When my kids get a little older and eventually ask me about intersectionality, I will say, "Well, kids, back in the mid-2020s, people started using multiple microblogging platforms simultaneously, and that's when intersectionality began."
State prosecutors in Moscow have opened a misdemeanor case against my colleague Andrey Pertsev, Meduza's resident Kremlin political expert. The charge is "participating in the activities of an undesirable organization" (ie, Meduza). https://zona.media/news/2024/11/02/perczev
Watching the World Series, and it's pretty wild that U.S. television networks will run Trump's anti-trans campaign ads when their own corporate non-discrimination policies would likely not permit such hateful content in their original programming.
Several U.S., European, and Russian officials told the WSJ that Elon Musk has had “regular contact” with Putin since late 2022. Russia's president has even asked for a "favor" to Xi Jinping regarding Starlink and Taiwan. ("Don't"). https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187
Zelensky's comments in the past two days depict a not-too-distant future where a Ukraine denied NATO membership is developing nuclear weapons to fend off waves of North Korea soldiers.
