The dorm computer room! Fluorescent lights, Pine email, and slow, rudimentary internet. 🤩
Zephyr Teachout@ZephyrTeachout
Sounds bougie to Gen X we did it all in the computer room no beats
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Megan K. Stack
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Megan K. Stack
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Every Man In This Village Is A Liar WOMEN’S WORK writer @nytopinion, once J'lem-Cairo-Moscow-B'jing @latimes;TX @AP etc
Washington DC เข้าร่วม Ağustos 2009
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If you like maps & explanations & want to explore some of the many big regional risks & potential changes tied up in this Iran war, &how the strategic weakening and fragmentation of Iran would match regional movement, I've got a piece for you.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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I like this new, unchained from CNN version of Christiane Amanpour
Furkan Gözükara@FurkanGozukara
Massive intelligence leak exposed. Christiane Amanpour reveals US and Israeli intelligence confirm the Iranian government shows absolutely no signs of collapsing despite the assassinations. The regime change fantasy is dead.
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Yes, all successful popular revolutions require a foreign ground invasion.
Haaretz.com@haaretzcom
Netanyahu says a revolution in Iran requires a ground offensive haaretz.com/israel-news/is…
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I wish I could bring back every mix tape a friend or romantic interest gave me through high school and college, these kids will never know
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And now we just wish we could get all our mix tapes back and go to Blockbuster while we’re at it
Rob@_ROB_29
If people want to know why Gen X is always mad, it's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection and then replace that with a CD collection that we slowly replaced with an MP3 collection and now need a subscription to listen to music.
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Megan K. Stack รีทวีตแล้ว
Megan K. Stack รีทวีตแล้ว
Gerry Adams awaits a verdict:
"Irish people have had a very bad history and experience of British courts. However, I came here to reject the accusations leveled against me, to assert the legitimacy of the republican cause and the right of the people of Ireland to be free."
Gerry Adams@GerryAdamsSF
Comments on the last day of the London civil case 👇
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Megan K. Stack รีทวีตแล้ว
Well, I did not anticipate this:
*BESSENT: US MAY UNSANCTION IRANIAN OIL THAT’S ON WATER
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Megan K. Stack รีทวีตแล้ว
Remember that 20 million people saw their health care premiums double because $30 billion was too expensive.
Jeff Stein@JStein_WaPo
SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress
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@cursedbyaclown1 Thanks, I just saw the Gerry Adams pic, what an image!
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@Megankstack Photographed with Gerry
Attended at least one Noraid fundraiser in Dolans,a famous Irish bar in Yonkers
And he mixed in business circles all his adult life with Irish Americans so conversations about Reunification is something that he heard often I'm sure
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The average American -- even many Irish-Americans my age or younger -- probably doesn't know that partition still exists or what that entails, but would have a hazy sense that yes Ireland should be united. Trump's vague comments seem representative if comically uninformed.
Colum Eastwood@columeastwood
Joking aside - it is interesting that even President Trump, possibly the least likely of any modern president, seems to have a natural predisposition toward Irish unity.
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@Tyler_A_Harper Yes, she seems nice. And I found the story painful. Learning about the gf bc someone saw them kissing at a bar. When the host asked if she was into women and the answer was basically, no, but I’m sleeping with this one (bc my husband told me to?). It seemed to just get sadder.
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@Megankstack I generally find people with West’s politics extremely grating but the thing is she’s really quite likeable and it’s very sad to watch a person with a lot going for them be conned by some snake oil salesman who absolutely doesn’t have a lot of evident positive traits.
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I wrote about Lindy West. Her memoir, in which she is guilt-tripped into polyamory by a husband who vaguely implies that monogamy is racist, is a cautionary tale about turning marriage into a political project. Her polyamory is just the coastal lib version of being a tradwife. 🧵
The Atlantic@TheAtlantic
In her memoir, Lindy West describes how she went from resisting polyamory to embracing it—but her version of it is strangely politicized, @Tyler_A_Harper argues: “She doesn’t seem enlightened. She seems to have been wheedled into buying a fantasy.” theatlantic.com/family/2026/03…
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Who would've thought Iran would retaliate against US military assets within their firing range?
Who would've thought Iran would be able to control the Strait of Hormuz which literally traces the Iranian border?
All of this is a huge surprise?
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Every day I look at what Iran is saying & doing, and look at what the US is saying & doing. And it's clear that Iran has gamed this out for years, which makes sense, bc it's not like this war hasn't been threatened for years. And then there's the Trump administration, flailing.
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Seems the US went into this blind, with no realistic, strategic thinking on Iran's position and tolerance, likely reactions, even military strength. No planning for the US's regional vulnerabilities. And a severe underestimation of Hezbollah's remaining strength.
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@irishagreement True. But, also, does it really matter what the US thinks now? To some extent, sure, but not like the peace talk days.
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@Megankstack Unionism’s only chance of building up political support in the US would be with Evangelicals like Ian Paisley did with Pastor Bob Jones who gave him his doctorate and following Israel’s example with Evangelical politicians like Mike Huckabee who Trump made US ambassador to Israel
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I agree with all of this right up until the very end. I do believe the US (or at least some of the administration) gave a green light. They are panicking, thrashing, trying to push things to some kind of ending.
Michael Young@BeirutCalling
Update on my last post. Iran accuses Israel of hitting South Pars and threatens to hit Saudi, UAE, and Qatari energy fields in response. The problem is that this is like a Mexican standoff. If that happens, Israel will hit all major Iranian oil infrastructures, making everyone worse off. But the Israelis are still focused on regime change, and believe this is the quickest way to achieve such an outcome. Is the U.S. onboard? I doubt it. #965254630" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">haaretz.com/israel-news/is…
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