Back in Sydney: Everyone’s a Critic John Merrick The Baffler

On the way back to the city of exile, Catalina club at Batemans Bay brought up many holiday memories 

Liz Truss warns against predictions of an ‘Armageddon scenario’ and tells Laura Kuenssberg that Britain has the right ‘spirit’ to get through energy crisis – while promising ‘immediate’ action to help if she becomes Tory leader TOMORROW Daily Mail 

A Rare Peek Inside the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy New Republic

World Military Expenditures and Arms TransfersDepartment of State. “WMEAT Will No Longer be Published”

Everyone’s a Critic John Merrick The Baffler 

BioNTech Founder Uğur Şahin: “The Virus Continues To Mutate at a High Speed” Der Speigel

Post-Covid brain fog in Chess rating.reddit 

Human Skin Didn’t Always Fear The Sun, Not Until A Huge Change 10,000 Years Ago.“Human beings evolved under the Sun. Sunlight was a constant in people’s lives, warming and guiding them through the days and seasons. 

Homo sapiens spent the bulk of our prehistory and history outside, mostly naked. Skin was the primary interface between our ancestors’ bodies and the world. Human skin was adapted to whatever conditions it found itself in.”