Freddy Gray

1 day ago | thespectator.com | Freddy Gray

Spectacular. Stunning. Game-changing. These are just three of the adjectives news reporters have used to describe Ukraine’s attack deep within Russia last weekend. There’s no doubt that the “Spiderweb” operation was technologically ingenious, well-concealed and brilliantly executed. Ukraine claimed its 117 drones destroyed or damaged some 41 strategic Russian bombers and caused $7 billion worth of damage to the Russian armed forces. But can an attack really be game-changing if the game doesn’t change?

1 day ago | spectator.com.au | Freddy Gray

Spectacular. Stunning. Game-changing. These are just three of the adjectives news reporters have used to describe Ukraine’s attack deep within Russia last weekend. There’s no doubt that the “Spiderweb” operation was technologically ingenious, well-concealed and brilliantly executed. Ukraine claimed its 117 drones destroyed or damaged some 41 strategic Russian bombers and caused $7 billion worth of damage to the Russian armed forces.

6 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Freddy Gray

At the height of his power, Alexander the Great wept because there were no more worlds left to conquer. Elon Musk, the richest man of our age, may have been blubbing for a different reason last week, as yet another of his unfathomable ambitions came crashing to earth. On its ninth test flight, his SpaceX ‘Starship’ enterprise, which has been designed to make ‘humans an interplanetary species’, went up with barely a hitch.

1 week ago | thespectator.com | Freddy Gray

Elon Musk understands astrophysics, yet seems to have failed to grasp the strange laws of gravity which govern Washington politics. Last night, the world’s richest man confirmed what everybody in Washington already knew: his time as a “special employee” in the White House is over and he’s leaving his formal role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE). “I would like to thank @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” he said.

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Freddy Gray

Elon Musk understands astrophysics, yet seems to have failed to grasp the strange laws of gravity which govern Washington politics. Last night, the world’s richest man confirmed what everybody in Washington already knew: his time as a “special employee” in the White House is over and he’s leaving his formal role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE).