The 8 MLRS, 84 artillery systems and 2 AA systems is a massive blow.

Looks like Ukraine punched a hole in the AA defense and wrecked havoc on them.

Don’t stand too close to that tree. Especially not when the wind is blowing. Its a sign that the root system is mostly dead.

Same issue on the my Pixel 8. Maximum size is around a 6pt font. Drop the setting to 100% and it’s a 4pt font.

On my OnePlus 13R, different comments are different sizes. Some are regular size font, others are 1/2 the size.

That was the theory and how it works in a petri dish, however that’s not how it works in the body.

Antibiotic treatment doesn’t have to kill all of the bacteria. It needs to kill enough so the immune system can catch up and finish the job.

There been evidence for more than 50 years that overly long antibiotic treatments cause resistance to build up faster. That’s why they have limits on the first place.

So there’s a balance between too few days, and to many.

Nope, that’s not what it means at all

Genetically linked behaviors follow distribution curves. There is always variation in every population for any behavior. When a behavior is highly selected for, alternative behaviors become more rare…but they still happen.

A good example of this is homosexuality, evolutionarily speaking this behavior is highly selected against (reduced babies). It still occurs in all sorts of species.

What this means is that around 2/3rds of humans are strictly monogamous. Around 1/3rd of humans are promiscuous or partially promiscuous. These are instinctual behaviors that can be overcome somewhat by cultural norms. On an individual basis, for every 3 people you meet, one instinctually finds sleeping around to be their “normal” behavior.

The actual plant in the picture is poison oak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_diversilobum

Its not really a signal for good or bad for the economy, it’s a signal for what the central bank is trying to do. You have to look at the situation to know if it’s good or bad.

Raising the interest rate is an attempt to decrease inflation by slowing down borrowing. Debt loads of companies/government entities increase due to the higher interest rate.

Lowering the interest rate increases the inflation rate buy allowing more borrowing. Debt loads decrease as the inflation rate devalues debts.

The Russian economy is under severe strain with oil revenue decreasing rapidly and debts loads piling up. Inflation pressure has been extremely high for years. The central bank is trying to decrease debt by allowing inflation rate to take off again. Lowering the interest rate while inflation pressure is very high is a desperate move to try to stabilize the economy in free fall.

I am pretty sure they successfully took the AA systems offline on the first strike.

My wife has a couple graduate degrees on this subject. This is one that I got to be the unwilling editor on her papers for.

Its a lack of understanding how students need to learn the information: memorization by usage versus memorization by rote.

Memorization by rote: This is the old school method of teaching. You memorize random facts figures with no context or usage. Its a bit of standalone information that is often not useful. Memorization by rote leads to kids that can say all of the letters but not recognize the symbols or associated them with sounds and words.

Memorization by usage: This is a much more effective method to teach. Its also much harder. This requires teaching the concepts and systems and linking the information together. You memorize the same information by repeated usage but it’s in context. It takes a ton more skill to teach this way because you have to engage the student through the entire process, repeatedly.

https://doi.org/10.4161/21645698.2014.945883

Here’s a paper discussing the issue.

Corn to teosintes GMO contamination is also huge issue especially in southern states.

20+ years after a failed introduction of GMO RR wheat, they are still finding it in fields.

https://www.producer.com/news/cause-of-gm-wheat-escape-unlikely-to-be-known/

https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/usda-investigates-unapproved-gmo-wheat-found-in-washington-state-idUSKCN1T900N/

My guess: Waterproof outdoor fiber cable, several km’s long connected to a relay out at sea. The sub unspools the cable as it moves in.

This way it avoids all jamming or detection from observers.

A form of sexual dimorphism. Honestly compared to real examples like the angler fish it’s not even that weird.

The so called terminator gene was developed in and to attempt to limit the spread of GMO genes into the wild populations. It was a USDA-ARS program. Not their best work but it would have prevented today’s clusterfuck of contamination.

Russia had a lot of oil infrastructure. Some equipment can take months or even years to manufacture. Its routine to keep lots of spare parts around if possible for critical or routine repairs. Down-time on the plant = losing lots of money.

So the initial strikes were an inconvenience and caused a short pause in production. Russia rapidly repaired the damage infrastructure with spare parts.

Then Ukraine keeps hitting the fully operational facilities. Russia utilizes more spare parts and they start to run out. This delays the recovery times as reconstruction waits on parts to be manufactured. This also delays normal maintenance, leading to more breakdowns across the entire system.

Currently it’s reported that production across the entire system is down. If Ukraine keeps hitting a fully functional facilities regularly, the production will remain suppressed for years.

https://www.overtdefense.com/2025/09/03/bae-systems-awarded-1-743-billion-contract-for-55000-apkws-ii-guided-rockets/

Looks like a MT-LB has a max of 16mm of armor.

At point blank range the .50 has enough power to punch right through the armor but it depends on what type of bullets it was loaded with and the angle they hit the armor.

I doubt the ones dead on to the front did much. The MT-LB has a sloped front which likely deflected most of them.

The last bit of the video where they hit it in the flat rear area. That likely fucked them all up. That’s usually the thinnest armor and the lack of slope means no deflection.

Molecular biologist: repeatedly spike their samples and reagents to cause random failures. Eventually lack of sleep from running it “just one more time” will kill them.

I was 20 years old absolutely broke, living in a rundown flat in Longsight, Manchester during the gang wars, when my funding for university got fucked up.

He saw me sitting at the bus stop outside his shop looking at few pence I had left in my hand while looking at the food. I had only eaten 1 meal that week and had shed 20lbs that month (I was slightly underweight to start with). Before then I had been there 3-4 times per week.

He came over gave me my normal order only twice the size and said to come back the next day for more. He kept me going for 2 months until I could get some financing straightened out.

They hit 2 radars. The most expensive part of the system. Makes the rest of the launchers in the system unusable until the radars are repaired or replaced.

Eastern Skunk Cabbage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplocarpus_foetidus

The western skunk cabbage is yellow and quite pretty, from a distance.