Interesting Links for 04-03-2026

[andrewducker]

1. China's 450km/h bullet train is the fastest ever built

(tags:trains speed china )

2. Two Major Studies, 125,000 Kids: The Social Media Panic Doesn't Hold Up

(tags:children socialmedia )

3. AI-generated art can't be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule

(tags:art ai copyright law usa )

4. Beyond Oil: The Strait Of Hormuz And The Global Food Risk

(tags:food trade middle_east doom USA Iran war )

5. This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won't (check the date)

(tags:politics USA middle_east history )

6. The Siege of Cuba

(tags:cuba usa oil )

Comments

[nancylebov]

5. It's too much to expect the Onion to predict everything, but they didn't say that Iran would presumably make everything worse by attacking the Gulf States.

[andrewducker]

No. But then they were talking about Iraq. Who wasn't likely to do that kind of thing. Iran is a whole different ball game.

[bens_dad]

1. A TGV was recorded at 574.8 km/h in trials. Is that a comparable figure ?