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I'm heading out to touch grass now 💚
'The facility, to be developed by America First Refining, would be the first new oil refinery built in the US in 50 years…
Reliance Industries has not officially confirmed its involvement. Nevertheless, the company's shares rose roughly 2% to an intraday high of ₹1,434 on the BSE on Wednesday.'
'💩 on Tues announced plans for a landmark oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville TX. Trump said Reliance Industries, India's largest privately held energy company, will be key investment partner in the project, which carries a headline valuation of $300 bn'
www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/re...
I hadn't - thanks!
'Severe storms… at their peak, putting more than 10 million people under tornado threat.
Confirmed tornadoes were reported in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas, along with destructive hail as large as grapefruit, and one report estimating a hailstone roughly the size of a coffee mug.'
Here comes another one just like the other one. The colours change, but the people still get screwed. I'n't democracy great?! Morning Donald.
'Current negotiations in Geneva are focused on a two-tier framework that would apply to autonomous weapons...
Whether the U.S. and its adversaries abide by any ruling is another matter, given the way the Trump Admin has repeatedly flouted and mocked international convention'
'An additional worry is that AI is far from perfect. As anyone who has used ChatGPT or Google Gemini knows, LLMs make mistakes, known as hallucinations, all the time…
“…you just can’t have lethal autonomous systems that every now and then decide to hallucinate,”'
'Another sizable risk is a humanoid’s ability to properly assess a situation… If a child runs toward you clutching open scissors, it is self-evident to humans that the threat level is minimal. Would embodied AI feel the same way? Or, for that matter, does it feel anything at all?'
'A hacked humanoid soldier presents a whole host of risks. An enemy could potentially hijack a fleet of robots through software back doors, turning an army against its own creators or using them to commit untraceable atrocities.'
'There are downsides. Humanoid robots are heavy & expensive, need regular recharging, and are likely to break down. How will they cope with mud, dust, & driving rain? Movement in a humanoid is driven by some 20 motors, each of which must be powered & can be rendered -useless by even a minor glitch.'
'Ukraine, which now launches up to 9,000 drones every day, has become the world’s premier testing ground for arms manufacturers…seeking to automate parts of the conventional “kill chain,” the step-by-step process used to identify, engage, and destroy an enemy target. These firms include Foundation'
'As companies like Foundation race to embody humanoids with lethal functionality, a parallel legal tussle is raging between AI-focused defense companies and international bodies… TIME can reveal that Eric Trump is an investor & newly appointed chief strategic adviser at Foundation.'
'A humanoid-soldier arms race is “already happening,” says Sankaet Pathak, Foundation co-founder and CEO...
Modern warfare is already hugely automated, from smart mines and antirocket defense shields to laser-guided missiles. The question is how much autonomy is too much.'
'on Feb. 28 💩 ordered fed agencies & military contractors to cease business with Anthropic, known as the most safety-conscious of the big AI firms. Anthropic’s contract decreed its tech couldn’t be used to surveil American citizens or program autonomous weapons to kill without human involvement.'
'…the specter of AI-powered soldiers with opaque mission directives and chains of command has civil-liberty alarm bells clanging. Then add in the well-documented algorithmic biases that are known to blight AI facial-recognition software.'
'humanoid soldiers lower political and ethical barriers to initiating conflict, blur responsibility for any abuses, and further dehumanize warfare. …AI-powered drones in Ukraine are already assessing targets and autonomously firing…
“It’s a slippery slope,”'
'Robots do not suffer from fatigue or fear & can operate continuously in extreme conditions while immune from radiation, chemicals, or biological agents. LeBlanc believes that giant armies of humanoid robots will eventually nullify each side’s tactical advantage… much like nuclear deterrents'
'In February, two Phantoms were sent to Ukraine… LeBlanc says the company is also in “very close contact” with the Department of Homeland Security about possible patrol functions for Phantom along the U.S. southern border.'
'The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot…
“We think there’s a moral imperative to put these robots into war instead of soldiers,”'
'Rise of AI Soldiers
…rapid proliferation of AI has turned what was once the stuff of dystopian sci-fi into reality… Pentagon…“continues to explore devel't of militarized humanoid prototypes designed to operate alongside war fighters in complex, high-risk environments,”'
time.com/article/2026...
'Big Tech Is Borrowing Big To Pay For AI Infrastructure…
AI has moved from code to construction, & that shift is expensive upfront. Big Tech’s AI spending is expected to top $410bn in 2025 & >$600bn in 2026 …Bridgewater says boom is entering a “more dangerous phase”'
finimize.com/content/big-...
'Since March last yr, Haitian security forces with support from Vectus Global, a US-licensed private military firm, have carried out antigang operations using quadcopter drones strapped with explosives, often in densely populated parts of capital, Port-au-Prince.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
'Trump threatens Cuba again …island nation may face ‘friendly takeover’…
“…it may be a friendly takeover, it may not be a friendly takeover. Wouldn’t really matter because they’re really down to… as they say, fumes. They have no energy, they have no money” 💩 said'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
'Nigeria’s new ‘insurgency corridor’ evolves.
For >a decade, violent extremism in Nigeria was largely confined to the NE… Over the past few years, however, the borderlands across Nigeria’s NW & N Central regions have become a melting pot for Sahelian & local jihadists.'
www.dw.com/en/nigerias-...
'UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said he was horrified by growing accounts of serious violations during the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, including gruesome killings of civilians, destruction & poisoning of key water sources, and fresh waves of mass displacement.'
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
‘Extraordinary cruelty’: images show longterm ‘starvation strategy’…
This is Ammar Jadid, a village in Darfur, Sudan. The fields surrounding it once fed an entire region – then militiamen came & burned everything down. March-June 2024, they attacked 7 times.'
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
'Gulf attention is turning inward: why the Iran war could destabilise the Horn of Africa.
Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn…Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Somalia & Djibouti'
theconversation.com/gulf-attenti...
'Israel Plans New Foothold…
…Israel is quietly planning for a potential base at the mouth of the Red Sea… That’s thanks to Somaliland, the breakaway territory on the Gulf of Aden that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government recognized in Dec'
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
'Israel rejects Lebanon’s request for ‘cessation’ in fighting to allow for talks.
Israel has rejected diplomatic overtures by Lebanon to halt its escalating offensive… demanding that negotiations only take place “under fire”, said 3 people with knowledge of the matter.'
www.ft.com/content/e6a0...