high-stakes battle over a stranded Russian plane: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/a-milliondollar-parking-fee-canadas.html

One year after she urged Trump to have mercy, Bishop Budde leads clergy protests in Minneapolis (Jack Jenkins/RNS)
https://religionnews.com/2026/01/23/one-year-after-she-urged-trump-to-have-mercy-bishop-budde-leads-clergy-protests-in-minneapolis/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p102#a260123p102

Denmark responds to Trump naming Greenland envoy: 'Completely unacceptable'
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5661680-denmark-response-trump-greenland-envoy/

NEGOTIATIONS IN ABU DHABI. RUSSIAN drones KILLED A CHILD. ENERGY SYSTEM TERROR CONTINUES: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/negotiations-in-abu-dhabi-russian.html

A month later, Trump has yet to follow through on Canada tariff threat (Ari Hawkins/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/23/canada-tariffs-trump-00663710
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p61#a251123p61

Sources: Infinite Reality, rebranded as Napster, told staff that $3B in funding from an unnamed investor is not coming, calling itself a "victim of misconduct" (Phoebe Liu, Iain Martin/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/202<…

Napster Said It Raised $3 Billion From A Mystery Investor. Now The ‘Investor’ And ‘Money’ Are Gone
Forbes raised questions about a massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm Napster supposedly raised in January. The money is never coming, the company said Thursday.

Three conservative Supreme Court justices join liberals to block Trump’s troop deployment to Chicago | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/supreme-court-justices-block-trump-troops-chicago-b2889819.html

Ukraine holds trilateral talks with US, Russia as Kremlin ties any deal to Donbas capitulation: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/ukraine-holds-trilateral-talks-with.html

It's time to end the filibuster (Scott Bessent/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/23/scott-bessent-treasury-senate-republicans-filibuster/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p59#a251123p59

Another red-state invertebrate just sold out his people to Trump - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/ohio-2674824385/

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/state-depart…

US bars five Europeans accused of censoring Americans
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not name them, identifying them only as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations. The five Europeans were later identified by Sarah Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, in a series of posts on social media. They include a former EU commissioner and the leaders…

Unannounced mobilization? Russia calls up reservists and may be secretly preparing them for war: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/unannounced-mobilization-russia-calls-up.html

Just Don't Call It Ice -- Good afternoon and welcome back to Final NOTUS. (Tim Grieve/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/final-notus-newsletter/just-dont-call-it-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p110#a260123p110

DHS calls on Walz to free imprisoned sex offender for deportation - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2026/01/23/dhs-calls-on-walz-to-free-imprisoned-sex-offender-for-deportation/

At least 6 killed, 45 injured in Russian attacks over past day as winter energy crisis racks Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/at-least-killed-injured-in.html

Sources: UBS plans to make cryptocurrency investing available for some private banking clients in Switzerland, starting with bitcoin and ether (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/ubs-plans-crypto-tr…

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/us-judge-rules-ice-raids-require-judicial-warrants-contradicting-secret-ice-memo/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p111#a260123p111

Mass attack that plunged Kyiv into darkness cost Russia over $130 million, Ukrainian intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/mass-attack-that-plunged-kyiv.html

Sources: Richard Socher's Recursive is in talks to raise hundreds of millions at a $4B pre-money valuation to build self-improving superintelligent AI (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/ai-startup…

General strike, rally, marches held in Minnesota Friday to protest ICE (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/general-strike-rally-planned-in-minnesota-friday-to-protest-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p108#a260123p108

EU plan envisages Ukraine's accession by 2027, up to $1.6 trillion in funding for Kyiv, Orban claims: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/eu-plan-envisages-ukraines-accession.html

Sources: China has told Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance that they can prepare orders for Nvidia's H200 chips, suggesting Beijing is close to approving imports (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/c…

Trump's ICE Operation In Minnesota Is Wreaking Havoc In Schools (Nathalie Baptiste/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wreaking-havoc-minnesota-schools_n_6973dd0be4b0bae0f7817757
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p106#a260123p106

Fewer than 20% of Kyiv's apartment buildings remain without heating amid winter crisis, mayor Klitschko says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/fewer-than-of-kyivs-apartment.html

Counterpoint: India smartphone shipments were flat YoY at ~153M; Apple shipped 14M iPhones, raising its share of shipments to a record 9%, up from 7% in 2024 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/appl

Apple iPhone just had its best year in India as the smartphone market stays broadly flat | TechCrunch
Apple shipped a record 14 million iPhones in India in 2025 and gained market share.

Bessent believes there won't be a recession in 2026 but says some sectors are challenged (Annie Nova/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/bessent-economy-no-recession-2026.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p65#a251123p65

Zelensky 'counting on' more US air defense missiles, security guarantees following meeting with Trump at Davos: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/zelensky-counting-on-more-us.html

ServiceNow agrees to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75B, set to close in H2 2026, pending approvals; Insight acquired Armis in a $1.1B deal in 2020 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-23/serv…

'Without a million Ukrainians, you won't manage" — Zelensky wants Ukraine to form core of envisioned European army: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/without-a-million-ukrainians-you.html

FBI's Patel, Homeland Security's Noem attend Las Vegas Grand Prix (Rory Carroll/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sports/formula1/fbis-patel-homeland-securitys-noem-attend-las-vegas-grand-prix-2025-11-23/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p58#a251123p58

Russian military court acknowledges Moskva cruiser was hit by Ukrainian missiles, says 20 killed as press release is removed: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/russian-military-court-acknowledges-moskva.html

UKRAINIAN DELEGATION IN ABU DHABI: Budanov, Umerov, Arakhamia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/ukrainian-delegation-in-abu-dhabi.html

❗️Zelenskyy: Too early to draw conclusions on negotiation content #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/zelenskyy-too-early-to-draw.html

SBU UAVs attacked the Taman Oil Port in the Krasnodar region in Russia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/sbu-uavs-attacked-the-taman.html

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