This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.
lol. CBS had been trying to get Zohran Mamdani for an interview, but Bari Weiss' deranged tweeting caused him to turn it down
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The Trump admin dismissed AI risk assessment, evaluation and bias testing as burdensome overreach. Now their own DoD is requesting exactly that to ensure systems actually work--in war. Basic, foundational safety and effectiveness testing is essential for *ALL* AI use, as are our rights to privacy.
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It's all there. All of the bullshit claims about emergencies and national security threats. The goal all along was to give Trump the power to deploy the military domestically to suppress dissent and crush MAGA's enemies.
These are dangerous people. They're now in the highest levels of government.
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Learning today that the Post is setting subscription-renewal rates algorithmically (washingtonian.com/2026/03/12/t...) motivated me to direct some of the money we're saving from our own cancelled subscription to @51st.news, a newsroom that actually prioritizes local coverage.
I think people reacting to this with OMG WW3!?! are missing how hysterically, inadequately small 2,500 Marines is compared to what's necessary to do literally anything to Iran, even something very dumb.
To the point that @prisonculture.bsky.social was making yesterday: high school students continue to walk out EVERYWHERE, but there is no mainstream media coverage of it.
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This is going to be a disaster.
More on the downed US planes in Iraq x.com/ejmalrai/sta...
The slaughter in Lebanon is unfathomably cruel and almost no one is talking about it in the US x.com/ramabdu/stat...
“Iran is not weakening - it is gaining power” x.com/professorpap...
As a result of Iran’s attacks on the UAE, the RSF’s genocidal campaign in Sudan is unraveling.
Hands down the best news in the last 2 weeks
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Another Iran war hawk - one of the oldest and most appalling - freaking out cause the thing he worked so hard to promote is predictably an unmitigated disaster x.com/ambjohnbolto...
Never seen anything like this. The missiles start blasting and the crowd doesnt waiver and instead starts shouting even louder against the US and Israel.
If you have X, you should watch this x.com/harleyshah/s...
The US brags about sinking Iran’s warships when what really matters are these small fast boats. They are Iran’s competitive advantage on water
While the US fights a conventional war, Iran is fighting an asymmetrical one that uses the US’s conventional power against itself.
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Who needs artificial intelligence when you have human intelligence x.com/sanasaeed/st...
Support for the govt was absolutely at its lowest levels ever b4 this war. Still unlikely to constitute a maj now. But the longer this continues, the larger that contingency will become especially if theres a land invasion and attempt to seize Iranian territory. That is game over for the US/Israel
Israel’s dedication to annihilating the people of the Levant knows no parallel. They want to swallow Lebanon and empty it of its people to populate it with their own and end any possible hope for a sovereign and independent Lebanon. And sadly the Lebanese govt is largely on board with this project
Houthis aren’t playing. Israel is reportedly either planning or considering establishing a base in the separatist enclave of Somaliland to counter the Houthi threat
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US casualties mounting. 4 more service members dead after US refueling plane crashes in Iraq - likely after being targeted by Iraqi armed factions x.com/centcom/stat...
Today is Quds Day in Iran - an annual holiday on the last Friday of Ramadan held to support the people of Palestine. Various Iranian politicians joined Quds day protests today - a bold feat given Israel’s desire to assassinate many of them x.com/aaronbastani...
“Iran’s leaders entered this war with the goal of ensuring it will be the last one. Either it breaks them or radically changes the country’s circumstances. They are betting on surviving long enough and squeezing the global economy hard enough to realise that goal.”
The US turned to Claude and other artificial intelligence systems to help shape its vision for AI warfare. In Iran that strategy is unfolding in real time.
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The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection effort as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.
If you'll be in the DC area on April 11, be sure to mark your calendars and come hear @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I talk about Mike's new book: "Strange People on the Hill." (Out April 7)
We'll have some little gifts for pod listeners who come hang!
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