The splitting off of counterculture into identity tribes generated a different set of intentions. If you were trying to stop a war or overthrow Richard Nixon’ Amerika, your cry was “join us!” But if you were only trying to maintain a semi-original identity,
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
ICE is spending big on surveillance tools like iris scanning software. That raises serious privacy and free speech concerns. “The idea that someone is going to be pulled off the street and have their face scanned feels enormously dystopian,” says Brennan Center's @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social.
File image shows an oil tanker anchored near Venezuela
🇷🇺 Russia has sent a submarine to escort an empty oil tanker the US military has been pursuing and attempting to seize for weeks, according to US media reports.
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Die Hard done. On to Long Kiss Goodnight.
Maintaining the UK's Intelligence Edge in the Grey Zone
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Ep 166 is here! "Maxie"
The long awaited episode is here! I'm excited to introduce you to Maxie Reynolds. The people on my team all said this episode blew their mind. 🤯
darknetdiaries.com/episode/166/
EU foreign ministers will be briefed tomorrow about a spate of sabotage attempts and airspace incursions that Russia’s neighbors say marks a “very dangerous phase of escalation” by the Kremlin, and one that endangers civilians.
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
The Monroe Institute claims its meditations, which have also been used by the US military, help people access different planes of consciousness. Its virtual and in-person retreats are now selling out.
A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Just my luck that two days after cancelling HBO, I find out they have Baby Assassins Everyday.
Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.
The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
“The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.” -- Lenny Bruce
Russia is ramping up hybrid attacks against Europe, Dutch intelligence says - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Be cunning and full of tricks.
Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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IT'S OK TO ASK FOR HELP YOU'RE NOT A BURDEN MURDER IS OKAY YOUR FEELINGS MATTER
America is now a place that sends masked secret police to abduct people off the street and uses prisoners to create government propaganda.
And this all happened in 8 weeks. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
