2023-09-02

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On Avi Loeb's Spherules
The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge

If ever there was an argument to engage a functional topic expert early, this project is it! I could have saved two monthsNote of research if I had talked to Janel first. I reviewed the keywords in the article to understand why it didn't come up earlier; much of the wording is ambiguous ("super-highway") or falls victim to the keyword problems we discussed before.Note The best search terms were not road names, they were people's names.
- HN comments
‘Conserve food and water’: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm
- Burning Man festival-goers trapped in desert as rain turns site to mud

Parallels to american media after Jan6 are striking: Russia’s African Coup Strategy

Today we are sharing a report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) on Russian influence operations in Africa, principally focused on the Niger coup. We believe it is vital there is wider understanding of the ways in which the internet is being used to stoke political instability around the world.
Russia puts nuclear-capable ‘superweapon’ Satan II missiles on combat duty
- Russia deploys ICBM that Putin says will make enemies 'think twice'
Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’