pleocene.bsky.social

they always call it “pain at the pump” when gas prices go up but they never call it “pleasure at the pump” when they go down

Im losing my marbles

Raymond Geuss, The Evansville Option — Sidecar On the Israeli question.

ladies and gentlemen and enbies, I present to you Raymond Geuss's morally upright and strategically workable proposal that we resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by relocating all Israelis to Evansville, Indiana, and renaming it New Zion newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

They all said Hormuz closure would be brief. What if they were wrong? On day six of the Middle East war, hope of a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is fading. There does not seem to be a quick fix. A material return of transits in the future will require shipowners to be convinced that the route is safe for their crew and vessel assets 

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Hereditary peer Lord Mancroft: ‘They don’t care about fox hunting. It’s about us’ [FREE TO READ] The Conservative politician and former master of hounds on House of Lords reform, the pros and cons of privilege — and his numerous tattoos

This is one of my favourite lunches that @henrymance.ft.com has done, and yes, that's a big claim. When I add that we decided you all earned it this week becuase you've tried so hard in difficult circumstances, you should feel very proud. as.ft.com/r/a30e9e3c-3...

Top 3 demonyms in the english language

3. Masshole
2. Mancunian
1. Panamanian

good wikivandalism lol

I want to fucking destroy them

I talked to a developer who said that coding agents are useful but he has to babysit them all day or they don't produce valuable work. Bro that's just doing your job with extra steps

the public school system should teach you how to make prosciutto

im about 3/4 of the way through capital vol. 1

Iranian warship hit by US torpedo did not carry ammunition, say Indian sources The ship was reported to be taking part in naval exercises hosted by New Delhi and was 'defenceless'

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UN says 35,000 people are stuck at sea due to the closure of the strait of hormuz

reports from xitter: grok knows about adorno now

marg bar amrika baby

i will be taking credit for this. thanks.

I had what I thought was a modestly good idea on my old postdoc project and the grad student got it to work and is like "yeah it's massively simplified all the proofs"

Solemnly wheeling Senator Fetterman into the glue factory

slasher displays lack of understanding of human anatomy

President Trump’s administration has a “lack of understanding about the makeup of the Iranian state”, says Abdullah Al Arian, a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar.

us and israel bombing more schools

It's not a ballgame, you're not a player, and you're not a fan. You are a subject.

I hate people who use "we" and "us" to refer to the U$ state

tooze: "The current war is disastrous from the point of view of the modern agricultural cycle."

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

‘If Trump’s intention was to remove Khamenei from the political landscape, he may instead have fixed him in it, recast in the eyes of his devotees as a figure of sacrifice rather than failure.’

@eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social on the US war on Iran, new on the blog.

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Walk us through the loadout

Because chaos and resultant destruction and de-development of the region are in the interest of the US and its shitty little settler colony?