Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first

The Watson Center report put the direct cost of the US war in Iraq (not the broader wars throughout MENA) at $1.1T.

Republicans, when talking about war and absolutely nothing else.

I know this community very well. The Shenandoah club the Temple Israel statement refers to as providing food and shelter during this attack is the club established by Iraqi Chaldeans. This is really beautiful interfaith solidarity in action.

“Alex Numb Bear Al Slayer @afterdarkalexi.bsky.social: False Flag season comes fast. I am sure this guy "worked for ISIS" which we see in the files was a literarily supported by Israel.” (quoting to respond to: “Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social • 9m A guy rammed his car through a door at Detroit's largest synagogue and got out with a gun and was shot by security before he could massacre everyone inside. And yes all synagogues that can afford it have security. And yes it's exactly because of situations like this that they do”

Bsky bio: “Alex Numb Bear Al Slayer @afterdarkalexi.bsky.social 8.3K followers 3K following 11K posts Comparison is the thief of Joy. • Film photographer, leftist politics, cinema lover, Formula 1 aficionado, dog dad, iRacing gamer • Free Palestine • Fuck Nazis Chicago is” Followed by [two mutuals] and 105 others”

it’s always fun to scroll through developing news about a ramming attack on a synagogue in Michigan & see a post claiming that it’s likely a false flag attack conducted by Israel & then clicking through to the account to see a bio with “leftist” & “Fuck Nazis” & over 100 mutual followers.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Not sure if the degree to which many, many synagogues have daycares in them is widely known. For a lot of people involved in the institutional community, "gunman attacks synagogue on a Thursday" reads as basically "gunman attacks preschool," if you're wondering why i almost threw up this afternoon

Tweet from Aysha: "A man drove his car deliberately into the Temple Israel Synagogue in Michigan? Smells like a false flag to push “Jews aren’t safe” and antisemitism is rising narrative."

The fact that this stuff just instantly starts going around from accounts on social media with tens of thousands of followers is so disturbing.

L3Harris also has a history of defrauding the federal government. (And we also know this same exploit was used by Russian state actors in attacks on Ukraine.)
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/l3-te...

UFC Fighters to Train FBI Agents in ‘Historic Seminar’ This Week: We’ll ‘Be Even Better Prepared to Protect the American People,’ Kash Patel Says UFC fighters will head to Quantico, Va. this week to train FBI agents and students in what FBI director Kash Patel is calling a "historic seminar."

What a joke. FBI agents are not street brawlers. They interview witnesses, uncover documents, analyze intelligence, and testify in court, usually while wearing a suit and tie. Just one more frolic for Kash at taxpayer expense.
variety.com/2026/politic...

klaus kinski vs. the monkey YouTube video by ironcupshrug

People keep posting hte meme, but I think it's worth watching Kinsky's performance in Aguirre. This is Pete Hegseth:
youtu.be/eQYKDrOs_j8?...

Remember when he was announced as the nominee and I said he was a collaborator and fuck him and people were like no actually he’s ok?

Anyone want to eat their words? Not me

Klaus Kinsky would be a great Pete Hegseth.

One of the most interesting cases (IMHO) in international criminal law is the prosecution of RTLM, which was a private company used to broadcast both genocidal agitprop and actively coordinate genocide in Rwanda, with the support for the government (Radio Rwanda). That should be a core model.

One central issue following the midterms must be: Will Democrats in Congress use the power of subpoenas and hearings to develop a record of criminal liability for Palantir and similar companies who provide technological infrastructure to support crimes against humanity?

But that's not really the problem with LLMs. The problem with LLMs is that - both generally and compared to specific alternatives - LLMs are wildly inefficient in a way where promoting widespread adoption is irresponsible, and that's where the "anti-LLM" discourse is basically right.

Let's suppose this is a good faith question (though based on the replies and threads, I'm not sure it is). It's still the wrong question.

The correct framing is: Do LLMs do anything better than specialized tools developed for specific tasks? And the answer is flatly "no."

This story is likely just the tip of the iceberg www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

They'll ask Grok.

Covering sessions daily at the Commission on the Status of Women this week, one question keeps coming up for me: How can responsible media better amplify the institutions trying to address global crises? Too often we are not meeting the moment — we are being entertained by it. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus & @DrTed...• 6h Global military expenditure just hit $2.7 trillion - in a single year. According to @UN estimates, ending world hunger by 2030 would require $93 billion annually. That means we spend almost 30 times more every year on killing each other than on making sure everyone eats.

This is Director of WHO. And that’s exactly the point I’m trying to make all day every day this week.

... when oil prices go up, *oil companies* make a lot of money and *American consumers* lose a lot of money.

"I'm a business man" should be a joke in politics, and the fact that people think of it as economic cred has totally screwed up our politics.

I mean... that pretense was always pretty thin.

Crude futures are continuing to go up despite commitments to release from SPRs. (Crude prices are also up, but the Futures are more interesting to me as it shows the speculators don't think this is going to go away... and they've bought a lot of headfakes so far from Trump/Wright.)

I like that his son was like "no, Dad. I'm not doing that. I've lived with this my whole life and I'm not going to do that to my son."

Dell's point about the threat bulletin here is well taken.
One of the biggest problems is that given the (widely documented) incompetence of Ka$h's FBI, it's hard to know what (if anything) to take seriously.

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

The ongoing Pentagon investigation determined that outdated intelligence was the cause of the “targeting mistake” that caused the US to strike the school that was outside the military compound. As was suggested early after the strike by multiple reports.

Jim Cramer is the white Lavar Ball.

“Now’s the time to gaslight them into thinking that democracy is a right-wing project, podcaster reveals during livestream. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/when-chris...

It’s not just that the prices are high, though that’s obviously the first major concern because of impact on inflation. It’s also incredibly volatile, which is really dangerous for a widely used commodity, because the markets are constantly responding to mixed signals from an idiot.

Taiwanese wife here, pretty concerned that a very popular novelist is doing pro-China propaganda that will impact how Americans understand Taiwan 🫣