AYOOOOO

i find nothing sadder than people who lack the ability to either open a book or create a short tale for their children on their own. they are both fun and rewarding. they are immensely human experiences. you do not need to offload these activities and exercises to AI!

“Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known. U.S. bases and equipment across the Middle East came under attack — including from an Iranian F-5, despite American air defenses —and repairs could cost billions of dollars.” As I’ve said. www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...

Great for NAW. well deserved. miss having him in MPLS but happy for him. so glad to see him thriving

“"Of the more than 700 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire over the six months of the ceasefire… more than 100 were children."

Exclusive: US turns to Ukrainian counter-drone tech after Iran attacks, sources say - www.reuters.com/business/aer...

“Making the troops get vaccinated” is literally a foundational principle of the US Army

Tis true. "Finding the smallpox to be spreading much and fearing that no precaution can prevent it from running thro’ the whole of our Army, I have determined that the Troops shall be inoculated." - General George Washington, 6 Feb 1777 www.nps.gov/articles/000...

you can also do this with a cassette recorder - though I am not sure why you’d want to

the info must flow

the first quarter 10+ point lead to loss curse once again hits the wolves

jaden why

Not only not a flagrant foul ... not even a regular foul on Jaden.

absolutely nonsense call against jaden

Great hires by Chicago Council

I feel like people focus a little too much on Bruce Springsteen having a slightly cringey stage persona singing boomer music and not enough on that boomer music being pretty fuckin good and him genuinely caring about stuff

Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

The thing is, this is not like previous rounds. It's no longer just about the nuclear issue It's occurring during a war that initially tried to topple the Iranian regime and killed its top leadership There is no normal d-m process in Washington Analysis needs to adjust to these new realities

Trump wants an Iranian surrender. This is a predictable disaster the entire world will pay for. If it wasn't clear already there is no exit strategy.

podcasts are AM radio

today sure feels like one of the all time ‘so i still just gotta go and do my little job during all this?!’ moments

Article III The following acts shall be punishable: ... (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;

I really don't get this debate over "does Iran get leverage over the Hormuz" It *has* leverage. Any littoral state willing to shoot things at passing ships does. That's not going away, because geography. But also no one is ever going to legally recognize its right to do that.

Love @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social

"The detention came just days after Annie Ramos, 22, a college student with no criminal record, and Matthew Blank, 23, celebrated their marriage with family and friends. Sergeant Blank, who enlisted more than five years ago...is set to begin training at the end of the month for deployment."

YES variety.com/2026/tv/news...

at this point I don't think there's any question the u.s. has used quite a bit more than anticipated--munitions that were really meant for bigger wars/adversaries

Trump Ousts Attorney General Pam Bondi www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

Iran Is Drafting a Protocol With Oman to Oversee Strait of Hormuz www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

Senior Houthi official says Bab el Mandab closure an option if any Gulf states join war www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

this is kind of like if the brothers in mouse hunt announced they won after destroying their house and financial futures in the pursuit of killing the mouse as the mouse survives www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

U.A.E. Wants to Force Hormuz Open and Is Willing to Join the Fight www.wsj.com/world/middle...

So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

“It just seems so simple. My neighbors need help,” said Minnesotan Elizabeth Anderson, who arranges for drivers to take kids to school and coordinates food delivery for more than 100 families. By @peterdicampo.bsky.social, design by @zisiga.bsky.social

got something to keep busy

The United States’ latest strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, which reportedly killed four people, highlights a sustained pattern of unlawful use of lethal force outside any context of armed conflict, amounting to extrajudicial executions. Read more:

Trans rights are human rights. Happy trans day of visibility to all.

Rafael Concepcion built an app to help immigrants avoid ICE raids. Then came death threats. Hacks. An app store ban. He even lost his job. Read @brendankoerner.bsky.social on one man's obsessive mission to resist ICE -- and the incredible personal toll it's taken.

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald- www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Every single target here is barred under the Geneva Convention

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