Skeptic Tank

This shoe story is amazing--like it seems fake, and is unforgettable--because it is literally "The Emperor's New Clothes" except all the courtiers are naked too, and are planning to run for emperor in 2028

Pentagon probe points to U.S. missile hitting Iranian school A military assessment suggests a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile was responsible for at least 165 deaths at an Iranian girls' school, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

A military assessment suggests a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile was responsible for at least 165 deaths at an Iranian girls' school, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. n.pr/4biTu17

American foreign policy

"Did it bridge generational gaps? -yes, regretably it did. Did it improve happiness? -a resounding no"

This is false.

Jamal Harrison Bryant, a Megachurch pastor, has said the boycott is over. He is not leaders, plural. He and his church were not the ones to start the calls for boycott.

Nekima Levy Armstrong, who founded the Racial Justice Network, and other Minnesota civil rights activists were.

Report: President Donald Trump Is Giving 'All The Boys' Dress Shoes That Don't Fit Right | Defector It goes without saying that there is a great deal of Psychology going on in Donald Trump’s second term. None of it is especially complicated, because the people involved are without exception clammy, ...

Very excited that we're somehow getting another day of discourse out of The Florsheim Affair, one of the most delightful stories of this awful last year and change. Keep on clompin' boys! defector.com/report-presi...

@blumenthal.senate.gov are you an actual stupid person

There doesn’t seem to be a better explanation

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

Paging Dr. Dickhead @jaketapper.bsky.social

Truly a perfect news alert

Man it’s so fucking obvious when the times hates a politician.

"Ditchwater has the highest naturally-occuring ratio of gut-friendy probiotics out of all stagnant water reserves" -RFK Jr

Can’t beat Orwell in this metric

What if I told you that Platner’s best friend and mentor for decades was none other than Ellie Weisel?!? What then???

lol I think his exact phrasing was “what if I told you tha Platner’s wife is Jewish” so maybe he was just seeing what effect it would have

In this particular case it was because they had never seen a human being move so quickly before so it was the work of the devil

And peemis

Narrator: But was not, in fact, domesticated by Iran

I think “hoping voters don’t see through lip service” is an excellent encapsulation of the long-term strategy- new official DNC slogan @kenmartin.bsky.social?!?

Hmmm what can I do for a living that will make everyone immediately dislike me

I dunno, if I were Jeffrey Goldberg, author of "How Did I Get Iraq Wrong?' (2008), I might pause for a moment before cheerleading another war in the same region.

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

I’m fairly certain an AI holographic projection of Trump would win the 2028 GOP nomination over JD Vance or anyone else. No one else can keep that coalition together.

🚨🚨🚨URGENTE🚨🚨🚨

*almost*

He does seem almost sympathetically in over his head