American hegemony on the European continent benefitted the USA. It was never an act of altruism. It was very clear what would happen if the Americans pulled back.

notice period

We all remember what happened last time Germany cranked up military spending 👀

This clown is so desperate for a Nobel it's hilarious

Knowing her family history of grifting + attention seeking, the fact that the account that reported on this was created just days before the incident, + how off-rubric the essay was, I believe Samantha Fulnecky failed on purpose to create a lucrative media cycle based on manufactured outrage

"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either." youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY

When Paul woke, he couldn’t move. A tent surrounded him, too foggy to see through. The humidity was supposed to help, but in the damp darkness he felt only fear. In a scene that predates the Matrix by 50 years, he was one kid in a sea of many, each in a metal pod and plugged in to machinery. #Polio

Well it is the pro rape administration so makes sense

Biggest cry baby in the room? The one refusing to mask. 😷 Babies are vulnerable — their immune systems aren’t fully developed, and a mum has every right to protect her baby. Source: x.com/chantz_y/sta...

Only tangentially related, but FUN FACT, gang: At least 9 Japanese medical schools, including the illustrious Tokyo Medical University, have been caught CHANGING THE SCORES on admission exams to exclude female applicants for the last 20 YEARS. This is real! It happened! www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...

Finally new Christmas music I can get behind youtu.be/Oco7Ojco9OQ?...

Rev. Michael Woolf, the lead pastor for the Lake Street Church: “Christians have to look at the birth story—not just a sort of a rosy sort of tale that we can just read in scripture—but actually sort of wrestle with its coming into being in context.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/e...

I have legitimately asked love ones to kill me

must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling” Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”

kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders

Researchers have marshaled ice core and tree-ring data to suggest that a previously unknown volcano erupted in 1345 and triggered climate changes that eventually led to the Black Death. 🏺🧪 (Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)

An experimental vaccine against IgE induces neutralizing anti-IgE antibodies and protects against anaphylaxis in humanized mice for as long as one year, supporting its potential as a long-term anti-allergy treatment. #ScienceTranslationalMedicine https://scim.ag/48PqaPu

A few weeks ago, I got to see (and help with a research workup of) one of the biggest bull sharks I've ever encountered. Check it out! 🧪🦑🌍🦈

Never thought I'd be impressed by the spine of Costco but here we are

Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes. Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.

I'm sorry but when did we lose vehicle choice?

I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

This is the sharpest criticism yet of Operation Kill Them All from a senior congressional Republican. Everything he says is not just correct, but also totally obvious.

Very few songs make me involuntarily scream when I hear it but this one is at the top of the list

Pete Hegseth bears responsibility for THIS (hat tip @natashabertrand.bsky.social)

When I heard Putin was bragging about some new nuclear missile I said "it'll probably blow up over Russia and they'll end up nuking themselves". Looks like I'm not proven wrong yet youtube.com/shorts/tkE1d...

Jamaica won gold in bobsled! This is so cool! Their debut (made famous by the movie) was in my home town! There was a Jamaican bobsled outside a popular bar for decades after lol youtu.be/l1pzKcVEoQA?...

The attorney compared the importance of pre trial to seasoning a tomato sauce. Am I being punked?

This is the most New York news report I've ever seen

What the fuck is going on with the world. I thought we were against child trafficking.

There's this constant discourse about how "the left" (whoever that is) has to stop being condescending and speak directly to men's issues. But these gurus are, without fail, more condescending to men than any feminist or SJW I've ever met.

these daily oval office things are increasingly looking like family holiday visits to grandpa at the nursing home

This is an important filing. The world will be watching.

Meet the head of a federal panel expected to upend the childhood vaccine schedule later this week. Dr. Kirk Milhoan believes that Covid was made in North Carolina and deployed to China as a bioweapon ... among other conspiracy theories. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...

Are any of those 1 vs 20 debates have 1 jackass vs 20 experts episodes?* Cause "experts roast an overly confident fool" would be something I'd watch *I don't watch the 1 expert vs 20 uneducated assholes debates because they hurt my soul so I want to go look for the answer.

many people were asking for it and now the full cut of the onion parody of jubilee debates is now up on youtube!

The Love Notes from Nature calendar is more than just a calendar. It's a pack of 12 prints! Enjoy 'em for the year then keep on enjoying them. (P.S. they fund our 2026 native plant project 😘) Get one at SquidFacts.net

BEHOLD!

I might be alone in this but if I was Carney I'd sign that MOU with Smith to let her think she won but knowing full well she'll never meet the requirements for it to go forward.

Trump is so debasing to republicans that their only way to deal with him is by playing stupid. this shit is so embarrassing, honestly

You plant olive trees for future generations so this can't be undone by planting new ones. Generational destruction and cruelty

it's not important. that's the answer. it is very very very rarely true, but it's not important.

Move over Johnny Appleseed, there's a new tree-spreading legend: Johnny Alligator! Let's talk about alligators & crocodiles as seed dispersers. We'll start with what this happy gator has in her mouth: a pond apple (Annona glabra), also called an ALLIGATOR APPLE. (📷: NPS Everglades)

It's the tariffs bozo