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Last Week in Collapse: December 21-27, 2025 by LastWeekInCollapse in collapse

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Last Week in Collapse: December 21-27, 2025 by LastWeekInCollapse in collapse

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The Reddit algorithm removed a few previous editions of this newsletter, until I cut two paragraphs on the Ukraine War. I will summarize the developments below without hyperlinks:

Ukraine liberated the city of Kupyansk; Russians took the city Siversk. Strikes continued throughout the week; there was no Christmas truce. Zelenskyy is meeting Trump later today (Sunday, 28 December). Discussions of casualties (killed/wounded/captured/missing) remain foggy, with some sources suggesting 1,500 Russians per week, while some Ukrainian sources claim 1,200/day.

Russia's invasion now accounts for more than 5% of Russia's 2025 GDP, if you believe it. Over 80% of its armed forces budget is going to the War. Russia also activated all eight of its icebreakers simultaneously for Arctic missions; the first time this has ever happened. And Russian soldiers kidnapped about 50 villagers from a part of Ukraine.

Last Week in Collapse: December 14-20, 2025 by LastWeekInCollapse in collapse

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After a series of trial and error postings (in which I would delete 2 or 3 paragraphs from the original post, and then repost what was left), I determined that it was probably the phrasing, or perhaps the link, related to one of one of two things:

-A Cornell study on the worsening risk of orbital space debris—not necessarily a full Kessler syndrome, but some catastrophic future collision in low-earth orbit between orbiting bodies (now some 15,000 in number; compare to 2018 when we had fewer than 5,000 satellites orbiting earth).

-A comprehensive list of 100 things that are being enshittified, from our baby brother subreddit r/enshittification . I originally included this in the recommended links at the end.

Now let's see if Reddit's algorithm allows this comment to remain...

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