March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.
Detail of a copperplate print showing Carlos de Bastida y Biedma. The monk is sitting at his working desk, surrounded by opened books, and other objects. Source: https://dev.hab.de/portraits/werk/28624/
3 tabs opened, a note-pad with a to-do-list in front of you, and a pair of spectacles handy. Surfing on the #earlymodern internet in 1622. #skystorians
Aaaand I wrote about it:
Under The Banner of Trump -- The Pyongyangification of American civic space echoes Nazi era banner politics
out5p0ken.substack.com/p/under-the-... 👇
Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic’s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.
The WSJ is reporting that AI, specifically Claude, was used in targeting for the attacks by the Epstein Empire.
That would mean the use of AI led directly to the massacre of 115 schoolchildren and 20 volleyball players.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
So true. We can practice intellectual humility and welcome good ideas that challenge us without giving our time to bad ones. Not every take deserves our attention, and refusing to engage with hatred is just setting a healthy boundary.
trans guy rescues a baby from Lake Michigan then gets a burger as soon as he’s discharged from the hospital is as Chicago a story as they come
Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.
#OtD 20 Feb 2015 2000 prisoners at Willacy #prison, #Texas, rioted in protest at appalling conditions in the private facility, which included raw sewage, infestations of insects, maggots, inadequate medical care and sexual violence by guards stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9265...
The U.S. military says it carried out strikes on three boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing at least 11 people and again providing no evidence of alleged drug smuggling.
This brings the total number of strikes on boats in waters near Latin America to 42, resulting in at least 145 deaths.
This is really good and really Fieri. Throw him in a dive kitchen and he will find 5 enthusiastic things to say in seconds. A superstar.
The man who taught Martin Luther King Jr. nonviolent resistance is likely an activist you've never heard of.
For Black History Month, @alletson.bsky.social revisits the story of Bayard Rustin, one of the most influential civil rights leaders left out of our history books.
There’s a lot to investigate and report on from today’s stunning deposition of Les Wexner. But here’s something I can’t get over.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...
the federal government demolished the Minneapolis economy
Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Marissa Wang.
Maned Wolves are #SouthAmerica's tallest canids with long slender legs to help them navigate grasslands. Now 'Near Threatened' by #palmoil #meat and #mining #deforestation, Fight for them and #Boycottpalmoil #BoycottGold #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7Pv
Close-up of a Eurasian jay facing the camera. The jay has a distinctive patterned head with black markings around its eyes, a light brown body, and vibrant blue feathers on the wings. The background is a soft, blurred gray, highlighting the bird's striking features.
#Portrait is today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. So I have gone for a head shot of a #Jay looking right down the barrel, don't think I will ever get as close again...
Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend 👍
#birdphotography #ukwildlife #eastcoastkin
A plump and cheerful snow T. rex sitting in a garden. It has little twig arms and pebble eyes.
The snow rex with a small, fluffy, grey yutyrannus plushie sitting between its feet.
Snow rex giving the camera a friendly smile
It snowed enough to sculpt a fat little tyrannosaurus today!
Including mine on developing software to build structural models of medieval manuscripts! Much DEI. Another reason for me to hate ChatGPT.
A male zebra finch on a wooden platform perch. His fluffy butt is facing the camera, and his head is peering over his shoulder.
Beep showing off his floof
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ICE’s melanin threshold
A galaxy with non-smooth features from the Galaxy Zoo: Hubble project, classified by 47 volunteers.
A galaxy with non-smooth features, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS survey.
It is at redshift 0.93 (lookback time 7.66 billion years) with coordinates (150.60188, 2.34012).
47 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
Abolishing DHS, which was created under the Bush administration alongside ICE and Customs and Border Protection, has long been an idea championed by much of the left. Many advocates have reupped their calls for the abolition of DHS in recent weeks.
#abolishice
I love that he just goes ahead and does the things so many people in his position insist we can't just do to make people's lives better.
I like how they seem to think all this started in 2024/5 rather than 2016 or 2000, how did we get a 0 score after Trump 1.0?
