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OPINION — Five weeks into the US-Israeli war against Iran, the immediate military picture — decapitation strikes, missile exchanges, and the grinding attrition of Iranian launch capacity — dominates headlines. But the more consequential story is playing out in the war’s cascading second- and third-order effects: the economic shock reverberatingContinue Reading

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SGU Episode #1034: Interview with Melanie Trecek-KingNews Items: Internet Fakes and Violence, Lab Grown Teeth, RFK On Autism, AI Designed InstrumentsWho’s That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Big Bang MiracleScience or Fiction Listen Here The post Thinking Is Power on the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe Podcast appeared first on ThinkingContinue Reading

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US ‘third-country’ deportees deal sparks backlash in DRC, NewsFeed The Democratic Republic of Congo is expecting to receive ‘third-country’ deportees after a deal with the US. Some people are unhappy with the deal, arguing that conflict and insecurity make life difficult enough without the added consequences of more arrivals. PublishedContinue Reading

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Russia has embedded deliberate civilian targeting into its air interdiction template in southern Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War assessed on 7 April. Two first-person view (FPV) drone strikes on civilian buses in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that day killed at least four and injured at least 24. ISW called the campaignContinue Reading