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Every morning when I get up, I check social media, to see what has happened in the war during the night. Almost every day, Ukraine has hit a military target, Russia has struck a civilian home, and the free world shrugs it off saying, “Ukraine’s got this”. This morning, Russia hi…

RE: https:// wandering.shop/@cstross/117110 021420097079 A point most authors studiously ignore is that the real world is *complex*. Take spy thrillers. An American one might feature the CIA or, in extremis, the NSA. Up against one rival agency. But in reality, there's a civil s…

Debbie Millman, School of Visual Arts and the host of Design Matters: "I have found myself wondering: Is the world getting uglier? Good design relies on understanding context: how a building sits on its street, how a chair accommodates a body, how type works on the page and for…