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@theliamnissan 95% of the shit here are bots or troll farms trying to influence stupidity intended to overcome rational discussions. It's a brave fight but ultimately useless except for the yuks.

Do you have old tube socks that have lost their elasticity and no longer stay up? Those are called "quitters" and they're all on BlueSky right now.

@KM4OOS_EM71 @kenklippenstein Trust me bro.

@kenklippenstein Why should any American trust a man who can't tell you about himself, but volunteers to run for elections? That's absolutely bonkers.

I went through all of Ed Gallrein's interviews and this guy is laughably deep state. He literally says his background is classified, cites anonymous endorsements from unnamed national security officials, and more: kenklippenstein.com/p/iran-war-vs-…

@Crypto_LedgerX @sentdefender An attack during negotiating seems to be the norm. How stupid can Iran be with a bad faith offer like this "suspension"?

@sentdefender Do you think a temporary suspension of sanctions would actually change Iran’s negotiating position, or just delay the hard decisions?

According to the IRGC-affiliated news outlet Tasnim, as a part of ongoing negotiations, the U.S. has proposed that OFAC sanctions against Iran be suspended. At the time of writing, such reports are not confirmed, but if true, the move could be a ‘good faith’ gesture to ease pressure on Iran and entice them to shift left or right on key points of contention.

@mattyglesias Timecops know how to handle this.

"Buy Apple stock"

@TheRickWilson Sticking a glow stick up the ass is a treatment the government doesn't want you to know.

If, in the unlikely event Ebola comes to our shores, I strongly recommend all MAGA/MAHA antivax folks avoid those "scientific" and "medical" treatments from "doctors" and "researchers" and instead order up a big dose of horse laxatives or large-animal dewormer.

@BBCWorld Surprisingly, the ocean doesn't care about photogenic people acting dangerously. Has the BBCworld investigated the rape and torture camps in the levant? Or just stenographed one side.

Bodies of missing Italian divers found in Maldives bbc.in/4uY3NzV

@ProfessorPape It's refreshing to see someone NOT ignore puppet regimes propping the empire.

Iran did something almost unimaginable after the Cold War: It absorbed weeks of U.S. and Israeli strikes — and still managed to damage Gulf infrastructure and multiple U.S. military facilities across the region That changes how allies and rivals think about American power

The 1991 Gulf War created the post–Cold War world The 2026 Iran war may have ended it For 30 years, the world assumed the U.S. could dominate escalation almost anywhere on earth Iran may be the first war that shattered that assumption

@MyLordBebo A version of self propagandizing. If we avoid being wrapped up in jingoism, we can see the "enemy's" point of view is logical in terms of self interest & existential survival. Our eastward expansion towards Russia was a predictable causus belli. Likewise with Iran. Obvious

🇳🇴🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦 "If you recognize that we're losing [the West], that means you're taking the side of the opponent. So we always have to pretend. But, for me, it's quite absurd because all you're doing is ignoring reality & making everything much worse" — Glenn Diesen, professor of political science at the University of Norway on the West's inability to admit the loss

@Kalimer99657451 @DD_Geopolitics IMO, Iran uses a more discriminating strategy, focusing on military and economic infrastructure targets rather than civilians or civil infrastructure.

@DD_Geopolitics Iran wiĺl destroy the whole region as a response, so what's the point?

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Dozens of US military cargo planes loaded with ammunition have landed in Tel Aviv over the past 24 hours, Israel's Channel 13 reports. The aircraft departed from American bases in Germany. According to the Israeli channel, the deliveries are part of preparations for a renewed war on Iran.

@james_roe It took a LOT (mountains of dead): to get rid of the monarchy in Europe; to for ir the Bolsheviks to rise, for the Chinese to claw up to US parity. Eventually, it will be very unpleasant when the system restricts peaceful change.

@C_R_Mile I tend to be an accelerationist who thinks your view is likely the only one that works, but that will suck for a lot of people, for as long as it has to suck to make them made enough for change. I'd rather avoid that if at all possible.

There were probably non humanoid ways to optimize this process, but that's not really the point. Robots that can seamlessly enter human spaces and perform at parity without sick days are a sea change. We need to make sure this benefits humanity, and not just oligarchs.

@daveweigel Spending a lot, but will the pile on improve Israel's image with anyone under 50?

The top three most expensive House primaries in history have all involved pro-Israel groups spending to get rid of an Israel critic. 1) Massie 2026, 2) Bowman 2024, 3) Bush 2024

@BeijingDai Lol. Yes, this is all we have left. Let us have it.

What makes Sydney Sweeney so special? big boobs?

here x.com/Pepe733745533/… is an account of how Mossad tricked Reagan administration in 1986 into bombing Libya. This documented trickery in 1986 invites questions about whether there was similar trickery in in an important 1983 incident with similar objective of drawing US further into Israeli wars. An incident which 43 years later is as one of the 2 or 3 most important incidents in White House statement of revenge against Iran for "47 years": the bombing of US marines in Beirut in October 1983. At the time, southern Lebanon was occupied by Israel subsequent to their 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Caspar Weinberger, then Reagan's Secretary of Defense, has observed that the mission of the marines was very unclear and exposed them to being perceived as a component of the occupying Israeli invasion. In September 1983, US naval vessels bombarded Shia villages in Lebanon. The bombing of the US marines in Beirut was carried out by Shia resistance in southern Lebanon. This was two years prior to announcement of Hezbollah, but evidently involved the same factions as the subsequent Hezhollah. There is plausible reporting that Israeli intelligence knew of the attack in advance, but deliberately failed to warn US military. Assigning responsibility for the attack to //Iran// is based on reporting that Iran sent a cable to their embassy in Lebanon in late September calling for something dramatic. But the document remains unproduced to this day. Given other contemporary and current events, one can scarcely help but wonder whether Mossad had a role in this intelligence. Especially given the long secrecy and unavailability of the underlying document. Caspar Weinberger himself said in 2001 that the US didn't retaliate at the time because they lacked specific intelligence which could ensure that they were retaliating against the correct parties. And without such specific intelligence, Weinberger and the Reagan administration were not willing to authorize bombing. However, 25 year after Weinberger's 2001 statement (and 43 years after the incident itself) and apparently without any new intelligence for the attribution, the Israeli-backed FDD unequivocally blamed Iran for the 1983 Beirut bombing in their 2025 internet article, which was subsequently plagiarized by White House in their March 3, 2026 statement of malediction against Iran.

@karlykingsley @mousdrvr Learn to code is always a good idea, but just don't rely on it for a living.

Be best

@james_roe No offense but I find this solution unworkable under conditions that are less than burn it all down and start over. One doesn't become a nihilist where remediation is possible. We have two parties controlling the system processes and they gatekeep change agents.

@C_R_Mile I don't know how we make that happen though, given it requires a state based constitutional amendment, since congress will never pass it.

@mousdrvr If anything, the Epstein class is further emboldened by the impunity (in the US).

I think broadly they are. It’s just that both parties and the media work directly for the Epstein class and know on which side their bread is buttered.

This is a masterclass on why China is rising and the United States is decaying: “In America, you can change the political parties but you can’t change the policies. Billionaires in America control all policy making. China is a vibrant market economy but it is not capitalist. Billionaires in China can’t control policy and capital does not have enshrined rights. In America, capital itself has risen above the nation. In the last 66 years China is being run by one single party, yet the political changes that have taken place have been wider and broader and greater than any other country in modern history.” This is why it is far better to have one party that serves the people than two parties that both serve corporations and billionaires.

@IslanderWORLD this will end with many mushroom clouds.

Russia just dropped the ultimate reality bomb and straight from Putin’s desk while Trump lands in Beijing and Europe keeps yapping from the sidelines. Today the RS-28 Sarmat – NATO’s “Satan II” (always projection with NATO naming) blasted out of Plesetsk, followed its suborbital South Pole path, and hit the Kamchatka target dead-on after 5,500 kilometers in thirty minutes. Sixteen independently targetable warheads. Global reach. The system designed to laugh at any missile shield on Earth. Putin didn’t mince words as he laid out the specs himself: “This is the most powerful missile system in the world… equal in power to the existing Voivoda… the total yield of the delivered warhead is more than four times greater than any existing most powerful Western equivalent.” Suborbital trajectory for 35,000+ km range. Accuracy doubled. And best of all it laughs at every existing and prospective missile defense system. He confirmed it on the spot: the first combat-ready regiment goes on duty by the end of this year. This is the same missile that had teething problems but today? Flawless. The turnaround is pure engineering under pressure, and the message is crystal clear. The timing is surgical. The exact same time Iran’s parliament and atomic chief declared uranium enrichment non negotiable as Iran's conditions harden from where they were pre Feb 28th. The exact same window as Trump touches down in Beijing for his two day summit with Xi to discuss trade, Taiwan, critical minerals, and the Iran mess that already delayed the trip once. One day after the Ukraine ceasefire (May 9-11) expired. The test was academic at this point but more importantly it was an ice cold signal dropped onto every negotiating table on the planet. And the loudest message? It’s aimed squarely at the European chihuahuas. While Berlin, Paris, Brussels, and the rest of the NATO cheerleaders keep pumping boomerang sanctions, rewriting history, and pretending their paper tiger alliance can dictate terms to Moscow, Russia just put the world’s most powerful ICBM on the fast track to operational status. The same Europe that lectures about “rules-based order” while hiding behind American security guarantees that have never felt more hollow (and thankfully so) just watched Russia demonstrate the systems that actually rewrite the map in half an hour. The adults in the room are talking real power. The chihuahuas can keep barking. Their sanctions don’t reach low Earth orbit but they do hurt Europeans. Their virtue-signaling doesn’t stop hypersonic fire. Their endless NATO summits don’t change the physics of strategic deterrence. Natural consequences don’t negotiate with ridiculous loud mouth slogans. They answer with engineering reality and cold steel. Russia is reminding everyone who still builds the weapons that matter.

@Dalaine_99 these are your neighbors. they'll be back in Brooklyn in a few months.

Rabbino ebreo: Perché volete radere al suolo l'intero villaggio? Soldato: non mi importa di questa gente. Rabbino:Perché? Soldato:Sono nostri nemici. Rabbino: Quindi meritano di bruciare con l'intero villaggio? Soldato: Che muoiano, a me non importa. Il rabbino è stato arrestato.