Kym In A Can

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

jam into the past, climb the mountain once more, then be rejammed

Pray To The Sun feat. Declan de Barra & The HU (from the Netflix Series "One Piece") YouTube video by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli - Topic

...then they went and got The HU to collab on this. Just? Absolutely fucking fantastic, fun shit going on over here.

I hope this all was as fun to make as it is to watch.

Whisky Peak Saloon feat. Leo P (from the Netflix Series "One Piece") YouTube video by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli - Topic

Hard commit to silly saxy Friday Jams, just like the One Piece adaptation. Bless everyone involved: the casting, sets, clothes, and tone are so fucking perfect (why am I sad about a whale). Lucky.

They frickin feature the Too Many Zooz sax player! (jam into the past and you'll find them there)

I hadn’t known Donald Trump Jr was involved in both Kalshi AND Polymarket, and now that I do, my conviction is not just that they have to be burned to the ground, but that we as a country have to collectively piss on their ashes.

the ideal amount I would like to think about measles is zero and I resent that I had that once and no longer do

Fun fact: Tim Walz has not gone along with sports betting. Sports betting is illegal in Minnesota, even at tribal casinos.

tired: harassing athletes for not covering the spread
wired: harassing journalists for not making things up

Six years ago today, Louisville police murdered Breonna Taylor while serving a no-knock warrant based on false information.

They shot her six times while she slept in her home. Breonna was only 26. She was an EMT, an aspiring nurse, and beloved by all who knew her.

CA High Speed Rail Project, they will never make me hate you.

I'm sorry, is his argument is something like: "these technologies have to be tied to the military otherwise people will hate them because it will lower the quality of life for so many"?

Please do yourself a favor and watch until the very last second for a moment that can cause an excellent, if bleak, laugh for the viewers at home.

"There were no books."

yea we know dude

I’m sorry, the suffering is infinite and things are genuinely fucking dire, but it is truly hilarious that the nazis ran into the middle east while screaming “logistics and diplomacy are fake and gay” and now they’re trying to ask everyone else to fix the strait of hormuz because tfw no more THAADs

I just chased Leader Thune off the Senate floor.

The Senate GOP can't win this argument. Fund TSA now.

I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.

Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.

The 25th is never happening.

Who are these hype videos for, the ones mashing up video games, movies, sports, AI-generated animations, and real war?

Talked about it with my students, and we settled on the parts of the MAGA base, especially the Online Right, that wants to cheer but can’t be positive about the real situation.

wisteria in bloom

touch flower

"Something ineffable happens when you write down a thought:

You think something you did not know you could or would think and it leads you to another though. The process of writing itself leads to previously unthought thoughts [and] crystallizes half-formulated or unformulated thoughts"
- Lynn Hunt

After watching this shit show in Iran can we now agree that maybe having academics isn’t a bad thing?

You really need to watch this whole clip. It's amazing.

"It's only blackmail if it comes from the blackmail region of damaging documentation. Otherwise, it's sparkling kompromat."

I was not prepared for the Derek Chauvin connection in this article (same doctor testified on his behalf to defend him against the murder of George Floyd).

Also learned that California has already passed protections for pregnancy loss. I fucking love my state. Thank you to all who worked for that.

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

His one weird trick: Bribing corrupt public officials:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...

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They used to just let guys look like dudes in a movie

A broken, blue heart

With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man.

I was asked to return for Mega Man: Dual Override, but only on the condition I work without the protections of a union contract.

I need someone to publish an academic paper on the

Ladies and jellyspoons
I come before you to stand behind you
And tell you something I know nothing about

poem permutations so a wikipedia page can go up and I can stop seeming (as) insane to people who don't know my verbal ticks.

Art by Hannah Friederichs and Cael Lyons