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From the United States of Absurdistan: a Trump family member 'slamming' someone else for corruption. 🤡
https://kyivindependent.com/son-of-president-who-shut-down-us-corruption-watchdogs-slams-ukraine-for-corruption/

Son of president who shut down US corruption watchdogs slams Ukraine for corruption
Donald Trump Jr. warned on Dec. 7 that his father may walk away from Ukraine, parroting Kremlin propaganda about corruption in Kyiv driving Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.

Heute vor 61 Jahren: Am 9. Oktober 1964 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Whetstone die Atombombe "Par". Whetstone war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1964/65 insgesamt 46 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in

We watched one episode of High Potential (2024), liked it a lot, and then saw at the end credits that it's based on the French HPI: Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (2021). So we watched episode 1 of THAT.
It's fascinating to note the differences. The plots are basically identical, so the differences are nuance.
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Amazon says 2025's Thursday Night Football was the most watched in the program's 20-year history, averaging 15.3M viewers/game, up 16% from the previous season (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Amazon Says ‘Thursday Night Football’ Season Was Most Watched Ever
The recently ended Thursday Night Football season was the most watched ever in the 20-year history of the program, Amazon.com Inc. said.

Son of president who shut down US corruption watchdogs slams Ukraine for corruption: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/07/son-of-president-who-shut.html

I recently watched a Veritasium video that touches on Braess's Paradox[1]: sometimes removing connections (eg roads) makes things faster.
The part that caught my attention was "even though every driver made a rational decision to minimize their own time, collectively it made the situation worse."
IOW, proof that adding up everyone's self interested actions does NOT lead to the best outcome. aka,

Speaking of embarrassing SF politicians, I haven't watched this yet but Lurie-appointed Supervisor Alan Wong reportedly did not come off well here.
(He said he would talk to everyone about Sunset Dunes park/former Great Highway before making a decision, and agreed to this town hall with Sunset Dunes supporters, but then preempted it by announcing he'd try to turn the park back into a highway)

Ex-German ambassador appointed as Ukraine's new business watchdog: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/exgerman-ambassador-appointed-as-ukraines.html

Zelensky blames ex-energy chief for grid’s failure to withstand Russian assaults amid talk of scapegoating: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/07/zelensky-blames-exenergy-chief-for.html

Key Russian terminal exported $8.4 billion of LNG to Europe in 2025, watchdog finds: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/key-russian-terminal-exported-billion.html