At a previous job, the IT department challenged us to come up with the most unguessable, yet personal memorable password (not a bad competition, as it made us all think). I offered them "Trotsky… (View Post)

Yes, they make a serious effort where an issue is the subject of intense domestic controversy - Partygate and Beergate, for example. They don't bother if there is a broad national consensus (Ukr… (View Post)

We used to feed foxes regularly (our very tolerant landlord next door said he'd had to repair the fence because they keep digging under it to get to the goodies) and one day were rewarded by the… (View Post)

Hectoring is always tiresome. But anti-woke hectoring is common too, and in electoral terms can be just as off-putting. This quote from an Australian Liberal MP may give pause for thought to some Tor… (View Post)

Another example of how negotiating positions change when the facts change. Remember how Putin said that Sweden and Finland joining NATO was a terrible idea and would have unspecified "consequenc… (View Post)