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Fall of Civilizations Podcast@fallofcivilizations.com

⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️ In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on the steep drop in international tourism to the US: "It's not a big deal"

CNN@cnn.com

Disaster survivors in Arkansas left homeless by recent tornadoes have been blocked from receiving federal recovery aid after President Donald Trump rejected the state’s request to declare a major disaster in March.

cnn.comTornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request | CNNTrump’s disaster denial follows his executive order seeking to shift the burden of response and recovery from the federal government onto states.

Axios@axios.com

Trump says he won't play hardball with China on trade

trib.alTrump says he won't play hardball with China on tradeIt is the latest trade war twist, and prompted a sharp rebound in financial markets.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social

4/ This honestly is perhaps the most insane thing we’ve heard since Jan 20. Musk, Thiel and Luckey want the US to pay for the creation of this network of surveillance and attack lasers and then the Pentagon will become a subscriber to the service. So the US won’t own our own missile defense.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

This is some sick shit

Undark Magazine @undark.org

University of Alabama at Birmingham, the state's largest public employer with $413M in NIH funding, warns cuts "would result in job and economic losses" across the city.

undark.orgNIH Funding Cuts Don’t Just Target Elite UniversitiesLess-wealthy institutions may be particularly hard hit by the proposed reductions in funding for biomedical research.

RobertReid@redneckhack.bsky.social

“Washington has become Nero’s court,” said French Sen. Claude Malhure, “with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a buffoon on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/w... via @NYTimes

nytimes.comEurope Weighs Peacekeeping Role in Ukraine Amid Trump’s Embrace of RussiaThe deeper discussion of a European force comes amid rising anger and dismay over President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Is Bondi going to prosecute this guy federally as a domestic terrorist?

LBC@lbc.co.uk

Follow LBC's live blog here: www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/heat...

lbc.co.ukHeathrow fire LIVE: Airport closed all day with 'chaos for at least a week' as 1,300 flights axed after huge blaze eruptsHeathrow Airport has been plunged into chaos after a fire at an electrical substation left it, and more than 16,000 homes, without power.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

This reminds me of a rule that Austan Goolsbee (now Chicago Fed president, then an econ professor) once taught me. He called it the “pathological irony of crisis”: If you lose credibility, your statements begin to mean the opposite of what you say. www.axios.com/2025/03/20/t...

axios.comTesla shares fall after Lutnick goes on TV and recommends stockHis comments are the latest in what has effectively become an administration campaign to defend Musk's company.

Mark@worgztheowl.bsky.social

RIP to a real one. John Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot has sadly passed away. And his war service history is crackers beyond belief. From Dublin, it's enough to make you believe in both the luck and brilliance of the Irish. raf.mod.uk/news/article...

raf.mod.ukThe last surviving Battle of Britain Pilot, John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC, passes awayJohn "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, passed away peacefully on 17 March 2025 at the age of 105. Paddy Hemingway, one of a number known as ‘...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bessent: "The American dream is not, 'let them eat flat screens' ... the American dream is not contingent on cheap bobbles from China."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump announces more tariffs on Canada and says, "The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump announces more tariffs on Canada and says, "The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State."

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

“Frightened for the safety of their families.” America, 2025.

Tatarigami@tatarigami.bsky.social

I hope my friends in Poland have no illusions about this administration. No matter how much you praise them or speak kindly, they will still attack you the moment you have even the slightest disagreement.

auonsson@auonsson.bsky.social

Military-size drones have been flying night-time missions over strategic installations in NW Germany last 2 weeks. Sightings are confirmed by German armed forces. Security sources suspect they came from North Sea or possibly Baltic Sea and are of Russian origin. Targets: mil bases, ports, LNG.

WIRED@wired.com

Enforcing the tariffs on Taiwan would be difficult, and they wouldn’t necessarily be enough to meaningfully increase semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, experts told WIRED.

buff.lyTrump Still Considering Tariffs on Taiwanese Chips, Despite $100 Billion TSMC DealEnforcing the tariffs on Taiwan would be difficult, and they wouldn’t necessarily be enough to meaningfully increase semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, experts told WIRED.

NewsTalk BLUE@dailycast.news

The Trump administration posted a racist executive order on social media basically stating Americans must speak English. This comes after three young men wearing MAGA hats attacked two men for speaking Spanish. The EO will embolden more MAGA to become vigilantes and act out on this issue.