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Here's a few of Margaret Fay Shaw images of a traditional Hebridean Halloween, South Uist, Scotland in 1932.

Journalism. That’s what will suffer most because of these losses. If you care about journalism — and many people have made clear that they don’t, as they celebrate in our mentions and inboxes — I hope you’ll consider, or reconsider, reading and supporting the Post.

Russia strikes Kharkiv’s densely populated Saltivka with a KAB glide bomb. Bloodthirsty terrorists hit a 9-story residential building in the evening, right when people were home. Rescuers are working to save those trapped under the rubble.

Fascinating that there are some 10,000 North Korean troops in Russia and ‘leaders’ in the West are concerned that helping Ukraine target Russian positions in Russia that launch attacks against Ukrainian civilians would be escalatory and turn Western countries into co-combatants.

Russia is ISIS with better weapons. The russian government tried to blow up commercial aircraft heading to Canada and the USA but state sponsored terrorism is being treated like a 3rd tier news story.

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Into the great beyond! Space shuttle Discovery was on its way to space for its second time 40 years ago this morning. During STS-51A, two satellites were deployed, and two malfunctioning satellites were captured and returned in Discovery's cargo bay. 📷 Taken by John Young

🕯️ Russian bomb kills one-year-old boy, his mother and great-grandmother in Zaporizhzhia pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/…

I can think of more than a few major media company CEOs who, in the last 72 hours, could really have taken a lesson from the leadership and convictions that MUBI and Efe are showing here.

This is what should be the final sign of an utterly failed policy. The Russians are attacking civilians throughout Ukraine with weapons armed with thermobaric warheads, whose only purpose is to kill and terrorise. And yet Ukraine can’t strike military targets in Russia.

Starting in 20th century, attacking science and portraying scientists as public enemies became a signature of totalitarianism. There is a saying attributed to Bertrand Russell: “Without science, democracy is impossible” and Maxim Gorky “Without science, democracy has no future”

My colleague Alessio Mamo is a brilliant war photographer. The picture top left - of newly mobilised Ukrainian soldiers going into battle for the first time - is reminiscent of Don McCullin's famous image of a shell-shocked GI in Vietnam. The eyes capture the horror and pathos

In case you’re interested: bsky.app/profile/vermon…

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An astonishing 87% of the continental United States is experiencing abnormally dry or worse drought conditions following one of the driest months in U.S. history. Alaska is the ONLY state not experiencing drought conditions.

The 2025 #ALA_Carnegie Medals for Excellence shortlist has been revealed, including works by Percival Everett, Kaveh Akbar, Jailing Tang, Adam Higginbotham, Emily Nussbaum, and Kevin Fedarko. The winners will be announced on Jan. 26, 2025. American Library Association ow.ly/XUoY50U6jI4

Apple users registered in Russia suddenly cannot access several podcasts produced by independent journalists. It's the latest instance of the tech giant's apparent (and unofficial) compliance with Russia's federal censor. buff.ly/40MviR9

Until recently, Moscow’s Gulag History Museum was the only major Russian institution dedicated to the memory of Soviet-era repressions that hadn’t come into the government’s crosshairs. Now that appears to be over. buff.ly/3Z6L47T

Natalia Grabarchuk, former Kindergarten teacher, now an anti-aircraft gunner, takes down her first Russian missile, this morning, amidst one of Russia's largest missle attacks on Ukraine, with a MANPADS.

As another year of excellent reading draws to a close, these are the 10 books that brought us the most delight. avonbooks Doubleday Riverhead Books Random House Group Del Rey Books @avidreaderpress @HarperTeen @razorbillbooks Soho Press @BIGPictureBooks bookpage.com/best-books/