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After discussing the possibility for several months, European nations are finally forming a unified barrier of insurance checks and enforcement around areas where Russia's shadow fleet operate... a very important development, as it either will deprive them from the ability to keep evading sanctions, or significantly increase the costs and risks of doing so.
Big ramifications. This could have a major impact on Russia's recent long term oil delivery deal with India, i.e.

Twelve European countries to jointly counter Russia's shadow fleet exporting oil
Twelve European countries have agreed to jointly counter the shadow fleet used by Russia to export oil, bypassing the G7-imposed price cap. Ships will now be checked for valid insurance documents.

Music at night at the Central Post Office. #Algiers #Algeria #DZ

"create-svelte" et "svelte-add" sont remplacées par "sv" : "The Svelte CLI"
#TIL https://github.com/sveltejs/cli

Today I learned the English word "access" has been a noun for centuries, but seems to have only become commonly used as a verb in the mid-20th century with the advent of computers.
#Access #Accessibility #English

Three online tools to discover the world in a playful way. Thanks to the helpful access to @… that is useful in everyday life, these entertaining online games and history archives could be created.
📍 MapRoulette
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The head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov, is urging the widespread adoption of food ration cards for the poor, who are judged not to have pensions large enough to support themselves, due to inflation.
As has been the norm lately, the central government wants to push the cost of ration cards on to both shopkeepers and local governments, as much as is possible.

В Калининградской области введут продуктовые карты
Губернатор Калининградской области Алексей Беспрозванных во время прямой линии объявил о повторном введении в регионе продуктовых социальных карт, на которые люди могут купить продукты, с 2025 года.

One obvious reason this could be the case, despite the stimulus impact of the war, is that a lot of dotcoms / tech companies are highly sensitive to the stock market, VC funding, etc.
IOW, revenue from the stock market & VC funding suddenly disappeared, leaving them at the mercy of high rate loans, due to the historically high Russian central bank key rate.
And so, huge swathes of high tech are at risk of debt spirals and ever-increasing rates on loans.

[ July 30, 2025] CFP for publication or other deadline: null https://philevents.org/event/show/9587

Springer SAPERE - Book Series - Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
STUDIES IN APPLIED PHILOSOPHY, EPISTEMOLOGY AND RATIONAL ETHICS (SAPERE) Editor-in-Chief Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Philosophy and Computational Philosophy Lab, University of Pavia, Pavia, ITALY Editorial Board Atocha Aliseda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), MEXICO Giuseppe Longo, Centre Cavaillès, CNRS - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FRANCE Chris Sinha, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA John Woods, Unive…