For all his faults, things that Dominic Cummings got right were the need to gather large amounts of data and get mass testing underway as quickly as possible. That, and explaining scientific principa… (View Post)

It’s actually quite scary to be in Istanbul and realise just how much shipping goes through the city. Almost all Ukranian food exports for a start, which wouldn’t particularly like to meet a Russian … (View Post)

That’s a nice navy they’ve got there. Would be a real shame if anything were to happen to it… Given how the rest of the Russian military is ‘working’ right now, a mutiny or a breakdown doesn’t sound … (View Post)

At least with the Ukraine war, there’s clearly one side that’s mostly good people and one side that’s mostly bad people. Most other current wars are not so simple, being mostly a bunch of scumbags th… (View Post)

Yes, Russia’s unlikely to be able to get them back to the Black Sea, not that they’re likely to last too long there anyway once the Ukranians get them in their sights. Perhaps they’ll be doing a tour… (View Post)