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it's actually very important to understand the thing you are condemning, otherwise you're not actually condemning it.
same bro...
classic off the strength of "Forget Me Nots" alone
rude as fuck
how I feel. each episode is Cinema
it's very good! the worldbuilding takes a while but the pace doesn't drag / get uninteresting as it does so
Synthesizing a few things I’ve seen on here today (perhaps poorly): there is not current capability for a ground occupation and probably not the will to create that capability, so when this “ends” is increasingly Iran’s choice
And it may not even stay with them
Paradise manages to be premium Wife Guy and a premium Dad show simultaneously. we owe Sterling K. Brown so much
Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue.
I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe.
They also didn’t pay cover 🖕
whoa good catch
featuring a DC cop whose prior bad behavior was only ever covered by a local outlet (RIP and follow @51st.news!) dcist.com/story/22/07/...
makes my day
"Last summer, he was dismissed after right-wing influencer Laura Loomer led an attack against him. At the insistence of Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he was soon brought back."
weird era. anyways: break them
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seems like a possibility. but given how the attack started (and the state violence in the months leading up) I'm curious what people who know the domestic politics think about how a US withdrawal will play in Iranian media
still thinking about this. I don't know how Leaky Pete's father raised him (though I can make some guesses) but I was taught growing up that to bully those weaker than you is the act of a coward.
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"Democrats met news of Noem’s ouster Thursday with a cascade of calls for accountability...from a potential probe into the legality of contracts cut during her tenure to a perjury investigation after her congressional testimony to even a push for impeachment"
love it
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I actually understand Israelis almost completely. I just disagree with their conclusions about the nature of the world, what guarantees Jewish safety in it, and, you know, most importantly, whether it is acceptable to inflict pain on others to mitigate your own lack of safety.
“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.
"What has changed compared to previous oil crises and oil price scares - even the 2021-22 one - is how affordable the clean energy solutions needed to replace oil and gas imports are."
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There are Alternatives now.
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yes.
END/ 2 wars in 4 years. This war will accelerate Solar +Batteries + EVs as real Energy Security
"rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels & the whims of idiots"
Be like Spain.
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that is a fantastic idea
cartoon character Arthur unhinging his jaw to fit an entire cake in his mouth while sister DW sideeyes
Sweet Baby's first encounter with bread and cream cheese, anonymized
a helpful starter pack courtesy of Mindy as usual
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