Peter Butler

For Kurds, Tom Barrack Becomes the Latest Face of US Betrayal As Tom Barrack turns his back on the Kurds, longtime allies of Washington, he joins a long list of American diplomats.

on the flip side...

> “The problem with Kurds is [we are] surrounded by enemies,” Raza said, “and we as Kurds don’t have any choice but to be allies to the West, even though we know we cannot fully trust them.”

inkstickmedia.com/for-kurds-to...

(archived in case you don't wanna give an email: archive.ph/GIfFV)

Eight Times the U.S. Has Betrayed the Kurds Nothing in this world is certain except death, taxes, and America betraying the Kurds.

"Nothing in this world is certain except death, taxes, and America betraying the Kurds."

theintercept.com/2019/10/07/k...

Yes, that's what is most infuriating to me about this piece (which I couldn't finish b/c I was so mad)

He's not giving any agency at all to the person themself

🎯

very very frustrating

it's not only the correct position, it's extremely popular!

Seems like Russia and Putin are a much better analog for Hitler than Iran

Elliott Abrams first

i'm trying to think of anything during my *lifetime* and coming up blank

Maybe when Judith Miller was arrested?

You made me look :(

> If medical authorities have a rigorous way of distinguishing effeminate boys from transgender kids—or of distinguishing transgender kids from proto-gay kids—they aren’t saying

Yes we do. The person in question tells us! And they could be hetero too!

I'm quitting there 😡

Military Commander Tells Troops Bombing Iran Is ‘Part Of God’s Divine Plan’ One commander had a “big grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.

@brandibuchman.bsky.social has a similar piece on HuffPost

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

seems like an attempted murder

Military Commander Tells Troops Bombing Iran Is ‘Part Of God’s Divine Plan’ One commander had a “big grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.

jfc

>> They are promised a 200-mile-long river that is four-and-a-half feet deep filled with nothing but the blood that their weaponized version of Jesus will spill at the Battle of Armageddon,” Weinstein said. “That’s a lot of blood.”

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

"Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology"

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It seems like there are SO many stories like this. Is it a standard habeas corpus appeal? Or the third-country thing?

I can't find any news coverage of Hesler Garcia Lanza at all

Anyone know the back story?

"Opposition party," take notes please

The Peptide Craze The Surge in Use of Off-Label and Non-FDA Approved Peptides

much better article from @erictopol.bsky.social

erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...

*mostly

Influencers are promoting peptides for better health. What does the science say? The latest wellness craze involves injecting these molecules for athletic performance, longevity and more. Scientists say the research isn't keeping pace with the health claims.

most vanity medicine, usually injected

www.npr.org/2026/02/23/n...

Very good point. It's one thing to do it as an experiment; quite another to market it as a commercial product to people who are suffering

I think it's that last part. The whole thing is bad all over, but I would cut them slack because they are both clearly grieving

It seems like he's essentially lying

Thiessen is one of the worst right-wing hacks. Super lazy horseshit

I canceled my East Bay Times subscription because they syndicate him

His answer to "is grief necessary?' is horseshit. She should have pushed back on that

And the call with his mom at the end is sad. Very depressing technology

This sort of tech seems counterproductive to grieving. It's just more denial of death

Oh his phone call at the end is so bad. This is depressing

His answer to "is grief necessary?" is really quite bad, and I'm disappointed she didn't push back on it

It makes no sense to me. Grief can't be cured, only accepted

This seems like more denial of death to me

I'd like to search the posts of people I follow

This is the way

this looks like one especially good cat

Help I've been ensnared by the Tillyverse