✋ 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.

STUDY: “Bicycle lanes reduce GHG emissions as effectively as highways create them.” “Investing in networks of protected bicycle lanes has significant potential to reduce GHG emissions, lower transport costs, prevent road fatalities, & improve quality of life for people in cities around the globe.”

Never fund DHS again. Abolish it completely. If someone wants to moan about "but but we have to ____" yeah fine we can discuss a new department, but *this* department has to go.

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Haven't had to say it recently but Absolutely fuck cancer

Existence of Mamdani in the media criticism discourse is so useful because it demonstrates what the media could be doing to Trump if they ACTUALLY thought that he was an aberrant threat to our Republic. Not that you need to do this for Trump but: You can just write negative stories based on nothing!

I wonder why the Democrats are always recruiting former military rather than, say, community organizers, public defenders, or nurses.

There's a hauntingly beautiful irony in these morons thinking that carefully crafted American hegemony was actually weak and woke, and they would be the ones who would do Power and Dominance properly, and immediately bringing everything crashing down

the times demand it

can this be a solution?

the DOGE bros should be made fun of for the rest of their lives (in addition to being charged for their crimes)

me: if z is the length of a slice and a is the area of the pie, then pi(zz)=a PhD advisor: this is what you’ve been working on for three and a half years?

McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…

Six more days to enter my book preorder giveaway and win original art sites.prh.com/molly-crabap...

"Dostoevsky wrote Mexicanly about this" was unfortunately something I said out loud last night

Read this post from our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social, about the important book “Dark PR” by our own @grantennis.bsky.social. Then read the book. #UrbanTruth

The crown jewel of tasteless lamps

Tonight's videos include surfing, cats, good driving, and the return of a Fuzzbox video favorite

Look the feed made a poem

I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.

if the Justice Department and federal judges are willing to set the bar for “providing material support to terrorists” this low—an encrypted group chat, auto-deleting messages, wearing black, possessing zines—what the Praireland defendants have been through will likely be just the beginning

If people want to defeat the GOP, they need to grasp with this reality. Stop telling us we're doing better. Stop telling us our suffering is GOP propaganda. Stop telling us to be grateful for scraps. Nobody is going to be excited to vote for scraps.

As time goes on, Jewish anti-Zionism reveals itself not only as solidarity with Palestinians but also as an anti-antisemitism strategy. We want out of this toxic dialectic, this terrible feedback loop between Israeli belligerence and the Jewish precarity it incessantly engenders

Headline: Trump stepped on a rake and it slammed into his face, causing him to stumble around and step on a different smaller rake, which slammed into his balls Comment: He probably owns stock in rake companies. He and his pals are getting rich

A few weeks ago, I cautioned about prioritizing the voices of exiles over those of people who still live in a country. Some people took issue. I didn't say not to listen to exiles, I said do not privilege their voices.

people don't realize how common this is for big influencers like me. a PR firm from Saguenay sends me a check for C$0.35 every time I post about Angine de Poitrine

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.

Chicago wind gauge

Stark isn't wrong, Sein would fall all over himself for Methode... but she only has eyes for #Frieren

This is just the latest example I've seen, but it is really bleak how much political content on social media these days is being sponsored by dark money interest groups and how many content creators have been willing to take the cash and keep quiet about it.

"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is."

Israel is an Apartheid state that is continuing to genocide people while also displacing millions around the world. Evil.

oh no the thing that has happened to every single world power in every single major conflict since the advent of modern artillery is happening again

Kids who got new bikes "super excited" to walk them around the city that's too dangerous to ride in.

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

Realizing Gavin Newsom looks like someone freeze-dried Mitt Romney.

the US operation in Iran

Once again

Even in this Daylight Savings hellscape.

This is REALLY important — Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams, and debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why curriculum for students in Finland includes media literacy lessons aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth. V/@aljazeera.com

"We started a war of aggression for no reason & commenced it by accidentally bombing an elementary school & killing over 100 kids." That simple fact is so horrific that it's just kind of bouncing on the surface of our collective consciousness. We can't absorb its full implications & significance.

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holy fuck, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social's new book is fire. I'm interviewing her about it for Cool People, but seriously, I read history books about this exact time period for a living and I don't know that I've seen an author pull off "this is how this history matters today" quite so well.

When it comes to the likelihood of car crashes, or the deadly consequences of car crashes, speed is ALWAYS a factor. #UrbanTruth

Finally “The Pitt” has captured the true medical horror of our time: unscheduled electronic medical record downtime

Why call it "rendered impossible due to sleep deprivation" when "cancelled by woke" is right there.

So many people make things a problem when actually the answer is quite simple provided you’re willing to disrupt Oil blockade? Why not simply have ChatGPT create some oil for you?