It was fun while Democrats were saying troops could refuse illegal orders but we bombed a girls’ school ON VIDEO and the C-in-C lied through his teeth that maybe our adversary possessed one of our most important weapons and not a single person stood up and said what the fuck are you talking about
Screenshot of a Tweet by Merman_Melville from 1/25/2019 reading: Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
Evergreen:
It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke.
This is not a joke.
We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.
You just described Off Track Betting.
The most placid and nurturing international environment of your life is in the rear view mirror.
THE WORLDWIDE FLAG OF ANTIFASCIST RESISTANCE
How did the ADL get to the ugly place where it is today? Daniel Sieradski lays out the history.
A lot of libraries’ values & mission statements emphasize community building. but when we meet to draft our own statements i’m going to be talking about privacy & autonomy, because to me the library is a place for community AND ALSO a place of refuge from the tyranny of communal prejudices. 📚
Douchebag ironmonger who also tries to seem hip and cool by selling retro video game consoles and Hawaiian t-shirts?
Palmer Luckey is real life Justin Hammer.
Full filing here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/ac/8f/e0d8d0...
Candy Counter
Candy Counter https://www.wikiart.org/en/wayne-thiebaud/candy-counter-1963
Feeling prettttty smug about talking the wife into buying our summer plane tickets on Sunday. Price already up 20%. "Who's calling Bluesky a waste of time now eh?!" I whisper very very quietly to myself.
Hugs! And good luck finding someone; Rudy is super organized & plans her schedule well so that she can give all her clients the attention they need & deserve but if she has an opening I cannot recommend her enough
She's a gem of human on top of being a brilliant scholar
I think she might be fully booked at this point but @rudydoesbooks.bsky.social is THE BEST
(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.
A picture of a simple solution to the situation in Strait of Hormuz where oiltankers would simply hit a trampoline and backflip over to the other side of the strait to avoid the dangers completely.
Saw the best and most realistic solution on reddit:
Based on this & other news stories I've seen recently (including the woman who ran over a man in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel), I'm developing a "North Carolina Woman" theory akin to "Florida Man"
UCMJ takes a different view
The most pathologically destructive belief about law on social media is that a person can always sue someone to correct a perceived wrong. Causes of action and remedies are often unavailable or limited. One of the crucial insights of the Trump administration is how limited lawsuits are.
Depends on what the meaning of "was" was.
![@ruinedpicnic
[walking by a river and I see a beaver wearing a t-shirt]
me: I don't even know what to say about this
beaver: maybe this isn't about you](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w4mumltio4x5yohskj2mo64c/bafkreifs2sr5metzri4hmkvio3e5ssnfthbuje5ql46r5fgrbjrllzxawy)
@ruinedpicnic [walking by a river and I see a beaver wearing a t-shirt] me: I don't even know what to say about this beaver: maybe this isn't about you
We're in a good ol' fashioned quagmire!
Fun fact: Tim Walz has not gone along with sports betting. Sports betting is illegal in Minnesota, even at tribal casinos.
Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."
No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.
I listened to an interview about this yesterday! But it was also an hour
Strait of Hormuz meme with Donkey Kong throwing a barrel.
Can this be a solution?
If the government really is worried about Iranian sleeper cells, then it was probably a mistake to systematically reorient the majority of US counterterror resources toward arresting immigrant grandmothers and five-year-olds in bunny hats
The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "The only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is Iran shooting at shipping," he said. "It is open for transit should Iran not do that."
you could stare directly at the sun should the sun not burn your eyes. the only thing stopping you from staring at the sun is because it burns your eyes
