The A-10s would have been slaughtered going up against Soviet AD.

1) Some of my speech got negative social reactions, which felt bad 2) That’s equivalent to state repression 3) Big name elite didn’t validate my feelings (ok, they did, but not enough) 4) This entitles—nay, requires—us to overthrow democracy and do state repression for real That really is the logic

“What fascisms old and new have in common is they tend to look to women to fill in the gaps that the state misses." And, I'd add, they get women to fill these gaps by making patriarchy's coattails the only way means by which women can achieve security or esteem. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

this is the most Atlantic article of all time

We might get a chance to witness a whole new crop of Seventh Day Adventists.

Again already? That's awesome. I have prepared a complete history of the Rapture leading up to Tuesday's Rapture:

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

"I’m free today because of this advocacy,” Soliman said. “Don’t underestimate your voice."

Welp I've been at Riot Fest since nothing else is really going on today.

I recently watched the underrated Cold War flick By Dawns Early Light. It's about a nuclear war with the USSR from the perspective of the USAF. There's a cool scene where a B52 crew uses a nuke to vaporize the MiGs chasing it. Pretty gnarly. Love this film tho. youtu.be/M5D36Haa8L0?...

i simply did not have the disney adult antifascist reading list on my late capital declining democracy bingo card and that’s on me

This coming Friday is Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day. So you can plan accordingly to hug a non-microbial life form in celebration.

The Armenian-Byzantine Empire's attempt to colonize Southeast Asia was made difficult by the Khmer Rebirth Movement.

Remember, Biden was too old.

Embrace enlightened centrism and realize Schumer Bad and Trump Bad are both subspecies of Specific Type of Guy From New York Bad and strategically align your political support accordingly. Critical support to Comrade Mamdani against STGFNYism and long live the Great Khan of the Plains.

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

Uk joins Canada and Australia in recognising Palestinian Statehood. It's long overdue but to be welcomed.

But those warmongering Dems, amirite?

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Again the funniest/saddest part of this is it was intended as a deescalatory stopgap while they figured out their real plans I think part of it was not understanding how the right would take a victory lap, which I think is half of what’s enraged the left

The extent to which the American elites, regardless of profession, are all in the same bubble can't be overstated.

I have a half baked theory that whoever comes across as liking their voters more wins the primary. Hence Mamdani, who actually likes Democrats and New York, beats Cuomo, who wishes he was in a place where a Republican could win, but Bernie can’t win a primary for a party he won’t join.

I have to say I have great respect for President Donald J. Trump for helping the country move on from the death of Charlie Kirk by instigating one or two new national crises which gives us all something new to talk about.

remember when we had *several* news cycles over bill clinton getting onto loretta lynch's jet

It’s honestly absolutely wild how catastrophically poorly the right has played Kirk getting shot

Imagine being this afraid of people, that you think this might be an emergency.

On the one hand, it sucks how bad a lot of news sites are covering Trump. On the other hand, people aren't really listening to them anyway.

I suspect a lot of execs thought it was going to be like the first Trump admin where people couldn't look away, but they really blew up their trust.

dawgggg the cabinet is communicating via totally unencrypted chats

Do it, Oklahoma. Force yourself to build statues that can easily and visibly be torn down to celebrate the end of a regime. You will certainly not regret having statues that can be torn down and defaced

this charlie kirk deification is some of the weirdest shit i have ever seen

it is very mean when you say using gestapo tactics makes them comparable to the gestapo

the republican line to open corruption in the government is “WE DON’T CARE” lmfao

During World War I several German units begin flying the Confederate Flag, partly as a joke directed at their American adversaries Post-war it becomes the symbol of many veterans groups, including one frequented by a certain Karl May fanboy with a silly mustache.

A small criticism: they actually believe a REPUBLICAN winning an election makes them sovereign and thus above the rule of law. Watch "checks and balances" and "separation of powers" and an "independent judiciary" make a big come back when a Dem is president again.

Germany, which has a government that views unconditionally supporting Israel and its genocidal behavior as one of its reason of state, is under increasing domestic and international pressure to recognize Palestine and join Europe in sanctioning Israel for its criminal actions.

The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts to combat human trafficking, leaving traffickers to operate with increased impunity, experts say. Guardian investigation by @aglantz.bsky.social, Bernice Yeung, & Noy Thrupkaew.

Feel like this is just 19th century "National Divorce" talk.

"The Calhoun Compromise of 1850 and the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1856, establishing the 'Dual Presidency', had delayed the inevitable crisis, but in doing so, it only made the eventual explosion far worse. In 1892, the long domination of the Democratic Parties finally imploded."

This is kind of what I mean when I criticize the structure of social media. Saying something normal gets you zero engagement, but saying “mass nuclear war would be fine” gets you 1.9M views and discourse on bluesky. This is unsustainable.

Today in things that look like alternate history, but aren't...this was taken in Berlin.

they're making zohran occupydemocrat content

The United States If The Annexation Bill of 1866 Had Passed More about it: brilliantmaps.com/annexatio...

Crime is legal now if you're Republican.

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter