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wanna fall through the stars

I wrote a thing about “dead cats” a while ago and concluded that people love saying this a) because they think it makes them sound sophisticated and street smart but also b) because they crave the feeling that there are people somewhere in control of what is going on, rather than simply chaos

Prime minister Keir Starmer is chairing a meeting of the UK government's Cobra emergency committee as Britain decides how to respond to the US-Israeli bombing of Iran, and Tehran's retaliation against bases in the Gulf. A government spokesperson said: I1 "Iran must never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and that is why we have continually supported efforts to reach a negotiated solution. Our immediate priority is the safety of UK nationals in the region and we will provide them with consular assistance, available 24/7. "As part of our longstanding commitments to the security of our allies in the Middle East, we have a range of defensive capabilities in the region, which we have recently bolstered. We stand ready to protect our interests. "We do not want to see further escalation into a wider regional conflict."

One of the very few compensations of living in an era dominated by clownish genocidal fascist monsters is that it makes everything very simple and easy to understand, and that’s exactly why Sensible Moderates are required to relentlessly bullshit the public about what’s happening.

bit of bulk chub got me feeling kinda sxc i can’t lie

glute day success

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forgot to mention

it was the THURST of times? you stupid monkey!

yes omg!! so grim and you can just see it unfolding in real time

Imperialist juggernaut wanting to make sure strategic resources are in its web, even if they are not immediately profitable, is not strange and people are right to not overthink it.

like sure it's not just oil; it's disciplining taking resources out of the market, but it's also sort of about oil

swear this has happened every year since it started as well

Heard similar on Radio 4 this morning. Was really, really odd. Talking about accusations of fraud involving Somalis. Not sure what - at all - had to do with ICE shooting a woman did. Felt like classic 'some say it's rainy outside, others say it's sunny' faux impartiality • kevruth.bsky.social @kevruth... • 1h Why's BBC R6 news explicitly highlighting ethnicity of local Minneapolis councillor talking about woman shot by ICE? Can't see any reason his Somali heritage is relevant. Same time repeats trump lies re 'self-defence' despite footage showing otherwise. Another eg @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

They always gave the position of the people in power, no matter how ludicrous it might have been, counterposed against people saying what’s actually happening. This just looks especially bad now, because the people in power are so very obviously malignant liars and fascists.

it was best of times, it was the thurst of times

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Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.

Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.

If it takes more than an hour to cancel your service then your CEO should go to jail

en el hotel

It’s at least refreshing that they don’t bother to bullshit us about freedom and justice any more. Yes, we are getting rid of the Palestinians so we can build hotels on their land. Yes, we are collapsing this government so our companies can loot their resources. This is what it always was, mask off.

No more justifiable than, say, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wars of aggression are the type of thing we executed senior Nazis for, at the end of World War II, and we were IMO correct to do that.

There are no Buts here. Trump and his goons have been very open that they want to topple the government and take the country’s oil, and the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition do speeches saying they want the US to do that, and that they will help to expedite the process.

The Venezuelan government has been saying for decades it’s the victim of American aggression and sabotage because the US wants to steal its natural resources, so it’s clarifying that the US is now bombing the country while the President and senior officials say they are going to steal it’s resources

It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize

US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington.

AP story on Venezuela. No hot takes, only facts. Props to my colleagues who are working their socks off

FORTUNE Nobel Prize winner says Venezuela has a ‘unique’ $1.7 trillion opportunity to privatize over 500 companies and reverse socialist ‘disaster’ Nick Lichtenberg By Nick Lichtenberg Business Editor October 27, 2025, 9:39 AM ET

There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.

“yeah but maduro is bad” takes are mad from people old enough to remember the iraq war. saddam hussein was also a little bit problematic

100% seriously, European leaders and Commission officials should plan on the basis that the US might do this to them too, about Greenland, about tech regulation, about “Christian values”, about “free speech”, whatever.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

TO RUN BRITAIN Robert Peston • @Peston • 16m After the Venezuela strikes and extra judicial kidnapping of Maduro, why would Putin or China (or any of the Global South) think the West has any moral authority? Why would China think the US has any right to lecture it about its ambitions to seize Taiwan, for example? And as for the international rule of law, it is being shredded. Trump claims Maduro directly runs a narco terrorist organisation rather than simply being an autocrat in charge of a corrupt state - of which there are far too many in the world. Let's see if our intelligence services can furnish any hard evidence to the British prime minister supporting the charge of Maduro's personal leadership of the cocaine and fentanyl cartel. If not Starmer is in a very difficult position. Robert Peston • @Peston • 39ml How will the British Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary respond to this? 09:278 "TRUTH. < Truth Details 255 replies ... Donald J. Trump 0© @realDonaldTrump The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nico' Maduro, who has been, along with his w + captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. lau, Cafaraamant Dotaila ta fallay Thara milli

Fun as it is to see Peston stating outright what the situation is, here’s what’s going to happen: government and press will brazen this out with drivel until it drops out of the headlines, then everyone will get right back on their previous bullshit. This is what they always do, without fail.

Twitter user JaneOrrickMD, posted on January 9, 2025: All covid vaccinated will be dead by December 31, 2025. According to the united states of America, who lead the charge to kill 95%of the world in 1994, under UN Agenda 2021.

oooh ok