It is 1979. I am prematurely declaring victory in another Middle Eastern not-quite-a-war for not-quite-oil-reasons I don't quite understand.
It is 1989...
It is 1991...
It is 2002...
It is 2003...
It is 2011...
It is 2021...
It is 2026...
Part of Europeβs silence is a practical dependence on the U.S. But I think part is just sheer relief that heβs not bombing Greenland.
cant.stop.laughing
a second health bar appears over Jesus' head
Ugh, screen doors were so obvious here. Instead we use a complicated and fault prone system of lasers that ultimately still don't keep people off the tracks
I forget who said it, but it's been noted that while "Don't Be Evil" and "Democracy Dies in Darkness" are kinda corny as corporate mottoes, is invariably a *very bad sign* when companies abandon them.
The major flaw with the claim that Trump's foreign policy is "realist" is the fact that it is so deeply ideological. There is no "realist" case for driving South Africa into China's embrace, rather than competing for its partnership. The only reason Trump is doing so is based on racist memes.
One of the most disturbing consequences of all the hyperbole and conspiracy theorizing by Covid βtruthersβ and others is how it has drained some words of meaning. Words like βstate terrorβ or βlawlessβ, words desperately needed now that innocent people are actually being killed by government agents.
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
I feel like this official letter is an inflection point, convincing European elites that not only is Trump genuinely insane, but the people serving him in the U.S. government are either insane or too cowardly to object.
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though
The EU cut a deal with Trump on tariffs, hoping it would get him off their backs. Hopefully they have learned the lesson: any concession simply invites more demands. The only way to beat a bully is to tell him to go to hell.
And how many fans will risk coming through US border controls?
A prominent local journalist fled a major provincial city as paramilitary forces loyal to the strongman president set up roadblocks to suppress demonstrations after the cold-blooded public execution of a protestor.
Ah, I feel like I'm in China again. Sweet familiarity...
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
googled something and clicked a link to a website I'd never heard of that looked like a forum, read the discussion and realized the person asking a question and all of the answers were all LLM generated, the entire website was a fake forum pretending to be people asking/answering questions
Five years of social media history and ten years of email addresses for visitors from allied nations. Identifying extended family.
If your business hinges upon tourism dollars, Trump's xenophobia will crush your livelihood.
Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
china folks, what was that fake prize they came up with in a fit of pique after Lu Xiaobo got the literature award?
You know, healthcare funders are very much putting a cost on a life when they decide that $500,000 is not "cost effective" for life-saving therapy when it has a 90% chance of success in cancers like B-ALL. #CCRC2025
I see over the weekend, America unlocked the βleader hasnβt been seen for a few days, is he dead?β level of authoritarianism.
As a historian of China, let me welcome you into our club, here's a T-Shirt and official tote bag. The open bar starts service in five minutes. ηηζ¬’θΏ!
It would actually be just as hilarious if this turns out to be a living funeral.
Imagine waking up, finding out that everyone thought you were dead ... & everyone was just ecstatic....
this doesn't seem great
In authoritarian states, the disappearance of the Dear Leader for a few days might mean everything is about to change. Or it might notβ¦
the traditional denigration of the last emperor of a dynasty by his successors, in this case a northern steppe people known as Canadians.
This is insane.
This is never a final deal with Trump. There is only a lull until he senses that his leverage has returned.
