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Iran: dreaming of revolution

Iran: dreaming of revolution

Iran is at the crossroads once again. While bombastic left-wing activists and journalists are strangely quiet about Iranians fighting a theocracy that kills gay people, oppresses women en masse, and murders dissidents, it might be timely to remind the West what Iran, the once proud Persian lion, has been forced to become under the Ayatollahs. There is ...
Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands

Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands

Shortly after midnight, Iran launched two long-range missiles towards the US base at Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal citing multiple US officials. This indicates a strike range of up to 4,000 kilometres. Neither missile struck the base, but the attack marked ...
The bittersweet death of Lycra

The bittersweet death of Lycra

There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup to the boiled egg. Fat-but-jolly female film stars. The latest victim is the Lycra Company, which has filed for bankruptcy after sinking into a whopping $1.2 billion (£897 billion) of debt. That’s a lot of leotards! Invented in 1958 by ...
What did I miss?

What did I miss?

The most important issue this week was Labor’s desperate ‘don’t panic!’ messaging. Government officials claimed the problem was not a low fuel supply, but high demand. Australia has a jerry can apocalypse. There is a surge of ‘farm thieves’ cutting locks and raiding rural properties. Tractors are being drained and parked cars siphoned like it’s season ...
What Louis Theroux misses about the Manosphere

What Louis Theroux misses about the Manosphere

Louis Theroux, the Lib Dem Alan Whicker, has now had his turn at the manosphere. His new Netflix film Inside the Manosphere has gone down more or less as you would expect: clippable footage of insecure men, prompted along by Theroux’s trademark awkward questioning. But none of this is especially difficult. The men he films are not master manipulators ...
How AI is reshaping the Iran war

How AI is reshaping the Iran war

The magnitude and speed of the US and Israeli airstrikes eliminating Iranian regime officials can be explained in part by their unprecedented use of advanced technology and AI systems. The US military embraced AI earlier this year when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the Department of War to ‘accelerate America’s Military AI Dominance by becoming ...

Iran: dreaming of revolution

Iran: dreaming of revolution
Iran is at the crossroads once again. While bombastic left-wing activists and journalists are strangely quiet about Iranians fighting a theocracy that kills gay people, oppresses women en masse, and murders dissidents, it might be timely to remind the West what Iran, the once proud Persian lion, has been forced to become under the Ayatollahs. There is ...

Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands

Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands
Shortly after midnight, Iran launched two long-range missiles towards the US base at Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal citing multiple US officials. This indicates a strike range of up to 4,000 kilometres. Neither missile struck the base, but the attack marked ...

The bittersweet death of Lycra

The bittersweet death of Lycra
There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup to the boiled egg. Fat-but-jolly female film stars. The latest victim is the Lycra Company, which has filed for bankruptcy after sinking into a whopping $1.2 billion (£897 billion) of debt. That’s a lot of leotards! Invented in 1958 by ...

What did I miss?

What did I miss?
The most important issue this week was Labor’s desperate ‘don’t panic!’ messaging. Government officials claimed the problem was not a low fuel supply, but high demand. Australia has a jerry can apocalypse. There is a surge of ‘farm thieves’ cutting locks and raiding rural properties. Tractors are being drained and parked cars siphoned like it’s season ...

What Louis Theroux misses about the Manosphere

What Louis Theroux misses about the Manosphere
Louis Theroux, the Lib Dem Alan Whicker, has now had his turn at the manosphere. His new Netflix film Inside the Manosphere has gone down more or less as you would expect: clippable footage of insecure men, prompted along by Theroux’s trademark awkward questioning. But none of this is especially difficult. The men he films are not master manipulators ...

How AI is reshaping the Iran war

How AI is reshaping the Iran war
The magnitude and speed of the US and Israeli airstrikes eliminating Iranian regime officials can be explained in part by their unprecedented use of advanced technology and AI systems. The US military embraced AI earlier this year when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the Department of War to ‘accelerate America’s Military AI Dominance by becoming ...