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Rewrite it coherently, naming Prasad at the beginning?

Sounds like he got outed after a draft of the article was written and they clumsily added more sentences.

Both Trump administrations have side-lined experts and diplomats. Gutted American soft-power. And decided to lead with special forces, embargoes, and large-scale war-on-a-whim.

It's going to result in a lot of death. It will be mimicked. Survivors will get better at fighting and be more motivated.

lawful but awful, in an unlawful war

I'd say it's OK for most people not to get tangled up in the details. The cold slaughter of conscripts, officers, bystanders, school children, etc. is something one can be against for many other reasons, regardless of legal structures. And it's all on the admin.

“Donald Trump’s White House is blocking top US intelligence agencies from warning law enforcement across the country about rising threats to the homeland tied to his war with Iran, the Daily Mail can reveal”

Sánchez’s principled stand against Trump matters. So does Merz’s silence Spain’s leader has taken a strong position in refusing the US demand to use Spanish bases to strike Iran. Europe should show solidarity in the face of Trump’s threats.

Pedro Sánchez has taken a strong position in refusing the US demand to use Spanish bases to strike Iran. Europe should show solidarity with Spain in the face of Donald Trump’s threats. https://bit.ly/4l7IYhs

Apparent Israeli SOF air-assault operation in Beqaa valley. Would be first IDF ground operation that far north in Lebanon since their naval SOF did a raid on the coast north of Beirut in 2024—and as far as I know, the first ground operation in Beqaa since a major raid on a Baalbek hospital in 2006.

I had a log-scale graphic like this for the scale of fossils. From fossil trackways a mile long to molecular fossils ~ 20 angstroms across. Could extend it to the size of our oxygenated atmosphere and stable isotopes if you wanted.

this meme format will never get old

350,000 peoples’ lives hang in the balance. A majority entered the U.S. legally and have never been in violation of any immigration law. They’ve had to go through multiple background checks. And yet they’re hanging on by a thread, even though the situation in Haiti hasn’t gotten any better.

Lindsey Graham’s Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran Few others in the president’s ear argued for the attack as effectively as South Carolina’s senior senator.

If a US Senator wants the US to go to war against another country, he should introduce a war authorization and push for a vote in the US Congress.

Not subvert the Constitution to achieve that end.

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All the wrong people have imposter syndrome.

CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.

[car alarm bells going off]

close up of a red-cockaded woodpecker, a woodpecker with a black-and-white striped back and white cheek patch, on the trunkof a pine tree

From the current WJO issue: Patterns of partial brood loss in relation to group size, brood size, and nest timing support the resource tracking hypothesis in a cooperative breeder, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...

Bird nests support a diverse, dynamic and distinctive macroarthropod community on the forest floor Nests built by vertebrates, such as birds and mammals, constitute diverse microhabitats that are inhabited by many arthropod taxa and represent important hubs of local biodiversity. Compared to leaf...

New paper! Bird nests (Wood Warblers) are hubs of invertebrate biodiversity on forest floor, hosting more species/individuals than leaf litter. Probably due to heat & food detritus. Losing Wood Warblers = ecological networks lost. #ornithology
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Who’s Deciding Where the Bombs Drop in Iran? Maybe Not Even Humans. Behind last week’s scrum between the Trump administration and Anthropic lies a deeper question of how warfare is conducted—and whether accountability even exists anymore.

My take.

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ICE’s terror campaign is destroying our communities:

“The November operation, Carrillo said, sent many immigrants into hiding, regardless of their status. Children stayed home from school. Parents skipped work. Families struggled to keep up with necessities, like groceries.”

How many helicopters could it take?

Suddenly have an idea for an awesome road trip movie

Left: A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini North on Maunakea in Hawai‘i. Right: Spectrally integrated flux maps for CH3OH on August 28, 2025.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS was bursting with methanol--also known as wood alcohol--as it neared the Sun last fall.

Data from ALMA indicate that ATLAS is one of the most methanol-rich comets ever seen. Not an alien spaceship; more like an extrasolar distillery! 🔭🧪

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CDPH is urging people visiting the coast to avoid contact with sick or dead marine mammals and birds after H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in northern elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State Park.

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The tornado/frozen lake combo is something I’ve not seen (not that I’ve seen a lot).

Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weapons Fishing crews face horrifying burns from dredging the dumped chemical weapons.

Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weapons

A story that is not being told enough about the Iran War is that the U.S. and Israel have totally different, incompatible goals. The U.S. says it’s targeting weapons systems. Israel wants regime change and a failed state. This conflict leads to total incoherence.

Justice Department targets Cuban officials, aims for indictments The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine bringing federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government.

Recall that the prior indictment of Maduro served as the predicate for the "law enforcement operation" in Venezuela (aka the illegal invasion and decapitation of its government).

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US sinking of Iranian ship raises questions of legality Experts say the incident highlights the need for a declaration of war.

As I emphasized here:

"The fundamental legal problems under both U.S. and international law relate to the underlying use of force in this war against Iran."

A war which is of course illegal.

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Why high prices toppled Democrats

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I mean, they're a threat if one backs them into a corner and dares them to throw rocks at oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

And the war is a threat if you're an American who goes overseas and the number of people who hate you is increasing exponentially like the price of West Texas Intermediate.

Kristen Holmes ® @KristenhCNN X.com Condoleezza Rice was just seen walking into the White House. 1:34 PM • 3/6/26 • 20K Views

Condoleezza Rice at White House…

Seven Arrests and a Pipeline: Unprecedented Escalation in the Political Conflict between Hungary and Ukraine On Escalatory Path

Seven Arrests and a Pipeline: Unprecedented Escalation in the Political Conflict between #Hungary and #Ukraine, by @danielhegedus.bsky.social. ballhausplatz.substack.com/p/seven-arre...