You've heard of the liberalism of fear. Get ready for the liberalism of spite.

Moon forever, problems for now

Truth! #sheshed #indivisiblememphis

The failure to even *try* to justify the attack on Iran with any seriousness at all—even to Congress!—is as clear a sign as you could possibly ask for of a regime that does not recognize the legitimacy of democracy or any constraints on its use of power. The autocrat acts & we spectate, in silence.

More than a dozen pregnant children have been moved, some as young as 13, about half pregnant by rape. Then they'll be deported no doubt. US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say | US immigration | The Guardian share.google/coMTd9fxqbnh...

hey chat are editorial decisions about what to publish made by the paper? was publishing Tom Cotton’s op ed a decision by Tom Cotton or the paper? was firing the ombudsman an outside decision?

so the podcast that Platner went on as a guest last month and called himself a “longtime fan” of isn’t just antisemitic, it’s also full of anti-Black racism and promoted the racist and xenophobic GOP attacks on Somali immigrants in Minneapolis?

Clashes between Bahrain’s dictatorship and protesters. Angry crowds are calling for the removal of US bases and troops from the country…

Kaine on Fox: "The president can act to defend US against imminent attack without congressional approval. But if you're going to initiate war, you need Congress. The president not only did not come to Congress, he acted without even notification to the vast majority of us. This is an illegal war."

i could be paying for medicare for all but nooooo i’m just paying for missiles

It's hard to overstate the differences between this and the Iraq War, and not just in terms of the lack of buildup or unwillingness to manufacture consent or go through the motions of internationalism. The days after Shock and Awe were as frightening as the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

AYMAN: Can you tell me where Iran killed thousands of Americans in America? ANNA PAULINA LUNA: I said they are responsible for thousands of Americans being killed AYMAN: Where? LUNA: Are you serious right now? AYMAN: It seems like you don't want to have a good faith conversation

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Zero Republicans call for Benghazi-style hearings. No rightwing media outrage. Republicans dined off of 4 dead Americans in Benghazi for a decade, and yet 3 dead Americans at the hands of a GOP president who promised no new wars gets no pushback. Fuck these fake outrage ghouls.

Caught off-guard? He telegraphed the attack for weeks, if not months.

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I know this is emotionally difficult for various left-liberal male podcasters who have developed embarrassing crushes on Platner (PSA, KYE, etc) but start watching REACHER or something

Regime change without nation building.

There's hundreds of elementary and middle and high schools on US military bases all over the world which are, to hear it from way too many Americans, also valid military targets

yeah look man I'm not sure how much benefit of the doubt you can extend like come on

Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) to Face the Nation: “I don't have any obligation to fund a Department of Homeland Security that is violating the law every day, just like I don't have any obligation to support this war that is illegal as well.”

When we are part of a society, we are complicit in its horrors. When we participate in a national economy that functionally coerces some people into military service, we need to recognize that we are to some degree complicit in their decision to serve.

One of the core challenges for anyone doing liberatory work is figuring out how to meet people where they're at while simultaneously remaining principled and decent. There is a difference between absolving the complicit and patiently finding a path to help folks recognize and end their complicity.

If you make absolutely everything into a scam there is no way to guarantee you won’t be the mark one day.

Saying that they won’t do what’s right because they could get court martialed or whatever is just saying that we are not being protected by warriors we are simply hopelessly overrun with an army of cowards who do not even serve us

“This is the second military operation of the Trump administration where he alluded to allegations concerning the 2020 election.”

Seattle has nation’s highest minimum wage. So, naturally researchers studied outcomes. Did it increase prices for… - Housing 🚫 - Groceries ❎ - Gas ⛔️ - Retail stores ❌ But families do better and that threatens billionaires. Tax wealth not work. #DV1 #DemsUnited

After I learned a bit of sewing when making my rakasu, I started following /r/sewing. People do amazing stuff:

It’s actually really really funny how much of modern Nashville (performative conservatism) has it’s roots in glamping.

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Saw a Tom Steyer campaign ad this morning. It simply said “Abolish ICE”, in no uncertain terms.

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:

Too many “middle ground” AI arguments—“I have concerns, too, but we have to adapt”—proceed from what is to me a peculiar embrace of “inevitability” which seems to be magical thinking, a way of depoliticizing the political, of self-soothing in the face of an overwhelming challenge.

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At the very least, I think we can stop treating military service like something that's inherently noble and honorable. It's a job people signed up just like any other, including the possibility of death.

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“Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats, nor with weapons, which sow destruction, pain, and death, but only through a reasonable, authentic, and responsible dialogue,” Pope Leo XIV said, urging a halt to “the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm.”

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If "stop using the Nazi bar" didn't sway you to leave Substack, how about "keep your ID off the dark web"? Substack has been rolling out a requirement for users to verify their age (currently only in the UK). They are using Persona, the same Peter Thiel linked company that keeps having data leaks.

Meanwhile…

“A large tree, crooked and full of holes, survives for centuries without being cut down, because nothing could possibly be made out of it.” 1/3

I would like to remind people that AI has already been used to kill people OpenAI and Microsoft supplied Israel with AI models to track and kill people in Gaza which led to increased civilian deaths apnews.com/article/isra...

Good thing to remember online right now is that everyone here is very emotionally dysregulated and dealing with that by posting

deleted scene from Revenge of the Sith where Anakin uses his tablet communicator to place a parlay on "Number of younglings killed tonight: >100" and "Mustafar mining efficiency wk/wk: <50%" while walking to the Jedi Temple.

Go to bed. It's not getting any better tonight.

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Given what Israel under Netanyahu has done, why would anyone think that they won't use their nukes? It's not like they give a damn what anyone thinks of them, and obviously wiping out a population is not off the table. I am afraid of pulling up the news and seeing a mushroom cloud.

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.