You know what's tragic? I don't think we make $50 boots anymore. You can find boots going for up to $500, but they'll be shit quality with an expensive brand name. We no longer make quality products. The rich have all of their HQ stuff tailor-made while we enjoy 100 variants of overpriced $15 boots.
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
I remain very annoyed at the "actually everything is a war crime and every US government official is a war criminal" crowd because now that we have the actual pro-war crimes administration it's very hard to get people to understand that this is actually quite a bit different
When in doubt, pretend linear time works backwards.
YAYYY! More tree lobsters for the gene pool!
These little weirdos make me so happy. People saw the last handful of surviving GIANT-ASS stick insects and said “They’re not dying out on my watch!”
#IdesOfMarch
Iran using FPV drones to do reconnaissance is profoundly non-surprising and it will be deeply embarrassing if it turns out the U.S. was in fact surprised by this
Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.
I would hate for the job prospects of Nathan Cavanaugh to be damaged simply because there’s video evidence of how vile and ignorant Nathan Cavanaugh actually is.
Nathan Cavanaugh
drunk girl on the sidewalk behind me just repeatedly screaming “i hate Laura Loomer”
folks if the LA times is acknowledging covid as an ongoing mass disabling event it is definitely an ongoing mass disabling event
I don't know if everyone understands this but I bet you got at least a hunch - if you've got a lot of americans going "idk about iran but I'll be honest, we deserve to get your ass kicked here. I don't care if hamburger is unafforable, fuck it." it's over.
Trump's remarks actually meet the test for moral depravity in warfare set out by St Augustine in Contra Faustum (383 CE). That's quite a feat.
Everyone with a platform should be screaming that Trump is unfit to be commander-in-chief.
BREAKING: World interconnected. Economies interdependent. People besides you get a say. Cultivating relationships has long-term value. Picking unnecessary fights with everyone at once: bad idea.
Really sucks to have national leaders shocked by that, and who will quickly forget that they learned it.
Independence Day (1996) taught me that the president should fight during wartime
“So you just told him it was a gift, and he took it?”
“I said it was for being a true friend of Israel”
“and he suspects nothing?”
“No”
“Then why do you look so upset, agent?”
“Sir, I made seventeen contingency plans for every scenario and he just… took the pager”
“Take a day off, agent.”
Now read this SUPERB piece by the inspirational virologist @angierasmussen.bsky.social, “Thirst for revenge—What Jay Bhattacharya has in common with Stalin’s crackpot science seer Trofim Denisovich Lysenko”
It’s a long piece but well worth your time
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/bhattachar...
What Epstein and his associates did wasn’t just a crime—they deliberately built a system designed to exploit the vulnerable using money, influence, & power.
That’s why this is more than just getting justice. This is about changing that system so that horrible things like this never happen again.
I know, I know, not a solid poop joke
As dawn breaks over the horizon, a large monster wearing a fawn fascinator ambles past the wizard's path, stops at their trash can, and eats the contents. It looks contented and moves on.
some pop songs are so great or so iconic i cannot accept a cover tune. this one is winning me over, though. bittersweet symphony. covered by the knocks & foster the people. open.spotify.com/track/1Ma1Jq...
Even if you're a right winger: do you want to work for this administration for another two years, the next round of which will involve much higher levels of Congressional oversight, or do something less painful with your hard-earned law degree?
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the April Light vs Dark crate! Next up is Gaiatri (@MaeOwl) who illustrated the dust jacket for Holy Wrath by Victoria Mier @by-victoriamier.bsky.social 🧵
I don’t think this shit will work but i never want to hear about free speech from any trumpers or anti anti trumpers ever again, fuck off forever bsky.app/profile/cram...
"Palantir, the US AI surveillance and security firm with hundreds of millions of pounds in UK government contracts, poses 'a national security threat to the UK', according to two anonymous high-level sources working with the Ministry of Defence."
Deputy Chief of Qatari mission in DC has been factchecking Ted Cruz and other actors all week
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