The Learning Diary

One of the Martians (Szilard). Old Jew from Budapest.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Arrival of the Swallows

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  Looking out from my window, I see hundreds of agile, fast swallows crossing the sky. The last time I saw them was in Hungary, where we cal...
Monday, May 19, 2025

You shall wage war with deception

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An Israeli special forces unit in civilian clothing infiltrated a site in central Khan Yunis, assassinated a man, and arrested his wife and ...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Amphidromia

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The Economist's Word of the week:   amphidromia , an ancient Greek ceremony during which the father decided whether to keep a baby or ab...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

How Christian Algeria became Arab

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The Wiki explains why Algeria is Algeria:    Between the  Nile  and the  Red Sea  were living   Bedouin   nomad tribes expelled from  Arabia...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

They lost me

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  I scheduled a meeting this morning but could not make it on time, and I probably lost the account.  Nasdaq index rocketed 4% up yesterday,...
Friday, May 9, 2025

Houthi missile destroyed in the air

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Ten minutes ago, the Civil Defense alarm sounded, and we moved to the hardened shelter room. The city became quieter, more so than usual on ...
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Carving Up Syria

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 Epoch magazine says that Turkiye and Israel are holding conversations in Azerbaijan over their respective areas of influence in Syria. Just...
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