@bistrophysicist
Aspiring to become the Wizard Sundiver, to see many total eclipses and fresh snows, to be employed in artificing, and to finally find that one reed to rule them all. Did I finish my heliophysics PhD with my sanity intact? Well, I got the degree, but...
The war's limited objectives:
-Destroy nuclear program
-Degrade ballistic missile capabilities
-Bring the armies of the world together to fight at the End Times and bring about the return of Christ
Jewish people are not the Israeli government. Americans are not the trump administration. Christians are not the new apostolic reformation or dominionists.
Anti-semitism isn’t the answer - protesting corrupt and cruel governments and organizations is the way.
OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.
My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️
First Venezuela, now Iran... the dark escalation and slight delay of the Friday news dump
There has been talk of "war with Iran" for decades, over multiple administrations. Every one of them, including Trump 1.0, decided it was too risky, that there were alternatives, or that it was not feasible. Iran is not what it was. But this decision was made in weeks, over military objections. 8/
Thanks for sharing, and you can almost see a few prominences! Also, I wasn't really aware of etalons tuned using air pressure, super interesting.
The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold.
The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold.
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The cybertruck proved that Musk wouldn't recognize design traceability if it hit him in the face
2026 is our 250th anniversary, but only of the Great Experiment's hypothesis.
That means we have 15 years before a full constitution & bill of rights are in place.
MAGA clothes itself as patriotic, but they are instead the ones enacting Insufferable Acts. Trump's 2nd term will be our Valley Forge.
Every American needs to watch this:
Democrats didn’t just see a 30-point shift in Texas and flip a State Senate seat red to blue: they did it while being outspent 20-to-1. This will send shockwaves through the Republican Party.
For "One First," I wrote about DOJ's unprecedented attempt to secretly strong-arm a widely respected district judge in the Cities Church protest case—and why everyone, especially other federal judges, should read Chief Judge Schiltz's two letters in response:
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I mean, there is a Nuremberg, Pennsylvania...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
First we had Kavanaugh stops
Now we have Roberts renditions
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
I enjoy this headcacon where Denmark is perpetuating a conspiracy against the perfectly nice people of the Netherlands
Freed from prison by Trump on his last day in office in 2021, a $200 million fraudster started a new Ponzi scheme within months.
*A Bloomberg Big Take*
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The proper term is gluteus deflectimus
Raddus is a green-skinned Mon Calamari admiral of the Rebel Alliance. Mon Cals are squid-like humanoids with leathery skin. Raddus comes up later in Rogue One, where he is an absolute badass. RIP, we stan a rebel hero
The presence of this guy on the Rebel Alliance council implies the existence of a parallel version of Andor that takes place within Mon Calamari society and I would 1000% watch Squid Andor
This is why we #AintBuyingIt. Credit @womensmarch.com
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Let’s see if one single pundit who said there was some great realignment of American sentiment with this last election, based on what they saw on the Nazi-owned platform overrun by foreign actors, offers any retractions or corrections for their gullibility.
This Halloween, your body will become their bread.
"Conclave 2: The Pontiffs Return", only in theatres
They're catacoming for you!
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Folks, we need to have a little Civics #101 chat, because apparently the media no longer seems fit to explain to you whats happening.
So quick review:
The House passed a clean CR.
The senate has not passed anything.
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Zohran Mamdani is so scary because he is planting the idea that you can tax billionaires and use the money to help people instead of debating what services to cut to pay for tax cuts. Which is literally why the US government is currently shut down.
He is destroying decades of political messaging.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the last several months, and Graff nails the thought: “It turns out, in the end, that there’s only one check and balance that actually matters: Good character. Everything else in a constitutional system follows and relies on that simple foundation.”
Hey, remember in 1783 how Philadelphia built a triumphal arch to celebrate the end of the Revolution and then God used the celebratory fireworks to burn it down and kill people and injure its designer, who came to regard it as punishment for his hubris? Anyway.
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