Allen Louis Linton II

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

US Data Centers Could Require as Much Water as New York City by 2030, Study Shows AI’s projected water demand will create major problems not just for the average American, but for the industry itself.

gizmodo.com/us-data-cent...

Your comprehensive guide to the World Baseball Classic Flags fly forever.

an excellent guide to the World Baseball Classic by @95coffeespoons.bsky.social

Go DR, Go Japan, Go Mexico, Go Venezuela

www.lookoutlanding.com/world-baseba... @lookoutlanding.bsky.social #WBC

The Pentagon is using AI, badly, to announce troop deaths. Imagine being a family member. This is repulsive.

Record high support for abolishing ICE in latest YouGov/Economist data

Gonna start a second war to distract people from the first one.

Senate bill to help Americans afford housing nears the finish line The U.S. Senate is moving ahead with a bipartisan package to bring down housing costs, including new grants and a ban on large institutional investors.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED

When every one them is fired or convicted, loses a lawsuit, goes to prison, dies, or dies in prison, from now until the rest of my life, I will think about Ghost (1990). I'm not happy about it either, but that's how my brain works.

Statement from the WNBPA executive committee:

WNBA Union Director Blames Player Rupture on League “I hear the emotions and the range of them as a result of the league putting pressure on the players, the league dragging this out,” Terri Carmichael Jackson tells FOS.

I went to WNBPA HQ to interview executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson about the split amongst members.

“The one thing I said to [the players] is they have one tool and their tool is to out wait you."

More from that conversation & the state of the union: frontofficesports.com/wnba-union-d...

19 Ways To Celebrate International Women's Day In Chicago You can celebrate Women's History month with performances, gatherings, fundraisers and more.

blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/05/1...

Trump unveils data center pledge amid voter backlash to high utility bills Top AI executives, in response to a backlash against high utility bills, pledged to cover the energy costs created by data centers at an event with the president.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Big round of applause for talking big with no accountability! Woohooo

Chicago Hip Hop Museum’s Future Home To Anchor Bronzeville Community Center, Tech Hub The TRECC Global Campus for Youth & Families, proposed for the former McCorkle Elementary in Grand Boulevard, would also house a 111-room hotel, according to leaders behind the campus and the museum.

blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/03/c...

Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power The Trump-led attack on solar eases as the right reckons with its crucial role in powering AI and keeping utility bills from spiraling.

They trashed and demonized solar energy and now want to come and champion it?! clown show behaviour.

Illinois prisons were ordered to improve health care for inmates. They've spent seven years failing. Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according...

chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

Black Film Club Collective provides safe space for Chicagoans to enjoy cultural stories By hosting screenings, discussions and other social events, the group is building community while amplifying art by filmmakers across the diaspora.

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LINDSEY GRAHAM: Our goal is to make sure Iran cannot become again the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

WELKER: Does the the president have a plan to guarantee that happens?

GRAHAM: No. It's not his job.

Sizing chaos The inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women

The disconnect between women's clothing sizes and the women who buy them is stunning. Good article here

Is ICE really leaving Minnesota? The data is complicated. Community observations are a proxy for the intensity of Operation Metro Surge, but comes with caveats.

www.startribune.com/is-ice-reall...

Live updates: Israel confirms attack on Iran with US help as explosions are heard in Tehran Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

BREAKING: Iran’s Red Crescent says Israeli-U.S. airstrikes across Iran have killed 201 people and injured 747, according to Iranian state TV.

Follow AP's live updates for more.

10 Hacks Every WhatsApp User Should Know These WhatsApp hacks allow you to improve your privacy and account security, reduce notification spam, and stop unknown people from adding you to groups.

lifehacker.com/tech/10-hack...

all of this happening in the same 24 hour period is completely nuts, no one is doing any actual due diligence here at all

New poll: Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weak Americans, including swing voters, see the Republican Party as 20 points more extreme than Democrats — and the Democrats as weak and ineffective. So why would the *Democrats* moderate?

"What is a Democratic problem is that 45% of independents say Democrats are weak, and 44% say ineffective —nearly identical to the national numbers. Contra the extremism drop-off, these traits aren’t sourced to partisan talking points." from @gelliottmorris.com
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

So much good reporting from @thetriibe.com going to Springfield. Here is @tonia.thetriibe.com on quality legislation expanding services and housing for people returning from incarceration

thetriibe.com/2026/02/crim...

After UChicago Trauma Center Reopened, Nearby Shooting Deaths Fell Nearly 4 Percent: Study Shooting victims arrived for treatment about 10 minutes sooner and traveled about 3 miles fewer to receive care after the center's 2018 relaunch, according to a study published this week in the journa...

Reminder that fighting for health care is a life or death proposition worth fighting for

Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge finds The ruling could make it more difficult for the government to send migrants to countries that are not their own.

There is an idea that if/when Dems take back power, they should behave in a Trump-like way to "get things done" (TM). But the Trump strategy is the break a bunch of stuff, rely on slow moving lawsuits, and be proven wrong later. Not a longterm plan for success www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...