Since the first great tank battle at Cambrai on November 20, 1917, the great and the good have foretold the end of these armoured beasts. Yet over 100 years later, the metal box with tracks and a gun is still tearing up the battlefields of eastern Europe. The adaptability of the basic tank platform is…
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, revived a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between their nations on Wednesday, signing a new agreement that calls for them to assist each other in the event of “aggression” against either country. The Russian president, in a briefing after the two leaders signed…
Schoolgirl injured in Ryanair depressurisation incident settles for €15,000 The Irish Times Source link
Hope you’re getting Juneteenth off tomorrow. Wonkette is! (Mostly.) What did we learn today? Let’s start off with a couple of Nice Times! and Haha “for more.” Dok kills me sometimes! SUBSCRIIIIIIIBE! Here’s a couple religious nuts, but the bad kind. LATE UPDATE (on twitter): BUH-BYE. And this guy! And Kirk Cameron! You know him!…
No Tech for Apartheid (NOTA), a coalition of tech workers demanding big tech companies to drop their contracts with the Israeli government, is close to reaching its goal for a campaign asking students not to work with Google and Amazon. As Wired reports, more than 1,100 people who identified themselves as STEM students and young…