songs to needle-drop for various apocalypses: *aliens arrive, death-ray charging: norman greenbaum, spirit in the sky *doomsday machine triggered: vera lynn, we'll meet again *zombies at the door: the specials, ghost town *life turns out to be a simulation: beach boys, good vibrations
name a 90s action movie with a better opening 90 seconds than Die Hard: With a Vengeance. that Lovin' Spoonful to explosion cut is an all-time favorite.
oh, little pigeon, we have laid eggs inside of your brain! you are no longer in control! we control you, and you are under our power! we know everything, little bird
poor rubio, surrounded on all sides image
A new state survey shows that 66% of Kyiv schoolchildren speak Russian in class, & a whopping 82% do so during breaks. One in four Kyiv teachers uses Russian during lessons, & 40% switch to it during breaks. Nationwide, Russian usage among Ukrainian children *fell* from 55% in 2023 to 49% in 2024. Arguing that the Ukrainian language's dominance is a national security priority, govt officials want bans on Russian Internet content and limits on minors' access to the entire Web, arguing that the RuNet's allure is what corrupts Ukraine's youth.
A Russian neurotechnology company claims to have created “remote-controlled pigeons” by implanting “neural interfaces” into their heads to guide their flight paths. In other words, they strapped solar panels to the birds’ backs and used electric shocks to their brains for steering.
Rustem Umerov, Zelensky's chief national security adviser, was questioned yesterday by NABU, Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau, in connection with the money laundering office at the heart of the Energoatom scandal. NABU's director has vowed to keep investigating despite "geopolitical issues."
there is no work more noble, more principled, and more pointless than the French and British task forces tasked with mapping out boots-on-the-ground plans for Ukraine that will never, ever, in a million years, happen image
In today's newsletter, I look at Mediazona's publication of testimony from an accused “Ukrainian terrorist” who says his Russian captors subjected him to horrific torture for two months in a basement. He says women and even an 11-year-old boy were among his cellmates.
either there is only one photo of Dan Driscoll or he can make only one facial expression. one of these things must be true, or i am going insane.