Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Putin’s Powerful Aide
Showing an uncanny ability to adapt to circumstances, Sergei V. Kiriyenko has turned himself into a key engineer of President Vladimir V. Putin’s autocratic machine.
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Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes
In the fascinating new reality of the internet, teen girls can’t learn about periods on Reddit and indie artists can’t sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month. Early Tuesday, Elon Musk’s xAI launched a new image and…
War 2 India advance booking opens with explosive Hrithik Roshan–NTR action promo, watch
Yash Raj Films’ War 2, directed by Ayan Mukerji, is the most awaited film of 2025, and the company announced the start of this massive pan-India action spectacle with India booking by releasing an insane new action promo featuring Hrithik Roshan & NTR as super-spies Kabir and Vikram! Produced by Aditya Chopra, War 2 is…
Disrupting the Freezer Aisle: Dr. Bombay Ice Cream
BRIAN KENNY: Welcome to Cold Call, the podcast where we dive deep into the stories behind groundbreaking Harvard Business School case studies. We are recording this episode just a few days shy of National Ice Cream Day, which falls on the third Sunday of July each year. Americans love ice cream. So much so that…
Far-Right Israeli Minister Condemns Plan for Gradual Military Expansion in Gaza
Bezalel Smotrich, the hard-line finance minister, said that Israel needed to move more decisively and quickly to defeat Hamas.
Jackie Chan Says Movies Lack Quality Because Of Money-Focused Studios
Jackie Chan told a Q&A audience in Locarno that he believes the big Hollywood studios are stifling contemporary filmmaking with what he described as their obsession with money. “I think the old movies are better than today,” Chan said. “Right now, a lot of big studios, they’re not filmmakers, they’re business guys. They invest 40…
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The Russian Technocrat Who Helps Enable Putin and Manage the Ukraine War
For three years, Sergei V. Kiriyenko has handled the political aspects of the war in Ukraine, rising among a cadre of skilled managers who oversee the sprawling Russian state.
Cowboys’ CeeDee Lamb leveled by official while in street clothes, then hit with 15-yard penalty | Dallas Cowboys
CeeDee Lamb took a big hit and committed a penalty in the Dallas Cowboys’ preseason opener – even though the star receiver wasn’t playing. A sprinting official ran straight into Lamb’s back when the four-time Pro Bowl receiver wandered too close to the field during the second quarter of the Cowboys’ game against the Los…
You know what you need to do, but you keep not doing it. Here’s why and what to do about it
The secret? Make peace with failure. Most people have goals to get ahead and even know, in principle, what steps to take to achieve them, but just keep not taking those steps. For instance, a successful designer does beautiful art on the side and wants to put it “out there” to see if he has something…