2025-12-18 18:48:05
30,000 Russian losses per month – US “platinum” guarantees and a new phase of the war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/russian-losses-per-month-us.html
30,000 Russian losses per month – US “platinum” guarantees and a new phase of the war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/russian-losses-per-month-us.html
NFL Week 16 picks: Expert looks at teams coming off shutout losses under proven betting system
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-wee
💥 Russian losses exceed the number of new recruits – Moscow resorts to extreme measures #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/russian-losses-exceed-the-number.html
Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress
Legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote was only the beginning
as the G.O.P. presses to sharply limit voting in line with Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud
MAGA rep Bryan Steil’s "Make Elections Great Again "bill would ban universal voting by mail
and prohibit the counting of ballots received after Election Day.
It would ban ranked-choice v…
1,700 losses per day! Russian infantry is being wiped out by drones, especially near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/losses-per-day-russian-infantry.html
Matthew Ball's State of Video Gaming 2026 report: global video game content sales grew 5.3% YoY to $195.6B in 2025; job losses fell 40% YoY to 9,200 people (Sophie McEvoy/GamesIndustry.biz)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/global-game-content-sales-rose-53-…
I've done several startups. We had to obey various restrictions about making sure that certain kinds of options and founders securities were available only to those who had $1million net worth.
This rule annoyed a lot of people, but it is there for a good reason: Doing startups is risky and the rules help protect people who don't have the resources to absorb a failure. (And some of our startups did fail.)
Same for some investments - there are a lot of scammy offers out t…
Three fave craft brewers of my thirsty youth are no more , multiple #WestCoast #IPA makers shut #microbrew operations and pubs due to economics & some related labor issues ...
The losses to palette include iconic Anchor Chri…
SoftBank Group Corp was among the Japanese tech stocks that fell on Dec. 18, as AI infrastructure spending worries on Wall Street crossed into the Asian markets (Lim Hui Jie/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/japan-tech-stocks-plun…
❗Russian assaults intensify, losses explode – US compares Putin to Hitler: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/russian-assaults-intensify-losses-explode.html
3 Discouraging Fantasy Takeaways from Raiders' Embarrassing Loss vs. Cowboys https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-3-discouraging-fantasy-takeaways-from-embarrassing-loss
Labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October, November;
Unemployment rate is up
The October loss of more than 100,000 jobs was particularly striking,
-- the sharpest losses since the covid pandemic-era recession.
But economists expected losses in October
-- because the data reflected tens of thousands of federal workers who deferred resignation and officially parted ways with the federal government in October.
Federal government payrolls fell by 162,000 j…
Microsoft disrupts RedVDS cybercrime platform behind $40 million in scam losses https://therecord.media/microsoft-redvds-cybercrime-scam
Memo: Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos lay out Netflix's WBD case, moving to quell concerns about job losses and the end of theater releases, after Paramount's bid (Rose Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
"“AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that’s masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests”. That darker reality is that the economy is already screwed."
(Original title: The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake)
https://pivot…
⚠️ $262 million stolen in account takeover fraud schemes this year, FBI says ahead of holiday season
https://therecord.media/millions-in-account-takeover-fbi-warns-ahead-of-holidays
Polar Bears are in Better Physical Shape than 25 Years Ago, Despite Sea Ice Losses https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/polar-bears-are-in-better-physical-shape-than-25-years-ago-despite-sea-ice-losses/
Cost of the offensive - CATASTROPHIC! Russia suffers critical losses near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/cost-of-the-offensive-catastrophic.html
At last a sensible note on the bond problem that underpins the tax rises in #Budget2025.
"Slowing quantitative tightening, having the Bank of England absorb its own losses on its balance sheet and reducing the amount of interest paid out on reserves all offer ways for the government to recoup these losses and invest in public services and infrastructure. "
Budget tax rises to…
Bengaluru-based C2i Semiconductors, building a "grid-to-GPU" power system for datacenters, raised a $15M Series A led by Peak XV, bringing total funding to $19M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/as-a
Jalen Hurts' slump: Can the Eagles' star QB turn it around after 3 straight losses? https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/jalen-hurts-slump-can-the-eagles-star-qb-turn-it-around-after-3-straight-losses
A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide #ocean
"‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis"
#Pesticides #Climate #ClimateChange
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/private-payroll-losses-accelerated-in-the-past-four-weeks-adp-reports-.html
Interviews with copywriters on generative AI's impact: job losses to AI, work used for training, falling wages and rates, freelancers losing clients, and more (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the
Ukraine war latest: Russian losses in Ukraine 'astonishing,' former MI6 chief says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/ukraine-war-latest-russian-losses.html
The facts in Ukraine are, Ukraine losses of territory are minimal, Russian losses are unsustainable. So all the talk of Ukraine “losing the war” is factually incorrect. At the same time Ukraine wants a ceasefire as soon as possible and even resume talks. But only if Russia stops attacking (my impression).
#ukraine
I have an idea. If we used people to do work, rather than paying for AI agents, then we wouldn’t need to pay for them to not work. Also, we wouldn’t have goodness knows how much electricity used on it.
#ai #ukpolitics
It only took 10 losses for the Raiders to give Jack Bech more looks https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/09/it-only-took-10-losses-for-the-raiders-to-give-jack-bech-more-looks/
Massive job losses attributed to Fat Putin's tariffs?
Read about this & other events in "DUH" Magazine.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g6zrpwmibpkb6nkfweuns3mr/post/3m7dt2mb7bk2p
Yet one more adverse impact of climate change:
"Greater warmth enables pests to develop faster, produce more generations each year and attack crops for longer as winters shorten. Rising temperatures are also helping pests invade places further from the equator and on higher ground that were previously too cold"
In hindsight, not surprising - but this is the first time I have seen this impact publicly discussed.
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses superchar…
Yet one more adverse impact of climate change:
"Greater warmth enables pests to develop faster, produce more generations each year and attack crops for longer as winters shorten. Rising temperatures are also helping pests invade places further from the equator and on higher ground that were previously too cold"
In hindsight, not surprising - but this is the first time I have seen this impact publicly discussed.
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses superchar…
Memo: Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos lay out Netflix's WBD case, moving to quell concerns about job losses and the end of theater releases, after Paramount's bid (Rose Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Yandex Maps blurs cemeteries to hide record Russian losses in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/16/yandex-maps-blurs-cemeteries-to.html
Denmark's electricity stats 2025 are in.
Total domestic supply (incl. grid losses) was 40.5 TWh, of which:
47.2% wind (onshore 24.3% offshore 22.9%)
11.1% solar PV
23.4% thermal power plants (central decentral industrial, incl. bio)
18.3% net imports from Sweden and Norway (mostly hydro)
from my link log —
The Wendelstein 7-X fusion stellarator proves its efficiency.
https://www.ipp.mpg.de/5125328/05_21
saved 2021-08-17 https://dota…
Ukraine denies Russian claims of captured territory, citing heavy Russian losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/ukraine-denies-russian-claims-of.html
Every business venture in history ever, even those with the most devastatingly high losses, was still more profitable than Open AI
SoftBank Group reports Q3 net profit of $1.6B after its Vision Fund posted a $2.4B gain, as a jump in the value of its OpenAI investment helped offset losses (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/softbank-vision-fund-openai.html
“And the cost of credit default swaps, which protect bond investors from losses, has surged in recent months on some A.I. companies’ debt.”
Cool cool So like a dot-com boom-bust with mortgage crisis characteristics?
https://www.
Why are 6-7 Chiefs still betting favorites over 9-4 Chargers? An oddsmaker explains https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6882871/2025/12/12/chiefs-betting-favorites-chargers-oddsmakers/
Russia's losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever as US pushes for peace deal (Olga Ivshina/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62n922dnw7o
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p27#a251230p27
Block Communications announces that The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease publication May 3; the closure will not affect its sister newspaper, The Toledo Blade (Mark Walker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/business/media/pittsburgh-po…
33-38 thousand Russian servicemen – these are Russia's MONTHLY losses #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/15/thousand-russian-servicemen-these-are.html
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Nietzsxhe/115600337055717985
My disgust knows no boundaries ... this stock market website has used the expression "fear of peace" - regarding losses for German weapons dealers should the Russia-Ukraine war end ... prematurely? - already for the second time: https://www.boerse-express.com/news/articles/hensoldt-aktie-friedensangst-nur-ein-strohfeuer-788203 and https://www.boerse-express.com/news/articles/rheinmetall-aktie-friedensangst-schockt-anleger-842841
Russia’s Losses in Ukraine Are Reshaping the Middle East: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/05/russias-losses-in-ukraine-are.html
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Lions Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-lions-storylines
Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.DS. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.DS/new
[1/1]:
- Graph-Based Nearest-Neighbor Search without the Spread
Jeff Giliberti, Sariel Har-Peled, Jonas Sauer, Ali Vakilian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06633 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCG_bot/116039510003959758
- Tensor Hinted Mv Conjectures
Zhao Song
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07242 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCC_bot/116045166832661818
- Compact Conformal Subgraphs
Sreenivas Gollapudi, Kostas Kollias, Kamesh Munagala, Aravindan Vijayaraghavan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07530 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/116046310688959095
- The Parameterized Complexity of Independent Set and More when Excluding a Half-Graph, Co-Matching...
Jan Dreier, Nikolas M\"ahlmann, Sebastian Siebertz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07606 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCC_bot/116045172877973476
- A Two-Layer Framework for Joint Online Configuration Selection and Admission Control
Owen Shen, Haoran Xu, Yinyu Ye, Peter Glynn, Patrick Jaillet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07663 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mathOC_bot/116046008531918566
- Efficient Adaptive Data Analysis over Dense Distributions
Joon Suk Huh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07732 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/116046380158677039
- Wheeler Bisimulations
Nicola Cotumaccio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07964 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csFL_bot/116045203254419984
- Trellis codes with a good distance profile constructed from expander graphs
Yubin Zhu, Zitan Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08718 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csIT_bot/116046151403913561
- Near-optimal Swap Regret Minimization for Convex Losses
Lunjia Hu, Jon Schneider, Yifan Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08862 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/116046574152052711
- Distortion of Metric Voting with Bounded Randomness
Ziyi Cai, D. D. Gao, Prasanna Ramakrishnan, Kangning Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08871 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGT_bot/116045826992016756
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As Russian losses in Ukraine mount, the Kremlin strains to avoid full mobilization: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/05/as-russian-losses-in-ukraine.html
Russia: Oh, no, we're in demographic decline! We should do something about it
Also #Russia : OK, let's go die by the hundreds of thousands because our dictator has a tiny dick.
https://en.zona.media/a…
Manufacturing:
Trump official admits 7 straight months of job losses in key sector - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-manufacturing-jobs/
Replaced article(s) found for physics.atom-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.atom-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Perturbation-assisted Observation of the Lowest Vibrational Level of the $\mathrm{b}^{3}\Pi_{0}$ ...
Yang, Nie, Yu, Liu, Avalos, He, Klos, Kotochigova, Dieckmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17166 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsatomph_bot/115411364513995859
- Direct Measurement of the $5s5p\,{}^1P_1 \to 5s4d\,{}^1D_2$ Decay Rate in Strontium
Naohiro Okamoto, Takatoshi Aoki, Yoshio Torii
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22184 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsatomph_bot/115450966319591523
- Turbulence and far-from-equilibrium equation of state of Bogoliubov waves in Bose-Einstein Conden...
Ying Zhu, Giorgio Krstulovic, Sergey Nazarenko
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15163 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_condmatquantgas_bot/113038670682163852
- Observation of quantum free fall and the consistency with the equivalence principle
Or Dobkowski, et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14535 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/114040790353608831
- Microwave-field quantum metrology with inherent robustness against detection losses enabled by Ry...
Kurzyna, Niewelt, Mazelanik, Wasilewski, Demkowicz-Dobrza\'nski, Parniak
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01506 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/114459737137154531
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Lionsgate reports a Q3 net loss of $46.2M, vs. a $21.9M loss a year earlier, $724.3M in revenue, vs. $705.9M est., motion picture revenue up 35% YoY to $421.2M (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Opinion | The Health Care Debate We Really Need - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html ""...decades’ worth of research shows that, even though employers pay most of workers’ premiums, t…
Ukraine reports record Russian losses in January, including 1,099 artillery systems: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/03/ukraine-reports-record-russian-losses.html
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings: Jaguars jump into AFC spotlight while preseason Super Bowl contenders crumble
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-15-power-ran…
33,000 LOSSES IN DECEMBER! Russia pays a terrible price for the war #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/05/losses-in-december-russia-pays.html
Michael Burry, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, and Dwarkesh Patel on the future of AI, whether AI tools improve productivity, job losses due to AI, and more (The Substack Post)
https://post.substack.com/p/the-ai-revolution-is-here-will-the
Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/27/cyclones-floods-and-wildfires-among-2025s-costliest-climate-related-disasters
<…
"This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange
25,000 losses per month! Ukrainian servicemen repel occupiers' assaults near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/03/losses-per-month-ukrainian-servicemen.html
Gold and silver retreated from record highs
and the dollar strengthened
on reports that Trump may appoint a more hawkish-than-expected Federal Reserve chair.
Trump said on Thursday that he intended to announce his pick to replace Jerome Powell on Friday,
with growing speculation that the role will go to the former Fed governor #Kevin
hmm https://youtu.be/QDoasQC2IJM my unanswered question is why the submerged part of the tower rotates in the water: wouldn’t that have bad losses from viscosity? my guess would be that it’s better to enclose the rotating shaft, that friction in bearings would be lower… tho maybe they need less steel if they don’…
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Lions Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-lions-storylines
MEAT GRINDER: Russian losses surge in war against Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/30/meat-grinder-russian-losses-surge.html
Watch the moment Ukrainian drones tear into Russia’s airfields, destroying 15 aircraft and causing $1bn in losses | LBC
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/ukraine-drone-attack-russia-5HjdRYg_2/
What's next for Rams after NFC Championship defeat? Matthew Stafford decision, potential staff losses loom
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/whats-next-for-ra…
Strike on Volgograd hits Russia’s rear; 1.3M losses, NATO signals collapse: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/strike-on-volgograd-hits-russias.html
Why Every Sunday Feels Like Groundhog Day for the Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-every-sunday-feels-like-groundhog-day
Russia has suffered 'more losses than any major power' since World War II, report says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/russia-has-suffered-more-losses.html
50,000 losses monthly – Fedorov’s algorithms drain Russia’s forces: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/30/losses-monthly-fedorovs-algorithms-drain.html
“I love A.I.”
For Donald Trump, there is no risk, only reward, posed by the dawning and disruptive new age of computing.
Over the past year, the president and his top aides have fully embraced A.I.,
and showered its leading corporate backers with money and regulatory support,
as the administration looks to supercharge one of the primary areas of growth in an otherwise precarious U.S. economy.
That optimism was on display on Tuesday, after the federal government …
Bears back their way into No. 2 seed, but are playing like a playoff 1-and-done https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6940977/2026/01/04/bears-lions-nfl-playoffs-no-2-seed/
Verizon offers $10.99 credits to Fios subscribers in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Providence, RI, to cover the loss of Fox and NBC affiliates amid a dispute with Cox (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/23/verizon-refund-customers-boston-pittsburgh<…
Car sharing service Zipcar UK plans to shut down after London extended its Congestion Charge to EVs; Zipcar had losses of £11.7M in 2024 vs. £364,000 in 2023 (Simon Hunt/City A.M.)
https://www.cityam.com/zipcar-uk-to-shut-operations-ahead-of-new-…
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Chiefs Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-chiefs-storylines
Syrskyi touts second phase of corps reform, citing rising Russian losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/syrskyi-touts-second-phase-of.html
Filing: Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon reports a $316M net profit in 2025, its first profitable year; rivals Moore Threads and MetaX narrowed their losses (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-t…
Russia’s December toll in Ukraine was about twice Soviet Afghan war losses, former MI6 chief says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/russias-december-toll-in-ukraine.html
A brain for radio: Raiders host can’t comprehend “meaningless” wins https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/05/a-brain-for-radio-raiders-host-cant-comprehend-meaningless-wins/
Analysis: New Data Suggests Russia Is Sustaining Mi-8 Output Despite Wartime Losses: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/analysis-new-data-suggests-russia.html
Super Bowl odds: Week 13 carnage reshuffles top teams, but Rams stay on top https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6855710/2025/12/02/super-bowl-odds-week-14/
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Chiefs Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-chiefs-storylines
AFU DESTROYS RUSSIAN POL DEPOT! 20 fuel tanks eliminated — Kremlin hides LOSSES!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/afu-destroys-russian-pol-depot.html
Meta reports Reality Labs Q4 revenue of $955M vs. $940.8M est. and a $6.02B operating loss vs. $5.67B est.; Reality Labs now has $75B in losses since late 2020 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/metas-reality-labs-pos…
A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing (Calder McHugh/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/28/ai-j…
Morgan Stanley: UK companies reported that AI led to 8% net job losses over the past 12 months, above Japan's 7%, Germany's 4%, Australia's 2%; the US added 2% (Irina Anghel/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
War of attrition: Russian troops advance, but with heavy losses | Wrap-Up Analytics: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/07/war-of-attrition-russian-troops.html
Biggest Bills concern? Will Steelers or Ravens win AFC North? Week 17 expert takeaways https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6923411/2025/12/28/nfl-takeaways-week-17-scores-results/
2026 NFL Draft order after Week 16: Giants, Raiders losses set up a potential No. 1 pick showdown
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-draft-order-updated-top-picks-team-nee…
Bolts' Herbert: Haven't forgotten '24 playoff flop https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47402472/chargers-herbert-admits-24-playoff-flop-stayed-him
Ukraine stalls Russian push near Hulyaipole amid heavy losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/02/ukraine-stalls-russian-push-near.html
🔥 Russian aviation's CRASH: Su-30 & Su-34 DOWN in ONE DAY! Putin's "TRUCE" and FRONTLINE losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/03/russian-aviations-crash-su-ampamp.html
Was Sean McDermott really Buffalo's problem? There's plenty of blame to go around for its playoff woes https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47660090/2026-nfl-offseason-buffalo-bills-fire-sean-mcdermott-coach-al…
💥AFU destroy air defense near Kachi; 1.23M Russian losses, 105 battles in 24 hours: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/afu-destroy-air-defense-near.html
Russia rejects peace – gets KARMA: "friendly fire" missiles & record troop losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/russia-rejects-peace-gets-karma.html
❗️220 occupiers dead in one day – record losses for Russia in Kupyansk #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/occupiers-dead-in-one-day.html