- History: other wars on paper US 'winning' in terms of enemies killed, bombing raids completed: Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan
- Arguing case for punitive damages Kaley's attorney show jury jar M&Ms each represting $1bn; Meta's market capitalisation ~$1.4tn
- Quote - Looks like land of two laws... One law for a common person like me and you, and other for people in authorities
- Quote - Mr Oscar Blackford’s Christmas Circular; headed long list of Christmas gifts—"Scatter Sunshine with Xmas Cards"
- Quote - "Too many people thinking too much ... spending all day thinking about things couldn't influence, where did that lead?
- Quote - "probably find a photo of same six somewhere from thirty years ago, tanned and smiling, all raising glasses of sangria
- Quotes "... we mustn’t forget all the things still going on in quiet corners. There’s the news, and then there’s life
- Quote - "obsess over your flaws and weaknesses, constantly update balance sheet of your own personality and find it wanting..
- ...Warned about the "immense" energy needs of AI, which made up 1.5% of the world's electricity consumption last y
- Harry Martindale: The most well-known story begins in February of 1953; Roman soldiers in the basement of the Treasurer's House
Vodka and volcanoes in Russia's far east
Kamchatka is Russia's Eden, where volcanoes erupt, brown bears rule the forests and Vladimir Putin goes fishing
Vlad the impaler … a fishing lodge on the Zhupanova river, said to be a
favourite of Vladimir Putin. Photograph: Jason Elliot
