You know why crypto is a safe harbor in tough times?
Because you want it to be.
You know why crypto is a safe harbor in tough times?
Because you want it to be.
OpenAI Robotics head resigns after deal with Pentagon reut.rs/4bhu6c9
Wildland Fire
The fire knows what we refuse to say out loud --
That we chose the ash.
We chose the loss.
We let the cowards draw the line,
and called it "cost."
"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting".
David Brooks sheds his decade of "spiritual growth" to bare his neo-con hawk soul.
Iraq started the Iran-Iraq War, David. The US - one could argue - has been at war with Iran since 1953 (US-backed coup) - David, Congress declares war - that's in the Constitution and for a reason
What we hear is often confined to what we allow ourselves to hear. Part of that allowance has to do with how much we trust the speaker, and part with how satisfied we are with the way we already see things.
Job loss? Must be time to start a war.
Trump, Russia and Jeff Epstein. Among other things, it reminds us of how Bill Barr bamboozled most of the U.S. press into thinking the Mueller investigation came up empty on Donald Trumpβs collusion with Russia.
Maybe he doesn't know what winning is?
Getting even more tired of winning.
If the Pentagon needs more money, ICE could provide the funds.
Wildland Fire
The ridge is dry, the wind's been wrong for weeks,
And every soul with a forecast just... swallows when he speaks.
You know it's the climate, you know it's the fuel,
You know it's the century catching up, cruel for cruel.
suno.com/song/d4bcc35...
I learned my job in a language that only we spoke,
where βchief of thisβ is a title, not a joke.
But outside the bubble the words hit wrong,
so I translate the work into a different song.
ΰΈΰΈ₯ΰΈ±ΰΈΰΉΰΈ«ΰΉΰΈΰΈ£ΰΈΰΈ’ΰΈ’ΰΈ΄ΰΉΰΈ‘ΰΈΰΈΰΈΰΈΰΈΈΰΈ
Better than people?
China is eating our lunch and we have a President that just wants to be unconditionally loved by everyone - and avoids truly pushing us in the direction we need to go to compete because that is hard.
"A PhD isn't finished by the smartest person; it's finished by the one who just keeps on showing up."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kw6...
Bohemian Tax Heist Rhapsody ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSB...
"What does the organization need AI to want?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWzL...
Perhaps the folks at @thebulwark.com will enjoy this screen grab from the day before yesterday.
Jean-Luc Brunel, French friend/"associate" of Epstein, found dead in his Paris prison cell. Declared suicide.
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre is hospitalized due to an accident, then dies by suicide.
people.com/virginia-giu...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Key Witness Who Disputed ICE Account of Fatal Texas Shooting Dies in Car Accident
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...
Don the Con continues is loser streak
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Epstein's ghost
tinyview.com/this-modern-...
But can we trust these numbers?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/b...