Olly Jr.

France became the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away unsold food. Lawmakers passed the Loi Garot, which requires all grocery stores larger than 400 square meters to donate edible food to charities and food banks instead of sending it to landfills.

Cory Booker popping up with a dogshit tax idea while a war is going on

An opinion that makes you a fringe radical in this country is that the life of a person who is not an American citizen is not an abstraction, and is worth just as much as that of an American citizen

This post is making me think that someone should rewrite Melville’s The Confidence-Man, but with a Trump character, a Musk, a Sam Altman, a Vance, a boob from the religious right podcast circuit, etc. Really the stumbling block is that there are just so many odious figures of our era to choose from.

That is always Trump’s m.o. seemingly — he assumes he can Norman Vincent Peale/Roy Cohn his way out of any situation. Which translates as President into (trying to, anyhow) bully fundamental global realities which are not necessarily as malleable as he might wish. The rest of us get to watch it all.

Trump says US Navy sank Iran's warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because "it's more fun" to sink ships than capture them.

‘We are going make a tonne of money’: US Senator Graham on US war on Iran

‘We are going make a tonne of money’: US Senator Graham on US war on Iran https://aje.news/gf3o1j

Did yall see the finish to the 2026 LA Marathon?

These ghouls act like they've discovered some novel secret: "Hey, guys, GUYS! Did you know that we can just kill people whenever we want?" Yes, you absolute idiot, that's ALWAYS been true. We just chose not to, for good and self-interested reasons which the entire world is about to learn yet again.

The only way to know for sure is to ask grok itself that question

the whole point of globally intertwined economies is it’s an even better deterrent than nukes!

until you elect a giant pack of coddled, know-nothing fuckwit narcissists

Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., 1991

Don’t worry, we have an entire department of homeland “security” to protect us from any possible reprisals down the line

Don’t forget lies! You gotta have the constant lies going.

Some of them were big fans of me, so it’s sad…

Chartbook 436 Unseasonal war. How the US-Israeli war on Iran threatens the global agricultural cycle. One impact of the war being waged by the US and Israel against Iran that is not getting as much attention as it deserves, is the impact on the global supply of fertilizer.

8/ Read Tooze on why the Fertilizer shock during planting season is going to cause a lot of pain. Guess where most people in the world live & farm - Asia!

Most people don't know -I didnt!- Gulf countries as a whole are 2nd largest fertilizer exporters
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

3/ "India—which relies on oil/gas from the Persian Gulf—is among the hardest hit

🛢️ At least one Indian refiner halted exports to conserve fuel at home
🏭 Gas suppliers have invoked force majeure to restrict deliveries to industries and fertilizer producers"

Its peak Summer, ppl are going to suffer.

Why not pajamas at this point?

ICE Detention Is ‘Hell On Earth.’ Trump Has A Plan To Keep Even More People Locked Up. Immigration detention is not supposed to be punitive. But one man who spent 20 years in state prison told HuffPost the ICE detention facility he is currently in is worse.

New, with @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social: Immigration detention is not supposed to be punitive. But one man who spent 20 years in state prison told HuffPost the ICE detention facility he is currently in is worse. Inside Trump's plan to jail many, many more people:
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Lately when I find ppl annoying in a petty way, e.g. taking up the entire width of a sidewalk I will refer to them in my mind as “maniacs” — “what’s this maniac doing, pick a lane!” But these ppl, this admin/its enablers are truly maniacs, recklessly leading us into needless overlapping catastrophes

Sitting in his Senate office this week with canisters of Planters peanuts and hundreds of scattered papers on his desk and signed MAGA hats on his shelves, Graham was almost giddy about persuading Trump to bomb Iran. One of the newer hats reads "Make Iran Great Again." "What are they going to do to me?" he said of critics who opposed his efforts. The senator said he was already talking with Trump about further military interventions in Lebanon and potentially Cuba, which he said would happen soon. He wasn't particularly concerned about what was next in Iran, he said.

These lunatics should live in a zoo

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein A Department of Justice document combined with interviews reveal that a long-running investigation into organized crime led law enforcement to suspect the serial sex abuser of money laundering, distri...

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

I maintain that simply arresting Elon musk and making a real example of him is the quickest way to global stability

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

Reminds me of meeting last year when he was asked about Epstein and he immediately went into his primitive psychological defense mode, “why are we still talking about that guy, he was really sick and he’s been dead for years now!”Also reminiscent of every abusive person ever, but I guess that’s obv

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

Our leaders approve a one trillion dollar military budget every year regardless of who is in power. I suppose that money has to be spent. "We are in it," is a pretty good way of articulating that, even if it's a REALLY fucked up thing to say. We are truly a spiritually deceased nation.

tech CEO in 2026: My computer has anxiety.
venture capitalist in 2026: Here, have 200 billion more dollars.

child in 2006: My NeoPet is angry at me.
mom in 2006: No it isn't sweetie, go to bed.
mom to dad in 2006: We have an idiot boy. Our boy is a little idiot person. It's too late to fix him.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

Absolutely sickening shit: the Dena had just participated in international naval exercises *with the US* and was unarmed and the US knew this and sank it anyway and left the survivors to drown