[Darth Vader when he strikes Obi-Wan down and he disappears leaving only his robes behind] Damn that’s… that’s not what happened to all those kids

From Ukraine to the Sahel, fiber-optic cable has become a staple of drone war. But spools of cable are critical for internet infrastructure and jam-proof drones but skyrocketing costs are making it hard to field them.

Seeing liberals here react to the Mills news by throwing their support behind the person who delivered Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court... I gotta log in more often, clearly something fascinating is going on.

Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...

When was the last time the US Navy was engaged in the intentional disruption of worldwide free maritime trade

Might be temporary, but it appears that Google may now be censoring previously-high resolution satellite imagery over Ali Al Salem Air Base — the Kuwaiti base used by the U.S. that's been targeted by Iranian drone/missile attacks. Yandex and Apple sat imagery appears uncensored so far.

they need to make a facial expressions oscar for Zendaya's work in The Drama

Rare good Oscars. PTA gets his flowers. I'm so happy man

New: -Iranian elementary school may have been misidentified as a factory or arms depot -A Centcom or DIA intelligence analyst would've had responsibility for keeping target information updated -The "the speed and scale" meant older targets may not have received updated vetting wapo.st/4llWy0R

We obtained footage showing a man who appeared to be refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam being dropped off by Border Patrol outside a Buffalo coffee shop after 8pm. The shop locks its door at 7pm. He never made it inside, and was found dead five days later:

Drop Site reporting suggests the reason Democrats have been relatively quiet on the possibility of Trump's war with Iran is that most think it's decent policy that will also be politically disastrous for him www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-iran...

New from 404 Media: we've confirmed cops are buying access to GeoSpy, an AI that can geolocate photos in seconds. Doesn't use metadata, but clues in the photo like soil, architecture, to pinpoint where social media photos taken. Being used in investigations www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...

Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.

For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.

After years of denial and accusing anyone using the numbers of duplicity or Hamas sympathy, the Israeli military now admits — via anonymous briefing to domestic reporters — that the Gaza Health Ministry's death toll from the war is accurate

“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com

Hi guys - I know this is controversial among rapid responders, but I think it’s important: if you knew Alex Pretti, please consider talking to (real) reporters like Sam here. They are not trying to harm us or his reputation but they can push back against right-wing lies if we tell them the truth.

Videos show an agent tugging on a weapon in Pretti’s waistband, removing it and ducking from the tussle as another agent draws and fires on the unarmed man. Latest from @samueloakford.bsky.social @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social & Sarah Blaskey www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Need to get into Fela Kuti finally. Where's a good place to start and what should I read?

The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that the two Democratic leaders are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."

Outside I ran into Minneapolis Chief of Police Brian O’Hara who says he will abide by an arrest warrant should it be issued.

This is the video.

Witness account of ICE shooting in Minneapolis today

Got my dad a replica of the Webley Mk IV revolver carried by T.E. Lawrence, my wife got me an original French 1971 Lawrence of Arabia theatrical rerelease poster. Realizing Lawrence is kind of a secular religion that's been established within the family.

Back to hitting around 2.15x bodyweight on the deadlifts. Feels real good

Schlock and Awe is back! With special guest Imran "Brooks Otterlake" Zaidi talking SYRIANA, the cynical, multi-narrative, Clooney Oscar-winning conspiracy thriller from 2005. listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0QBV... subscribe: schlockandawe.substack.com/p/syriana-12...

I first saw the tiny Stonehenge drop in Spinal Tap when I was probably like 13 and to date I think it's the hardest I've laughed in my entire life. RIP Rob Reiner www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg5O...

She found the same heat vent her mom loves and now sticks her head by it

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

watched The Color of Pomegranates last night and it was like getting introduced to cinema for the first time all over again. stupendous

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

2017: Jonathan Farkas emailing w/ Epstein about "seeing" someone, then mentioning his wife, Somers, who got an appointment from Trump to the White House Fellowship Commission. Epstein warns Farkas about the other woman. 2025: Somers Farkas was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Malta in October.

We did a Scream rewatch last night — better even than I remembered. Mostly about how men would rather kill you than figure shit their shit out. A hilarious riff on movies. Definitely wasn't capable of appreciating it way back when.

“This is a political prosecution and a gross attempt to silence dissent, a right protected under the first amendment," Abughazaleh said in a video she shared on social media. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

lol www.wired.com/story/ai-pr-...

quick check to see if im being trolled or theres just something special about the canadian mind: does fairmount put the cream cheese and salmon on top of the bagel intentionally

growing up you absorb a lot of misinformation, like that wiping with paper towels is a superior method of cleaning up a liquid spill, when clearly you should always dab. and yet they manufacture the concept of wiping. cui bono

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

All we hear of Christmas Adventurers is puritanical & punitive; is there nothing celebratory & joyous? Or is query naive?

opening 3 seconds of Trinidad is my new favorite music, immediate entry into the cool rock sounds canon

100%

Incredibly unfair to cast him as co-protagonist in All the Presidents Men, convincing generations of dweebish young men that uncovering government wrongdoing is the sexiest, most important thing you can do.