Dr. Jonathan Schroden

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(Reuters) - Americans have paid more for their gasoline and diesel at the pump on average during President Donald Trump's second term than they did under his Democratic predecessor, Joe ​Biden, according to the AAA. ⛽️ @reuters.com www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Naturally. @axios.com $ANT www.axios.com/2026/10/26/c...

Strikes in Somalia continue to creep upwards even as the ISIS strikes may have ended or hit a lull. Strikes on 10/21 and 10/23. www.newamerica.org/insights/ame...

BREAKING: Anthropic files for IPO

Have said this same thing for years The extreme sports crowd would be huge in Afghanistan

Tough chart: Home prices, mortgage payments and incomes since 2020 — all indexed to zero. (via JBREC)

Anthropic's Claude accessed publicly available Georgia voter data without human authorization, a disclosure sure to add to growing concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

“.. a stunning comeback, sealed late as voters in Lula’s northeastern stronghold rallied behind one of Latin America’s most prominent opponents of Trumpism.” @bloomberg.com 🇧🇷 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It’s a bold strategy to put something that people seem to universally hate in rural red districts all across the country Let’s see how that plays out for them, Cotton!

Video games

The collapse of academic history is a part of this trend - if you dig into the original report, "History & Related Fields dropped from a peak of 7,496 [dissertations per year] in 2015 to 3,583 by 2025, a contraction of 52% in a single decade." Which of course mirrors the trend in academic jobs.

The price of jet fuel has crossed the $200-a-barrel mark, the highest this year with no maximum in sight.

Brent crude oil high this year: $118.35 Today’s close: $117.12 (via Schwab) ⛽️

It makes sense that such a public solicitation would be for a “discrete” partnership as opposed to a “discreet” one

Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Step 1 is to stop listening to Patraeus

I can attest this to be accurate, at least based on the last few flights I’ve been on

A federal judge in Florida orders President Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11, or face dismissal of his $10 billion action.

Barclays Kroger eBay Netflix Disney Electronic Arts Campbell’s Workday AmEx @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Three recent policies in particular have targeted the military's most important asset: its human capital. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2026/october/pentagons-culture-war-hurting-military

“All the Small Things”…In My Pants

Noooooooooo

I have been told by some who know that the savvy response is “Biden was sworn in as the 46th president”

SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions.

@danlamothe.bsky.social is good at his job

“If our costs increase, so will yours. If our costs decrease, we pocket the difference” 😡 😡 😡

"Washington’s strength has actually played against it. A belief in military force as the sole ingredient for success has enabled a lazy and destructive foreign policy that ignores the will and motivations of both allies and adversaries." foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/20/u...

Hey Siri why do we still have the Napoleonic staff structure

The Pentagon office tapped in 2022 to oversee the military’s responsible use of AI had filled just three of 10 authorized positions as of February 2026. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Another reason to stop watching CBS

“.. The filings pull back the curtain, in vivid detail, on how billionaires like Mr. Zuckerberg — whose net worth stands at $247 billion — are navigating the risk posed by California’s proposed tax.” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...

But I was assured that more lethality equals more winning

Happy that people are coming around to realization (not the only place I've seen this idea today) we didn't need Epic Fury or Ukraine to teach us this lesson.

Breaking News: The U.S. and Israel have plans for new strikes on Iran after the midterms, according to officials briefed on the discussions.

Should be 10 times that much

"Renewed attacks on tankers and energy infrastructure highlight the persistent geopolitical risk even as Persian Gulf flows recover, while shipping costs have soared to stratospheric levels."

(NBC News) - The U.S. military has quietly been scaling back its troop presence at bases across the Middle East in recent days, and the State Department is ordering a further reduction in staff at multiple diplomatic posts in the region .. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Wut

“The war has made us understand that the best leverage for pressuring Trump is increasing oil and energy prices because it will hurt the American people,” [Iran’s] Mr. Salehi said. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

"the United States has come to embrace a perverse and unsustainable orientation to the rest of the world: extreme belligerence paired with strategic fecklessness." @jkdemp.bsky.social

AFRICOM announces another strike in Somalia (on 10/19). This one is interesting because it’s in the north but against Shabaab (a rarity for the northern strikes) while still no declared strikes vs ISIS since May. www.newamerica.org/insights/ame...

"A belief in military force as the sole ingredient for success has enabled a lazy and destructive foreign policy that ignores the will and motivations of both allies and adversaries. Such thinking also elevates tactics above strategy." Great piece by @jkdemp.bsky.social

“The Anthropic Iceberg” — Tommy Thornton 👀 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

“.. Stunning. Pending home sales in the US fell to an all-time low in September.” - Schwab

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer was selected as Secretary Hegseth's senior advisor and will visit military installations across the country. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

“We don’t have a playbook,” he said. “We’re all on audibles. We can go one play at a time.” Truer words never spoken.