I feel *incredibly* seen right now

Poland has accused Russia of a major cyberattack targeting its energy infrastructure in late December, which nearly caused a nationwide blackout. Digital Affairs Minister Gawkowski called it the most serious attack in years, saying “digital tanks are already here”, no need for physical invasion.

❗️A massive trend among Iranian women

This is your regular reminder that apparently the... 2026 Football World Cup 2028 Los Angeles Olympics ...are both still somehow happening?!

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam

Weathering done and this Yom Kippur War era M50 Super Sherman is now DONE! Thank you @tomjmegan.bsky.social for running yet another exciting Festive Tank Challenge #festivetankchallenge

Stipple wear done, reaming details (tools, chains etc) done. Track and rubber highlights done. Weathering enamels and powders tomorrow and that'll be it! #festivetankchallenge

So far, the only outlet that has an accurate Brigitte Bardot obit headline is @aljazeera.com:

Decent bit of progress today: blacked out the rubber wheels tracks and metal details, and painted the jerry cans. Stipple weathering tomorrow followed by the remaining details (wooden tool handles etc). After that, just the main weathering effort left to do! #festivetankchallenge

Ran out of time a bit today. Base colour highlights are done on mine, and transfers are on, though. Break until the 28th now, when the tracks will be tackled. #festivetankchallenge

bari weiss is like, wait, I want to hear the concentration camp’s side

The Gobbapalooza is all finished; ready to get up to all kinds of mischief and mushroom-addled shenanigans! Now to decide what lands on the painting desk next... 👀 #AgeofSigmar #GloomspiteGitz #Warhammer #Painting #Hobbying

Primed, base-coated and hit with a generous wash. Letting that dry overnight before bringing the base colour back out and sorting edge highlights. Yom Kippur War Sand Grey 73 is mine, classic Six Day War IDF olive is my wife's #festivetankchallenge

Two 28mm / 1:56 scale M50 Super Shermans Assembled the prints today, did a bit of sanding and gap filling. Final sanding tomorrow morning, then priming and base-coating. #festivetankchallenge

one ping only, vasily

"Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases." Well done by the students. How come the authorities didn't figure this out? Or did they just not tell us about it?

Guardian Consumer Champions vs Your Party is the crossover event I didn't expect 😂😂😂 www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

None of us should put pressure on Zelenskyy when it comes to territorial concessions. We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace.

Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.

My favourite holiday meme

Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.

10/10 bants, no notes

Deputy Commander Maksym Zhorin warns that while everyone is busy dissecting the Geneva talks, the front is deteriorating fast. He says the Russia's recent gains are the most rapid he’s seen in a long time, and without urgent action, some areas could reach critical condition.

The collective noun for interval training with more than 40 people *must* be "clusterfuck"

The opening of Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, in reference to the 28 point paper is quite something. This is trolling on the most professional level politics can give. It is even questionable whether the US side will be understanding this subtlety. Hilarious!

Trump-Putin's 28 point "peace plan" isn't only a plan for Ukraine's capitulation to Russia. The Putin-Trump plan is to throw Ukraine AND Europe under the bus to Russian domination. To save itself, the EU must unreservedly stand with Ukraine to help defeat Russia. #SaveFreedom

Re Ukraine: This feels very much like the Sudetenland deal with Hitler. And we all know how that went. Hitler agreed. Then took all of Czechoslovakia anyway.

If Ukrainians wanted to surrender they sure as hell do not need kremlin assets Witkoff and Trump as intermediaries and could surrender directly to Moscow. I am so confused why some can’t understand that Ukraine will not surrender and will never accept Russia’s 28 point plan

Soon enough Hegseth will include someone from the NYT in a group signal chat about this deal's secret clause to carve up Poland.

Honestly though imagine saying to your grandad who landed at Normandy that you can have swastikas on ships now.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:

Whenever our timeline seems to trend towards darkness, few things lift me up as much as Ursula's National Book Awards acceptance speech. Elite choice for bookmarking and repeat viewing. youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk

if pluribus isn't your thing it isn't your thing but i find it very funny seeing the specific crimes of "it's too slow/methodical" being levelled at it like mike ehrmantraut didn't take an entire car apart and put it back together

DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie] SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

She’s lost control

Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted: manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!

Russian strikes on October 30 damaged substations vital to nuclear safety, causing South Ukraine and Khmelnitsky plants to lose one external power line each while Rivne plant reduced two reactor units, IAEA reported. www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...

Private Eye.

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'" I've saved her some time.

Post your grunts!