Ben Rains

There's video here- bsky.app/profile/fare...

It's all glowy and shiny!

More like "Operation 12-yr Olds Naming Military Operations".

At this stage, I don't think Iran provides much material to russia anymore. What's more concerning is how many Patriot missiles the US and Israel with burn through defending against ballistic missiles. That will reduce the already limited supply available to Ukraine for their air defense needs.

I don't think the US should be attacking Iran this way, but Ukrainians have legitimate grievances with Iran. Iran supplied russia with huge numbers of Shahed drones resulting in thousands of Ukrainian deaths. It also helped russia to produce their own drones based on the Shahed design.

That's what Medvedev is for... bsky.app/profile/maks...

It's not looking so good for the US when if we can't even defend our most important regional bases against Shahed drones- bsky.app/profile/maks...

All of the US military operations for the past 30 or so years have been named by people with the mindsets of 12 year old boys.

They should've called it the Comer Rule.

It is badly broken. One thing I find that helps is, at least on my Apple devices, is to force Safari to open everything in Reader Mode. That kills a lot of the enshitification noise on news sites and blogs. Settings->Apps->Safari->Reader->All Websites (enabled)

YouTube video by asd Audrey's Dance (Twin Peaks)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b64...

This reminds me of Audrey Horne from Twin Peaks.

I'm sure MAGA's best and brightest will come up with a "beautiful clean coal" fired steam powered answer to these.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya refugee dumped by CBP, dies in cold "They just left him."

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind, seriously ill Rohingya refugee from Burma who does not speak English, was found dead in Buffalo—five days after Border Patrol dropped him off on a street corner without notifying his family, who had moved away from the area.

Patricia White gets set for a portrait by Warner Brothers photographer Scotty Welbourne (L) and his studio assistants, 1946.

Edit, but it is much more technically difficult to pull off and fraught for abuse, so I understand why social media sites take longer to implement it. The save draft option is a sensible first step. It gives you a chance to write something in the moment, and time to reflect/edit before posting it.

It could've been worse. It could have been in the Pentax 17.

Everyone needs to check out @projectsaltbox.bsky.social for up to date information on the concentration camp warehouses.

I'm glad you'll be streaming this live. I definitely won't be watching the other State of the Union address.

This is a really great update. Thanks!

YouTube video by Lina Bessonova Paula Chamlee: Living a Photographer's Dream

And, although I don't think she's very active anymore, Lina Bessonova did a lot of film and darkroom related videos. This interview she did with large format photographer, Paula Chamlee, was one I enjoyed- www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMPH...

Maybe check out Els Vanopstal's YT channel.

I'm sure it's going to be even more of a drop this year. Many tourists will have already had vacation plans made that couldn't be easily cancelled during 2025. That and I don't think as many people understood the problems until the second half of that year.

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

Although even if the European Council had the will to pursue suspension, they couldn't now because Slovakia and Hungary will just protect each other. Article 7 requires a unanimous vote among members excluding the state targeted for suspension. The EU should've dealt with Hungary sooner.

It kind of sounds like the jobs that AI will be replacing first are those of middle management.

I don’t think the espresso will help you relax.

The EU needs a better (more resilient) model of government, and also a way to kick out, or at least suspend, bad-actor member countries.

That's just cabbage green by another name.

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