Or maybe it's just another reminder that Trump is in the bag for the Kremlin?

Sorry, I'm just getting stuck on the revelation that the President of the United States both f**ks schoolgirls and murders them. But then again, "He who saves the country does not violate any law."

Two pieces up on @intelligencer.com this morning (mine & this one by @benjaminhart.bsky.social) make an important point that's largely being overlooked: This war is going to hypermotivate Iran to get nuclear weapons. It's literally their only path to long-term security. nymag.com/intelligence...

A good way to lose any competition is to fail to realize the rules have changed. In Iran, the US finds itself entangled in a new kind of warfare that its trillion-dollar armed forces are ill equipped to handle. Expect this debacle to steadly get worse. My latest for @intelligencer.com

12 years ago, Malaysian flight MH370 just vanished. It is the greatest mystery in aviation history. If you want learn more, go no further than @jeffwise.bsky.social and his incredible podcast, FINDING MH370. His unwavering dedication to finding answers is simply stunning.

This would seem to confirm that Ocean Infinity is done with this phase of the search, having searched out half of the initially planned 15K sq km, and currently has no plans to return. Plunkett does hold open the possibility of laying such plans in the future.

Ocean Infinity has posted an update on its search for the wreck of 9M-MRO, #MH370. ‘Although this phase of the search has concluded, our commitment has not. We’re continuing to work with [MY-Gov] in the hope of being able to return when circumstances allow.’ oceaninfinity.com/news/conclus...

MH370 vanished 12 years ago today. Convinced themselves they could trust the satellite data it sent, investigators used it to define a search zone. Today we know the search zone is empty, and the 777 had a gaping security hole. Here's how the data could've been spoofed: youtu.be/bVgZPkVYXsA

I miss the good old days, when people said that Trump couldn't be a fascist because a defining feature of fascism is that its leaders inevitably start wars.

The seabed scan for the wreckage of MH370 has now ended, likely for good. Officials accepted the logic that underlay the search unquestioningly, there are 3 major ways it was flawed. In today's episode, I discuss the aircraft debris & what it really tells us. www.deepdivemh370.com/p/new-debris...

You too can spy on your neighbors! Meta is considering adding facial recognition to its “smart glasses” and I wouldn’t expect privacy concerns to stop Zuckerberg. Emperor Augustus wouldn’t have thought twice, either. #theknowitalls @thenewpress.bsky.social

Epstein tried to influence Columbia admissions on behalf of young women in his orbit, NYT reports, and “mistakenly” cut a check to a former dental school dean, rather than to Columbia. (He had it fixed.) This jibes with what I've see re: MIT. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/n... 1/2

Looking through the Epstein files and seeing his deep ties — financial and otherwise — with AI pioneer Marvin Minsky of MIT. Which reminds me of a quote attributed to Minsky: “An ethicist is someone who sees something wrong with whatever you have in mind.” www.jmail.world/person/marvi...

Chilling, very sad aviation story from @jeffwise.bsky.social via @jfallows.bsky.social. After the collision last winter, Trump took off after DEI, because he’s a jerk & plenty of people believe anything he says. The real story is about everything being routine until it wasn’t, & dozens were dead.

This is a very powerful piece by @jeffwise.bsky.social in @intelligencer.com Among the shocking details to me: How inexperienced *both* of the Army helicopter pilots were. (As an amateur, I had much more flying experience than both of them, combined.) Worth reading. nymag.com/intelligence...

Jeff Wise reports on what happened inside the cockpit of the Black Hawk helicopter that caused the Potomac air disaster. Two undertrained pilots went on an ill-conceived trip through the most dangerous airspace in America. 67 people died.

Jesus, this is a brutal minute.

Personally owned or chartered jets are potent signifiers of over-the-top wealth, redolent of exclusivity and power, yet they evoke all of the darker aspects of that privilege and are a rather dangerous luxury [ @jeffwise.bsky.social @vanityfair.com ] www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

The Ocean Infinity survey vessel Armada 86 05 has finished its third weeking scanning the seabed where MH370 is believed to have ended up after vanishing from radar screens. It made some progress but spent much of the time stymied by severe weather www.deepdivemh370.com/p/new-search...

My new story for National Geographic: How places hit hard by natural disaster can not only rebuild, but build back better than before. www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

Dumb people doing bad things.

Great book, way ahead of its time.

The search for MH370 is again underway in the Indian Ocean. Armada 86 05 has arrived in the search area & is poised to pick up where a sister ship left off in March, scanning a strip beyond the 7th arc. Details, & insight from 777 John Waters, in my new ep. www.deepdivemh370.com/p/back-in-th...

Armada 86 05 approaches Fremantle, my putative plan is slightly ahead of actual progress to Inner Pilot Boarding Ground, expected 15:00hrs AWST, Tues 23rd. Fremantle Port movements information shows departure 20:30hrs AWST to #MH370 search area. Predicted route to search area (detail in alt text).

The survey vessel tasked with scanning the seabed for the wreckage of the missing Malaysian airliner, MH370, is now en route to the search site, with an estimated time of arrival around December 28. www.deepdivemh370.com/p/sailing-to...

Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Oh my god.... we're in the Bad Place!!

There are two sustainable forms of society: one in which it is acceptable to discuss and advocate for everything except fascism, or one in which only fascism is acceptable.

It’s now confirmed that the second phase of Ocean Infinity’s 2025 #MH370 search will get underway late in December. Armada 86 05 is now scheduled to depart the port of Legazpi, Luzon Island, Philippines, on Tuesday, Dec 9th. mh370.radiantphysics.com/2025/11/06/n...

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Armada 86 05 pulled into Legazpi port earlier today. Legazpi is the provincial city of Albay, close to southern tip of Luzon. Full service airport connecting to Manila & port services available.

Yesterday, Malaysia announced that the seabed search for MH370 would re-start on December 30. Today, it appears that the search vessel has finished its last job before that search and will begin to reprovision before setting off. www.deepdivemh370.com/p/malaysia-a...

The search for #MH370 is officially back on! When it was put on hiatus back in April, the expectation was that it would restart in November. The officially announced start date of December 30 is a little later, but it's good to see it's happening at all.

Ocean Infinity's state-of-the-art ship Armada 86 05 is on track to restart a search of the Indian Ocean seabed for the missing plane, MH370, sometime next month. But where exactly will it look? I break it down in the new episode of my Finding MH370 podcast. www.deepdivemh370.com/p/where-they...

Thousands of LLM users claim their chatbots have achieved sentience. Mainstream computer scientists says that's impossible. But a growing number of some of the field's most respected voices say it's time to look deeper. My latest for @nymag.com @intelligencer.com nymag.com/intelligence...

Umm...

Armada 86 05 voyage to Philippines San Bernardino Strait continues. Illustrating with Marine Traffic's simple route forecast tool, the indicated distance to go suggests 600NM to run, arrival Friday morning local time. 14 days in the SBS area then expected southbound to renew #MH370 search. ⬇️

The government shutdown might end soon, but air travelers will most likely face cancellations and delays into next week at least. My latest for @nymag.com @intelligencer.com nymag.com/intelligence...

It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.

@jeffwise.bsky.social Excellent conversation. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

The San Bernardino Strait historical wreck survey has been publicised to run 5th thru 18th Nov. At this time, it's expected that the survey's 14 day window will simply 'slide to the right' on the calendar.

If you're thinking about making air travel plans, be advised that delays & cancellations will mount in the days ahead. Staying flexible will be key, experts say. My latest for @nymag.com @intelligencer.com

The vessel arrived at Singapore equipped with & ready to operate three AUVs.

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If anyone has been told their flight has been cancelled because of the FAA reduction in capacity, please let me know! And please repost if you can, would love to get some visibility on this. No one seems to know exactly how this reduction is going to play out for travellers right now

Interesting! In my most recent episode, I describe how Armada 86 05 is the Ocean Infinity ship best positioned to carry out the wreck survey, but I didn't know it was actually expected to do so. If true, this is prob the ship that'll restart the MH370 search www.deepdivemh370.com/p/seabed-sea...

When Ocean Infinity paused the seabed search for #MH370 back in March, it was widely expected that they would return & restart to the project in November. But now that November's come, that prospect's looking unlikely, for reasons I explain in today's episode. www.deepdivemh370.com/p/seabed-sea...

Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.