On today’s edition of “basic world knowledge making you sound like a deranged schizo”: The US inviting Julani to New York all but confirms that ISIS is a CIA-backed terrorist organization

Believe it or not, funding public transit and bike lanes, and supporting walkable, dense neighborhoods in urban areas is a necessary component of preserving rural and agricultural ways of life

Knowing basic facts about US foreign policy makes you sound like a complete schizo to the average American. Why yes Susan, the US does support Al-Qaeda…our gov just invited one of them to NYC and regard him as the noble leader of Syria

Bluesky is a refreshing break from the “Charlie Kirk was just a good faith debater” *discourse* on Meta

“It’s a convenient way for both sides to minimize long covid and feel safe in their decision to drop all precautions… It blames the individual for their choices and makes them feel safe and in control over our current situation.”

I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.

There’s no one less trustworthy as a political analyst than someone who uncritically parrots the “Dems need to stand for even less and be pro-life to win elections”. You’re not going to scapegoat women, black and brown people, or queer people your way to winning. You need to stand for something… 1/3

People in Gaza are posting final messages.

Can’t wait for 10 years from now when all the liberals on here start acting like how opposed they were to the Palestinian genocide in Gaza

The Houthis have more moral authority than all of the “civilized” liberal democracies combined

Bad opsec about US war crimes is good actually. #petehegseth #hegseth #signal

Y’all ever think about how it benefits the ruling class to have us believing in bounded individualism, all while becoming increasingly sick/disabled right as the climate and ecological crises begin to accelerate?

Dang, y’all ever think about how the (ongoing) COVID pandemic has been used by our ruling class to desensitize us to mass death, disabling, and displacement? To condition us into individualism and disregard for our fellow human beings? To render us docile for the crimes they’re planning?

I’m not a history buff or anything, what do we call the moderate Liberals who collaborated with Hitler? #shutdown #govshutdown #GOPBudget #senate

Y’all ‘member in June of last year when the head of the USDA said bird flu was gonna “burn itself out”. I remember

we need a new slur to describe the bizarre combination of traits exhibited by elon musk. traditional insults are simply not enough

Someone tell the democrats that Trump is actually just a college student saying “genocide bad”—maybe then they’ll step it the fuck up

Can’t wait till the 2028 elections when the democrats come out against gay marriage and refuse to say they’ll restore the dept of education

Read this thread

What’s the material difference between: 1.) “we’re working for a ceasefire”(but will never stop providing bombs to be dropped on hospitals) 2.) “Palestinians deserve a better life” (we’re gonna expell them from their land and make big $$$ on real estate developments) Explain it to me like I’m 5

Elon Musk saying the Nazis were communist is clear proof that he is in fact *not* a genius. It is a breathtakingly ignorant claim. The Nazis were feverishly anti-communist, and massacred some one million socialists and communists for their political views.

Let's talk about the "escalation ladder". At any point in a conflict, you have a number of self-defense options ranging from lower risk (legally, ethically, physically) to higher risk. On the bottom rung of the escalation ladder are options like raising your voice. At the top would be deadly force.

Party leadership is just incapable of accepting responsibility for anything ever

I wish I could move through life with the confidence and self-assuredness of the “let’s get other countries to pay our taxes” crowd. #tariffs #taxes #trump #IRS

In my self-defense classes I focus on how most people are socially conditioned to follow the norms of a civilized, polite society — and there is a MENTAL SHIFT required to use violence to defend from violence. I'm reminded of this while watching our elected officials dithering and delaying. 1/

There's no Auschwitz in Gaza. But it's still genocide www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

NEW: Biden gave Trump the blueprint to lock up 30,000 migrants in a private ICE jail at Guantánamo Bay www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-guan...

In case you were wondering, this is a hyper loop hater account

It’s crazy, you (anyone with a soul and eyeballs) say something like “the genocidal apartheid state is bad for doing genocidal apartheid” and some mf will come along and say “it’s not genocide or apartheid but (insert the most racist shit about Arabs)”

I was telling my transportation class yesterday how many local projects are funded at 80% or above by federal dollars. It often is passed through the regional transportation agency, but they are federal grants. Roads, bridges, traffic signals, etc.

Trump freezing all these federal grants and funding programs could have dramatic, negative impacts on the economy. It’s not a bug but a feature of his program—chaos is a ladder.

If you’re not stocked up on high quality masks, even some googles, I’d do so sooner rather than later. This bird flu situation is looking real bad

Not to be a downer, but I got a masters in environmental management and food systems. The climate and ecological situation is likely worse than you’ve heard

A. Rasmussen: "H5N9 detection suggests reassortment of circulating H5N1 viruses with avian flu virus that contains the N9 neuraminidase (NA). She added that replication in coinfected hosts can produce unpredictable new reassortment viruses" www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Breaking: "The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday. U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm" - Reuters

I’m not a political expert or anything but if they want anti-fascism to be labeled terrorism, they might be fascists

I find it interesting how many of those willing to discuss the reality of climate breakdown and its implications for our daily lives are very hesitant to discuss the fact that climate breakdown means increased likelihood and severity of pandemics. Pandemics are our future just as rising temps are

Idk how to explain to you that the pre-COVID and pre-trump world is gone and is never coming back. Indeed a time of monsters

Black people are poor because poor White people burned Tulsa instead of Tammany Hall. White people are poor because poor White people burned Tulsa instead of Tammany Hall.

Was just listening to the most recent episode of Pod Save the World and these dudes finally came out to say that the Biden admin was gaslighting us all last summer when they kept saying that it was Hamas, not Israel, that was blocking a ceasefire deal. 1/2

There was a thread in my roadie email group about John Forrester and "evasive" cycling maneuvers, so I wasted no time informing people about Forrester's dangerous views on bike infrastructure. I was pleased to see my criticism so well received.

everybody’s like haha they should invent a healthy cigarette lol. im like actually they should invent a cigarette that drops *l*n m*sk into an active volcano

Holy moly

Patiently waiting for the media and our institutions to treat Elon the way they treated their students for saying “dropping bombs on hospitals and refugee tents is bad”

The danger is coming from inside the house. Watch as many “progressive” liberals embrace the openly fascist regime in the White House. This should serve as no surprise to anyone paying attention, but if you’re surprised, come on in. I won’t say “the water’s fine” but it’s better than denial

NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned. Gift 🎁 link: wapo.st/4aqfN44

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