Can pizza orders predict military action? One man keeps track

Can pizza orders predict military action? One man keeps track
The Pentagon, across the Potomac River from Washington DC, is the nerve centre for all of America's military operations. (Image: Tom Brenner for the Washington Post)
The Washington Post
By Tim Carman and Emily HeilIf foreign adversaries want to predict when and where the United States will launch a military campaign, they might rely on satellite imagery, intercepted communications or AI analysis.But if garden-variety subreddit conspiracy theorists want to gain such insights before news breaks, they might just follow the pizza.Run by an anonymous software engineer, the social media account Pentagon Pizza Report (PPR) tracks Google data for pizzerias around the military complex in Arlington. (The anonymous Google Maps data is ag...

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