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Iran’s president apologises to Gulf nations; Trump threatens further strikes – Middle East crisis live Masoud Pezeshkian says no more attacks against neighbouring countries unless they are the source of an attack on Iran

Says it all. "Donald Trump wore a Trump-branded golf cap during the ritual dignified transfer of remains at Dover air force base in Delaware"
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The King should at this point abandon protocol, reveal that both he and the late Queen both found Trump to be an insufferable, uncouth, imbecilic bore, and refuse to engage until America rediscovers a modicum of class.

Authorities search debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan and Oklahoma Authorities searched through rubble and debris in southern Michigan on Saturday after suspected tornadoes tore through the region and killed four people, including a 12-year-old boy, during powerful s...

The National Weather Service said an initial assessment confirmed that an EF3 tornado with winds of at least 150 mph (241 kph) struck the Union Lake area Friday. https://to.pbs.org/4rWQSNk

The war has cost us nearly $1 billion per day.

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I get that nothing matters until the NY Times reports it, but some of us more independent outlets had this story a month ago...

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Bibi, MBS, and their allies in DC have almost convinced Trump to send American teenagers to fight and die in Iran. I can't believe in typing this sentence.

Stupendous video and the Newshour has no broadcast until Monday. And the website is entirely wire copy for today.

Abolish ICE is the moderate position.

Shedunnit Caroline Crampton unravels the mysteries behind classic crime fiction. From Agatha Christie to Dorothy L. Sayers and beyond, this is the podcast for lovers of golden age detective fiction.

For those working on their #26in2026 reading goals I would recommend the @shedunnitshow.bsky.social podcast. Focusing mostly on the "Golden Age" of detective fiction between the wars "for the most part" and the writers like Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Etc. #booksky

www.shedunnitshow.com

You still have time to comment on one of these terrible proposals, it closes Monday, March 9

Sad to see his passing, but Mr. Mosley sure did live a full life.

Fantastic article summed up by this.

I increasingly think that "cheems mindset" is a valid term but massively overused because actually, it sometimes is good to move slowly and not break things.

"What is this actually for?" is the best question you can ask before a megaproject.

"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."

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i do feel like it could be twenty-THREE hour breaking news coverage, but nonetheless you can watch us on the CNN app or on HBO Max tomorrow!

How D.H.S. Retreated on Immigration Tactics After Minneapolis

“It’s not at the level that it was prior,” said @andrefor40th.bsky.social Vasquez, a City Council member in Chicago tells the @nytimes.com. “But they’re not going away.”

GovInfo Official Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Good news -- the federal employees class action against DOGE and OPM for damages is proceeding

[The case I am litigating is the injunction piece (temporary injunction in place); this is a parallel complement that may get federal employees damages]

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When we say that Democrats can still make a difference in the minority, this is what we're talking about. Garcia has been a model for his colleagues here.

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Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

oh hell yeah

**Call** the Medicare help line next week & ask what this is about. If it is really mandatory, ask for alternative accommodation.

BTW, we used a local social service agency to help manage challenges my 90+ grandma faced. They had a much better grasp of what assistance [one off or ongoing] was avaliable nearby.

We used Jewish Family Services, but it doesn't matter about your own faith.

you can put a second phone # in that the main iPhone line can auto forward the incoming calls to. If it is a wired connection, she'd only have to pick up/ put down the receiver. That's clunky, but it may be easier for her.

WV Senate passes bills targeting transgender people, drag performances • West Virginia Watch Hours before the crossover day deadline, West Virginia senators passed two bills that target LGBTQ+ people on Wednesday.

The West Virginia state senate just passed a bill that would make it "indecent exposure" for trans people to use the correct changing rooms; they would be forced to register as sex offenders. Only two Dems voted no. westvirginiawatch.com/2026/03/04/w...

Every accusation is a confession, or in this case a roadmap

AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

Low paid workers in the global south are using AI translation to generate Wikipedia articles that, surprising no one, include errors and hallucinations.

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Slyngstad always gets it right…

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

It is very, very, important to say (as Sherrill does here) that Trump's actions are illegal & wrong. People lose sight of that in all the outrage.

Gorgeous display of flowers by Balthasar van der Ast of Middelburg who (alas!) died OTD in 1657.