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I see he’s still saying “excursion” instead of “incursion” …
…presumably because he misheard the first time and no one has had the balls to correct him.

It must be serious: he’s wearing his funeral hat.

A great interview from @henrymance.ft.com - worth going back to read the original from 2016 as well. So many great lines, I struggle to pick one but…

[Don LaFontaine Voice]

“In a world where weak countries have magical powers…”

Could we get Duffy’s view on this idea?

I’m curious if sailing through the Strait of Hormuz is more or less dangerous than riding the NYC subway?

See also:

“Asylum seekers”

vs.

“They’re sending us people who have been let out of asylums.”

“No, but I should be happy to send a small rock to sit in for me”

Or the model didn’t.

Really? The company run by this guy?
Why would anyone think there’s anything wrong with their software?

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Such threatening words. Maybe FIFA could get the current holder of the FIFA Peace Prize to mediate this issue?

Is his defense here that he didn’t need any books - he just needed to know the EO said “no DEI” and these grants had DEI-related language in their descriptions?
Is that really what he’s arguing?

I think one of your colleagues has the answer…

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Pretty sure they’re shown to scale.

I think the AI model was too busy laughing at the prompt to spend any time on this.

Every detail is a delight.

“Looks great but add a label for the Strait of Hormuz and put an arrow pointing at it.”

Deep Throat (The X-Files episode) - Wikipedia

Pretty sure this was covered in the 1990s documentary about the FBI: X-Files S01E02

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The only cells currently fast asleep are in the Executive Branch.

I presume the aforementioned emergency reserves are *not* stored on the north side of the Strait of Hormuz?

“raises concerns over foreign spies’ interest in the explosive documents.”

The mind boggles at the possible leverage opportunities here.

I mean even “Mossad” would be a plausible “concern” here.

“Sir, on your advice, several tankers attempted to cross the strait, struck mines and sank. Do you take any responsibility for the loss of life and property?”

“They crossed what?”

“The Strait of Hormuz, sir.”

“I don’t know about that.”

BTW, I really enjoyed the FT Live session you had this morning with @edwardluce.bsky.social , @gideonrachman.bsky.social , Alec Russell, & Kim Ghattas. Super informative all round.

Also, I think I need to go buy Kim’s book just to better understand the Iranians’ mental model here.

“We are going to reduce your country to dust and if you do not stop retaliating, we are going to reduce your country to dust.”

Ahh… the Helsinki Protocol.

“President Putin says it's not Russia. I don't see any reason why it would be.”
— Donald Trump, Helsinki, 2018

AIS Destination is often wrong because it’s a manually input field.

How unusual is it to use it this way?

I don’t know but AIS has only been around since ~2000 so this might be the first time anyone’s had to use it to communicate a “Don’t shoot me!” message.

1937 photo. Original caption is: “Washington Street, east side, north from Perry (right) to W 11th Streets, showing a demolition at the N.E. corner of Perry Street that will provide a site for a 1-story garage. The four story houses adjoining the clearance on the left will be included in this project. Appearing on the right are Nos. 143 and 141 Perry Street. They will remain.” August 3, 1937. Photo: P.L. Sperr

What was here before?

Here’s the same corner 89 years ago. The caption indicates the cleared area and the 4 story building on the left (basically the same footprint as Cohen’s pile) were demolished to make room for a “1-story garage”.

As he asked Canada and Mexico if they’re stoked about their neighbor?

It’s Shawn McCreesh at the New York Times.

The reporter was @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social for the @nytimes.com

“You have to have an ID to get Federal benefits”

So either:

“having ID prevents fraud”

Or

“There is a benefit fraud epidemic”

Which is it? Because it seems it can’t be both.

Yes, and…
…the “ID” in all of those examples, except “Federal benefits”, is a government photo ID - *not* proof of citizenship.

Standard MO for the TACO is:
1. Create fictitious victory story.
2. Take credit for the fiction.

So something like:

“We totally obliterated them. They called me begging for a deal. I have decided to stop crushing them for 2 weeks while they make their best offer. We’ll see what happens.”