Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe X.com EXCLUSIVE: It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the Pentagon has informed Congress — an assessment that means the conflict's economic impact could extend late into this year or beyond. 11:52 AM • 4/22/26 • 5.3K Views

Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe X.com A senior Pentagon official shared the estimate, which has not been previously reported, during a classified briefing Tuesday for members of the House Armed Services Committee, officials said. The timeline was met with frustration by Democrats and Republicans alike. 11:55 AM • 4/22/26 • 1.4K Views

⚠️ It could take six months AFTER the Iran War ends to clear mines from Strait of Hormuz, per Pentagon.

This timeline means the war’s economic impact could extend late into this year and beyond.

Reporting by WaPo:

💥NEW: We’ve spent years piecing together internal documents to find out how Palantir, a controversial surveillance firm, secured the keys to our health data.

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Good thing we've got a further 3-5 day unilateral ceasefire where nothing will happen then

The 2023-present assault on Gaza was far from the beginning of Israel’s wickedness, but it feels like a real watershed in that they realised they no longer need bother trying to forge a compelling victim narrative and can just be openly, gleefully evil on the world stage and get away with it.

According to the Geneva Convention this is a war crime. Unlike the ICC, Israel have signed the Geneva Convention.

Extreme lengths to go to, to tackle the alleged birth rate problem 🤔

Congrats to someone at DHSC for having just invented General Practice

Headline of the Day.

History shows that when we change our perspective, we change our hearts and our policy. It's time to see the big picture again.

#SeeTheBigPicture #ArtemisII #NASA #EarthDay

Keeping the masses arguing amongst ourselves is the prime distraction activity of the 0.1%. Because if we were to coalesce around legitimate shared grievances, they’re toast.

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court finds that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution, and a ban on public funding for abortion is unconstitutional.

A square cream plate with orange flowers on each corner with a central black text stating "Always trust uour inner witch"

Carrie Reichardt, contemporary UK artist, a figurehead for the Craftivism movement, working in murals, ceramics, screen-printing and graphic design #womensart #Monday

...maybe - just maybe - he's actually the worst president in history

For the first time since the prize was created in 1989, all recipients of the award are women: Iroro Tanshi, (Nigeria); Borim Kim, (S. Korea;),Sarah Finch, ( UK), Theonila Roka Matbob, (Papua New Guinea); Alannah Acaq Hurley, (US); & Yuvelis Morales Blanco, (Colombia).

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

@chadbourn.bsky.social

Did you see this strap line for reform on the BBC breakfast this morning?
Can I ask people to complain...

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And, of course, after the BBC spends a week obsessively promoting their disgraceful dog-whistle "sting", Reform promises to review and revoke the asylum decisions of thousands of people already granted it.

With zero mentions of the BBC's "undercover investigation" anywhere in the piece. A

Voters have just today left to register to vote for the local elections taking place across England on 7 May. Anyone who wants to take part must register before 11.59pm tonight.

Registering takes minutes at gov.uk/register-to-vote. Just need name, address & National Insurance number. Pass it on.

UK is waaaay behind that on eHGV. Less than 1% I believe

I feel like we don’t talk enough about how every world leader on Earth is expected to communicate in dignified, grammatically correct English, except for the American who speaks English natively as a first language.

Understatement of the year

The plot to enslave America. The plot to enslave humanity. They are announcing it because they think we can no longer stop them

How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal the role of Palantir in creating the U.S. government’s international spy machine.

How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal Palantir’s role in creating the U.S. government’s international spy machine.
theintercept.com/2017/02/22/h...

That action says everything you need to know #25amendment

Ooh, makes me think of Limbo (2020). Excellent film and equally striking painting

Is the new AI model really too dangerous to release? Podcast Episode · The Interface · 16 April · 41min

Sleep deprived? Apparently blue light does NOT impact sleep! Your phone habits & lack of natural light (even if overcast and later in the day) makes ALL the difference.

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A large crowd as always at the weekly march in Tbilisi. Georgians have been protesting in 8+ cities every day for the last 507 days.

#SundayThoughts

BREAKING: Just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, massive trades hit the market.

Investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, ​a $760 million bet that oil would go down.

These orders were much larger than anything else at the time.

Unusual.