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Embedded within that system is Anthropic’s AI tool Claude.

“There’s been plenty of speculation here that AI inputs in the targeting process were responsible for the school being targeted,” noted Nathan Ruser with Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a defense analyst think tank. “This is possible, but a human analyst determining aimpoints could have absolutely made the mistake of adding this school to the target list.”

While earlier imagery shows the school building struck was at one point incorporated into the IRGC’s Asif Corps barracks, “obviously, this doesn’t excuse an errant strike that killed scores of children,” Ruser noted. “But it is a mistake clearly within the possibility of human error, not just AI.”

Embedded within that system is Anthropic’s AI tool Claude. “There’s been plenty of speculation here that AI inputs in the targeting process were responsible for the school being targeted,” noted Nathan Ruser with Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a defense analyst think tank. “This is possible, but a human analyst determining aimpoints could have absolutely made the mistake of adding this school to the target list.” While earlier imagery shows the school building struck was at one point incorporated into the IRGC’s Asif Corps barracks, “obviously, this doesn’t excuse an errant strike that killed scores of children,” Ruser noted. “But it is a mistake clearly within the possibility of human error, not just AI.”

Embedded within that system is Anthropic’s AI tool Claude.

“There’s been plenty of speculation here that AI inputs in the targeting process were responsible for the school being targeted,”....

Via @the-independent.com

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Military investigators believe US bombed Iranian girls’ school Satellite images and eyewitness accounts appear to show evidence of precision strikes as analysts review whether AI and human errors played a role

Hegseth is despicable!!

“The principal called the parents and told them to come and pick up their children. But the second bomb hit that area as well,” the person said. “Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.”

Via @the-independent.com

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Private equity - Wikipedia

Private Equity firm

Via @wikipedia.org

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Real estate investment trust - Wikipedia

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Via @wikipedia.org

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Berkshire Hathaway Just Repurchased Stock for the First Time Since 2024 -- It's a Green Light for Shareholders Berkshire Hathaway has repurchased very few shares in recent years.

This parasitic company needs to be taxed out of existence. Along with private equity firms and REITs.

Via @yahoofinance.com

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US, Israel planning seizure of Iran's Kharg oil terminal, threatening to 'bring down' world economies: Report Washington's plan to destroy Iran's oil industry could lead to 'mutually assured' economic destruction

US, Israel planning seizure of Iran's Kharg oil terminal, threatening to 'bring down' world economies: Report
Washington's plan to destroy Iran's oil industry could lead to 'mutually assured' economic destruction

Via thecradle.co

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Is the US a bigger oil importer or exporter? | USAFacts The US has been exporting more oil and petroleum products than it imports since August 2021. In 2025, it exported almost 3 million barrels more than it brought in.

The patriotic US oil companies are rejoicing. They export 10.7 million barrels per day. Just think of their windfall profits while US citizens struggle to stay ahead of their bills because of Trump’s war.

Via @usafacts.org

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09.03.2026 02:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Makers, Takers & America’s Wealth Distribution Problem | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Makers, Takers & America’s Wealth Distribution Problem | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Rewatched this great discussion with economist, Clara Mattei and the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation @freefreeforum.bsky.social local approach.

Makers, Takers & America’s Wealth Distribution Problem | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
via @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
youtu.be/-d6ac0I3hE0?...

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Mordechai Vanunu - Wikipedia

Mordechai Vanunu is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986.

via @wikipedia.org

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Iranian unknown missile obliterates Tel Aviv and Haifa; US warplanes downed in Iran -  OPTM
Iranian unknown missile obliterates Tel Aviv and Haifa; US warplanes downed in Iran - OPTM YouTube video by OPTM

Trump and Netanyahu are reaping the whirlwind that the world has to face.

Interesting history of Dimona nuclear site in Israel and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, and connection to JFK.

via www.youtube.com/@OpenmindedR...

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06.03.2026 14:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Imagine her going back to Trump after the press conference then saying:

Daddy did you see how stupid I made all the bad people sitting in front of me feel. We are so smart and they are so dumb, daddy. Can we go to the zoo now and throw rocks at all the animals?

04.03.2026 19:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This impudence and child-like condescension with which Leavitt runs every press conference always amazes me. As if her words create reality when any reasonable person wouldn’t just laugh at her bravado and self deception.

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What is the petrodollar and why is it under pressure? US designs on Venezuela and Greenland have raised questions about the future of the petrodollar system, as other countries explore other currencies and green energy becomes cheaper than oil.

Great timely question given current events with Israel, US, Iran and the GCC.

What is the petrodollar and why is it under pressure?
By @ingridwss.bsky.social with insights from economist @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social.

via @greencb.bsky.social

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Eisenhower

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Iran live updates: 4th U.S. service member killed; Kuwait mistakenly shoots down American jets as conflict widens The United States and Israel attacked Iran over the weekend, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hundreds of others in a series of airstrikes. Iran launched retaliatory strikes against U...

My hope is that ideologically brain washed Americans will wake up before it’s too late to realize we can’t believe one word out of the Trump regime and that our military should not fight a war on behalf of the Epstein class.

Via @yahoonews.com

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02.03.2026 15:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In Modi’s India, scandal still embarrasses but rape has become ordinary: The government’s performed outrage over Bill Gates’s Epstein links only underlined its indifference to the routine violence faced by women in India,
by @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social

Via @aljazeera.com

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The Epstein Economy

1. Concentration of wealth 
2. Removal of consequence
3. Capture of politics
4. Manufacture of desperation 
5. Normalisation of deviance

The Epstein Economy 1. Concentration of wealth 2. Removal of consequence 3. Capture of politics 4. Manufacture of desperation 5. Normalisation of deviance

Normalized Deviance: The Epstein Economy, explained by
@barryferns.bsky.social.

via youtube.com/@mrbarryferns

Your Brain Won't Let You See What Epstein Really Was - Barry's Economics
youtu.be/sS33crOQvrM?...

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The Epstein Economy

1. Concentration of wealth 
2. Removal of consequence
3. Capture of politics
4. Manufacture of desperation 
5. Normalisation of deviance

The Epstein Economy 1. Concentration of wealth 2. Removal of consequence 3. Capture of politics 4. Manufacture of desperation 5. Normalisation of deviance

Normalized Deviance: The Epstein Economy, explained by @barryferns.bsky.social.

Via youtube.com/@barrysecono...

youtu.be/sS33crOQvrM?...

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Elmer Gantry (film) - Wikipedia

Elmer Gantry (film)

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U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee Says Israel Is Entitled to Entire Middle East: ‘It Would Be Fine If They Took It All’ Carlson grilled Huckabee on his biblical "justification" for the land of Israel, noting the remit in Genesis is greater than the country's modern borders.

Ambassador Mike “Huckster” Huckabee, the Elmer Gantry of Donald Trumps:

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee Says Israel Is Entitled to Entire Middle East: ‘It Would Be Fine If They Took It All’

Via @yahoofinance.com

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

22.02.2026 16:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
KINTSUGI : The Japanese Philosophy of Loving Imperfection
KINTSUGI : The Japanese Philosophy of Loving Imperfection YouTube video by mono Japan

Kintsugi: The Japanese Philosophy of Loving Imperfection

“It is beautiful because it was broken.”

Via youtube.com/@mono_japan?...

youtu.be/XCXCvcShNMI?...

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Art
#Pottery
#Mindfulness
#Philsophy

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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

Overthrow
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
By Stephen Kinzer

#booksky

Via @bookshop.org

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Stephen Kinzer: The History & Evolution of U.S. Regime Change

Via youtube.com/@gdiesen1

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Platt Amendment - Wikipedia

The Platt Amendment was United States legislation enacted as part of the Army Appropriations Act of 1901 that defined the relationship between the United States and Cuba following the Spanish–American War.

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The primary, defining institutional arrangement characterizing the relevant context is that of a “tax-driven” state currency and flexible exchange rates. By state currency we mean to indicate there is a government that taxes and has a monopoly of issue. A flexible exchange rate is commonly referred to as a “fiat” currency, in other words, a state-issued currency convertible only into itself (Keynes 1930), as op posed to a fixed exchange rate policy such as a gold standard or other convertibility to any other commodity or currency fixed by the state of issue

The primary, defining institutional arrangement characterizing the relevant context is that of a “tax-driven” state currency and flexible exchange rates. By state currency we mean to indicate there is a government that taxes and has a monopoly of issue. A flexible exchange rate is commonly referred to as a “fiat” currency, in other words, a state-issued currency convertible only into itself (Keynes 1930), as op posed to a fixed exchange rate policy such as a gold standard or other convertibility to any other commodity or currency fixed by the state of issue

We are now in a position to demonstrate our proposition: the natural rate of interest is zero. First, to reiterate the argument thus far: Under a state money system with flexible exchange rates, the monetary system is tax driven. The federal government, as issuer of the currency, is not revenue constrained. Taxes do not finance spending, but taxation serves to create a notional demand for state money. Spending logically precedes tax collection, and total spending will normally exceed tax revenues. The government budget, from inception, will therefore normally be in deficit, which also allows the nongovernment sector to “net save” state money (this in fact has been observed in all state currencies).

We are now in a position to demonstrate our proposition: the natural rate of interest is zero. First, to reiterate the argument thus far: Under a state money system with flexible exchange rates, the monetary system is tax driven. The federal government, as issuer of the currency, is not revenue constrained. Taxes do not finance spending, but taxation serves to create a notional demand for state money. Spending logically precedes tax collection, and total spending will normally exceed tax revenues. The government budget, from inception, will therefore normally be in deficit, which also allows the nongovernment sector to “net save” state money (this in fact has been observed in all state currencies).

If you haven't read, this may be helpful in answering your question.

The Natural Rate of Interest Is Zero
by @mathewforstater.bsky.social and @wbmosler.bsky.social.

Via moslereconomics.com

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Fyi, I started the USVI Green Party with a Facebook page and I'll be running for Governor of the USVI in November.
Draft platform:

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Thank you, Senator @wyden.senate.gov! If Congress went after the Department of Treasury for Epstein’s financial records as hard as it does with the DOJ for the Epstein files, he would be as well known for his tax evasion and money laundering schemes as he is for his sexual abuse activities.

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We assert that the fixed exchange rate concept of a neutral rate has no application for the $US floating exchange rate policy, yet it continues to be the basis for Fed monetary
analysis. The notion of inflation being a function of interest rates originated with fixed
exchange rate policy analysis. This analysis applied to the $US when it was fixed to
gold, but was rendered inapplicable after convertibility was suspended and a floating
exchange rate policy initiated. The narrative of the neutral rate being subject to continuous change has also been carried over from fixed exchange rate policy, without
independent fundamental support. Such support is now limited to regression analysis to attempt to find correlations between the policy interest rate and aggregate demand and inflation indicators, all of which have been inconclusive. It is much like navigating with the wrong map, but with sufficient confirmation bias to continue to pursue failed

We assert that the fixed exchange rate concept of a neutral rate has no application for the $US floating exchange rate policy, yet it continues to be the basis for Fed monetary analysis. The notion of inflation being a function of interest rates originated with fixed exchange rate policy analysis. This analysis applied to the $US when it was fixed to gold, but was rendered inapplicable after convertibility was suspended and a floating exchange rate policy initiated. The narrative of the neutral rate being subject to continuous change has also been carried over from fixed exchange rate policy, without independent fundamental support. Such support is now limited to regression analysis to attempt to find correlations between the policy interest rate and aggregate demand and inflation indicators, all of which have been inconclusive. It is much like navigating with the wrong map, but with sufficient confirmation bias to continue to pursue failed

A US Centered Analysis of the Price Level, Inflation and the Neutral Rate of
Interest

Via moslereconomics.com

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Goolsbee also pointed out that goods with higher tariffed content have tended to experience larger price increases. He described a 3% policy rate as a "loose" estimate of the neutral rate.

Goolsbee also pointed out that goods with higher tariffed content have tended to experience larger price increases. He described a 3% policy rate as a "loose" estimate of the neutral rate.

…neutral rate has no application for the $US floating exchange rate policy…,” writes @wbmosler.bsky.social in thread post below.

Goolsbee…described a 3% policy rate as a "loose" estimate of the neutral rate.

Via @yahoofinance.com

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