War as an extension of a thought experiment.
13.03.2026 00:26
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War as an extension of a thought experiment.
🚨 Israeli strike kills two academics at Lebanese University in Beirut
The director of the sciences faculty, Hussein Bazzi, and professor Mortada Srour were both killed, according to Lebanon's state media. www.al-monitor.com/live-blog/ir...
Politico Europe: Iran had not posed a “direct threat” to Europe or the United States before the attacks by the U.S. and Israel earlier this month, Poland’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski said.
His message is loud and clear: My technology will take political capital away from one of your greatest enemies—liberal women with degrees—and give one of your favorite demographics to patronize—working class men—more political power to transfer to you. trib.al/4ttWpoR
“Destroying Beirut” — Time Magazine cover, August 1982.
Israel bombed this same beach (Ramlat al-Bayda) last night, killing 8 displaced people who had been staying in tents along the beach.
This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.
They’ll play this in museums in future.
(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."
View Boris Gamazaychikov’s graphic link Boris GamazaychikovBoris Gamazaychikov • 1stVerified • 1st Head of AI Sustainability @ SalesforceHead of AI Sustainability @ Salesforce 32m • Edited • 32 minutes ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn The gas-powered data center craze has come to Europe. Yesterday, a 110MW off-grid AI data center outside of Dublin was switched on - and it's powered entirely by fossil fuels. Developers went with natural gas engines (specifically RICE) to bypass the grid connection queue. They claim the engines "could" be switched to HVO, and that the project will attempt to connect to the grid "when possible". What does this mean for Ireland's climate goals? According to my estimates, this single project will increase the entire country's annual GHG emissions by ~1%. Assumptions: - The project seems to be using Rolls Royce (mtu) 4000 Series RICE which have an electrical efficiency of 44% https://lnkd.in/eRX4PRuf - Modifying the NREL life cycle gas emissions factor with this efficiency yields 656.75 gCO2e/kWh https://lnkd.in/gfgs2X6P - Assuming a 90% capacity factor because AI hyperscale data centers run near 24/7 to recoup massive GPU costs - Ireland’s 2024 GHG emissions = 53.8 million tCO2e https://lnkd.in/ejjRgRpE hashtag#DataCenters hashtag#Sustainability hashtag#ArtificialIntelligence
Royce (mtu) 4000 Series RICE (natural gas) Al Data Center
Ireland's new fossil-fuelled #Petrotech data center will increase Ireland's **total** (everything, not just the power sector) emissions by ~1%
Absolutely nuts. A 1% national increase - for what? Come on boosters, explain why this is worth it 🫠
www.linkedin.com/posts/bgamaz...
Seizing a coastline? Maybe Russia can help.
📣 New Research just published.
Adoption of EVs, solar PV, and heat pumps in Ireland is driven by affluence. Current grants favour high-income groups, risking a "green divide." Policies must focus on equity and lower upfront costs.
Open access: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
My latest for @972mag.com on how Israel’s war is against Lebanon.
Not Hezbollah. Lebanon.
www.972mag.com/israels-rene...
Quoted @justinsalhani.bsky.social
IRELAND: The 21-year-old Dunnes Stores worker who kicked off 3-yr strike over grapefruit www.thesun.ie/news/1663850...
Just to explain Surkov was behind the deception campaigns in Georgia, Crimea, Syria, Brexit and Trump. He was fired by Putin in 2020 after Zelensky didn’t conform, and the full invasion was planned.
This is a major turning point and disavowal of 16 years of failure
pdjukes.substack.com
🔴Revealed: Peter Mandelson’s Russian Connections and Palantir Lobbying Links
The disgraced peer was appointed by Starmer’s Government despite warnings about his role on the board of a Russian defence conglomerate linked to Moscow’s early-warning missile systems
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/11/r...
“Reliance on AI among faculty is also on the rise, with observers pointing to the dystopian possibility that the college experience may soon be reduced to AI systems grading AI-generated homework – “a conversation between two robots”.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Bodø/Glimt’s miracle series continues with a 3-0 win against Sporting Lisbon.
Beginning to think that they might be a very good football team.
🔴 Brand new Tom the Dancing Bug now up on @boingboing.net
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MEET DEMENTIA DONNIE
Featuring the current Donald Trump, but in the universe in which his father bequeathed his estate to the Ku Klux Klan instead of to his son.
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boingboing.net/2026/03/11/t...
Cherien Dabis, réalisatrice de « Ce qu’il reste de nous » : « Je veux montrer comment le trauma palestinien se transmet de génération en génération »
In C19 London, society ladies affected a limp in order to copy Princess (later queen) Alexandra, who actually had a limp.
Will Marco & co graduate to appearing with discoloured hands?
www.bbc.com/news/blogs-m...
Not so much Citizens United as Citizens Overruled.
Anyone else confused about VdL’s position on international law, after two very different speeches this week?
Israeli shelling killed Pierre al-Rai, a Priest in the southern Lebanese border village of al-Qlayya in Marjayoun district after a home in the town was struck twice. The first Israeli artillery strike wounded the homeowner and his wife, prompting neighbors and Red Cross paramedics to rush in to help
White phosphorus munitions.
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of using white phosphorus over residential parts of the Lebanese town of Yohmor last week. Israel's military said its policy was not to use shells containing white phosphorus "in densely populated areas, with certain exceptions"
Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “I express firm condemnation of the massacre of little girls that occurred at the Minab school in southern Iran, solidarity with the families of the young victims, and request that the responsibilities for this tragedy be quickly established.”
This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology
www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
Terrifying Footage Shows Religious Extremists Taking Over Middle East
There is reality, and then there are vicious racist lies in the Sun, dolled up to stir hatred against people less fortunate than most of us.
As shown in this 🧵.
Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican newspaper is the only publication in the Western world to run the photograph of 150 Iranian girls' graves — killed in President Trump's military strikes — on its front page.
