Terrific reporting, sad piece:
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these stories are like a recursive no
The CIA-backed coup against Prime Minister Mosaddegh which installed the Shah is also key for understanding why some Iranians invaded the U.S. embassy in 1979 (tragically taking the employees hostage). Many believed the prior coup was planned in the embassy and feared another would happen.
The US has consumer electronics.
The DHS Attorney who had a viral public meltdown in court at the height of the ICE occupation because it was too hard to follow court orders is now running for Congress as, get this, a Democrat. If we can learn what district she is running in, we can ask why she signed up to keep folks detained.
capitalism during wartime, see also David Woodruff, Money Unmade
QCon London by InfoQ Debugging Distributed Systems March 17 / The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London Liz Fong-Jones, Technical Fellow
Hosting Debugging Distributed Systems track at #QConLondon next week; thrilled to have @hazelweakly.me, @hakshak.bsky.social, @voidmaze.bsky.social, @colindou.ch , and @palcu.net joining me. And we all want to hear your war stories at the unconference session!
Agenda: qconlondon.com/track/mar202...
CENTCOM, 2026:
that'll sound like enough to put off the voters for a bit
that's cool
UKRAINE HAS DRIVEN 12km INTO RUSSIAN LINES AMD REGAINED 400KM IN THE SOUTH EAST
The ISW has finally confirmed its assessment that Ukraine - which has seemingly stopped its advance for now, presumably to consolidate its gains, retook 400kmsq and penetrated 12km
into Russian held territory on the
Do you hear, @monkchips.com ?
"Fewer people will or do die" actually does set out the categories of monging here. You are correct!
Note that this criteria now brings clarity to apply to those who destroy usaid, cut medical research and constrain vaccines, and so on. War is so "fast".
Or - and give me a moment here - they are mongers, but so vastly less that it defies the words one use to create the category.
Also, by Def, all heads of state with expansive militaries are mongers. Part of what goes with a state, is monging.
Jesus. Incredibly cruel.
Unofficial final results in the New Hampshire #HDCarroll7 (Trump+9) special election:
Bobbi Boudman (D)- 51.9%
Dale Fincher (R)- 48.1%
This would be a 13 point overperformance from 2024 and the third Democratic state legislative flip of 2026!
This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology
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Hey @ironyuppie.com weren't you saying something about data
When Americans were asked to temporarily sacrifice going to their barbers so we could keep the morgues from overflowing, people with guns stormed the Michigan capitol.
🚨🚨 Dozens of documents detailing FBI interviews with an Epstein victim who accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her as a 13-year-old are being kept under wraps.
The thing is, they don't even have to lay mines to create an effect
Some rumours of them laying mines, perhaps some satellite pics of them putting decoys in the water are enough to completely spook the insurance market
IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION "Slip the switch" by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt.
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
TSA got outsourced to the lowest bidder who by chance might have a good employee who undervalues themselves yet realizes they exist in the realm of chaos and now is their time to lead and direct the fallen into their destinal universe under whatever random rules the chaos council came up with today
Thousands of white South Africans are planning to return home despite President Trump's statements that the white minority is being persecuted by the country's Black majority government reut.rs/4lk2ure
But that plays a damned fine jig, lemme tell you
The officer who killed Ruben Ray Martinez has been identified as Homeland Security Investigations agent Jack Stevens.
The risk for babies who get measles under the age of 6 months to develop this within 10 years is 1 in 600.
dammit! I used to love that guy for the stuff. Now I gotta go find the Underwood stuff.
oh geez