For example:

I remember a public toilet in Germany back in the 1970s. I swear the toilet paper had splinters.

Those places usually have hose to wash off with or a toilet that washes you.

I've stopped trying to understand what's going on with Ukrainian heavy missile production. It's extremely odd. Across all missile types btw, not just Flamingo.

I'll look into it in more detail once I'm done with my PhD.

But they shouldn’t stop there and should also destroy their own ammunition depots, oil refineries, terminals, and strategic military infrastructure.

I have read a lot of different reports from the entire project being a scam to fleece the government, to the missile itself being much less capable than advertised. They certainly aren't using them in any large numbers for whatever reason.

Have to wonder if they will actually be produced on Russia or bought from China or assembled from Chinese made parts.

Seeing reports that China stopped importing electricity from Russia's far east on Jan 1 even though the contract goes to 2037. Apparently the problem is RU is short power and the price is higher than Chinese power now so China isn't buying it.

“According to Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut, agricultural export revenue could reach $40 billion by 2025. "This year ( 2025 – IF ), we hope to reach $40 billion, with tonnage expected to be around 80 million tons.”

It was 109.2 in 2024. That’s a huge drop.

This story keeps getting weirder

Brussels should simply tell Russia to kindly extract itself from Europe's sphere of influence and return to their own borders.