James Gleick22h ago

Do you understand why Trump has lifted the oil sanctions that were punishing Iran, the country he’s bombing, and Russia, the country that’s helping it?

Do you understand why Trump is sending 5,000 Marines to sail through the Strait of Hormuz while complaining that none of our friends and allies will help him reopen it?

Here's the whole explanation.

https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian

March, 19-21: God is a comedian

A stiff drink is recommended

Gold and Geopolitics
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)

@gleick
Lest we forget this brilliant move —

Where are all our minesweepers?
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-strait-of-hormuz-minesweepers-b2936416.html

Trump pulled mine-sweepers from the Middle East and they’re sitting in Philadelphia as the Iran War rages

The Navy went through with plans to pull the ships from service despite ongoing tensions with Iran

The Independent
Mar 22 at 4:17pmMoshidon
Show threadConny Nasch18h ago
@RunRichRun @gleick read the first comment.
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)18h ago
@gleick
Unrelated — I was doing some housecleaning recently, and this note from Ralph Leighton fell out of a book. I lived in Glendale in the late 80s and early 90s — attended a memorial service for Feynman at Caltech at which I recall Murray Gell-Mann speaking. I can't recall, but perhaps Ralph Leighton spoke then as well. I must have dropped him a note for some reason. Small world.
Show threadJames Gleick18h ago
@RunRichRun I was there. Thanks for sharing.
Show threadJaime Robertson10h ago
@RunRichRun @gleick Goes along with the hospital ships he was going to send to Greenland, the ones in dry dock in Mobile, Alabama.