John Nephew

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

E.g. www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum...

I dont know my jet airplanes that well but it looks like a Soviet/Russian Flanker that he's flying?

Veteran holds sign

World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

A post from Will Stancill trolling DHS

DHS trying to troll Will Stancill

Grok rebutting DHS, saying Will Stancill is not a threat

A play in three acts

No Kings

Duluth, MN

Hasan: The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do.

I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Some assorted reminders as we enter the weekend:
1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service.
2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A
3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.

the Anglican Communion was a reciprocal arrangement so that adventuring clergy could pray for spells of third level and above while travelling

Is that a... prosthetic face?

Handy one stop block on all the hatch act violations in progress: bsky.app/profile/did:...

I'm liking Pope Bob

In case there were not enough other reasons to ruin your soul and your future by working as an ICE stormtrooper

That first statistic is arguably true, mostly because the average teenager has about a 50% chance to be born without testicles.

I've started trading futures, including copper, silver, gold and platinum. It does however offend my sense of order that gold is worth more than 2X platinum per ounce. There's some serious arbitrage opportunity in pp versus gp coming back as loot from dungeons.

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Hey, I know everything’s tight, but Rob was a great advocate for our #ttrpg community, a fine game writer himself, and has sadly left his family behind in the capitalist hellscape. I’ve given a bit and ask you to consider it if you can.

gofund.me/4b2b51738

The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises Readers: I’ve done a very generous “free” portion of this newsletter, but I do recommend paying for premium to get the in-depth analysis underpinning the intro. That being said, I want as many people ...

This is a really delightful article: www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl...

The cooking oil post from Trump just reminds us that he might do any old random shit to bludgeon any unsuspecting area of the economy out of the blue. So, puts on the stock market.

Alright bluesky let's see if we know someone with the right hobby.

I've got some wooden model shipbuilding stuff - passed down - tools, lots of small pieces and parts, guidebooks, a half-built ship, etc.

Is there a forum or such where I could find someone in the area who might want them?

Oh no!!!

Periodic reminder that, if you believe AI’s hype, you must also therefore believe in a massive restructuring of American capitalism, including UBI, tax policy and nationalized ownership of entire sectors of the economy.

I rely on Free Trader Beowulf for my nutrition coaching

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training. FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

They could be doing ~90% as much substantive damage on half the pushback and political self-harm. But they're fittingly emblematic for the era of "everything has gotten dumber." They're sloppy, inept, ham-fisted. Merits aside, the Court might be at its least intellectually adept in American history.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.