"Now, the Russians could clearly continue their strategy of constantly nibbling away at the front lines and gradually accomplishing their goals over an extended period of time, but that would require another 2-3 years, and the fact that the Kiev regime’s provocations are getting more and more desperate tends to indicate that it would be unwise to place any confidence in the West’s sanity or restraint. Which is why I expect to see this summer an offensive of unexpectedly massive proportions and from at least one unexpected direction that will transform the situation on the ground in a matter of weeks rather than years, because that is the hallmark of the Russian way of war."
https://voxday.net/2025/06/11/a-clue-to-the-next-phase/#:~:text=Now%2C%20the%20Russians,way%20of%20war.

"Why shouldn’t younger generations feel “ennoscriptd” to grow up and be in a nation not swamped by mass immigration, skyrocketing costs of living, and reckless monetary decisions? A nation where older generations shepherded national policies and decisions to give those coming after them just as good of a shot at the life they had if not better.

"How could they not want the same things their parents and grandparents had? A nation who knew herself and what it stood for. A nation that cultivated opportunities for the generations coming up. “For Ourselves and our Posterity,” with true meaning behind those words.

"It isn’t all Boomers that hold an attitude of indifference for generations that have come after them. But it’s prevalent enough that these discussions need to continue.

"America, and her future depend on it."

https://www.arthurincali.com/p/boomers-destroyed-america?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

John and Jagi are running a KS to fund their next round of book covers if anyone is interested in supporting them.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/artcraftromance/starquest-cover-kickstarter

🧑‍⚕️ Moscow polyclinics and endoscopy centers introduce free check-ups for the prevention of gastrointestinal cancer.

The residents of Moscow will be able to undergo an endoscopic examination. Referrals will appear automatically in the personal account of the EMIAS system.

Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova emphasized that diagnostics will allow identifying pathologies at early stages and preventing their development in time.

REPORTER: "Could you provide an update on Iran? US personnel are being moved out of the region."

TRUMP: "They are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place. We'll see what happens."

"They can't have a nuclear weapon, very simple."

Austria During the Roman Empire (AD 200)
https://redd.it/1l3td5p
@r_mapporn

The Death of Sir John Franklin and His Lost Expedition
On June 11, 1847, Sir John Franklin died in the Canadian Arctic during his doomed attempt to fill in the last “blank spots” of the Arctic Archipelago and complete the Northwest Passage. Leading 129 men aboard HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, Franklin’s ships became icebound near King William Island for two winters. The ice never melted in the brief summer of 1847 and the men began to realize their situation. Twenty-four men had already died by 1848, an alarmingly high rate for any expedition.

Following Franklin’s death, Captain Francis Crozier led the remaining 104 men on a desperate overland mission through barren tundra in an attempt to reach the trading posts at Great Slave Lake, the nearest European settlements. They abandoned the trapped ships on April 22, 1848, which just so happened to be Easter Saturday, and embarked on their fateful trek, never to be seen alive again. Over the following years, all of them would perished due to cold, starvation, scurvy, and lead poisoning from their improperly prepared provisions and desalination equipment. It is believed that all of them were dead by 1850. The fate of Sir John Franklin would not be known until 1859 when the M’Clintock Expedition found a message in a cairn whith his date of death on it, although many questions would remain unanswered until recent years.

In the end, it is believed that the last survivors resorted cannibalism, a thought which horrified Victorian sentiments and such allegations were denied until the 1980s, when bones with cut marks were found and documented. The remnants of the Expedition were found scattered over much of King William’s Island and the Adelaide Peninsula, with some of the men perhaps making it as far as Montreal Island near the mouth of Back’s River. The last movements of the men have been the subject of much discussion and debate, with some Inuit accounts indicating that at least some of them went back to the ships. The state of some of the remnants imply that the men were not in their right minds, due to the effects of their longterm lead poisoning. A few of the relics that were found among the barren landscape or the Inuit were brought back to England. Many of the remains still lies where they fell or were morbidly discarded. Only a handful of men have ever been identified, with the remains of two being repatriated back to England.

The expedition’s disappearance sparked decades of international search efforts and became one of the greatest mysteries of the 19th century. These missions advanced the mapping of the Canadian Arctic and brought global attention to the region. Notwithstanding the mysterious, tragic and gruesome nature of the Franklin Expedition’s fate, or rather because of it, their saga has captivated the minds of many Canadians since their disappearance. Sir John Franklin and the search for the Northwest Passage have taken a primary place in the Canadian psyche and culture, with one fine example being Stan Rogers’ famous song “Northwest Passage,” which is regarded as one of Canada’s unofficial anthems.

Retrospectively, Franklin’s men have been credited by some with discovery of the Northwest Passage by their inferred crossing of the Simpson Strait. This was confirmed to be a way through by Francis M’Clintock in 1859. It is not known if they ever realized this of course, but to honour them the Royal Geographic Society declared the lost expedition as the first to find the passage. This was a particular solace to Lady Jane Franklin, who was awarded a medal in her husbands honour.

The wrecks of the Erebus and Terror, which had been declared National Historic Sites since the 1990s, were finally discovered in 2014 and 2016 after years of searching by the Canadian Government. Though tragic, Franklin’s expedition played a pivotal role in shaping Canada’s northern identity and reinforced Britain’s and later Canada’s claims of sovereignty over the Arctic Archipelago.

"Under Ukrainian law, each family of a soldier killed in action is ennoscriptd to 15 million Ukrainian hryvnias (~$360,000). Accepting all 6,000 bodies would trigger 90 billion UAH in mandatory payouts – nearly 10% of the nation’s entire 2025 defense budget. This budget is already facing a 200-billion-UAH deficit.

"The incentives are obvious. The consequences are shameful.

"Acknowledging the dead means acknowledging the debt owed to their families. But by dragging its feet, questioning identities, and introducing delays, the Ukrainian state appears to be doing everything in its power to avoid honoring its obligations."
https://www.rt.com/russia/618778-ukraine-pow-swap-dead/#:~:text=Under%20Ukrainian%20law,honoring%20its%20obligations.

"Properly designed and implemented, reconnaissance-strike battle should be built on four core imperatives. First, be a hard target. The enemy can see you and will strike you. You must be prepared to disperse, deceive, cover, conceal, and mask to avoid the enemy reconnaissance-strike complex. If you can’t do so because you are defending a fixed location, dig in and develop a hardened shelter, but never stop aggressive reconnaissance. Second, the reconnaissance-strike complex is the first objective. At any echelon of engagement, if the enemy has reconnaissance-strike complexes and you do not, you die. The first and most persistent priority, therefore, must be the enemy’s reconnaissance-strike complex at echelon. Third, the side that owns the reconnaissance-strike complex duel wins. If you find, fix, track, target, engage, and assess at larger scale, and faster than the enemy, you win. Finally, massing capability must come before massing maneuver. Massing all-domain capability to degrade, disintegrate, or destroy the enemy’s reconnaissance-strike complex is a prerequisite to mass combat power and defeat the enemy in detail. Overwhelming the enemy’s reconnaissance-strike complex with maneuver is possible only through an extraordinary expenditure of lives."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-165140166#:~:text=Properly%20designed%20and,expenditure%20of%20lives.

"Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code governs the tax treatment of research and development (R&D) expenditures. For roughly 70 years, American companies could deduct 100% of “qualified research and development spending” in the year they incurred the costs, and this was generally interpreted pretty liberally. Salaries, software, contractor payments… if it contributed to creating or improving a product, it could be deducted “off the top” of a firm’s taxable income. The deduction was originally codified by Section 174 of the IRS Code of 1954, and under the provision, R&D flourished in the U.S. It gave us the dominance of Bell Labs, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook - pretty much all the US technology booms you’ve lived through unless you’re quire venerable.

"So the way these regs are written: These expenditures must be for activities intended to discover information that eliminates uncertainty about the development or improvement of a product. (Kind of open-ended.) Prior to 2022, taxpayers could immediately deduct R&D expenditures in the year they were incurred, providing a significant tax benefit for businesses investing in innovation. Alternatively, taxpayers could capitalize these costs and amortize them over a period (e.g., at least 60 months) if they chose to defer the deduction. But it was pretty rare to do this, because you could directly manage your R&D payroll costs versus income to mitigate the tax hit. And societally, we accepted that - we were investing in growing the American economy.

"But, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 amended Section 174, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2021. Starting in 2022, R&D expenditures must be capitalized and amortized over 5 years for domestic research (and 15 years for foreign research, which is pretty untenable.) This change eliminated the option to immediately deduct R&D costs, increasing tax liability for companies with significant research budgets in the short term. Even more annoying, amortization begins at the midpoint of the taxable year in which the expenses are incurred, using a straight-line method."

https://www.professoraxelrod.com/p/the-tech-job-meltdown?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false