Here go the stocks for another roller coaster ride of market manipulation.
Dow futures drop 450 points after Trump announces Strait of Hormuz blockade as talks fail: Live updates
All three major averages are coming off their best week since November on hopes that the conflict will soon come to an end.
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the human urge to make utilitarian objects beautiful--same force that turned medieval drain spouts into fabulous gargoyles
Seaver Wang@wang-seaver.bsky.social · 9mo agoKorea is flexing here with this highly artistic floating solar farm, newly commissioned days ago. 47.2 MW of capacity located near the 50 MW Imha hydroelectric dam. The modules are arranged into the shape of Korea’s flag and the Mugunghwa, Korea’s national flower.
"NASA astronaut on ISS caught this sprite over Mexico and the US, this morning " www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/...
From the spaceporn community on Reddit: NASA Astronaut on ISS caught this sprite over Mexico and the U.S., this morning
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when we were in Mexico City basically every restaurant we went to, they brought little purse hangers over to the table. it was like lifechanging and it's been hard to survive since
I think people who have these in their homes should be required to have a notification on their entryway so you know you might be recorded
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · last yr.
“it'll totally change the ecosystem of information online if it's mainly being consumed by neural nets instead of humans.”
Analysts Warn That If AI Agents Succeed, the "Internet Will Go Dark"
Personal AI assistants are slated to take over this year — and if they do, the internet as we know it may not exist any longer.
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The dead internet theory is becoming more and more reality
The Entire Internet Is Being Polluted by AI Slop
From press releases to job postings: an alarming percentage of them are AI slop written by a large language model, according to new research.
futurism.com
My foresight for the next conflicts: - Tigray - Syria - Yemen - Sudan Among many others…
NEW | The outbreak of violence between competing factions in #Tigray, Ethiopia, risks escalating into another civil war. A renewed war in Tigray could cause a regional war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. 1/7
Uganda ha desplegado fuerzas especiales en Juba, capital de Sudán del Sur, para asegurar la ciudad ante las crecientes tensiones entre líderes. La medida busca evitar un retorno a la guerra civil. #Uganda #SudánDelSur #Juba
🚨 Las tensiones aumentan en Irak tras el aumento de las consecuencias de las matanzas en la costa de Siria. Los refugiados sirios enfrentan amenazas de expulsión en medio del conflicto sectario. #Siria #Irak #CrisisDeRefugiados
Tensions rise in Iraq as fallout from Syria's coastal mass killings escalates. Syrian refugees face expulsion threats amidst sectarian strife. #Syria #Iraq #RefugeeCrisis www.newarab.com/news/fallout...
Fallout from mass killing in Syria’s coast seeps into Iraq
Calls to expel Syrians from Iraq intensify following deadly coastal clashes in Syria, severely threatening the refugee community’s existence in the country.
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Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Cuts Ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink, Costing Musk $7 Billion After Controversial Tweet
Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Cuts Ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink, Costing Musk $7 Billion After Controversial Tweet
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has officially severed ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink, opting to invest in his own telecommunications
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Things are *really* moving in Germany www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
(S+) Bundesregierung und Verteidigung: Was bringt Friedrich Merz' wuchtiger Milliarden-Plan?
Die schwarz-roten Sondierer haben sich geeinigt: nahezu unbegrenzter Spielraum für Verteidigung, 500 Milliarden für die Infrastruktur. Doch eine Unwägbarkeit gibt es noch.
spiegel.de
“[…] The remarkable increase in anti-crime operations at the start of Sheinbaum's six-year term reflects a change in the security strategy” #mexico #sheinbaum www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
Nueva estrategia de seguridad de Sheinbaum, parecida a la de Calderón: expertos
Especialistas en temas de seguridad afirman que la estrategia de la presidenta Sheinbaum confirma el fracaso de AMLO. Las presiones de Trump podrían intensificar los enfrentamientos contra el narco, a...
proceso.com.mx
In response to the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting, there are hundreds of comments on Naver (biggest South Korean web portal) expressing concerns that something similar could happen to South Korea & calling for preparations including nuclear armament.
This will not solve anything in the long run: “One critical challenge to consider when debating whether SOF should be employed in an irregular capacity against Mexican drug cartels is the sheer firepower these groups possess.” #mexico #usa #bordersecurity smallwarsjournal.com/2025/02/26/u...
Using Special Operations Forces to Counter Mexican Cartels: An Irregular Analysis | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Combatting Mexican cartels requires a comprehensive approach, including the integration of counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, foreign internal defense, and counter-threat finance.
smallwarsjournal.com
kyivindependent.com/europe-can-n... #ukraine #trump #eu #europeanunion #foreignpolicy
Europe can no longer view Trump’s foreign policy through a binary lens
Like people in other regions, Europeans face the challenge of discerning what motives underlie U.S. President Donald Trump’s verbal provocations. After all, what Trump really wants is often unclear, w...
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