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Writings on politics, economics, technology, and science. For Greg Goebel's online resources, see: gvgoebel.netlify.app

DAYLOG 04 AUG 26 / FIRE POINT STRIKES: THE WAR ZONE published an interview with Iryna Terekh, boss of the Ukrainian Fire Point arms manufacturer ("Ukraine’s Fire Point CEO On How It’s Making Missiles And Drones" by Howard Altman, 03 aug 26). [1/more]

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DAYLOG 03 AUG 26 / CLEANING UP AFTER ORBAN: As discussed in an article from EURONEWS ("Built to last, gone in months" by Sandor Zsiros, 03 aug 26), in April the Fidesz Party of Hungary, led by Viktor Orban, was defeated at the polls, ending Orban's long reign as prime minister. [1/more]

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DAYLOG 03 AUG 26 / DON'T PANIC: Trump is getting ever more frantic as midterms approach, making a lot of people nervous. The Brennan Center -- a liberal legal advocacy organization -- recently issued an article suggesting people keep their fears on a leash. [1/more]

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Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

DAYLOG FRI 31 JUL 26 / THE MARCHING MORONS: I got to chatting with Google Gemini about about alternate terms for "troll farms". I ended up settling for "troll factory", but one suggestion threw me off on a tangent: "troll syndicate". [1/more]

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DAYLOG THU 30 JUL 26 / PROJECT 2029: As discussed in an article from NPR ("Meet Project 2029 -- and its war on the annoyance economy", by Greg Rosalsky, 07 jul 26), the Trump Regime was launched last year with a governing blueprint, "Project 2025" ... [1/more]

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DAYLOG WED 29 JUL 26 / ELECTRIFIED TRAILERS: As discussed in an article from IEEE SPECTRUM ("Inside the Race to Electrify Semitrailers for Long-Haul Freight" by Willie D. Jones, 08 jul 26), electrifying big highway diesel hauler rigs is an uphill slog. [1/more]

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DAYLOG TUE 28 JUL 26 / WILDBERRIES BURNS: Over the last few weeks, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems force has been conducting a series of strikes on fulfillment centers of the "Wildberries" online retailer, Russia's answer to Amazon. [1/more]

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DAYLOG MON 27 JUL 26 / CLUELESS: Law blogger Jay Kuo, writing on Substack ("Evasion Ain't Persuasion", 22 jul 26), zeroed in on the absolute inability of Trump's stooges to give a straight answer to a question. According to Kuo: [1/more]

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DAYLOG FRI 24 JUL 24 / INDIE WEB: I mentioned back in May that, after bailing from my website provider, Network Solutions, I then ported my websites to Nekoweb -- which is one of the main foundations of the emergent "independent web", the "Indie Web". [1/more]