Let's be clear: you would not be pulling THAADs from South Korea and moving a Marine Expeditionary Unit from Japan to the Gulf two weeks after launching a war on Iran if you had properly anticipated the fallout it would be likely to cause.

1/2 This is crucially important point. 1) "No quarter" is indeed specifically war-crime term 2) Under Geneva Conventions, after sinking an enemy ship, the attackers must "take all positive measures" to find and rescue any survivors. Text in next post No evidence US sub did so after attack, AFAIK

As a 40 something white dude, the current popularity of Iris is really validating.

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✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

almost out of time! happy thursday

Not reposting it, but Nintendo should file another suit against the US Government for this horrifying use of Wii Sports to brag about killing people in an illegal war.

They'd have voted for Obama a third time if they could

TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FRUIT BASKET STANDS????

World Series

Even as a cynical scholar of rape culture, I'm shocked that this isn't the headline story on domestic politics everywhere right now. It's just an unfathomable abuse of power, in clear violation of the law.

Universal Basic Income

I NEED IT

Might be time to bring back war criminal trials that include rich people this time

When I'm not playing Slay the Spire 2, all I want to do is play Slay the Spire 2. And the multiplayer co-op is SO great!

RTO is really fucking with everything. We were only filling up the gas car every 3-4 months for the last several years. Now it's working as a 2-3 day a week commuter car again right as gas prices are skyrocketing. Awesome.

Regular unleaded at Costco already $4.36

and to the extent that the US does have a social safety net, it's because people fought and lost their jobs, freedom, and lives for it

Our house number is XXYY. Our neighbor directly nextdoor is XXXY. How often do you think mail, packages, food, etc. get misdelivered?

F1 is SO back! This is a season for the sickos

I realize I'm VERY late to The Rehearsal but oh my God episode 2 is INSANE!

I just had breakfast with Giancarlo Esposito! And by with, I mean he walked past us in the restaurant and we are eating simultaneously

"I didn't see a single building standing the entire time I was in Gaza. I didn't see one building intact or standing. Everything was flattened. And when I mean flattened, it was hard to even tell that they were buildings there before." www.instagram.com/reels/DVMK-u...

They charge $20/hr for one tester who gets paid $10 in crypyo. 400 games in a month is over 10 per day. I would not blindly trust the "data" they're producing

I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉

Great to know their CEO doesn't even understand how AI works. It's not anxious because it's conscious, dumbass. It's anxious because you've been scraping the social media of users living and posting through fucking unstable times.

I regret to inform you that @megacrit.com has done it again. Slay the Spire 2 is excellent already

Slay the Spire 2's concurrent Steam players just hit 179,456, the highest ever for any roguelike. When StS1 first launched back in 2017, it had 193 concurrent players. That's a 92,982% increase, meaning StS3 is on track to hit 166,861,777 concurrent players by 2035. 💪

i'm not an economist but if 900 people can afford to fund $3,000 checks to damn near everyone else in america and still be insanely fuckin rich afterwards maybe they have too much fuckin money

Imagine Alonso having to retire from f1 halfway through the season because all his fingers have fallen off and then the car becomes a race winner. That seems the most likely scenario.

I'm not an expert but this seems like a problem when races are longer than 25 laps.

Somehow, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, there is always some new mark who thinks they will be the first to survive a Chotiner cross-examination

Bro, ICE is still here kidnapping people, now they’ve even got transit vans advertising fake companies.

know I’m AI-posting a lot today, but holy shit read the linked lawsuit for this. this is probably the worst of these so far, by far (contingent on the brief being accurate, which isn’t guaranteed). the other ones were people with existing ideation not being stopped, this actively pushed him.

That's right. You got no leg to stand on, Newsom supporters. Shut your hole. We don't need anti trans anti homeless greaseball shit. North Carolina is purple, it's not some blue stronghold.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

We used to have MALLS in this country!

My dad was in Thailand I think for work sometime in the late 90s/early 2000s when they had a massive civil uprising. The US government sent buses and flights to pick up my dad and all US citizens. Citizens of other countries told my dad they were jealous of how well the US took care of its people.

man this just fucking sucks so much there are very few people in entertainment who have provided me more joy over the years than Bruce Campbell, from Ash to Sam Axe and everything in between hail to the chin, you glorious bastard, please hang on as long as you can

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FYI for fellow narrative designers/game writers: the studio in question is Sentona Games and it’s my understanding they are currently interviewing to replace me. Be very careful with them. They were very nice to me and easy to work with right up until I needed the money I was promised.

THREAD. 😡

Somewhere, Nicholas Cage has flipped open the cover over a giant red button, and smashed his fist into it. Across the country, phones began buzzing. The heist is on.

Toto Wolfe smirking at the mass of boooooos that Cristian Horner got at the car reveal last year is Soooo funny

Hence why “responsible regulation of AI” is one of my top three campaign priorities.

They were fine. A sloppy Joe would have been better.

Tonight for dinner I make the pride of Iowa: the loose meat sandwich.