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Russian strikes devastated #Ukraine’s power grids this weekend, blocking access to heating in winter conditions for millions. Econ4UA has supported Ukrainians through winters since 2022. Our aid is now more needed than ever. Help us send supplies: ai4good.org/economists-f...

Russian strike on a church in Dnipropetrovsk region. Its dome caught fire. Thankfully, no one was injured. Russia has destroyed or damaged hundreds of churches in Ukraine while claiming it "protects" the Orthodox faith.

In a targeted overnight strike, Russian drones hit a symbol of Ukraine's green energy future. The "Clear Energy" combined heat and power plant, built in 2016, was the nation's first major biomass facility.

"U.S. to supply cotton to Uzbekistan" 🫢 Luxon should learn from President Mirziyoyev and broker a deal to buy milk and lamb from the US kun.uz/en/news/2025...

You too, Adobe Acrobat?

One nice thing about being able to give this talk was that I was able to say a little bit—in the context of “data science” and also the use of LLMs in research—about the philosophical ideas of the late Katherine Hawley on trust and commitment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...

❗️During the night, the 🇺🇦Ukrainian military shot down 415/503 🇷🇺Russian air targets Shot down/launched: ▪️406/458 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera type (drones of other types) ▪️?/25 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles ▪️?/10 Iskander-K cruise missiles ▪️?/7 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles

❗️Approximate route of 🇷🇺Russian drones and missiles tonight during attack on 🇺🇦Ukraine

Meanwhile, another russian UAV hit 9-storey residential building in Dnipro, destroying apartments from 4th to 6th storeys

"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states" www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

A warehouse with many “Shaheds” and UAV launch sites exploded in Donetsk last night, reported commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi. He said it was the result of a months-long intelligence operation successfully executed overnight.

This is your periodic reminder that Russia continues to terrorize Ukraine. A few days ago, Russia destroyed this passenger train station in Sumy. I used to take these trains to visit my grandma in the summer and remember this station well. www.youtube.com/shorts/63ial...

The good news is that the editorial board continued after Elsevier ditched us; this week we launched the Journal of Water Economics: www.journalofwatereconomics.com Open access, no APC, and no Elsevier.

what if we had the hot dog for when you go vote instead of a sticker, like in australia

"Tonnes of pest fish taken out in bow hunting competition... The Koi is put to good use ... The fillets are turned into petfood, while the carp frames become fertiliser" Seems a waste, though, it’s a perfectly good eating fish they used to sell it in the Pack'nSave www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...

Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...

Lest someone say I used a bad prompt

Mission Bay Beach, the morning after the Auckland marathon does it stand for: - New York half-marathon? - Half the world from NewYork? - Half of a New York pizza?

Calling apostrophe's police

Fraud is no longer a series of isolated ethical lapses but a business model that exploits vulnerable points in the research economy. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Drop the "Australian" too: The Football League Intergalactic Cup

I think #AFL should call its Grand Final "The AFL World Championship" or "The AFL World Series"

White-fronted tern @ Whatipu Beach #nzbirds 🇳🇿 🪶

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Ukrainian media report HUR chief Budanov was spotted in Pokrovsk personally overseeing the operation. Footage likely confirming his presence emerged after media published video of HUR airborne deployment near Pokrovsk.

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Reflections @ Whatipu beach

Reminder: two weeks till the Best Postgraduate Thesis Award nominations deadline

Russia struck an apartment building in Sumy with a drone ‼️

A Russian state "church" "priest" currently posted in Hungary (EU / NATO member state) seems to be very fond of both guns and the agency that is today's Gestapo.

New investigation reveals russian commanders are torturing and executing their own soldiers - sending them on suicide missions or killing them for refusing orders. The brutal practice, known as ‘zeroing out,’ exposes the horrors within russia’s ranks. Read more here 📎

The story repeats again and again

possible another origin of "redneck", but the word predate the described events, and was used for lower-class white southerners working in the firelds

🕯️ A 7-year-old girl, who was injured in the night attack of Russia in Vinnytsia, died in the hospital…

yesterday on RNZ I talked with Kathryn Ryan about cuts to NZ science funding and the risk of losing talent www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment #nzpol

Another difficult night in Ukraine Russians targeted mostly the energy (gas + electricity) infrastructure 43 cruise missiles, 9 ballistic missiles, 653 UAVs t.me/mon1tor_ua/5...

By the by, there ARE currently some pretty hard men and women fighting far away from the United Kingdom against a powerful threat... and Elon Musk has turned off their Starlink access when they got too feisty.

The russians shelled a children's regional hospital in Kherson with artillery, while doctors and patients were in the building. Among the injured are four children and three employees. The hospital building is significantly damaged.

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'" I've saved her some time.

"The outspoken scientist, who moved to New Zealand from the United States in 2016, described this Government’s approach to science funding as “insane”."

"Dr Samuel Mehr won a Prime Minister's Science Prize in 2023. Now, he says 'scientists will pack their bags and move' if the country maintains a funding level he likened to 'basically not giving a shit'."

Morning 🇳🇿🌱 #nzgarden

Hours before this he was bragging about how he supposedly aced a cognitive exam.

Interestingly, freedom is measured on a scale from -1 to 100. It will be interesting to see what shifts the 2025 calendar year brings. (The chart is labelled "State of Freedom Around the World in 2025" but is based on 2024 calendar year data) www.visualcapitalist.com/the-state-of...