Mark Stoneman

Rüdiger Suchsland’s “Hitler’s Hollywood: German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda” (Kino Lorbeer, 2018) made for interesting viewing this evening.

Sore body, restless night.

Sometimes I prefer social media at times I should be sleeping so I can hear about the misery and insanity in other countries with a lot less pestilential news oozing out of the White House.

In one federal TV studio, the cameras were rolling, the host was ready, but the politicians were nowhere to be found.

Ukraine identifies another asymmetric weakness in the terrorist state—its size, its underdeveloped transportation system, its reliance on air transport.

Ultimately, we depend on the stories we tell each other.

I just watched Oz Katerji’s “The Battle for Kyiv” (Byline Media, 2024).

Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov seems despondent.

If a subscription-based app requires a login just to look at it, I delete it.

“How a Ukrainian [youth] survived FSB filtration and escaped Russian occupation” (Kyiv Independent, Aug. 26), youtu.be/pdCwslqd-… #RussiaIsATerroristState

“Former Pussy Riot member escapes Russia after 3 years of forced work for FSB” by Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent, Aug. 24, 2026.

Here’s a picture I took with my iPhone SE 3rd gen. on the Boulder Loop Trail in Albany, NH, on Saturday.

On a modest hike this past Saturday, I learned that my iPhone woefully undercounts elevation gain and recklessly overcounts distance covered.

The Ukrainian–English dictionary seems to have had an upgrade in iPadOS 27.

Cringe: “Thank you for trusting us with your information.”

Few people anticipated this war; before it happened people said it was impossible.

Fascinating rumination on being human in an era shaped by frequent interactions with LLMs and their human-mediated output: “Life on the Uncanny Precipice” by Naomi Saphra, Aug. 8, 2026, nsaphra.net.

Has anyone else noticed random guys writing “correct” under other people’s web comments?

Sleepy day.

A sweet slice of ordinary life in extraordinary times by the Kyiv Independent: the watermelon harvest in an unoccupied part of Kherson Oblast, youtu.be/dCASqlOEH… 🇺🇦 🍉 #StandWithUkraine

Hugh Roberts (Uni Exeter) introduces translations of moving poetry by Ukrainian soldiers in a conversation with Adelie Pojzman-Pontay on Ukraine the Latest.

“When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering” – Important opnion piece by Andrew Chakhoyan – kyivindependent.com/when-righ… #RussoUkrainianWar #RussiaIsATerroristState #LanguageMatters

“Know Your Rights Comic” by WeTeachNYC, available in 14 languages, www.weteachnyc.org/resources… #USimmigration

The meter and app I use to measure my glucose levels was provided by Livongo through my health insurance.

“Westward” by Jason Heppler, westward.jasonheppler.org.