Spencer Ackerman

I just checked and this is real. We call this “a clue”

Another must-read from @attackerman.bsky.social

Trump under fire for threat to Iranian cultural sites The UN says both the US and Iran have signed conventions protecting cultural heritage.

The longer it goes on, the targets will also include the cultural and religious heritages of Iran, as Trump threatened six years ago.

The Water Wars Are Here, And They're Not Woke The Iran War's latest horrifying component involves attacks on desalination facilities. A "not politically correct" conflict could render much of the region uninhabitable

The Trump administration heralds the Iran War as a Not-Woke War. Here’s what that means in practice.

I wish I could do this with every Iranian dead as well. It’s perverse that we kill so many people whose names we will never know and even never think about.

When you come upon this post in a thread I fear I will keep updating, spare at least a moment for them.

Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Ky., died March 8, from injuries sustained during an enemy attack on March 1, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.

And while the Pentagon doesn't count him among the Iran war dead: Maj. Sorffly Davius, 46, of Queens, N.Y., died on March 6

I Got a Story to Tell - 2014 Remaster

Brooklyn commemorates March 9

Ah, thank you!

When you get together with the boys for some, hehehe, “Southern Cone Activities”

This repeats yet another pattern from the Iraq War. When the Iraqis did not behave as the Americans wanted — without the deference and gratitude that a foreign military occupier felt it was due — they became targets.

EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

Leqaa Kordia, in her own words, for @zeteo.com.

Leqaa should be free. Her captors, and whichever outside organization collaborated with them, should be the ones in cages.

Update from Kevin Morrison:

Sunny Pavqi, who CBP said they never detained Thursday and Friday, appears to have been transferred to Wisconsin according to her phone location

These are the smartest kids on earth. They're winners. This is the true Art of the Deal. They let Trump write books about business and he lost money on gambling. Is it wrong to open a lemonade stand next to a construction site? It is not. Supply and demand baby. Get. That. Paper.

This is a fantastic review essay. Just placed a library hold

I can’t do this anymore

Also, when you ask @attackerman.bsky.social why everything is awful, you have to let him cook

I'm still amazed we were able to get @attackerman.bsky.social on the Engadget Podcast to break down Anthropic's DOD fight, and the role of AI in warfare today www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/...

When The War Goes AI, The Data Centers Will Be Targets (f/Engadget's Devindra Hardawar) We talk Anthropic, OpenAI, Iran and the mil-tech oligarchy. Children will be sent to protect data centers the way their fathers were sent to protect oil fields

One of the things the Iran War is clarifying is that AI integration into the military will mean that your children will be sent to war in the Middle East to protect the data centers of the Gulf and Israel.

Also, here’s a podcast episode where I talk AI, Anthropic & Iran with @devindra.bsky.social:

Record high support for abolishing ICE in latest YouGov/Economist data

The Sound of 62 Percent of New York City Voters Chanting 'Tax the Rich' Maybe we’re going to tax the rich? And why did the NYPD commissioner hang out with someone who repeatedly demeans Muslims and Black women?

"54 percent of New York state voters, and 62 percent of New York City voters, want the governor and legislature to go along with [Mamdani's] plan to tax the rich. ...[W]ill Hochul really fight like hell against the legislature and the... mayor... to preserve the wealth of New York City's richest?"

Prosecute Noem. Don’t forget about her.

Don’t break kayfabe

Oh god this is live
What did I agree to
Tune in to watch me trip over my words and potentially faceplant

You materially support the war, even.

Maj. Jeffrey R. O’Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa, died on March 1, 2026, in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, Calif. as well.

Israel expects weeks-long war against Iran Officials and analysts say joint operation with US seeks to destroy key capabilities of Islamic regime

"If we can have a civil war, great."

HEGSETH: *whiskey belch* We’re too smart to do forever wars. Anyway we’re just gonna keep bombing
RATCLIFFE: I got us a great deal. We can rent an army on the ground that can take the fight to the mullahs. All it will cost is like 10-15 years of a no-fly zone
VANCE: I want to go home

Interceptors Versus Missiles: The Iran War's Wrath of The Math A theory of Iranian strategy. PLUS: Me, Chris Hayes and Ayman Mohyeldin on the war's politics

I have a theory about Iranian strategy in the war.

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20