I believe NYT makes you login, even on a gift link. Here is a TLDR:

President Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike Russian and North Korean forces in Russia, a significant shift in U.S. policy. This decision comes in response to Russia’s introduction of North Korean troops into the conflict and their anticipated assault on Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region.

The move reflects growing concerns over Ukraine’s ability to withstand simultaneous assaults while defending territory. The authorization aims to bolster Ukraine’s defense, target high-value military assets, and deter North Korean involvement. However, it has sparked debate among U.S. officials over escalation risks, as Russia might retaliate against the U.S. or its allies.

President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to reduce U.S. support for Ukraine, is set to take office in two months, adding urgency to the decision. The Ukrainian strategy may include using captured Russian territory in Kursk as leverage in potential future negotiations. Meanwhile, the risk of Russian countermeasures remains a central concern for Biden’s administration and its allies.

My take: I’ve been waiting on this since the US election. It’s sound strategy of we believe Putin won’t want to escalate with NATO before Trump takes office.

How come we don’t call cruise missiles, “suicide rockets”?

Well, don’t set any data centers on fire.

You added a zero (to yesterday’s tally).

And is casualties, not deaths. Casualties includes wounded.

It’s too complicated to say “a surplus”.

They are probably going to come in talking about how great they are for the planet. Spreading the gospel and all that; the Stone Age doesn’t produce as many greenhouse gases as the industrial age, after all.

It’s Navy SEAL protection money.

This is the way.

Someone watched the Garfield movie and said, “This gives me an idea…”

No, but I bet it’s multiple of 6!

Ugh. I blame it on autocorrect and swipe.

were issued with fake ID cards of residents of the Yakutia and Buryatia, two regions in Siberia

Yes, absolutely Serbian. You can tell because of the way they are.

• Despite sanctions, Russia adapts by engaging with strategic partners like China to circumvent restrictions.

• China has replaced Western nations as a major supplier of goods to Russia, with trade between the two reaching $240 billion in 2023. In 2021, the total trade between the two countries was approximately $147 billion.

• Specific exports from China to Russia include CNC machines, semiconductors, microelectronics, ball bearings, nitrocellulose, drones, and construction equipment.

• The Sino-Russian relationship has deepened, with both nations criticizing the U.S. and increasing their cooperation.

Bottom line: China don’t care. But we knew this already.

Iranian cyber actors’ use of brute force and other techniques to compromise organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including the healthcare and public health (HPH), government, information technology, engineering, and energy sectors.

It seems they’ve abstracted the term “critical infrastructure” to refer to the organizations that perform critical functions within society, not necessarily the networks running nuclear power plants.

But also, commercial entities don’t exactly have access to NSA encryptors… so your alternative is to disconnect everything. And that’s not feasible.

Okay, which one is missing?

Lol, paypal now has an option to store your SSN and passport info. What a scam.

Account deleted.

https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/privacy/ -> Delete your data / close account

Current crowd source intel says 665K:

https://lemmy.world/post/20696449

I think the pentagon’s numbers give this tally significant strength.

For me, it’s the other way around.

Gigity gigity.

They don’t mean boomers, millennials, etc. When you consider games from Atari, to genesis, to 360, to what we have now with microtransactions and season passes after unloading $60+ for a premium game, there are clear “generational” divides.

I’m on lemmy, with you….