Trump Threatens Iran With 'Massive Armada' and Presses a Set of Demands (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/trump-iran-armada.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p75#a260128p75
Follow-up observations of peculiar dusty objects close to Sgr A* using ERIS: #BlackHole - research in Cologne shows stable orbits around Sagittarius A*: https://www.uni-koeln.de/en/university/news/news/news-detail/stars-defy-the-black-hole-research-in-cologne-shows-stable-orbits-around-sagittarius-a
Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited with turning the company around, died at 83; IBM's market value rose from $29B to ~$168B during his tenure (Patrick Oster/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
ILB Bobby Okereke: 'I've got a lot of play-making teammates around me' https://www.giants.com/video/ilb-bobby-okereke-i-ve-got-a-lot-of-play-making-teammates-around-me
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
L.L. Cool J:
🎵 Around the Way Girl
#LLCoolJ
https://ecoli1.bandcamp.com/track/l-l-cool-j-around-the-way-girl
https://open.spotify.com/track/49PPrCt4S5nFLGH56qkxuT
The US has announced plans to hold multi-day military exercises in the Middle East
as it deploys what Donald Trump has called an “armada”
led by the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region as part of a tense standoff with Iran.
The display of US air power was announced as the White House has suggested it could launch new strikes on Iran
after the government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that has left thousands dead and many more in detention with their fates uncer…
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Daft Punk:
🎵 Around The World (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #DaftPunk
https://fororchestra.bandcamp.com/track/daft-punk-around-the-world
https://open.spotify.com/track/1pKYYY0dkg23sQQXi0Q5zN
Sources: ByteDance and Alibaba both plan to release flagship AI models around China's mid-February Lunar New Year holiday, including ByteDance's Doubao 2.0 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bytedance-alibaba-…
Russia Aims to Freeze Ukraine Into Submission
With winter just around the corner,
Moscow is targeting Ukraine’s natural gas supply
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/russia-ukraine-energy-attacks-winter-cold/
Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)
https://economi…