Erin Kane

We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib

Why We Struck Iran The machine that all but made the decision itself

Why We Struck Iran www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-we-str...

"The trade was not that you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai."

Isn't it interesting how ESPN won't cover any games in the PWHL, NWSL, Unrivaled league, women's pro volleyball, or the WNBA vs. union negotiations but they're trying like hell to market pro wrestling like its a real sport instead of a fake-ass clownshow.

🚨NEW: The UK Government’s Foreign Office quietly gave £90,000 to fund an Israeli report that described sexual violence on October 7 as “systematic” and “premeditated” — a characterization not substantiated by UN or Amnesty investigations, and central to Israel’s public case for its war on Gaza, Novara Media’s @rivkahbrown reports. FOI documents show the grant covered 75% of the “Dinah Project’s” budget. Israeli officials described the report as “a significant public diplomacy tool,” and state agencies launched a coordinated campaign to promote it globally. Drop Site News has previously reported that its methodology lowered evidentiary standards, and the report notes that London has not backed comparable probes into documented rape and sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israeli forces. Full details ⬇️

See new posts Conversation Rivkah Brown @rivkahbrown SCOOP: The UK gave £90,000 to an Israeli report claiming that Hamas used sexual violence as a “weapon of war”. The Israeli government used the UK-funded report in a massive propaganda campaign, while Israeli officials called it a “significant public diplomacy tool”.

Rivkah Brown @rivkahbrown · 3h In March 2024, UN special rep Pramila Patten found that there were “reasonable grounds” to say there were “instances of sexual violence” on 7 October in “multiple locations”. She did not conclude the violence was systematic, and added it didn’t justify further hostilities. Rivkah Brown @rivkahbrown · 3h Patten's full report can be read here https://un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/report/mission-report-official-visit-of-the-office-of-the-srsg-svc-to-israel-and-the-occupied-west-bank-29-january-14-february-2024/20240304-Israel-oWB-CRSV-report.pdf Rivkah Brown @rivkahbrown · 3h The claim that sexual violence wasn’t scattergun but systematic has been central to Israel’s narrative of 7 October and its justification for genocide. Hamas ordering rape as policy is worlds apart from its militants individually committing rape.

🚨NEW: The UK Gov't's Foreign Office quietly gave £90,000 to fund an Israeli report that described sexual violence on Oct. 7 as “systematic” & “premeditated” — a characterization not substantiated by UN or Amnesty investigations, &
central to Israel’s public case for its war on Gaza, Novara Media...

It's genuinely insane that many of the newspaper columnists who cheered us into the war in Iraq are still employed at big legacy outlets cheering us into a new war with Iran.

“We thought we were living in a politically neutral slave state.”

The NYT style guide

A reddit thread: u/ Dudes of Reddit, what is the hardest thing to explain to women? First response: quantum mechanics Someone replies Women are smarter than you are. Op says: that doesn't make quantum mechanics any easier for me to explain

Fundamentally just a very degrading line of work to get on the horn with Donald Trump while he's at one of his little clubs, some shithead chiropractor's second wedding going on 50 feet away, and ask "so what did you have in mind there?" where the question concerns bombing a bunch of foreign kids.

They always have trillions of dollars for illegal wars in the Mideast, but SCOFF in your face and clutch their pearls when you ask for universal healthcare. You are all being played.

No one will stand against him and no one will stand against Trump. And the only reason those in power are willing to stand against Putin is because Putin is killing white people.

For ppl who aren't aware:
Old temperate forests are insanely rare nowadays and extremely important ecosystems lost forever once cut.
They're not just "old trees" but intricate networks of trees, fungi and all kinds of living creatures.
You CANNOT replant this!! Once it's gone it's lost FOREVER!!!

"Israel has destroyed not only the rules-based order but also obliterated the most basic rules of war – you don’t attack children."

@fbhutto.bsky.social reports on US‑Israeli attacks in Iran, where children are paying the deadly price of western imperialism.

NYT says the damage to the hospital was likely from targeting "Network 2", a state-run news outlet.

What NYT DOESN'T say is that targeting civilians, even those who happen to work for state-run TV, is a war crime. I wonder why they didn't want to print that? One can only guess... 🙄

YouTube video by Cultural Logic Trump's crackpot war plans in Iran.

Some thoughts on the plan to turn Iran into a failed state: youtu.be/c4aeCV4TGo0

To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country.

In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits.

This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵

The fact that ESPN covers the WWE is how you know they’ve completely lost the plot. Joke of a network

So, so instructive to compare media response to Afghanistan withdrawal -- months of hysterical garment-rending & catastrophizing, relentless criticism of the admin -- with the response to an unprovoked, unmotivated, illegal war of aggression, ie, "some critics say maybe Trump should have reasons."

Democrats stop making “conceding points” your opening gambit, part infinity

Why Higher Education’s AI Backlash Reveals Some of Its Deepest Cracks In some ways, AI isn’t the real threat. It’s just the mirror.

Highly recommend @kylesaunders.bsky.social on why AI is so unsettling to higher ed - one of the best pieces I have read on this issue:

"[U]niversities don’t merely teach. Universities certify, sort, and signal. And AI interferes with all three at once."

kylesaunders.substack.com/p/why-higher...

There may be no U.S./Israeli plan to install a dictator. The plan more likely is to produce a failed state with no leadership or government whatsoever, letting it descend into a multi-front civil war/war for survival. A tragedy for 90 million Iranians which will produce a massive migration crisis but a win for Israel

Amir @AmirAminiMD if it’s true that US/Israel targeted Mousavi, the only real opposition leader inside of Iran in 47 years, a man under house arrest since the green movement uprising in 2009, then what else is there to say? The goal’s the utter and complete annihilation of any political voice that could be in any way a threat to the puppet dictator they are about to install.

There may be no US/Israeli plan to install a dictator. The plan more likely is to produce a failed state with no leadership or gov't whatsoever, letting it descend into a multi-front civil war/war for survival. A tragedy for 90 million Iranians which will produce a massive migration crisis but a...

❓NBC News to Iran’s FM: “Sir, how can attacking U.S. military bases abroad be justified?” 💬 FM Araghchi: Because they are attacking us. These US military installations, facilities, bases are being used to attack us. We are under attack. Why don’t you, you know, recognize this this fact? We are under an attack from you. This is obvious. This is a very simple fact. I hope that, I am sure that people would understand that we are not the one who attacked Americans. We are defending ourselves.

❓NBC News to Iran’s FM:
“Sir, how can attacking U.S. military bases abroad be justified?”

💬 FM Araghchi:
Because they are attacking us. These US military installations, facilities, bases are being used to attack us. We are under attack. Why don’t you, you know, recognize this this fact? We are...

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off.
Leave your comment here:

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WSJ ‹ Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead:.... Last Updated: Feb. 28, 2026 at 9:41pm ET • LIVE 1 hour ago U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban

WSJ PATRICK SISON/ASSOCIATED PRESS Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools. Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic's Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations. The administration and Anthropic have been feuding for months over how its AI models can be used by the Pentagon. Trump on Friday ordered agencies to stop working with the company and the Defense Department designated it a security threat and risk to its supply chain.

lol even though they banned them the government used Claude anyway. Slop strategies for the Epic Bacon War. This could not have gone worse for Altman
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for “IAEA” wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

NEW: X Is *drowning* in disinformation following US and Israel’s attack on Iran. WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

CHINA: "The US is a war addict. Throughout its over 240-year history, it has been at war for all but 16 years. The US has 800 overseas military bases in over 80 countries and regions. The US is the main cause of international disorder, global turbulence, and regional instability."

Where is the lie?

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

she’s such a willing propagandist it’s disgusting