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(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Prohibition on Use of Reputation Risk or Other Supervisory Tools To Encourage or Compel Banking Organizations To Engage in Politicized or Unlawful Discrimination The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is inviting public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (proposal or proposed rule) that would codify the removal of reputation risk ...

The Federal Reserve System (Board) is inviting public comment on new guidelines in regard to debanking of persons & orgs regarding lawful business activities perceived to present reputation risk.

Comments due by April 27, 2026.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Disgusting. There is zero connection to anything real in this charade. They haven't a clue, nor do they care, what "Sharia" actually is in the Islamic tradition.

Recent news of gop doings makes clear that their current pivot to "Islam is the enemy" has been premeditated and deliberate.

Opinion | The Alternate Universe of Donald J. Trump

My column this week speaks to this point that Trump is plainly incapable in acting in a way that isn’t self-destructive. (gift link)

Opinion | The Justice Department Wants to Make It Safe for Government Lawyers to Lie

Too much to keep track of, but don't sleep on AG Bondi's new proposed rule that would let DOJ lawyers avoid key ethics checks that prohibit lying to court. Ratcheting up the assault on courts & the reality-based world at the same time. Mine in today's NYT. (Gift Link)

A vertical, ground-level photograph of a clear glass sphere resting on a mirror. The sphere captures a sharp, inverted reflection of a sunrise, showing vibrant orange and pink tones along the horizon and a deep blue sky. The mirror surface below creates a perfect, crisp reflection of the glass ball and the colors of the dawn. In the background, the sunrise is shown as a soft-focus glow with pink-tinted clouds against a transitioning sky, silhouetting a distant treeline.

Mirror Mirror on the Ground

#nature #photography #sunrise

"Follow the Money" continues to be the safest bet in investigative journalism

I love drawing unusual critters,,,

cropped version of Evaa sitting under the waterfall, artwork by Evaatheria

If Evaa was a music genre it'd be Folktronica / Organica
(I just find it super vibey)

and she'd smell like nice incense

Yoooooo where are all the binturong furs at?? Apparently you all smell like butter popcorn

soba giving eek a huge slobbery lick

um uhh buh uhh t um uhh uuh

We millennial peeps need to take more fursuit pictures like this. We need to keep the dream alive!

hghghf

Also feel free to drop here screenshots of the show you think it would be fun for me to redraw ( Al, Lucifer or anything fun ). I’m not doing all but this tiny sketches have been helping me to get through the many things I have to do without loosing my mind 🫶✨

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Is it legal to film ICE agents? Yes. The First Amendment protects your right to film ICE in public, and you cannot be punished for that alone. If you are in a public place, you have the right to record ICE and other agents, as long as you don’t interfere with or obstruct their operations, or break another valid law while you’re filming. If you are on private property, owners can set their own rules about photography and filming.

Our rights aren't up to ICE agents to decide.

using public office to name and shame evil landlords into submission is so cool. i hope democrats learn from him

Closeup of the head and beak of a great blue heron in profile, looking to the right side of the photo. The heron has a long orange beak, black and white head, grey neck, and bright yellow eye. Blurry pond in the background.

Also on today's walk: Heron friend, in traditional profile.

A great blue heron's head and neck, with the bird looking directly at the viewer. From this angle, the bird looks vaguely like a muppet, or perhaps a snake, very long and thin, sticking straight up. Blurry pond and dry vegetation in the background.

Closeup of the back of a heron's head as it looks away from the viewer. Long black feathers from the crown of its head blow slightly off to one side in the wind. Blurry pond in the background.

... and from less traditional angles :)

Small duck with a teal crescent around its eye and a reddish-brown head. The duck has a black bill, a grey breast, and grey-brown wing feathers. The bird is in profile, swimming in lightly-rippled pond water.

I saw a good assortment of waterfowl in the wetlands today. Here's a male green-winged teal.

A large black bird swims low in the water, only the top of its back visible above the surface. The bird is in profile, with a long elegantly curved neck and a bright turquoise eye. Beads of water dot the feathers on the bird's back, and the pond around it has small ripples.

This was not my usual spot for cormorants, but this one was swimming around the pond in search of fish.

Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

Access to mental health care in the VA under President Trump has gotten worse, @propublica.org found, despite promises to provide the best services. Now there are long waits & individual sessions replaced with group therapy involving as many as 35 people. / by @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

Like everything else in our timeline, our version of "callow young white boys blithely fuck everything up, never appreciate the damage they did, and face zero accountability" is just so f'ing ham-handed & over-the-top. Not believable. Terrible writing.

Everyone will be quick to point out how Vietnam ended, but my favorite part of this is about how our military is somehow “leashed” under Pete Hegseth. Which just goes to show how there will always be some idiot finance bro in NYC claiming we’re fighting wars with one hand tied behind our backs.

Eurasian Eagle Owl

It’s so funny that FIFA gave Trump a Peace Prize and a few months later he threatened to kill a national team that qualified for the World Cup.

So if using AI actually does erode human cognition the way studies suggest, then it's a feature instead of a bug?

The world is gross enough without "take away people's ability to think so we can sell it back to them" being on the list.

The enemy is inside the gates.

Universities employed this man in a position with authority over students.

And they are still employing others just like him.

Signal Gate and the murder of shipwrecked men should’ve ended Pete Hegseth’s term

But incompetently killing hundreds of schoolgirls-which will surely enrage Iranians-is beyond the pale

Whether the war is a cover for Epstein related crimes or not-Trump’s callous disregard of life won’t be forgotten