Explosive sex toys and cosmetics: the story behind the DHL parcels plot.
An exclusive account reveals previously unreported details and insights into how the Kremlin’s sabotage campaign played out on the ground – and the multinational effort to track down the network behind it.
#Russia #Espionage #Sabotage #Terrorism #Longread #Telegram #Ukraine #Poland #Bosnia #Croatia #Slovenia #Lithuania #Europe
Explosive sex toys and cosmetics: the story behind the DHL parcels plot.
An exclusive account reveals previously unreported details and insights into how the Kremlin’s sabotage campaign played out on the ground – and the multinational effort to track down the network behind it.
#Russia #Espionage #Sabotage #Terrorism #Longread #Telegram #Ukraine #Poland #Bosnia #Croatia #Slovenia #Lithuania #Europe
Journalist Jackie Snow wrote this amazing article for the Los Angeles Review of Books about #reading behind bars:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/reading-behind-bars-and-beyond-barriers/
It touches on so many aspects of #books in #prisons, from why books on yoga are okay but books on tai chi are not, to concerns about whether Colin Powell's autobiography complied with #prison rules.
Our reach for the stars must never stop.
It’s a new long read!
https://www.fringe.com/death-valley-has-some-of-the-most-extraordinary-night-skies/
Fascinating #LongRead on the future of human labour in a world of increasingly productive #AI. One early nugget that kinda shocked me is that we have apparently spent most than 10x the total cost of the Manhattan Project on #GenerativeAI (or possibly AI more broadly).
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:36mblrgaoi26sgq6ssmkrwaa/post/3lobzd44k6y26
The Atlantic: ‘I Run the Country and the World’ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/trump-second-term-comeback/682573/
„Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.“
#longread
📖 “The future of long distance train services through the Channel Tunnel” https://jonworth.eu/the-future-of-long-distance-train-services-through-the-channel-tunnel/
#eurostar #ChannelTunnel #EU #europe #schengen #longread
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UK border checks seem to be the biggest bottleneck in improving service.
Weekend #longread:
"Recognising that #collapse is here doesn't mean giving up. It means recognising that there is a new strategic space. And if that new space is catastrophe, so be it. There is still a need for us to organise spaces of love & solidarity."
https://steadyhq.com/de/friedlichesabotage/posts/b74f62c4-3ce2-486b-9d00-80cf60ef94fb
A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right.
The Long Read: Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections.
Wat denken Chinese arbeiders over de Communistische Partij?
https://www.doorbraak.eu/wat-denken-chinese-arbeiders-over-de-communistische-partij/
Is China een kapitalistisch land?
https://www.doorbraak.eu/is-china-een-kapitalistisch-land/
Is China een socialistisch land?
https://www.doorbraak.eu/is-china-een-socialistisch-land/
Was China een communistisch land onder Mao?
https://www.doorbraak.eu/was-china-een-communistisch-land-onder-mao/
Is China de sweatshop van de wereld?
https://www.doorbraak.eu/is-china-de-sweatshop-van-de-wereld/
#Arbeidersstrijd #Beweging #Chuǎng #Internationaal #Kapitalisme #Repressie
#GoodRead #LongRead
"Americans had adopted children from abroad in previous decades, most notably from South Korea, but Operation Babylift created a story around adoption that transformed the displacement of a foreign baby to an American home into an act of charity. Out of the horrors of war came an opportunity for benevolence and absolution."
https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/651701/vietnam-operation-babylift-adoption-transnational
#aapi #aanhpi #vietnamese #VietnamWar #UShistory #adopted #adoption #babies #infants #longread
Thousands of troops millions of shells. Reuters investigation shows extent of Moscow’s reliance on North Korea on the Ukraine battlefield.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA/lgvdxqjwbvo/ #NorthKorea #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar #LongRead
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
"A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence tells us about branding in tech."
https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes
Geweldige #longread over het #CECOT schandaal. #Garcia #ElSalvador #Bukele #Trump https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/the-trump-el-salvador-scandal-deepens
What a fun, interesting, lovely read this is! I hope that the tea shop owner's wish, as stated near the end of the essay, is fulfilled and that the legacy of the shop and its wonderful volunteer customer operators remains in place for many years to come.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/19/i-always-come-here-the-indian-tea-shop-that-runs-on-trust
#LongRead
