@markscrivens.bsky.social
Usenet refugee Lawyer (the government kind), Ottawa guy, Saskatchewan expat, pronoun libertarian, Tottenham Hotspur bore. Personal account. Non-partisan at work. Views are not those of my employer, obviously. Hans Island
Dembele nostalgia > Jonathan Liew relegation fantasies
But we are scraping the bottom of the barrel here.
#COYS
This is a calculated effort to ethnically cleanse area C - which is 60% of the West Bank. And it is moving ahead successfully, while European governments murmur their objections and talk about a two state solution.
Israeli settlers in the West Bank harass, terrorise, destroy, burn, injure and kill Palestinians, their properties and livestock every day, while the IDF is aiding and abetting them.
Every. Day.
www.972mag.com/israeli-sett...
Maybe consider not sending a dolt to interview him.
Hello Chubb insurance? Hello?
850,000 people now displaced in Lebanon. Cripes.
The UNHCR and Red Cross are warning of a humanitarian crisis.
www.unhcr.org/news/briefin...
I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.
This is learned today:
Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...
From a cynical perspective of sucking up to the right and placating their donors, I understand the ADL being way too critical of Mamdani and not nearly critical enough of Trump or Musk. I genuinely don't understand the strategy of barely talking about Graham Platner.
Just stumbling around trying to figure out how the world works.
Now that the price of oil is skyrocketing I presume immigrants are no longer the big issue in Alberta?
No idea who this Naomi Wolf person is but can people not be normal about Arab and Muslim women?
And so I forced a smile, contrary to my style
And she looked into my eyes
She said, "You want to go to heaven
Or would you rather not be saved?"
Here comes my train…
Well, I was looking for a rhyme for the New York Times
When I sensed I was not alone
She said, "You know how to spell 'audaciously'?"
And I could tell I was in love
I had a Zoom meeting with someone from Tel Aviv this morning. Their country is the aggressor, but it sucks for ordinary people in Israel too.
Yeah well I mean, >85% of Democratic voters think this is a stupid fucking idea, >75% think negatively of Israel, and even >80% of Democratic members of Congress weren't stupid enough to vote against the WPR.
Sorry but you're a sucker if you think you can just cry and appeal to "the big tent".
OMG
Threatening to obsessively post @jessehawken.bsky.social style, about a band.
But it would mostly be about Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ Rattlesnakes. youtu.be/ZKpccy48KDE?...
we have known about this threat for 20 years. amazing
It’s overrated.
My Father-in-Law, after I recommended one of Ian’s Origin Story podcasts to him:
“He’s a bit sweary, don’t you think?”
Imagine having a war president
My “Looking at the Straits very strongly” t-shirt is raising questions answered by this explosion.
bsky.app/profile/atru...
Correction: “The straits”.
This is true.
Cyle Larin has finally found a place where he can score goals and it's Southampton in the English second tier.
A goal today in the second half stoppage time to help the Saints salvage a point against West Brom.
3 goals in 395 minutes so far.
