"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." 

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Guerrillero, rehén, presidente, filósofo: la vida inmensa de Pepe Mujica ¿Por qué, en un mundo que desprecia a los políticos, tantos lo apreciaban? ¿Quizá porque hablaba un idioma que parecía nuestro idioma?

Mujica: “Me llaman el presidente más pobre, pero yo no me siento pobre. Pobres son esos que trabajan para tratar de mantener un estilo de vida caro y siempre quieren más y más. Es una cuestión de libertad.” elpais.com/america/2025...

Congratu-BLEEPING-lations!

It’s time we had a little talk about your use of expletive infixation.

‘Expletive infixation’ is the linguistic term for profanity inserted into a word for emphasis.

(For this thread, we’ll use 'BLEEPING,' but feel free to substitute another word.)

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FYI: The Dansko Outlet site advertised on Instagram is a big SCAM. Do not buy anything from it! 👞👞👞

Alarming New Transportation Dept. Memo Sounds Like It's Right Out Of 'The Handmaid's Tale' Well, that is incredibly disturbing.

This is so disturbing.

Worried about our nation’s descent into fascism? This one pot cacio e pepe will make you feel like you’re in 1920s Italy.

Local governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdown Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

Brilliant.

Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

NPR Exclusive: The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

Gotta love the British press.

martin luther king jr. is giving a speech at a podium in front of a crowd of people . ALT: martin luther king jr. is giving a speech at a podium in front of a crowd of people .

We honor ONE American today:

Martin Luther Ling Jr.

He’s moving the inauguration indoors bc it’s too cold and he wants to invade Greenland? It’s a damn ice sheet!

The NYU case is an example of broader trend. Constraints to speech encompass public expressions of political opinions and academic work (teaching and research).

Toothbrushes, one sock for each pair, all the paper covers of canned goods

Biden holding Rashid Khalidi's "The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017" outside a bookstore: that will not be a comfortable retirement reading. The truth always has a way to sneak in.