Great nerd catch. I was already in love with Project Hail Mary and then a prop from Power of the Daleks turned up. https://x.com/themindrobber/status/2038556311890096325 (View Post)

Guardian. Spain, a Nato member, has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, the country’s defence minister, Margarita Robles, told reporters in Madrid this morning. “We don’t au… (View Post)

Indeed it is. But at the same time we have Israeli cabinet ministers, and PBers, openly discussing the desirability of precisely that for Gaza. Which perhaps goes some way to explain why many of us a… (View Post)

That's not entirely bonkers, as it's a comment on tendency of Trumpworld to manipulate its ability to control news releases for financial gain, as noted here regularly. Do you really take T… (View Post)

It is worse than that. The US military has war gamed conflicts with Iran for decades. The administration ignored every lesson from those, as we can see from their surprise at Iran's capacity to … (View Post)