Back in September, I wrote about Ukraine's long-range drones. Now that they are regularly and accurately striking Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, I think it's worth reading again, for those who missed it. Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
“…a pattern of trade which has caused hundreds of millions of $’s (at least) of gains for those with the inside information—and losses for many honest investors.”
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Wondering what military historians of the future will make of Trump’s tactics and strategy. I feel they may need to devise some new categories.
I don't normally like messing with great art but I liked this! Happy Sunday Friends!🙏😂
In a nutshell. 😊
Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology.
The queen of all vices: Pride.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What the American "drug war" looks like on the ground: Ecuadorian fishermen were attacked in a double drone strike, arrested at gupoint, taken to El Salvador and then finally released.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It is almost like the Trump administration has no idea what it is doing, beyond enriching itself of course…
www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...
Donny, if you can’t play nicely with the nuclear codes we’ll have to take them away.
"There should be no mystery why younger Americans are as pro-Palestinian today as their forebears were once pro-Israeli. Rabin staked his life on peace. What will posterity say of Netanyahu?" My column on why America is falling out of love with Israel. www.ft.com/content/353e...
Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):
NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
2 days ago.
Worth adding that Russia did as a matter of fact intervene for Trump in 2016 and that the evidence is widely known, abundant, and collected in various forms (🧵 1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.
The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.
One to keep an eye on. "first improved variant of French/Italian SAMP/T ... is expected to be delivered to Kyiv in 2026, with up to seven [more] over two years. If Aster...production keeps up... could alleviate Kyiv’s reliance on US for long-range [AD]" www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Maybe not an inflection point, but a remarkable moment. "By some estimates, Ukraine launched more long-range drone strikes than Russia [in March], employing over 7,000 systems, some reaching as deep as 1,500 kilometers into Russian territory." missilematters.substack.com/p/ukraines-d...
Remarkable.
⚡️Ukraine builds AI-driven defense ecosystem as over 200 companies develop drone technologies.
Over 300 AI-related developments are registered on the Brave1 platform, while more than 70 AI-based systems are already in active use on the battlefield.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-buil...
One thing's clear: Iran has been studying the lessons of drone warfare in Ukraine. The US has not. www.ft.com/content/0862...
It’s unhealthy that once every month or two the president says something so monstrous it turns your inside and then nothing happens
The location of the Strait of Hormuz on google with the opening hours shown at Mon-Fri 9.30am - 4pm
Someone has actually done this on Google 😂😂👏
It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.
Have the Ukrainians regained the lead in the drone race? The Russians seem to think so. In this post I look at the evidence that there has been a step change in Ukrainian capabilities. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...?
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Latest in @theatlantic.com The Ukrainians are now longer pretending that Donald Trump's USA is their friend. Their honesty is important as they seem to understand how much Trump is helping Putin and how important it is that Europe stick together. Gift Link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Hegseth in his unconstitutional christofascist hate sessions plagiarizing a fictional bible verse
CNN exposes a global “online rape academy” that teaches men how to drug and rape women without detection. Over 62 million men attended in February alone.
Every day, I write the same story: Russian strikes claiming lives. One person here, five there, a child, a grandparent... These tragedies have become so routine that the world is growing numb.
