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again, from lorientlejour.com

so what is positive about this bit of gunboat gadzookery?

unlike the 1990–1991 operation or the 2003–2011 operation, very little logistical prep, other than the air bridge, are in plan.

this means that other than blowing things up, a la tsahal, we're not prepared to do much occupying and governing

not that i knew the guy or anything, but the persians i have known have known maraji 2nd, and even 1st hand, and my impression (3rd hand) is that the disinterest in physics packages was sincere.

on timing, there's this

the youngest is field tripping somewhere out on the coast today too, though i've no idea where. somewhere with rocks, as its geology. for my money the best show is sunset bay, where jonah ritually wets a boogie board most visits.

i've two books in my day bag, one to read from, one to write in.

jonah and i are not likely to meet any congressional republicans, or the remaining democrats-of-aipac, nor any of the more rare, but quite poisonous, authors of chadta (1983) which appears to have killed all the war powers acts, out on the coast today.

sunshine, saltwater, and sillinesses, our lot.

Internet connectivity in Iran is now in a near-complete shutdown, down about 98% vs the previous week. The disruption began around 07:00 UTC, following reports of military strikes — and in past incidents the government has responded with nationwide Internet shutdowns.

Golfe, Jordanie, Irak, Syrie : comment les pays de la région sont touchés par l'escalade Suite aux frappes américano-israéliennes contre l'Iran, de nombreux pays du Golfe ont été la cible de tirs de missiles iraniens. Dans ce contexte, l'émir du Qatar, cheikh Tamim ben Hamad al-Thani...

a review of the damages inflicted, and attempted, in the region is here, in french.

www.lorientlejour.com/article/1496...

via lorientlejour.com

Woke up pondering how in the film Wag the Dog, the presidential scandal that leads to a war of distraction involves the sexual assault of a young teen “Firefly Girl” in the Oval Office.

Now pondering if Epstein had his hands all over that production—like it seems he did everything else back then.

@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- i want the ...

no advice to offer. good luck. napkins maybe.

my just-under-30 showed me her still swollen finger and uttered the dreaded words "early onset arthritis".

the image is a work of art. the boatline formed by shadows of the containers reveal the height of each bank of cells.

lighting from slightly abaft the beam.

2. nobody wargames ncbw, so to figure out how to play just the n-game, darpa had to fire up a talking computer and let it run with the ball, and oops!

3. the writers, producers, ... all bought the thesis no one would ever bang a battalion and then wait for the return round, if any. tactical first

watched war games with jonah yesterday morning.

some laughs:

1. all the inbounds "impact" within a minute of screen time. so either a) the u.s.a. is the size of a walnut, or b) the sov's love geometry so much they equi-distanced all their launchers.

its been 10 hours ...

on the up-side, its completely bonkers to put your money into an a.i. startup, or venture funded a.i., or a.i. the size of i.b.m., cause capt. underpants will steal your shorts.

so a major win for the a.i.-is-toxic-bird-shit party, of which i hum.

Claire Shipman is a former television journalist, and it shows.

Going live to tape and telling the world how your university was invaded and your student abducted on the same day is exactly how you fight authoritarianism.

keep thinking.

insufficient. anthropic's relationship with the usg could, repeat could, extend beyond the remaining months that the current secdef has to screw up operationally, and screw up darpa.

think about the long term. there are more than two non-use cases, and non-guidance is not responsible.

and whatever da phuk means "accelerate sci & res"??? any metrics available here or just more colorful smoke?

a longer critic is the usaf's study of nazi av gas and pilot training budgets. the nazis were always short on av gas, so they cut pilot training flights. the end.

genai could hasten the elephants migration to greenland too.

@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- jonah will see this tomorrow. share with kez.

@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- the robe

why do nerds
suddenly appear
every time
I post here

something to look up next time jonah and i visit astoria

www.oregonlive.com/travel/2026/...

wrong answers only winner!

@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- moar reedink

hen wen prefers "pig", but appreciate your thoughts.