The United States and Israel have launched thousands of missiles targeting Iran's government and military. Iran's counterattacks have struck Israel and other US-allied countries.
Bulletin editors compiled clips shared by those experiencing the escalating war firsthand.
If you want to hear and feel some of what's going on in the Middle East, this is a place to start. A pretty alarming place. thebulletin.org/2026/03/war-...
To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare.
Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T
Unfortunately this article that @saragoud.bsky.social and I wrote last year is newly relevant again.
War sucks. It's bad for people, bad for the environment, bad for the climate.
“That’s why anyone who thinks about the environment or cares about the environment should also care about peace.”
It's been a journey of nearly 3 years, but I'm very excited to announce the CNTR AISLE Portal! 🚀 cntr-aisle.org It’s a new way to review and evaluate the 1,000+ AI bills introduced in the U.S. over the last three years. Check out the Bill Library and our Profiles#AIPolicy #OpenData
Amazon data centers are on fire after Iranian missile strikes on Dubai
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Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from February 24, 2026, to March 1, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of February 28. The drop in connectivity aligns with nation-scale internet blackout imposed during joint military strikes by the US and Israel. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner.
⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been cut off from the world for 36 hours with metrics showing connectivity at 1% of ordinary levels.
The internet blackout imposed on Saturday morning continues to limit Iranians' access to information as the war with the US and Israel widens regionally.
Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.
Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from February 24, 2026, to February 28, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of February 28. The drop in connectivity aligns with joint military strikes from the US and Israel. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 4% and 4%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show #Iran is now in the midst of a near-total internet blackout with national connectivity at 4% or ordinary levels. The incident comes amid US and Israeli combat operations and matches measures used during last year's war with Israel.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.
"Generative AI is not remotely reliable enough to make life or death decisions... But unless Anthropic successfully stares down the Department of War, generative AI, as “jagged” as it is, will likely soon be used in exactly that way." @garymarcus.bsky.social
"The new waterwheel they built to power the loom made the river undrinkable, and when the boss cut my hours in half, I couldn’t buy food anymore, which really made the whole rickets situation get out of hand. But that’s exactly the sort of time you need a laugh, right?"
Amazing!
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
🚨 JUST IN: Frmr European Commission President José Manuel Barroso tells @thebulletin.org that Germany and France must work out their differences over nuclear weapons to strengthen Europe's security.
I report from Munich.
#MSC2026 @hfayet.bsky.social @tobiasbunde.bsky.social @munsecconf.bsky.social
Western economies have become dependent on data and energy flow along the seafloor; Russia and China are weaponizing that dependency.
Read more from Bruce D. Jones of @brookings.edu's Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology. ⬇️
no more AI "art." i want art made by people because i want to know how people think, feel, live. how a day on this earth is for someone else. a night. and why the heart, though so heavy, still wants to dance. i want art that looks into this mystery. art that connects me to another person who wonders
Western economies rely heavily on data cables and energy pipelines along the Baltic seafloor, a dependency that Russia is weaponizing and that China appears to emulate, explains Bruce D. Jones in a piece for @thebulletin.org
thebulletin.org/2026/02/the-...
Want a roadmap for how to save the planet? @brucefriedrich.bsky.social has some ideas.
ai dot com 503 errror
lol whatever the AI dot com Super Bowl ad is about, the website doesn’t even work… tells ya everything you need to know!
This is incredibly cool — A source familiar with Bad Bunny’s performance tonight tells me that the couple in the halftime show got married for real. They invited Bad Bunny to their wedding and in turn he invited them to get married during his performance.
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I will eventually shut up about this but Bad Bunny’s use of the power lines is an outstanding example of how to communicate about climate and energy issues. Not about who is the smartest nerd in the room and spewing numbers but about people’s actual lives. Genius.
Omg
Incredible!
Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.
The electricity grid making an appearance at the Super Bowl half-time show 🤯
Awesome!
With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.
🚨JUST IN: Experts share their concern about the no-rules, no-inspections period that opens when New START expires on Thursday. They also see an opportunity to adapt arms control to a multipolar world.
My round-up👇 - 1/n
(More will be added over the next few days.)
#NewSTART #armscontrol #nukesky
