A 'scandal' is someone getting blind roaring drunk in public. MBS had the guy butchered...
Saudi crown prince to visit US for first time since Khashoggi death
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/saudi-crown-prince-to-visit-us-for-first-time-since-khashoggi-death.html
Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is "charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments" (Tim Sweeney/@timsweeneyepic)
https://x.com/timsweeneyepic/status/2001494517996732598
I'm extending my promise to donate all my book royalties and adding a charity (the Salt Cure Fund). I'm overestimating my 2025 royalties to be $75. I do not have the spare cycles to figure out the accounting for physical book sales. Ebook royalties came out to 56.75.
https://buttondown.com/megancar…
Researchers from ETH Zurich have discovered serious security vulnerabilities in three popular, cloud-based password managers. During testing, they were able to view and even make changes to stored passwords.
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth
I CANNOT WAIT for this book. Emilie is brilliant and her work has been an inspiration and beyond helpful as I try to write a very similar history but of Canada, rather than the US. Out next week!!!
Emilie Connolly, Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States (2025)
https://
Half of the world's coral reefs suffered major bleaching during the 2014–2017 global heat wave, estimates suggest https://phys.org/news/2026-02-world-coral-reefs-major-global.html
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
"Ares went with the Trojans. Who then was the first and who the last that they slaughtered, Hektor, Priamos' son, and Ares armed with brass?"
Homer, Iliad 5.699
🏛 Ares marble bust after the Greek original by Alkamenes ca. 420s BCE
#DayOfAres
Il ne m'étonne plus que le principe du compromis helvétique est inconnu dans le canton de Vaud.
#AmbianceVaudoise