Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
10.03.2026 21:30
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
Moscow is giving Iran specific advice on drone tactics to hit US and Gulf nation targets in the Middle East, source tells CNN. https://cnn.it/4sCIm64
(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now, according to sources familiar ..
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JUST IN (#Hormuz) via @CNN.com's @natashabertrand.bsky.social:
"#Iran has begun laying mines in the #StraitOfHormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude #oil."
www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/p...
Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."
He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."
“.. The advice signals a recalibration by the White House — and reflects growing concern among some Republicans that Democrats are successfully framing Trump's immigration policy as overly sweeping and indiscriminate.”
@axios.com
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JUST IN
WH Press Sec Karoline #Leavitt presser: (taking Qs) Says no "tanker or vessel" has been "escorted" through the #StraitOfHormuz during #Iran war by US's Navy.
NOTE: Click on my quoted OP for yesterday's reporting
#EpicFury #Hormuz
WASHINGTON (AP) — About 140 US troops have been wounded in the Iran war, including 8 severely and 108 who returned to duty, Pentagon says.
Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs NEWS via @CBSNews : U.S. intelligence assets have begun to see indications Iran is taking steps to deploy mines in Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. Iran is using smaller crafts that can carry 2 to 3 mines each. While Iran’s mine stock isn’t publicly known, estimates over the years have ranged from roughly 2,000 to 6,000 naval mines of Iranian, Chinese and Russian-made variants, @JimLaPorta reports 2:13 PM · Mar 10, 2026 · 6,060 Views
Here we go
NBC News poll Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.
Truly a perfect news alert
I've been playing Pokopia the last two nights and I think I'm buying into the hype.
EXCLUSIVE: 7 months ago, Ukraine tried to sell the U.S. their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made drones.
The Trump administration dismissed the Ukrainians, only to reverse course last week after more-than-expected Iranian drone strikes.
New for @theverge.com: i wrote about how Kansas' trans ID law and the "age verification" systems popping up everywhere tie into larger efforts to force trans people to out themselves both IRL and online
So this is a good reminder that:
-Elections are not yes/no referenda -- may be a choice between two disliked (or liked) options
-Many Dems are dissatisfied w/ party as a whole, still voting for D candidates
-Special election electorate != all registered voters
I learned the very hard way from my time at the Post and Courier that you should never love the organization you work for because it will never love you back. You will wind up burnt out, used, and heartbroken and, if you’re not careful, a cynic.
BREAKING: Former military lawyers say use of JAG lawyers in Minnesota violates the Posse Comitatus Act.
Although recent litigation has focused on troop deployments to American cities, a new challenge in Minnesota looks at DOJ's use of JAG lawyers in non-military cases.
New, at Law Dork:
The legal experts at Bloomberg Intelligence very much fancy Anthropic's chances v the Pentagon
It's Doublethink. It's in the book.
Because in DC’s mind, US SOF can do anything. They can win wars with 92 million population countries all by themselves, like ninjas.
Underground nuclear test, clearly
The current rule of government is that you say two opposite things and therefore both things are true and also neither thing is true
54% of male Republicans under the age of 50 believe "the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe." manhattan.institute/article/the-...
Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!!
Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optout— although obviously that is not enough.
www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...
Hello, yes, I too have a take on the Bad Coffee Op-Ed, but mine is about data quality
(These are not necessarily in opposition, e.g. "specialty" could include grocery store beverages or similar, but I do not think 42% of Americans are ordering daily fancyccinos.)
As this WSJ reporter notes, Hegseth's and Trump's lines on Iran couldn't possibly be further out of step.
Here's the link to Bellingcat's investigation
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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