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Remember that odd story before the election about a neurosurgeon tearing down Monique Ryan’s campaign corflute, talking about burying the body under concrete? I decided to investigate. Turns out that behaviour did not exist in a vacuum. Watch #4Corners 8.30pm, ABC TV. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

An Easter truce has been declared by Putin. Not only is this a cynical act of someone who has sustained his aim to subjugate #Ukraine, it has huge practical challenges. So why has Putin done this and what does it mean for the war? 1/12 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/puti...

He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"At some level you can think of a block of aluminum as a block of solid electricity." The US imports aluminum from places where the cost of electricity is less than half our own. And there's no way a domestic industry is going to start back up based on Trump's inconstant whims. [Coyote]

Important thing about this jaw-dropping story is that even if Jeff Goldberg hadn't been invited into the chat, Hegseth was sending out detailed military stuff over a civilian app that *even the other people in the conversation probably didn't need to know about* "Need to know" means "need."

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: So here’s how it’s going to go down—this is going to be very rough. But the big wake-up call is for our American friends. For example, Kentucky—the number one purchaser of Kentucky spirits in the world is Canada, and all our provinces have just pulled it off the shelves.

This seems like a pretty good description of the DCA accident. youtu.be/_3gD_lnBNu0?...

MORNING MAGIC Silhouetted kangaroos splash through coastal waters at daybreak. Kangaroos are excellent swimmers, using their tails as rudders. 📹 aerin kr

New research reveals alarming trends in firearm ownership across Australia, showing that the number of guns in private hands has grown significantly since the Port Arthur massacre, and regulation across states and territories is failing to keep pace with community expectations. 🔴 MEDIA RELEASE:

I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋

Found! Dozens of Damning Documents about Trump's Hoarding of Classified Documents! www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/19/f...

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Why and How to Hold John Roberts Accountable www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/08/w...

If you want to know how Trump got elected even after being charged in 2 federal indictments, you might start with the way every legacy media outlet let Trump's lies about politicizing DOJ go uncontested. Always. www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/21/c...

The headquarters of the Burmese Junta's Western Military Command isn't looking so hot right now. This will be the second RMC to fall to the Resistance (both since June).

Vanuatu earth quake looks quite devastating, hopefully limited casualties and fast response from wod to help 😔 #vanuatu #earthquake www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Mount Kanlaon in the Philippines erupted today at 3.03pm. The alert level has been raised to level 3....👀

Developing: A Syrian IL-76T coming from Damascus lost fast altitude near Homs and possibly crashed west of that city. There are rumors that it was Assad‘s plane.

WOWWOWIWOWOWOWWO A historic moment from Omayyad Square, the Free Syrian Army in the heart of Damascus.

State television headquarters in Damascus, as well as Damascus International Airport, have been seized by rebels, according to the Middle East Eye. Bashar Al-Assad, according to their sources (and many others), is no longer in Syria.

Special ops are storming the parliament building.

The more I use Bluesky, the more I realize the ways Threads fumbled the ball. Threads’ biggest mistake: not grasping that conversation-centric social media is contemporaneous. Everyone needs to see things at the same time so they can *engage with each other at the same time*. 1/

SitRep - 16/11/24 - One mechanized attack after another in the Kursk region. An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In Kursk, Russia desperately keeps trying to push Ukrainians back, but for now: to no avail. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

This is huge news. This opens up the possibility of a viable treatment for a range of auto-inmune diseases, not just Lupus. www.science.org/content/arti...

17 November 1913 | A Polish Jew, Gersz Zyskind, was born in Łódź. In Auschwitz from 9 July 1942. No. 39178 He perished in the camp on 4 August 1942.

It was obvious to anyone paying attention that Musk's algo was heavily boosting him and other right-wing accounts. But it's good to see the data backing up what we could see with our own eyes.

Without the tide, the blue waves turn into puddles, captive in the rocks. But they reflect the light. And with the movement of the earth and the moon, the blue waves will soon overwhelm the rocks again.

I wrote abt some loose ends in advance of expected George Santos plea today, including redacted motion in limine. Based on citations, that appears to refer to a proffer Santos did. www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/19/l...

He talked about sharks and Hannibal Lecter again didn’t he?

Are we calling posts on here a bluey or a sky?

Again, we have NO IDEA whether Trump is a business partner, an employee, or a Foreign Agent of Saudi Arabia, and the DC press thinks that's far less important than Biden's age. www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/17/b...

Is this where the mass migration from the X bird app will land?