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Just got this from Planet Labs, they are delaying posting imagery from specific areas in the Middle East 96 hours due to operational security concerns: Reads in part: As part of Planet’s commitment to responsible data practices and the safety of personnel on the ground, we are implementing temporary adjustments to imagery access for a Designated Area of Interest (AOI) across the Middle East. All new imagery collected over the Gulf States, Iraq, Kuwait, and adjacent conflict zones will be subject to a mandatory 96-hour delay before it is made available in our archive. This change applies to both high (SkySat and Pelican) and medium (PlanetScope) resolution data sets. This measure is intended to prevent adversarial actors from using recent data for immediate Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) and is rooted in our commitment to ensuring the safety of allied and NATO-partner personnel and civilians on the ground. As the conflict evolves, the area impacted may change. What this means for your workflow: Effective immediately, customers will experience a 96-hour delay on all data in the Planet Archive over the Gulf States, Iraq, Kuwait, and adjacent conflict zones. This delay applies to customer-tasked data as well. Tasking and Archive data access over Iran will remain unchanged and continue to publish immediately, for the time being. We recognize that timely data is critical to your operations. We are actively monitoring the situation and intend to resume standard service cadences as soon as safety conditions permit. ... Thank you for your partnership and understanding. Best regards,

(Ya Got) Trouble from The Music Man (1962) is a masterclass in fear-mongering. Robert Preston lays out the supposed moral decay of pool halls, brilliantly satirising an "American small-mindedness" that’s easily hustled by promises to shield kids from imaginary threats.

The new ITV documentary ‘The World at War’ does an incredible job with this story.

Trump previews tomorrow’s State of the Union: “It's going to be a long speech, because we have so much to talk about."