“Banks, asset managers and hedge funds have poured into offices [in Dubai] in recent years, attracted by its lack of income tax and convenient access to deep regional wealth controlled by governments and individuals tied to the oil and gas industry.”
Whoops! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...
Trump yelling at kid lawnmowing meme
YOU WEAR SIZE 14 SHOES, RIGHT?
Patitucci is such a pro
what a weird time
Dave Weckl, everybody
this conflict is stupid, wrong, and infuriating
As the Iran war intensifies, the Gulf Arab states are beginning to openly question the US role in the region. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
Staggering numbers. “Mass displacement across Lebanon has forced nearly 700,000 people – including around 200,000 children – from their homes, adding to the tens of thousands already uprooted from previous escalations…Children are being killed and…thousands are now sleeping in…overcrowded shelters.”
Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari told reporters that years of ignored warnings about unchecked escalation have led to an uncontrollable regional war, calling it “the biggest I told you so."
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On the one-year anniversary of his detention by federal authorities, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji welcomed Mahmoud Khalil, his wife Noor, and their baby boy, Deen, to Gracie Mansion to break the fast together.
I had never heard of this metal fuel concept before reading this www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Americans have no idea how much the world is shook, folks. Here in Thailand they have a running tally of how many days' worth of fuel the country has left.
WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells Fox News that a military draft is on the table.
NEW: The State Dept. has ordered diplomats in Saudi Arabia to leave. It's the first mandatory ordered departure issued by the agency during the US-Israel war on Iran, and indicates US officials fear more violence. Iranian drones hit the embassy in Riyadh. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...
A woman stands on a dirt mound, her back to the camera, looking toward a horizon filled with dense, dark smoke. A label in the top left reads "Tehran." Photo by Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times.
The view of Tehran’s skyline overnight on Sunday was apocalyptic: Billowing smoke and towering oil fires turned the horizon orange as Israeli strikes ignited fuel depots outside the Iranian capital. By morning, dark, oily smoke hung over the city. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...
I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation
Good visual reminder that war not only has large human and economic costs, it can have environmental impacts as well.
You might think this is condescending but “Iran is near the Strait of Hormuz” and “all the world’s oil has to go through the Strait of Hormuz” are facts that were apparently not raised in the Oval Office
If we survive this kakistocracy we really are probably going to have to completely rebuild the entirety of U.S. IT infrastructure
![Summarising the Israeli government’s position, Citrinowicz said: “If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn’t care less about the future . . . [or] the stability of Iran.
“That is a point of difference between us and the US. I think [Washington is] are more concerned about nation-building and threats to their regional partners,” he added.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreigsbrgtf43kn5kbszzbdgpqoyvjnesr5le7kemre7bw523p6naf3q)
Summarising the Israeli government’s position, Citrinowicz said: “If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn’t care less about the future . . . [or] the stability of Iran. “That is a point of difference between us and the US. I think [Washington is] are more concerned about nation-building and threats to their regional partners,” he added.
okay but you get that Iran has 93 million people, right
It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.
He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.
Karl Anthony-Towns in foul trouble with lots of time left again? Of course
It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.
Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
