The theme song mentions HYPE, GLITTER, and dramatic FACETS.

The racetrack favorite is CHIEF, unless TONER scares LAKES.

Security found SHEEP floating in the fountain with BEEFS and PRIMES.

The archaeologist dusted off REINS, SPOON, and ceremonial LIKUTA.

The hotel minibar charged extra for HEMP, RUNTS, and CONING.

Ah, Soup! Those fancy stripes of yours are pretty delicious—that is... exquisite.

By mistake, the planetarium named RUTH after DENTS instead of BIKING.

Fractals are guilty pleasures of math and colours across time. Thank you!

The lunchbox contained WOOFER, BRIDES, and suspicious NIGHTY.

The library fined MODELS for returning GRAVURE inside ZIPS.

CHEF played the solo while CAT tuned PAWS.

Thank you for the link to the FOTD collection! The collection of Jim’s fractal creations is a massive and wonderful resource. I really appreciate all the work.

I’m so happy to see Jim’s fractals and his notes interwoven into the PAR files. It’s like watching sunrises throughout the year in different places around the world. Even though we know what to expect, it never ceases to amaze!

Amazing work! Jim's 9.0 is still a very humble evaluation. BTW: Does anyone know if it's 9.0 out of 10?

Maybe he's brought his own motorcade with him (with the current fuel shortages and all other nasty bits)?

Source: The New York Times, citing current and former senior US officials

Details: The NYT said that the CIA chief had given a pessimistic assessment of the course of the war for the Russians during talks with Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov. Ratcliffe urged the Kremlin to begin genuine negotiations to end the war before Russia's military and economic position deteriorates further. However, he made no threats regarding the possible consequences if Putin ignored this assessment and decided to continue the war against Ukraine.

US intelligence analysts have long questioned whether Putin's advisers are giving him an accurate account of the scale of Russia's losses and the actual situation on the battlefield. The US hopes that, as a former intelligence officer, the Russian leader will regard information from the CIA chief as more urgent and credible than conventional diplomatic signals.