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Back in April, there were reports from the same ship of meager, unappetizing meals. They were already calling Hegseth “dumb McNamara”. If he’s not careful, he’ll earn comparisons to Buchanan's Sec of War, John Floyd
i've been covering national security for decades, on and off. i've never heard of anything like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Robert Caro says that power doesn't corrupt, it *reveals*. AI's still-hypothetical power already reveals which jobs decision makers don't respect or value, don't believe are worth human effort or time, and don't believe require actual human judgement. Today's example: teachers.
AI company Realbotix is piloting STEM robots for rural schools.
Looks like reality out did you yet again @theneedling.com @theonion.com
"High-T Dept of War"??? Unmatched levels of projection. Insecure men will literally force testosterone testing on an entire military before they go to therapy, I swear to god. How much will his cope cost the taxpayers?
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With this crew, I’d be more surprised if he weren’t marrying someone connected to Epstein TBH
How did I only just discover that Don Jr is marrying the daughter of a prominent Epstein enabler? Her late dad, a banker, wrote Epstein a reference letter calling him "a gentleman of the highest integrity" to help get him tax breaks &… his island. Can’t make this stuff up.
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You know who else had a sweetheart deal with the tax authorities? Yup, Hitler youtu.be/y9mbSBkubzg
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This review hates its subject almost as much as said subject hates its driver, hates its very existence, and you youtu.be/L3oO510dyVI
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Exactly one year ago today:
NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.
Fox News doc on lower fertility rate: "The problem is teens and young adults, from ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7%, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation"
Welp. That’s over with. For the moment, at least www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
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Oh boy. So presidents as varied as both Bushes, Obama, 1st term T***p, AND Biden have all passed on this? That’s a bad sign. A very bad sign
Netanyahu says Trump fulfilled his dreams: In bombing Iran, Israel now has the "assistance of the United States, my friend, US President Donald Trump, and the US military. This coalition of forces allows us to do what I have yearned to do for 40 years"
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"No stupid rules of engagement" is how you shoot down three of your own F-15s in one day. Just a shocking display of martial ineptitude.
Hegseth: "Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful. Capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force ... no stupid rules of engagement."
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My friend @stevesack.bsky.social sent me a pre-release copy of Trump’s SOTU speech
Recently I’ve been wondering how long it would be before an AI agent would nuke something big and expensive. Must admit wouldn’t have guessed -2 months
Sources: Amazon's AI tools caused at least two AWS outages, including a 13-hour disruption in December after its Kiro AI deleted and recreated an environment (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Elon Musk: *fash bullshit* Norman Rockwell:
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism. There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision. Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
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It will be a long line of perps in that walk. Royalty. Billionaires. Tech bros. Restaurateurs. Sheikhs. Dignitaries. Electeds. Nepo babies. Celebrities. Directors. Elites. Men. So many filthy rich men. It's like we can clearly see the source of our oppression and suffering in this society.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.” #EpsteinFiles
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The post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls www.justice.gov/epstein