using default logic

Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo

One of the things that fucks me off about this march of progress perspective where historical retelling omits the ways people were able to survive and withstand hardship is that the hopes, dreams and courage of people past were the guarantee of every decent thing that has come to pass in the present

its not chivalrous or gallant. it is only, “if you are bigger and stronger you can do what you want.” for all of their romanticized bull shit, there is nothing romantic about this, its just sad and pathetic

the thing about maga masculinity is just how pathetic and insecure and not masculine in any way it truly is

bezos bought a prestigious national investigative newspaper so he could gut it and run "consider setting a monthly budget" and "pay off your credit cards" tier financial advice columns like those blogs with adsense spots on all 4 corners of the screen

hey look a fun history lesson!

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

congress needs to stop this madman

Elected Democrat Thrilled He Doesn't Have To Do Anything

Oklahoma candidate filing deadline is April 1-3

Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

we appear to have four competing fascist movements jockeying for control: blood & soil nazism under miller and hegseth, darwinian ecofascism from rfk, technofascism under vance and musk, and one Big Wet Hitler who understands the true animating core of the american volk is a deep love for shopping

ive been in tears over this since i woke up

Why Can't Top Democrats Just Say "No War With Iran"? The response to what could be the biggest geopolitical disaster of the 21st century is foot-dragging, silence, and sleepy, feigned opposition long after the deed is done.

"The only way to read this half-hearted response from the Democratic Party leadership is de facto support." essential writing from @sarahlazare.bsky.social and @ahjohnson.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

It's still surreal to me that a representative of Iran had to go on MSNBC to explain to American audiences that they're attacking US consulates and embassies in other countries because you attacked them first and their weapons can't reach the US directly

"Gender non-conforming children continue to get the strong impression… that they’d be better off being something other than what they are.”

Like: yes! True. It's impressed upon them over & over again they should better conform to their gender assigned at birth. With social consequences!

These anecdotes where *nothing happened* all come down to: “I was given the choice and made it, I don’t think anyone else should get that privilege.”

i think most rational, well-informed people of any current or former gender can agree saving young men from their stupidest and most harmful young male impulses is the oldest and most important reason for society to exist at all

Every trans person is like "I knew something was up before I had the words to describe it and had to fight for this for years" and every transphobe is like "one conversation with a doctor could have convinced me to get the walrus surgery from the movie 'The Walrus'"

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

Abolish ICE has a +11 approval — which means it is *32 points* more popular than Donald Trump

Ask yourself: does corporate media portray that accurately?

Attacking people makes them far less defensive, hostile, and reactionary, duh, it's just human psychology.

*checks PSY101 notes* Wait.

We are at untold levels of delusional cope right now. These words are indistinguishable from the lofty dreams of being welcomed as liberators within Iraq back in 2002. You should never listen to a single thing these pundits say lmfao this is incredible. Ahistorical commentary is worthless!

99-0

I feel really bad for the employees who were fired and whose work will now be gone in anything except YouTube gameplay uploads.

But also god, what a sadly obvious outcome. And the executives so clearly hinging everything on this being an Apex level surprise drop hit are part of the blame here

In Defense of Effeminate Boys If anyone had suggested that I might really be a girl, I don’t know how I would have responded. By Ben Appel

If medical authorities have a rigorous way of distinguishing effeminate boys from transgender kids—or of distinguishing transgender kids from proto-gay kids—they aren’t saying. I have met a number of detransitioned gay men who tried to live as women for a time because they and their families were so averse to homosexuality. According to a 2019 report in The Times of London, staffers at Britain’s foremost gender-identity clinic joked darkly that, as a result of the facility’s work, “there would be no gay people left.” A statement last month by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons noted that there is no validated way to assess whether a child’s gender distress will persist over time or disappear without medical intervention. A lack of good research and recordkeeping means that we may never know how many patients who would have been considered effeminate gay boys not so long ago have undergone medical treatments for gender dysphoria.

Absolute trash. The author did not speak to a single medical professional and the article does not contain a shred of evidence that effeminate gay boys are being bamboozled into thinking they're trans.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Conventional wisdom is a really fascinating phenomenon. We're at the point where "everyone knows" kids were being rushed into inappropriate gender transition.

There are between zero and 10 recorded cases of this happening (depending on your definition of rushed).

i feel strongly that anyone that thinks that there is a nefarious cabal of surgeons and doctors Transing people should be forced to try and schedule one (1) transsexual procedure

Yair Lapid tweet embedding Mark Levin tweet: Mark, maybe someone has misled you regarding the situation here in Israel. Since the start of the war, I have given my full backing to the Prime Minister and the entire military operation in a series of interviews and statements, emphasizing that when it comes to the Iranian threat, there is no coalition or opposition in Israel. We are all united. Our unity at this critical time is a source of strength for our people and our soldiers. Anyone who cares about Israel should seek to strengthen, not weaken it. Levin: Lapid is such a useless weasel he can’t even acknowledge his own prime minister. Just like the leftists in our country. They’re all the same. Embedded is a vid posted by Lapid of him thanking Trump, w/text I am deeply grateful to @POTUS @realDonaldTrump for the extraordinary partnership in the operation against Iran. His leadership, and the courage of the United States armed forces, are making the world a safer place https://x.com/yairlapid/status/2028754359928951218

[aristocrats voice] "The Israeli Opposition"