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The brutal stalemate on the Ukraine/Russian front line makes the case for peace talks to explore what can be agreed to stop the killing. But there are times when the Trump White House forgets who it is dealing with. Putin started the biggest land war in Europe since Hitler. It was unprovoked and unnecessary. His actions have killed hundreds of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians — and maimed many more. He has fired his missiles on Ukrainian apartment blocs and train stations. He has tried to freeze Ukrainian civilians into surrender by crippling electric-power plants. His troops have kidnapped hundreds of Ukrainian-born children and relocated them to unknown new homes in Russia. Ukrainian troops have been tortured and executed with Gestapo-like barbarism. Realpolitik may mean we have to deal with this monster. But let us not forget he is a monster and presides over a barbaric regime.

If only they’d done this sooner - we could be charging our iPhones with one of these right now.

Brian O'Driscoll here looks exactly like every guy who did rugby at uni and then moved to Clapham to become a financial analyst. #IREvNZL #ire #NZL

To be exact: Spawnpeek protection is a W. Preset reinforcement is such a horrible idea it might be one of the worst things they could do, it teaches bad habits for new and existing players and ruins experimentation altogether.

I have to say the Met Commissioner is right to do this, as unpopular as it might be. I would like to see a more coordinated response from policing as a whole to focus more on its core functions, not act as mental health practitioners. Enough talking. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…

@Rainbow6Game hey right now there is a problem with the game where you cannot join your friends to play games with them do you have any info on when this is going to be fixed?

@Rainbow6Game When is the pc invite problem gonna be fixed?

@Rainbow6Game @RainbowSixDE Please fix the game. I have been trying to get in a lobby with my friends for 1hr and it’s not the first time. What the fuck. It always says leave your current party or some. Pls fix rn!

@Rainbow6Game this can't join squad already in a party bug is infuriating! Been like this for ages. Ruins whole evenings planned with our 5 stack. What's going on?!

@UbisoftSupport FIX R6S SQUAD ISSUES ALREADY

@UbisoftSupport fix your fucking servers for once please and let me invite my friends to play rainbow

@UbisoftSupport the party system on siege PC has been broken for ages. Play a game as a 5 stack then suddenly queue problems, can't invite, friends not shown as online when they are etc. So frustrating. Have to abandon playing early cos it's unworkable. Every time.

@Rainbow6Game another evening of siege abandoned cos our 5 stack can't actually party up. Why is Uplay so useless?

Here's my summary of the University of Manchester masturbation research scandal, and some of the (incredibly depressing) academic reaction to it: stuartritchie.substack.com/p/circling-the…

On current growth rates, Poland is set to be richer than Britain in 12 years time. Between Westminster and Whitehall, Britain's failure to grow can be explained in four words: it’s not allowed to. spectator.co.uk/article/britai…

Always found the plastic straw ban annoying, but Its an actual quality of life decreaser when you have a toddler

@PhilipBarantini please can we have a sequel to Boiling Point about Jason Flemyng's celebrity chef character? The aftermath of the first film would put him in some interesting light. :-)

What will the battle of Kyiv look like? What will be the tactics. Russian requirements? #Ukraine defense? Have a listen to the latest episode of my @WarInstitute Urban Warfare Project podcast. On Apple podcasts or wherever you get yours. #UkraineRussiaWar mwi.usma.edu/what-will-the-…

If you don't recognise these tactics, then you haven't been paying attention. From Kharkiv's frontline, #Ukraine @dcinfocus and Feras. With thanks to our local team. @BBCNews @BBCWorld Graphic content warning.

I've written a piece for the great @WorksInProgMag on why those of us who care most about humanity's progress should care and think more about natalism- in particular helping people have the children they want worksinprogress.co/issue/natalism…