May 2026 was the month the EU pressed on with a plan to scan private messages and end anonymous chat, quietly postponed its own world-first artificial intelligence law, and demanded nearly two hundred billion euros more for its budget.
For All Mankind is an American science fiction drama on Apple TV. Ronald D. Moore created it with Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. It imagines an alternate history where the Soviet Union reaches the Moon first, and the space race never ends. Joel Kinnaman plays the astronaut Ed Baldwin.
Biked in Hollandse Duinen National Park with a distance of 37.40 kilometres.
Biked in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park with a distance of 31.34 kilometres.
Nick Needham's '2000 Years of Christ's Power Volume 1: The Age of the Early Church Fathers' tells the story of the early Christian church from the first century to the Council of Chalcedon. It explains key doctrines, heresies, and the growth of the faith in a clear and engaging way.
Hiked part 7/20 of the Marskramer Path, 18.9 kilometres from Lettele to Deventer.
Homer's 'The Odyssey' follows Odysseus on his long and dangerous journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. It shows his clever escapes from monsters and gods, and the loyal wait of his wife Penelope.
May 2026 brought a wave of mass data breaches, fresh fights over encryption backdoors and age checks, and a landmark order against a location data broker.
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Gad Saad's 'Suicidal Empathy' argues that excessive and misguided empathy in the West leads to self-destructive policies that prioritise offenders and outsiders over victims and societal survival.
Hiked part 4/27 of the Pelgrims Path, 16.3 kilometres from Aarlanderveen to Reeuwijk.
April 2026 brought a grand 'deregulation' plan that, read closely, hands more power to Brussels and less to national capitals, plus a court telling a member state which laws it may pass.
Pope Leo XIV wrote his first encyclical to Catholics, other Christians, and all people of goodwill. He applies the Church’s Social Doctrine to artificial intelligence and digital technology.
Homer's 'The Iliad' is an ancient Greek epic poem about the wrath of Achilles during the final weeks of the Trojan War. It explores honour, glory, anger, and the terrible human cost of war.
Hiked part 6/20 of the Marskramer Path, 17.3 kilometres from Holten to Lettele.
Happy Pentecost to all. Let us remember what this day truly means. The Holy Spirit came to dwell in believers.
Hiked part 5/20 of the Marskramer Path, 12.4 kilometres from Rijssen to Holten.
R.C. Sproul's 'Truths We Confess' is a clear and practical exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith. He walks through each chapter in simple language and shows how the historic Reformed faith is faithful to Scripture and vital for today.
R.C. Sproul's 'Who Is Jesus?' answers the most important question in history. He shows from the Bible that Jesus is fully God and fully man, and why his life, death and resurrection matter for every person.
Hiked part 4/20 of the Marskramer Path, 21.5 kilometres from Delden to Rijssen.
Happy Ascension Day to all. Let us remember what this day truly means. Jesus ascended to heaven to reign.
Explore the wide paved road of ease leading to ruin versus the narrow footpath of hardship leading to redemption across stories, myths, and faiths.
Anna Lapwood's 2025 release, a rich set of works for the king of instruments. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Hiked part 3/27 of the Pelgrims Path, 17.6 kilometres from De Kwakel to Aarlanderveen.
April brought a hacked FBI wiretap system, fresh fights over government location buying, and a wave of breaches and fines across Europe and the United States.