Arady Misr to launch Egypt’s first fractional land investment platform

Arady Misr, an Egyptian digital land marketplace, has announced the upcoming launch of Arady Shares, a platform that will enable investors to acquire fractional ownership of land through investments starting from as little as one square metre. The platform aims to democratise access to land investment—an asset class that has traditionally required significant capital—by allowing…

Arady Misr to launch Egypt’s first fractional land investment platform

The King has Passed on – Long Live his Successor

Peter Kettle | 8:08am BST 29 June 2026 With the aid of a few metaphors and analogies, it can all be said in short form, IMO. Readers of this piece will have sufficient cricketing intelligence to readily grasp what I’m on about. Ben Stokes: Over and Out The King rode horses – picking a particular…

The King has Passed on – Long Live his Successor

Tom Kean Says House Absence Was Due to Depression

Americans finally got an explanation. If only Republicans would stop trying to kill access to mental-health care for everyone else Rep. Tom Kean is back in the House after a mysterious 117-day absence during which the New Jersey Republican missed at least 100 votes. He, finally, has provided an explanation as to why he disappeared…

Tom Kean Says House Absence Was Due to Depression

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Peace Power and Trust Engineering

In the previous Armed Madhouse article, I argued that War Power has evolved into a self-reinforcing institutional ecosystem whose incentives increasingly favor preparations and actions carrying unacceptable risks of catastrophic armed conflict escalation. That assessment naturally raises a more important question. If War Power is becoming progressively less capable of performing the historical function for…

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Peace Power and Trust Engineering

More than half of social media child safety features aren’t working as advertised, new research finds

New York —  Social media giants have for years touted their growing slate of safety tools and protections as proof that they prioritize young users’ wellbeing. But more than half of those protections don’t work as advertised, new research finds. Researchers at the Cybersafety Research Center tested 86 youth safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snap and…

More than half of social media child safety features aren’t working as advertised, new research finds