day nine (13. 243)

Returning from Dover to receive the first of the war dead, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he was not ruling out sending in ground troops to Iran, deploying a third aircraft carrier ground, the Gerald R Ford, from the Caribbean to the Red Sea, teasing that at a later stage that the objective would be to take over Iran’s nuclear stockpile.
US and Israeli attacks have targeted several fuel storage facilities across Tehran and institutional office towers in Dubai and Kuwait are engulfed in flames and a desalinisation plant for drinking water, cooling servers was disabled. Accused of joining wars after they’ve already been done, Trump renews condemnation for the UK for Keir Starmer’s initial reluctance to participate in the effort for this illegal act of aggression, saying their belated contributions were no longer needed. Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi stated that openness to deescalation was summarily ruled out by Trump’s miscomprehension of the country’s capabilities and intent as the clerical council announces consensus and is ready to appoint the next Supreme Leader.

 

synchronoptica

one year ago: Stick Nation (with synchronopticæ), linguistic divisions plus Carl Jung’s Red Book

twelve years ago: the visual perception of the mantis shrimp 

fourteen years ago: headlines from 1912 

fifteen years ago: prescribing placebos 

seventeen years ago: office small talk