The latest report from the Austrian Alpine Club reveals significant losses, with the Alpeiner Ferner in Tyrol and Stubacher Sonnblickkees in Salzburg each shrinking by more than 100 metres. The average retreat across the country measured over 20 metres. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
MEXICO STEPS UP:
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In 21 of 26 videos, Iranian drones appear to reach their targets. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Ana Marie Cox on the prediction markets: “You’re betting on bombings, conflicts, whether or not a US civil war breaks out before the end of this year. Who’s gonna win that bet? It’s like betting on Russian Roulette. It’s corrosive in so many ways.”
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Look, Trump had no choice but to fuck up the global economy. He had to stop the imminent release of more evidence that he sexually abused children.
Ann Telnaes
Amazon repurposed its regular weekly retail technology meeting Tuesday to figure out why its retail website keeps breaking. The answer, buried in internal documents and then quickly deleted, according to the Financial Times: its own AI initiatives. fortune.com/2026/03/12/a...
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia said that it would not sign off on keeping acting U.S. Attorney Robert Tracci in his role after his term expires on March 18. thehill.com/regulation/c...
Boots on the water
A senior U.S. official confirmed Pete Hegseth has sent an amphibious assault ship, the USS Tripoli, and its Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East
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"Oil Shock Sends Tremors Through World Economy: ‘This Really Is the Big One’:
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/b...
Seven centuries of inbreeding
i think that it is plainly obvious that we should bankrupt Palantir on day one by cutting all of its contracts and declaring it a supply chain risk.
Today’s bronzer level: Kumquat
So, no more infertility?
“There’s no reason to expect that Trump’s Iranian debacle will prevent him from lighting yet another match of chaos or conflict. In fact, experience teaches that Trump bristling from a failure makes him more, not less, likely to do something equally stupid, and to do so soon.”
