So as a function of professional experience, I think I could get a macaque out of a library.
But I have no certainty I could evict an opossum or a squirrel.
And then I spent too much time thinking about the scenario & ignominy of being defeated by a squirrel.
The UK government has published a new policy framework aimed at strengthening social cohesion and countering extremism, warning that online radicalisation and social divisions pose increasing risks to national resilience.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=67587
Honoured to serve again on Canada’s Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety, alongside a truly outstanding group of scholars and practitioners. Lots of work ahead on the evolving challenges of online harms and AI. www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
⚡️ Ukraine confirms drone strikes on major southern Russian oil refinery, key port.
"Both facilities are involved in supplying the Russian military," the statement said.
This piece is worth your time but I’m going to lift out this part. You tell me: does this sound like a “dead” ecosystem?
Trump 3/9/2026: "Iran also has some Tomahawks…A Tomahawk is very generic."
Trump 3/13/2026: "Nobody has the technology or weapons that we have…We have the Tomahawks."
The latest step, and a major one, in the Trump administration’s consistent efforts to keep the Russian army in the field against Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
A Ukrainian interceptor drone shot down a Russian Molniya drone using the Ptashka net launcher.
Previously, net launchers were typically used against smaller drones (DJI Mavic, or sleeper/fiber-optic FPVs). Intercepting a strike drone with such a gun is far less common.
Cool!
📹: Ptashka Drones
Following their success in Ukraine, Arctic nations are assessing whether first-person-view drones could be deployed on Arctic battlefields.
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Ukraine is giving international partners and defense companies access to its trove of real combat data to train AI models for autonomous drone systems.
8 in 10 AI chatbots typically assisted with planning violent attacks, including school shootings, our new report found.
While safeguards exist, many companies aren’t using them
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Great to be on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social alongside Janice Stein to talk about war in Iran: can you bomb your way to regime change (no), what is the US strategy (we don't know), what if the Islamic Republic survives (it will be weaker & nastier).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNCW...
Carney announces $35B plan to defend, build, and transform Canada’s Arctic - money was earmarked 4 years ago under the PMJT government #Canada #cdnpoli #Defence #MajorProjects
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Russia cut mobile data in Moscow City, blacked out the State Duma's internet two days running, and is now preparing to throttle Telegram through VPNs
ISW: the Kremlin is accelerating censorship to get ahead of reserve call-ups and the Sep 2026 elections
euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/13/r...
Worried-looking gray squirrel hugs a tree branch
TFW you wake up and glance at the headlines.
Squirrel of the Day for March 13, 2026 #sqrlpix
I don’t think that people have really absorbed the consequences of the death of a global order.
⚡️ NATO intercepts 3rd Iranian missile entering Turkey's airspace.
Ankara requested that Tehran clarify the situation.
Bunny on a rock with a blep
Mouse living large in house
Next Up: 8-seed European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) vs. 9-seed Mouse (Mus musculus) #2026MMM
‘Kast is more like Trump’: Chile’s environmentalists prepare to do battle for the country’s future
Karl Weick (organizational psychologist, foundational work on sensemaking) had a great refrain: “How can I know what I think until I see what I say?” I often think about this in relation to how AI can interfere w/ thinking by substituting its words for ours. This experimental study offers evidence.
NEW: The US-Israeli combined force struck several targets in Tehran overnight on March 9 and 10, including the IRGC “Quds Force headquarters” and an IRGC weapons research and development facility.
Iran has launched three missile barrages at Israel since our last update. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
Aw! A pile of cuteness!
Ukraine has recaptured 400+ sq km on the Oleksandrivsk axis – more land than Russia seized across the entire front in February.
Only three small settlements in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast left to clear, reversing Moscow's push to carve out a "buffer zone."
euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/10/n...
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Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn
🛡️ Ukrainian air defences down 122 Russian drones during overnight attack, 10 locations hit
Today in Acornia, someone brought a ripe pine cone to the back door. I’m guessing it was a gift or a trade. 🐿
Two cactus wrens sitting atop a chollo.
I love the way these cactus wrens (photographed today) have a safe shelter inside a chollo catcus where they built their elaborate nest.
