I am convinced that future historians will view our current era as a continuous extension of the Victorian Era.

Our society is still ruled by the same kind of cultural prudishness, is prone to the same sort of moral panics, places a high premium on engineering and believes that industrial/commercial progress will solve our problems, and continues to view poverty as a personal failing.

We want to think we are different than those silly Victorians, with their fancy outfits and backwards notions, but we're not.

"we need to know your age" no you don't

You already know my habits, my marital status, my job and future prospects, how many kids I have (or want), where I live, who I live with, who I live around, who my parents are, how much money I make, how much money my parents made, what kind of car I drive (or don't), what food I buy at the store, how long I've had my bank account, what kind of computers I've used, what books I read, what kind of laundry detergent I buy, what my favorite color is, who my favorite artist is, what my favorite show is, and what my favorite historical period is.

You don't need my age, you took everything else.

Masterfully written line in Forbes, on Ukraine’s newest drone.

“This is a penetrating weapon, as a sticker on the bomb proclaims, and it has Russian military bloggers worried.”

Looking closely, the decal on Ukraine’s ‘fencepost’ explosive drone reads: ‘Anal Punisher’.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2026/06/12/russians-alarmed-by-ukraines-fence-post-drone-bomb/

#Ukraine #drones #warfare #russia #UkraineWar #writing

Auf der Wanderung im Elsass zum Château de la Roche im Bruche-Tal hat man einen tollen Blick von der Burgruine auf die Berge und Hügel im Elsass und den Vogesen. Eine schöne Tour.

#elsass #alsace #vogesen #vosges #wandern #hiking #randonnee #frankreich #france #natur #nature #landschaft #landscape #fotografie #photography

A woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide
https://apnews.com/article/haiti-woman-homicide-ice-e31e7109eba053b41f6b0319640df042?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-AssociatedPress

In case there was any doubt.

Elon Musk's role was 'instrumental' in the Belfast riots, researchers say
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/06/13/musk-s-role-was-instrumental-in-the-belfast-riots-according-to-researchers_6754420_4.html#