I’m Sorry, Dave. I’m Afraid I Can’t De-escalate: On (AI) Wargaming and Nuclear War Recent experiments placing large language models in simulated nuclear crises have produced alarming headlines. “Bloodthirsty” AI systems escalate

AI wargaming is generating buzz, but the conclusions being drawn deserve a much closer look.

Queen Elizabeth II was born in London #OnThisDay in 1926. She wore this Norman Hartnell designed crinoline-skirted, belted blue gown with a matching bolero jacket for her sister Princess Margaret’s wedding to Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960. Royal Collection Trust. #royalfashion #fashionhistory

A selection of the Queen’s coat and dress ensembles shown with their matching hats. They are displayed in two rows, one above the other in rainbow shades

A photograph of the white gloves worn by the Queen of her public outings and two of her trademark Launer handbags

A photograph of two framed embroidery samples relating to the Queen’s 1947 wedding dress, one for the dress itself and the other for the veil

As well as the garments, there are plenty of accessories on display in Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style. It celebrates the work of the milliners, the glovers, the embroiderers, all of whom are present in the story of this wardrobe #corneliajames #RCT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I attribute it, at least in part, to his career in the entertainment industry, where he no doubt had to deal frequently with people who were - to say the least - difficult.

Russia (1) forgot that Ukraine, in Soviet times, had been a key center of military manufacturing and innovation, and that necessity is the mother of invention, and (2) failed to reckon with Zelensky's remarkable, and rapidly-developing, skill as a diplomat.

...raise an eyebrow at you for doing so; if they do, it follows *they're* the bad-mannered ones for sneering at you. What's really odd now that it's come up is that forks (spoons & knives are set in the right orientation) are set at American tables in the mirror image of how they should be used.

Personally, I've always thought that, especially if you're not ambidextrous (you have one hand dominant, in other words), you should carry on using utensils properly in the way you were taught to use them, depending on where you were raised. No good-mannered person should ever...

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GMT Games Coast Watchers game set during solitaire play as the Allies

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...then how do you propose to compel the ship to stop? By boarding it? That places your own personnel at risk of potential injury or death if the other ship's crew resists. And letting it go is not an option unless you want to disobey your orders.

Let me ask you, then. Put yourself in the position of the USN captain in this incident. Your orders are to enforce the blockade - which, as the OP has explained, is legal within the context of the war. You're trying to get the ship to heave-to. If stopping it by disabling its engines is ruled out...

The definition/distinction here is admittedly eye-crossing for a lot of non-lawyers, but several people here appear to not even have read the OP's careful explanation.

"Between arms (or, a bit more poetically, between armies), the law is silent."

I wonder if several of the people commenting in this thread even bothered to read anything you wrote before piping up "but the blockade is illegal!" I've studied the law of war, and your analysis is on target, to coin a phrase.

N.B.: As a commenter in the thread rightly said, it does not follow that because something is legal, it is thereby either moral or sane.

There are a lot of good and valid reasons to criticize That Man's CF in Iran, but as explained below - PLEASE read the thread carefully in full before commenting, I've seen a couple of replies that are in-one-ear-&-out-the-other - the blockade of Iranian ports is, in fact, legal.

Modern People: Haha those old movies with married couples in twin beds!

Also Modern People: The grape suspect was unalived when he drew a pewpew…

In my considered opinion, Crooks did attempt to shoot That Man, but he didn't hit his target; TM's ear was probably injured - older people tend to get cut and bruised very easily - when he was grabbed by members of his Secret Service detail (they weren't being very gentle about it).

Unless a judge puts the brakes on (again), it appears The Onion is finally taking over InfoWars. I wonder if this has anything to do with Alex Jones finally turning on That Man.

American fashion designer Norman Norell was born #OnThisDay in 1900. He designed this 1951 dinner dress, consisting of a black jersey bodice with organdie collar and cuffs, and a skirt made of white cotton organdie with a black belt and red silk rose. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

I keep getting items relating to Victoria (the Australian state) when what I really want is items relating to the Victorian Era, because I follow the #victorian hashtag.

Isn't That Man supposed to be a teetotaler who really doesn't like people around him drinking?

I will be astounded if this ever gets beyond discovery.

He gets closer to Nixon/Carter/GWB territory with each new poll, it seems. And his actual popularity may well be worse than the polling suggests; we just don't know for sure because his diehard supporters are SO. GODDAMNED. LOUD. (And still have a lot of amplifiers & loudspeakers.)

Oh yeah, and he was a keen skier - definitely one of the more strenous sports.

The contrast between him and JPII, even back then, couldn't have been any more striking. Karol Wojtyla that was, was built like the proverbial tank, which no doubt had something to do with his surviving being shot in 1981, then going on to one of the longest papacies in history.

My maternal grandfather died in 1972 at 62 or 63 (though he had major contributing factors, being diabetic, alcoholid *and* a smoker). Dying in one's 60's was a lot more common in those days than now.

12 years in one of the most high-pressure positions in the world with just the one lung? (1) He must really have been taking good care of himself & had a top-notch medical staff; (2) Somebody up there was watching over him.

Same with Maria Felix. And those two ladies are commonly regarded as being among the greatest international stars of 1950's and 1960's cinema. But they're just not profitable enough for American release, even now.

And as you say, there are a LOT of other classic Euro movies from the 30's to the 60's - even fairly recent ones - that have never been released in the U.S. which *forces* people to resort to less-than-legal methods. Most of Sara Montiel's filmography, for instance, is just not to be had in America.