#doldrums

The Swedish automaker, which is owned by China’s Geely, said it will start delivering its Polestar 5 grand tourer to customers this summer, followed by a new long-roof variant of its Polestar 4 in the fourth quarter. In early 2027, a “new successor” to the Polestar 2 will go into production. And in 2028, the company is planning to release a compact premium SUV as the Polestar 7. The news comes…

So the presents have all been opened, and I hope you all got everything you were hoping for this year. But now what? Sure, you might have a shiny new console to play with, or some new games to beat, or even some great tabletop RPGs to try, but when the initial glow of excitement wears off… what then? I find myself usually overwhelmed by it all. It isn’t that I am ungrateful for the gifts I have…

Wales are hoping to turn the Principality Stadium back into a home fortress, having not won an international in Cardiff for 27 months. Since beating England in a World Cup warm-up match in August 2023, Wales have suffered nine straight home Test defeats, a losing record which has stretched back 827 days. The most recent Wales game in Cardiff was eight months ago – the horrific 68-14 home Six…

It has been six days since this ship arrived here. I am the only one left alive, the crew having been killed by the creatures. Most were killed the first night here, the rest slowly went mad, killed each other or gave themselves to the creatures. They followed another ship here, a French ship. They hunted it for a week, by the time they found it here the French ship had been here three days. Trapped like the ships before, in the gray foggy windless days and the haunted windless nights.

The French burned their ship on their fifth night I barely escaped the fire. Those on this ship were already going mad by then. They tried to kill me, they thought I was one of those creatures in human form, just like the French before them. Fortunately on a ship this large it was easy to hide.

I’m alone again, on another night in this windless place. but this ship has plenty of food, and I can seal the creatures out at night. I’ll survive for a while, until another ship will comes. They always do.

Font in header by Graham Meade.

It has been six days since this ship arrived here. I am the only one left alive, the crew having been killed by the creatures. Most were killed the first night here, the rest slowly went mad, killed each other or gave themselves to the creatures. They followed another ship here, a French ship. They hunted it for a week, by the time they found it here the French ship had been here three days.…