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The article by Henk van Ess covers the efforts of seven journalist students in uncovering some of the drone flights over airports and military bases. Their investigation centred around three freighters: HAV Dolphin, Lauga, and HAV Snapper, with their proximity to these drone flights and their ties to Russia. The main method of locating these freighters and their movements was through AIS data obtained from the Global Fishing Watch. The narrative being pushed by the author was that the authorities were not investigating or taking action, but also contradicted himself a few times in the article. It makes it hard to read, but it should not undermine the work done by the seven students. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice this as it was also talked about in replies on Mastodon where I first discovered this article.

Here's also some related reading about drones near the Dublin Airport around the expected time of Ukrainian President Zelensky's arrival.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.

The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, saying this was a more accessible font for people with disabilities because it did not have the decorative angular features.

Surely it's more wasteful to undo two years worth of work, no?

Discovered via Cory Dransfeldt.

Dave Rupert diagrams Trumps "weave", his manner of speech which stumbles through various topics while actually accomplishing nothing. By using the syntax from Mermaid's GitGraph, Dave created a custom web component the allows for horizontal scrolling. Each new topic represents a new branch.