The Cypriot base, RAF Akrotiri, is being evacuated after threats it has become a legitimate target after agreeing to allow refuelling of US jets on the UK outpost. Thousands of flights in and out of the Middle East have been cancelled in the biggest disruption to travel since the COVID pandemic—with airlines afraid of the economic impact and market turmoil. Later in the morning, Iran stated that its Natanz reactor site has been bombed, sparking fears radiological contamination.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the musical stylings of Wintergarten (with synchronopticæ) plus Firefly Aerospace
twelve years ago: Norway’s sovereign petroleum fund, Tom Swift, Russia annexes the Crimean peninsula plus meteorological spring
thirteen years ago: a brain-to-brain interface, major construction projects in Berlin plus US budgetary sequestration
fifteen years ago: consumer rights
sixteen years ago: limits on data retention