North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine turn out to be not quite the unquestioning super-efficient robotic killers they were supposed to be, while the Russian soldiers now tend to view them as "fundamentally subhuman". It's not a happy picture. From the Daily NK: North Korea’s leadership is growing increasingly concerned about the psychological state and…

From the Telegraph: Lone male travellers should be allowed to sit next to unaccompanied children on passenger planes, a discrimination tribunal has ruled. The decision comes after a man was asked to swap seats with a woman by the cabin crew of a flight travelling from Oslo to Paris in October 2022. They told him…

I will never not be outraged that this man was put in charge of a women’s mental health ward. https://t.co/DcNbNHY8Xv — Jill Foster (@JournalistJill) January 14, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js From the Mail article: An NHS nurse in charge of a women's psychiatric unit has been banned after using racist slurs. Jaden Rachel Dios Hole called a…

"it's painful to wake up and see it was not a bad dream, and [this body] is my new reality. I just want to end my life but I can't because I have parents that love and always supported me" Very sad, this guy regrets his surgery and is now suicidal just two months after…

pretty much Lindbergh's position in 1939 https://t.co/3hsqs2yDGW — Simon Schama (@simon_schama) January 14, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

The real reason why Iran is conducting clandestine talks with Russia to bolster their nuclear ambition? They need uranium to fuel nuclear icebreakers, so they can reach their planned base in Antarctica. From MEMRI TV: Iranian TV reporter Mohsen Maghsoodi visited Russia’s ATOM exhibition alongside two anonymous Iranian nuclear doctoral students in a report aired…

My royalties continue to help fund women-only services and support the fightback against the erosion of women's and girls' rights. Enjoy both essay and fire!🔥💜🩶💚🙏 pic.twitter.com/zB0mNd4J11 — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 13, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Worth a read. Paul Graham on The Origins of Wokeness: The word "prig" isn't very common now, but if you look up the definition, it will sound familiar. Google's isn't bad: A self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others. This sense of the word originated in the 18th century, and its age…

From the JC: An account manager at an organisation which trains top civil servants has been suspended after a series of antisemitic remarks on social media, the JC can reveal. Naveed Ahmed Chaudhuri, head of the training portfolio at Government Exchange, which includes Lord Cameron among its previous speakers, suggested Jews worship ‘Satan’, spread a…

It's on January 8th, and it's becoming a national holiday. From the Daily NK: North Korea implemented special security measures for Kim Jong Un’s birthday on Jan. 8, signaling ongoing efforts to establish the date as a national holiday. A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province reported that heightened security measures were in effect…