Jake Lahut

In which other lines of work do you learn these types of things about people? There have to be a bunch, but this type of journalism certainly has a very distinct mix of tertiary psychological insights

That’s not to mention the weird proclivities of when certain people are more inclined to get on the horn.

I always use the example of a source of mine who tends to be most available when idling in their car upon arriving home to avoid/delay seeing their family.

One of the weird things about being a reporter that I did not expect when I got into this racket:

You can really tell who has their life together when trying to get someone on the phone or get some sort of followup from a source.

I have been genuinely obsessed with this video and what it means for the future of CEOs appearing on camera

Russian war bloggers are watching the US' new LUCAS drones — and fretting about Starshield terminals Prominent milbloggers raised concerns about what the US might have learned from Russia's war after the LUCAS was deployed in combat against Iran.

"This isn't just an evolution in military affairs; it's a genuine revolution," a Russian commentator wrote of new US drones guided by Starlink.

via BI's Matthew Loh and Sinéad Baker:

www.businessinsider.com/russian-milb...

To wit! bsky.app/profile/atru...

I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

The Stephen Miller v. Kristi Noem Fight Is On Trumpworld now sees Noem as "under a real impeachment threat," and a standoff is underway with the 'Prime Minister.'

A quick primer on that dynamic with Noem & Lewandowski v. Miller open.substack.com/pub/straight...

Another way to look at this:

When Durbin asks Noem where she got that information, she basically had a chance to throw Stephen Miller under the bus. She did not take it (this time)

Seriously someone needs to alert the attorney general ASAP

Where’s the polling on Law & Order SVU viewers and whether they are high trust or low trust voters?

they hate to see a girlboss winning

Huh. Trump is suddenly cool with appearing at the WHCA dinner?

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

Fyi everyone . www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

NEW: More than 1,000 ships have been impacted by GPS jamming and spoofing attacks since the US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/gps-at...

I’m going to need to cut this line I like from a piece about the Iran War you’ll read tomorrow, so I post it here to tell my darling I will see it in the gardens of heaven:

“We will not get bored," Trump said on Monday, minutes before talking about how beautiful the White House drapes are.

🔴 NEW: 169 killed in attacks in South Sudan At least 169 people, including 90 civilians, were killed in South Sudan on Monday after militants raided a village in Abiemnom county, a remote area of the country, according to the Associated Press. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan said in a statement that 1,000 people sought shelter with its base after the attack. The killings are part of an escalating wave of violence gripping South Sudan as forces loyal to President Salva Kiir battle armed groups believed to be loyal to opposition leader Riek Machar.

🔴 NEW: 169 killed in attacks in South Sudan

At least 169 people, including 90 civilians, were killed in South Sudan on Mon. after militants raided a village in Abiemnom county, a remote area of the country, according to the Associated Press.

The UN Mission in South Sudan said in a statement...

It’s called “the weave”

This is a speech ostensibly about grieving for American troops who have been killed, but the ballroom is omnipresent

And he couldn’t resist bringing up the ballroom

Trump once again completely muddying up the timeline of this war with Iran. Then he goes into a tangent about how he does not find any of this to be boring, so that’s reassuring

Trump finally appears for his speech

Who’s gonna tell Pam Bondi the Dow is below 50,000?

Holy shit, quite the Edith Piaf + Jacques Brel combo in this Industry finale.

Idk how much HBO had to spend to license those songs, but it was absolutely worth it.

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"

This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

Putin is cold, man. His allies in Iran are getting slaughtered and he ... moves in to make up for their share on the global oil market.

'Potential nexus to terrorism': FBI, APD give update on 6th Street mass shooting Three people are dead and 14 others were injured in a mass shooting early Sunday outside Buford’s bar on West Sixth Street. Among the dead was the suspected gunman who was shot by officers.

The FBI is investigating a “potential nexus to terrorism” after a deadly mass shooting outside a bar in downtown Austin late last night
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...

Still some major questions around any semblance of a timeline + whatever Trump means by “immunity” for Iranian forces who defect.

All we’ve got is bombing “throughout the week or as long as necessary,” per the president’s Truth Social post

Shortly after the first set of explosions, Iranians received bursts of notifications on their phones, not from the government advising caution, but from a prayer timing app called ‘BadeSaba Calendar’ which has been downloaded 5 million times from the Google Play Store. The messages arrived in quick succession over a period of 30 minutes, starting with the phrase ‘Help Has Arrived’ at 9:52 am Tehran time. No party has claimed responsibility for the hacks. Screenshots shared with WIRED Middle East show messages urging Iranian military personnel to surrender their weapons with the promise of amnesty. It also urged army personnel to join “the forces of liberation” and to “defend your brothers.”

Airborne leaflet propaganda in 2026: hacked push alerts from a prayer timing app

www.wired.me/story/hacked...

This Curtis Yarvin musing on war with Iran is extra insane, even for him, on so many levels