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Tech and policy professional interested in global development, space policy, tech for good, effective government, level playing fields, overlooked ideas.

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Aha - so now we are back to unconditional surrender and regime change. Got it.

06.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

Millions of dollars change hands as part of the Trump Administration β€œpardon industry”.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

06.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice Dept. Releases Missing Interviews With Woman Who Made Claims Against Trump

The President’s superpower is that accusations of him sexually assaulting a teenager are hardly newsworthy.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

06.03.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 14419 πŸ” 5729 πŸ’¬ 523 πŸ“Œ 248

β€œMy little girl was completely burned,” he said. β€œThere was nothing left of her. We could only identify her from her school bag, which she was still holding. She was completely burned.”

05.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 1215 πŸ” 587 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 42
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Opinion | If Russia Has β€˜All the Cards,’ Why Has It Achieved So Little?

"Russia has failed at much since it began its full-scale invasion in Ukraine, but it has had some success in creating the narrative that its victory in Ukraine is but a matter of time. The first step toward a durable peace is to defeat that [false] narrative..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...

05.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Oh FFS

05.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 584 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 0
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US opposes IAEA board resolution condemning attacks on Ukraine's power grid The United States joined Russia, China, and β€ŒNiger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board denouncing attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as a threat t...

How awful are we?

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

05.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 10
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War, tariffs, and diplomacy shouldn’t hinge on what benefits Trump personally. They should come from institutions, debate, and democratic oversightβ€”and be in America’s national interest.

05.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

The problem is that if the war is perceived as going well by these guys, it will be hard to stop.

And if it is perceived as going badly, it will also be hard to stop.

06.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The problem is that if the war is perceived as going well by these guys, it will be hard to stop.

And if it is perceived as going badly, it will also be hard to stop.

06.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."

β€” Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War (7 Feb 2003).

05.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1857 πŸ” 683 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 75
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Zelensky has done everything he possibly can to satisfy this admin while he fights a war of survival for his people. And the Trump admin has done nothing but repeatedly treat him with disrespect, scorn & ridicule. 2 days ago, Trump called him β€œPT Barnum.” This is how Z responds.

05.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 4362 πŸ” 1222 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 81
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How U.S. religious composition has changed in recent decades Only a few decades ago, a Christian identity was so common among Americans that it could almost be taken for granted. As recently as the early 1990s,

Over 1/3 of Americans do not identify as Christian.

www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

06.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How U.S. religious composition has changed in recent decades Only a few decades ago, a Christian identity was so common among Americans that it could almost be taken for granted. As recently as the early 1990s,

Over 1/3 of Americans do not identify as Christian.

www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

06.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Self-promotion. It was the self-promotion.

05.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Beginning March 6, Virginians can level the playing field with a temporary, emergency measure to make sure their voting power is not diminished.

Early voting begins March 6, and Election Day is on April 21. Vote YES.

To learn more and get involved, go to virginiansforfairelections.com.

05.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1614 πŸ” 392 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 12
GAIA Global Health

From a recent trip to Malawi if interested.

www.gaiaglobalhealth.org/updates/witn...

05.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Becoming a successful tech bro really changes ones appearance.

05.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tillis talks tough for the cameras - and then quietly votes the Trump agenda every single time. He is the embodiment of hypocrisy.

05.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Suddenly, its turns out that it is not smart to arrogantly shit on an ally that has learned how to down 200 Shaheds every single night and then wipe out and oil refinery or a military airfield with a handful of cheap drones.

05.03.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 2598 πŸ” 580 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 33
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The White House’s disjointed message on Ukraine - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com Explore The White House’s disjointed message on Ukraine, highlighting key moments from the Trump administration's approach.

β€œWhen an administration publicly questions the value of supporting a partner under invasion, only to later seek that partner’s expertise, it exposes a deeper problem: the widening gap between political rhetoric and strategic reality.”

londonlovesbusiness.com/the-white-ho...

05.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 5

Yep, this tracks

05.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 890 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 3

A billion a day lowballs it, imho

05.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 571 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hegseth Says War Will Go On β€˜Until We Decide,’ and a Tariff Refund Update

When to start a war is under your control. When to stop it is not.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/p...

05.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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26 Doctors without Borders workers remain unaccounted for in South Sudan a month after attacks The medical charity Doctors Without Doctors says 26 staff working with the group remain unaccounted for a month after attacks in South Sudan

MSF does heroic work in the most awful environments.

www.independent.co.uk/news/south-s...

05.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so right. Democrats remain on a ludicrously unfair playing field, and it’s getting worse. I think many on the left are afraid to call this out, since the β€œleft-wing media bias” canard has been cast in stone. But highlighting the absurd hypocrisy is crucial.

05.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

β€œNo front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

05.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 4203 πŸ” 2112 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 76

Exactly.

05.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran’s Drones Cost a Fraction of the U.S. Weapons Shooting Them Down

It’s ironic that the US may need to call the world experts in this dilemma: Ukraine.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

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