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Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

Hij is geen diplomaat of een staatshoofd, en toch moet er serieus rekening worden gehouden met Elon Musk - die aanvankelijk elk moment het operationele communicatiesysteem van Oekraïeners kan uitzetten en China te vriend wil houden omdat de Tesla’s daar worden geproduceerd: “On the phone, Musk said that he was looking at his laptop and could see “the entire war unfolding” through a map of Starlink activity. “This was, like, three minutes before he said, ‘Well, I had this great conversation with Putin’”

Esther Perel Thinks All This Amateur Therapy-Speak Is Just Making Us Lonelier

“The conversation about mental health—you know, that therapy is not for “the crazies”—it actually has a lot of good in it. I come from a generation where going to therapy was the thing you never mentioned. The fact that it’s becoming a sign of being an evolved person is an interesting thing. (…) Also, what this does is put clinical terminology into the hands of nonclinically trained people who then weaponize it”

The Case Against Travel 🧳

U.S. spies learned in mid-June Prigozhin was planning armed action in Russia

“A key trigger for Prigozhin, officials said, was a June 10 Russian Defense Ministry order that all volunteer detachments would have to sign contracts with the government. Though the order did not mention Wagner Group by name, the implication was clear: a takeover of Prigozhin’s mercenary troops, who have proved essential to Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine and have helped secure some of its most notable tactical victories.”

Even if Wagner rebellion fails, Putin’s presidency has never looked weaker

“Even if the rebellion quickly fails, the shock waves will continue for months, fuelling political instability and raising question marks over Putin’s fitness to lead. In the body-strewn Shakespearean play of Putin’s long, Macbeth-like presidency, we are into act five”

OceanGate Was Warned of Potential for ‘Catastrophic’ Problems With Titanic Mission

In the documents, Mr. Lochridge reported learning that the viewport that lets passengers see outside the craft was only certified to work in depths of up to 1,300 meters. That is far less than would be necessary for trips to the Titanic, which is nearly 4,000 meters below the ocean’s surface. “The paying passengers would not be aware, and would not be informed, of this experimental design,” lawyers for Mr. Lochridge wrote in a court filing.

Hoe Balkenende en Rutte de deuren openzetten voor Russische spionage

Waanzinnig knap journalistiek werk!

The End of BuzzFeed News Means the Coming of a New Internet

Heerlijk stuk over hoe BuzzFeed een dagelijkse glitterpony voor je timeline was, en tegelijkertijd ook een serieus journalistiek medium. “During Trump’s first press conference as president-elect, I stood next to our editor in chief and watched the soon-to-be leader of the free world single us out as a “failing pile of garbage.” Within an hour, we were selling shirts plastered with the phrase.”

Het interview van Khalid Kasem met Tom Egbers was, zacht gezegd, een beetje verwarrende tv

Over hoe bij Khalid en Sophie wel erg makkelijk heen werd gestapt over de bijna 100(!) (oud-)medewerkers die zich bij de vertrouwenspersoon hebben gemeld met verhalen over pestgedrag, (seksuele) intimidatie, discriminatie en verbale agressie. “Egbers: ‘Ik heb zelf een totaal andere perceptie van hoe het daar is.’ Waarmee weer eens bewezen werd: voor sommige mediamannen van bepaalde statuur is het nog altijd lastig om misstanden als misstanden te herkennen, ook al klotsen die met bakken tegelijk over de redactievloer.” 💯💯💯