"A more recent element of friction, noted by Washington, is the longer time taken by the UK to approve requests for American aircraft to use British military sites such as RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, the person said."

Until recently, the argument was that the US-UK relationship continued to function as usual on the working level. This is a first public sign that long-term damage is being done, and a cautious process of separation on the working level is also starting to appear.

A coalition of US allies is preparing a diplomatic push to persuade Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and weighing potential economic measures against Tehran if it keeps the waterway closed.

Russia’s Rosatom plans to evacuate more than 200 of its staff from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant this week, its head said.-Reuters

More info on just how difficult this mission would be from WaPo, especially with the current situation on the ground. Again this is why I have serious doubts we do this, but it is Trump….

Much of what you’re seeing from the US, and from Trump, is deliberate noise. The meaningful indicators lie in force movements, not in whatever is selectively leaked to the press.

The separatist movement in Alberta is completely unhinged and its followers are brainwashed. I want to feel empathy but I can’t.

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.

Albanese’s speech focused on encouraging fuel conservation while promising that the gov will do everything possible to ease the situation. He also labeled the “military operation” a war, seemingly preparing Australians for the difficult weeks ahead. However, there were no major policy takeaways.

President Macron is in Japan with a state visit. I will analyze what has been discussed and agreed on once the docs are available.

Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "You've got the Saudis, you've got the Qataris who are buying the Trump administration a jet that he plans to take after he's done with the presidency. Those are radical regimes too, but we're not going to war with them."

Oh great, so we'll all be eating glue in our pancakes and taking strychnine for headaches

here's the clip of Gorsuch on "Roman law sources"

Why are you citing antebellum law at all, Sauer

KAVANAUGH: If we agree with you on how to read Wong Kim Ark, then you win. That could be just a short opinion, right? WANG: Yes SCOTUS CROWD: *laughs*

Judge Jeanine can't stop wanting to touch minors

Was she trying to sound like a literal Scooby Doo villain?

Contrary to the stenographic, credulous accounts from our major newsrooms, the U.S. Forest Service is not being moved. It is being destroyed. morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

I think some people misunderstood this exchange with Gorsuch. Under current law, Native Americans are NOT birthright citizens under the 14th A. They get it through a 1924 law. Gorsuch asked if the gov's argument was true, wouldn't they get citizenship under the 14th A, and the SG said probably yes.

And these statements by Sam Altman aged faster than raw milk. Imagine a world in which the AI systems that make up society's infrastructure are built by and for authoritarians. Perish the thought. @karenhao.bsky.social

Nyliberalism är så billig och effektiv "De samhällsekonomiska konsekvenserna av förseningarna i Stockholm-Mälarregionen uppgår till flera miljarder kronor årligen, där enbart sträckan Stockholm-Uppsala kostar samhället över en miljon kronor om dagen" www.mitti.se/nyheter/kall...

And there it is. The ultimate triumph of Vladimir Putin. America now threatening to stop weapons sales that help Ukraine. Directly undermining the security of Europe

The current secretary of NATO cheerleads war crimes, so the death of that ghoulish alliance is no great loss to the civilized world.

Måtte den lille lismarens högra hand drabbas av spetälska och trilla av.

Hey did everyone see Clavicular get his ass beat after he challenged a cancer survivor leftist to a jujitsu match, who said as he was choking him out ‘this is for all the bullshit I gotta watch on my fucking feed’… we need more of this not more podcasts

Did Orange see this and think Pezeskian was talking to him this whole time

BREAKING — Effort launches to remove Trump’s name from ALL federal property, monuments, and currency. UndoTrump.org

Today’s FinTwit:

"The Pentagon is doubling its Middle East fleet of Air Force A-10 attack planes, which can support advancing ground troops, even as President Trump says he wants to end the Iran war in two to three weeks."

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-to-i... Una de esas noticias de April's fools

Nothing to see here. Just Fox News casually floating the idea of the president completely sidestepping checks and balances as if it's just a standard negotiating tactic.

13 minutes 🤡 @nytimes.com

“.. Rutte, in a call with France, Germany and the UK, explained that Trump was ‘rather hysterical’ at the Europeans’ refusal to help protect the Strait ..” 🤡 @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/d304...

Also my read. We'll have my own write-up of the oral arguments coming out later this afternoon on @immcouncil.org's blog.

NEW: There is a clear sentiment across senior officials in Tehran that the Strait of Hormuz and energy flows around it are key points of leverage that Iran can use after the war to extract concessions and secure strategic aims. (1/6)

In other news..

hello from my lunch break

If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭

"a term popularized by Palantir" we are cooked

April 1, 1939

i think this is one vital lesson to glean from the past few years. no more slaps on the wrists. no more fines. the law must inspire the fear of god in the hearts of these powerful men.

Apparently, she wanted at least ONE SCRUB.

That’s one hell of a cover…..

Amazon cloud computing data center in Bahrain was damaged in an Iranian attack. Source: FT

you don’t have to know much world history to look at this map and immediately see why the entire western hemisphere has birthright citizenship

GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.

UK PM Keir Starmer: "This is not our war. We will not be drawn into the conflict…There's been a good deal of pressure on me to change my position in relation to joining the war. And I'm not going to change my position on the war."