bdonnelly

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it's worth thinking about this as a kind of Nazi ideology: a belief that the country's military failures are a result of insufficient brutality rather than poor political decision-making

[Checks profile of X blue check on that one…. Oh, billionaire. Oh wait… inheritance enabled billionaire, third generation…. Now the smooth brain big thinking displayed there becomes clear]

I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

BREAKING: ABC News, citing sources: The United States is facing difficulty evacuating its personnel from facilities under bombardment in Iraq

Don’t sleep on urea!

(Literally and figuratively)

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ mars man deserved more

When pondering “lethality,” this quote from Sherman in 1865 comes to mind:

“War means success by any and every means; it is not fighting alone. Bulls do that, and bears, and all beasts, but men attain objects by intellect, and the introduction of physical power, moved upon strategic points."

Rob, with that attitude we’ll never make America great again

How many yards per day can our guys dig now with their higher Hegseth Lethality PE standards? Like three? Four?

yeah, what’s wrong with Tubi? How else am I supposed to binge watch Babylon 5?

ZEITGEIST, JUST THE TIP

Oh fuck, he used a sharpie didn’t he

My youngest teen just got an auDHD dx after years struggling with so many issues… & now helping her through it with therapy etc. realizing that I probably have a similar neurodivergence profile. Having so much click into place for me after 50 years of struggling, masking, etc is jarring but a relief

we remain firmly on track for 'republican president leaves the country an omnishambles, next democratic president is punished for not cleaning it up fast enough'

Is this a real photo or AI? I know the one of just Rubio was real, but this one?

the beast currently in chill mode

2026 FIFA World Cup is gonna be three teams, Israel, the US, and a bunch of pro players coddled together by Musk and two guys from Dubai representing from some stupid seasteading project from the Indian Ocean.

Probably gonna lose 100% before this is over

National statistics are in crisis around the world — and the impacts will be severe Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, Argentina, the United Kingdom and India.

Reason number 1,001 why we need to incorporate social science and humanities knowledge and understanding when we 'do' statistics.

the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood.

trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️

republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️

“sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️

naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️

villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️

powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️

list goes on

Marco Rubio greets Chuck Schumer in January 2026 at the Capitol Visitor Center

A close-up of his foot shows his shoes are too big

hmm

*laughs/cries* at Cramer being his typical clockwork fucked up weathervane

A CNN screengrab with headline that reads “Iran publishes hit list of tech companies” The screen shows google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, oracle and palantir

JFC. Iran has also announced that western tech companies (and their data centres!) are also now targets.

Iran has worked out exactly how to cripple the western world of oil, food, fertiliser, finance and data.

Trump has unleashed carnage - and he CANNOT put it back in its box.

BUCKLE. UP.

A guy with a son-in-law and one of his primary financial attorneys planning hotels and casinos in Gaza is in no fucking way an “ignorant passenger” here