
lancemate
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The headline says that the costs of Trump’s tantrums are “starting to show”. I don’t think Americans get that for Europeans, the Greenland debacle changed everything. It’s over. No one can trust the US. It’s not because of Trump. It’s because we know your system can’t/ won’t stop him or the next guy after him. And also that there’s enough of you who think it would be ‘cool’ to invade just to rub it in our faces. That’s a good enough reason to never trust you again and make everything far more transactional.





In the United States, President Trump’s periodic insults hurled toward allies get treated as routine tantrums. But in those countries, the accumulation of abuse has reached a tipping point. My latest column: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…






This man was walking to the stadium when a man walked up to him and tied a “free” home made bracelet around his wrist for a festival that’s coming to town. After he does that he asks for a donation of 25 euros to help support Africa. When the man says he didn’t have any cash on him, the man the pulls his phone out and tells him to enter his info for a card donation payment. Should the man have just refused the bracelet, would you have given him 25 euros to help support Africa?










If you are using the earth as a reference frame, the moon is actually doing a close flyby of Artemis II.


You can now enable Claude to use your computer to complete tasks. It opens your apps, navigates your browser, fills in spreadsheets—anything you'd do sitting at your desk. Research preview in Claude Cowork and Claude Code, macOS only.























