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Simpler times.

Never thought I'd look back on this with nostalgia.

Can't help but think of a paraphrase of William Gibson's old chestnut: The war is already here, it's just not evenly distributed.

On Friday the 13th, too.

As for Israel's entire approach over the past 2.5 years, the biggest question is, What's the theory of victory? At a certain point the conflict can't be expanded any further, and there would seem to be many resource constraints already.

Some initial cold thoughts on the Israeli airstrikes against Iran, which I'll try to keep from becoming hot takes. 1. Sometimes when the boy cries wolf, there's really a wolf. I like many thought this was yet another round of Israeli saber-rattling, with an eye toward the US-Iran nuclear talks. 🧵

So, what have you been spectacularly wrong about in the past 24 hrs?

Maybe it's because among the first people rounded up by ICE under Trump II were law-abiding legal residents who happened to be pro-Palestinian activists? And one of them has yet to be released?

Really enjoying this one.

Why is the WH press corps asking if Trump will "allow" peaceful protests?

Evening soundtrack. This one is so good. (I won't ruin his evening by tagging him directly, but I could even see he who hates all jazz half-liking this. It's more orchestral music with a jazz inflection than jazz.)