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Just heard that a ship called the Kobayashi Maru sent a distress signal in the Strait of Hormuz. Hope the scenario ends well.

11.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The next inflation report is due in four weeks.

11.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@latimes.com

11.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 456 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 29

JFC.

β€œChatGPT offered assistance to people saying they wanted to carry out violent attacks in 61% of cases, research found, and in 1 case, asked about attacks on synagogues, it gave specific advice about which shrapnel type would be most lethal. Google’s Gemini provided a similar level of detail.”

11.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

So, wait.

The United States assassinated the father, mother, sister, infant niece, wife, and teenage son of Iran's new Supreme Leader in a bombing that also injured him.

If he hasn't already ordered revenge, I'll be real surprised.

11.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Johnson refuses to condemn anti-Muslim comments by Republican lawmakers Andy Ogles said Muslims do not belong in the US and Randy Fine made a comparison of Muslims to dogs

It's not just that he refused to condemn Ogles and Fine; he endorsed the substance of their vile messages, taking issue only with their "tone," and he introduced a new line of bigotry-fueled conspiracy theory about Muslims wanting to impose sharia law. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

11.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 1140 πŸ” 343 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 18
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Undercover Cop Generated An AI Teenager To Catch Pedophiles A DHS investigator generates an AI for catching pedophiles on Kik Messenger, a known hotspot for predators.

🚨NEW🚨 Cops used an AI-generated teenager to catch pedophiles on Kik Messenger, an app notorious as a hive of predator activity.

A rare insight into how police can spin up AI teens for sting operations on social media.

But where else are cops using AI personas?

www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

10.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

it's not the point at all, but one feels the need to recall that chess came to Europe from Iran

11.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cargo ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz, crew evacuates A ​cargo vessel β€Œwas hit by an ​unknown ​projectile in the ⁠Strait ​of Hormuz, ​resulting in a fire onboard ​and ​prompting the crew β€Œto ⁠evacuate and request assistance, ​according ​to ⁠the United Kingdom ​Maritime ​Trade ⁠Operations on Wednesday.

Cargo ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz, crew evacuates reut.rs/4cBSRSz

11.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16
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a man with a beard is smiling while sitting at a desk ALT: a man with a beard is smiling while sitting at a desk

Everything is bad, but at least I can focus on my dissertation chapter about how the British in 1915 didn’t have the navy to force a strait when it needed to because it spent the previous decades funding their army’s misadventures in unimportant areas that turned into expensive quagmires.

11.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 1090 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 3

god, that last one

11.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. About that.

11.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 396 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

Coping by watching Knives Out.

11.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image from Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham, with new text:

I do not like it,
Sam-Alt-Man.
I do not like
Your AI scam

Image from Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham, with new text: I do not like it, Sam-Alt-Man. I do not like Your AI scam

11.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Devastating reporting. Like RFK Jr., Kristi Noem, and Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth is reshaping his department to indiscriminately kill tons and tons of children.

A major throughline of the Trump administration.

11.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 1759 πŸ” 564 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 7

No win scenario

All the planning involved some combination of "those assholes fired first" and "The World Has Decided It Is Time To End The Iranian Threat," both involve a level of ally+partner integration that is absolutely not the case here

There was literally no plan for "YOLO Iran war w/Bibi"

11.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 1373 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 7

This is cruel and unusual punishment.

11.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 275 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

JUST IN: Democrats flip a seat in the New Hampshire state House.

Dem Bobbi Boudman has won today’s special election, NHJournal reports.

(Boudman was the Dem nominee in 2024 & lost by 14%; Trump won here by 9%.)

This is Dems’ third legislative flip so far this year, after Texas and Arkansas.

11.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 4324 πŸ” 930 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 57

Any answer other than β€œthe president is a historically stupid man only now he has dementia” is journalistic malpractice

11.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 1313 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

Deorbiting upper stages on high orbit (geotransfer) launches is still regrettably rare, and I commend SpaceX
for doing so on this mission; it avoids a later uncontrolled large space junk reentry.

11.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The gas tax pays for roads! That's literal infrastructure funding!

11.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - β€œWhen your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

11.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 10444 πŸ” 2606 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 50

lol, of course the ADL is claiming that saying "Operation Epstein Fury" is antisemitic. What a joke of an organization.

11.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 536 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 0

but you did it and that's a win

10.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is worth watching just for young Dan Rather giving a weather report.

10.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI cameras are everywhere β€” and people are paying the price for their mistakes Flock Safety's license plate readers are used by police in thousands of communities. When the cameras make mistakes, the consequences can be severe.

β€œIn a dozen instances, misreads by Flock's automated license plate readers, or a lack of verification by officers, resulted in people who hadn't committed crimes being stopped at gunpoint, sent to jail, or mauled by a police dog, among other outcomes.”

10.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 718 πŸ” 465 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 46

Brendan Loper

10.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Four years of war have transformed Russia, but few will speak in public against it Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine recently crossed the four-year mark. Throughout that time, one of the biggest questions has been: Is this what Russians want?

A sound rich, informative piece from my colleague in Moscow. Take a listen!

www.npr.org/2026/03/10/n...

10.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, of course, we’ve done nothing to discourage this.

10.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 341 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Work | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency Work | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency.

I see that doge.gov hasn't been updated since October.

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