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@ellipticalnight

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Thinking about the late Dr. Lindon Barrett, writing about value as force and form…the deeply word-defying awfulness of imperialist war where the discourse on value always hides the lives whose killing it depends upon

10.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember the mystery a few weeks ago, about how and why xAI was spitting out people's government names, even people who have only *ever* used a pseudonym professionally?

11.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

the military that utterly failed in afghanistan is not going to "win" in iran

10.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if you don't get the ways in which Iran has the upper hand here idk what to tell you

10.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Recently, Ta-Nehisi Coates said, β€œWell, they’re killing people in the streets. I don’t like to say I told you so, but I saw this coming years ago, and they said I was being too alarmist. But it’s consistent with what the United States is as a country.β€œ

10.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

all part of the superStan

10.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

words gotta ding each other!

10.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
word for
understan 
ding one 
another

word for understan ding one another

unintentional poetry from the local lit fest announcement website that's still
learning how to website

10.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

sir please tell pete to order an aircraft carrier through there at full speed just to confirm no mines

10.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

cute!

10.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

number of people who work outside who will be offered different schedules or days off: 0

10.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's cute when the city says "wow that's a lot of freezing rain, stuff will
be fucked stay home if you can" and literally no part of society enables anyone with a job to do that

10.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Episode 43 of the Kilauea eruption is a BEAST. They just zoomed out and uhhh this may be on its way to setting a record for tallest lava fountains. What on Earth. πŸ˜πŸŒ‹

Cam 2 live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...

10.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 299 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 12

the rare botanical-latin-based misty view name:

Cory Dalis-Flavula

10.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Summing up Iran news today, I think.

- US/Israel strikes continue
- Iran doesn't want talks, still firing on neighbors
- US asked Israel to stop hitting Iranian energy infra
- US claimed to be escorting tankers
- oops no it isn't
- Mines in the water
- ~80-90% of Iran mine laying capacity intact

10.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 817 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 28

Bad for Europe but maybe Europe should join the Do Something Century and Do Something for once

10.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Anybody who ever says shit like this is too much of a wimp to be poor. A week of the added poverty fees would knock his ass out.

10.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 517 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

love is someone coming home with backup mr browns cans in case there's no power for coffee tomorrow

10.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ingrid out here dropping S Tier neologisms like it’s no biggie

10.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Schiff is a great example of a dem with the safest seat in the world who likes to talk tough then plays happy regime collaborator at every turn

10.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Democratic party is as unpopular as it is because its own voters find the party feckless and weak.

10.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1248 πŸ” 218 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 0
white hibiscus flower with straight reproductive parts

white hibiscus flower with straight reproductive parts

white hibiscus flower with curved reproductive parts

white hibiscus flower with curved reproductive parts

straight & curved

10.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

the most parasocial my celeb relationships get is "omg I love them" and "protect them at all costs"

10.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

after a brief dive into whatever this mess is, why do fans get so parasocial and weird, leave hudson, connor, and franΓ§ois alone to keep being some of the rare people it's actually nice to share this earth with

10.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

america is #1 in losing while believing it's winning and this does not only apply to when it's committing war crimes

10.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

but the president said "we already won" like every president since ...

10.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it was a long list of wtf in just one paragraph

10.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah that Noma chef guy can go to hell, stabbing staff with kitchen tools? into the sea, gtfo, I hope your pillow is full of rocks and all your dreams fail

10.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

went to the park and sat in the sun with nothing to do but feel the sun and listen to whatever's going on, which was mostly squirrel chases and high school kids on break, and that was good

10.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

rent. free.

also how both characters are fully represented in these lines, as they are in every single line they have. "louis, always so damn literal"

10.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0