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Russia says U.S. is responsible for deadly Ukrainian attack on Crimea ( www.reuters.com )

MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday that the United States was responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula with five U.S.-supplied missiles that killed at least five people including three children and injured 124 more....

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The Russian response is purely for their internal consumption.

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When a driver enters their automated station, the station will connect directly to the vehicle, drive and park it at the platform, have the depleted battery be dropped out from the bottom of the vehicle and replaced it with a fully charged battery while charging the user’s account — all within three minutes. The driver doesn’t even need to control or step out of the car.

It's a good example of what you can do when you have, essentially, a captive market.

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While western companies often focus primarily on technological innovations, Chinese EV firms including Nio keep consumers’ needs at the central of their strategy to create a competitive edge among fierce domestic competitions.

Wow! Look what happens when one company doesn't own an almost monopoly.

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I noticed during COVID, I had almost no problems with hay fever. I wouldn't mind going back to wearing one full time.

Apps that encourage/gamify walking?

Recently got Walk Scape which is a rune scape inspired game, but you do things by walking and just reads from the google analytics on your walking distance, so no gps and doesn't care where you go, just that you walk. So like to mine something, you take 10 steps, and so on. Also really nice that if you complete your current...

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What about treadmill-based walking? It's too freaking hot out during the summer.

Putin has ‘both eyes’ on Gotland, warns Sweden’s army chief ( www.politico.eu )

After being demilitarized in 2005, Sweden re-introduced permanent troops to Gotland in 2016, following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Sweden also became NATO’s newest member in March — meaning it is covered by the alliance's Article 5 guarantee that all other members come to each other's...

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Here's his justification, so he doesn't have to make one up out of thin air:

On 22 April 1808, during the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia, a Russian army landed on the southeastern shores of Gotland near Grötlingbo. Under command of Nikolai Andreevich Bodisko 1,800 Russians took the city of Visby without any combat or engagement, and occupied the island. A Swedish naval force rescue expedition was sent from Karlskrona under the command of admiral Rudolf Cederström with 2,000 men; the island was liberated and the Russians capitulated. Russian forces left the island on 18 May 1808.

So, you see, it was Russian territory for almost a month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland#Early_modern_period

Its position in the middle of the Baltic Sea and more or less off the coast of Kaliningrad would make it an excellent military outpost from which to control shipping and spy on their neighbors.

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Isn't that a conflict of interest? They're seizing assets from the only bank that will lend money to their highest-ranking employee.

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I was just rewatching Midsomer Murders and there's a Russian Blue cat - KillMouski.

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How careless do you have to be to just have ammo lying around, unknown to you? Here's a thought, T&C says they'll release them if they lose their right to own a gun in the US?

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You give your top talent what they want. The problem is that they hired a consultant to find out what that was. The consultant, knowing on which side his bread was buttered, told the board what they wanted to hear, which is, after all, why they hired a consultant instead of just asking.

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Somehow, I find it interesting he lives in Caesarea. The site of the martyrdom of Palestinian Jews. I wonder how Bibi spells irony.

During the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135 ce, the Romans tortured and killed the 10 greatest leaders and sages of Palestinian Jewry, including Rabbi Akiba. Caesarea was almost certainly the place of execution of Rabbi Akiba and the others according to tradition (c. 135 ce). The death of these Ten Martyrs is still commemorated in the liturgy for Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

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https://www.snopes.com/articles/466491/ages-founding-fathers-july-4-1776/

The signers of the Declaration of Independence. Lots of young 'uns in there.

Adams, John MA 40

Adams, Samuel 53

Bartlett, Josiah 46

Braxton, Carter 39

Carroll, Charles 38

Chase, Samuel 35

Clark, Abraham 50

Clymer, George 37

Ellery, William 48

Floyd, William 41

Franklin, Benjamin 70

Gerry, Elbridge 32

Gwinnett, Button 41

Hall, Lyman 52

Hancock, John 40

Harrison, Benjamin 50

Hart, John 65

Hewes, Joseph 46

Heyward Jr., Thomas 30

Hooper, William 34

Hopkins, Stephen 69

Hopkinson, Francis 38

Huntington, Samuel 45

Jefferson, Thomas 33

Lee, Francis Lightfoot 41

Lee, Richard Henry 44

Lewis, Francis 63

Livingston, Philip 60

Lynch Jr., Thomas 26

McKean, Thomas 42

Middleton, Arthur 34

Morris, Lewis 50

Morris, Robert 42

Morton, John 52

Nelson Jr., Thomas 37

Paca, William 35

Paine, Robert Treat 45

Penn, John 36

Read, George 42

Rodney, Caesar. 47

Ross, George 46

Rush, Benjamin 30

Rutledge, Edward 26

Sherman, Roger 55

Smith, James 57

Stockton, Richard 45

Stone, Thomas MD 33

Taylor, George PA 60

Thornton, Matthew 62

Walton, George 35

Whipple, William 46

Williams, William 45

Wilson, James 33

Witherspoon, John 53

Wolcott, Oliver 49

Wythe, George VA 50

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Let's see.
Email - Iceland
Web host - Iceland
VPN - Sweden
Backup - Norway

Did I miss anything?

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There was a discussion a couple of years ago around gasoline taxes and how they are supposed to pay for roadway maintenance. The question came up about EVs. There were discussions about how to include EVs in the taxation system so they would pay for their fair share of the road. One of the options was to impose a tax attached to your vehicle registration based upon the weight of the vehicle. The greater the weight, the more wear and tear it produces on the road surface. This might be one solution to the barrier problem, namely moving the extra cost to the reason for the extra cost.

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