They don’t care that the cast isn’t Greek. They don’t care that the armour is all wrong. They don’t care that Tom Holland in an American accent refers to Odysseus as Dad. They only care about Helen being played by Lupita Nyong'o. I WONDER WHY.

Looking forward to the Washington Post's article about how Truth Social, Gab, and Nostr users need to get out of their bubbles.

The White House hit back: “Mike Pompeo has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about,” Trump’s communications chief Steven Cheung posted to X last night. “He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals.”

Trump's war is putting massive new pressures on American farmers from rising fertilizer prices and shrinking markets, but #climate change and severe #drought in the US breadbasket is making the problem even worse. Here's the latest US drought monitor report.

between him and Cassidy I am sick and tired of guys who are personally responsible for putting these dudes in their current positions of power whining about them on the television Tillis was the deciding vote for Hegseth, Cassidy for RFK, own your awful choices and apologize for what you did

Samson and Delilah, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528–30 (flipped), 📸 by Jason Miller

Can we please stop saying “in a bubble,” which is some real bullshit right wing framing, and be more accurate about this? SAFE. People want to spend their social media time somewhere SAFE. Somewhere they will not get rape and death threats, where they will not be doxxed and threatened.

France's Macron warned Belarus's Lukashenka against joining Russia's war—the first call between them since 26 February 2022. Russia used Belarus as a launchpad for the 2022 invasion. euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/24/f...

….AND HISTORIANS

Before people think this Trump surrender in Iran is a one off, remember: Trump negotiated the deal with the Taliban that lead to our shameful withdrawal.

another day, another botched Iran peace deal that Donny Dumbfuck now claims he never agreed to. whatever you say, bro. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I mock all this dipshittery. link is here: bit.ly/4uYOmHE

Even if Middle East tensions ease, futures markets are signaling oil prices will stay elevated for months — maybe years.⁣ ⁣ That's the "Iran tax." And it's not going away anytime soon, regardless of what the White House says about prices coming down.

Adjudicated rapist says what?

Why would Russia fire an Oreshnik IRBM at a bunch of garages in Bila Tserkva in Ukraine? Because they were aiming for a nearby air base, but their missile's targeting is crap.

Trump is jealous beyond words of Obama. Obama's success and popularity will haunt Trump until the end of his life.

The moment of one of today’s Russian strikes on #Kyiv. I can see that fewer and fewer people are reading news from Ukraine. I understand that on a Sunday morning, people don’t want to read about war. They want to sleep a little longer, drink good coffee, and sit in the sun. I understand that.

One week after Trump started his war, he stated his objectives on Truth Social.

Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.

Stained-glass soldiers: Europe’s churches preserve American war memories

❗️About 100 people were injured across the country, and another four, unfortunately, were killed — Zelenskyy. In Kyiv alone, the Russians damaged or destroyed around 30 residential buildings.

Thank you for explaining the physical layout. I prefer photos. The link to the NY Times article with its 3D rendering and videos helped me greatly. Everyone should take a look if you have access. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... For those w/o access, a summary of the perspectives being disrupted.

Obama had professionals negotiating for 18 months, and got five other countries involved to complete the deal. Trump had a couple of real estate developers making it up as they went. It's the difference between professionals and amateurs.

Russian bots working overtime trying to convince Americans that Trump has not been decisively defeated by Iran, Russia’s ally, has to be peak 2026.

Elbridge’s Colby’s policies are a disaster for the US and its allies. Russia and China love him though

Von der Leyen says tonight's Russian attack proves the Kremlin's contempt for human life and peace talks. "Terror against civilians is not strength. It is despair." She says the EU will keep backing Ukraine's air defense.

Get the real story on DHS' creation (not whatever is happening in this NPR post) in our podcast with @attackerman.bsky.social:

14/ "A true Russian "miracle" looks a little different, and usually not as beautiful as the blue flashes in the sky. First, they'll steal everything, and then they'll start patching up the holes with the people."

Around 40% of ocean shipping is fossil fuels. So many things will get better when the fossil-fuel era ends. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

⚠️ Another angle of the reported Oreshnik strike on Bila Tserkva, allegedly showing impacts from the missile’s inert kinetic rods. As seen from the published footages this time Oreshnik deployed six submunition clusters, each carrying six kinetic rods, for a total of 36 rods.

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

Preznit Fuckwit gave a speech where he bragged about taking a cognitive test where he had to "name a horse" and then he accused Iran of sponsoring "tariff." this idiot's brain is cooked. I cover this and all the other dumbfuckery in my 'this week in stupid.' link is here: bit.ly/49jSABg

Horrified to think what we will learn by morning as footage keeps emerging of russia striking multiple residential buildings across Kyiv. This is the agony of the empire which must be helped to fall for good. For the sake of what's left of the free world, the sooner the better...

⚠️ Reports are emerging that Russia have launched an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile toward Bila Tserkva in Kyiv Oblast. Footage circulating online shows the impact of high-velocity kinetic submunitions consistent with the Oreshnik’s design.

You may remember Republicans absolutely losing their mind when Obama released $1.7 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

Imagine missing your own son’s wedding so you could go surrender to Iran

omg this is insane

Canada as a state. Greenland as a state. Iran as a state. The Western hemisphere as a state. Stuff like this should immediately end a presidency, seeing as it wildly violates the UN Charter & massively endangers US national security. But alas, he is One Special Boy & nothing seems to matter anymore.

Russia has attacked Kyiv overnight with one of its Oreshnik missiles. Before this, Rubio talked about Ukraine peace talks, noting "We're not interested in endless meetings that lead to nothing." Meanwhile, Xi bathes in the afterglow of his Trump & Putin summits. mickryan.substack.com/p/the-interd...

Trump in 2020: “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!”

There is no such thing as Russian ‘retaliatory strikes’, remember, they’re just regular strikes

If I had a nickel for every time the president abruptly insisted on being at a certain location he otherwise wouldn't be and then a gunman showed up to get immediately taken down by the Secret Service, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Seems like security worked even with a gaping hole in the White House. Proof we don't need a ballroom.

Of course. A fake assassination attempt always takes priority over a son's 3rd marriage.

Still the best description of Trump, his administration, and the MAGA Republicans:

What would adverse effects on seafloor organisms look like? 🤔 🌊

I might not be evolved enough to understand it, but I was evolved enough to completely fuck it up. futurism.com/artificial-i...

If I’m not evolved enough to understand it, then why did they have to steal my writing to train it?

Seems like Trump has a major announcement of a deal with Iran, but his entire national security team didn't know about it and have all had to be recalled to the White House, at lightning speed. What's scarier: - Trump's National Security team making decisions - Trump making decisions by himself?