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MMA Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Ready to Prove That Age Is Just a Number

While he isn’t fighting at UFC 308, the 36-year-old will be watching closely in Abu Dhabi.

Sports Illustrated

Exiled from Russia centuries ago, a religious group is on the edge of vanishing

Only about 100 Doukhobors remain in the tight-knit farming community in two remote mountainous villages

The Independent UK

How we met: ‘She had an eyebrow piercing – I thought that was very edgy’

Ilya and Amy, both 49, met at a student party in the 90s when Amy was playing drums in a band. They now live on opposite sides of Canada but are in touch almost daily

The Guardian - UK

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The Supreme Court's Reasoning Prohibits the Deplatforming Limits that the Parties Care About

As the Moody v. NetChoice majority noted, the parties focused on Facebook's and YouTube's main feeds. The majority similarly focused on those main feeds in its extensive discussion of First Amendment principles, and, as co-blogger Ilya notes, it left little doubt about the unconstitutionality of the Texas and Florida statutes…

Reason

Indika review

This adventure-horror starring a Russian Orthodox nun takes a lot of risks, and mostly sticks the landing.

PC Gamer

Constellation ending explained and episode 8 recap: what's going on!?

Let's make sense of that Constellation ending, and also recap what happened in the final episode 'These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin'.

WhatToWatch

Constellation episode 5 recap: worlds collide as Jo flees her friends and family

Jo can't keep up pretending in Constellation episode 5, as she flees from Germany on a quest to find answers.

WhatToWatch

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Pros and Cons of Conformism—Rejoinder to Bryan Caplan

Two libertarian experts on public ignorance continue a debate about conformism.

Reason

Ukrainian children who lost loved ones in war to address UN private session

It is hoped that telling of personal stories in New York will resonate with Republicans at a time when US military aid package is stalled

The Guardian - UK

I levelled up 'Grief' and 'Repentance' in this bizarre Steam Next Fest demo about a Russian nun who chats with Satan, and it instantly became my most-anticipated game this year

What's your Indika build plan looking like? I'm speccing hard into grief, I reckon.

PC Gamer

Ilyas Habibi murder: International hunt for prime suspect who fled abroad after teen knifed in Sutton

A 17-year-old was stabbed to death after a confrontation near Sutton station

Evening Standard

Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next

Russians who fled to Turkey after their country invaded Ukraine worry that Russian President Vladimir Putin may increase repressive measures that will affect their loved ones back home.

WEKU

On Bears With Video Cameras and Fourth Amendment Law

Ilya recently flagged the civil suit recently filed in federal court in which the complaint alleged that Connecticut officials violated a couple's Fourth Amendment rights by releasing camera-carrying bears in the area that came within 200 yards of their home. Commentators are having lots of fun with the case, and…

Reason

‘Ukraine is not our enemy’: Russians risk arrest to honour victims of war

The Kremlin has stamped out public dissent but makeshift memorials to Ukrainian dead are a focus for those opposed to the conflict

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British collector of Russian art saves Málaga museum from possible closure

Jenny Green offers to exhibit her private collection at Museo Ruso, a Russian art museum

WEKU

Alex Ovechkin moves to 2nd in NHL goals with 802, passing Gordie Howe

The Washington Capitals star scored goals 801 and 802 Friday night to move into second place on the NHL career list. Only Wayne Gretzky, with 894 goals, has scored more.

Reason

A Holiday Present for Your Friendly Neighborhood Volokh Conspirators

Ilya has already done his annual post on Conspirator-authored books you can give your friends and loved ones as holiday gifts. Allow me to make an additional suggestion. If you appreciate our blogging and have benefited from reading one of your books, why not ask your local library, especially if…

Reason

Andrew Koppelman's Half-Way Hayekianism

My contribution to the Balkinization symposium on Andrew Koppelman's new book, Burning Down the House.

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The Guardian - UK

Arctic cycling and sailing to South Korea: the Russians fleeing conscription

Tens of thousands have fled Russia after mobilisation, with many taking unorthodox routes

The Guardian - UK

‘I will defend the country’: while some Russians flee draft, others head to war

Men are accepting their military call-ups, with poll showing support for conflict still at 72% after mobilisation

Reason

Five Thoughts About The Respect for Marriage Act

Today the Respect for Marriage Act passed the House by an unexpectedly large margin. And there is movement afoot to see if the bill will garner ten Republican votes to break a Senate filibuster. Ilya addressed the bill here. I'd like to add five more thoughts. First, one of the…

Reason

Justice Kavanaugh on the Right to Travel to Get an Abortion

This is a tremendously important question, as Ilya's and my posts noted in May. Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Dobbs today expressly noted: [A]s I see it, some of the other abortion-related legal questions raised by today's decision are not especially difficult as a constitutional matter. For example, may a State…

The Guardian - UK

Regina Spektor: ‘Songs are my byproduct in this world. I leave a trail of them’

On the release of her eighth album, the Russian-born singer-songwriter talks about making music amid children and Covid –and why stories are the best vehicle for emotional truth

Motorsport

Redding: Mikhalchik not the right choice for BMW substitute

Scott Redding feels BMW bringing back Ilya Mikhalchik to replace the injured Michael van der Mark would not be the right choice for its World Superbike programme.

Al Jazeera

The Ukrainian refugees who made it to Australia

Ukrainians tell of perilous nights under bombardment, frightening car journeys under fire and long waits at the border.

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