*Anchovy cheesesteak made with Parmesan, apparently; but close.

how do you take 22 minutes to say "cheesesteaks and pussy"

Also: I like to post this Rick Steves Video from 2009 when he went to Iran. It is soo interesting! (And shows real people) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYoa...

Can we talk about how that worked out for Afghanistan -- and the world at large? Do we really want to bring up the Contras in Nicaragua in this setting?

Afghanistan is notoriously in a great position right now with its government as a result; we should definitely replicate that in Iran, you guys! /s

This is definitely NOT the societal equivalent of desperately Googling "plagiarism definition" after you used AI on an assignment and get a note about seeing the professor after class.* /s

Because it’s totally normal to have the news review what constitutes war crimes.

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

Do you ever just report bigoted social media content for stuff like "misinformation" because you're tired of reporting it as "hate speech" and then being told it doesn't qualify (so no action will be taken)?

If nothing meaningfully changes next year a fascist much more competent than Trump will do what Trump has been trying to do and we'll all be omega fucked. If Mike Johnson and the Supreme Court had a competent Executive b Branch We'd probably be doing prison labor already. They're all stupid.

I encourage everyone to think about what happened in Germany and Italy when fascism was on the rise and socialists didn’t succeed in seizing and smashing the existing state and bourgeois class

They don't plan to make any structural changes. I 100% guarantee the dems run on "a return to normal" and "pretend the last 4 years never happened" and "move forward and heal the nation", and that will be good enough for a LOT of people. "No trials because we don't want to dwell on the past"

And remember, "return to normal" means codifying all the right wing advancements into law, not rolling them back

And everyone should read WHY & HOW the fascists even got to form a government. They weren’t the majority, they just were let in from the front door by the king and the bourgeoisie because they busted strikes and quelled protests by workers and farmers. Fascism is the warden of the bourgeois State

Everyone in the comments read George Jackson - analyzing the correct method in combating american fascism Aimé Césaire - Discourse on colonialism R. Palme Dutt - Fascism and Social Revolution Domenico Losurdo - Liberalism: A Counter-History

If anti-trafficking work were truly about safety, arrest wouldn’t be the starting point. If it were truly about survivors, financial transparency wouldn’t be optional. If it were truly about prevention, policing wouldn’t be the spine. www.swopbehindbars.org/post/the-sti...

The Nordic model does not work. The nordic model claims to protect and decriminalize sex work, but in reality it harms sex workers because it still criminalizes clients, friends, roommates, family. It encourages law enforcement to surveil sex workers. Let's talk about it.

Imagine that an adult is allowed to perform a type of labor, but no one is allowed to hire them. No one can organize the work, provide a workplace, or offer tools and support. The labor is legal, but everything that makes it possible is not.

Across any field - physical labor, caregiving, anything- the pattern holds. The work doesn’t disappear, demand doesn’t disappear. What disappears are the things that make the work safer and more accountable: screening, shared workplaces, contracts, oversight, and the ability to work collectively.

When you criminalize one side of a transaction, you don’t eliminate it - you push it into conditions where fewer protections exist. The core assumption is that targeting demand will reduce harm. But harm is not created simply by the existence of demand; it is shaped by conditions.

These conditions include visibility, power dynamics, access to resources, the ability to set terms. When criminal penalties are introduced for one side, interactions become more rushed and less transparent, negotiation power shifts toward whoever is willing to take on more risk This is not safety!

You can read more here, and we are always happy to answer questions. But TLDR? The Nordic model does not work and it doesn't keep anyone safe. www.swopbehindbars.org/post/the-log...

ICYMI- "Lawmakers are urging the US government to disclose whether it has been surveilling user activity on VPN servers located in foreign countries." www.pcmag.com/news/is-the-...

Conflating sex work with trafficking does not strengthen survivor protection. It weakens it - by making exploitation harder to identify, easier to misuse, and more dangerous for everyone caught in the middle. www.swopbehindbars.org/post/not-you...

Actual trafficking survivors are swept into this dragnet, misidentified, arrested, detained, deported, or returned to unsafe conditions because systems trained to see “prostitution” cannot accurately identify coercion. Resources are diverted from long-term support to spectacles and stings.

"Survivors say" has become a moral trump card - used to justify policy, enforcement, and shut down dissent. But not all survivor voices are welcome. What passes for “survivor-centered” is often survivorship under strict conditions, filtered through institutional comfort, and funder expectations.

Anyone DTF? (a Dr Thunder Friend)

🚨 BE AWARE - ZIONIST PROPAGANDA This missile barrage took place before the ceasefire went into effect. The footage is running wild in Hasbara accounts right now.

wait lmao milo is still on his team? okay so that apology was actually total bullshit then

Ye? Nay!

If a politician would say that in a democratic country, they would be instantly fired and sentenced in international court for incitement, violence and war crimes In Trump’s America, it’s just another day in office

25th amendment seems appropriate about now.

"A whole civilization will die tonight" seems pretty warcrimey

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

Trump administration undoes civil rights settlements that found discrimination against trans students www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

after a quick review of my timeline i feel the need to point to the sign

After Trump’s comment this morning, Many are calling for the 25th amendment to be invoked; here’s a breakdown on what the 25th amendment is, the pros and cons of using it as a removal strategy, and what we can do instead. #25thamendment #nowariniran

The is the stupidest WW3 ever. This clown show can't even wag the dog right.

Me too, but this is psychological abuse meant to wear us down. I’m worried people will eventually ignore what’s coming from his accounts (I don’t believe he’s posting all those himself) and that’s when this administration will do something even more horrific than they’ve already done.

What really happened was military told him they weren’t on board so he had a letter drafted and sent to PM Pakistan to release to the world requesting delay. Problem was first time it was posted Pakistan forgot to remove the evidence that it was drafted for them

Imagine being a Greenland shark. Deep under the ice, below any sight of the sun, you float almost motionless above the seabed. You do not know what is happening anywhere else in the world. You do not even know there is anywhere else in the world. This is the seven hundred years of your life.

Honisty, i am so tired

Artemis II pics

US official tells Axios: “The ceasefire is set to begin this evening, but it will take time for the orders to reach individual units in the IRGC”

Demilitarize Israel.

And televangelist, or maybe megachurch

IDK, he'll be fine.