(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.
13.03.2026 15:58
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Fear of acknowledging and accepting your own mistakes is one of the most stunting hangups a person can have.
13.03.2026 14:36
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A panel from silver age Marvel’s The Avengers in which Captain America is shown leaping feet first into the backs of Giant Man’s knees. It also looks kind of like Captain America is thrusting his hips into Giant Man’s enlarged butt.
Give it to em, Cap! #comics
13.03.2026 03:51
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Old people and sick people should only have to work if they want to.
“Who is going to pay for them?” you ask.
All of the rest of us, you stupid fucking ghoul.
12.03.2026 21:43
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guy who thinks top surgery is the surgery that turns you into a top
09.03.2026 19:30
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Ruin a dad’s week by saying the TV display looks weird and refusing to elaborate
10.03.2026 01:57
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love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region
09.03.2026 02:01
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Text saying "You've read your last free article."
Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:
08.03.2026 23:25
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Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱
23.02.2026 00:37
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A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading:
WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME
THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE
Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out-
stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red
Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic Violence—The Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken Down—Emotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.
Happy International Women's Day. 🏴
08.03.2026 08:45
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Christopher Guest as the villainous Count Rugen in The Princess Bride
"I've just sucked one hour of your life away... what did this do to you?
Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity… so be honest."
08.03.2026 10:51
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The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.
The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.
08.03.2026 01:24
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the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics
this is what it feels like to post on bluesky
05.03.2026 23:01
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Vile fuckers
08.03.2026 00:54
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Ska and Pro Wrestling are the only legitimate forms of art
07.03.2026 20:30
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🩷 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ! 🩷
07.03.2026 19:21
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Yup Jesus arrives soon after every war in the last 2,000 years. This is known.
07.03.2026 20:21
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“Persuade voters to what?”
07.03.2026 20:16
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Keep shadow boxing 🤡
You’ll tucker yourself out soon I’m sure.
07.03.2026 19:53
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^ what politics looks like with dog vision goggles on. Your breathless and flailing attempts to defend 1/2 of the political wing of the duopoly has gotten boring.
07.03.2026 19:52
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Putting that imagination to work, good job buddy. You’ll be nice and limber next time you’re asked to worship a candidate.
07.03.2026 19:48
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Bigotry, like genocide and corporate cronyism, is okay them as long as it’s blue.
07.03.2026 19:40
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Being, simply as a matter of fact, the one other viable option available ≠ putting everyone you could into winning office.
07.03.2026 19:28
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Go back to brunch, stupid.
07.03.2026 19:16
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Tragically true. It bums me out that so many of these democrats would rather punch left because they think they have maintain an illusion that their pick is perfect than acknowledging that their strategy simply hasn’t worked and we mist address systemic issues that corpo dems will never touch
07.03.2026 19:14
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I’m literally not. You’re just very stupid.
07.03.2026 19:05
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Why did Biden continue to fund and arm the genocide? Why did Biden beat his chest on the floor of the senate in service to Israel for decades. Why did Harris refuse to tale a stand against genocide whole campaigning?
Complete imbecile fealty.
07.03.2026 18:50
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I think you’re just saying shit at this point. Keep ✨believing✨ though, tinker bell— I’m sure we’ll get Blue Flavor corporate oligarchy and genocide again real soon!
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Unlike Liz Cheney, who is overt MAGA.
FYI You’re MAGA if you support MAGA policies, even if you don’t wear the hat. I know it’s hard for you guys when things aren’t color coded.
07.03.2026 18:42
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I voted for her, but I’m also not a braindead “team blue” moron allowing my country to barrel into fascism because I’m incapable of anything short of complete imbecile fealty to whoever gets plated in front of me by the only other party.
Tinker bell ass “u have to believe” politics 🥴
07.03.2026 18:38
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