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Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014 exposed deep weaknesses inside Ukraine’s security services. including the Security Service of Ukraine [SBU]: In 2015. the CIA helped support the creation of the SBU’s Fifth Directorate. a specialized unit that combined counterintelligence and special operations. According to reporting by The New Yorker. the unit developed networks of agents (…)

On Tuesday night, all three of the Democratic candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their primaries. The victories of Brad Lander (over two-term Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10), Darializa Avila Chevalier (over five-term Rep. Adriano Espaillat in NY-13), and Claire Valdez (to replace a retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez in NY-7) have [...]

A Federal Reserve study published in April 2026 confirmed what economists had tracked since the tariff escalations of early 2025: core goods prices are now 3.1 percent higher than pre-pandemic trend rates, and tariffs explain the entirety of that gap. The finding landed with little fanfare, buried beneath geopolitical headlines. But for the roughly 330 million people [...]



That Friday in the southwestern Algerian Sahara was scorching hot, with temperatures soaring well above 40°C. The horizon vibrated under the weight of the sun. It wasn’t only hot — it was suffocating, the air pressing down like something solid. Walking felt like walking into a blowtorch held at arm’s length, the heat arriving on [...]

Taking an invention and claiming it as yours is called intellectual property, based on practices followed by US and European businesses. But what happens when your neighbor argues that inventions can’t be owned, and that intellectual property is no longer applicable based on the rules and regulations you have established? In March 2026, Russian officials [...]

It has been five years since Germany’s supreme court – with the rather unpronounceable name of Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) – issued a decisive climate decision. Five years on, many wonder if there is still a reason to celebrate and a reason to act. Five years after the historic climate decision of Germany’s constitutional court, it is [...]

When we discuss post-traumatic stress disorder in the context of war, most people usually imagine a soldier, who is back from war “not like he used to be”: a man who lived through horrible incidents, traumatized by them and as a consequence having no place in peaceful world. Movies, literature, and TV show us this [...]

Separating the meaning of Jewish identity and learning, distinct from the Israeli state and its underlying doctrine, is worthwhile work. It’s also urgent work, overdue. This is a maniacal, genocidal post from Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir: For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon [...]

The NDFP Special Office for the Protection of Children (SOPC) expresses its deepest condolences to the families, relatives, classmates, teachers, and communities affected by the tragic school shooting in Tacloban City last June 22. In the semicolonial and semifeudal conditions that persist in Philippine society today, and especially under the Marcos Jr. administration which continues [...]












I wouldn’t go on a Carnival Cruise if the whole thing was paid for and I got a bag of cash at the end of…

I wouldn’t go on a Carnival Cruise if the whole thing was paid for and I got a bag of cash at the end of…



620 words Colin Henry Wilson [June 26. 1931–December 5. 2013] was an extraordinarily prolific English author of well over 100 books. both fiction and non-fiction. including volumes on philosophy. literature. psychology. religion. crime. sex. music. mysticism. and the paranormal. as well as a number of biographies and memoirs. From a working-class home and largely self-educated. (…)

620 words Colin Henry Wilson [June 26. 1931–December 5. 2013] was an extraordinarily prolific English author of well over 100 books. both fiction and non-fiction. including volumes on philosophy. literature. psychology. religion. crime. sex. music. mysticism. and the paranormal. as well as a number of biographies and memoirs. From a working-class home and largely self-educated. (…)

The ugly reality is this 'study' is meaningless dross. A collection of numbers with no real life application. which contains ZERO unvaccinated people. ignores vaccine harms and shows precisely ZERO alleged benefit at all to people under 75. And that's just the start.

Tying two bugs together. The post The case of the DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded, part 2 appeared first on The Old New Thing .




This is new to me. Things are changing fast. This is now the beginning of a TSUNAMI of old. femcel. bitter. depressed. angry women for … until we die. next 50 years or so. The upcoming generation of women are going to see this and say I do NOT want to become like my Old (…)

This is new to me. Things are changing fast. This is now the beginning of a TSUNAMI of old. femcel. bitter. depressed. angry women for … until we die. next 50 years or so. The upcoming generation of women are going to see this and say I do NOT want to become like my Old (…)



Last fair relationship In my last relationship. I broke up with him. because he asked me to marry him. He wanted me to sign a prenup. So I broke up with him. And I said ABSOLUTELY No. I’m not going to sign a piece of paper that says that if you leave me … I (…)

Last fair relationship In my last relationship. I broke up with him. because he asked me to marry him. He wanted me to sign a prenup. So I broke up with him. And I said ABSOLUTELY No. I’m not going to sign a piece of paper that says that if you leave me … I (…)


A federal lawsuit was filed against Fairfax County Public Schools [FCPS] on behalf of an FCPS parent. alleging that the school district’s “gender transition” policy (…) Source


This is a rather tongue-in-cheek poem that Larkin wrote when he was twenty-one. but it always comes to mind in the summer. I work in University College Dublin library and. as you can imagine. there's row upon row of empty desks from early May to late September.[Anyone who's read this blog for any length of time would realize I work in UCD. But I have a bit of an allergy to people presuming others are familiar with their circumstances-- more....

This is a rather tongue-in-cheek poem that Larkin wrote when he was twenty-one. but it always comes to mind in the summer. I work in University College Dublin library and. as you can imagine. there's row upon row of empty desks from early May to late September.[Anyone who's read this blog for any length of time would realize I work in UCD. But I have a bit of an allergy to people presuming others are familiar with their circumstances-- more....

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