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It is the year of our lord 2026 and it still takes me twelve button presses on my remote to switch my TV from playing one source of content to another source of content. Unacceptable.

Drew Mochak 11h ago

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Jason Lefkowitz 11h ago

Former CENTCOM commander General Joseph Votel: “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.”

https://www.twz.com/news-features/former-centcom-commander-on-what-u-s-boots-on-the-ground-in-iran-could-entail

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.

The War Zone

Drew Mochak 11h ago

The Bulwark 12h ago

Destroying fuel-producing infrastructure is fundamentally different from temporarily blocking a fuel transit passageway. When infrastructure is gone, it’s gone. It could take years to rebuild. And this is not theoretical.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/global-recession-worst-case-economic-outcome-of-trump-iran-war?utm_source=threads&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=subs

The Worst-Case Economic Outcome of Trump’s Iran War

Oil shocks don’t only raise prices. They also destroy growth and jobs.

The Bulwark

Drew Mochak 11h ago

RSS Talking Points Memo (TPM)17h ago

Noem’s Ad Procurement Scandal Was Just The Tip of the Iceberg

This story is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Markwayne Mullin is on track to take...

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/noems-ad-procurement-scandal-was-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg

Noem’s Ad Procurement Scandal Was Just The Tip of the Iceberg

This story is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...

TPM - Talking Points Memo

Drew Mochak 11h ago

CodeByJeff 1d ago

As a programmer, I wish I could help people understand that the fastest part of any project is writing the code...

Non-programmers always want to throw more code writers at a project to speed things up. The "Mythical Man Month" problem aside,

the bottlenecks are all the legwork involved in defining the problem, the scope of this particular task, and fully testing it.

Even before AI, writing code was fast and we already have a lot of tools to crank it out...if we're clear on *what* to crank out.

This is prolly true in all fields, this difference in understanding between the people who actually work in a field, and the people who are adjacent to that field.

Drew Mochak 11h ago

Jones Murphy 12h ago

Trump pardoned the ex-President of Honduras, convicted of shipping over 300 tons of cocaine into the US. Yet Trump’s going after the President of Colombia instead

https://apnews.com/article/us-investigation-petro-colombian-president-95886306b7c3107df584e154726a8737

DEA names Colombian president 'priority target' as US prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been designated a “priority target” by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as federal prosecutors in New York probe his alleged ties to drug traffickers, according to people familiar with the matter and records seen by The Associated Press. DEA records show Petro has surfaced in multiple investigations dating to 2022, many based on interviews with confidential informants. Petro has denied all ties to drug traffickers. Prosecutors in Brooklyn and Manhattan in recent months have been questioning drug traffickers about their ties to Petro and specifically about allegations the Colombian president’s representatives solicited bribes to block their extradition to the United States, said one of the people familiar with the inquiry.

AP News

Drew Mochak 11h ago

PCMag 12h ago

Microsoft is vowing to focus on quality with future Windows 11 releases, which includes better performance and reeling in the company’s Copilot footprint over the OS. https://www.pcmag.com/news/less-copilot-more-reliability-microsoft-eyes-quality-in-new-windows-11

Drew Mochak 11h ago

Nina Kalinina 12h ago

When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".

Ha-ha.

Drew Mochak 11h ago

Steve Herman 12h ago

A federal judge rules that the Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets violate the First Amendment and issued an order tossing parts of the department’s policy, handing a victory to The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/business/media/pentagon-press-restrictions-new-york-times.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UlA.301S.N37JyqeBz3uP&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional

A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.

The New York Times

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