You’re going to feel real stupid when the rest of us are living it up in Neom with our Grok-powered talking body pillows

No honking (unless for danger)

“Sir do you have any biohazardous material in your bag? Anything radioactive? Any coconut?”

My latest. About how many of us feel these grim days.

PEpolitico.euFeb 19, 2024 4:27am

The overwhelming support of the free world and — most of all — our unity made Ukrainians think we could win. Today, that’s getting harder to believe.

Being Ukrainian in 2024: ‘People look at me as if I’m terminally ill’

Two years after the assault on Kyiv, it’s getting harder to stay optimistic.

Last October, we at OCCRP reported on how the fall of one Fijian trafficker showed how the country's previous leadership had turned a blind eye to serious drug trafficking through the country. The impact of this on small island countries is hard to overstate www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

Fall of a Fijian Trafficker Exposes Previous Government’s Blind Eye to Meth - OCCRP

The imprisonment of a prominent Fijian businessman on drug charges is just one sign of the Pacific island country’s increasing role as an international trafficking hub.

3.7 tonnes of crystal meth seized in Fiji, almost definitely headed for Aus / NZ. This is huge, but not surprising given what we’ve seen in Fiji’s growth as a staging point in the booming Pacific drug trade www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...

Fiji drug bust: Police chief confirms 'one of biggest seizures ever' of meth in Nadi

Fiji police say they have seized over three tonnes of methamphetamine, with the country's acting top cop confirming that it is "one of the biggest seizures ever" in the country.

Looking into this.

Koala looks like Jon Lovitz

Some pharmaceutical companies will spend millions on focus groups to name their products. Others take a more vibes-based approach

There's social inequality, and then there's spicy, Thai-style social inequality