Marc

Seems troubling.

More troubling would be the idea that the Administration might have bombed Iran without expecting this.

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The grift keeps on grifting.

If only someone could have predicted this...

Trump knows how to waste money.
Each Patriot missile costs the US government about $4 million, so Trump blew $3.2 Billion and he is unable to say for what.
This mindless waste of both funds & US military capability is just what you expect from a man opposed to thinking.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

So far, we’ve gotten into:

1. The oil-tanker escort business
2. The shipping-insurance business
3. The militia-arms and finance business

And it’s only Tuesday.

Translation: he didn't have enough weapons to fight his war of choice and so he is blaming Ukraine

While the world is worried about Dubai attacked by Iran drones - Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was bombed again by Russian drone today with 2 kids wounded, 10 and 12 years old

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health - Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure...

Was gonna post about this earlier but got distracted. Probably gonna get called a doomer for it. But fuck it. Look where we're headed. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Footage of joint Russian-Iranian drills just two weeks ago, February 19, 2026.

When Iran turned to Putin for help, it was refused, even though Russia called Iran an important ally and signed a strategic partnership agreement with it a year ago.

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ZELENSKYY ON IRAN: The situation in the Middle East shows how difficult it is to provide 100% protection against missiles and "Shahed" drones.
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DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

who made this

Must not feel great to be a Ukrainian in a freezing apartment watching scarce American Patriots used in a war of choice against Iran.

Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

It will be tough for America’s global reputation to recover after this absolutely shameful vote.

The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

The youth 😍

Fugazi - Waiting Room - Cleveland School of Rock

#punkrock #hardcore #posthardcore #fugazi #waitingroom #punkrockhistory

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

“The Brits and Americans were saying it was going to happen…But the French and Germans were telling him: ‘Don’t listen to this, it’s all nonsense.’”

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Taipei Hiking Trails That Can Be Accessed Using Public Transport Taipei is surrounded by hills and the city’s exceptional public transportation opens up endless trail options.

This has to be one of the best Taiwan hiking blogs in English. A British lady describes hikes in detail, with all necessary information and no nonsense.
Did the first and third from this "around Taipei" list recently, Had never heard of them. Really good.
taiwantrailsandtales.com/taipei-publi...

How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland Internal documents show how the country finally rejected pitches by tech company Palantir.

Read the report on Palantir’s activities in Switzerland — now available in English: republik.link/pltr-en

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Palantir Technologies is suing Republik Magazine over an investigation into Palantir’s activities in Switzerland, published in December 2025. The lawsuit demands a counterstatement and is currently being heard by the Zurich Commercial Court.

Link in comments. #palantir #freemedia

Trump Says He’ll Soon Make Decision on Weapon Sales to Taiwan President Donald Trump said that he’s discussing future weapons sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping and teased that he would soon make a decision about future defense support for the sel...

A violation of the six assurances. Very dangerous, very stupid
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

America's 1 China policy is that the status of Taiwan remains unresolved. That's been our formal policy is Apr 28, 1952. Officially, it has been US practice since October of 1945, when the first US consul arrived in Taipei with the understanding that Taiwan had not been given to China after WWII.