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Editor and writer. Tech critic. Since they are Canadian, would not rule out treachery. Doing work stuff for my local Center for Migrant Worker Rights. Donate to: https://chuffed.org/project/116311-protect-an-open-source-engineer-and-his-family
Rubio said: "We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that would precipitate an attack against American forces. And we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them, before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties"
💢 Just In | Sen. Blumenthal warns U.S. may be getting ready to send troops into Iran after classified briefing Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he is “more fearful than ever” that the U.S. could end up sending “boots on the ground” in Iran after a closed-door intelligence briefing on the escalating war. The classified session at the U.S. Capitol included testimony from Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and John Ratcliffe about the administration’s strategy following the U.S.–Israeli regime change war campaign known as Operation Epic Fury. Blumenthal said lawmakers still lack clarity about the administration’s objective, questioning whether the goal is regime change, destroying Iran’s nuclear program, or countering “terrorism.” He also criticized the heavy secrecy surrounding the briefing, arguing that more of the information should be made public.
Acyn @Acyn Blumenthal: I am more fearful than ever after this briefing, that we may be putting boots on the ground
💢 Sen. Blumenthal warns U.S. may be getting ready to send troops into Iran after classified briefing
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he is “more fearful than ever” that the U.S. could end up sending “boots on the ground” in Iran after a closed-door intelligence briefing on the escalating war...
I don't think anyone really thought this one through
Photo of a stack of porcelain china bowls that has toppled over and is being held in place only by a glass display cabinet case door. As soon as anyone opens the glass door to try to reach the plates, the toppled stack will be dislodged and surelyat least six or seven china bowls will smash on the floor.
"Vessels sailing through a strategically critical Gulf waterway have reported that Iran notified them that the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world's oil and gas supplies pass, was "closed" to shipping."
Stop killing children.
Stop killing children.
Stop killing children.
Nothing went wrong but someone died cooked in an oven while on the job. I guess that tells you something about what's normal at the job.
This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.
After sexual violence, it's victims who get punished the most. Victims who lose their jobs and have to leave their industries. Victims who lose their friends and support systems. Victims who lose their health and sanity. Perpetrators might lie low, sometimes, before being handed it all back.
seems obvs to me that mamdani gets far because of his charm. why do "male self improvement" types always focus on things like looksmaxxing instead of personalitymaxxing or charmmaxxing?
Haha, no they're not. They haven't so far and we are 20 years deep into the concentration of tech giants like Google and Meta.
The decline of websites was the death of the Internet.
Social media has extracted all free time from everyone and imprisoned it in an infinite-scroll oubliette.
We exist online in a leisure class gulag.
the pope, who is not actually joined to this brief filed by the us conference of catholic bishops, says, by the way,
second paragraph is one of the funniest paragraphs ever in a statement of interest, concerning a person who is not actually listed among amicii. is the pope ordering SCOTUS to strike down the eo..... well, he's not NOT ordering SCOTUS to strike down the eo
I am close to halfway to the goal for this fundraiser. chuffed.org/project/1163...
Enjoyed @rickwesthead.bsky.social in conversation with @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social yesterday in Halifax. Besides the shout-out to source-centric investigative journalism, it was good to hear: no matter who wins the Olympic gold medal, the crisis of misogyny in hockey is the bigger story.
Is this a The Onion headline?
This is some genuinely good analysis of the Epstein files, difficulties in accessing the latest files and what might be missing so far from government releases, from UK Channel 4 News.
youtu.be/Hw0glF_8Smc?...
A benefit of not having children is that I'm never going to have to explain 16:9 content uploaded as 4:3
People broke this story? The magazine that regularly features Miss Piggy on the cover? GET READY TO ACCEPT YOUR PULITZER, PEOPLE MAGAZINE!!! people.com/jeffrey-epst...
I have some quick fixes for Timmy's defecit
step 1 : increase the HST by 1%
Step 2: Make the bridges self suffcient by charging a toll
Step 3: cancel the Yarmouth ferry
Adult Anti-Trans Legal Risk Assessment Map of the United States. Florida, Kansas, and Texas are marked "Do Not Travel" with dark crosshatched shading. Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming are dark red for "Worst Laws Passed." Georgia, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Montana, and South Carolina are orange for "High Risk Within 2 Years." Alaska, Kentucky, and North Carolina are salmon/pink for "Moderate Risk Within 2 Years." Arizona, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, and DC are light blue for "Low Risk Within 2 Years." California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington are teal for "Safest States With Strong Protections."
Youth Anti-Trans Legal Risk Assessment Map of the United States. Florida, Kansas, and Texas are marked "Do Not Travel" with dark crosshatched shading. The majority of states are dark red for "Worst Active Anti-trans Laws." Montana, Nebraska, Alaska, and several others are orange for "High Risk Within 2 Years." States including California, Colorado, New York, and other previously protective states are now light peach for "Moderate Risk Within 2 Years," reflecting the update that no state is considered low risk for transgender youth. No states appear in low-risk or protective categories.
1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here.
For trans adults, Kansas is the newest "Do Not Travel" warning, only the 3rd state to achieve that warning.
For youth, a change to the map increases risk to Medium in many states.
Nationwide risk remains extreme.
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As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
A Bellingcat investigation reveals child soldiers in Sudan’s civil war have become viral figures on TikTok. Videos attracting millions of views show the children with senior military officials, celebrating battlefield victories and delivering violent threats. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...
it is a terrifying (and recurring) experience to engage in dialogue with people who seem reasonable until they casually suggest that people who live in other countries lives are inherently less valuable than ours.
If you’re reading Reuters coverage of “freedom dot gov” today & wondering about the U.S. commitment to free speech online this is the context. Trump has gutted funding for people in authoritarian countries to dodge censorship, instead we get this vague nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Cuba will teach us if @mark-carney.bsky.social is full to the brim of shit, or if he has any corners within himself where character still resides... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ICYMI over the weekend: A deep dive into the connections Jeffrey Epstein had with the hacking community
I reckon the last time the son of a sovereign was taken into custody in Britain was the Duke of Monmouth in 1685.
