Peter Butler

the whole article is worth reading. he's funny

The profit was *only* $1 million, but it certainly looks like insider trading

a view of the blue basket of the 4th hole at Oyster Bay disc golf course from the east side

a view of the blue basket of the 18th hole at Oyster Bay Disc Golf course from the southeast

This disc golf course literally used to be a trash dump

Things *can* get better

#DiscGolf #OysterBay

Peak hypocrisy

Pentagon gives AI firm ultimatum: lift military limits by Friday or lose $200M deal Pentagon gives Anthropic until Friday to remove military restrictions on Claude AI model or face contract termination and Defense Production Act.

Even Fox News is still using Defense, iirc

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It's one of the best. People will post about it here on a regular basis

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"Columbo" Murder by the Book (TV Episode 1971) ⭐ 7.7 | Crime, Drama, Mystery 1h 16m | TV-PG

... and TIL I learned that Steven Spielberg directed the first episode

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Was it the famous food one?

i.e.

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I'd argue today is no time for "celebrating" anything

But you know the immediate result, right?

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It's not a "distraction," but low popularity polling was surely a factor in the decision, I think

The Day After Khamenei: Iran’s ‘Liberation’ Will Begin as an IRGC Power Struggle The IRGC controls the regime’s security forces, intelligence services, and economic networks, making it the most likely actor to dominate Iran’s immediate post-Khamenei transition.

"Many imagine the day after Ali Khamenei as a moment of sudden liberation: Iranians shaking off the mullahs and deciding their own destiny. The likelier opening act is far less romantic. "

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What should they do instead?

archived: archive.ph/iiEe4

"Matt Duss, an executive vice-president at the Center for International Policy and a former foreign-policy adviser to senator Bernie Sanders"

Impeachment is completely ineffective right now, but it's also legally required. There needs to be documentation and process

Most of what Congress does is ineffective. Impeachment is fine

crickets

anti-semitism affects all political factions, not just the extremes

You don't know unless you try

Maybe impeaching him repeatedly for illegal behavior with articles documenting all the lawbreaking would have done something. Maybe not

Maybe an intense media campaign against war in Iran would have done something. Maybe not

We don't know because they've done nothing

Words

I really wish our leaders understood this :(

Once again, this sort of illegal behavior merits impeachment

I like your middle draft a lot, and you gotta take Gannon first, but I worry Pierce will let you down (I like her too). I would have gone with Burge there

I think AB may let you down too. Overall, the teams look very balanced. I hope it's a close competition

1. Austin
2. You
3. Dave

Tough to pick the Finns. How many tournaments are they gonna play etc

I think the mistake last year might have been the negative points. (Well, and Kristin.) Otherwise it seems like an OK system

Peace never comes from war

Talk to your older parents too. And your friends

I don't think most people know about the danger

What’s always been so absurd about discourses surrounding political violence in America is that it’s accepted, understood, agreed upon, bipartisan, mainstream that our military gets to vaporize little kids half a world away without consequence

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

Worse than that. 85 students killed. My god

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Modern Naval Battles: US Naval Gunfire in Lebanon (1983-1984) Naval history and theory focusing on force structure, weapons, and other technology. Emphasizing post WWII history and learning lessons from the past.

Lebanon

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