Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in the 1970s and 80s. The oil company drove some of the leading science of the era, only to publicly dismiss global heating to keep the cash rolling in. theguardian.com/business/202…

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🇬🇧 The Long Game, or How Russians Suddenly Realized They're Being Systematically Reduced to Zero A remarkably sober — and therefore deeply alarming — realization is beginning to dawn in the swamps. Russian analysts have suddenly opened their eyes and understood that the current fuel crisis in Crimea, the airport shutdowns in Sochi, and the holes in Russia's air defenses are not "random strikes" or a "seasonal escalation." They are the culmination of a long-term, cold-blooded strategy — one that bears all the hallmarks of a distinctly British style of planning. 🕵️‍♂️ While the Kremlin was thinking in terms of "taking Bakhmut in ten months" and drawing arrows on maps, Ukraine and its allies were playing a classic game of attrition and interdiction. Step by step, patiently and methodically, Russia was being pushed into a logistical dead end: Stage 1: Clearing the Sea First came Snake Island. Then the opening of the maritime corridor. Then the systematic pushing of Russia's Black Sea Fleet out of Crimea and into Novorossiysk. The fortress was left without naval cover. Stage 2: Dismantling the Umbrella (the part Russians prefer not to discuss) At the same time, Ukrainian forces effectively neutralized Russian aviation at Crimean airfields and systematically destroyed S-400 air defense units. Whether the occupiers failed to notice or simply refuse to admit it, Crimea was transformed from an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" into a hollow, perforated corridor through which Ukrainian missiles and drones can now pass freely on their way deeper into Russia itself. Stage 3: Drying Up the Fuel Supply Instead of random strikes, a steady weekly campaign began against Russian oil refineries and fuel depots. When you systematically target the same category of infrastructure for months, shortages become not a possibility, but a mathematical certainty. Stage 4: The Land Corridor Trap When the Kerch Bridge became increasingly incapable of handling heavy military traffic, the occupiers triumphantly declared: "We built a railway through Mariupol — we're safe now!" But it turned out to be a trap. They had simply concentrated nearly all of their military logistics onto a single narrow route — one that can now be targeted along much of its length. And now the results are visible: Fuel depots are burning. Airports are closing. The "Crimean authorities" are opening hotlines to ration gasoline to tourists — strictly by passport, and only for a one-way trip toward the bridge. 🎪🚗 SO: While they comfort themselves with stories about the "treacherous West" and wait for some new negotiator to save them, the noose around southern Russia's logistics network continues to tighten. A patient, systematic, long-term operation. The main thing now is having enough fuel left in the tank to reach Kerch. To leave. And never come back. I suppose that would be Stage 5. Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! 🇺🇦

On June 6, 1944, a 56-year-old general with a secret walked onto Utah Beach under fire, armed with a cane and a pistol. The secret: his heart was failing. He had hidden it from the army doctors so they wouldn't pull him from the mission. His name was Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Son of the President. He had begged three separate times to lead the first wave ashore at Normandy before his commanders finally said yes. When his landing craft drifted 2,000 yards off course, every instinct said redirect the following waves to the correct zone. Instead, Roosevelt walked the beach himself, alone, under artillery fire, cane in hand, reading the terrain. His verdict: "We'll start the war from right here." He then stood on that beach and personally greeted every regiment that landed after him, pointing them inland, cracking jokes under shellfire, steadying 18-year-olds who had never seen combat. He did this for hours. Years later, Omar Bradley was asked to name the single most heroic act he had ever witnessed in combat. His answer, without hesitation: "Ted Roosevelt on Utah Beach." Roosevelt's son, Captain Quentin Roosevelt II, also landed at Normandy that same morning. He was named after his uncle, Quentin Roosevelt, who had been shot down as a fighter pilot over France in World War I. Three generations. Three wars. One family. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. died in his sleep 36 days later. Heart attack. The thing he had been hiding finally won. He never learned he had been awarded the Medal of Honor. He was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery. In 1955, his family had his brother Quentin, killed in WWI, exhumed from where he fell in France and reinterred right beside him. Quentin is the only World War I soldier buried there. Two brothers. Two world wars. The same French soil. Their father had once said: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Both of his sons did exactly that.

Trump’s name must be scrubbed from everything at Kennedy Center within a week