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BREAKING: Iran is preparing to continuously fire hundreds of missiles per day at Gulf energy infrastructure, refineries, ports, and water desalination plants as soon as the US resumes strikes, per NYT. Iran's IRGC says it will "return the Emirates to the era of riding camels" and "occupy Abu Dhabi" if necessary. The Houthis would also immediately shut down the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to open up a second maritime front against the US, with initial steps toward the blockade already taken.

AI being booed in commencement addresses seems pretty natural to me. It's really, really unusual for the people building and selling a new technology to promise that it will destroy people's livelihoods. Whether you consider this to be "horrendous marketing," or "actually, a craven justification for VC investment" or "really, just honest communication" or "rationally over-emphasizing the probability of a long-tail catatrophic outcome" or whatever else, the point is ... it's very unusual. I think today's 22yos should probably familiarize themselves with Claude and ChatGPT, but I don't entirely blame them for booing a technology whose architects have said, this will destroy your jobs.

Billionaire ex-CEO of Google Eric Schmidt fails to read the room, championing artificial intelligence’s restructuring of society at the University of Arizona graduation ceremony Friday night in his speech as commencement speaker. Schmidt was met with merciless boos and jeers from the graduating students at every mention of AI. AI is expected to replace around 15 million U.S. jobs by 2030.

If you need any more evidence that democratic congressional leadership supports the Iran war. They miscounted the votes so an actual co-sponsor of the bill had to vote against it to stop it from passing!

Abolishing the Electoral College would trigger a war. Period. It is the one thing I would absolutely take up arms over.

Mao gives advice to Australian Communist

This is the most accurate summary I’ve seen today. And you buried the most important line: “Asian buyers alone took 7M for August delivery.” The US is draining its strategic reserves — and shipping them to Asia. While American gasoline stocks sit below the 5-year average heading into peak driving season. Think about what that means: ▸ SPR exists to protect domestic supply in emergencies ▸ That oil is now on tankers headed to Tokyo and Shanghai ▸ Once it’s gone — it’s gone The borrowed time ends when three things collide simultaneously: → SPR hits operational limits → Hormuz disruption continues → Summer driving demand peaks All three are happening right now. In the same month. “Borrowed time on borrowed oil” is the most precise description of 2026 energy markets I’ve read.

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