Macclesfield beat Crystal Palace in one of greatest-ever FA Cup shocks

2/26

🇫🇮 Finland has withdrawn from the international convention banning anti-personnel mines, - Yle.

Exxon CEO: If you look at the commercial constructs, frameworks in place in Venezuela today, it's uninvestable. Significant changes have to be made to these frameworks, the legal system. There has to be durable investment protections and change to the hydrocarbon laws.

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

In light of the Stephen Miller statement:

My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.

This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban. “I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.” Full remarks:

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

"AND I DOUBT NATO WOULD BE THERE FOR US IF WE REALLY NEEDED THEM."?? Insulting to no end

It's not exaggerating to say that one of the most important things to do to START fixing US law enforcement is to not allow masks and above all STOP LETTING THEM DRESS LIKE SPECIAL FORCES. I think the militarization of police and the attitudes toward civilians it breeds are fundamental.

Just ceding all influence www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

"Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened." January 6, five years later By Jamie Thompson **GIFT Article. Free. No paywall.**

Meditation is learning to surf. The waves still come, but you learn to ride them.

If the US government is taking nominations on who to invade, may I suggest somewhere with good, affordable wine?

Congress, do something www.bbc.com/news/article...

Five years ago.

NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In "Chapter 2: Stop the Steal," we look at how false claims of a stolen election mobilized Trump supporters.

If the USA hadn’t invaded a sovereign nation, kidnapped their leader (however despicable he is) and threatened a long standing ally, the worlds news agencies would be reporting today on the fifth anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol Building, surely it can’t be linked… 👀

In the last election in New York, [Michael] Walzer voted for Zohran Mamdani. "He is a good social democrat – and an anti-Zionist that people like me will have to argue with," he says. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

There’s a first time for everything

WWJK - Who Would Jesus Kidnap

Need Walzer to write why fighting for the US is not a crime

I was really hoping Southern District of NY would deny cert

‘What a society gets in its armed forces is exactly what it asks for, no more & no less. What it asks for tends to be a reflection of what it is.’ - General Sir John Hackett

1/26

Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine. We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.

One of the final House votes of 2025 was a vote on @repmcgovern.bsky.social war powers resolution to bar President Trump from military action against Venezuela without authorization by Congress. All Republicans except Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted to defeat the measure:

Southern District of New York has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

I also wrote something re Venezuela in this reputable journal

Maduro's jury has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

#JoanGarćia man of the match #EspanyolBarça @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social

That GOOOL didn’t happen without #LamineYamal giving a perfect set-up. @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social #EspanyolBarça

GOOOOL #EspanyolBarça @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social

What defense!!! #EapanyolBarça

US is going to run Venezuela while headed towards the 2nd shutdown in 3 months

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.

Anything going on in the news today?

NSS / NDS writers

I HOPE YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO. NEVERMIND. I MEAN PANAMA. WAIT. I MEAN GREENLAND. WAIT NO I MEAN TEHRAN. HOLD ON. VENEZUELA. FORGET THAT. NIGERIA. OH WAIT. TEHRAN AGAIN.

Imagine Iran threatening to intervene to protect protestors in the wake of George Floyd www.bbc.com/news/article...

My wife at the airport about me: He’s supposed to get extra security screening!

If I could only pick one workout, it’d be swimming because there’s no running at the pool

30 books this year, not counting ones for kids. Dozens of papers, not counting the ones I grade.

Search for ‘AEV Panthers’ produced 0 results, so here’s the 1st: Go AEV Panthers #DEL #AEV #Augsburg

Between Libya & Ukraine (despite American security guarantees) no one will give up nukes