Nofud

200 years ago today, Alexander Graham Bell became the first Boomer to call someone younger than them for absolutely zero functional reason at all.

The U.S. spent 20 years and trillions of dollars replacing the Taliban with the Taliban. Trump replaced Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei in just 9 days.

The most efficient U.S. president ever.

Opinion | There are two winners in Iran. Neither one is America. Oil disruption benefits Russia, as does less U.S. aid for Ukraine. And Iran distracts from China.

Zelensky said more Patriots were used in 3 days fighting Iran than used by Ukraine since 2022. Imagine how much Ukrainian energy infrastructure—and how many Ukrainian civilians—might have survived the winter if Trump had sent more Patriots to Ukraine rather than to a “war of whim.” wapo.st/4ui9QzJ

The less Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf, the more incentives for Uranian to mine Ormuz and the Gulf…
80% of food or Gulf states come by boats through Ormuz…

Thank you. This is awesome!!!

This is the fire truck howling dog, BTW

Fully anecdotal but my dog adjust her pitch to fire trucks in US, UK and France.
(Any time she hears a fire truck, siren or not, she howls at the same pitch. She DGAF to ambulances or police).

'Singing' dogs may show the evolutionary roots of musicality Some Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being played, showing a form of vocal ability they might have inherited from their wolf ancestors

'Singing' dogs may show the evolutionary roots of musicality www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

trump should lead by example and be on one of the oil tankers. Show some guts.

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.

Accountability for ICE and CBP However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

Holy shit: the guy who cut millions in grants because they were DEI cannot form a coherent explanation of what DEI is bsky.app/profile/lmrh...

One thought I often have is that the gig economy emerging alongside the rapid escalation of economic inequality is actually the slow reemergence of the servant class in public life.

If you know what the E6B is, you should be worried… they just moved it to the Middle East

Another great "regional metro" concept for the New York City via the @etany.org Unlocking regional transportation will make the area infinitely more livable and affordable.

Thanks to Claude Code, it’s no longer a question of whether AI productivity gains exist for building software or not.

The questions are now more how do we structure job roles & companies given these gains and what will be the impact on tech workers?

This is what’s top of mind for me.

If the US seize or just interdict Kharg Island then Iran has every incentive to fill the sea of mines, from Basra to Ormuz

The Anthropic versus Pentagon conflict is at least three questions which the media skipped asking

1. Should a computer be able to kill people?

2. What’s an acceptable error rate for that computer given LLMs 5% hallucination rate?

3. Can the government force you to sell them your tech to kill?

Kharg still exporting oil is the only reason that keeps the Iranians from mining Ormuz and everywhere else.

Fully agreed.

There used to be public transportation everywhere around where I live (New Jersey).
Small train lines all over the country side.
And in every city when they redo the pavement they find tramway rails under it…

Affordability used to mean planning ahead. Now it often means calculating what to delay — repairs, appointments, vacations, even groceries. When the economy forces people into constant trade-offs, is that really stability?

Small Single-Stairway Apartment Buildings Have Strong Safety Record Policymakers could increase the supply of multifamily housing in their states and localities by revising outdated building codes that require more than one stairway in small apartment buildings. If en...

Single-stairway four-to-six-story buildings with relatively small floor plates cost 6% to 13% less to construct than similar dual-stairway buildings.

This report presents the findings of the first-ever analysis of fire death rates in modern single-stairway buildings.
www.pew.org/en/research-...

omg, nailed

Kubrick, gone 27 years ago today. #RIP

Few directors were as brilliant at portraying the absurdities of war — like generals who say, “The men died wonderfully.”

@kk53.bsky.social

“Paths of Glory” (1957)

if there's one thing war in West Asia is historically known for, it's providing solutions once and for all

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."