Category Archives: War on Ukraine

Elon mishegas for your Thanksgiving pleasure

Harper’s Weekly Review provides: Elon Musk, who tanked the value of the social media platform he renamed “X” by at least 71% in just one year of owning it, challenged Putin to “single combat” to end the war in Ukraine, … Continue reading

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“They ruined a great spy game with this stupid war.”

In the September 16 New Yorker, Ben Taub’s “The Dark Time: On the Arctic border of Russia and Norway, an espionage war is emerging,” has enthralled me completely. It’s a must-read and for me, a must re-read. The story centers … Continue reading

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My favorite two quotes today, from J. Cobb and NYT Pitchbot

We wanted to understand what’s happening with the Ukrainian counterattack in Kursk. So we talked to two unvaccinated South African venture capitalists at a ketamine bar in Pacific Heights. — The New York Times Pitchbot @DougJBalloon, on X. The past … Continue reading

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