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So, the last 24 hours (open source):
F-15E lost, 1 pilot rescued
HH-60W damaged
A-10 crash, pilot status ____
F-16 Squawk 7700, Iraq
KC-135 Squawk 7700, Israel
Will come back to this if/when more info.
F-15E lost, 1 pilot rescued
HH-60W damaged
A-10 crash, pilot status ____
F-16 Squawk 7700, Iraq
KC-135 Squawk 7700, Israel
Will come back to this if/when more info.
F-16 landed safely.
2 rescue helicopters damaged, per NBC source (unnamed US official).
@stevesi28838948 Thank you for the clarification.
My perspective concerned government sponsorship of religious activities in official spaces.
You are quite correct that the government should not be making distinctions among religions, e.g., different Christian services today.
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My perspective concerned government sponsorship of religious activities in official spaces.
You are quite correct that the government should not be making distinctions among religions, e.g., different Christian services today.
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@stevesi28838948 I do not know exactly what the Catholic customs for today are, but the services offered in a government facility should reflect equal treatment of all faith groups interested in participating.
I don’t like a “friendly reminder” of something that is supposed to be optional.
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I don’t like a “friendly reminder” of something that is supposed to be optional.
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SOVEREIGN MIND MECHANICAL BRIDGING OF THE GAP BETWEEN WANTING AND LIKING
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Here are the primary somatic protocols to ensure pleasure has "weight" and integrity:
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Here are the primary somatic protocols to ensure pleasure has "weight" and integrity:
1. The "5-Second Somatic Anchor"
When you engage in a pleasurable act (eating, a cold shower, a walk, or tactile contact), the Amygdala and VTA (Ventral Tegmental Area) often rush ahead to the next hit. This leaves the current moment "empty."
When you engage in a pleasurable act (eating, a cold shower, a walk, or tactile contact), the Amygdala and VTA (Ventral Tegmental Area) often rush ahead to the next hit. This leaves the current moment "empty."
The Protocol: Before and during the act, focus exclusively on one Kinetic Fact for 5 seconds.
The Science: This forces the Thalamus to send high-resolution data to the mPFC and Sensory Cortex, bypassing the "Wanting" script.
The Science: This forces the Thalamus to send high-resolution data to the mPFC and Sensory Cortex, bypassing the "Wanting" script.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
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From a cutting-edge neurobiological perspective, the "Pleasure Principle" is the mechanical operation of the Mesolimbic Dopaminergic System.
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From a cutting-edge neurobiological perspective, the "Pleasure Principle" is the mechanical operation of the Mesolimbic Dopaminergic System.
Its primary function is not the delivery of satisfaction, but the encoding of salience and anticipation.
1. The Pleasure Principle: Fantasy vs. Survival
In the modern brain, the search for sensual satisfaction is more frequently attached to Fantasy (Anticipation)
1. The Pleasure Principle: Fantasy vs. Survival
In the modern brain, the search for sensual satisfaction is more frequently attached to Fantasy (Anticipation)
than to Survival (Utility). This is due to the distinction between "Wanting" and "Liking":
Wanting (Dopamine/The "Ghost"): Mediated by the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) and the Nucleus Accumbens.
This system is triggered by "Priors" and "Scripts."
Wanting (Dopamine/The "Ghost"): Mediated by the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) and the Nucleus Accumbens.
This system is triggered by "Priors" and "Scripts."
My ideal workflow:
1. In the morning, I have a 15-min standup meeting with a master AI who gives me progress of all subagents & tasks. I provide feedback & give instructions in one focused meeting
2. During the day, we all go our separate ways. Agents focus on their work; I focus on my work
3. In the afternoon, repeat step 1
1. In the morning, I have a 15-min standup meeting with a master AI who gives me progress of all subagents & tasks. I provide feedback & give instructions in one focused meeting
2. During the day, we all go our separate ways. Agents focus on their work; I focus on my work
3. In the afternoon, repeat step 1
The frequency between these standups can be decreased as agents get smarter and can do longer horizon tasks
Think about how the best human managers operate. They don't let reports ping them all day with random updates. They say: "Bring it to the standup. If it's not urgent, it waits."
That boundary is what makes them effective. Right now, AI users have no equivalent boundary. Every agent has a direct line to your attention
That boundary is what makes them effective. Right now, AI users have no equivalent boundary. Every agent has a direct line to your attention
1/ A Four-Star’s History Lesson on the Iran War
A must-read summary of a great listen: see @nytimes @DavidAFrench's conversation with former commander of US Special Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opi…
A must-read summary of a great listen: see @nytimes @DavidAFrench's conversation with former commander of US Special Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opi…
2/ To successfully meet the challenge the US currently faces in Iran, McChrystal recommends starting with “strategic empathy”: asking how the events occurring today look through the eyes of our adversary. (In the security studies canon, strategic empathy is an antidote to Americans’ natural “strategic narcissism” that understands events only through our own eyes, assumes others see the world as we do, and expects them to act only in response to our initiatives.)
3/ Specifically, McChrystal advocates beginning by asking how Iranian leaders remember the history that has led to this juncture: “I try to remind people whenever we think of what’s happening now: If we don’t understand the journey to this point, we don’t understand the attitudes that are going to drive decisions people make.” While Americans’ memory of Iran’s 1979 revolution and support for Shia militias leads US policymakers to view Iran as a “recalcitrant enemy,” for Iranians, it really starts in 1953 with US covert action to overthrow Iran’s elected leader.
An entire new world opens up for you once you find the courage to be bored. Treasure hides in the thoughts you fear.
But if you numb your boredom and run from it, then you guarantee your potential in life will never be realised.
Constant stimulation or your best life.
Up to you
But if you numb your boredom and run from it, then you guarantee your potential in life will never be realised.
Constant stimulation or your best life.
Up to you
You know this already, and I've repeated it a countless number of times. Yet so many of you will still be in the same loops you were in when you first heard it.
You have slept for years. You hardly remember the days.
It takes just ONE deliberate disruption to change your life.
You have slept for years. You hardly remember the days.
It takes just ONE deliberate disruption to change your life.
Genuinely consider what kind of gold is buried in the deep grooves of your mind. All of your emotions, thoughts, experiences. You've read enough. At this point, the the thoughts of the majority only degrade the quality of your own.
Raw dog life. Unusual is fine.
Become a freak.
Raw dog life. Unusual is fine.
Become a freak.
IS THERE ENOUGH SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT FEMALE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES ON TESTOSTERNE SUPRESSION HAVE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN OLYMPICS? 🧵🧵🧵👇👇
When I first read the IOC announcement of the new policy regarding female athletes screening genetic tests, my first thought as a Medical Geneticist was that it would be complex to apply, based on current scientific knowledge and evidence based medicine, for 46,XY female athletes
And that the police would be straightforward for female transgender athletes, as they should have a competitive advantage.
Why isn’t Iran backing down?
I wrote about it here 👇
Iran sees this war as the culmination of a “death by a thousand cuts” campaign.
In this context, compromise without securing its core interests may lead to collapse anyways.
🧵on a few key points:
dissidentforeignpolicy.com/p/why-iran-isn…
I wrote about it here 👇
Iran sees this war as the culmination of a “death by a thousand cuts” campaign.
In this context, compromise without securing its core interests may lead to collapse anyways.
🧵on a few key points:
dissidentforeignpolicy.com/p/why-iran-isn…
2/ This Iranian view of facing a sustained strategy of attrition aimed at collapsing the state shapes how negotiations are viewed.
Calls for talks are not seen as off ramps on their own. They are seen as attempts to freeze the conflict after failing to secure a decisive outcome.
Calls for talks are not seen as off ramps on their own. They are seen as attempts to freeze the conflict after failing to secure a decisive outcome.
3/ There is a recent precedent.
After the June war, fighting paused but pressure continued.
From Tehran’s perspective, that model leads back to the same cycle.
After the June war, fighting paused but pressure continued.
From Tehran’s perspective, that model leads back to the same cycle.
1/ China Challenge: Believe it or Not*
The Escalator to Heaven
The Escalator to Heaven
2/ Who has the longest stack of escalators in the world?
3/ Answer: Chongqing, China. The “Goddess” escalator in Wushan county consists of a series of two dozen individual escalators and lifts that climb more than 750 feet over a 2,500-foot length in 21 minutes. Every day, 9,000 people pay the 50-cent fee to avoid a steep stairway. 
Even in darkness, we glow.
In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.
In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.
These two images were taken by @astro_reid only minutes apart. The stark difference is the result of camera settings. In the first, a longer shutter speed let in much more light from Earth, while the shorter shutter speed in the second emphasizes our planet's nighttime glow.
@astro_reid In this image, also taken from the Orion capsule, we see the divide between night and day, known as the terminator, cutting across Earth. Whether awake or dreaming, we're all here on this planet together.
The End of the Software Gestation Table 🧵
In "Software 2.0," we were agriculturalists. We’d get a task—a refactor, a new UI—and instinctively size up the Gestation Period.
Every project had its "Appointed Hour" before it could be born into the world.
In "Software 2.0," we were agriculturalists. We’d get a task—a refactor, a new UI—and instinctively size up the Gestation Period.
Every project had its "Appointed Hour" before it could be born into the world.
We sized our work by a biological clock:
🐣 Chicken (21 days): A bug fix.
🐑 Lamb (5 mos): A new feature.
👶 Human (9 mos): A product launch.
🐘 Elephant (2 yrs): That legacy migration everyone fears.
We accepted the delay as the natural order of things.
🐣 Chicken (21 days): A bug fix.
🐑 Lamb (5 mos): A new feature.
👶 Human (9 mos): A product launch.
🐘 Elephant (2 yrs): That legacy migration everyone fears.
We accepted the delay as the natural order of things.
As devs, we "lived in the end" of a working solution, but the "Bridge" to get there was a slow, rhythmic grind of syntax and manual debugging.
The struggle was the proof of the work. If it didn't take "Human" or "Elephant" time, it wasn't considered "real" engineering.
The struggle was the proof of the work. If it didn't take "Human" or "Elephant" time, it wasn't considered "real" engineering.
