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'People of both genders in Indonesia (66%) and Malaysia (60%) were most likely to agree with the statement, compared with 23% in the US and 13% in Great Britain.' 2/2

One thing is clear: we’re about to take back Texas.

To the billionaires who have taken over our state and our country: your unchecked power is coming to an end. 

To the people of Texas: this election is our chance to take power back for ourselves and our communities.

Distant Great Grey Shrike yesterday. #birdingWales

This is such bull.

Inflation rates had already FALLEN when POTUS47 took office, to roughly 2.5-3%

really tired of conversations about how we need to get people to spend more time offline that don't acknowledge that one of the reasons people ARE online is their access needs aren't being met in physical spaces. This is especially true for queer people and disabled people.

#AdoorableThursday Trastevere

Israel Defense Forces @IDF X.com On our way to make history 0:22 11:41 PM • 3/4/26 • 20K Views

The IDF account announced the new bombing campaign with a video of fighter jets set to the tune of “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival from 1969.

The song was an anti-war anthem in the United States during the Vietnam War.

Israeli Air Force @IAFsite X.com • Translated from Hebrew by Grok The Air Force has begun another wave of strikes in Tehran The IDF has just now initiated a broad wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime across Tehran. Rate this translation: ∞ Last edited 11:47 PM • 3/4/26 • 1.1K Views

“The IDF has just now initiated a broad wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime across Tehran.”

Look Anthropic isn't exactly saintly, but if you don't understand recent "scoops" about how Anthropic is being used by DoD are actually strategic and intentional leaks designed by the U.S. government to punish Anthropic for not folding to the Trump administration maybe punditry is not your skill?

The Doors of Trastevere, a potentially long-running series
#AdoorableThursday

It is just after 9 p.m. in Minnesota and I'm reminding Minnesotans to eat, hydrate, take meds, etc.

Reminding folks not in Minnesota that Minnesota is still under attack from the federal government & we really need help. See below post/links.

Again, re “Trump’s Iran war is *just* to distract from the Epstein Files” crowd:

The US has tried to exert control over who rules Iran since before Jeffrey Epstein was BORN.

The Doors of Trastevere, a potentially long-running series
#AdoorableThursday

25 years of iPod brain Molly Mary O'Brien on the legacy of the iPod.

“The iPod marketing associated the product capability (1,000 songs in your pocket) with the obvious extension of that capability: those 1,000 songs should represent your broadest, most excellent taste.” (Via Longreads.)

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The extract of the article reads: "A senior NHS official privately urged colleagues to add more patient data into a Palantir-built platform at the same time as he was being paid to advise the US technology company. Matthew Swindells has been joint chair of four major hospital trusts in north-west London since April 2022 and has also since then acted as an adviser to Palantir through the now-defunct lobbying firm Global Counsel, which was co-founded by Lord Peter Mandelson."

It's just cartoon villainy now

I think our burden of proof for "potential politician might be a Nazi" should be very very low...

Better to err on the side of caution.

I've gotta say, Susan Collins may well do some horrible stuff, but I have way lower expectation that she is a secret Nazi than I have for Platner.

Who is gonna tell him about Hitler's lifelong doctor "friend" who treated his mom when Hitler was young.

That Hitler helped get out of Germany because the doctor was Jewish.

And Hitler sent "thinking of you hope you're well" notes to for years.

Nazis always have a Jewish "exception".

And went on a white supremacist podcast and talked about what a big fan he was.

Like... maybe he's not a Nazi! But if he's not, he has incredibly poor character and judgement. At this point though I doubt it, and I doubt that these are goofs.

Fascists *love* irony and deniability in their rhetoric. "I didn't know!" or "I was just joking!" go all the way back to the beginning. But they do that intentionally, whether to normalize their views in public or to see if they are among kindred or accepting spirits.

this this this. Everyone's marriage is different with their own complex relationships, but I've met xenophobes with literal mail-ordered brides and men who vehemently hate women who are married (and could not survive out of marriage). Not every marriage is a "romantic love union."

We all know that there is a risk, for any politician, that they might be a secret Nazi, because--well, we have lived a few years, and it turns out there are more secret Nazis out there then we would have imagined.

Nobody is actually 100% certain about a politician's inner beliefs. Nobody, possibly not even that politician.

The question we have is: is there a greater than average risk that a man who had a Nazi tattoo for many years harbors Nazi-like beliefs?

I am s Maine voter, and that this guy is the currennt front runner makes more sense when you remember these are the same voters that keep sending Suzie back to the Senate.

Notice how the only way that this sounds vaguely reasonable, if you don't think too hard, is that it starts from a position of having to disprove "100% certainty"?

That's good news.

Oh I missed that the war powers res was party line in the senate. Fucking delusion behavior by this Congress

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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...