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The Nord Stream attack points to Kyiv.

I just got round to reading this exhaustive investigation of the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage. It's quite a story and also a political powder keg.

Behind the scenes, though, you get clearer statements. Investigators from the BKA, the Federal Police and the Office of the Federal Prosecutor have few remaining doubts that a Ukrainian commando was responsible for blowing up the pipelines. A striking number of clues point to Ukraine, they say.
Linked on the 16th of September, 2023 Details

Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through ’suggested friends’ feature

Not The Onion.
Linked on the 7th of May, 2018 Details

Terrorism is not new

From the NY Times: The First Global Terrorists Were Anarchists in the 1890s

Published on the 4th of May, 2016 Read full post

A long range forecast of our dark future

Charles Stross pulls together a rather apocalyptic, but all too believable, forecast for the next decade. An explosive cocktail of climate change, mass-migration, growing xenophobia and financial crazyness.

Published on the 10th of January, 2016 Read full post

Skating through the lockdown

Two weeks after the Paris attacks, Brussels is in lockdown. But at Ursulines skatepark, a multicultural community is thriving.

Published on the 11th of December, 2015 Read full post

ITV: Pastry blamed for station evacuation

I guess they’ll be banning pastry from airports now.

Linked on the 18th of February, 2004 Details