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Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer, editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)

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01.03.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I love when people reminisce about the 60s as a more innocent time.

01.03.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Whoa

01.03.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iranians Who Seized U.S. Embassy Release 4 Women and 6 Black Men (Published 1979)

The United States's "beef" with Iran started during the 1979 Hostage Crisis, where they held 62 American hostages they believed were spies.

What they dont tell you is they released all the Black hostages because they considered American Blacks to be oppressed

www.nytimes.com/1979/11/20/a...

01.03.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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A PSA from Thomas Massie:

01.03.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 23166    πŸ” 7110    πŸ’¬ 505    πŸ“Œ 264

Actually surprised that Mills's oppo people took this long to dig it up and it kind of suggests that the DNC are not spending enough resources following extremists to see what they're up to

01.03.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

This shit is so unbelievably deranged. One can only hope that we, as a species, somehow and despite our worst efforts make it to a point sometime in the future when our descendants can look back at us and be aghast at how aggressively stupid we were to let this all happen.

01.03.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 384    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6
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Trump officials decline Sunday show invitations amid Iran strikes | CNN Business No senior Trump administration officials or cabinet members appeared on the Sunday show television circuit a day after the US and Israel began a major military operation in Iran, killing Iran’s Suprem...

This CNN piece abt Trump's WH dodging the Sunday shows today only mentions Whiskey Pete to describe that he was visible after the Venezuelan attack.

Is he ENTIRELY AWOL? Drunk in a gutter somewhere?

www.cnn.com/2026/03/01/m...

01.03.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 404    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 5

Who or what is hidden behind those flags?

01.03.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, the GOP is perfectly fine with dead children and soldiers.

They're just happy with using the still-warm corpses to try to force the Democrats to sign on to the slaughter.

01.03.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Casually curious, if it not his job and it's not yours Lindsey, as to precisely whose fucking job you think it is

01.03.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nazi celebration with vertical banners fronting a building. Credit: Life Magazine, 1939

Nazi celebration with vertical banners fronting a building. Credit: Life Magazine, 1939

01.03.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Answering the most commonly asked question on last week’s peculiar institution video, β€œwhy was sugar slavery so lethal?” πŸ—ƒοΈ

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xfbtw6/

01.03.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.rawstory.com/tpusa-iran-t...

01.03.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Feb. 28: Hailing death of β€˜evil’ Khamenei, Trump says strikes on Iran to persist until peace secured Iran's state media confirms supreme leader killed * Woman killed by Iran missile hit in Tel Aviv, as regime keeps up barrages * Israel confirms killing several of 30 key leaders targeted in initial st...

Oil War III: Operation Epic Fury as Strategic Oil Market Warfare

1. The US Struck Iran Precisely When Diplomacy Was Working

The last round of peace talks ended Thursday in Switzerland, with Iran agreeing "never" to stockpile enriched uranium. Omani foreign minister said "significant" progress made

01.03.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 10
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Bannon's War Room turns on Trump over Iran: 'Looks like an open betrayal of the base' A segment on MAGA influencer Steve Bannon's War Room accused President Donald Trump of "an open betrayal" of his base following the weekend strikes on Iran.As the U.S. military was continuing to pound...

www.rawstory.com/bannon-war-r...

01.03.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

March 1, 1419 (S R.)

Merry and Pippin wait as Entmoot continues.Β 

Aragorn, Legolas & Gimli meet Gandalf at Fangorn's edge; they all ride for Edoras.Β Faramir sets out to attack Sauron's southern tributariesΒ as they traverseΒ Ithilien.

Frodo, Sam and Gollum enter the Dead Marshes.

#LOTR

01.03.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

dipshit starting another forever war that can easily escalate to WWIII and he doesn't have munitions for a week of it

01.03.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran interfered in U.S. election TO HELP TRUMP, and all they got was One of Trump's stated excuses for bombing Iran was interference in U.S. elections. Turns out, Iran did try...on behalf of Trump. And did it very incompetently. That fact has been on the public record ...

Turns out Iran really DID try to interfere with the 2020 election. TO HELP TRUMP.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

01.03.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein predicted Trump would attack Iran In newly revealed text messages between Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon, they discussed how β€œpsychotic” Trump is and if cornered he would launch a war as a diversion. They also talked about a hypothe...

Epstein predicted to Steve Bannon that "Psycho" Trump would attack Iran if his back was to the wall.

And here we are today.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

01.03.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh god. Is *this* why GOP is OK with murdering school children & U.S. troops? To get Dems to fund DHS?

Note to Dave: Trump has gutted the entire natsec apparatus, the FBI, DNI, and no one will share Intel with us. Funding DHS does NOTHING but feed the mass deportation-for-profit machine.

01.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1831    πŸ” 681    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 20

I like how they say that freedom isn't free when it comes to other people's lives but not when it comes to paying their taxes

01.03.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas to fix 4,200 errors in Bible-infused Bluebonnet curriculum Taxpayers will bear the cost of fixing errors in learning materials published by the Texas Education Agency. The curriculum has drawn attention for its references to Christianity and the Bible.

That vertigo you feel is us circling the toilet.

In 11/24, Texas approved a new curriculum that favored Christianity over other faiths. More than 300 school districts adopted it. Schools received additional state funding for doing so.

It needed 4K+ corrections

www.texastribune.org/2026/02/25/t...

01.03.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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Iran Things that Got Memory Holed, Including the So-Called Negotiators, Steve and Jared - emptywheel Among the things that have gotten forgotten about Trump's Iran invasion is that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were purportedly negotiating peace, which of course they weren't.

Reup, on the forgotten claim that Jared and Steve were purportedly seeking peace.

emptywheel.net/iran-things-...

01.03.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 452    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 11
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New legislation would protect Virginia workers from extreme heat More than 4,000 Virginians visited emergency rooms for heat-related illness last year.

"A proposal moving through the General Assembly would prompt the state’s first regulations on protecting workers from heat stress."

01.03.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

01.03.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13619    πŸ” 4327    πŸ’¬ 462    πŸ“Œ 338

Thanks very much for the supplements.

01.03.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since when is a person expected ro be personally _offended_ if you just say you don't like the place they happen to live?

Could perfectly well be a conversational opening. "Oh, why don't you?" Or, "Well, I like it b/c..."

01.03.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Lisa Voldeng and Ultra-Agent Industries Inc. fangs forward. faith up.I create. I build. I lead. And I protect. Because I am. Because I am who I am.Welcome to a glimmer, of what I like to call a twinkle, of a twinkle of my eye. Explore Portfolio ...

He has a handler and go-between, Lisa Noelle Voldeng, who is neither an attorney, nor a trained investigator, nor a security specislist. She has declined to involve any such professionals and insisted on keeping him sequestered.

This is her homepage:

www.voldeng.com

01.03.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sascha Riley and the Long Hangover of the Satanic Panic The continuing allure of ritual abuse stories, in 2026

Things do not look good for verifying him as a source.

laurarbnsn.substack.com/p/sascha-ril...

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