@queenofthinair
Montanan now home. Philosopher Queen. Diva. Foodie. Shoes. Not my first rodeo. Act III Learning, charitable discussion, exploring ideas. No BS. Every day is Ethics Day! Military Ethicist. Books #OnObedience #Achilles I say what I want.
I will repeat my plea here, with a reminder that you do not have to be a vet, or have any ties to the military to be upset about the way this Soldiers official death announcement was handled.
Please take the time to email them about your concerns.
Every single time a new outlet feels compelled to interview an unremarkable billionaire they should pause and ask themselves if there isn't an under-represented artist, scientist, activist, engineer, or academic actually doing useful/interesting things that's more deserving of your readership's time
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we want functional tools, not to have to offer prayers to the machine spirit to get excel to work
For some reason Condoleezza Rice is in Trump's "Saving College Sports" roundtable and she looks delighted about it
Former President Barack Obama speaks during final public tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson
With obvious disrespect for the armed forces, the White House is trolling for outrage.
#InOurName
As I emphasized here:
"The fundamental legal problems under both U.S. and international law relate to the underlying use of force in this war against Iran."
A war which is of course illegal.
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👇 "Another concern that has recently drawn attention is the linguistic insularity of mainstream Anglophone philosophy – that is, the neglect of work written in other languages."
#philsky
AI experts explain the harmful impact of manipulated images in the fog of war: “It’s become very sophisticated and a critical part of geopolitics”
That’s the pitch. Politics that is grounded and practical but better.
If it’s all bullshit then what are we doing? The money’s better on the right, and fighting is exhausting.
I’m not in the carrying water for Totenkopf rich kids business.
You want people to believe politics can still be realistic, efficient, practical, while also more just, more human focused, more ethical and good?
you’ve got to embody it. Otherwise it’s all self-serving bullshit
"Reports suggest that the DoD used Claude to select targets in Iran, meaning even Anthropic’s principled stand may be yet more theater from the AI industry."
#EduSky
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Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
Let’s see where we are in a week once people have absorbed the move in gasoline prices.
Pleased to speak with @apnews.com as well about the sinking of the Iranian warship and be quoted alongside smart law of war experts, including my old military law prof Gene Fidell.
"The attack may not violate the law of war, but that’s only the start of the analysis."
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This, on perpetual repeat
Pleased to speak with @huffpost.com along with some sharp LOAC experts about the sinking of the Iranian warship.
As I noted, tho I don't have all the relevant info, there's a general cause for concern as this "secretary of defense has a long track record of denigrating the law of war.”
Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court first upholding the Voting Rights Act.
We have gotten so, so far away from a Court that cares about democracy.
New from me at @brennancenter.org:
Some thoughts:
"I can't assess whether the U.S. undertook ‘all possible measures’ to search for and collect the shipwrecked without having a better idea of what was possible in this situation. But I certainly think the U.S. military needs to explain itself.”
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Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
Ben Stiller calls out the White House for using 'Tropic Thunder' clips in a war video
"We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie"
Sweet Jesus. “The administration is scrambling to improvise a sensible domestic response to its own foreign policy. There are definite signs of a potential policy spiral.” www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Looks like ‘Freedom of Navigation’ has costs attached to it.
Never guessed it would be the government becoming a shipping re-insurer.
If nothing else, you would think that the risk of an oil-price shock months before the midterms would be enough for congressional Republicans to get a handle on this.
Feels relevant that both Fetterman and Platner were/are downwardly mobile sons of the white upper-middle class. That can nurture a distinctly different bundle of resentments than are usually found in products of working or middle class households.
Leaning hard into prerogative powers where a president is, in effect, all powerful amounts, for Trump, to a kind of grand and bloody self-care, writes Josh Marshall.
Screen shot of CNBC story headlined, “Trump says no deal with Iran to end war without ‘unconditional surrender'” published 6 March 2026 by Dan Mangan.
In my research on Admiral King and his influence on JCS decision making in WWII, one thing that leapt out was his regret of a public announcement of unconditional surrender because of how it constrained the Allied approach to war termination.
One can only wonder that he would think of this.
