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Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.

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The Pete Hegseth Exception Nearly a year after a national-security scandal erupted on my iPhone, no one in the Trump administration has faced consequences.

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At 11:44 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, I was at a Safeway in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, D.C.—when the following alert came in over Signal from Hegseth: “TEAM UPDATE.” Hegseth promised that Yemen would be attacked within two hours.

Opinion | The Death Penalty Is Even More Horrifying Than You Think

Wow, I agree with the NYT Editorial Board: “the death penalty is both unavoidably flawed and unworthy of a decent society. As long it exists, it will disproportionately spare criminals with more resources and be used against people who are poor, mentally disabled or otherwise vulnerable.”

The Fog of AI The spread of fake imagery of the Iran war is helping make the question Is this real? all but unanswerable.

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Opinion | America needs immigrants as much as they need liberty’s blessings When a waiter of 20 years is deported, suddenly immigration has a face and gains complexity.

George Will amplifies the Cato Institute report “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994-2023" in his column today. Plus someone he knows personally has been deported.

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The Pentagon’s Lawyers Are Now Under Review A new Hegseth initiative could consolidate the ranks of JAGs, targeting those who act as legal guardrails.

»Some military lawyers pointed out that there are long-term risks to U.S. forces if leadership shows a disregard for the laws that govern behavior among the troops. The United States can’t expect its adversaries to uphold the laws of war, they noted, if it doesn’t do so itself.«
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His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.

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Where are the survivors? Were they recused or are they POW now? None of the msm states their status.

The “he-man woman haters club” members are now adults and have government funding. 😒

And that’s the least of his issues.

That’s ageism and I respectfully disagree.

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How will U.S. soldiers reckon with Trump’s wars of vanity? The answer will shape America for generations For U.S. military members, war can give meaning to their service. But the unpopular, unauthorized one that’s now under way in Iran will wreak mortal and moral damage

How will U.S. soldiers reckon with Trump’s wars of vanity? The answer will shape America for generations GIFT ARTICLE
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The Pentagon’s Lawyers Are Now Under Review A new Hegseth initiative could consolidate the ranks of JAGs, targeting those who act as legal guardrails.

“JAGs serve a vital oversight function on issues such as whether drone strikes are aimed at legally justified targets and whether to prosecute adultery.”

Incredible from Sarah Fitzpatrick and Missy Ryan

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An Exodus of Money Endangers Wall Street’s Private-Credit Craze Investors asked to cash out 14% of Cliffwater’s $33 billion fund while Morgan Stanley capped withdrawals.

The private-credit engine that powered massive growth on Wall Street is sputtering, with investors trying to pull money out of big funds

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The Billion-Dollar AI Startup That Was Founded by Teenagers The team behind Aaru is attracting brands including McDonald’s and EY by betting AI bots can predict human behavior better than humans can.

"Fink and Koh met on the first day of freshman year at Lake Forest Academy in the Chicago suburbs. They bonded over cross-country running and a shared mischievous streak that involved trying to hack their school’s Wi-Fi to avoid submitting homework."

Why? Why must this puffery always read the same?

16 and Counting: Oil and Cargo Ships Are Growing Targets in War With Iran (Gift Article) More than a dozen oil tankers, cargo and other commercial ships have been attacked in the Persian Gulf since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began nearly two weeks ago.

@shari-in-the-sky.bsky.social Shari, if this gift link requires an email address to access it, I recommend creating a burner address for junk mail.

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Good idea. Thank you. 🙏🏼🤗

Durp!

Well, there’s the problem, “top government officials”. 🥴 This administration is filled with fools who have no idea what they are doing. They are all functioning on greed, treachery and meth.

This too. It may have backfired, because the essay was very good! 🤗

Ah, that makes sense. Were they trying to get his posts flagged, maybe?

Also, I’m old too and I have learned that with age does come wisdom. Just b/c someone is older doesn’t mean they don’t care, the same as believing that b/c someone is younger that they care more. That’s absurd. If someone can do the job, is of sound mind and body and they get elected, 🤷🏻‍♀️

You’ve missed the point. A lot of us vote consistently, however, that is only roughly 50 ish percent of all eligible voters. Younger ppl don’t, in fact, vote consistently as a group but they are very loud about how they hate older candidates. If they want to change it, then there’s only one way.

Wow. He posted this as a response to a comment that is blocked, but read it. Well done Mr Orozco. 🎯💯👏🏼

War With Iran Puts Further Strain on America’s Pessimistic Farmers Nearly 75 percent of farmers surveyed before the war said the crop sector was in a recession. They face bigger hurdles this planting season.

Even before the war in Iran raised fertilizer & diesel costs, a majority of American farmers said they were "much worse off" or "somewhat worse off" than one year ago. Their biggest concern was the high cost of the essentials needed to plant their crops.

V.A. Begins Drive to Put Some Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

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we will discuss tomorrow in the larger context of what RFK has said about addicts and camps, etc. www.youtube.com/live/z3z4pnl...

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The Secret History of Rock’s Wildest Stage Prop: P-Funk’s Mothership

"The Secret History of Rock’s Wildest Stage Prop: P-Funk’s Mothership---A half-century ago, George Clinton debuted a $500,000 spaceship that turned his live concerts into intergalactic journeys. Here’s how it went down." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/a...

Opinion | I Went to Florida to See the 31-Year-Old Candidate Thrilling Gen Z. We’re in Trouble.

In December, the conservative Manhattan Institute found that 31 % of Republicans under 50 identify their own views as racist, and 25 % say their views are antisemitic. The same survey showed that a majority of Republican men under 50 think that the Holocaust either didn’t happen or was exaggerated.