Huge excitement in the world of boys’ toys! Britain has launched a nuclear submarine called HMS Astute.

It was the morning of the Fourth of July and kids were lighting smoke bombs, sulfurous coils of red and green, the colors dense and bright like concentrated dye blooming through water.

The film is expected to gross more than $100 million at the domestic BO.

Kaminsky himself is not living happily during this war: He is in contact with the Odessans he loves, trying to get them out, to get them money, and, frenetically and constantly, sharing poetry by Ukrainians in translation.