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B&W photo of James Baldwin looking sadder than usual and saying, "Every bombed village is my hometown".

We're taking the war to them!

Bahrain declares force majeure as Iran sets its only refinery ablaze Bapco Energies invoked force majeure on Monday after a strike set the Al-Ma'ameer facility ablaze, joining Qatar and Kuwait in suspending shipments as Iran escalates its attacks on Gulf energy infrast...

Bapco declares force majeure as Iran sets Bahrain's only refinery ablaze joining Qatar and Kuwait in suspending shipments as Iran escalates its attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure. www.euronews.com/business/202...

This sounds like, "We've got to keep that Conservative-Liberal rivalry alive or we'll never win the big game! 😎😁 "

And "Reflection leads us to recalibrate so our victory is always within reach" is meaningless word salad.

Sorry, but I'm probably not your target audience. 😀

I'm only a foreigner, but I don't see the US abandoning Israel any time soon. Too many family, financial & ideological ties.

The Israeli government orchestrated this whole thing. For all his bluster, Trump is a pawn, & has always been a pawn in other people's games.

Release the Epstein files.

B'Tselem: Under cover of the ongoing Israeli-American assault on Iran, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank grows deeper. Armed settler militias, backed by the Israeli military, invade Palestinian communities daily, attacking families in their homes with clubs, stones, and tear gas,

Russia wanted regime change in the US, and they got it. The new one is even worse. 🙁

Ah yes, those darn radicals. 😀

meanwhile there's all this: bsky.app/profile/404m...
Claude is no exception

This makes me think about all the people who become religious zealots after converting to Christianity (there are other religions, but it's the default belief system here). It's a bit hard to show causation because we've been marinating in it for centuries, but there are definitely parallels.

They seem to think this is some kind of sports game.

Aghast is right.

But we've got to get those investment dollars flowing, right?

I'm weirded out by the huge crowd of people who are willing to shout anyone down who has the slightest hesitation about worshipping Mark Carney. I never thought Canadians were obsequious like that.

Isn't our monarch wonderful!

Man, I hate it when another guy on the team has a rockin' full length SS-style coat, but you have to wear the shoes your mom bought at a back-to-school sale last year.

Owl? Wool? Awl? Ool? Yawl? Eel? Earl? All?

I have no idea what these people are talking about.

"And also I hate the whole idea of government because I don't like paying taxes."

And Kleptocracy for all!

A dark and killing cloud over Tehran And over a shamed America

"This is chemical warfare," writes @billmckibben.bsky.social

A dark and killing cloud over Tehran
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

'Rock solid' majority opposed to Alberta independence: Abacus Data poll | CBC News About a quarter of Albertans support the province leaving Canada, but the majority — nearly two-thirds — are against it, according to a new poll from Abacus Data.

"More than half believe Premier Danielle Smith would vote in favour of separation ...despite Smith’s repeated position that she prefers a strong and sovereign Alberta, within a united Canada."

Albertans are tired of this separatist government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's pretty great to see separatist whiners on FB explaining to everyone that they will have convinced most Albertans to vote to leave Canada by the Fall. This is just a low-quality convoy experience.

People with Hispanic names are already being targetted.

And they never stop to think that this was exactly what the Luddites objected to: having new technology forced upon them that was clearly only going to benefit its owners.

Are we paying attention? Police & military members are sitting ducks for this kind of indoctrination.

Do we care about the Catholic cop spreading his love for Charlie Kirk-style racism everywhere, or the sausage-making reservist who broke into Rideau Hall with a gun?

AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse? Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.

Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.

And there are groups out there who have started businesses with the express purpose of gaming news sites. For what exactly, it's hard to say, but so far they only want to help you sell ads.

Are we ready for this?

I'm adding this to my logon screen, so I can read it every morning before going on social media:

And it's hard to even know where it begins.

I feel like our current level "rampant" is the result of all the Trump nonsense 10 years ago. And today's propaganda/misinformation is much worse (according to me).

Time to Solve Our Propaganda Problems like the Military Does A large percentage of our nation’s voters are immersed in Right Wing propaganda. What’s the solution? We should

We're drowning in lies. This is just one more kind of lie. The fact that we're drowning in lies overall is the major problem.

Solution:

upine.medium.com/time-to-solv...

He's a warmonger with a penis. 🤷‍♂️