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Ukraine update: Definition of a "gray zone" is very different in today's military. Unsurprisingly, Russia uses ignorance as a tool in it's blundering genocide of Ukraine.
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The Ongoing Ukrainian Offensive Explained from the Field
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Condoning everyday fascism for those less fortunate is how you eventually get fascism for all. And this isn’t just about the US. This is a warning for Europe and beyond. Here in Europe, most of our governments have been merrily supporting the US and Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza (and the ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, and apartheid) as well as previous imperialist invasions of far off lands for oil, happily sharing in the spoils of the suffering. (Not a surprise, really. After al…

Q&A with David Liu, CEO of PlusAI, which is slated to go public next month, on the ongoing commercial trial of its autonomous truck driving software, and more (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/plusai-ceo-david-liu-on-…

PlusAI CEO David Liu, on the precipice of going public, talks autonomous trucking
With his company set to hit the public markets in February, Liu envisions a future where most vehicles, commercial or not, are driving themselves.

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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles:
🎵 The Tracks Of My Tears
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De opmerking van Rutte geldt alleen voor de korte/middellange termijn, op langere termijn is het onzin. Hij ondergraaft hiermee de terechte inspanningen die worden gedaan om Europa snel onafhankelijker te maken, economisch en militair. Heel kwalijk.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu…

Europe can’t defend itself without the US, NATO’s Rutte warns
The EU should stop dreaming of creating a European pillar for NATO and continue to build ties with the U.S. despite Trump, the alliance secretary-general said.

Donald Trump declared victory in his war on Iran on Tuesday
-- amid reports that the US is in the process of deploying about 1,000 more soldiers to the region
-- as Trump claims “very good” talks with Iran are ongoing. Iranian officials continue to deny that.
Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday,
while Israeli and US warplanes continued to carry out strikes across Tehran and on other targets in the Islamic Republic.
Isr…

US digital rights group Holistic Resilience launched Mahsa Alert to provide Iranians with offline mapping and strike notifications, hitting 100K DAUs in days (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/iranians-dont-have-a-missile-aler…

Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
The crowdsourced website and app Mahsa Alert provides citizens in Iran with crucial information amid the country’s ongoing war with the US and Israel—and an internet blackout.

Iran has scoffed at reports that the US has put forward a ceasefire deal to bring an end to the conflict in the Middle East,
insisting Americans were only negotiating with themselves.
It follows reports that the Trump administrationsent a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran through Pakistan.

Donald Trump has maintained that talks to end the war are ongoing, claiming yesterday that Iran wanted a deal “so badly”.
Iran, however, had already dismissed the claim as “f…

Viture, which ranked top in XR glasses shipments in the US in Q3 2025, per IDC, raised $100M, bringing its funding in the past six months to $200M (Charlie Fink/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2

Viture Closes Second $100 Million Round As Display Glasses Category Finds Its Footing
Viture raises $100 million led by Legend Capital, topping $200 million in six months, as IDC ranks it No. 1 in U.S. XR glasses shipments amid ongoing Xreal patent litigation