Like with Germany, it was collective responsibility and ordinary people were complicit but hey, with Russia or China or whatever it's suddenly aw shucks these folks are just trying to get on with their lives and keep their heads low. And that just seems intellectually dishonest.

"Babis’s arguments have been aided by a robust disinformation scene. The week before election day, for example, some voters received text messages telling them they purportedly needed to sign up for a military draft." From @emilyrs :

🤩 Love love love Jill Biden’s red Lunar New Year celebration dress. 🧧🧧

Apparently it’s the 210th anniversary of Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — a book I love but which I feel is one of the most misunderstood novels. Way less about romance and more about women making practical decisions about marriage and financial security.

This is the North America shelf section at the German supermarket in my neighborhood and I find it even more hilarious than the Asian shelf section at US markets at Ralph’s / Albertson’s growing up.

The International Olympic Committee decision regarding Russia and Belarus is not a surprise given how it dealt with the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. People around the world will still tune in to Paris 2024; the IOC just makes billions feel tawdry about it.

The #GoogleDoodle  today celebrates bubble tea!

@chrisderose  Also my first memory of a news story. Then there was a three-year blink and suddenly it was 1989 and that was just a wild news year for a kid.

❤️📚 "Barnes & Noble’s resurgence is a reminder that there is nothing inevitable... Great bookstores and libraries still provide something the digital world cannot: a place not just to buy or borrow books, but to be among them." From @ezraklein :

Just listened to this. This was excellent — though sobering.