How AI Reads the Mind of a Potato: Tokens Dance, Embeddings Sing, Attention Looks for an Iron(or why your toaster suddenly learned to empathize, while your neighbor keeps arguing with his dog about the meaning of life — it’s wild, but logical)
AI: A New Mirror for Humanity or Just an Excuse to Skip Homework?To whom have you pledged allegiance: the Council of Elders, your own conscience, or, heaven forbid, an evil algorithm?
Wolf Hunt: How Ukrainians Are Exterminating Each Other to the Sound of the Patriotic MarchWhen a nation tears itself apart, all that's left is to gather the bones and sell the land. Who ordered this safari—and why don't the hunters look up?
Telegram and the FSB: Who’s Sending Emojis to Whom?Investigation: How Telegram’s servers ended up in the hands of an old friend of the Durov brothers — and what does the FSB have to do with it?
"The Bell for Recess": School Shooting in Austria Ends in TragedyWhen bullying in the classroom becomes a detonator — the tragedy in Graz and questions for a society that always "noticed nothing"
To the Country, You’re Nobody—But Don’t Hide Your WalletIn letters, the state is a caring father; in real life, it’s a humorless debt collector. The letters warm your soul, the bills—your wallet
Masculinity Canceled: Finally, You Can Live in Peace Without Saving the World on ScheduleHe didn't lose — he just elegantly bowed out of the contest to fulfill other people's dreams
Office Is Trash, OnlyFans Is Evil: Life at the Digital BottomYou slave away for the man just to steal a few sips of life. Maybe it's time to stop selling yourself? Burn it all to hell and sell the world your anarchic thrill!
Spanish Ultimatum: Airbnb Evicted with Castilian HospitalitySpanish authorities have decided there should be fewer tourist apartments and more chances for locals to find housing. Airbnb disagrees, but is being evicted along with tens of thousands of listings.
Kenton Cool Back on Top: The British Now Have 19 “Everests”British mountaineer Kenton Cool has broken his own record for Everest ascents among non-Sherpas. The rest can only envy and count the heights
Overpaying for Electricity and Mobilization: Ukrainians Enter "Historical Reconstruction" ModeWhen the state decides everything for you—from fate to tariffs—and parallels with the past become less and less allegorical