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“Perhaps, nothing is abnormal about Operation Epic Fury. It’s what ‘forever wars’ America does; especially when led by a psychologically impaired president. Perhaps, however, something more disturbing is at issue. America is in decline … What is ‘epic’ about American ‘fury’ is that [it] is the murderous folly of a flailing, failing empire.”

Epic Fury: Attack of the Coalition of the Genocidal Couple
…control oil … control nations. – Attributed to Henry Kissinger, 1970s The future of our security -and our planet- is held hostage to our dependence on

Good point made on Bluesky:
"Threatening the destruction of "a whole civilization" is just explicitly a threat of genocide. Even if it is just a bargaining tactic, even if it is just bluster, it is a threat of genocide. Everyone who has furthered, and continues to further, the aims of this regime is morally culpable."

Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein.bsky.social)
Threatening the destruction of "a whole civilization" is just explicitly a threat of genocide. Even if it is just a bargaining tactic, even if it is just bluster, it is a threat of genocide. Everyone who has furthered, and continues to further, the aims of this regime is morally culpable.

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected.
"Current climate models do not capture this effect. This means that they risk underestimating the sensitivity of the 'cold' ice shelves along East Antarctica's coastline to small changes or warming in coastal waters. Such changes have already been observed, and are projected to increase in the future."

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected
Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, suggests a new study in Nature Communications. The reason is that warming oceans appear to be melting Antarctic ice shelves from below much more rapidly than expected.

Free speech is the power to criticize your government without fear of prosecution. It is a basic human right.
It is not about getting away with hurting your neighbor who never caused you any harm. Dignity is a human right.
That is also what "love your neighbor" is about.
It's just a sensible thing to do.
Do not tolerate hate speech.
There is no (need for a) "freedom to hate".
Be kind to one another. 🧡

X is rolling out worldwide automatic post translation powered by xAI's Grok models, and updates its iOS image editor to add tools like drawing and blurring (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/x-is-rolling-o…

X is rolling out automatic translation and photo editing powered by Grok | TechCrunch
New automatic translations and photo editing on X are powered by the company's flagship AI model.

I have basically mildly positive feelings about Gemini Nano being available in Chrome. I don't use Chrome, but lots of stuff should be done on-device, not off. That's a win.
If "software shouldn't have features i don't like" is the argument you're actually making, that's not really a good argument. Even when the feature is an LLM model.
"Chrome is getting big and bloated and we can do better” is absolutely a good argument you can make.
And then the real kicker: Google pushing the web platform around through dominance is just the real ick here. It's the same sort of thing monopoly power enables. Companies that own verticals in the economy or a product market can dictate rather than negotiate. This is, in general, bad. Google does this, not because the ideas its employees put forward are good, but because they work out to be in Google's interests. And those interests can run counter to the rest of the world.
That's what we have to push back on.

Ik droomde vannacht dat ik twee rekenraadsels bedacht, waarvoor/waarom geen idee.
Toen ik wakker werd wist ik de raadsels nog. Die deel ik dus maar even met jullie.
Ze zijn niet heel moeilijk maar verklap de antwoorden toch maar niet in een openbare reply. Boosten is lief!
1/2
Een komkommer woog eergisteren 500 gram. Gisteren woog hij 2% meer (gegroeid), vandaag weegt hij 2% minder dan gisteren (uitgedroogd). De komkommer weegt nu:

Beamish and Crawford brewery was established in Cork in 1792
and brewed the stout until 2009.
Now the stout is owned by Heineken but is still brewed in Cork city. 
“The taste is much more appealing to me than Guinness,” he said.
“Beamish is creamier and fuller.”
“The natural trend is to start with Guinness,
move to Murphy’s
and then Beamish.”

Is Beamish having a moment? 'It boils my p*ss when I see 'cool kids' with a pint of Beamish'
The 230-year-old cork drink has a pretty large fan base in the UK and in Ireland.

Interview with Rishi Chandra, Google's VP for health and home, about shutting Google Fit by year's end, the rebranded Google Health app, Health Coach, and more (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-is-rebranding-the-fitbit-app-t…

Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’
Google is sunsetting Google Fit by year’s end. While Fitbit remains very much alive, the rebranded Google Health app is your one-stop shop for all things health and fitness.

ICE Agents Shoot Into a Car, Injuring a Suspect in Northern California
A federal official said the agents were pursuing a wanted gang member who tried to run one of them over.
Dash cam video complicates that account
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/shoo

ICE Agents Shoot Into a Car, Injuring a Suspect in Northern California
A federal official said the agents were pursuing a wanted gang member who tried to run one of them over. Dash cam video complicates the account.