Trump's shruggy nihilism extends to Iranians, US soldiers, and you.
07.03.2026 01:00
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Trump's shruggy nihilism extends to Iranians, US soldiers, and you.
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Of course it’s worse than expected. We know what happens when a naïve population gets measles. We have literally 500 years of records of measles’ genocidal capacity on naïve populations. Measles is and remains one of the great scourges.
i am not generally a "go through the hoops to write a comment I don't think will really be read" kind of guy, but for a plan THIS bad, by a guy I hate THIS much... I'll make the exception
'Nebel, Dunst' #FotoVorschlag
Morgendlicher Bodennebel, Acton playing fields, London.
Hey, if you're feeling like life has passed you by and you're too old to start something new, remember that John Brown was 55 before he killed his first pro-slavery settler in the Kansas Territory. It's never too late to follow your dreams.
Fossil fuels were the future, once.
A frigate with a crew of fewer than 200 is barely a "warship". The vast majority of that crew were cooks, deckhands, engineers to keep the turbines going. And to leave wounded survivors floating in open water violates the actual and moral law of the sea. You at least call for help for them.
There have been pockets of purple/red reps moving on some votes because of public pressure, so keep calling. Also, you can be like @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and call your shitty rep out of spite.
So: in addition to the flesh and blood cops defunding the city by causing lawsuits, the digital cops are draining public funda as well.
Years ago I found a note in the parish register of Glenfield in Leicestershire which instantly became one of my favourite Civil War commentaries:
'Churchwardens, not any; because
distractions many; & distructions mightie'.
I've returned to that document, explored other pages nearby, and found...
Do you know what to do if you are caught in a rip current? Watch this video for smart swimming tips that could save yourself or others.
Find more safety tips at weather.gov/safety/ripcurrent-surviving.
And (as should surprise no one) adds nuance to the common understanding of the man.
www.science.org/content/arti...
So ChatGPT tells people to kill themselves, and OpenAI's response is to shift responsibility to unpaid, untrained, non-professional friends and family members.
So if you get designated as the "trusted contact," you're doing terrifying unpaid work for this evil company.
Shut it all down.
Urgent warning to residents of southern Lebanon: Hezbollah’s terrorist activities are forcing the Defense Army to act against it with force. The Defense Army does not intend to harm you. For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately. Anyone who is near Hezbollah members, its facilities, or its weapons puts his life at risk. Any house used by Hezbollah for military purposes may become a target. To the residents of southern Lebanon, you must go right away to the north side of the Litani River to ensure your safety—evacuate your homes immediately and move northward beyond the Litani River. Be aware that any movement southward will endanger your lives.
Quick translation of the IDF statement ordering all of south Lebanon's population to immediately leave.
Keep in mind that Israel has never stopped bombing south Lebanon since the 'ceasefire.' They are now taking the next step to destroy as much of the country as they can.
genuinely hurts me to see the government try to destroy the nature I grew up with back home. please send your comments
JewishSky, can you help me get the holidays right (non-fiction, UK English, passing mention, history of the Holy Land).
Book has ‘Passover, the Pentecost, and Sukkot’.
‘Sukkot’ seems commonplace.
I hear ‘Passover’ and ‘Pessach’ probable equally: which should I prefer?
For the last, ‘Shavuot’?
Behind closed doors, political groups are negotiating compromises that could push this law through quickly - with very little time for public scrutiny.
We need to act now!
Most of our eyes are on Iran today.
But rewind just a few weeks - to five-year-old Liam, in a blue winter hat, stopped by ICE on his way home from school in the United States.
Systems like ICE aren’t built overnight. They’re built law by law. Vote by vote.
JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in *Arkansas*.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race and wanted the seat to stay vacant for 8+ months, but the courts told her to hold it today. If she was worried, she was right to be.
Our full recap:
AI hands against an AI backdrop of beige books on shelves, holding a poster. The headline reads "Publish Your Book On On On Amazon with ease!" then there's an image of a man holding a book behind his back in a joint-cracking manner, and a bunch of garbage text that, in the way of AI, reads as if someone, probably you, has had a stroke. Let BookQuill on publishing Handle, Editing, standout on amazon Sect Ed editing, SEO, farmating & make you tok syour book an print design! etc
On the topic of book club slop, I just got one that came with an instagram link to the supposed sender, so I had a look just to see if there was anything there and OH MY GOD it's beyond my wildest dreams.
I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.
If it runs on Macs, absolutely. Walking simulator? Fine. Riding simulator? BRING IT ON.
...So in local news: I still need to get some more heating oil for the house before the prices, uh, do what they're going to do. Want some pretty-low-priced #ebook bundles that have never been anywhere near AI slop? Grab one of these and help keep a writer warm! 🙂 dduane.link/EBDBundlesLi...
It's March 2026. It's been known that #SubstackHasANaziProblem since early 2022. It's four years, and many instances of Substack promoting Nazi newsletters to all subscribers, and so forth.
You can make sure you don't share Substack links by using this handy labeler:
bsky.app/profile/labe...
Die irakische Menschenrechtsaktivistin und Feministin Yanar Mohammed ist gestern in Bagdad bei einem gezielten Anschlag erschossen worden.
Sie hat die ersten Frauenhäuser im Irak eröffnet und sich jahrzehntelang für gesetzliche und strukturelle Verbesserungen für Frauen eingesetzt.
RIP
A gothic castle in the transylvanian mountains. A great bear of a man, waring a stovepipe hat and carrying a cane: "Now that you are my bride, you will never leave this castle!" His new bride replies "Wow! Your library is amazing!" He continues "Beyond the castle is a high wall with no gate, and beyond that is a deep. Dark forest with no path." She pulls a volume from a great bookcase, "I suppose it's my library too, now we're married." He goes on "The forest is crawling with ravenous wolves, malignant birds and the spirits of long-dead travellers." Ignoring him, carrying a pile of hardbacks "So many books! I can't believe My luck!" He has sprouted wings, claws and cloven hoofs. "When the sun sets, I transform into a wild beast and soar into the night, seized by a terrible bloodlust!" She sits, examining her books as he flies out the window "Ok. I'll stay here and read. See you in the morning"
'Castle'
One of the limited-edition prints in my shop
www.tomgauld.com/shop
James Doohan as Scotty sits at a control console aboard the USS Enterprise, wearing a red Starfleet uniform with a black collar and a delta insignia on his chest. He leans slightly forward with one hand resting on the console, his dark hair neatly combed to the side. Behind him are colorful control panels and futuristic set walls characteristic of the original Star Trek series bridge.
James Doohan wasn’t just Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, he was also a Canadian who served his country and landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Then he turned to acting, was trained by Lorne Greene and even helped develop the Klingon language.
This is his story.
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the computer is NOT conscious. until you put googly eyes on it
What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.
[Remission, Medical Fatmisia]
re-upping this because I've just gotten official confirmation my fatty liver disease is currently in remission
and shocker, being told "this is because you're fat and you need to be less fat"
was not what actually helped
#NEISvoid
