A Negotiated Settlement for a Sovereign Iran is Nigh Impossible

Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director Kash Patel's Personal Email Account, DOJ Confirms Iran-linked hackers have claimed responsibility for breaching the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel, publicly releasing photographs of him, a purported resume, and excerpts of old emails. A U.S. Justice Department official has confirmed the compromise, marking the latest escalation in cyber tensions between the United States and Iran. The hacking group, known as the Handala Hack Team, announced the breach on its website and Telegram channel on Friday. The group posted images of a younger Patel...

US Sanctions Dozens Of Iranian Airlines As Tehran-Favored Mahan Air Defiant, Expands Flights As part of the latest in the Trump-Bessent "asphyxiation of this regime" approach to Iran after six months of military action failed to accomplish most White House aims, the Trump administration on Tuesday announced it is sanctioning all Iranian airlines in a massive aviation crackdown. The Treasury statement listed 27 Iranian air carriers and nine entities as part of an effort to deny the Iranian government the ability to move "weapons, personnel, and illicit cargo". via IRNA "Let this be a warning...

Zuck Torches Dario's AI Nanny State, Wants 'Trust Us Bro' Instead After Anthropic's Dario Amodei set off a firestorm on Saturday calling for a 'pause' in AI development until hand-picked arbiters are installed inside the frontier labs (a gift to Beijing), Mark Zuckerberg sided with the testosterone wing of the tech-bro complex with a builder's response: police yourselves. You don't need anyone's permission - or a cartel, to do it. Mark Zuckerberg macrodoses mushrooms and fights Dario Amodei in his mindspace (probably) Amodei published a 3,800-word essay, "We Must Pace the Frontier"...