Florida man:

(Pretty sure NC GOP would do this in a heartbeat if they could.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/russia-fsb-intelligence-ukraine-war/

«Rather than presiding over the formation of a new government in Kyiv, officials said, the FSB now faces difficult questions in Moscow about what its long history of operations against Ukraine — and the large sums that financed them — accomplished.

The FSB did not respond to requests for comment.»

*snerk*

The Compendium Cards is mostly about organizational (business) leadership, so I read this as a differential in just plain power structures at work, as opposed to a more DEI-flavored thing, but I think it works both ways, really.

Also, I just bought Amélie a cup of tea. The Guide to Allyship seems like a worthwhile thing: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/amelie

(DEI: diversity, equity, and inclusion. Mostly about race, gender, sexual orientation.)

https://warontherocks.com/2022/08/amateur-hour-part-ii-failing-the-air-campaign/

Entertaining article. We’ll see if Russia grinds on to “victory”, “failures” or not.

(Quote marks because who defines these words?)

Children of the magenta:

«The Defense Science Board found that most of Patriot operations are autonomous, with operators trained to trust the system’s software.»

https://spacenews.com/report-cites-patriot-autonomy-factor-friendly-fire-incidents/

(https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/children-of-the-magenta-automation-paradox-pt-1/)

North Carolina, what are we doing? COVID isn’t over yet. Average daily cases for the past week:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/map

Not that juicy, Sierra Nevada. Nor that hoppy. Not bad for something kinda malty, though.