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Short of hybrid, but still pokey-pokey by USSR 2.0 - and counter-pokey by the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/09/uk-navy-russian-submarines-undersea-cables-north-atlantic https://uk.news.yahoo.com/defence-secretary-responds-russian-spy-112625395.html...

In the immortal words of Crap Game from “Kelly’s Heores,” “a DEAL deal … Maybe the guy’s a Republican?”

Well, at least it's still not being scattered from an old Folgers can ... https://www.theroyalobserver.com/p/andrew-receives-the-ultimate-humiliation-in-new-burial-plans-alongside-a-forgotten-royal

Aaaaand, who "trains" the AI? ;) Late edit with this: I asked AI for a "brief, non-partisan summary of this exchange from Oral Questions in Canada's House of Commons": https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/45-1/house/sitting-100/hansard#Int-13425861 And here's what I got back - better...

Looks like bits of the GRU's breaking into not-up-to-date internet routers all over the place & changing the settings so the traffic goes through their systems. Nothing to see here, right? https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/apt28-exploit-routers-to-enable-dns-hijacking-operations...

Ah, Hungary - the Magyar/central European Türkiye of NATO ....

Bumped with the latest: court martial coming in June, after guilty pleas to some of the charged (aggravated assault and domestic violence). https://apnews.com/article/army-base-shooting-fort-stewart-quornelius-radford-c8285854a0a0076e60414954e83fd470...

Interesting angle on the 51st state/annexation thing & how a chat between our King and POTUS47 might help .... https://www.theroyalobserver.com/p/new-book-reveals-donald-trumps-surprising-question-about-king-charles-that-may-have-saved-canada...

He says, she says about some attempted gas line sabotage in Central Europe. https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-serbia-turkstream-gas-pipeline-ukraine-explosives/33725865.html https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-russian-gas-pipeline-explosives-sabotage-hungary-orban/a-76674841...

Big Food on the Hormuz unpleasantness ... https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2026/04/06/hormuz-food-crisis/

This could just as easily gone here or here or here, but I just picked one thread and went with it. Not just about exploiting youth, but a pretty detailed outline of steps & indicators of shaping/grooming vulnerable people into weapons...

Wanted: new IRGC int boss, able to hire immediately ... https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892199 https://www.foxnews.com/world/idf-confirms-irgc-intel-chief-killed-quds-force-commander-also-eliminated-strike https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c1w4gg1d3yeo...

@lenaitch - You called it ;) For more context .... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/news-live-updates_n_69ca6616e4b0128a9ef83bad/liveblog_69cfef6ce4b0d214cc7139b5

A few less-than-mainstream media accounts of "The Rescue" with different tidbits ... https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/ https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/04/csar-in-the-spotlight/ https://sof.news/middle-east/f-15e-2nd-aviator-rescued/...

I hear it's likely even more ... lively in showings in places like Argentina ;)

Bumped with an interesting development .... https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/04/conscription-law-men-now-need-approval-for-trips-abroad https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-men-must-ask-army-114851744.html

Back in the U.S., guess whose green cards are being pulled? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-arrests-relatives-slain-iranian-general-soleimani-living-us-rubio-revokes-green-cards https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/soleimani-family-arrested-us-federal-authorities...

R.I.P. to one of Canada's oldest WW2 vets and what appears to be the oldest man in Canada :salute: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/fort-erie-on/burdett-sisler-12816901 https://www.chch.com/chch-news/canadas-oldest-second-world-war-veteran-dies-at-110/...

Good start re: cred, but the problem is that more than JUST the party members/faithful vote. I'm interested to see if the new look/feel (good so far) continues outside of longer-form podcasts & interviews.

Or so .... The soldiers are certainly responsible for the "how" of war (jus in bello), but the buck stops at the political masters re: why (jus ad bellum). This tidbit from a Catholic media outlet dealing with same Archbishop interview jumped out at me in light of recent changes to how U.S...