Eric Umansky

Then it didn’t happen.

Alt text for photo and quote attribution: documentary filmmaker David Borenstein during his Oscar speech. His documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, just won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Big respect.

“You lose your country with countless small acts of complicity.”

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Evergreens.

By @manohladargis.bsky.social

Next Oscar should go to Pedro’s brooch.

This is Amy Madigan and Ed Harris refusing to applaud Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar in 1999. During the Blacklist Era, Kazan named names.

Good on Amy and Ed.

Seems like a key question to resolve!

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Yes, Bezos gutted the Washington Post.

But don't fret.

He's also proudly invested in a busted lock from the Watergate burglary.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

what's the quote?!?

Washington Post executives were troubled to learn that a single story could cost...thousands of dollars.

Thank god they weren't around during the WaPo's coverage of Watergate, CIA dark prisons, or any of the many other stories that helped changed the world.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

The U.S. seized a ship from Venezuela. -- and has gotten stuck paying $47 million so far for repairs and maintenance.

The total value of the ship? $10 million.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

I just noticed it’s called “professor”!

At car wash. These look like good scents, right?

How it's going in Tehran....

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...

Iran is "beaten and completely decimated."

Also: Please help.

How so?

The vibes war.

Hegseth is spending the opening moments of his press conference criticizing the news media and praising David Ellison for taking over CNN.

No word of the 4 service members who died in Iraq yesterday

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in a purported assault partially caught on camera.

apnews.com/article/isra...

Trump demands crews of unarmed oil tankers "show some guts" to get through the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. naval escorts haven't come to help.

You know why?

"Defense officials say it is too risky to send warships" - WSJ.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

This is how Trump's short-staffing of VA mental health is hurting *vets*:

-They keep losing therapists
-Their calls for therapy get ignored
-Their therapy is cut in half

www.propublica.org/article/vete...

By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @tophersanders.bsky.social @joelanderson.bsky.social and me

Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

NEW: Under Trump, mental health care for vets is getting squeezed

VA is bleeding shrinks & *not replacing them*

One told me she's so overloaded her sessions can be *16 mins*

She's had to online sessions w/ 35 vets

How is that therapeutic? It's not, she said

www.propublica.org/article/vete...

So 20% of world's oil is choked off and we'll be there in a couple weeks?

Thailand says 3 crew missing after ship hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz Twenty crew have been rescued ​from a Thai ‌ship hit by unknown projectiles in the ​Strait of Hormuz ​but three crew remain ⁠missing, Thailand's Transport ​Ministry said on Wednesday.

Thailand says 3 crew missing after ship hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz reut.rs/4s4iJv4

This looks like winning.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War Tehran is letting ships carrying its crude pass through the strait, while it scares off others that would dare.

An amazing stat:

Iran exported more oil *today* than it did daily before the war.

It's the one country whose tankers are getting through the Strait of Hormuz.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

F.D.A. Opens Door to More Flavored E-Cigarettes

Last year: e-cigarette makers donate to Trump's bangin' ballroom.

This year: Trump admin says it'll allow e-cigarette makers to offer more, delicious flavors.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/h...

Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War Tehran is letting ships carrying its crude pass through the strait, while it scares off others that would dare.

An amazing stat:

Iran exported more oil *today* than it did daily before the war.

It's the one country whose tankers are getting through the Strait of Hormuz.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Iran Can Turn the Persian Gulf Into a Minefield As war rages across the Middle East, every mariner’s eye is on the Strait of Hormuz. This narrow waterway, which connects the confines of the Persian Gulf with the open waters of the Indian Ocean, is ...

Former NATO chief says says Iran *can* close Strait of Hormuz -- and not much we can do:

-Iran has more than 5,000 mines
-they can be dropped by small boats, even civilian ones.
-U.S. only has handful of minesweepers
-clearing mines could take months.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...