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Although both parties have
“strong incentives” to maintain a ceasefire,
the deal is “extremely precarious,”
says Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi,
professor of international relations of the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
“We’re already seeing it being imperiled as we speak,
with ongoing attacks in Lebanon,
as well as reports of [Iranian] attacks in the Persian Gulf.”

“Sigh of Relief”: U.S. & Iran Agree to 2-Week Ceasefire, But Israel Keeps Bombing Lebanon
The United States and Iran have announced a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistan, under which Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel is also part of the agreement, but it has said it will continue its attacks and occupation inside Lebanon. The deal was reached less than two hours before President Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline Tuesday for Iran to reopen the strait under threat of destroying every power plant and major bridge in Iran. Although both parties have “strong incent…

This is a new one. Got a #press release, tried to download the attached #report, and got this message.
"Unsupported #PDF viewer" I assume means every PDF viewer available on

Schlangenhaus (16th century, Werdenberg, St. Gallen)
#FensterFreitag #History #Switzerland

RE: https://journa.host/@theintercept/116376758495884715
The one thing the Democrats and Republicans in Gun-Gun Land can agree on is that they sure do love them a good genocide.

OpenAI agrees to acquire Promptfoo, which fixes security issues in AI systems being built and is "trusted by 25% of Fortune 500", to fold into OpenAI Frontier (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo/

Netanyahu’s ‘contempt for life and international law is intolerable’: Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez.
https://aje.news/jf7llm?update=4475229

Iran war updates: Israel kills 254 in Lebanon after US-Iran agree ceasefire
These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Netanyahu’s ‘contempt for life and international law is intolerable’: Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez.
https://aje.news/jf7llm?update=4475229

Iran war updates: Israel kills 254 in Lebanon after US-Iran agree ceasefire
These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Sydney-based AI data center operator IREN agrees to acquire Mirantis, which offers Kubernetes management and cloud infrastructure software, for $625M in stock (Shane Snider/Data Center Knowledge)
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/infras

IREN Buys Mirantis for $625M to Unlock AI Compute Utilization
The $625 million deal adds Kubernetes and enterprise ops to help turn deployed GPUs into usable, revenue-generating AI infrastructure.

If you want to follow what's happening in the Middle East, @aljazeera.com is #1. Yes, it's from Qatar, but it names its sources. And by now, it's way more neutral than much of the US networks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news…

Iran war updates: Israel kills 254 in Lebanon after US-Iran agree ceasefire
These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Investor letter: TCI, one of the world's biggest hedge funds, cut almost all of its $8B stake in Microsoft, citing AI-related risks to Office and Azure (Costas Mourselas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ac5d90a9-b010-4529-9616-706420920681