Since earlier today, an endless stream of Hong Kongers have come to Tai Po to pay their respects and mourn the lives lost to the fire. Some people estimate that they have waited in line for approx 40 minutes to an hour before they could lay down their flowers.

"All the President's Millions"

Bacon is a retired Air Force brigadier general, served 29 years in the military

When Canada deepens ties with China, it's not romance, it's risk management. If the U.S. keeps slapping tariffs and rewriting rules, partners diversify. Reliability is an economic asset; squander it, and trade flows and influence quietly move elsewhere.

Amazing anecdote from David Mamet about Tom Stoppard in The Free Press: "Steven Spielberg asked Tom to write the screenplay for Jaws, and Tom said he couldn’t as he was writing a play for the BBC. Spielberg said, 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood

Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%, per Gallup news.gallup.com/poll/699221/tr…

Remarkable story of high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days

BREKAING: The death toll in the deadly blaze that ravaged a Tai Po estate has killed at last 151 people, authorities have said, after police finished searching five of Wang Fuk Court’s seven affected towers. hongkongfp.com/2025/12/01/bre… Police officer visibly upset when speaking to

Of all the tributes I've read to Tom Stoppard, and I think I've read just about all of them, this, by patrick marber, is my favourite. theguardian.com/stage/2025/dec…

(A few weeks ago): Altman: "Stay the course." (Today) Altman: "Code Red" for ChatGPT Stephanie Palazzolo is @ NeurIPS! Erin Woo theinformation.com/articles/opena…

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times about Tom Stoppard

Ukraine detains British army veteran on suspicion of spying for Russia ft.com/content/62d972… via @ft

Scoop: During a long phone call on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked President Trump for more support in his push for a pardon from Israel's president. Marc Caputo and I report for Axios axios.com/2025/12/02/net…

The horrific story behind the Reuters photo reuters.com/investigates/s… Poor 71 year old man lost his wife...

Not only is Rubio skipping the NATO foreign ministers' meeting, a break from 20 years of practice, but the US is sending Christopher Landau, a man who publicly questioned NATO's need to exist less than six months ago. Message received loud & clear. nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/…

"This is far too widespread and nationwide... a collective movement of the youth reclaiming public space in Iran... When the numbers are too much, when this is happening, not in small pockets, but all over the place, the government has a challenge." Amid changing social mores

Excerpt from the Trump administration’s new national security strategy which believes Europe faces “civilisational erasure” and “lacks self confidence in its relationship with Russia”. I wonder if this has anything to do with US policy on Ukraine

Good questioning from John Berman

“#Syria transformed from a country exporting crises to determining regional stability… while #Israel tries to manage its own problems by exporting them abroad.” - #Syria President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaking to Christiane Amanpour at Doha Forum.

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