Ships are manipulating their GPS signals to misdirect guided weapons. These vessels are showing up on shipping data platforms as clustered on top of one another, noted TankerTrackers.com, a research agency.
Read @nassosstylianou.bsky.social and Malcolm Moore's report
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This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.
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Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
06.03.2026 20:09
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A 1944 map by geologist Harold Fisk charts a 40-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from Friars Point to Gunnison, Mississippi. Fisk used aerial photos and maps to estimate the past and then-present channels. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar?fbclid=IwY2xjawQYXkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZ2JBT2tWdVlXMmEzNU5Uc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsbjW-Yuubr_o_Kfeh0Elzc94geDwfXIZmeNL7NyljEBAOEjH53m2QLSo1NF_aem__4NkCIJ_D8J6mI1e8eMByg
Rivers are living beings.
07.03.2026 01:31
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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say
The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.
Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence.
This includes the locations of warships and aircraft
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
06.03.2026 12:26
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Shuffalo, 6m 50s
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/03/05?
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Paralympics brace for tense opening as Russia comes in from the cold.
The opening ceremony will be clouded by a boycott by several countries in protest at Russian athletes competing under their national flag for the first time since 2014
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The picture shows a needle made of bone, it resembles its modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures!
This sewing needle was made from animal bone some 13,000 years ago.
Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start
Length: 5.6 cm
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg 🏺
06.03.2026 06:34
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Macron Wants to Put Europe Under France’s Nuclear Umbrella
The changes to France’s nuclear posture that Macron announced this week could reshape nuclear deterrence in Europe for years to come.
My latest column for @wpr.bsky.social in which I argue that Macron’s nuclear speech really was groundbreaking and should get more attention
(and please: I did not chose the title! All mistakes in the text are mine, but the title is not.)
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Middle East war spirals with fresh strikes on Iran and Lebanon.
Israel has launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, which has stepped up its attacks on Gulf nations Qatar and Bahrain, as the Middle East war spreads throughout the region and beyond
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Une préoccupation dans toutes les rédactions https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2026/its-bots-vs-reporters-at-the-ap
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Enquête du @nytimes.com sur la frappe sur une école primaire dans le sud de l’Iran et qui aurait fait 175 morts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RFA.b-Fq.rSnMcI1aRf_U&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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What's angered Trump re Noem? Her testimony about a $200 million self-promotional ad campaign at DHS — about which @propublica.org broke the critical details last year:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
05.03.2026 14:46
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Après 130 années de captivité, le musée du Quai-Branly, à Paris, s’apprête à rendre vingt-six trésors du Dahomey au Bénin.
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South Africa launches bid to enable local production of long-acting HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir - Unitaid
Unitaid and USP are supporting South Africa’s effort to identify a manufacturer to produce quality-assured lenacapavir. Expanding production in sub-Saharan Africa can diversify supply and bring innovation closer to communities that need it most.
Learn more: unitaid.org/news-blog/so...
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🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron a annoncé mardi le déploiement de moyens militaires supplémentaires, dont le porte-avions Charles De Gaulle et son escorte, pour aider à la protection de ses alliés confrontés aux conséquences de la guerre au Moyen-Orient.
➡️ u.afp.com/SusZ
04.03.2026 08:30
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Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran.
Trump says: "Spain actually said that we can't use their bases and that's all right, we could use their base if we want we could just fly in and use it, nobody's gonna tell us not to use it"
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🌍 The warming El Nino weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Nina fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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DENMARK SAYS ITS WILLING TO FUND FRENCH EU+ DETERRENT POLICY
After Macrons speech yesterday Denmark is willing to assist in funding an EU+ nuclear deterrence policy. Others are expected to follow. It’s quite extraordinary how quickly the realities of the situation are dawning on EU+ nations.
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Now do the disappearing socks…
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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Drones have hit the US embassy in Riyadh as Iran hit back at industrial and diplomatic targets across the Middle East and Washington warned its citizens to evacuate the entire region.
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Dissuasion nucléaire française : la hausse du nombre d’armes sera financée par le projet d’actualisation de la loi de programmation militaire
Dissuasion nucléaire française : la hausse du nombre d’armes sera financée par le projet d’actualisation de la loi de programmation militaire
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Rituals of resilience: how Afghan women stay sane in their 'cage'.
Five Afghan women talked to AFP about the things that help them cope with their lives tightly controlled by Taliban government rules, from singing to going up into the mountains to scream
u.afp.com/Suge
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