The Iranian sailors weren't offered the chance to surrender,
and there were no US attempts to rescue the survivors
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-submarine-torpedoes-iranian-frigate-in-indian-ocean-in-f…
Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain #environment
“We had no way of knowing man forced to resign twice for corruption would be corrupt” insists Starmer – NewsThump
https://newsthump.com/2026/02/05/we-had-no-way-of-knowing-man-forced-to-res…
Anthropic says Claude Opus 4.6 supports a 1M context window, scored 90.2% on BigLaw Bench, the highest for any Claude model, and boosts agentic capabilities (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/anthropic-claude-opus-4-6-first-try-work-deliv…
Ad tech company Consumable acquires Radio.com and Mark Cuban's Fireside platform and plans to develop a streaming platform to help creators deepen audience ties (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/streaming/news/radio-com…
Russian frigate Admiral Essen’s electronic warfare and radar systems damaged by drone strike in Novorossiysk Bay: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/04/russian-frigate-admiral-essens-electronic.html
Forget America First—Under Trump, It's Corporations First - In These Times #CorporateCapture
The U.S. Forest Service is closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states
under a reorganization plan announced this week,
threatening science that looked at how wildfires, drought, pests and global warming are putting pressure on forests.
The agency plans to consolidate its research division into a centralized office in Fort Collins, Colo.,
and move field researchers to locations in nearby states.
But employees said they feared the move would lead many s…
FIRST CONVERSATION AFTER CAPTIVITY! Tears of loved ones #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/first-conversation-after-captivity-tears.html