Midweek Meh-Ness [DOT 8/4/26]

I hope everyone’s week has gone alright so far considering [gestures wildly]…


Middle East crisis live: Pakistan says agreed ceasefire includes Lebanon; Iran will allow ‘conditional passage’ through strait of Hormuz
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/07/iran-war-live-updates-trump-hormuz-threats-deadline-strikes-middle-east-conflict


ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5776799/ice-spyware-privacy


Soon after massive honeybee deaths, Trump moves to close the nation’s premier bee lab
https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-06/usda-bee-lab-closing?utm_source=npr.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=national_highlight&utm_content=homepage


US seeks to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia despite new Costa Rica deal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/kilmar-abrego-garcia-liberia-deportation


Sprots!

Michigan muscles its way to program’s 2nd NCAA basketball title, beating UConn
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/g-s1-116620/michigan-ncaa-national-title


It’s just “Lemon, it’s Tuesday,” forever and ever until we pass out, huh

Mo Ryan (@moryan.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T00:10:18.184Z

Watching the news tonight be like

Andy Fix (@ajfixer.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T21:01:56.010Z

Have a great day!

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20 Comments

    • …kinda tough to figure how solid the thing is when it seems like it says different things in different translations, too…seems like in farsi there’s a line about accepting enrichment that wasn’t in the english 10 point list…although…the ones that were?

      Will be very curious to the FDD crowd spin an IRGC-led Iran with these terms as a win. Loomer I assume will yell treachery and double down rooting out of disloyalty in the administration
      screenshot of 10 point proposal from Iran regarding the two week ceasefire deal

      …so…he seems demob happy & talking about “hanging around” in the region while it experiences a golden age…I dunno but that’s what the post this morning said…meanwhile except for “the markets” & their whole “we needed to hear that” approach to it’ll-buff-out on those futures…still seems like we get maybe 10% of traffic tops for the two weeks

      hooh boy.

      Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) 2026-04-08T03:47:11.662Z

      …at the going rate?

      ladies and gentlefriends, welcome to Geopolitics

      Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li (@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com) 2026-04-08T01:32:53.591Z

      …so…that’s…fun?

      I guess we learned not to do it again

      fucked if I know what we did*

      *what they did: abandon Freedom of Navigation as one of our longest standing national security priorities

      Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T05:49:15.787Z

          • …for extra fun…iran sold not just drones but the how-to for those to russia…who…maybe…might now be sending russian-built-iranian-designed ones their way since they have considerable production capacity for those these days

            …&…vlad might be the only one as happy as bibi & the ben gvir types about this whole misadventure…his whole deal in ukraine is less unaffordable than it was looking a few weeks back…not to mention team oblivious dipshit still thinks it’s reasonable to ask ukraine to give away the defensible ground around donbas that russia has been failing to acquire all this time

            …I swear it’s like he plays for every team *but* the fucking US…& hegseth still thinks the historic thing they did wasn’t the how-embarrassing-for-you thing?

    • It’s not over. Somebody will be dumb or malicious enough to tell Trump that he got utterly beaten, and he’s going to go apeshit trying to wreak vengeance. It’s just going to take time to penetrate his decaying brain.

  1. My loathing of MAGAts, the Fascist losers, the Incel fuckwits, the oblivous, the Tech Brahs, Epstein Party, the other billionaires and RW nutbags and the Trump Admin has grown exponentially.

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