Day in the life of a snowmobile taxi driver
A brief report on the snowmobile life—including a snowmobile taxi driver—of a former cow town turned ski town.
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Manifest ebony.
The Russian military issues little in the way of reporting on the Ukraine war, suggesting things are not going as planned. / The Washington Post Did Russian state media accidentally publish an essay describing its fantasy of a Kyiv victory? / Twitter Masha Gessen spends a night in Moscow's last
Trojan course.
Russian troops pour into Ukraine and launch missile strikes on major cities. Tracking the attack with maps. / The Guardian, BBC News Matthew C. Klein explains why Europe is at greater risk from Russian pressure than the other way around. / The Overshoot From 2012: "Putin is a Soviet person who
A Black elevation map
The Black Elevation Map is "an immersive digital experience that reimagines the American landscape by visualizing the heights of The Culture as elevation." From the founders: We want this project to help Black travelers see the country in a way that prioritizes and celebrates the contributions of folks
Ukraine.
The Biden administration is investigating ways to train Ukrainian forces remotely, should the country fall to Russia—though it may not be legal, and may make the US a co-combatant. / Axios, Foregin Policy "My internet went down, and I felt fear crawling in my guts. I had never
Affirmative falcon.
The head of NATO: "We now have war in Europe on a scale and of a type we thought belonged to history." / Axios Ukranians flee their country for neighboring Poland. / Reuters Europe now faces risks to Ukrainian gas-transport infrastructure. / The Wall Street Journal China denies backing the
Tennis and the veneer of etiquette
Tennis has a reputation as a polite sport. Not so, at least when it comes to allowing its umpires to be abused. Tennis is a traditional sport. Tennis is an old fashioned sport. But bizarrely tennis has failed miserably to uphold the more productive and human elements of this self-
One more time.
Biden enacts sanctions against Russia in response to Putin sending troops into eastern Ukraine. / BuzzFeed News "Although the day would end with advancing columns of Russian armor in eastern Ukraine, it began almost normally for the fourth graders of Avdiivka's School Number 7." / Foreign Policy See
Farmer of medicine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin orders troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognizing them as independent states. / CNN Opinions differ on whether it's an "invasion" of the country. / The Washington Post As the EU prepares to unveil the scale of sanctions to be
Director Ivan Reitman's little-known first film.
Many thanks to Open Culture for opening our eyes to director Ivan Reitman's (RIP) first movie. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1946—his mother an Auschwitz survivor and his father an underground resistance fighter—Reitman moved to Canada as a young child, where he eventually attended McMaster University. And