War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....

[zxcvbob]

That's one of Fox News stories that requires you to give them your email address to read.  It started out as just the occasional story.  Now it's up to roughly 2/3rds of the stories that require an email address.  Their site is darn near unreadable now.  Not going to do it.  I don't want their spam clogging my inbox.

I signed up with a throwaway email (temp-mail.org) and it has stayed signed-in.  Must be a cookie.  Even after closing the browser I've read multiple stories that initially ask for an email and then the rest of it loads automatically

[WLJ]

I was in reader mode, the e-mail request comes up but so does the article at the same time

[RocketMan]

I was in reader mode, the e-mail request comes up but so does the article at the same time

Was it the Brave browser that you are using, WLJ?  Just tried this on Brave myself.  It has what they call a SpeedReader, activated by clicking on an icon in the address bar.  Seems to work.

[WLJ]

Was it the Brave browser that you are using, WLJ?  Just tried this on Brave myself.  It has what they call a SpeedReader, activated by clicking on an icon in the address bar.  Seems to work.

Firefox
Also click on the icon in the address bar or hit F9

[Ben]

Oh, hey, speedreader works for me too. All you seem to lose are the comments, which aren't very worthwhile anyway.

[RocketMan]

Oh, hey, speedreader works for me too. All you seem to lose are the comments, which aren't very worthwhile anyway.1

On Brave the comments aren't blocked if you go back to standard view.  Or, you can read them before clicking SpeedReader to read the article.

[K Frame]

I signed up with a throwaway email (temp-mail.org) and it has stayed signed-in.  Must be a cookie.  Even after closing the browser I've read multiple stories that initially ask for an email and then the rest of it loads automatically

I signed up using my old Yahoo e-mail address, which I've largely abandoned for other than a very few things and for signing up for stuff like Fox News.

So far I've not gotten any spam that I can trace back to signing in for that site.

[zxcvbob]

I signed up using my old Yahoo e-mail address, which I've largely abandoned for other than a very few things and for signing up for stuff like Fox News.

So far I've not gotten any spam that I can trace back to signing in for that site.

I have one of those too.  I forget that I have it 

[K Frame]

Every once in awhile I'll get a job spec request to my Yahoo e-mail.

That's when I know that they're working off a VERY VERY old copy of my resume... As in a decade or more.

[JTHunter]

I signed up using my old Yahoo e-mail address, which I've largely abandoned for other than a very few things and for signing up for stuff like Fox News.

So far I've not gotten any spam that I can trace back to signing in for that site.

I've been using the same addy since 1996 when I got an old "dumb terminal" (for free) from work that they were throwing away.  I needed an email to download programs from the internet cafe I was using to get those programs.

[MechAg94]

American Citizen Dies in Ukrainian Custody. Here's Who His Father Is Blaming.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/01/13/gonzalo-lira-n2633573

The U.S. State Department reportedly confirmed the death of Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira, who had been imprisoned in Ukraine for criticizing the country's government.
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"We can confirm the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine. We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss," a State Department official told Russian news agency TASS.

Ukraine Kills American Gonzalo Lira For Calling Zelensky is a Coke Head
https://rumble.com/v46nxg6-ukraine-kills-american-gonzalo-lira-for-calling-zelensky-is-a-coke-head.html

[K Frame]

That's about how old my Yahoo e-mail address is. I got it around the same time. I could probably figure it out a bit better based on the oldest messages I have saved in my inbox.

[MechAg94]

Bradley Fighting Vehicles are taking out modern tanks in Ukraine
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/bradley-fighting-vehicles-russian-t90-tanks-ukraine/?utm_term=Task%26Purpose_Today_01.15.24&utm_campaign=Task%20%26%20Purpose_TPToday_Actives_Dynamic&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email

Last week a Russian T-90 came against two Bradley's and the Bradley's came out on top just using the 25mm guns.  From the comments I saw, they think one of the Bradley's hit the optics of the T-90 and blinded them and then turret started rotating out of control after another shot.  The post I saw said Ukraine hit it with a drone later. 

[Regolith]

Bradley Fighting Vehicles are taking out modern tanks in Ukraine
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/bradley-fighting-vehicles-russian-t90-tanks-ukraine/?utm_term=Task%26Purpose_Today_01.15.24&utm_campaign=Task%20%26%20Purpose_TPToday_Actives_Dynamic&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email

Last week a Russian T-90 came against two Bradley's and the Bradley's came out on top just using the 25mm guns.  From the comments I saw, they think one of the Bradley's hit the optics of the T-90 and blinded them and then turret started rotating out of control after another shot.  The post I saw said Ukraine hit it with a drone later.

Bradleys took out more tanks than the Abrams did in the 1st Gulf War

[dogmush]

Yeah, but normally they do it with TOWs.  If a T90 can be taken out reliably with a 25mm chain gun, that says poor things about it's durability.

[WLJ]

Reads like they didn't so much as take it out but rather mission killed it by taking out it's optics. The drone then took it out later.

[sumpnz]

Reads like they didn't so much as take it out but rather mission killed it by taking out it's optics. The drone then took it out later.

Not much functional difference if they can't repair the optics, which sounds like they probably can't. 

[MechAg94]

Either way, it seems the people in the Bradley's are using them effectively. 

I have heard those 25mm guns are pretty good.  Some were saying it can penetrate tank armor at weak points, but I wouldn't know.  Some were speculating whether the tank turret started rotating because someone in the turrent got hit or because something was damaged. 

[WLJ]

Either way, it seems the people in the Bradley's are using them effectively. 

I have heard those 25mm guns are pretty good.  Some were saying it can penetrate tank armor at weak points, but I wouldn't know.  Some were speculating whether the tank turret started rotating because someone in the turrent got hit or because something was damaged.

Just speculation but maybe after the main optics got taken out they started spinning the turret is see with the remaining hard fixed optics to see where the heck the fire was coming from and/or a found a way out. There's a laundry list of details about this incident  we don't know.

[RocketMan]

Just speculation but maybe after the main optics got taken out they started spinning the turret is see with the remaining hard fixed optics to see where the heck the fire was coming from and/or a see a way out

Looking at the video, I think the turret was spinning too fast for that.  It really looked uncontrolled.  One of the Bradleys likely made a very lucky shot.

[WLJ]

Looking at the video, I think the turret was spinning too fast for that.  It really looked uncontrolled.  One of the Bradleys likely made a very lucky shot.

Odd, I don't see a video. Need to check if my ad blocker settings are blocking it.

Edit: Never mind, it was me being a doofus and completely overlooking the video link. But yeah, maybe

[RocketMan]

Odd, I don't see a video. Need to check if my ad blocker settings are blocking it.

I saw it on the Utubz.

[WLJ]

I saw it on the Utubz.

Beat my edit

[WLJ]

Bet it was fun being in that turret basket. Weeeee

[RocketMan]

Bet it was fun being in that turret basket. Weeeee

It was eventually taken out by a drone, so at least no one had to clean out the puke.