Today, several Russian news outlets published a story of Russia’s victory in Ukraine. https://twitter.com/Tom_deWaal/status/1498310064117059585 There have been a number of signs that Russia is working on a timetable, perhaps since.
A quick update on the situation around Chernobyl. The Russians have taken the reactor site. It contains the ruined reactor that exploded in 1986 and fuel storage ponds for fuel.
Russia has shelled a kindergarten in Donbas. https://twitter.com/markmackinnon/status/1494352027350147076 A certain amount of shelling is not unusual in Donbas, but given current tensions, this is ominous. In 2008, Russian shelling provoked.
Last week, AP diplomatic reporter Matt Lee badgered State Department spokesman Ned Price about sources for intelligence information. I’m seeing others make similar points to Matt’s on Twitter and in.
President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan appeared at today’s press briefing with Jen Psaki. Just before the briefing, a PBS reporter claimed multiple sources had told him that.
And one more I first gave E. O. Wilson some extended thought when his book Consilience came out in 1999. When I was younger, I was intrigued by grand syntheses,.
This issue keeps coming up, now in the New York Times. https://twitter.com/CherylRofer/status/1484980627850121226 “If only Ukraine hadn’t give up its nuclear arsenal, Russia wouldn’t be able to bully it.” No. There’s.
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1489707518792241160 At a Federalist Society meeting, no less!
