Treacherous Ancestry, by Philipp Markolin. An essential and timely document for those interested in origins of novel pathogens
protagonist-science.com/p/treacherous-…

Bravo!

Alibaba, bitten already, should read 'Humans are not perfectly vigilant' pluralistic.net/2024/04/01/hum… by Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK

On centaurs.
'Humans are not perfectly vigilant' is another brilliant essay by Cory Doctorow @[email protected]

Piotr '147 mercenaires français ont été tués' Tolstoi, tranquille à Genève.

Jérôme Poirot: “Il est utile de rappeler combien la France est, depuis un siècle, très pénétrée par la propagande, la désinformation et les ingérences russes” tyzhden.fr/jerome-poirot-…

crisisgroup.org/asia/north-eas…

Russian 'elections'
One dot = smallest electoral unit
X axis = turnout
Y axis = Putin's vote
Normally, there should be no relationship between the turnout and the vote for a specific candidate.
As you can see, this abnormal relationship is very visible in this 'comet' shape.

Reminder that one can show that 'election' results in Russia are manipulated based on statistical anomalies in the official data

github.com/dkobak/electio…

Dimanche passé, l'impensable s'est produit en Suisse: une initiative syndicale a passé la rampe. Mon analyse (1/3)

Obviously man-made, probably in the secret lab under Lake Geneva.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

#MoscowMikeJohnson

SWIFT IS BETTER THAN OBJECTIVE-C

The only treaty Russia has ever honored was the Molotov Ribbentrop pact.

Must read.
Crypto is not only dumb, it's also fueling human trafficking in online scam centers in Cambodia and Myanmar.
See the recent crackdown in Myanmar's resistance-held areas were 40k (out of an estimated 100k) Chinese were deported to China.
bbc.com/news/world-asi…

nytimes.com/interactive/20…