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Neither Marine nor Maggot: Full Metal Jacket and the Crisis of Masculinity In October 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump stood before his gathered rally attendees and made a promise: he would build a “Trump military” out of the supposed ruins that he claimed P…

Got me sharing this again:
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It is, of course, all gender.

We're doing War-as-Gender-Affirming-Care. Some men get hair transplants, some buy a too-expensive car, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth accidentally-on-purpose tank the global economy killing thousands in an idiot war.
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'I fear Trump and Netanyahu will hand ruins over to the Iranians and walk away' Mehrangiz Kar, a Pioneering Feminist in Iran and a Leading Voice Among the Country's Exiles, Has Very Quickly Lost Any of the Hope She Harbored at the Start of the Israeli-U.S. Attacks on the Regime i...

"People hate this regime and are more angry at it than you can imagine, but we don't know whether the regime will change as a result of this war. With time people lose hope, and that is very bad."

An interview with Iranian feminist lawyer Mehrangiz Kar.

Gift link:

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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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Snippets of a Guardian article explaining that DHS sec pick Mullin has never served in the US military but has directed a former army ranger how to shelter and evacuate, owns a plumbing company, and had fought in a couple MMA matches as well as behaved like a schoolboy in a trip to Israel.

Screenshot from a Guardian article explaining that Mullin routinely speaks as if he's served in the US military followed by a quote from him on Fox news fixating on the "smell of war".

War is stolen valor fan fiction by any means.

War is fantasizing about Pete Hegseth smelling bad things.

Good Lord, Good Buddha, I feel we've really reached post satire as a society with the new #DHS leadership pick.

From the Guardian.

Once again we talk about how crucially important Ramstein airbase - a huge US military installation in Germany - is for US operations in the middle east and beyond.

As someone who has been working on US drone ops for ages, I have posted quite a bit about Ramstein. Like this thread 👇

Framing the First World War: How Diverging Views Shaped a Global Conflict Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

My review of excellent new book ‘Framing the First World War’ edited by the dream team @draefox.bsky.social @dmorganowen.bsky.social and Michael Finch is now in @fwwsjournal.bsky.social
50 free eprints available here:
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Envoy for the shield... Sounds like some Avengers type of position. Literally a spot for grifting con sabor of "Plan Colombia" /Banana Republic

Welcome back *checks notes* ANZAC cove?

a close up of a man in a suit and tie making a funny face . ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie making a funny face .

Showing this to my roommate rn to scare him even more about the insanity of American food.

Sri Lanka has taken control of the Iranian vessel IRIS Bushehr and its 208 crew members, President Dissanayake announced, citing international law obligations. The crew transfers to Colombo via Sri Lankan naval vessels; the ship proceeds to Trincomalee Port. #Iran

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

I really wish I still had access to Kpler and Windward... If the paid Marine Traffic isn't too bad ...That might suffice. It's been too long not doing "boat peeping"

Tanker traffic through Hormuz collapses Replies by 🎓Shibley Telhami, 🎓Scott Lucas, 🎓Michael J. Allen +7 more scholars

Tanker traffic through Hormuz collapses

Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed as tanker transits plunged about 90%, Kpler data showed, while a few vessels only now attempted the route.

With replies by 🎓Shibley Telhami, 🎓Scott Lucas +8 more scholars.

Tanker struck off Kuwait, spilling oil A tanker at anchor in Kuwait reports large explosion as five other ships including MSC container ship are involved in strikes or near misses in 24 hours.

Latest casualty: Suezmax oil tanker SONANGOL NAMIBE (IMO 9325049, Bahamas flag, ABS-classed, b. 2007, 83,469gt) reported an explosion on the port side whilst anchored just outside Kuwaiti territorial waters. www.seatrade-maritime.com/security/tan...

Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims LNG tanker in Mediterranean hit by drones The Arctic Metagaz had been carrying 61,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas when it exploded; Ukrainian drones reported to have hit southern Russia. What we know on day 1,471 Continue reading...

Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims LNG tanker in Mediterranean hit by drones #UkraineRussianWar #UkraineUnderAttack

Oof... This is certainly something.

When this is all over I cannot wait to see Hegseth and co perp walked to the Hague, tried and appropriately treated like those during Nuremberg.

BREAKING: Footage has emerged showing a U.S. Navy submarine sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena with a torpedo in the Indian Ocean.

Sanchez: Women's rights should never be used as a pretext for launching wars that serve other interests. If we truly believe in the freedom of Iranian women, the response cannot be more violence. It must be more diplomacy, more support, and more international law.

I'm sorry but I cannot believe she's younger than me. She has aged like milk. I know having Latino genes come in clutch with this... But damn.

this is what i'm talking about btw, spain is refusing to materially support the US war on Iran

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Unlike how Britain's Tony Blair was with Bush, in saying 'no' to war with Iran, Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez is letting the world know he will not be the cuck of America's pedophile psychopath.

US Use of Costly Weapons Against Iran Tests Limits of Inventory The US has a massive stock of easy-to-produce, air-dropped precision bombs — as President Donald Trump implied in a social media post this week — but has been using costly and less-numerous standoff w...

munitions: you know 'em, you love 'em, you're using the top-shelf stuff against an adversary with few defenses www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Where my grouchy but lovable New Englanders at? Boston Tea Party 2.0

The second tanker war (March 3, 2026-March 3, 2026)

Thank you for stating this. I feel most people need more information and knowledge about where exactly the Evangelical/"Born Again" belief of literal Armageddon comes from. It's a pretty new concept and was considered a fringe belief until recently. Most mainline Protestants do not believe in this.

My thing with Hegseth is that he wants you to think he was a scary, war-criming, door-kicker when he was actually a Minnesota National Guardsman assigned to the 101st Airborne Division as a replacement in Iraq, then quickly pulled from the line and shuffled off to a Civil Affairs unit mid-tour.

💥🛳️ Exilenova, Cyber ​​​Boroshno and Garbuz teams analyzed images of the Novorossiysk military port.

The probable damage is under analysis.

Maybe just maybe the Ukrainian policy of reducing the number of their troops on the front line was the right one and the Russian one of slaughtering their own population the wrong one.
Thankfully the Ukrainians did not listen to the terrible western analytic community on this.