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A recent question prompted some reflection on the more than 45 years of fitness training I have been doing since I was 12 or 13 years old. Someone asked about my favorite workouts. Personally, I can still train regularly and do — not because I have to, but because I get to. Having an attitude of gratitude can go a long way toward helping you create what is needed most to find workouts that work: consistency. While I have favorites, some of my best workouts were the ones that I just started and finished. Nothing fancy, just done. You will…

The contention that our attempts to explain and understand politics will always remain ethically or politically suspect in some way is correct, but it requires clarification of what “suspect” truly means. For the purposes of this essay, “suspect” will be understood as questionable or deserving suspicion. Importantly, this does not mean research is invalid, but rather that it raises legitimate questions about power and values. This essay will argue that research is always suspect in both elements. It begins by examining the ethical problems in research, specifically the inherent power imbalances between researchers and those researched, drawing on Wood’s (2006)…

One page. A blinking cursor. The formatting you need and nothing you don’t. That’s Write: a new, focused writing surface built into WordPress.com. In last year’s Creators survey, “simplify the editor” was the single most-requested improvement from the people already publishing on WordPress.com. So we built it. Write started as a plugin by Jamie Marsland, who asked a deceptively simple question: what would WordPress look like if it were designed purely for writers? We loved the answer enough that we brought the plugin into WordPress.com and built on it. The interface is intentionally minimal: a clean page, a persistent top…

Japan confirms first operational integration of the PLAN’s Type 054B / Jiangkai III-class frigate into a carrier strike group formation. Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) announced on May 26 that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) had tracked a five-vessel People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) formation in the Western Pacific, led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning (CV-16). The group included the newly commissioned Type 054B frigate Luohe (545) — marking the first publicly confirmed deployment of a Jiangkai III-class frigate as part of a PLAN carrier strike group. The formation was detected on May 25 approximately 880 kilometers southwest of…

The Royal Thai Air Force has ordered two Airbus C295W tactical transport aircraft. (Airbus)On 22 May, Airbus announced it had sold two C295 medium tactical transport aircraft to Thailand. Once delivered, the pair will be flown by the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF).These aircraft, to be operated by the RTAF’s 46th Wing from Phitsanulok Air Base, will join three other C295Ws already serving with the Royal Thai Army since being procured in 2016.Airbus noted that the first of the two C295s will reach the hands of the RTAF in the initial half of 2029. They will be assembled at the…

Washington is having the wrong conversation about artificial intelligence. The debate in federal corridors focuses almost exclusively on safety guardrails, procurement rules and oversight frameworks. Those concerns are real, and I won’t dismiss them. But they sidestep a subtler threat that I think deserves far more attention: What happens when AI quietly trains government workforces to think alike? This is already happening. You can see it in how work is starting to look and sound across agencies. As generative AI embeds itself into agencies’ daily workflows (drafting memos, synthesizing policy options, preparing briefings), it naturally pulls outputs toward a statistical…

News May 26, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Mountain Horse Solutions SARASOTA, Florida. Mountain Horse Solutions, working with AG3 Labs and Draganfly, was selected to take part in the Drone Dominance Program Phase II Qualifier in June 2026 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, the company announced in a statement. The companies received invitations for Mission Area A using the Flex first-person-view drone and Mission Area B using the SPADE drone and Flex first-person-view drone, the statement reads. Mission Area A is focused on long-range strike operations intended to find and engage targets 5 to 20 kilometers…

America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most.The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in Maryland that is home to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis hub, the Beltsville Bee Research Lab.The closure comes at a critical moment for bees. In winter 2025, many beekeepers lost over half their operations as pesticide-resistant varroa mites spread, bringing deadly viruses. The losses have led to low honey production, and soaring fuel costs have made shipping bees cross-country for agricultural pollination…

Iran Press TV Tuesday, 26 May 2026 12:46 AM US forces launched unprovoked strikes on sites in southern Iran on Monday, targeting areas near the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas, according to reports from American media outlets that even the aggressors themselves have been forced to acknowledge. “US forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” CENTCOM spokesman Timothy Hawkins told CNNin a statement when asked about explosions reported around the Strait of Hormuz. “Targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines,” he added. Iran’s…

As U.S. kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make visible gains in the war against Iran, senior SpaceX officials reached a conclusion: The Pentagon should be paying more for access to their satellite Wi-Fi network.Within weeks of the United States launching its bombing campaign, SpaceX executives met Pentagon officials and argued the military had been paying about $5,000 for connection per terminal while effectively using a higher tier of service worth closer to $25,000, according to two sources familiar with the matter and Pentagon documents reviewed by Reuters. The disagreement over Starlink’s use on LUCAS suicide…