Literally a stone would make a better president.
A stone that someone carries around with the nuclear suitcase.
A rock in the Oval Office.
Better president.
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Literally a stone would make a better president.
A stone that someone carries around with the nuclear suitcase.
A rock in the Oval Office.
Better president.
Tru facts
06.12.2025 00:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm going to post highlights from this on the thread at work on Monday.
06.12.2025 00:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐ NSS
05.12.2025 22:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you so fucking much. ๐๐๐
05.12.2025 22:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0As promised, here's the ๐งต on the racist, disjointed, contradictory, incoherent, conceptually & factually incorrect polemic that is doing business as the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS). 1/
05.12.2025 22:09 โ ๐ 74 ๐ 34 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 9calling my shot way in advance: election certification day, 2029, is going to see the largest no kings protest yet, with more than a million people in the streets of dc alone
just a message: no fucking funny business.
10/10 would watch
05.12.2025 22:25 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Gonna make a YouTube game show called โdo you have what it takes to read a book?โ
05.12.2025 03:32 โ ๐ 41 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0We aren't *quite* in the cyberpunk future.
05.12.2025 22:14 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I kept reading to the end of the article and oh my fuck
05.12.2025 21:13 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I honestly only see upside here.
05.12.2025 21:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Do you ever think about how much more productive men would be if they werenโt constantly plotting new, horrific ways to abuse women?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Okay, I'm down with 200 years of only women leaders. Politicians, CEO, NGOs, you name it. Only women. Every C-suite member. All the boards.
Let's try it out and see.
What the absolute fuck, Jessica?!!?!
05.12.2025 21:07 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0when your 20 year old space company is valued at 800 billion dollars and you're still blowing out shares to keep the lights on (and pay employees), you don't have a real company. hth
this bubble popping will be spectacular
Incidentally, I have been asked an alarming number of times recently, by people who should know better, about whether we should try this cool thing they just heard of called 'tied aid'
YOU HAVEN'T DISCOVERED A MAGIC NEW IDEA WE TRIED THAT IT WAS BAD
Excellent @justsand.bsky.social piece on the problem with blending foreign aid and industrial policy.
You often get no industry, and very few poor people involved either
www.chat-gdp.org/development-...
I mean, they have some very important rulings to make in 2028 and 2029, so they need some social license to even make it there.
05.12.2025 21:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐
05.12.2025 21:01 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I bet IC has been using it since 2024 at least.
05.12.2025 21:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Epstein victims' attorney slams Maxwell's request for prison release: 'Ridiculous and insulting'
www.ms.now/chris-jansin...
Those who agree with the principles of socialism:
18-24 Year Olds:
Agree: 57%
Disagree: 26%
25-44 Year Olds:
Agree: 52%
Disagree: 29%
45-64 Year Olds:
Disagree: 40%
Agree: 37%
65+ Year Olds:
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 26%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/socialism-...
70% in CBS/YouGov's poll said they oppose taking military action in Venezuela
76% in Marquette's poll say the US should not attempt to remove Maduro from power and the US shouldn't get involved in Venezuela
SUPER-low. Typical numbers are 91%+.
05.12.2025 20:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Holy f*** this is bad numbers.
05.12.2025 20:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I heard offyear turnout was around 100% of 2024 General?
05.12.2025 20:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"Do you think Trump tends to support..."
Russia more: 42%
Ukraine more: 12%
Both equally: 22%
Unsure: 23%
YouGov / Dec 1, 2025
"Do you think Trump tends to support..."
Russia more: 42%
Ukraine more: 12%
Both equally: 22%
Unsure: 23%
YouGov / Dec 1, 2025