Jeff Sharlet

It’s like it’s been designed by people who’ve never had a crisis like this. The naïveté on display.

Naïveté is the nice word for it…

Because she has and probably is going to get away with it. “Allowed” by whom?

That’s insane! Same. Could it really be that the CIA is conspiring against rock, cultural criticism, and narrative reporting by Gen X white guys? Sounds like a case for Mulder & Scully. They’re our top people right now, correct?

The air quotes around “Mr Lewandowski is your ‘special advisor,’ correct?” are brilliant. That’s my Norwich neighbor! But facts of this blatant and massive heist are stomach curdling.

It is alarming to see how many people are reacting to some bullshit Marco Rubio spitballed to the press by saying, "Hmmm maybe we DO have a Zionist occupied government."

The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art The highest court in the US declined to review a case about copyrighting artwork created with the help of AI.

It’s so rare to get a decision like this. I hate to be grateful for the bare minimum but I’m grateful to the work of everyone involved in obtaining this victory. www.engadget.com/ai/the-supre...

One RT? I’d move on. Tattoo+lying about tattoo+RT+accepting endorsement of a Nazi who thinks Platner’s good because he thinks he’s antisemitic+declaring self a fan of Nazi podcast+sounding like a Nazi talking about secret international cabals? If you can live with that I know what you can live with

My research is on working class women and AI and the ONE consistency among all of the interviews we’ve done so far is concerns about data centers and environmental impact. We do not bring it up - they do. Every single one.

why don't more buildings have entry weasels

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e

finished embroidering my jacket :)

But he's fine with promoting people who say, "it's the Jews." He's now done it twice, and made not a peep about a third guy using him in his campaign. Is there ANY other group you'd be fine with this for? If he retweeted David Duke, and said he loved Nick Fuentes podcast, would you be fine with that

Jesus Killed Mohammed, by Jeff Sharlet The crusade for a Christian military

Yup. Re-upping this excellent piece by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social from 2009.

harpers.org/archive/2009...

You "question" his "judgment"? Gotta say, i've never had a single damn good word to say for a Nazi. But if you see that as "complicated," well, you're choosing your side, friend.

Local actions are so important.

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The spirit and concept of holy war (“jihad” in Arabic) is not a thing of the past I other United States and has always been simmering below the surface. Great 2009 @jeffsharlet.bsky.social @harpers.bsky.social piece about this harpers.org/archive/2009...

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Been working hard on my comments for a panel I've been asked to be on about whether and how to teach with AI. I think I finally finished writing! Here goes: "I prefer not to."

Yes I am against that and the whole war and I would be against it if they didn’t hit the school too. We don’t need to debate details and when we do we cede ground to war hawks who want to pretend there’s a case to be made. There isn’t, under any circumstances.

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This is quite something: archive.org/details/nps-...

Fortunately I don’t have to spend anytime on that — because I’m against the war. You see the focus I’m trying to emphasize? There are no details to debate. This war? No.

But wait, there’s more! My opposition doesn’t hinge on whether the war is well-planned or not. I’m against the war. It doesn’t hinge on whether it’s legal or not. Congressional warpigs could vote for it—that doesn’t make it better. I’m against the war. Period. Simple.

I don’t know that and I don’t care because if there weren’t, I’d oppose the war, and if there were, I’d oppose the war.

Would diplomacy have “worked”? Dunno! I study a lot of topics. Iranian-U.S. relations isn’t one of them. But that’s ok because there’s no scenarios where I’d support this war. Phew! Means I don’t have to pretend to know more than I do. I know the one key fact. I’m against it.

Also, unlike all the newly-minted scholars of Iranian internal politics, I have no clue about successors. But it doesn’t matter because there is no succession or lack thereof that wld make me support this war.

Unlike the astonishing number of air power experts who’ve revealed themselves in recent days, I have no clue whether what US military is doing is “good” war fighting or not. Fortunately for me, I don’t care! I oppose the war whether it’s fought “well” or not. My opposition isn’t about execution.

SBC president lauds bill that allows death penalty for abortion SBC president appears to have endorsed proposed legislation in Tennessee that would impose the death penalty on women who have abortions.

The President of the Southern Baptist Convention supports a bill to execute women who have abortions.
baptistnews.com/article/sbc-...

That’d be the former 6-term Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate. People were making excuses for her bigotry as far back as ‘96. Don’t do the same thing with Platner, who’s gone zero to sixty in fash trolling in last two weeks alone. Bad candidates don’t make bigots acceptable.