Iran war roundup: March 1 2026

World roundup: February 27 2026

There will be many dumb takes presenting Anthropic heroically bc it clashed with Trump. But the time to worry about everything concerning Anthropic was BEFORE signing the contract that it didn't wish to abandon. America is in such steep decline that we don't even make Oppenheimers like we used to.

World roundup: February 26 2026

Clearly I am headed in the pathway to one day being able to press a car over my head and toss it back and forth from one hand to the other. And the weight continues to grow every single year exponentially.

The Pentagon wants to use Anthropic to go to war with Iran. Why? @attackerman.bsky.social thinks it is using the war on Gaza as a template: www.forever-wars.com/the-scent-of...

World roundup: February 25 2026

Hello @harvard.edu I hear you have an open university professorship, I just wanted to say that I can also make up reasons why poor people should be culled and I'll work for less than you were paying Summers. Drop me a line.

World roundup: February 24 2026

oh is there a politicsball happening

do i understand correctly that a couple days ago the president in some kind of fugue state hallucinated the idea that he was sending a hospital ship to greenland to treat an outbreak of some invented plague, and the governor of some state was like yes sir i am proud to be on this voyage with you

Thx to Derek and Danny for a great conversation!

World roundup: February 23 2026

World roundup: February 21-22 2026

it’s national caregivers day. about 1 in 5 people provide unpaid care to a loved one. you probably know one. it’s hard to understand until you are doing it (and you likely will) but it is heart wrenching, backbreaking work. do something nice for a caregiver you know. no advice please.

World roundup: February 20 2026

CHEERS: coming up with the phrase "Corolla-sized vermin" JEERS: using it to argue for slaughtering sea lions

World roundup: February 19 2026

World roundup: February 18 2026

The Rise of Skywalker is the single most "hope you fuckers like slop" thing I've ever seen

A military attack on another country is called a war; saying it's just a military 'confrontation' or a 'calibrated strike' diminishes the severity of the act, regardless of whether it leads to region-wide conflict. Something to keep in mind in the non-debates on Iran.

Hosting the first meeting of something called the “Board of Peace” while you’re about to start an unprovoked war with Iran is fantastically in character for the US government.

World roundup: February 17 2026

World roundup: February 14-15 2026

World roundup: February 13 2026

World roundup: February 12 2026

World roundup: February 11 2026

For years, the first newsletter I read after waking up & getting the kids to school was @ishaantharoor.bsky.social’s WorldView for the Washington Post. Nothing else in mainstream US media gave readers foreign perspectives on US news. Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis killed it. Today was its last edition.

NEW TGS EPISODE: The excellent hosts of @amprestigepod.bsky.social and @wnsdpod.bsky.social (including eternal fan fave @goingmedieval.bsky.social) join me in reminding listeners never to trust an old guy who tells you he’s got a mission from God, because you WILL get killed by the Turks.

World roundup: February 10 2026

Regardless of what you think of Trump's policies, "Panican" is absolutely elite political communication on the merits. Of course everyone instantly grasps what it means and it just looks so good on the page, but furthermore it's also very easy to imagine how someone would say it aloud.

[a 55 year old man approaching you who looks like he's 70] hi I'm Kid Rock

World roundup: February 6 2026

It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware before posting the image that Sonic and Mario canonically exist in different universes or that Mario could not impregnate a hedgehog with currently available fertility procedures. The image was generated here at the New York Times by this reporter.

A dispatch from Surprise AZ where residents gathered to protest plans for a warehouse concentration camp in their community by @azrww.bsky.social “Despite this evidence of authoritarian power, it is possible for even the most local form of government to take a stand in the name of the people.”

World roundup: February 5 2026

this is a military prison, why dance around it www.reuters.com/world/middle...

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

World roundup: February 4 2026

I wonder how many people canceled their Washington Post subscriptions today. I still had one for work reasons but since they liquidated the international desk that made my decision to cancel very easy.

World roundup: February 2-3 2026

Really never thought I'd miss the days when you had to at least send somebody to the UN to wave around a vial of cornstarch before you could start a war.

Buzzing a US naval vessel at this particular moment is so stupid that you have to wonder if somebody in the IRGC is trying to derail the negotiations.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

World roundup: January 31-February 1 2026

I look forward to them reopening in two years with the debut of MELANIA: THE MUSICAL

World roundup: January 30 2026

World roundup: January 28-29 2026

World roundup: January 27 2026