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Ukraine strikes Russian oil pumping station 800 miles behind front lines

Ukraine strikes Russian oil pumping station 800 miles behind front lines

Published by Sam Flores

Credit: X/Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukrainian drones struck a Russian fuel depot, oil pumping station and a refinery in an escalating campaign of strikes against energy infrastructure often hundreds of miles inside Russia. Kyiv said on Sunday it had struck the Lazarevo pumping station in the Kirov region, north-east of Moscow and about 800 miles ⁠from Ukrainian-held territory. Alexander Sokolov, the regional governor, admitted that drones had hit a “facility” and caused a fire. He claimed there had been no casualties as he called for calm. The station pumps oil from Siberia to Belarus. Ukraine’s ‌General Staff also said it had hit the Saratov oil refinery on the Volga River, causing a large fire during overnight strikes. “During the night, our soldiers applied Ukraine’s long-range sanctions against an oil refinery in Saratov, Russia. This is about 700km (430 miles) from the front line,” Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said. Roman Busargin, the Saratov regional governor, ​said on Telegram that “civil infrastructure” had been damaged in the strike, but gave no more details. In the town of Matveyev-Kurgan …

Trump Caught Buying Tech Stocks and Then Pumping Their Value by Publicly Praising Them

Trump Caught Buying Tech Stocks and Then Pumping Their Value by Publicly Praising Them

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech If you’re surprised by any of the Trump family’s grifting since Donald’s return to office, you just haven’t been paying attention. Still, it’s important not to let the incredibly open level of corruption to fall into the background if we want any chance of understanding how we got here. The latest revelation, first reported by Popular Information, follows the familiar pattern of Trump family ruses. In a new tranche of public disclosures released last Friday, Donald Trump admitted to executing thousands of stock trades in 2026 so far. Many of the stocks he purchased, PopInfo found, had their values directly inflated by Trump’s policies or his behavior as sitting US president — sometimes to a comically blatant degree. On March 11, for example, the president took a tour of Ohio-based medical tech company Thermo Fisher. “It’s a great honor being here,” Trump said in front of eager cameras, alongside Fisher’s CEO Marc Casper. “It’s a great company. You …

Can’t do jumping jacks? Try these low-impact exercises instead to get your heart pumping

Can’t do jumping jacks? Try these low-impact exercises instead to get your heart pumping

Published by Jenni Sidey

According to the CDC, adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity each week. But if you’ve got certain injuries or mobility concerns, doing certain cardio exercises—such as jumping jacks—can be ill-advised. Fortunately, there are plenty of other ways to get your heart rate up without doing high-impact exercises that put stress on your joints. I have a go-to joint-friendly workout that I use with personal training clients that need to stay away from anything high-impact. It consists of moves that are safe to do for just about anyone—and they don’t require any equipment, besides a timer. Latest Videos From You may like How to do my low-impact cardio workout Clear any new activity with your doctor before proceeding. If you’re unsure of how to do any of these exercises, meet with a certified personal trainer for guidance. This circuit workout alternates between short work periods and short rest periods. The routine is adaptable for most fitness levels and can be progressed as your endurance improves. For beginners: Start your week with …

Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Pumping Station, Part of Druzhba Pipeline

Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Pumping Station, Part of Druzhba Pipeline

Published by Sam Flores

April 21 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck ⁠an ⁠oil-pumping and dispatch ⁠facility in Russia’s Samara region overnight, ​an official from Ukraine’s SBU security service said ‌on Tuesday. The attack targeted ‌the facility in the village of ⁠Prosvet, the ⁠official said. The dispatching station is a part ​of the Soviet-era Druzhba oil pipeline supply chain. The attack caused a fire and, according to preliminary ​data, damaged five tanks containing crude oil, each ⁠with a ⁠capacity of 20,000 ⁠cubic ​metres (5.3 million gallons), the official said. Reuters could not ​independently verify ⁠the report. The attack came as Hungary and Slovakia wait for Russian oil transit via the pipeline that also crosses Ukraine to be ⁠restored. The supplies were halted after a Russian attack severely damaged ⁠the pipeline in January, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview aired on Monday that the pipeline will be ready to operate by the end of April after restoration works are finished. The Samara region governor said that Ukraine ⁠attempted to strike an industrial facility and reported drones …

To Get Swole, Teens Are Pumping Themselves Full of Drugs Meant for Fattening Cows for the Slaughterhouse

To Get Swole, Teens Are Pumping Themselves Full of Drugs Meant for Fattening Cows for the Slaughterhouse

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In previous years, looks-conscious teens might have splurged on glamour shots at the mall, or fine-tuned their selfies with digital filters. In today’s hyper-competitive landscape of bodily optimization known as “looksmaxing,” some young men are going straight for the hard stuff. One particularly alarming intervention: trenbolone, or “tren,” a veterinary-grade anabolic steroid used to fatten up cows destined for the slaughterhouse. One of those teens is Zaid Laila, a 16-year-old whose tren habit resulted in massive gains in muscle mass and fat loss, CBS reported. In an interview over his use of steroids, the Dallas teen characterized the drug as a shortcut to get the kind of chiseled physique that plays well on social media. “Why wait 10 years,” he asked CBS, “when I could do it in less than a year.” Sure enough, Laila’s look has dramatically transformed over just 10 months of tren use, which the teen documented extensively on his Instagram page, CBS footage shows. …

Only got five minutes to spare? Try this kettlebell workout to build strength and get your heart pumping

Only got five minutes to spare? Try this kettlebell workout to build strength and get your heart pumping

Published by Jenni Sidey

When I’m trying to squeeze a short workout into a busy day, it can feel like I spend longer choosing a workout than actually doing it. In these situations, it can be a good idea to have a set of exercises ready to go. Denise Chakoian, a certified fitness trainer and the owner of Core Cycle and Fitness LaGree, has just the thing. Article continues below You may like When she has just five minutes to exercise—and wants to get the most out of that time—she does a single set of timed kettlebell exercises, to get the most bang for her buck. She begins with the kettlebell swing. “It’s one of the most efficient exercises that exists, and gets your heart rate up fast,” she says. She explains that she chose the rest of the exercises in this workout to complement the swing. She features pressing, squatting and grip work exercises to keep the quick workout balanced and not too heavily focused on the hip-hinge movement. “The final exercise is a deliberate cooldown in disguise,” …

‘He can say he went to the gym’: people are pumping themselves with fat from corpses to perk up their pecs, boobs and butts | Cosmetic surgery

‘He can say he went to the gym’: people are pumping themselves with fat from corpses to perk up their pecs, boobs and butts | Cosmetic surgery

Published by Sam Flores

The residential block at 655 Park Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is so storied it has its own Wikipedia entry. It has housed luminaries from bestselling romance author Danielle Steel to esteemed yachtsmen and the 20th-century heir William Kissam Vanderbilt II. A more recent resident, on the ground floor, is Alpha Male Plastic Surgery, a clinic offering a broad menu of elective procedures catering to the needs of the modern man. On a coffee table in the waiting room, fanned-out brochures tout facelifts, non-surgical penile implants, and Tesamorelin – an FDA-approved peptide injection targeting stubborn visceral belly fat. Flatscreen monitors mounted behind the front desk shuffle through ads for a “Full Male Model Makeover”, proprietary procedures like BodyBanking® and the 360 TorsoTuck®, and for the gym rat who habitually skips leg day, even “Amazing New Calves”. And there’s something new on the menu: a state-of-the-art procedure that employs “cadaveric adipose tissue” – that is, fat harvested from a corpse. That fat is sterilized, put into tubes and rebranded as a substance called Alloclae. Until …

Contributor: How to bring down gas prices in California (Hint: Pumping oil won’t help)

Contributor: How to bring down gas prices in California (Hint: Pumping oil won’t help)

Published by Sam Flores

Growing up in California in the 1990s, I remember noticing gas prices along the drive to school. Any time the signs showed more than a dollar a gallon, we would hear the late great Bob Edwards on my parents’ car radio, interviewing energy experts on NPR’s “Morning Edition” about why costs were so high and when they’d come back down. Now, as a professor of energy politics at UC Santa Barbara, I’m asked the same questions. Students, my family, government leaders and journalists covering the race for governor all want to know: Why are gas prices so high here in California? And how can we lower them? Anyone who has taken an economics class would tell you about the law of demand: If you reduce how many people want something, its prices go down. If people use less gas, it will get cheaper. My research shows that the best way to do this is by investing in public transportation and walkable neighborhoods. Think of transit solutions like L.A.’s “28 projects by 2028” initiative. We can …

Arizona to limit groundwater pumping in hard-hit area

Arizona to limit groundwater pumping in hard-hit area

Published by Sam Flores

For years, the water table has been dropping beneath thousands of acres of desert farmland in western Arizona, where a Saudi-owned dairy company has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow hay for its cows. But the company and other landowners in the area will now face limits under a decision by state officials to impose regulation. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday that her administration is acting to “crack down on the out-of-state special interests that are pumping our state dry while Arizona families and farmers suffer.” Fondomonte, part of the Saudi dairy giant Almarai, is by far the largest water user in the area, using dozens of wells to to irrigate alfalfa that it ships overseas to the Middle East. After conducting a review, the state Department of Water Resources designated the Ranegras Plain area, located 100 miles west of Phoenix, as a new “active management area” to preserve the groundwater. This isn’t the first time the Democratic governor and her administration have used this approach to curb excessive pumping …