Worth watching the whole clip, but purely in propaganda terms it seems to me, admittedly just an amateur observer when it comes to war fighting, that it may be useful to send the message to the 91+ million Iranian civilians that we are not trying to kill them.
This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.
Listening to Jim Croce at work
PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell?
COLBY: Defer to you
R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war'
C: Defer to you
R: That was actually you
On this day six years back:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers
An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.
theintercept.com/2026/03/02/t...
1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
Just thinking about how, before buying Paramount, Ellison's time at Skydance was so mid-to-bad that Paramount executives had to tell him that his taste in movies is garbage. www.vulture.com/article/larr...
A fantastic WSJ video by Jaden Urbi offers a look behind what goes into a Broadway show, with the viewpoint of a second-generation theatre electrician, and including the revival of Chicago that's been running almost 30 years.
www.wsj.com/video/inside...
Not unlike going to war without convincing anyone first...
Apparently Pearl Harbor wasn’t an invasion.
Neko Case and Carolyn Mark, if you don’t know….
I know the lower market segments aren’t traveling as much in this economy, but I have some advice for even middle income travelers.
Make sure you have the financial resources to handle getting stuck somewhere for extra time if something should happen. It’s becoming increasingly common
Kirk?
criterion channel rn has a collection called YEARNING and a collection called STUNTS! and between them exits the entire spectrum of human art and emotion
Honestly I think the leadup to the Iraq war was worse than all this because the buy-in was so all-encompassing. I keep asking myself how anyone could fall for it again but the thing is, they mostly haven't
Perfect for 1 a.m. driving:
Really great band. Big recommendation if your interests lie in the intersection of Spiritualized and Mazzy Star.
I’m like: the directors of Menace II Society are hosting?
Security violations
This is like the knowledge check on annual security training
Another great show at the 40 Watt Club in Athens last night with Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy & Friends at the 40 Watt Club.Friends have been sending photos which I will treasure along with the memory of getting to sing a few songs w/ them 1) Michelle Roche 2) Donny Levit 3) Joe Cortez, Jr 4) me
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Not the most important thing going on now but still dismaying: Apparently officers can only spend time at right-wing think tanks and universities now. Hegseth is politicizing and dumbing down the military. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
Good day to balance immediate surroundings exclusively and the worldwide view. And filling up the gas tank ASAP.
Filmed at my alma mater (though I haven't seen it)
Increased ICE activity in MN.
Whipple Federal Building, Fort Snelling, MN.
Sam Altman: The decision to bomb that girls school?
They couldn't have made it without us!
À ma soeur (2001) dir: Catherine Breillat a woman sits despondantly in the ocean staring out at the incoming waves in the next image she is lying flat in the surf
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What we are seeing from @katmabu.bsky.social is just a completely new model of politics. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThtrq8Ph/
rapid onset dark ages
