‘In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he could be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said.…’ (Erin Banco via Reuters)
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‘For weeks, it has been clear that Trump was possibly going to violate the Constitution in a hugely consequential way. Why did the Democrats, protectors of the Constitutional order from a would-be dictator, not launch a loud campaign of their own to warn Trump off, and raise public awareness of the lawless and likely reckless act this President was visibly preparing to take?…’ (via TDaily Kos)
‘I … assume that, among the general population, Anthropic now gets more lib-coded and OpenAI gets more conservative-coded. I’m not sure this is a great position for OpenAI to be in, particularly as Trump gets more unpopular. As Musk has found out with Tesla, it’s probably still the case that most consumers of high-tech products are fairly left/progressive.…’ (Nate Silver via natesilver.net)
‘Transgender Kansans are being informed on the eve of a new state law going into effect that their driver’s licenses will be considered invalid as of Thursday, Feb. 26.…’ (via Kansas City Star)
…and the harassment is the sole point of this.
