Idiotiq, an AI agent that lets users automate the creation of new startups that combine the letters “AI” with any other existing website idea, raised $20MM, on top of a $10MM seed last week, at at 1.9bn post-money valuation (Joe Techbro, TechCrunch)

“Soldier of Fortune” has got you: sofmag.com/mystery-port...

In the 40 days since the start of the Iran war, 231 soldiers, 63 sailors, 33 airmen and 19 Marines have been wounded in action.

Ok on a serious note, it cannot be exaggerated how bad formalized Iranian control of the Strait is for the world. The entire global economy rests on an American guarantee of free commercial shipping. That guarantee is gone. We don’t know exactly what will happen but none of it will be good.

It is hard to capture what a sweeping strategic defeat the war in Iran has been for the United States. I’m going to thread here some of the posts today that try to capture those effects. Here’s the first:

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

this goes hard as fuck

Iran gets: the strait the hereditary leader the dead guy wanted withdrawal of enemies to tell the story of how they fought off all of west asia plus USA at the same time and won for the next 100 years to give no nuclear assurances USA gets:

There’s my girl!

Call your Congress reps now. Demand two things: 1) Stop all funding of this war. 2) Pull Articles of Impeachment. Everybody, let’s go!

To be fair it was a tough decision at the ballot box

Turned over another k

The wife of an Army staff sergeant, who is set to train for deployment, was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live. ICE agents had entered the base and detained Annie Ramos.

A challenge not anticipated when we started this business: AI lying to people about operating hours. No, Google is not referencing a source of authority. It’s just making up shit.

Breakfast prep. Guarantee the kids won’t eat it because it’s different and scary.

Never thought I’d enjoy so much watching my team lose.

Using a private social media app to relay information to the public is not just gross, it’s corrupt.

Mountain

This guy was lurking while we were rigging the boats before our race. I should have recognized the omen.

oh. good. there's still hydraulic oil in it.

fun fact! before the iPod was a product you had to buy podcasts on cassette for $9.99 per two episodes out of a weird catalogue you had to send off for. according to my research, they called them "Chrome Talkos"

Got a thumbs up from an 8 yo when I was driving the E30 'vert today. Little dude has good taste in cars.

Congratulations everyone!

That’s what war is, what it does. It’s a thief of choice. It’s a trap. It’s a pit where freedom and creativity and choice go are swallowed. That’s what makes it awful. There are no good choices here. That’s why avoiding war is paramount. Once you are in it, get used to contradiction.

what a great time to remove oversight and accountability in our acquisition system. media.defense.gov/2025/Nov/10/...

“They were going to come. It was going to be a big thing. We were going to go to the beach right after. All those plans had to go out the window because they said ICE would be here."

Went to go check on the '57 to see how the interior was progressing. Builder couldn't help himself- he decided to make do custom stainless interior trim for the door pannels to match outside body lines.

Crossfit class started at the same time as yoga this morning. It was sharks and jets as we squared off in the parking lot.

The Archbishop for Military Services put out a statement last fall expressing frustration that the Army canceled contracts that help support Catholic chaplains and Catholic service members. It's starting to be a pattern, this lack of support for Catholics in the military.

Again… “For war there is always enough. It's peace that's expensive.” - Joseph Heller

Greg Jaffe Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt on the byline with a source on background saying the dismissal was tied to refusal to comply with Hegseth’s directive to remove the 2 black and 2 female officers from the promotion list to one star general www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right & bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. 🧪🔭 #Artemis www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Imagine being a US pilot in Iran after Pete Hagueseth declared “no quarter” (take no prisoners alive — a war crime).

Sure Jan

Consider the opportunity costs of the war in Iran. The missiles might have been sent to Ukraine, to end that war. The money might have bought healthcare for Americans. The attention of Europe and Asia might have been focused on countering Russia and China, not re-opening the Strait of Hormuz

You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

I don’t think I’ve played a Hook machine since the 90s

I had a LCpl pocket a round from the range and suicide in the company head shed. Garrison is different from deployed.

Sure Jan

Despite watching the beginning of Iranian EFP use in the summer of ‘05, I haven’t really given it any thought to what kind of lasting institutional effect it had. I guess I should have taken articles like this more seriously. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Mute all “OSINT” accounts that don’t include attribution.

“Core strategic objectives are nearing completion” Those listed (destroy Iran’s nuclear program, Navy, Air Force, missiles & defense industrial base) are punitive expedition goals Opening Strait of Hormuz & freedom of navigation not a core goal 😑 No mention of regime change 🧐

It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations. A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes. We are completely lost.

NEW: The Marine Corps is scrambling to reassure military families that there will be no immigration enforcement during boot camp graduation ceremonies, officials said, after an outcry over plans for ICE agents to join security efforts at upcoming events. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Q: Other than yourself, Mr. President, is there anything about the US that you actually like? Q: Follow up...I should have specified: Not including fictional stuff, whether you or someone else made it up?

People taking up more than their share of space: death penalty…or at least a very stern look.

Interpreting birthright citizenship out of the 14th Amendment would be amending the Constitution- @romanmars.bsky.social & I talked about the country's history of constitutional amendment with Jill Lepore here: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/cons...