Wait i thought you were big tough guys who didn’t need any woke shit like “help” or “allies” what happened? Calling troops fatties for not looking like underwear models didn’t work? bsky.app/profile/atru...
Adam Serwer
Hegseth: "The president was clear this morning in his Truth that there are countries around the world who ought to be prepared to step up on this critical waterway as well. Last time I checked there was supposed to be a big bad Royal Navy that could be prepared to do things like that."
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Aaron Rupar
NEW: Thomson Reuters, the media company which is also a data broker, has long provided personal data for ICE tools, according to documents obtained by 404 Media and sources. There are also indications its data is now part of the Palantir system ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target.
You’ll never guess what the state rep who wrote this just got arrested for
This model is so terrible. We’re seeing something similar in Ontario, it just does not work.
When you combine this case with Skrmetti, the Supreme Court has initiated a regime where states can ban medical care to affirm trans youth while states cannot ban efforts to engage in conversion therapy on trans youth. This court is such a joke.
One thing anyone who goes through a university creative writing program learns to recognize is: there's people who are there because they want to write, and people who are there because they Want to Be Writers, i.e. it's a lifestyle aesthetic, not a calling.
Generative LLMS are for the latter.
media covering the Supreme Court should explain the impact of the rulings on everyday people, while also describing the political forces and ideologies shaping the outcome
From Bret Devereaux again: On the Military Failures of Fascism
"although fascists and near-fascists promise to restore manly, masculine military might, they have never, ever actually succeeded in doing that"
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One of them, Virginia, has a bill restricting these agreements awaiting the governor’s signature.
One trend that I suppose is progress is that center-left politicians are no longer saying "no" when asked if Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza. Instead, they filibuster, complain about the question, and try to change the subject. They are no longer trying to rebut reality.
