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I still reflexively feel like I should put a mask on before heading to an Iftar right now. Muscle memory is powerful.

YouTube video by forcedcoitus Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)

Playing padel makes me smile so much that even when our game got interrupted for about a half hour for some incoming missiles, once they were intercepted (loudly) we went back to the game.

My team lost, but I played well and had fun.

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Headline: Iran says will not attack neighbouring countries unless attacks originate from there first Iran's president pezeshkian says interim leadership council approved that no attacks or missile strikes will be carried out against neighboring countries, unless an attack against iran originates from those countries

www.khaleejtimes.com/world/mena/w...

“A lot of other countries don’t have what the US has so let’s put all of them at heightened risk…”

You too. We were working off some steam playing padel when the recent stream of interceptions just happened. Sheltered in the hotel lobby for a bit. And then played some more. Compartmentalization is a powerful tool.

Friends were en route to the airport. Still waiting to see if their flight goes

So our flight out of Abu Dhabi on Monday redeye was just cancelled. We have another one previously booked for spring break / Eid which stands for now.

To quote Kurt Vonnegut:

And so it goes.

YouTube video by Associated Press Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamsters leader to a fight. Bernie Sanders intervenes

Never thought much about Sen Mullin till this week tbh, but hoo boy.

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I’m friends with Sophia Brous but have only caught the super tail end of a show. One day…

Exo-Tech is a semi-rotating all-star NYC band. One plants a kernel of music, the rest explode it into a spontaneous composition — nocturnal tropicalia, misty watercolor ballads, full-on Miles ‘70 etc. Last night's spellbinding show channeled the zeitgeist with fury, contemplation and joy.

And sadly she was mostly right.

Will keep you posted. Wasn’t sure if you were in Bangkok or Phuket

Incredible to realize that it's only been 28 days since the last Bandcamp Friday. It feels like an eternity.

Anyway I released an EP 28 days ago, and it's still fresh today.

Wow.

If I can make it out of here I have plans to come to Bangkok for Eid. Let’s see what happens

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

So interesting.

Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

It’s really appalling.

But compared to the larger madness of inflaming region tensions into a a full on war, it’s the lesser affront.

Evil incompetent bastards.

😳

Sooo, Leavitt says that countries should not target their own citizens. Hmmm.

And now Leavitt admits that Trump hasn’t started thing about what happens next.

Leavitt can’t talk about when chartered planes are taking off cause they aren’t doing shit.

Had you heard it before?

Speaking of saying the quiet parts out loud…

Meanwhile it’s the countries with the “misguided religions” who are bearing the brunt of attacks

Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Top Aide’s Role in DHS Contracts Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffer...

NEW: Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Top Aide’s Role in DHS Contracts, Internal Agency Records Show www.propublica.org/article/kris...

That Board of Piece line though …

1. NEW

Tonight, at a book event in Los Angeles, Governor Gavin Newsom said that the United States is being pushed by Israel into a position where it may have to reconsider military support.

Newsom said that those who say Israel is an apartheid state are doing so “appropriately.”

Security Alert: Update on Strikes in the UAE - U.S. Mission to the UAE, Mar. 2, 2026 - U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the United Arab Emirates

“Reconsider”?

Seems like embassies aren’t supporting this same interpretation and may have been sent by an unauthorized lower level staffer.

UAE embassy still only has shelter in place on their website and I think Level 2

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still can't tell what the hell he's saying for the most part & I suppose I wouldn't want it any other way... Lou fell in love so Yellow Ledbetter could sigh eternally?

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