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Black-box AI and cheap drones are outpacing global rules of war From 3D-printed drones to Anthropic’s Claude, advanced technologies are making conflict more accessible and less accountable — leaving human oversight at risk.

AI has long been used to analyze satellite imagery and guide missile-defense systems, but the use of chatbots such as Claude in decision-support systems is new https://restofworld.org/2026/anthropic-ai-and-iran-drone-warfare/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175

Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

May not be what we would like. They need to scale fast and figure out how to make money or at least attract investment. It's often hard to retain the original vision under commercial pressure.

The iconic spiral staircase inside Brasilia’s Itamaraty Palace designed by Oscar Niemeyer (1970)

The iconic spiral staircase inside Brasilia’s Itamaraty Palace designed by Oscar Niemeyer (1970)

The iconic spiral staircase inside Brasilia’s Itamaraty Palace designed by Oscar Niemeyer (1970)

An example for the rest of us. These young women who were helped to get an education now do the same thing for the next generation. They don't have a lot but they pass along what they can. What happened to the rest of the world that we have forgotten this in our own societies.

Manchester peeps. I will be in your fine city later this week. Where’s good to eat on a Friday that won’t be rammed?

New Pan-Asian fare coming to downtown Detroit's District Detroit Billy Dec, actor and restaurateur, modern Southwest Asian eatery opens its Detroit location on Tuesday, March 10. Here's a look inside.

Billy Dec, actor and restaurateur, modern Southwest Asian eatery opens its Detroit location on Tuesday, March 10. Here's a look inside.

Immersive Van Gogh show to be summer attraction in Newcastle Box office opens for 'pre-sale' tickets

Thousands of people in the NE can spend the summer amid sunflowers as Utilita Arena Newcastle offers to immerse us in the world of Van Gogh – with every inch of the towering walls plus 10,000 square feet of floor saturated with colour and light.

www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/immersive-...

Amazing women.

“Our economy is broken. Our politics are broken. Even our relationships with each other feel broken. The people at the top work so hard to keep us angry and divided because our unity is a threat to their wealth and power. So their cable news networks and their social media algorithms tear us apart.”

The solar revolution is driven not by green ambitions but by falling prices, says Simon Kuper: ft.trib.al/TYFHPIQ

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Considered vintage now - boy does that make me feel old 👴

Early modern handwriting = real life time travel. ⏳These memories of Anne Boleyn, recorded in 1610 by Rose Lok, can be read today at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social.

Take our 2-wk online course (13-24 April) & learn to get the most from early modern handwriting: tinyurl.com/32hfbm6m 💻

Tomorrow we will hear @drkatedevlin.bsky.social on "The Agreeable Machine", in Birkbeck's wonderful new event space "The Conservatory". It looks like we are almost fully booked, but if you are quick you might be able to squeeze in! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

To Wasdale

I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...

...maybe there wasn't much planning?

Intersecting crises - water, oil, climate, governance - as Corpus Christi faces dwindling water supplies.
#EnergySky 🔌💡 #WaterSky

iMac?

Dan Aykroyd as rich Louis Winthorpe III in: Trading Places.

Poor Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III in: Trading Places.

Economy: 2024 v. 2026

”Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.”
The Wealth of Nations, landmark work by Scottish Enlightenment economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith, first volume published #OTD 1776.
Portrait medallion by James Tassie, 1787, National Portrait Gallery London

Glass pane with inserts of different coloured and patterned circular glass pieces

US artist Nikki Root recycles vintage and modern bottles and glassware to create stained glass windows #WomensArt

I am once again reposting this absurdly useful essay from Tim and Kate, because not enough of you have read it.

Monochrome photograph of the upper half of a white woman in glamourous top and with stats on wires surrounding her head

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian born Hollywood actress, was also a designer/inventor who created aviation designs for Howard Hughes and co-patented a “secret communication system” - the basis for modern WiFi #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth

" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people"
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay

Edward Said wrote, “there lurks the assumption that although the western consumer belongs to a numerical minority, he is entitled either to own or to expend (or both) the majority of the world’s resources. Why? Because he, unlike the Oriental, is a true human being.”

In 2025, leading mathematicians met in secret to test a new AI model. Its proofs sounded like those of a real mathematician presenting a complex argument.

But were we giving it more credit than it deserved? Are we at risk of accepting proofs we can’t understand?
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Kind of weird when you can watch the global market collectively go "oh shit he is that crazy".