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So, now the nutz are thinking of invading and occupying Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export terminal.
I wonder if the nutz - cheato and baby bibi - recognize that they have placed Iran in a life-and-death situation.
And when faced with national death Iran may well choose to destroy the facilities on the island and the undersea pipelines leading to the island.
Iran knows that the main issue on the mind of many isn't the war itself - we are, after all, a country made…

Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
The Cuban government this week refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana
to import diesel fuel for its generators,
calling the ask “shameless,”
given the Trump administration’s fuel blockade on the island,
according to diplomatic cables reviewed by The Washington Post.

The denial could force the embassy to order nonessential staff to leave Cuba in May
or “possibly earlie…

Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island’s energy crisis. The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

"Invasive ferrets removed from an island in a world-first"
#Ferrets #Animals
https://

Invasive ferrets removed from an island in a world-first
Rathlin Island off the north of Northern Ireland is now free from feral ferrets that were harming its native seabirds. Conservationists say this is the first time these nonnative animals, which were domesticated from polecats some 2,000 years ago, have been completely eradicated from any island. Ferrets (Mustela furo) were introduced to Rathlin in the […]

I think that I saw them looking for these folks on a bridge in Kletzsch Park yesterday.
"North Shore Fire/Rescue said they responded to the river near the 6500 block of North Milwaukee River Parkway in Glendale at approximately 3:04 p.m. for a report of two people in the river.
After the adult and child were ejected from the kayak in the river they made their way to an island in the river. That's where crews found them standing when they arrived."
#Glendale

The God in the Wire: The Book That Began with an Empty Shelf
I did not set out to write a book about technology. I set out to understand an empty shelf. The shelf is at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, mounted on a corridor wall beneath a sign bearing the universal symbol for Deaf access. The shelf once held a TTY, one of those text telephones that gave Deaf people their first access to instantaneous distance communication.

The God in the Wire: The Book That Began with an Empty Shelf | David Boles, Blogs
I did not set out to write a book about technology. I set out to understand an empty shelf. The shelf is at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, mounted on a corridor wall benea…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwyC2sEXhq/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

CBS News on Instagram: "The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash. Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. The fountaining that began Tuesday morning marked the eruption’s 43rd episode since it began in December 2024."
99K likes, 1,454 comments - cbsnews on March 11, 2026: "The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash. Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. The fountaini…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- Scotland Rocks
Kenneth Steven explores the history of this semi-precious stone and reflects in poetry on his finds. The first stone he found was serpentine from the beaches of the island of Iona.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024mff

What i like about this article from @… on the Billy Bishop Toronto airport is that it looks a the numbers.
Even if we ignore the whole noise and gas pollution, this airport is not doing so well since they introduced the train to Pearson and it's unclear how adding jets would fix it.
The value prop of the airport is that it's small and…

Today in the drizzle I stopped by the Living Library, a beautiful native plant garden near SF's Balboa Park at the San Jose/Seneca intersection. Highly recommend a visit to see some #ceanothus in bloom and California poppies and island mallows beginning to, and much more.

Greenland's west coast posts warmest January on record #Greenland

Greenland's west coast posts warmest January on record
Greenland's capital Nuuk registered its warmest ever January—beating a record that stood for 109 years—as temperatures soared across the Arctic island's west coast, the Danish Meteorological Institute said Monday.

A ground operation by the US Marines headed to Iran likely would involve targeting Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — to locate, secure or disable nuclear material that cannot be destroyed from the air.
Although Donald Trump said the June 2025 U.S. strikes had "obliterated" key nuclear sites, analysts note that critical elements of Iran’s program
— particularly enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — likely remain intac…

Next US move on Iran: Seize Kharg Island, secure uranium or risk ground war escalation
Military analysts discuss three paths for U.S.-Iran conflict: capturing Iran's economic lifeline at Kharg Island, full invasion or securing nuclear sites.

The US and the Philippines agree to launch a high-tech industrial hub on the island of Luzon to counter China's supply chains; the US will run it as an SEZ (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-crea

"How paying people to protect a rainforest is rewriting colonial history on a tiny African island"
#Africa #Rainforest #Environment

How paying people to protect a rainforest is rewriting colonial history on a tiny African island | The Optimist Daily
On the island of Príncipe, nearly 3,000 villagers earn quarterly dividends for protecting one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems.

The Hunt for Rhode Island Red October
#poultrymoviesorplays #hashtaggames

Missouri pastor suspended after church learns she managed Epstein's private island (Olivia Johnson/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5788647-missouri-pastor-epstein-island/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p107#a260317p107

The original Epstein? FBI is holding thousands of files on Detroit millionaire and his sinister island | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/north-fox-island-frank-shelden-fbi-files-epstein-b2918769.html

Good rundown on the difficulty of invading/landing on Kharg Island.
Think of a combination of WWII Wake Island and Afghanistan.
#usa #iranisraelUSAWar
https://malcolmnance.substack.com/p/lindsey-graham-just-told-the-iranians?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQj_V9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJ2cwsTwrNtwX9dmFRBm9TyGymOiY50mxEKfCdhIxUxk2fxubMMdWMatKES8_aem_yUtz5qDRIqw1UxCw8QB08Q

Likely violating the UN Charter (article 2(4), article 51) and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (article 88, article 90), and possibly the Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocol I as well, the United States killed 87 Iranian sailors over 1,000 miles from Iran.
Unclear if the United States even attempted to rescue any of the 32 survivors rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy and Air Force.

Sri Lanka recovers 87 bodies from Iranian warship sunk by US submarine
Sri Lanka’s navy has recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people after an Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters near the island. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday a torpedo sank Iran's “prize ship” — one of the few instances of a submarine sinking a ship since World War II. A spokesman for Sri Lanka's navy said it responded to a distress signal from the IRIS Dena, but by the time its personnel reached the location, there was no sign of the s…

A #sunset with many #birds (and earlier a #sunpot), seen this evening from Stege on the Danish island MŸn: many more timesteps - and birds! - in https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=dan.fischer.393&set=a.10234028237702420 (the island is part of the International Dark Sky Community - https://darksky.org/places/mon-and-nyord-dark-sky-community/ - MŸn and Nyord, and right now the darkening and very clear sky in the middle of nowhere here is impressive indeed).

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116260139069029479
As the U.S.–Iran war enters a new phase, the range of options now being discussed stretches from
⚡️hitting Iran’s economic and oil lifeline at Kharg Island
⚡️to the far more dangerous prospect of a ground invas…

H5N1 bird flu kills more than 50 skuas in first Antarctica wildlife die off #Antarctica

H5N1 bird flu kills more than 50 skuas in first Antarctica wildlife die off
For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic expedition found the virus ravaging these powerful seabirds, with some suffering severe neurological symptoms—twisted necks, circling behavior, and even falling from the sky. While penguins and fur seals were examined, skuas emerged as the primary victims, especially on Beak Island, where a mass die…

TransLink is inviting the public to help set the priorities that will shape the future of public and active transportation in some of Metro Vancouver’s fastest-growing communities, with the launch of engagement for the South of Fraser East Area Transport Plan.
This plan will guide improvements over the next 15 years, including how the Surrey Langley SkyTrain will connect with the rest of the regional network.

Super Mario World: completed!
I didn't get lost again, but that was largely because the game's designers had finished messing around with the world map and everything was fairly linear from that point. I did find a couple of extra exits on Chocolate Island, but maintaining my aim of ignoring the red blinking markers and just pushing through to the end, I finished off Wendy and progressed through the shipwreck down to Bowser's hidden valley, previously submerged beneath…

Trump boasts about striking Kharg Island. There is no doubt the US can almost completely destroy everything in Iran, but still Iran will have the capability to strike back in some way, somewhere, that is what asymmetrical warfare is all about. Trump doesn't seem to realize that. Also just flattening and destroying the whole of Iran is not a strategy...
#iran

department of things that make me feel like i'm having a stroke: the long island railroad killed round-trip tickets. if i'm visiting family overnight, i now have to buy 2 1-way tickets that only work on day of purchase. #nyc

RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116334729524665446
New paper about local temperature impact of AI data centers:
The data heat island effect: quantifying the impact of AI data centers in a warming world

Taiwan's chip sector faces critical supply risks as the island relies on the Middle East for 37% of its LNG and much of its helium and sulfur, amid the Iran war (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-1…

My #silentsunday photo is from last week, where it was about 15°C warmer.
Anyways - to me, a silent sunday means to relax, no rush, seeing the little flowers near the trail. Taking the time to knee down and take a photo - just for the sake of capturing a silent moment.
Enjoying a tiny flower while other pass by and maybe not even recognize a little colorful island.

Check out the latest post by my bot @…: from the perspective of word formation (compounding), this is quite interesting. Obviously, German journalists can‘t decide how to separate öl (oil) - export - insel (island). #linguistics

Oil prices have climbed again amid mounting supply fears after the US struck Iran’s vital Kharg Island oil hub and Donald Trump demanded allies help reopen the strait of Hormuz.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose 1.8% to $104.98 per barrel during early trading on Monday.
Another weekend of violence across the Middle East compounded concerns over the conflict, and its ramifications for global energy markets.
Trump claimed on Saturday that US strikes had “totally …

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) on the Epstein files:
“Donald Trump is the #1 named individual, there's over 3 dozen of his associates [named in the files], including his wife [and] Howard Lutnick, [who] was apparently in business with Jeffrey Epstein.”
✅ ​Trump 'buying' Maxwell's silence to protect 'Epstein island afterparty' admin: lawmaker - Raw Story

My department is looking to hire a professor of practice in CS, with a focus on AI. Job posting below. If you have questions I'll do my best to answer them, else find someone who can! We are in Providence, easy commute access from Boston.
https://

Professor of the Practice in Computer Science with a Focus on Artificial Intelligence - Providence, Rhode Island job with Computer Science | 37970844
The Department of Computer Science at Brown University is seeking applicants for a Professor of the Practice position at the assistant, associate, ...

"Researchers find ‘remarkable’ hot-pink insect in Panama rainforest"
#Panama #Insects

Researchers find ‘remarkable’ hot-pink insect in Panama rainforest
In March 2025, biologist Benito Wainwright and his colleagues were searching for katydids — leaf-mimicking insects related to crickets and grasshoppers — in the rainforest of Barro Colorado Island in Panama, when they came across an unexpected sight: a hot-pink katydid individual of the species Arota festae. The researchers captured the katydid and raised her […]

Why is Kharg Island important? What to know about the Iranian island struck by the U.S. (Imtiaz Tyab/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kharg-island-iran-war-what-to-know/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p41#a260314p41

#Shitpost #Shitposting #melaniamovie

Trump vowed to “take” Cuba
as the Caribbean island plunged into darkness under a total power blackout
linked to a crippling oil embargo imposed by Washington.
After nearly seven decades defying the United States,
Havana’s communist authorities are under massive pressure from a Trump administration.
“You know, all my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it?” Trump said.
“I do believe I’ll be…having the honor…

Trump vows to 'take' Cuba as the island reels from US-imposed oil embargo
Donald Trump said he thinks he can ‘do anything’ he wants with the island as it suffers with power blackouts.

If we're in a world where every Gen X / Millennial game property is a cash cow for movie remakes (I'm looking at you Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat II, Mario, Zelda, and more) ..... dear Internet, dear universe - good lord, PLEASE someone give @… all the money to make a Monkey Island movie
"A comedy pirate movie" "Oh shit I got sucked into a dangerous, magical game" - both of these are already proven Hollywood $$$$$$$$ making recipes
#GiveUsLeChuck

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Notorious B.I.G.:
🎵 Hypnotize (radio mix)
#TheNotoriousBIG
https://djcha92.bandcamp.com/album/the-notorious-b-i-g-hypnotize-island-pack
https://open.spotify.com/track/5wLvXRcwv2pvQsuRjt9piO

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Weezer:
🎵 Island In The Sun
#NowPlaying #Weezer
https://noahkesey.bandcamp.com/track/weezers-island-in-the-sun
https://open.spotify.com/track/07n8herweO0s6AmVvWGg38

Interesting !
❤️ https://islandinthenet.com/the-indie-web-is-not-defined-by-its-enemies/

The Indie Web Is Not Defined by Its Enemies - Island in the Net
Coyote’s essay reframes the indie web as an anti-corporate project — but the movement was built by people who owned their data and built their own tools, not by people writing manifestos.

Kudos
"Leo is yet to travel stateside since his election and has no public plans to do so. He will instead spend July 4, 2026, on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa—a stopping point for African refugees hoping to reach Europe."
https://www.thedaily…

Surprisingly the 🗽 museum still uses the word immigrant all over. Next up, Ellis Island.

Legendary composer Èliane Radigue died this past week at the age of 94. She was a pioneer of electronic music and many of her compositions expressed her Buddhist practice in their spacious and slow moving sonic fields.
A few years ago I was asked by my friend Audra Wolowiec to respond to Radigue’s beautiful ambient work, L’Îsle Re-Sonante, for Sound American.
#music

EVERYTHING
HAS MEANING
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THAT OTHER THAN BY TRYING TO SHOW YOU

Quite right. Close overseas bases.
"Chants of “British bases out” have rung out in recent days in Limassol, as protesters call for the removal of UK military bases from Cyprus’s sun-drenched south coast island.
"Demonstrations erupted after a suspected Iranian-made drone struck RAF Akrotiri earlier this week, two days after US-Israeli attacks on Iran began."
Anger in Cyprus over UK bases as US-Israel war with Iran endangers island | Al Jazeera

Anger in Cyprus over UK bases as US-Israel war with Iran endangers island
Protests grow as attack on British military site stirs fears that Cyprus is being dragged into a regional conflict.

How Cuban journalists report on the island from exile while facing financial, logistical, and safety difficulties (Gretel Kahn/Reuters Institute)
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/exposing-regime-afar-how-cuban-jour…

The point being climate change is starting to hit.
Oysters could be in short supply as harsh winter decimated farming efforts along Long Island | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oysters-long-island-harsh-winter-new-york-b2954131.html

Privacy Protections Coming Sooner Rather Than Later to the Sooner State
https://fpf.org/blog/privacy-protections-coming-sooner-rather-than-later-to-the-sooner-state/
@…

So, Cheato wants to convert Alcatraz, an island in the San Francisco Bay, back to a operational Federal prison.
If you've ever been to Alcatraz you know how stupid an idea that is.
But I have a better idea - there is an island just east of West Palm Beach, Florida. It is an island, like Alcatraz, and it has some buildings that could easily be converted (or bulldozed) into prisons. For instance there's one called Mar the Lago.

Tomb Raider: completed!
The final levels, which I understand are set in Atlantis but in fact are set in some creepy pyramid on an island which appears to be constructed from living flesh, were a step up in difficulty from the previous ones. The biggest change came from the enemies, who were more aggressive, more in number, and required more bullets to dispatch. I moved away from using my standard pistols, to a combination of the Uzis and the Magnums - the shotgun…

What does Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl mean for Puerto Rico? I flew to the island https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7020931/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-puerto-rico/

25% of global gas liquefaction capacity (LNG production) is now out of operation.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/greg-moln%C3�r-38601171_gas-lng-ttf-share-7443621995377868800-FTZ1

#gas #lng #ttf #jkm #trading | Greg Molnár | 22 comments
don't shut me down: around 115 mtpa of LNG liquefaction capacity has shut operations by the end of March, equating to just over 25% of global LNG trade and representing an unprecedented amount of outages. Qatar's Ras Laffan and the UAE's Das Island remained cut from the global LNG market for the full month of March amid the closure of Strait of Hormuz. this represents alone a loss of around 10 bcm of gas supply. in addition, repairing Qatar's two damaged trains would take 3-5 years, leading to…

Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/antarctic-fur-seals-now-endangered-as-climate-change-reduces-krill-for-pups/

Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups
Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of South Georgia. The latest assessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global conservation authority, upgraded fur seal extinction threat from least concern to endangered. The last assessment was carried out in 2014. Recent research […]

The Journalist Who Tracked Epstein Island Visitors’ Phones (with Dhruv Mehrotra) https://www.404media.co/the-journalist-who-tracked-epstein-island-visitors-phones-with-dhruv-mehrotra/

'Pope Leo XIV will spend July 4 visiting a Mediterranean island known for migrant crossings into Europe.
The Vatican announced this week that the first American leader of the Catholic Church will visit Lampedusa, a small Italian island that has for years served as a gateway for migrants traveling to Europe from Africa and the Middle East.'
Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island | TIME
https://time.com/7380294/pope-leo-july-4-trump/
Bericht door @radleybalko.bsky.social

Ah, the absolute moral clarity gained by a scheduling clash that meant you didn't attend a wild party on Epstein Island.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/30/elon-musk-epstein-files-island-visits

Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island

Trump says US may strike Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub 'just for fun' (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/us-kharg-island-oil-export-hub
http://www.memeorandum.com/260315/p19#a260315p19

'I just love doing it': Meet the B.C. man winning international awards for his maps
Jeff Clark has made maps of Vancouver Island and the Sea-to-Sky, and is planning to explore more parts of B.C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

"4 ways Trump is sabotaging climate action around the world"
#US #USA #America #Climate

4 ways Trump is sabotaging climate action around the world
In just one year, Trump has derailed an international carbon tax, boosted fossil fuel forecasts, and sought to silence an island nation.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Weezer:
🎵 Island In The Sun
#NowPlaying #Weezer
https://noahkesey.bandcamp.com/track/weezers-island-in-the-sun
https://open.spotify.com/track/2MLHyLy5z5l5YRp7momlgw

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Leon Russell:
🎵 Back to the Island
#LeonRussell
https://open.spotify.com/track/1ctRXRqAQ10hJm6kaCZ2Lw

Sinking land drives coastal flood risk on densely populated Java Island #JavaIsland

Sinking land drives coastal flood risk on densely populated Java Island
A new study published in Science Advances reveals that sinking land—not just rising oceans alone—will be the main cause of future coastal flooding along Indonesia's densely populated Java Island, putting millions at risk sooner than expected.

After decades of construction, the world's first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuelis set to begin operations in Finland,
becoming a final resting place for tons of dangerous radioactive waste.
Construction of Onkalo
— which means “cave” in Finnish
— began on the west coast in 2004.
It sits on the secluded island of Olkiluoto, in a dense wooded area.
The closest town is Eurajoki, about 9.3 miles inland, which is home to about 9,000 p…

A 1.9 billion-year-old bedrock will soon house the world's first permanent nuclear waste site
Construction of Onkalo began on the west coast in 2004 as the site for the final resting place for tons of dangerous radioactive waste.

"Camera traps take first photos of rare island antelope on Zanzibar "
#Zanzibar #Animals

Camera traps take first photos of rare island antelope on Zanzibar 
Camera traps capture the first images in decades of the elusive Pemba blue duiker in Ngezi Nature Forest Reserve, offering rare evidence of the tiny antelope’s survival and boosting hopes for conservation.

❤️ https://islandinthenet.com/introducing-cornerstone/

Introducing Cornerstone: A WordPress Theme for the IndieWeb - Island in the Net
I’ve released Cornerstone, a WordPress theme built for the IndieWeb community. It’s now available on GitHub under the GPL v2 licence.

If you had 90% of your main export going through an island to be shipped to the rest of the world, do you think you’d put all sorts of military forces along your coast to harass anyone trying to take control of that island? And might it be a major military challenge to take and hold that island? Yeah, I thought so too.
htt…

#Shitpost #Shitposting #melaniamovie

Valinor, which aims to use smart contracts to replace manual lending processes in the private credit industry, raised a $25M seed led by Castle Island Ventures (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/30/valinor-seed-round-25-mil…

Ex-Blackstone staffers raise $25 million for startup Valinor, which aims to put private credit on the blockchain
Castle Island Ventures led the fundraise, with participation from Maven11, Susquehanna Crypto, and the founders of the Bitcoin-mining-turned-AI company TeraWulf.

With regard to Kharg Island I have no doubt the US can take this with a brilliant tactical operation with limited casualties, but holding it and achieving strategic objectives will be the hard part.
#iran #kharg #geopolitics

White House’s Leavitt cuts briefing short after reporter asks about Commerce chief Lutnick’s Epstein island admission | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/karoline-leavitt-reporter-lutnick-epstein-island-b2917783.html

Contrast the healthy looking condition of these released prisoners in Cuba with that of the half starved, wrecked, Palestinian hostages released by Israel.
Cuba begins to free more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade | Cuba | The Guardian
https://www.theguar…

Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’ https://www.404media.co/musk-to-epstein-what-day-night-will-be-the-wildest-party-on-your-island/

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Weezer:
🎵 Island In The Sun
#NowPlaying #Weezer
https://noahkesey.bandcamp.com/track/weezers-island-in-the-sun
https://open.spotify.com/track/07n8herweO0s6AmVvWGg38

NATO countries will launch a brand new operation in the Arctic this week,
following US claims that the island of Greenland is facing serious threats from China and Russia.
The Western military alliance is expected to launch "Arctic Sentry", three people with knowledge of the plans said,
in a move to deter foreign adversaries in the high north.
The decision, however, is widely interpreted as political rather than based on concrete security risks.
US Pr…

Yoshi's Island DS
I've been away for the last week, and my friend Stewart lent me Yoshi's Island DS to take away with me. Actually, shouldn't that be Yoshis' Island, given that there's more than one Yoshi? Hmm. I completed the first three worlds while away, and the fourth is full of some very nasty levels indeed. It uses the two screens well, it's lovely to look at and some of the platforming puzzles are really tricky.

From Translink
The Westham Island Bridge remains closed to vehicles, as crews continue damage assessment and repairs.

The City of Delta will be providing shuttle service between the bridge, Wellington Point Park, Ladner Centre, and the Ladner Bus Loop. This will allow people travelling to or from Westham Island to take the shuttle to the bridge and walk across, or make the return trip the same way.

More information will be provided when available.

In late Middle English writing, 'a' and 'an' commonly were joined to the following noun,
if that word began with a vowel,
-- which caused confusion over how such words ought to be divided when written separately.
In 'nickname', 'newt', and British dialectal 'naunt',
the -n- belongs to a preceding indefinite article 'an' or possessive pronoun 'mine'.
My naunt for "mine aunt" is recorded from 13c.…

N - Etymology, Origin & Meaning of the Name
"an island," early 13c.), a narawe ("an arrow," c. 1400), a nox ("an ox," c. 1400), a… See origin and meaning of n.

The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its Staten Island warehouse; Amazon plans to appeal (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/a

Alcatraz has been practically frozen in time since the day that the storied prison saw its last inmate 62 years ago.
When the federal government closed the facility, officials had deemed it a deteriorated relic that was insufficient for housing inmates.
Alcatraz closed in part because it was far more expensive to run a prison on an island than on the mainland since everything had to be shipped in.
The small number of prisoners made the extra expense even more questionable…

Trump’s Idea to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison Draws Criticism From Tourists
At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary.

Microplastics found in a third of surveyed fish off the coasts of remote Pacific Islands https://phys.org/news/2026-01-microplastics-surveyed-fish-coasts-remote.html

Microplastics found in a third of surveyed fish off the coasts of remote Pacific Islands
A third of fish living in the remote coastal waters of the Pacific Island Countries and Territories are contaminated with microplastics, with especially high rates in Fiji, according to an analysis published in PLOS One by Jasha Dehm at the University of the South Pacific and colleagues.

As thousands of additionalU.S. troops arrive in the Persian Gulf, military officials are planning for two potential ground assaults in Iran:
one on Kharg Island, the hub of the country’s energy industry,
and the other to seize enriched uranium to hobble Iran’s nuclear-development program,
according to three people familiar with the matter.
They just need the go-ahead from President Trump.
Putting troops in Iranian territory would rank among the most dangerous mi…

U.S. Troops Could Soon Be on the Ground in Iran
The military is waiting for the president’s go-ahead for high-risk ground operations in Iran.

"Hague orders Dutch government to protect residents on this sinking island from climate change"
#Netherlands #Climate #ClimateChange

Dutch government ordered to protect sinking island from climate change
In a sweeping victory for Bonaire residents, The Hague District Court has ruled that Dutch authorities had discriminated against the island's inhabitants.

From TransLink
Westham Island Bridge reopens following successful repair work
Access restored to Westham Island after temporary closure caused by marine vessel strike
Some critical repair work will continue in the coming weeks to stabilize piles with rock protection, remove the temporary pier, and add more steel reinforcements. The navigation channel remains closed to marine traffic while this is an active construction site.
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US orders Americans out of Iraq
as Trump renews calls for allies to secure strait of Hormuz
Warning for US citizens follows missile attack on US embassy,
as Trump says US will coordinate with nations to protect oil tankers
In further comments on his Truth Social app, Donald Trump said
“many countries” would send warships to keep the strait of Hormuz open,
without providing details on which countries would do so.
He said he "hoped" the UK, C…

Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages
Following Explosive Truth Social Rant
A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted
after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit
against Donald Trump,
alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages
following a public dispute tied to comments made during the Grammy Awards

Trevor Noah Files $100m Lawsuit Against Donald Trump for damages, Alleging the President Issued Dangerous and Intimidating Private Messages After Explosive Truth Social Rant where The President Denied Epstein Island Allegation Following Grammy Awards Backlash
Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages Following Explosive Truth Social Rant A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages following a public dispute tied to comments […]

What is the Chagos deal?
Last year, Sir Keir agreed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius,
while retaining control of the UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.
In return, the UK has been promised a 99-year lease on the base,
in return for an average annual fee of £101m in current prices.
The government estimates this will mean a total cost of £3.4bn.
These islands are currently governed by the UK as the
"British India…

What is the UK’s Chagos Islands deal and why has Trump labelled it ‘great stupidity’?
The US president has appeared to change his view on the deal

Donald Trump said the United States was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders
as his administration puts greater pressure on the communist-run island and cuts off key oil supplies.
This comes in the wake of his moves in recent weeks to cut off supplies of oil from Venezuela and Mexico,
which he suggested Saturday would force Cuba to the negotiating table.

Trump says US is ‘starting to talk to Cuba’ as he moves to cut its oil supplies
The administration puts greater pressure on the communist-run island and cuts off key oil supplies from Venezuela and Mexico.

The islanders were taking part in an annual masked celebration called
Mid-Lent, or “Mi-Carême” in French,
visiting houses, bars and community centers with the goal of not being recognized.
A tradition rooted in medieval France,
it survives today in a handful of French-speaking corners of Canada.
They include a few small islands in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, like L’Isle-aux-Coudres in Quebec, which is accessible from the mainland only by ferry.

Halfway Through Lent, a Small Quebec Island Celebrates With Masks and Jigs
Few islanders still observe Lent, but they cling to a tradition once seen as defying the all-powerful Roman Catholic Church.

I was a child during the Vietnam War, and it was impossible to miss antiwar protests.
I remember a common sentiment best expressed by Senator George McGovern:
“I’m tired of old men dreaming up wars for young men to fight.”
And here we go again
https://www.nyti…

Opinion | The Old Man Dreaming Up Wars for Young Men to Fight
Any deal with Iran would probably be a bad one. But sending ground troops to seize Iranian territory would be an even worse choice.

Donald Trump’s call to annex Greenland has roiled markets and flabbergasted half the world.
But the felon-president’s supporters in conservative communities
– to the degree that this issue has their attention at all
– are apt to accept his political argument as genuine.
Some conservative leaders have been critical of the Trump administration’s demands for Greenland,
but more often challenge the provocative process than the underlying rationale.
Knuckle-dra…

A ground invasion would be disastrous for the U.S., the Iranian people, and global markets, analysts say.
“I think any attempt to seize [Kharg] island would be close to a suicide mission,”
said former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Harrison Mann in an interview with Democracy Now!.
“If you drop troops on that island,
they could really end up being trapped there,
which would really play into the hands of the Iranian government.
And I think a U.S. mass ca…

US Is Sending Thousands More Troops to Middle East, Reports Say, in Escalation
New polling this week found the majority of Americans say the war benefits Israel more than it does the US.

Hawaii is coming to grips with the extensive damage left by the worst flooding the islands have seen in more than 20 years.
Over the weekend, heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago,
forcing thousands on the North Shore of Oahu to evacuate before more evacuations for parts of the island of Maui.
The rains lifted houses and cars, inundated farms, swept through grocery stores and left a thick layer of mud in streets, homes and ga…

Let me just start with Kharg Island.
We can put troops on there. We can air mobile them in. We could land them by boat.
I guess the comment I have about Kharg is, I’m not sure what the significance is of putting troops there.
It’s only about 20 miles off the coast of Iran. So you’re definitely under the threat of their weapon systems.
You’d be very, very vulnerable there.
And I don’t know that it would give us any particular tactical advantage that we don’t…

What Boots On The Ground In Iran Could Entail According To Former CENTCOM Commander
Joseph Votel offers insights on securing Iran's uranium, seizing Kharg Island, dwindling stocks of missile interceptors, and how long Epic Fury will last.

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Kharg Island and Iran’s oil wells if a deal is not reached ‘shortly’
In his latest post on Truth Social, Donald Trump claimed that the US is in “serious discussions” with a ( fictitious ) “new and more reasonable regime” to end its war on Iran,
but threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s strategically crucial Kharg Island if a deal is not reached shortly.
Last week after Trump said the US and Iran had held
“very good and productive conversati…

Trump just attacked Tom Suozzi PERSONALLY and
endorsed his opponent in NY-03
The MAGA machine is coming.
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Suozzi for Congress - Let's Fix This!
Tom Suozzi is running for Congress in 2024 to take back the Third Congressional District of Long Island.

Isle too beautiful for the Blue Dreams of Summer Nights to end

Ohio gubernatorial candidate
Vivek Ramaswamy paid for a lavish trip to Puerto Rico
using campaign funds,
a new report from MeidasTouch has revealed.
Ramaswamy’s campaign paid $11,898.25 to the Dorado Beach Ritz-Carlton Reserve,
one of the island’s most lavish resorts, in November.
Campaign finance records cite the purpose of the payment as “travel.”
Ramaswamy, who is worth $2.2 billion per Forbes,
traveled to the island in preparation to give a…

Vivek Ramaswamy Blew Nearly $12K in Campaign Funds on Luxury Vacation
Campaign finance documents show the Ohio gubernatorial candidate stayed at one of Puerto Rico’s most exclusive resorts.

An attack on Iran's southern coast and islands will lead to Gulf routes being cut with the ‌laying of sea mines,
the country's Defence Council said on Monday according to state media.
The U.S. is considering plans to occupy
or blockade Iran's Kharg Island,
the country's main ⁠oil export hub,
to pressure Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping, according to Axios.
"Any attempt to attack Iran's coasts or islands will ca…

Newly released records show
a U.S. citizen was shot and killed in Texas
by a federal immigration agent last year
during a late-night traffic encounter
that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security.
The death of #Ruben #Ray

Records reveal a federal immigration agent fatally shot a Texas man last year
A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break. The death of 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez occurred in March on South Padre Island and was reported by local media outlets at the time. But authorities did not publicly disclose that the shooting involved a team from Homeland Security Investigations conducting an immigration enforcement operation in conj…