Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues apace. It commands 24/7 news coverage on mainstream media, social media and the dark web, and there is little that my newsletter can add except to offer feeble commentary or encouragement. If you feel moved to support Ukrainians directly, AirBnB and Revolut are waiving their transaction charges – book a room in Kyiv, even if you won’t visit any time soon, or transfer a couple hundred bucks to a friend there with a Revolut account.
Can you tell I’m fascinated by free diving? This time, a woman.
Thank goodness the Burmese continued to eat tea, otherwise we wouldn’t have the wonder known as lahpet (pickled tea leaf salad).
Three years after her sublime Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Sciamma returns to delight us with Petite Maman.
Calorie counters and Weight Watchers are far less effective than one might think, and science is here to bust a few myths.
An AI debating its own ethics sounds like the premise of a dystopian sci-fi thriller.