01:00 Blogging vs Streaming, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173341
03:00 Gulf states are learning a tough David Pinsof alliance lesson — it is hard to stay neutral., https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173375
05:00 Iran’s Elites Slaughtered, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173386
06:00 How Eliminating Ayatollah Khameini Will Change The Middle East w/Michael Doran, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMEEVmJGUc0
10:00 Regime Change In Iran, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173325
17:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173336
22:00 Donald Trump’s Transactional Relationships, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173384
25:00‘I Know Things That You Do Not Know’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173380
30:00 BBC Epistemics, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173366
40:00 Why did some elites focus on deaths in Gaza but not protester deaths in Iran and vice versa?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173361
45:00 War Results From Differing Reads On Reality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173359
49:00 Why Tucker Opposes The War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173356
55:00 Patricia Marins: What runs out first, the US-Israel interceptors or Iran’s ability to launch missiles?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173352
57:00 Is The Iran War All About China?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173349
59:30 General Avivi on US & Israel’s Next Move, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phnAKPPEMos
1:02:00 Is It Bad To Celebrate The Deaths Of Your Enemies?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173331
1:10:00 Calm Comes From Insulation, Not Wisdom, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173316
1:28:00 Cliches Dominate Iran War Coverage, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173308
1:41:00 Journalists intensely fear AI, push AI doomer narratives, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173306
1:43:00 Just Because Iran Was Negotiating Does Not Mean It Was Negotiating In Good Faith, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173302
1:49:00 The Pitt pushes expert ideology, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173300
1:53:00 Justification For This War Depend Upon Unverifiable Expert Claims, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173292
2:01:00 Why Are The High Status Pundits So Pained?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173271
2:02:00 Every Expert Has Had Their Priors Confirmed, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173290
2:09:00 Who can narrate? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=172725
2:11:30 Decoding Haviv Rettig Gur, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173207
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