The US military is conducting air strikes in Iran, a US official told Axios on Wednesday.

Looks like the Houthis first operation…..

Ghalibaf:

How does he not know something the entire world knows?

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reporter: There are no signs that Iran intends to stop fighting--so, what is the plan? Trump: How do you know that? Do you know something that I don’t know?

Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

Christopher Nolan screwed up. Odysseus dressed like this for 3 hours is already a better movie (haven't seen it but I feel this is obviously true)

Pub, A Giant Tiger@pubtothemax.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Odyssey and Iliad get a lot funnier when you realize this is period appropriate armor

‘Much of the investment that hyperscalers have announced was built on the idea it was needed to keep pace in the AI race. Increasingly capable Chinese models undercut that thesis, potentially leaving much of the industry looking more indebted than it can justify.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...

American A.I. Giants Like Alphabet Face Fresh Tests

Rapid advancements in Chinese artificial intelligence models raise more questions about costly technology spending, as Google’s parent prepares to report earnings.

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Here come the Houthis. Oil goes green. * YEMEN'S HOUTHIS DECLARE A MARITIME EMBARGO AGAINST THE CRIMINAL SAUDI ARABIA -- STATEMENT @reuters.com #BabElMandeb

‘PJM, the nation’s largest electrical grid operator, on Tuesday released results of an electricity auction that would add $6.3B in costs to the bills of millions of households within the next three years, an increase driven by the power demands of data centers.‘ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/b...

Data Centers to Add Billions in Power Costs in 13 States

A power auction conducted by a giant grid operator is expected to add $6.3 billion in additional charges to consumers and businesses because of electricity needs of data centers.

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Can anyone explain the history of how the french state succeeded in turning a military parade into the dominant public ritual of July 14th? A day of popular insurrection, the storming of the Bastille, is actually a celebration of political authority?

Poor bastard getting dragged for politely explaining that equal ballot weight is maybe not an exhaustive conception of democracy

feckless@totallyfeckless.bsky.social · 3w ago

they think of democracy more in terms of procedure, participation, and public action, in a tradition running thru midcentury radical democratic theorists back to critics of mass political culture to republicans. it is a cogent tradition, acting like they're simply hysterical makes you look dumb

Forget whether Kentucky law allows it – Beshear should just commence with the special election & call republicans bluff Make them produce something resembling proof of life for McConnell or concede to filling the seat

more shameful actions (or, in this case, lack thereof) by mark carney’s government

Ottawa tight-lipped on joining legal case against Trump sanction of Canadian ICC judge | CBC

Ottawa won't say whether it will intervene in support of a Winnipeg-born global judge who is asking a U.S. court to reverse sanctions ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, which have left her unable...

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By itself, this is both impeachable and cause for radical reform. The GOP Supreme Court does not even bother to explain the majority of its decisions. It's apparently too much to ask they at least barf up dishonest, unprincipled, poorly-reasoned excuses for their arbitrary exercise of power.

ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

5–4 on a constitutional question that is older, more settled, and just as clear on the text and purpose as "can women vote?" They're coming for that one too, it's currently in the "right-wing extremists on social media" stage, same place where "there's no birthright citizenship" arose.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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In Ottawa, the police chief had to make a 7-minute video telling officers to stop using databases and surveillance tools to look up women they found attractive out in the world. This is a major problem *everywhere* and one that has only gotten worse as police have gotten access to more technology.

Ottawa police chief tells officers to change or quit

YouTube video by CTV News

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All these people mad that Socialists are winning are ignoring that adhering to Centrism is what got us where we are People want change and they're sick of watching Congresspeople turn into millionaires while they struggle to care for their families

Mark Carney’s government is rushing through major changes to Canada’s labour laws. Unions say workers should be alarmed. Unions are warning Carney’s government is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on “Corporate Canada’s wish list”

Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.

Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'

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Solid points here:

Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 2mo ago

By far the biggest problem with delegating judgement to machines is the people who own the machines can tune them towards outcomes they prefer but those who don't own anything can't. It's not the technology. It's a transfer of decision making power from rational accountable systems to capital.

Good, nasdaq changing its rules for this turd was a complete joke

Lou Mannheim@loumannheim87.bsky.social · 2mo ago

No special treatment for Space X in the S&P 500! Just announced. Wow. That profitability requirement means it might never get in.

Gross

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Trump on Cuba: "It's sort of collapsed. And we're gonna handle that as soon as we finish-- I like to do one thing at a time. We'll take care of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and as son as that is done, on our way, back we'll just make a brief stopover."

It's never been more obvious that Israeli risk tolerance & political objectives can differ sharply from USA's. If ISR's technologies, firms & operational requirements are integrated into the U.S. defense architecture, they can assume even deeper U.S. backing. This only reduces U.S. leverage.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Need to bring back traditionalist northern market hockey resentments: Gary Bettman is the devil. Southern hockey is fake and should not exist. Move Columbus to Quebec

Athens Grease@athensgrease.bsky.social · 2mo ago

*Las Vegas* and *Carolina* are playing each other in the finals? of hockey? be serious right now

The financial media tends to be booster-ish for fairly obvious reasons. Love to see more critical voices in this space and Zitron does a good job here.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2mo ago

Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

Clearly escalated into a NATO proxy war with Ru @ this point. Ukrainian manpower but Western intelligence, targeting assistance, satellite data, air defense systems, artillery, drones, armored vehicles, training, financing, sanctions, logistics, etc.

Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all.

In a 90 minute span we just had Eammon Javers quote Trump as saying he could care less if he talks to Iran and a Truth Social post saying talks are continuing at a rapid pace and guess which headline the market is running with

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is less than 10 days away from falling to its lowest level since August 1983- over 15,625 days ago- a level not seen since the SPR's initial fill-up that began in 1977.