Greg Helton

In an interview with the BBC, I asked the interviewer when they would start talking about Hezbollah’s indiscriminate attacks on Israeli communities? Enough with the one-sided coverage.

@USN_Submariner The Hawkbill sailed to the North Pole from the Pacific and the Ray and Archerfish from the Atlantic. In August 1962, the USS Skate (SSN-578) and USS Seadragon (SSN-584) were the first two US subs to meet at the North Pole having sailed from different oceans.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙨 USS Ray (SSN-653), USS Hawkbill (SSN-666), & USS Archerfish (SSN-678) at the North Pole in 1986, the first time 3 boats were together there. ★ OTD in 1967: Ray was commissioned ★ OTD in 1969: Hawkbill was launched

@brosen1501 Care to share your thoughts about the Republicans negotiating the deal so you weren't released until after the election?

I was thirty-something years old when Iranian students dragged me into a room and told me I wasn't going anywhere. Four hundred and forty-four days later, I walked out. I've spent the decades since trying to make sense of what happened — and what keeps happening — between our two countries. So don't talk to me about Iran like it's an abstraction. I lived inside that confrontation. I felt it. Which is why I'm not ready to write off this ceasefire, even though everything about it is maddening. Negotiations in Pakistan may produce nothing. The talks could collapse before they get started. I've seen American diplomacy with Iran fail more times than I can count, and usually for the same reasons — too much pride, too little patience, and Israel holding a match in the corner of the room. But here's what I know in my bones: another war won't break Iran. We just tried. It didn't work. Iran doesn't break — it absorbs, it adapts, and it waits. I watched that stubbornness up close for 444 days. What bothers me most isn't that Iran is winning this moment — it's that we handed it to them. Tehran's framework is running these negotiations. Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz. Still collecting tolls. Trump looked at their proposal and called it workable. I never thought I'd see the day, but here we are. Iran wants everything on the table — sanctions, enrichment rights, American troops out, and a deal that covers what's happening in Lebanon and Gaza too. That's a lot to swallow. And Israel, which wasn't invited to this conversation, is already making clear it has no intention of being constrained by it. That's the part that worries me the most. Because if Israel keeps bombing and Washington can't or won't stop it, none of this holds. And yet — and I say this as someone who has every reason to distrust Tehran — I don't think we go back to all-out war. Not because anyone has suddenly gotten wise, but because the math doesn't work. A second round ends the same way. Iran still controls the Strait. The global economy still flinches when Tehran flexes. What we're heading toward isn't peace. It's something smaller and more precarious — two countries silently agreeing not to destroy each other today, with no paperwork and no guarantees. I know what it's like to survive on something that fragile. For 444 days, that's all I had.

@khodorkovsky_en Reality is starting to break through, "There are almost no adults left because almost everyone was sent to the SMO." x.com/albafella1/sta…

It is nearly impossible for a European to comprehend the psychological reality inside Russia. It is not just "fake news." It is a total deconstruction of reality. Let me try to immerse you in the world Russians live in [1/9]

NASA's Artemis II just released the first photo of the far side

Morning everyone I hope you are well. Early morning reflections across Derwentwater with Cat Bells as the backdrop. Have a great day. #LakeDistrict

@TheOldBahrain Dubai 1972

Dubai Creek in 1962. Photographed by Yoshio Kawashima.

#OnThisDay 1807 the Abolition of Slave Trade act gains Royal assent making trade of African slaves illegal in the Empire. In the decades that followed the Royal Navy captured over 1600 ships, freeing over 150,000 slaves. The cost was 2% of Government spending or half of RN budget

@mcuban AI agents should leave you enough time to run for President. We need a bigger, better H Ross Perot.

After reading all the posts/articles about how agents will take over the world, and I think they will have an impact. I'm updating my position to reduce their importance for communications outside an organization. Why ? Spam filters and filter agents. I had Claude write an agent thqt shows me all the email newsletters I get that have an unsubscribe button. Takes me two seconds to click the check boxes for the ones I don't like and unsubscribe I've also started getting way too many "I saw your linkedin profile and you are a good candidate " lol Those emails shouldn't get to me. They will get caught up in future spam filters. Yes there will be agents who say they can bypass them and they will battle it out. The same with mobile calls But I think there will be so many junk emails and calls, Gmail and voice carriers will promote the fact that they can stop the agent email assault we all are starting to face. Won't that undermine all those "marketing departments or companies in a "bottle" agents ? I think it will. And so many Agentic companies built for external communications won't get past those spam filters, it just might require us janky humans to write emails or a lot of white listing efforts by us humans to make decisions on what to let through Thoughts ?

Java: The Documentary is coming this summer. This is a big one folks... 🍿🍿🍿 youtube.com/watch?v=cwLYS_…

Hard to tell if measles vaccine works

Great East Window, York Minster The largest medieval stained glass in the world.

Oh London in spring! 💖

Barton Springs Pool Reopening Delayed So Workers Can Safely Complete Maintenance Project - Barton Springs Pool Is Tentatively Set to Reopen on Saturday, March 21. Get complete details: tinyurl.com/4k56kckz

Hackness, North Yorkshire

@tomokodesu1 Quite a cinematic image!

I had a ¥500 Ramen in Osu! 🍜👍　Video coming soon! ☺️ Ramen Stall 屋台のラーメン

A breathtaking view of Robin Hood’s Bay from above 😍

Ely Cathedral octagon.

Officer cadets from the French Military Academy of St-Cyr parading and singing in front of the iconic Mont-Saint-Michel. 🇫🇷🎥

Mikladalur, Faroe Islands 🇫🇴