Spare a thought for some of the world’s most insufferable people, whose idyllic Dubai lifestyle has been rudely interrupted by a geopolitical unpleasantness they were supposed to be above:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/dubai-private-jet-prices-soar-tourists-stuck-wealthy-leave

@acb That reminds me: does anyone know what the implications of the lack of declaration of war are for insurance contracts?

Is there some sort of "looks like a war, quacks like a war" standard, or, in absence of a declaration, does it end up in the same bucket as the sort of terrorism where half he people involved are intelligence agents but legally it's not a 'war'?

@fuzzyfuzzyfungus @acb I understand that many insurance policies exclude “acts of God” or war as a valid reason for a claim.
@wtrmt @fuzzyfuzzyfungus @acb yeah, and they covered it with the words "Declared or undeclared".
@wtrmt @fuzzyfuzzyfungus @acb I remember having a bike insurance as a teenager (for some reason my parents thought that was a good idea?) and being very amused that the insurance specified it was not valid in the case of a nuclear attack or nuclear incident.
@meuwese what kind of nuclear incident could a child and a bike induce? 🫣

@wtrmt @fuzzyfuzzyfungus @acb

"What do you Mean that "Acts of God" are not covered !? That was $50 Billion in Cash !"

"We're sorry, Mr. Trump.
Besides, all of your followers think you are God anyway so technically your entire policy was and is Null and Void... "