As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

"surely the third democratic presidency to come to power after a norm-breaking and warcrime-cheering Republican administration will pursue justice against their predecessors," I repeat like a mantra til I collapse

So much online conservatism these days is just "I miss being a kid"

I might spend $600 for one of these

Susie Wiles: Gotta do something about gas prices Trump advisor: Let's lie about it. Wiles: Tried that Advisor: Say gas prices are going down? Wiles: But they're not Advisor: OK, berate media to say up is down. Wiles: Gas station signs Advisor: Have we tried asserting things that aren't true?

It’s not a war you fucking idiots. It’s an exchange of violence between two polities to impose a political outcome through conflict.

I hate hate hate being caught up with an anime I'm really enjoying. Fucking JJK

I know that the people who need to read this aren’t here, but here goes: Rules of engagement aren’t for the enemy. They’re for you. They’re for your soldiers when they’re captured or wounded. They’re for your civilians when they’re in range of the enemy. They’re for your allies, to reassure.

Americans love blaming any increase in gas prices on the president, and it’s usually not the president’s fault—because no one controls gas prices—but this time the increase in gas prices really is the president’s fault, directly caused by his entirely unnecessary policy choice.

Logistics is woke. Supply is woke. End-state planning is woke. Force protection? Believe it or not, woke

Quite literally “we have always been at war with Iran.”

INDOPACOM is dead

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

I'mma be real I genuinely don't think they considered that

A Saudi official saying this on Al Jazeera, a Qatari media outlet, is far more telling than any nugget of information carefully leaked to an American media outlet. This war will permanently alter the relationship of the Gulf states, the US, and Israel.

We cannot possibly engage on the distracting subject of just and unjust wars until every last Oberlin sophomore has been put in their place

Images of Iranians tearing down statues of Khamenei are heartening. But I remember when Iraqis tore down statues of Saddam. It’s a long path from there to peace and stability.

It’s not a real military operation if I didn’t see people half a world away post about how tired they are from living through historical events

for those not on r/firefly -- Nathan Fillion has been slowly dropping teaser videos of him meeting up old cast members going "it's happening" on Instagram I've never felt this much like someone is toying with my emotions

average leftwinger scandal: random citizens in the city actively playing in a snow ball fight throw snow balls at cops average rightwinger scandal:

it's honestly incredible how much this man sucks. like he's probably top 3 in my most hated people of all time.

You can't sue the government if postal workers accidentally drop the glassware you ordered or lose a letter from your pen pal The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that this means you also can't sue if postal workers refuse to deliver your mail because you're Black ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/posta...

Happy Willy Wonka Experience Anniversary to all who are celebrating.

A Knight of Seven Boroughs

I just signed a lease to move in with my partner shit is about to get weird very quickly

Incredible stuff happening on Housing Bluesky.

Stop posting about the 2028 primaries stop it I will explode

just had the most foreboding feeling that Tumblr would outlast me.

NOOOOO the person whose crunchyroll I've been leeching for the past 4 years just changed their password

simply one of the greatest calls of all time

BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

there wasn't enough Ricky Martin during that halftime show

for people who use the word sportsball, today is their super bowl

Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.

I just bought tickets to see Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts (composers/performers behind the Cowboy Bebop OST) for their first ever combined concert in the US this April and I cannot contain my excitement

Yeah okay whatever. As long as he doesn't fuck with the 9:30 Club or the Black Cat

had a dream I missed the subway by like 1 second and immediately woke up and I'm still mad about it

every single goddam crisis happening right now is self imposed

this is the dumbest diplomatic crisis of my life

modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening

National security: R+9

I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.

you ever notice it's all "what to talk about" and "how to talk about it" with these guys. never "what to do"

Waking up to see a lot of people who just don’t want me and other dodgers fans to be happy. Wow. You all have some real growing to do

crashing out over ANOTHER traffic fine, my like 3rd in as many years do NOT talk to me about my political beliefs for like a week

It happened: my dad (a very smart man) fell for an AI generated video essay purporting the end of US currency dominance by 2030 and I had to tell him he's listening to slop