What on earth was going on in the US education system 50 odd years ago?
Intrigued to get your thoughts. I backed this, as part of efforts to support new European game companies, while wondering whether its systems were almost too pared back.
🇬🇧🇺🇦 British actor Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Artur Dron, “First to the Corinthians,” on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.
Ukrainians are daily sacrificing themselves so the rest of us can live in safety and comfort.
Today, more than any other day, we should thank them.
'We could never have imagined such tolerance of Putin’s criminal war.'
So-called "Great Powers" lose wars all the time. Russia is not a great power and will lose this war more quickly than it is if we regain our moral clarity and provide Ukrainians with the military and civilian tools they need.
Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update (#173). It begins with reports of Ukraine liberating a large amount of territory. This could reveal alot of things, in particular that the Russian system continues to lie upwards about the state of the war. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Super game; probably my favourite COIN. Love how cleverly it models the formation of Pakistan (and the seeds for Bangladesh.)
🇺🇦💡 For the first time in a long time, Kyiv is almost completely powered — 95% of the capital without outages this evening
Castelnuovo 1539 from Draco Ideas has quite the visual appeal. An Ottoman fleet approaches the fortress from the west.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
A clear, important and moral statement about the authoritarian move in US politics from one of the best voices within the niche hobby that I love.
youtu.be/FwWjbq4tm3o?...
As a runner (and at the risk of being over-literal), I'm not sure the metaphor in this Green Party ad is a great one. Running is a source of mental, physical and social succour for many people. However, it's indisputable that Polanski is a smart communicator.
Broadly speaking, those who were of a religious temperament turned to Orphism, while rationalists despised it.
A History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell
Not sure what that proves or who it helps.
Sir Andras Schiff
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Trio Concept
Bruce Springsteen
One way anyone one of us, can hit back at Trump is at the wallet. Try to use less US goods and services! Here's a database with European alternatives #EUtogether
www.goeuropean.org
Fascinating (and chilling) article about what will happen as the US retreats from its global allies. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What a privilege it was to watch this last night. In our 'artificial' era, when we spend so much time with our eyes down, its message to pay close attention to the material of our daily lives was timely. Brilliant performances and a palpable sense of pride in Welsh cultural expression.
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1\ Cities across Ukraine are now without power for most of the day in temperatures as low as -20 C. The civilian terror and suffering is immense.
The Republicans pro-Putin aid package blockade began in late 2023. Their cuts to air defences finally helped get enough missiles through.
... which includes the proper investigative journalism and the protesters, as well as the murderous state.
All those hours-long meetings with Putin recently that were supposedly about Ukraine but got nowhere? Those were actually about preparing for our invasion and occupation of Venezuela.
The US is Putin's biggest client state, bought and now paid for.
M. showed me his new games: World in Flames, which we'll probably take 10 years to learn, and Assault: Gela Beachhead, which needed about 10 minutes before we dove into the first training scenario. Love this pastime's range.
Good discussion from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social and @timothysnyder.bsky.social on how war is, in some ways, fought in the imagination and not on the battlefield. Leads to the interesting debunking of the concept of 'great powers'. (#Constructivism > #realism.)
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
Instead of too many people coming into the UK we will soon have too few. In his latest post Sam highlights how sharp the fall in numbers will be and how this will effect economic growth and key sectors such as social care. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
Genuine question from a non statistician, non epidemiologist. The latest UK Health Security Agency weekly flu report contains this graph which depicts a flattening of the curve. How do we explain this?
From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent
Important lessons from one of the UK's best thinkers.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We should get serious about sanctions. Russian missiles that kill Ukrainian civilians contain parts made in the West. And this repeated mass murder of civilians by Moscow should bring total boycotts on Russian gas and oil. And the Ukrainians should get everything they need to defend themselves
