More Than A Red Line, Russian Policy To Mirror Attacks on Shadow Fleet

My fellow Duanians,

Alex & Alexander started off and submitted quite a bit of insight when they joined in the past days.
Today I complete this series with the one and only Friend of the Duran Larry "The Shirt" Johnson from SONAR21 and Transition Protocol where we spoke about his impressions of the 1776 Law Conference in Chattanooga.

This is part 3

Russia Plans Ukraine Land Blockade Strikes Road Rail Links; Russian A50 AWACS Defeat Ukraine Drones

The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

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Moonshot AI's CEO turned down Apple and built Chinese rival to Anthropic

Yang's journey reflects brain drain that threatens US tech competitiveness

RYOTARO YAMADA August 11, 2026 23:52 JST

PALO ALTO, California -- Chinese startup Moonshot AI's CEO, Yang Zhilin, could have worked at any top tech companies in the U.S. after receiving a PhD from a leading American university. Instead he returned to China to found a company that eventually grew to rival Open AI and Anthropic.

Yang's story is a prime example of how a Chinese researcher receives an education in the U.S. and returns to China to create a formidable business that takes on U.S. counterparts.

Yang pursued his doctorate under Ruslan Salakhutdinov, a professor of machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University and an Apple alumnus. Around seven years ago, an executive from Apple who reported directly to CEO Tim Cook reached out to Salakhutdinov asking if Yang could come work at the company.

Born in 1992, Yang graduated from China's prestigious Tsinghua ...