U.S. Air Force E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Lands at Andrews Air Force Base
June 18th, 2025Via: Metro:
A US Air Force E-4B aircraft landed near Washington, DC, heightening speculation as President Donald Trump weighs joining the war between Iran and Israel.
The ‘Nightwatch’ aircraft nicknamed the presidential ‘Doomsday Plane’ touched down at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday night.
It departed from Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana, and took a very unusual flight path to arrive close to DC, i24NEWS reported.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Metro on the Boeing E-4B’s mission, if it was related to the Iran-Israel conflict and whether Trump was on board.
What Does It Mean When Jobs Are Being “Enhanced” by AI? Expect Layoffs
June 17th, 2025Enhanced by AI! *wink* *snort*
Via: USA Today:
Rollout of generative AI and agents will reduce Amazon’s total corporate workforce in the next few years, Andy Jassy, CEO of the online retailer said in a note to employees on Tuesday.
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“As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done. We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs,” Jassy said.
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“Amazon is communicating a message we have been increasingly hearing from other technology companies – AI is progressing so fast in improving productivity that the need for hiring will diminish over time,” said D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria.
“The main roles being enhanced right now are in software development, and that is where we are seeing the most pronounced slowdown in hiring.”
Israel Slaughters Palestinian Civilians Trying to Get Food
June 17th, 2025Vowing to starve a population of 2 million people by blockading food, then starving them for months, then giving the facade of aid because you admit you're forced to by international opinion, then using aid centers daily to massacre civilians seeking food, is a new kind of evil. https://t.co/Fti2QtTPHZ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 18, 2025
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Iran, Iran, Iran.
Meanwhile…
Via: Al Jazeera:
Israeli troops have killed at least 70 Palestinians and wounded hundreds as they sought aid in Gaza on Tuesday, firing at them with tank shells, machine guns and drones. Those casualties are among the 89 Palestinians killed in attacks across the besieged enclave since dawn.
Israeli soldiers fired at the desperate crowds of aid seekers on Tuesday morning as they gathered along the main eastern road in the southern city of Khan Younis. It was the latest in a sustained wave of carnage since the Israel- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) launched operations to distribute food in the territory three weeks ago.
More: Israeli Tanks Kill 59 People in Gaza Crowd Trying to Get Food Aid
Trump Indicates U.S. Involved in Israeli Attacks on Iran
June 17th, 2025No false flag operation. No absurd yellow-cake-type fabrications.
Not necessary.
Jeff sums it up:
Today Washington doesn’t need to justify anything. Everyone already knows it’s criminally insane and capable of anything.
20+ years ago the US still felt constrained to present its stitch-up of Iraq to a skeptical UN before saying "Fuck it, we'll do it live!"
Today Washington doesn't need to justify anything. Everyone already knows it's criminally insane and capable of anything. pic.twitter.com/AnakrJEQx5
— Jeff Wells (@JeffWellsRigInt) June 17, 2025
Via: USA Today:
President Donald Trump appeared to indicate that the United States has been involved in the Israeli attack on Iran in June 17 social media posts where he said “we” have control of the skies and “American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff”” defeated Iranian defensive equipment.
“We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.” Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
In a second post Trump said, “We know exactly where the so-called “Supreme Leader” is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Israel Prepositioned Remotely Operated Weapons Inside Iran
June 17th, 2025Ukraine did it to Russia. Israel did it to Iran.
Who is going to do it to the U.S?
More importantly, who is going to be blamed for it?
Via: The War Zone:
As Israel’s Operation Rising Lion campaign enters its fifth day, Iranian officials claim they’ve uncovered new evidence of how Mossad operatives carried out attacks from inside the country using missiles and drones, at least some of which helped suppress Iranian air defenses.
OpenAI Wins $200 Million U.S. Military Contract
June 17th, 2025Via: CNBC:
OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools.
The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for “national security missions.”
“Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains,” the Defense Department said. It’s the first contract with OpenAI listed on the Department of Defense’s website.
Anduril received a $100 million defense contract in December. Weeks earlier, OpenAI rival Anthropic said it would work with Palantir and Amazon to supply its AI models to U.S. defense and intelligence agencies.
TRUMP: EVACUATE TEHRAN
June 16th, 2025Via: New York Post:
President Trump warned that “everyone” in Tehran should “immediately evacuate” in an alarming Monday night Truth Social post as it was revealed he would be leaving the G7 summit a day early due to the Iran-Israel conflict.
“Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” Trump posted on social media.
About an hour later, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tweeted that the president would be departing the G7 in Canada early “because of what’s going on in the Middle East.”
Technical Presentation on Giza Plateau Massive Underground Structures
June 16th, 2025Via: Project Unity:
DARPA Program Sets Distance Record for Power Beaming
June 15th, 2025The terminator robots will never run out of power.
Via: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency:
In a series of recent tests in New Mexico, the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program achieved several new records for transmitting power over distance. The team recorded more than 800 watts of power delivered during a 30-second transmission from a laser 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) away. Over the course of the test campaign, more than a megajoule of energy was transferred.
Previously, the greatest reported distance records for an appreciable amount of optical power (>1 microwatt) were 230 watts of average power at 1.7 kilometers for 25 seconds and a lesser (but undisclosed) amount of power at 3.7 kilometers.
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The technology is scalable to higher power levels and can be integrated into different platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to support the long-term needs of the POWER program.
Israel Escalates To Attacking Iranian Energy Targets After Ballistic Missiles Hit Tel Aviv
June 15th, 2025Via: The War Zone:
Israel has launched a new phase of Operation Rising Lion. The campaign is designed to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and long-range weapons capacity, but now it has expanded its scope to striking at Iran’s energy infrastructure. The strikes come after a warning from Israeli officials that they would do so if Iran attacked Israeli urban areas with its ballistic missiles. Following the missile attacks on Israel, Netanyahu also warned that Israeli warplanes are now able to directly access Tehran and that regime targets are on the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) list.
