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After 10 weeks of a U.S. oil blockade, Cuba's grid is near collapse. Russia may be sending a lifeline: a state-owned tanker full of crude. But a Chinese-owned tanker, spooked by U.S. threats, abandoned its Cuba delivery and is now looking for a buyer elsewhere. w/ @jacknicas




This scene had me fucking tense, Nolan was really about to crush that little girl's head over getting a pop quiz question wrong.


Hegseth: "Our ungrateful allies in Europe, even segments of our own press, should be saying one thing to President Trump -- 'Thank you. Thank you for the courage to stop this terror stage from holding the world hostage while building or attempting to build a nuclear bomb.'"



1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️



"A Trump administration official, granted anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations, said finding a 'way to align closer with Russia' could create 'a different power balance with China that could be very, very beneficial.'" politico.com/news/2026/03/1…

10 more targets from the last few hours as announced by IDF in Tehran. Overall, the amount of bombings since last night has been massive in the Iranian capital alone.




Donald Trump asked the world to join a multinational naval coalition to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. 🇮🇹 Italy: Rejected 🇪🇸 Spain: Rejected 🇯🇵 Japan: Rejected 🇫🇷 France: Hesitant 🇳🇴 Norway: Rejected 🇨🇦 Canada: Rejected 🇦🇺 Australia: Rejected 🇩🇪 Germany: Rejected 🇨🇳 China: No response 🇬🇧 UK: No commitment 🇳🇱 Netherlands: No response 🇰🇷 South Korea: No confirmation America looks increasingly isolated.

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters)-The U.S. is "fine" with some Iranian, Indian and Chinese ships getting through the Strait of Hormuz for now, Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC on Monday, adding that any U.S. action to mitigate higher prices would depend on duration of the war.

Unfortunately, as you get older, you gradually become less interested in new music and keep going back to the old favorite songs you once loved.



We may have to consider the possibility that Trump has no idea what he's doing: Trump "played down concerns about higher energy prices, saying that the U.S. is the world’s largest oil producer, “so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.”" wsj.com/business/energ…




someone built a $96 3D-PRINTED MANPADS rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor and piano wire its called Project Canard it integrates with distributed camera nodes to triangulate airborne targets and update flight paths in real-time it proves the barrier to advanced hardware has completely collapsed, moving precision weapons from defense labs to consumer garages the entire launcher and interceptor frame is 3D printed in PLA and runs off a standard off-the-shelf ESP32 microcontroller it even spins up a local Wi-Fi network so you can monitor live telemetry and arm the system directly from your laptop












