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Photographer, glider pilot, tinkerer. Tarheel, former adoped ATLien + Rochestarian. Go Bills! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‰

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Where things stand with the Department of War A statement from Dario Amodei

I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of β€œshould our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but β€œto what extent?”

www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...

06.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 1586 πŸ” 491 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 48

Upon reflection, it was a bad idea to put a a sociopathic demented narcissist in charge of the world’s largest military and then confirm a poser with a small dick complex to run the Pentagon on instructions from a 21st century Goebbles.

07.03.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 456 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 5
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons

05.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 1393 πŸ” 368 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 13
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Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

06.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 12850 πŸ” 2858 πŸ’¬ 748 πŸ“Œ 181

He was just jealous that he got left out of transgender for everybody.

05.03.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

January 31st, 2012. We called in A-10s. Killed four Taliban. I remember the bodies. Teenagers. Twisted wrecked flesh

Making killing a video game isn’t just obscene. It’s a lie. It papers over what violence is and what it does to the human body, and to our soul. Truth is always the first casualty.

04.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

According to the US and Israeli right wings, Iran has been in the last mile of their nuclear weapons program for my entire adult life.

Netanyahu drew his red line at the UN nearly 14 years ago.

04.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 1449 πŸ” 379 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 13

This should be the baseline position of the Democratic Party.

04.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was hoping it wouldn’t be this close. Foushee came out swinging in the last few weeks here.

04.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that he used the same language to talk about the Democrats who make up a significant portion of the US population should give us all pause.

03.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 1101 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9

We are at the point of billionaire media consolidation where the more experienced nepo babies are offering mentorship to the newcomers

03.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I have killed
the senior leadership candidates
that were in
Iran

and which
you were probably
saving
for post-regime change

Forgive me
they were irresistible
so right there
and so bombable

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02.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 310 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2

a) AP is desperate for money
b) this is a terrible fucking idea, just like the 'we'll sell old AP photos as NFTs!' was

02.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 568 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Trump is going to sour on this whole thing the instant gas prices in Kansas spike and then it'll be a week of hearing every maga mouthpiece talking about how awesome he is for bringing this to an end so quickly before the next self inflicted calamity

02.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I am exhausted of the game where we pretend these two men are not differentiable from the rest of the party. They’re the two most prominent federal Democrats and they’re almost uniquely bad in the party, and come from a state where the Democratic Party is almost uniquely compromised

01.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 479 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1

I’m not mad at Democrats; many have responded relatively appropriately and vigorously. I am mad, specifically, at Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries

01.03.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 687 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9

(Whispers) there’s a difference between orders that are illegal to follow and orders that are illegal to give, and this may have been the second but it probably wasn’t the first

01.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

De Gaulle said, β€œLa vΓ©ritΓ©, c’est que les AmΓ©ricains finiront par se faire dΓ©tester par tout le monde. MΓͺme par leurs alliΓ©s les plus inconditionnels.”

β€œThe truth is that the Americans will end up being hated by everyone. Even by their most ardent allies."

I can’t say he was wrong about this.

01.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m voting for the candidate who promises to imprison everyone who makes money insider trading on war.

01.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 3435 πŸ” 733 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7

hey if you have no idea how anything works can you take a minute to weigh in? just go nuts with it, maybe make a bunch of predictions

01.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 692 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 0
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Washington Post layoffs include entire Ukraine, Middle East bureaus - National | Globalnews.ca The Post’s executive editor Matt Murray called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and weather changes in technology and user habits.

I’m not the world’s fourth-richest man so I don’t mean to speak out of turn here, but I think that firing your full-time foreign correspondents right before a major war might not have been a particularly wise move in terms of, you know, getting or keeping subscribers

globalnews.ca/news/1165243...

28.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 728 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 12
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Brian Kilmeade endorses military action against Iran: "I hope the president chooses to go at it. We have been looking at these headlines for 47 years, and we have an opportunity to end it. And this Pr...

We’re at war for a lot of dumb reasons but one of the biggest is because the president is a stupid man who takes instruction from his friends inside the tv box www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...

28.02.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 211 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1

we haven't even been properly lied to about why we're doing this

28.02.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 424 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Cat woke me up at 3am, really should have resisted the instinct to check my phone.

28.02.2026 09:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, fuck.

28.02.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

beginning to think that Sam Altman may in fact be dumb

28.02.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
Stephen Miller &
@StephenM
X.com
To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala's top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East.
Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace.
7:59 AM β€’ 11/1/24 β€’ 53K Views

Stephen Miller & @StephenM X.com To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala's top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East. Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace. 7:59 AM β€’ 11/1/24 β€’ 53K Views

November 2024

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