Infrastructure is politics

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

I did that ~25 years ago. Was great (except for the unscheduled 6 hour delay waiting to change trains in LA)

Democracy cannot be sustained on complaints alone 2026 must be the year we show up for municipal politics, if we want communities that reflect our needs and values, writes Wazhma Frogh

"Democracy cannot be sustained on complaints alone. It grows when people who care about their communities recognize they have a role in shaping them." #WRpoli www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...

The USPS has quietly been making changes that will have a big impact for people who mail their tax returns and ballots in this consequential election year. I've got questions about how these changes will hurt vote-by-mail states like Oregon this November.

New Castle Police Department program asks residents to register security cameras for police use New Castle police have started a program asking residents and business owners to register their security cameras for police use.

“What should be happening is if police have good reason to suspect your camera caught evidence of a crime, they should go to a judge and they should get a warrant," EFF’s Matthew Guraiglia told KDKA. www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/...

The Straits of Mackinac

www.britannica.com/place/Strait...

your advice, while appreciated, has arrived too late, for sadly I have already eaten the marshmallow that was in front of me.

like the Dakar rally but 1000x more flammable

At $100/bb the cargo on a (small) tanker full of crude is worth $350M. Large boat might carry 500k barrels ≈ half a $billion. On one boat

Even if you spend $5M on fuel & insurance & wages & protection for a single delivery that's less than 2% of cargo value. Rounding error

Cities either move forward or fall behind. Transforming empty lots into walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods gives people and businesses exactly what they need to thrive. Build places where people actually want to live.

Grammarly Pulls Down Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman, has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.

BREAKING: Grammarly is pulling down its explosively controversial feature that impersonates writers without their consent

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Bernie Sanders: "You pay a lot in taxes."

Leena-Kaisa Mikkola: "93% of people in Finland feel paying taxes is an important civic duty. When we pay, we get something in return. When I retire, it's guaranteed I don't have to live in poverty."

AYFKM

Not anymore 🤪

The takeaway here is: he says to his fluffers "you guys have shitty shoes" and, like, even though we all know dementia grandpa is insane, in this context I assume he's 100% right

lol bsky.app/profile/irra...

100%

Counterpoint: gas should be $10 per gallon

me and the other scheming viziers are wearing shoes gifted to us by the king that are way too big. we look ridiculous. the whole court is laughing at us behind our backs. honestly this is a pretty low point for us, the scheming viziers

Cork-based Stryker hit with cyber attack linked to Iranian-backed group The Irish Examiner understands that Wednesday's attack on Stryker is known as a 'wiper' attack, in which the data on the targeted IT system is 'wiped out' and cannot be retrieved

medical device maker Stryker hit with cyber attack via InTune platform management app. The attack is reportedly remote-wiping any endpoint phone or laptop that connects to the company network. This is on local subreddit but I don't see US news coverage yet

www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Judge: the challenge is, when you file something with the court that is not forthright, it makes me question everything else you say

Sometimes I step back and marvel at the fact that VSPs in US politics have convinced themselves that nuclear—an industry that has been consistently stepping on its dick for over 60 years—is the serious and sober energy future, while solar, which is breaking records all around us ...

a woman in a black dress is sitting at a table with wine glasses ALT: a woman in a black dress is sitting at a table with wine glasses

Just like Jesus.

*sigh*

How's your hold times been lately on IRS phone calls?

Let's talk about how this kind of scheme will work in practice: it creates huge incentives for both employers and employees make sure everything above the threshold is paid off the books

Fortunately we have a fully-staffed IRS that would never allow anyone to get away with cheating on their taxes

Gas should be $10 per gallon

Half of that should be local tax to build safe and reliable transport infrastructure for modes that are not cars

“The Iran War is currently the largest oil shock in terms of million barrels produced per day in history. Over 5 times the OPEC embargo after the Yom Kippur War and Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, both of which caused major global recessions.”

Lots of places in the US are already shockingly provincial TBH

Dongfeng slashes Box EV pricing by $8000 Dongfeng has cut the price of its Box city electric vehicle (EV) by up to $8000 as part of a

TWENTY FIVE FUCKING THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A BRAND NEW EV

Just look at it, go on look at it, its a THIRD of the price of our top selling diesel burning utes

#NewZealand

evsandbeyond.co.nz/dongfeng-sla...

One of the lessons of the Iran war is that it was a huge mistake not to even try to put any of the Iraq war architects in prison. We shouldn’t make it again.