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It used to be received wisdom that hierarchies saved starving pastoralists by inventing irrigation agriculture, complex societies and temples - Mesopotamia and Egypt circa 3500 BC But then Gobekli Tepe was discovered, a temple complex built by hunter-gatherers and pastoralists circa 9000 BC...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/22/fatal-clash-between-individual-and-welfare/ Could somebody extract this from the paywall. I have run out of gifts.

Lawfare. Lawyers, no laws. There are no immutables in Canada. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/richard-ciano-mr-carney-investors-dont-see-rule-of-law-in-canada-they-see-chaos

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/pentagon-announces-nearly-9-billion-in-contracts-over-six-week-shutdown/ Germany spending 876 MUSD for 60 Chnooks (seems like a good price to me, can we get another squadron or two?) Aerovironment seems to have done well as well. Moreso with their small...

Expanding Irregular Warfare beyond Special Operations. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/pentagon-formalizes-conventional-forces-role-in-irregular-warfare-but-will-it-stick/

The article is about beef but the story is about Canadian and American culture. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/donald-trump-beef-packers-ottawa-silence "The contrast ultimately comes down to temperament. The United States acts; Canada deliberates. Washington’s reflex is enforcement...

https://www.fossewaytreeservices.co.uk/10-11-2025/166924-10k-year-old-artifact-discovered-still-working/ 10,000 year old engineered fish weir founf intact and functional under high arctic ice. Still catching arctic char. Made from pebbles, antlers, bones and sinew. 27 m long. Add in the...

I am double-posting this article intentionally. It had some relevance to the training of pilots so I posted it in "Future Helicopters". However the discussion about flying drones in a contested environment is fascinating. Particularly some comments about US vehicles like Skydio. 6 Questions...

A new article in the Walrus from Wesley Wark. A long interview with CCA LGen Wright on getting drones into the Army in a hurry and potential impacts on structure. Short form: Drones for everyone everywhere and encourage bottom up experimentation...

https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/10/joint-statement-by-foreign-ministers-of-canada-norway-and-the-united-kingdom-on-situation-in-tanzania.html Canada, UK and Norway commenting jointly on Tanzania...

https://evidencenetwork.ca/although-it-was-thought-to-be-lost-24-billion-miles-from-earth-this-probe-sent-in-1977-has-against-all-odds-resurfaced-on-nasas-radar/...

“The mega trend that you could think about wrapping up all those other three meta [trends] and underpinning it, connecting it, enabling it, is ubiquitous competition for networks,” Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, deputy commander of INDOPACOM, said Thursday at AFCEA’s TechNet Indo-Pacific in Hawaii. “If...

Canada Phillipines https://globalnation.inquirer.net/297174/canada-to-become-4th-country-with-visiting-forces-pact-with-ph Canada South Korea https://www.international.gc.ca/news-nouvelles/2025/2025-10-29-republic-korea-republique-coree.aspx?lang=eng...

Ukraine will be flying more of them than the Swedes. https://united24media.com/latest-news/sweden-signs-deal-to-supply-ukraine-with-100-150-gripen-e-fighter-jets-12717 Any bets on them keeping the GE engine?

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https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-erosion-of-liberal-education-is-a-civic-emergency-in-the-making Social Studies used to be two separate departments: Geography and History with a leavening of political studies in the later grades. These were buttressed by the study of literature and...

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-could-soon-deploy-sea-launched-drones-with-5000-km-range-and-1-ton-warheads-12412 This thing is uncrewed. It floats. It is powered by jet engines. It is propelled by air. It has an undercarriage like the Bras d'Or. It moves on the surface like a...

https://fortune.com/2025/10/02/jim-farley-says-gen-z-son-worked-as-mechanic-college-degree/ 12000 USD degree ca 1980 now costs 94000 USD. Inflating faster than everything. 5 tradesmen retire. 2 new candidates enter the field.

JAGM has a 16 km range, is fire and forget with a MMW seeker and a warhead effective against tanks, aircraft, ships and structures...... Who wants it? ;)