Spirit of Nature

"Japan uses kawaii culture to cover up its war crimes" isn't wrong per se but very funny in the context that the countries that hate Japan the most for its war crimes are some of the largest enjoyers of Japanese kawaii culture

If a process generates opportunities for that much graft that means that it’s a bit too complex and is used by the big fish to keep the little fish out and raise prices. Nothing like making it even harder. Also you know what reduces homelessness, more homes.

i adore the DUP so much. probably the most consistently incompetent party on earth right now

my biological superiors

this really is a 19th century world

On the one hand the US government is demanding that Harvard give them recordings of every single one of their students so they can be disappeared to an offshore concentration camp for Thoughtcrime. On the other Oberlin had an article about culturally insensitive bahn mis in 2015

Out:
-Take him seriously, not literally
-It's not fascism, stop being hysterical
-Resistlibs are so cringe

In:
-Orange Man Bad
-They are fascists and segregationists
-You can predict them by just listening to what they will say they will do

Trump's going to be very normal about this cancer diagnosis i presume

“Biden, drop out and lower Trump’s chances and you’ll be a hero, it’s just your age that’s a problem not your governing!”

One month later

“Lol Harris refuses to distance herself from the failed presidency of the loser President Biden, and Trump promised he wasn’t doing Project 2025.”

An addendum to this:

You can’t have redistributionist demand policies if supply is inelastic, and many social goods that government provide (healthcare, education, green energy) are too inelastic right now

when the tribunal asks me if i am now or ever have been an abundance liberal i'll just say "no, i am a supply-side progressive"

Oh god the touch of death it’s over

see I did extremely well in math and you should google “median” and “mean” before you lecture me about what numbers mean

This is a really big package.
It will give coverage to an entire city, or for an army group breaking through the Russian lines.
And enough APCs to bolster before said breaching.

Mearsheimer has now taken the stance that states go to war because it’s the central feature of political life — except Russia, which goes to war because of american liberals.

And yet Trump still whines about Zelenskyy

🇺🇸🗣️ "Enough playing games with Russia," — Senator Graham on the results of the negotiations in Istanbul.

He proposed to "impose 500% tariffs on Russian exports (!) if Putin does not stop his attacks on Ukraine."

Graham was with Rubio in Turkey, he knows about the negotiations from the spot.

Welcome back 1978

That’s a lot of words for “these ones are white”.

The English 🤝 Anglicans
"Fuck those Boers"

Unironically kinda? The main UK export industries are spared, meaning no onshoring to US, the 10% on other goods suck but will hurt Americans more.

you may not believe this but the UK and China have extremely different export profiles

Q: Claude, please explain rerum novarum to me in just three words

A:

I felt something very sick in my bones when I started seeing pseudo-trads start saying “the sin of empathy”

Choosing Leo XIV is also a reallllllly interesting choice, because Leo XIII was the Diplomacy Pope who began the process of dragging the church into the modern era and was a fierce advocate for science and religion coexisting, workers' rights, human rights, and against human rights abuses.

Guardian article. Drawing of young people looking scornfully at a trio of women taking a selfie. Text reads Cringe! How millennials became uncool They are mocked by gen Z for everything from their trainer socks to their mom jeans and selfie technique. A maligned millennial asks: how did we get here?

Teens & 20-somethings think 30-40 year olds are uncool? Wow this is a brand new phenomenon.

I respect Lord Cameron for trying to revive morning dress (and nothing else)

But should the trousers be so baggy?

President Putin is under increasing pressure to at least appear ready to make concessions. Otherwise, Russia faces a new package of US sanctions prepared by Senator Lindsey Graham. It will be a “serious blow” because the budget deficit is already growing,