In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:

The only thing that actually unites all these folks are critical of Israel. Some are antisemitic and some aren’t, but that’s barely relevant here. The irony is that this obfuscation makes Jews far less safe by erasing and minimizing actual antisemitism. These groups don’t care about that tho.

Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.

On #WorldAIDSDay we remember the incredible activism that turned the tide on this deadly epidemic in the past I’m sad that funding cuts by G7 nations are making such activism necessary yet again www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people

As many have been saying for a while, sure seems like the “who could AI replace” question has the opposite answer to what the bosses expect

So awful Alberta Premier Danielle Smith cynically courts separatists and other alt-right extremist voters for her political benefit to leverage the rest of Canada with the threat of separation, and now those separatists don’t want ANY deal with Canada. Who could have seen THAT coming? #Everyone

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

It’s the two-year anniversary of Henry Kissinger's death. Take it away, Mr Bourdain:

I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.

Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop

The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

“Cancellation limbo”: when you’re definitely not cancelled but not as celebrated as you used to be. This is one reason why “cancel culture” discourse is so tiresome: a lot of people are using it to mean “my life was affected in some negative way by my actions” www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...

I want to stress here for journalists covering Kennedy and his goons that this war on public health is driven by big money. The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.

Under the Trump Regime, Theology is a professional degree but public health and nursing aren’t. @drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.

The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.

"The US defense department did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

The attack on vaccines by the bad actors who are running amok in the U.S. government will result in the following: 1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access 2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease 3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths 4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.

"Let me just say that there should be zero swastikas in the armed services, and if you want to display one in your home, you should be kicked out of the military. Zero. That’s the only acceptable number."

I really miss my FIT. Would have bought another one in an instant. We live in the snow belt and never had an issue. Snow tires and common sense gets you through the worst winters. Don’t let them tell you the larger vehicles are for safety. It’s marketing.

When it’s fishermen they’re pretending are low level drug runners, they’ll bomb and then circle back to finish off the survivors. But someone convicted in a court of masterminding a massive cocaine trafficking scheme? Well, he’s wearing a suit. Come on.

Yup. Reinforces a type of federalism where you get rewarded for throwing a tantrum

“By recategorizing degrees such as nursing, public health, social work, physician assistant studies, audiology and physical therapy as “non‑professional,” the Department of Education is signaling that these fields are second-tier” www.newsweek.com/redefining-p...

I can't scream loudly enough that the people leading HHS right now are liars. RFK Jr. Marty Makary. Vinay Prasad. They are liars. And the lies they are telling are the lies eugenicists like themselves tell.

The Pathways Alliance project would inevitably be a massive boondoggle if it ever gets built. It’s only purpose is to greenwash the oil industry and deceive Canadians into thinking we can be a clean petrostate.

A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees. I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?

One of the three trucks in this picture can Carry full size sheets of plywood.

Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.

Your school won in court but your budget is cut 20% so you’re firing two techs and not taking any PhD students. Your grant is up for renewal in 2027, sorry but Jay Bhattacharya has classified it as woke. Meanwhile 10 pharma recruiters are in your inbox. American science is straight up fucked.

So many contemporary laws and policies in 🇨🇦 &⚜️show complete disregard, ignorance even, for the distinct principle of substantive equality. This is just one of an abundance of recent examples. If substantive equality is no longer alive in the imaginations of legislators, does it even exist?

The term "has historic roots, including Nazi ideology and, more recently, a violent conspiracy theory that’s inspired terrorist attacks in the US and abroad" www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/u...

Very cool we are going to invade another country because it’s President is amplify involved in drug trafficking

Leave little Saruman alone.

"... [$25 mil over 6 years] to Statistics Canada to implement the [Magic Beans] and Technology Measurement Program (TechStat), which will use [fairy dust] to measure how [magic beans are] being used by organizations and understand the [magic's] impact on 🇨🇦 society." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

How can any Republucan stand by this?

So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.

We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.

We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

if you're in Indiana, would highly recommend writing this person and thanking them. they're going to get a lot of people yelling at them, and it would be good for ppl to see they get support when they stand up to trump. (I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)

It was some neat trick convincing the world at large to call this a “natural” resource.

Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.

A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority. People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

What he's suggesting is blatantly racist and illegal Even if he could convince the MAGA Supreme Court justices to go along with any of this, it would tear this country apart And-unsurprisingly-not a single moment of empathy for Sarah Beckstrom or self-reflection on his role in her being killed

Stephen Miller Nazi shit

Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!

This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).

It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.

Carbon capture and storage technology is, at its core, a calculated tactic by fossil fuel companies to perpetuate their environmentally destructive practices while giving the illusion that they’re addressing the very crisis they’ve been fueling for over a century.