Author: Michael

No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I.
Europe still bears the scars of the war, even more than a century since the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. The gruesome and terrifying type of warfare typical of the Great War had a lasting impact on those who witnessed and experienced it. It also created such carnage on the land where it was fought that some of those areas are still uninhabitable to this day.
The uninhabitable battlefields are known as the Zone Rouge (French for “Red Zone”).

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A military recruiter sent an email to Minnesota high school students pushing enlistment as a path to accessing an immigration program that could help prevent their parents from being deported.
CNN first reported that the recruiter had emailed about 200 students about a Department of Homeland Security Program known as “Parole in Place,” which allows undocumented members of military families to temporarily remain in the United States in one-year increments, though eligibility restrictions apply to citizens of certain countries.

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As of January 2026, the AI ascension is hitting new highs; it’s also hitting a literal and metaphorical wall. Large Language Models (LLMs) are undoubtedly getting “smarter,” but the nation’s power grid is becoming increasingly vulnerable in order to drive this innovation.
Microsoft is restarting Three Mile Island. What could go wrong? Amazon is buying everything that isn’t bolted down, and maybe even the bolted-down stuff by now, too. But those are long-term plays, and the tech giants are itchy addicts looking for a quick energy fix.

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