Within hours of Iran’s retaliatory strikes on US bases in the Persian Gulf, civil air traffic began clearing out, with carriers first circumnavigating the region before movements came to an unprecedented complete standstill

In sum, FIRC is sold to the public as a quick path to stability. Yet, 120 cases across two centuries suggest it is one of the most reliable ***generators*** of instability outside of interstate war. amazon.com/dp/1501761145

Just remember what this is all for…. Distracting from the Epstein files

American soldiers may die in Operation Epstein Fury — but they will die with the name of Jeffrey Epstein on their lips.

First Venezuela, then Iran, and there's rumbling about Cuba. When will Democrats learn their lesson and stop talking about the Epstein files?

Operation Epstein Fury is the most sophisticated military operation in the history of the United States. by Pete Hegseth

Operation Epstein Fury

> @covie93.bsky.social

If Americans can’t figure out why we’re starting a war with Iran, then frankly they don’t deserve to know. by Karoline Leavitt

The Swedish Armed Forces confirm that the drone detected at the vicinity of the nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during the visit in Malmö was launched from the Russian SIGINT ship Zhigulevsk. The drone was intercepted using EW, either returned to ship or downed

The case in favour of making this man DG is he watches TV, says nice things, and knows tech. The case against is he chose to lead the UK arm of an extractive, tax dodging foreign company and knows nothing about journalism except how to harm it. Such a hard choice. www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

Cities Hosting Major Events Need More Focus on Wireless, Drone Defense

Trump: “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service…   Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology.“

The Swedish Armed Forces have confirmed that a Russian drone was observed taking off from the Russian signals intelligence vessel Zhigulevsk in the Oresund, during the visit of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to Malmö. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russia-caugh...

EXCLUSIVE: Documents obtained by The Atlantic detail internal battles at Meta over whether protecting kids from sexual grooming should take precedence over platform growth, Kaitlyn Tiffany and Michael Scherer report.

Humanities scholars across the UK are shaping critical thinking and practical action around AI. But the work is scattered, making connections harder to spot. 🗺️

Big Tech workers press bosses to back Anthropic in Pentagon clash ft.trib.al/FtjIwM2

Au Royaume-Uni, Keir Starmer affaibli par l’élection d’une députée verte près de Manchester, bastion travailliste

Affaire Epstein: Peter Mandelson également dans le viseur de Bruxelles et de l'Office antifraude

Drone à proximité du porte-avions « Charles-de-Gaulle » : si « cet incident avait une origine russe », il s’agirait « d’une provocation ridicule », estime Jean-Noël Barrot

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

Larry Ellison is buying CNN. That’s a disaster www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEwy...

Finally we may get some truth and justice in the #spyware scandal. A Greek court convicted four persons for their role in the abuse of spyware against ao journalists and politicians. Further investigations are needed into the very close ties with the government party. Will @ec.europa.eu wake up now?

Smartphone market poised for 'sharpest decline on record' in 2026

Royaume-Uni: les Verts emportent une législative partielle et s'emparent d'un bastion travailliste

An election that shakes up British politics ft.trib.al/ZlLC7L2

Over the past eighteen months, the political science consensus on the nature of Labour's vote has been absolutely correct - and yet also completely ignored by pundits and strategists who continue to get it wrong.

Ukraine’s cash-strapped government received a small reprieve in the early hours today after the International Monetary Fund approved a new $8.1 billion loan to the war-torn country.

Les données médicales de 15 millions de Français ont été piratées

Let the lesson be that on low N polling of weird samples we can‘t say “too close to call” any more than we can say “party X has got it”. All we can say is that we don’t know.

Greens’ shift to left wins over disaffected Labour voters ft.trib.al/0ZGnR0g

This is completely wrong. Gorton and Denton were notorious Victorian-era criminals. Gorton, a carpenter by trade, strangled indisposed addicts in opium dens, and Denton, a de-licenced doctor, sold their body organs to practitioners of alternative medicine.

The Green victory in Denton is the result which will have the biggest effect on Labour, far more so than a Reform win. The blithe assumption progressives have nowhere else to go has been proved catastrophically wrong. Can’t help thinking of this quote from a Labour minister, a year ago…

Even now you will find very senior people in Labour who just do not take the threat from the left seriously at all, and who simply refuse to believe who their own voters actually are. Now that the Greens actually realise who their voters can be, they have a big opening.

International support to Ukraine is insufficient and declining⁠ ⁠ After four years of war, the Western aid strategy to Ukraine must be rethought, argues Marek Dabrowski.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Read the First Glance: www.bruegel.org/first-glance... #EconSky

My main conclusion from Gorton and Denton so far is that the punditocracy has little idea of what’s going on. They are as invested in, and connected to, the old system as the old parties.

Gorton and Denton first thoughts - incredible result for the Greens who won the long battle to be the best placed anti-Reform candidate - helped by being the obvious anti-Labour candidate for disappointed progressives. As I noted in the Observer last month, a Revolt on the Left is growing

Trump's rambling State of the Union raises new questions about Biden's mental state.

Europe is prosecuting its Epstein-linked elites. The U.S. is not. That contrast, senior columnist @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes, is becoming increasingly difficult for the Trump administration to contain.

Suède : le drone brouillé près du porte-avions Charles de Gaulle «probablement» d’origine russe selon le ministre de la Défense

Brazil has gone from one of the biggest losers in Trump’s trade war to a winner

Affaire Epstein: le ministère américain de la Justice va réexaminer des documents concernant Trump

EU’s anti-fraud agency set to investigate Peter Mandelson ft.trib.al/EW7FXps

South Africa's finance minister stresses need for higher growth to draw investment reut.rs/3MIPChF

A Greek court on Thursday sentenced the founder of Intellexa, a collective of spyware makers, to eight years in prison for illegal wiretapping and privacy

ECB sees no wave of AI-led layoffs yet, Lagarde says reut.rs/4se9JTX

The data centre industry has cautiously welcomed government’s move to designate data centres as critical infrastructure.

A Russian drone was intercepted by Swedish armed forces as it approached French carrier Charles De Gaulle, currently docked in south Sweden. Took of from a Russian ship but disappeared after electronic warfare actions were taken. Caveat, media understanding, but seemingly confirmed by MOD =).

Exclusive: Rare earth shortages worsen in US aerospace, chips despite trade truce, sources say reut.rs/4tWPJXu