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Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://help.ft.com/faq/gifting-and-sharing-an-article/what-is-a-gift-article/. https://www.ft.com/content/09fa5c20-2c8f-4f41-9d91-c78476eaac20 Drone strikes on Amazon Web Services facilities this week in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain highlight the vulnerability of cloud facilities — prominent symbols of US tech power in the region and hard to defend against air attack. Fars News Agency, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said on Thursday that Iran targeted Amazon and Microsoft facilities in recent drone strikes. Experts say Amazon’s facilities were likely targeted by Iran. Microsoft said it had not experienced any outages in the region. The strikes mark what is believed to be the world’s first military attack against the US “hyperscalers” that dominate the global cloud computing market. That could create a chilling effect on the UAE and Saudi Arabia’s plans to spend billions of dollars on local AI infrastructure in the coming years, a crucial plank of the oil-rich states’ efforts to diversify their economies. “The Iranians view data centres as part of the conflict,” said Matt Pearl, a director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank.

Iran acknowledges they are targeting AWS and Azure data centres. "The Iranians view data centres as part of the conflict,” said Matt Pearl, a director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"Instead of Googling Epstein, Aaronson, then 29, turned to what he considered an even more reliable source: his mother. She did some checking. “Be careful not to get sucked up in the slime-machine going on here.... Since you don’t care that much about money, they can’t buy you.”"

I feel sad that the level of discourse in this country by and about professional military personnel has become so degraded (or, probably more likely, so muzzled by threats) that Hegseth's "No stupid rules of engagement" did not immediately arouse a ferocious response.

Cheeeeesus Jeeeeesus

A picture of a beer and a Black Thunder eclair.

I am finally home and able to relax.

Not everyone is shocked - many stopped trusting Proton in January of 2025:

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 '𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭' 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺

𝘛𝘩𝘦 '𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺-𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵' 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘠𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢."

#AndyYen #CapitalistTechBros

🧵 Today’s news: Proton turned over payment info for a Stop Cop City account. Not good — it's state repression in action.

Controversial opinion: We don't think this means all activists should abandon Proton for docs/email.

It depends on your threat model. Let's explore.

(Long thread incoming 👇)

Oh he's definitely planning a false-flag bombing in a Democratic city.

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

Thanks to AI-generated movies, the whole world is experiencing what Chinese cinema went through in the 2010s.

Suddenly, a lot of people can make movies. Everyone wants the prestige of cinema, but not everyone has a story to tell. So every creation is a cheap imitation of a Hollywood product :/

Golden Age Superman stands head to thigh alone in a panel black at the top and red on the bottom where Superman stands pointing at the reader as he says, "Be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games--they are always on the look out for unsuspecting victims."

Oh, and there's more. Do your homework, Dems. bsky.app/profile/sout...

Jan. 6 rioter gets life in prison for sexually abusing two 12-year-olds after Trump pardon A convicted Jan. 6 rioter was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for sexually abusing two children after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump.Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, was found guilty last month on five criminal charges, including molestation, lewd and lascivious exhibition and transmission o...

A convicted Jan. 6 rioter was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for sexually abusing two children after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Fox News taken aback by 'rattled' Kristi Noem's remarks after ouster: 'That was weird' Fox News host John Roberts described Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as "rattled" moments after President Donald Trump fired her.Roberts' network broadcast remarks by Noem as news broke that she would be replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)."That was weird with Kristi Noem, or what?" Rob...

Fox News host John Roberts described Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as "rattled" moments after President Donald Trump fired her.

The Dems remain, as always, completely useless.

where are they finding these people how is it possible to even have this endless supply of humans who don't understand literally anything about human behaviour

I’m actually not sure we can come back from “prediction markets for war crimes”, as a society. I think this might be it for us.

Sounds like he’s shifting her laterally.

same guy lmao

BlueSky was a bunch of tech bros trying to create their own version of Nazi Site until all us darkies and gays showed up.

World U.S. submarine torpedoes Iranian ship in Indian Ocean, reportedly killing at least 87 sailors Attack off coast of Galle, Sri Lanka, set off rescue efforts Thomson Reuters Posted: Mar 04, 2026 6:36 AM PST | Last Updated: March 4 Listen to this article i Estimated 4 minutes Workers in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday unload the bodies of Iranian sailors from a vehicle, after they were killed when the IRIS Dena warship sank outside Sri Lanka's territorial waters. (Eranga Jayawardena/The Associated Press)

An Iranian ship at a joint Indian naval exercise, where all vessels were required to be unarmed, paraded its sailors along other participants, including the US. The US then withdrew at the last minute, torpedoed the Iranian vessel, and refused to rescue survivors. 87 sailors killed, 60 missing.

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

turns out noem’s husband was sitting behind her when she was being asked about fucking lewandowski (and refusing to deny it) and now i know there’s a congressional cuck chair

How

This new cycle of violence was all too predictable. For months, Israeli officials had signalled an escalation of their campaign against Hezbollah. Despite a ceasefire that ended a devastating 13-month war in 2024, Israel had continued with its bombing of Lebanon almost every day, saying the group was trying to rebuild its capabilities. Hezbollah, however, had remained quiet, aware that any move would inevitably be met with a powerful retaliation.

Interesting admission by BBC

Trans Porn Is Booming. Trans Rights Are Fading We asked trans adult creators about the complicated link between desire and politics, as trans porn is booming while rights fade.

Interesting interview in Playboy with transgender adult content creators. People often point to Pornhub stats showing trans content is more popular than ever as a contradiction, as if political and sexual objectification were ever mutually exclusive

this is the clearest black and white picture of how the US is fucked. illegal unprovoked war at the height of financial, healthcare and employment crises by a rogue pedophile president and it has 3/4ths approval from the "opposition" party.

Quick question does anyone know how to restore virtue to a decaying society

It’s almost like he’s hoping for it so that he can have an excuse to use “emergency powers”