Christopher Young

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

The thing is that because of damage to Russian refining and infrastructure, Putin has no surplus diesel. So he’s squeezing the domestic market even harder in an attempt to undermine Ukraine and further corrupt Trump. That doesn’t mean it won’t work, since Trump corruption is bottomless

Glory to Ukraine

Dear dudes: this shit is not funny. If you’re a guy and your friends make these jokes, you have to call them out on it.

Bad news: the New York Times published something reasonable and informed about ADHD. I assume that the world is about to end

On August 23, 1989, about 2 million people from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania formed a 600 km long human chain that united all 3 countries to show the world their desire to leave the Soviet Union and Communism.

It all makes sense if you assume Trump’s advisors never told him he lost the war, and instead just showered him with flattery and printouts from The Free Press and Rasmussen polls

The USA football team has learned a lesson that everyone else learned long ago: everything Trump touches becomes corrupted, spoiled and generally ruined

I’m glad the Iranians didn’t insist on an unconditional US surrender

It would be nice if a centre left party would send signals to middle of the road voters without bashing immigration and trans people

It must be a coincidence that Lego Serenity looks like a bearded dragon. Must be

Donald Trump’s entire negotiating style comprises just two things: threats and surrender

I subscribe to Slate. But I’m wondering. Does 50% of the content need to be advice columns? Do they need to constantly change article titles using old style clickbate wording? Do articles have to feel like desperate independent writers pitching dumb ideas that feel vaguely provocative? #slate

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

In related news, I have a craving for tacos

Coming soon from a Supreme Court near you: “war crimes don’t count as crimes”

Em dashes and semicolons are awesome. I will not allow AI to take this away from me

Donald Trump could write the book on the effective diplomatic negotiations he’s carried out in office. But someone already did

Markwayne Mullin will perhaps be surprised to learn that his job description requires him to have regular sex with Corey Lewandowski

The ICE airport plan is more serious than many realize. Trump is starting to use them as a militia without even a strong immigration related fig leaf

Et tu, Cesar?

Normally one can feel proud of an accurate prediction, but predicting that the US administration would be stupid, shortsighted and dishonest about Iran is like predicting that an unleashed dog will eagerly chase after a squirrel

The administration became worried that their blunders have dramatically raised oil and gas prices. And their response has been to [checks notes] begin bombing the main centre for Iranian oil exports. True master strategists in action

I’ve just finished Memory of Light! It’s been such an amazing journey. Now I REALLY want to talk about the books, but I don’t want to spoil anyone. Is there a thread or protocol for discussions of the whole series? #WOTskies #WheelofTime #WOTBookSpoilers

I’m in Bahrain on a work trip. There has been an Iranian rocket attack on the US base here. I can hear periodic booms, which are probably the original impacts and possibly also anti-rocket defences. The view from my window is a bit more interesting than normal.

The convict formerly known as Prince

Free Andrew! Seriously, you can have him for free. Please take him. Anybody? Anybody?

We are rapidly reaching the point where the question of whether US military officers should disobey illegal orders will no longer be theoretical

Nehls: I would like to quickly address the police officers from January 6th. And I can tell you that the fault does not lie with Donald Trump. It lies with the US capitol leadership team. Fanone: *Coughs: Go fuck yourself*

It’s not often that one gets to use language like this in discussions of trade and tariff policy, but Europe needs to fire the damn bazooka

The anti-ICE protesters in MN and other places should start flying “Don’t Tread On Me” flags. That will really piss off the fascist goons, who think they’re are resistance patriots but are actually the personification of authoritarian government oppression

Worth every second

This has 3.1 million views on instagram - cop on, bluesky

This is absolutely what happened.

I suppose I should be angry about something so profoundly stupid and short sighted as the attack on Venezuela. But at this stage, I’m only surprised if this administration does something that isn’t stupid, corrupt or evil

Until recently, deep and obsessive concerns about immigration were typically described as unrelated to race. But anti-immigration politics have always been and always will be rooted in racism. Sadly, many people no longer feel the need to even try to disguise where their views are coming from

The New York Times published an article explaining why there won’t be a major crash caused by an AI bubble. “It’s different this time” articles are a sure sign that we are facing a major crash caused by an AI bubble

LEFTISTS give this country back to Republicans as soon as Democrats fix all the damage: - Bill Clinton fixed the Reagan/Bush economy, leftists abandoned Gore - Obama fixed Bush's financial crisis, leftists abandoned Hillary -Biden fixed Trump's mess, leftists abandoned Kamala Harris

Lots of people rightly piling on @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social for his Kirk essay and positions in his Coates debate, after his wonderful pro-shutdown piece. But at the heart of this is recognising that if you play traditional compromise and messaging politics during an authoritarian onslaught, you lose