Some stuff you should be watching:- China / Taiwan - Russia / Ukraine- Epstein deletions and findings - Minneapolis - Strait of Hormuz politics and economics- Lebanon - SAVE act and obviously related passport and ID invalidation hijinks.

[alpacamale@social.cologne]

@hacks4pancakes I thought the whole point of having representatives in politics is so that you DON'T have to watch all of that all the time, because responsible people that you elected and bestowed with your trust will do so.

[sollat@masto.ai]

@hacks4pancakes
The Pakistan-Afghanistan thing is also ringing some alarms.

[atlovato@mastodon.social]

@hacks4pancakes - Eye openers Indeed, Thank you.

[hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange]

@sollat I put that all kinda into the US-Israel thing since they kind of instigated it all over the past 20 years.

[hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange]

@alpacamale adding a bullet for the decay of western democratic representation

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@hacks4pancakes Ashton Kutcher

[walshman23@mastodon.social]

@hacks4pancakes An excellent list. I somehow also managed to find time to keep up on "whatever the damn dog is up to over there" as well, but I think that may have exhausted my capacity. We'll soon see...

[jianmin@defcon.social]

@hacks4pancakes

I'm tired boss ️

[kims@mas.to]

@hacks4pancakes
How does one watch all that while also watching one's mental and physical health?

The day I had surgery last week and was able to read very little news was probably the most relaxing day I've had all year

[artpersonca@mastodon.social]

@hacks4pancakes And you left out global overheating/climate change

[mossyrua@mastodon.ie]

@hacks4pancakes

I’m in Europe.

[rye@ioc.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes and tech ceos being commissioned as ltc. It’s all something for sure.

[julie@merida.hair]

@mossyrua@mastodon.ie Good for you.

[adamhotep@infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes great list. Here's one more item that isn't getting enough attention: Sudan's famine and civil war. (Admittedly, this has less global impact, but it is among the worst suffering in the world right now.)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/extraordinary-cruelty-images-show-longterm-starvation-strategy-in-sudan

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@adamhotep @hacks4pancakes I agree with you, but endless iteration over the list of immense suffering in the world is a quick path towards depression, and then nothingness

[cullenwritestech@infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes

[adamhotep@infosec.exchange]

@codinghorror @hacks4pancakes While this is true, I worry about the trumpery in the news these days, like how the US has reached a new and dangerous level of ADHD; we invaded two nations simply to distract from the Epstein files.

(Yes, trumpery.) #uspol