By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0. Republicans are still stuck at zero. Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.

I've never seen anything like this before. There are currently at least 14 (fourteen!) KC-135R Stratotankers on their way to the Middle East. Inbound from bases across the United States. They're used to refuel other aircraft in the air.

TSA definitely not happy right now. Plan accordingly and be nice to

Those are prednezone cheeks.

Me flying out: I can push this thing like a good economist. Me flying back: good lord, I need to get to the airport at least 2 hours before boarding.

Not entirely upset about the Shahed supply chain disruption.

I hated Rummy, but Hegseth is a whole different universe.

Goldman call is saying market is underestimating the effect on oil prices if this lasts more than a few days.

Antiques road show beautifal brown mechanical pony. How could you not buy that for $1K?

I'm on LA time tomorrow night so 2 is good, right?

It's Molly's for any of you monsters who might consider the same.

Eating a creme brûlée cupcake with no regrets.

Not to make light of this at all, but weren't they already in this war?

I generally like the live versions better, but this is a case where the studio version rules.

KEXP at ESMA continues to pay dividends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1dv...

Eisenhower

Based on this debate the politicos decided this guy was too old.

"Enjoying" watching everyone examine this like academicians trying to puzzle out an ancient orrery.

Goddamn, white people, stop carrying water for fucking nazis. Stop with the excuses, the Golly Gee's, the he didn't know betters. The fuck he didn't.

OK I'm now hard committed against Kat, no-one who plays wonderwall should ever be in public office.

So many ostensibly straight news stories just flatly assumed that any friction in leaving Afghanistan had to be a result of incompetence by Biden, like there was a "no chaos" button he could have pushed to make the mass withdrawal of troops from an instantly failed state happen with no risk

One thing is sure. The Economist has terrible US political instincts.

Rocket alerts, northern Israel. Hezbollah may have just entered the war.

“To all influencers and other tax exiles in Dubai, the tax authorities wish you a safe return to France”

This guy.

I love when people reminisce about the 60s as a more innocent time.

Remember when that politician released that statement about a current event (more than a week ago)? Remember the words they chose? How important the order of their paragraphs were and the future that could've been if only it had been different?

A summary of the war news I've been able to gather, in no particular order:

Rahman’s attorney said it is “unprecedented” for someone to be ejected from a State of the Union address for standing up silently, never mind being criminally charged for it. The charge can come with up to six months in prison.

This is like the knowledge check on annual security training

Interactive map that gives a good sense of the scope of what's going on.

People really want a system where *something else* prevents the electorate from making incredibly bad decisions and that neither makes sense nor is democratic.

Update: apparently for now it’s a three-member council: the president (Pezeshkian), the head of the judiciary (Ejai), and a member of the guardian council (unnamed).

I have to travel for the first time in 6 years. I will be taking 3 pairs of headphones. I'm not taking any questions.

lol

2026: negotiating with an LLM about a bash script.

SCIF = Some Closet in Florida

I've never been a supporter and shouldn't make light of this, but a lot of people on this site have been begging for accelerationism, and here we fucking are.

Oh.

Sen. Ossoff Statement on Iran.

🧵: None of us really know whether Bibi's & Trump's statements that Ayatullah Uzma Khameini has been killed today. Nor how much of the Iranian leadership across the Quds Force, the IRGC, the rest of the military, the Majles (parliament), & regional or municipal leaders have been killed. 1/

Bahrain is really taking a beating tonight.

Footage shows three US Patriot air defense missiles fail to intercept an Iranian ballistic missile before it strikes Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar.

Appears it was actually an intercept close to the tower but visually, looked like a hit.

To reiterate: ships are not waiting because of the danger from Iran. They are waiting because they have been informed by their insurance companies (P&I club) that they need to purchase additional insurance. Once a ship owner has signed the additional insurance, ships will continue sailing through.

Let's just put WS and PM in their own instance of some social media and check in occasionally.

This is entirely the result of a conscious decision that both parties made decades ago. It should not be surprising at all. Parties such as they exist in the American system are loose coalitions. That prevents a certain type of evil but there are trade offs.

On the upside, Dubai must hate this.

Lt Col nephew deployed to the ME in January with his battalion. He must be having an interesting day.

The corpse sitting in front of a map on a easel doesn't give me great confidence.