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At least 347 civilians were killed, raped, and mutilated in the Mỹ Lai massacre.
The sum total of all prison time served by the perpetrators of the Mỹ Lai massacre, and the many senior officers who covered it up, was 3 days.
The sum total of all prison time served by the perpetrators of the Mỹ Lai massacre, and the many senior officers who covered it up, was 3 days.
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@alanmountain.bsky.social
· Jan 11
If you're a non-white immigrant or child of immigrants living in the Anglosphere (UK, USA, Can, Aus, NZ), remember: Your country did not accept you as a kindness. You don't need to feel grateful.
They took your family because they couldn't attract enough white people to fill their labour shortages.
They took your family because they couldn't attract enough white people to fill their labour shortages.
I wish people cared about the quality of representation of Asian characters in Western media outside of just dunking on JK Rowling.
Characters with stereotypical and implausible names like Cho Chang are actually quite common in Western media.
Characters with stereotypical and implausible names like Cho Chang are actually quite common in Western media.
April 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I wish people cared about the quality of representation of Asian characters in Western media outside of just dunking on JK Rowling.
Characters with stereotypical and implausible names like Cho Chang are actually quite common in Western media.
Characters with stereotypical and implausible names like Cho Chang are actually quite common in Western media.
Pope Francis died having fulfilled his life's goal: Telling JD Vance to fuck off.
April 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pope Francis died having fulfilled his life's goal: Telling JD Vance to fuck off.
Xi Jinping right now: “Oh no, my queen.”
(The folks at r/anarchychess will get this joke.)
(The folks at r/anarchychess will get this joke.)
April 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Xi Jinping right now: “Oh no, my queen.”
(The folks at r/anarchychess will get this joke.)
(The folks at r/anarchychess will get this joke.)
Lol. Various reddit forums told me to brace for “Black Monday” or “Orange Monday”, and the Nasdaq actually went up instead.
April 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Lol. Various reddit forums told me to brace for “Black Monday” or “Orange Monday”, and the Nasdaq actually went up instead.
Mark Carney is Canada’s new Prime Minister because he won the Liberal leadership race. The woman who came second has ties to Ukrainian Nazis.
If not for Mark Carney, Canada could have had a Nazi sympathizer as Prime Minister.
The truth is, Canada is heading in a Trumpian direction too.
If not for Mark Carney, Canada could have had a Nazi sympathizer as Prime Minister.
The truth is, Canada is heading in a Trumpian direction too.
April 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Mark Carney is Canada’s new Prime Minister because he won the Liberal leadership race. The woman who came second has ties to Ukrainian Nazis.
If not for Mark Carney, Canada could have had a Nazi sympathizer as Prime Minister.
The truth is, Canada is heading in a Trumpian direction too.
If not for Mark Carney, Canada could have had a Nazi sympathizer as Prime Minister.
The truth is, Canada is heading in a Trumpian direction too.
I’m glad the US is collapsing. This is the only fitting end for a country that sponsors genocide.
I’m broke and out of work. The next few years are going to be rough for me personally. But I will steadfastly remind myself that this is an overall win for the world.
I’m broke and out of work. The next few years are going to be rough for me personally. But I will steadfastly remind myself that this is an overall win for the world.
April 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’m glad the US is collapsing. This is the only fitting end for a country that sponsors genocide.
I’m broke and out of work. The next few years are going to be rough for me personally. But I will steadfastly remind myself that this is an overall win for the world.
I’m broke and out of work. The next few years are going to be rough for me personally. But I will steadfastly remind myself that this is an overall win for the world.
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Israel is relentlessly bombing Gaza. Since early this morning, more than 40 Palestinians confirmed killed in Israeli attacks. Among the targets was an UNRWA clinic housing displaced people in Jabalia, killing at least 19. Children among the dead.
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Israel is relentlessly bombing Gaza. Since early this morning, more than 40 Palestinians confirmed killed in Israeli attacks. Among the targets was an UNRWA clinic housing displaced people in Jabalia, killing at least 19. Children among the dead.
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C’mon Quebec. Get with the program.
Quebec awards new contract to Elon Musk’s Starlink despite tariff conflict
The Quebec government says there’s no satisfying alternative at this point to Elon Musk’s satellite service for courthouses in remote regions.
www.montrealgazette.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
C’mon Quebec. Get with the program.
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What do you do when they target the schools?
March 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What do you do when they target the schools?
Does Bluesky allow you to edit tweets yet?
March 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Does Bluesky allow you to edit tweets yet?
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They are refugees from Bhutan, living in central Pennsylvania
They are in the United States legally
ICE seized them for deportation anyway www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
They are in the United States legally
ICE seized them for deportation anyway www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
Six former Bhutanese refugees living in Pennsylvania — who have legal residency in the U.S. — were detained by ICE
Five former Bhutanese refugees from Dauphin County and one from nearby Cumberland County had been detained by ICE in the last few weeks.
www.inquirer.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
They are refugees from Bhutan, living in central Pennsylvania
They are in the United States legally
ICE seized them for deportation anyway www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
They are in the United States legally
ICE seized them for deportation anyway www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
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Calexitnow.org #Calexit
California residents will vote on the 2028 ballot if enough signatures from registered voters sign this petition. We are 20% there. Looks like California is going to become a country! Sign this petition!
California residents will vote on the 2028 ballot if enough signatures from registered voters sign this petition. We are 20% there. Looks like California is going to become a country! Sign this petition!
California Independence Is One Vote Away - CALEXIT NOW!
CALEXIT is the term used to refer to California exiting the union and becoming an independent, self-governing nation. CALEXIT is not independence. Rather,
Calexitnow.org
March 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Calexitnow.org #Calexit
California residents will vote on the 2028 ballot if enough signatures from registered voters sign this petition. We are 20% there. Looks like California is going to become a country! Sign this petition!
California residents will vote on the 2028 ballot if enough signatures from registered voters sign this petition. We are 20% there. Looks like California is going to become a country! Sign this petition!
If the Democrats actually wanted to achieve anything, they'd ask their supporters to stock up on guns and ammo.
The fascists will not listen to you if they aren't afraid of you.
The fascists will not listen to you if they aren't afraid of you.
March 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If the Democrats actually wanted to achieve anything, they'd ask their supporters to stock up on guns and ammo.
The fascists will not listen to you if they aren't afraid of you.
The fascists will not listen to you if they aren't afraid of you.
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It is important to always remember that the NYT, WaPo, Politico, LAT, et al work hard every day to normalize Trump's lies, corruption, lawbreaking racism, and bigotry.
Support independent media like the folks in @laminda.bsky.social's starter pack: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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This is the most openly corrupt act by a sitting President in the history of America. It is now 4.40 PM - and Politico, WaPo and NYT are simply refusing to cover it. NYT wrote 35 articles speculating on the POSSIBLE corruption of Clinton Foundation. Which was never found.
This is so surreally corrupt it’s hard to even grasp. US media is incapable of processing it - directly using the White House to promote a meme coin with hidden ownership structure.
March 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It is important to always remember that the NYT, WaPo, Politico, LAT, et al work hard every day to normalize Trump's lies, corruption, lawbreaking racism, and bigotry.
Support independent media like the folks in @laminda.bsky.social's starter pack: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
Support independent media like the folks in @laminda.bsky.social's starter pack: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
If Canada did become the 51st US state, the House, Senate, and Electoral College would all start to lean Democrat.
Two take-aways from this thought:
1) Democrats will probably tacitly support the annexation of Canada.
2) Trump will suspend elections after the annexation.
Two take-aways from this thought:
1) Democrats will probably tacitly support the annexation of Canada.
2) Trump will suspend elections after the annexation.
March 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If Canada did become the 51st US state, the House, Senate, and Electoral College would all start to lean Democrat.
Two take-aways from this thought:
1) Democrats will probably tacitly support the annexation of Canada.
2) Trump will suspend elections after the annexation.
Two take-aways from this thought:
1) Democrats will probably tacitly support the annexation of Canada.
2) Trump will suspend elections after the annexation.
I can’t help feeling that Zelenskyy is another Ngo Dinh Diem.
Americans would see that if they had learnt lessons from the Vietnam War, but they didn’t.
Americans would see that if they had learnt lessons from the Vietnam War, but they didn’t.
March 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I can’t help feeling that Zelenskyy is another Ngo Dinh Diem.
Americans would see that if they had learnt lessons from the Vietnam War, but they didn’t.
Americans would see that if they had learnt lessons from the Vietnam War, but they didn’t.
I can’t wait for the next federal election to be called, so I can tell every Liberal door-knocker that I’m not voting for a party that supports genocide.
March 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I can’t wait for the next federal election to be called, so I can tell every Liberal door-knocker that I’m not voting for a party that supports genocide.
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👇👇👇 Do not go there #Canada
Imagine being a Canadian crossing the border to spend money and then getting thrown in prison, flown to some foreign land, being prodded out by some men in ski masks, and Canada being told “sorry, you’re too late, they’re already over international waters”
Why would anyone cross that border?!
Why would anyone cross that border?!
March 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
👇👇👇 Do not go there #Canada
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Democrats are often called incompetent but this isn't fair because they are actually very, VERY good at what they do (pretending to oppose republicans while making sure no one who opposes republicans for real ever gets anywhere near the levers of institutional power)
January 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Democrats are often called incompetent but this isn't fair because they are actually very, VERY good at what they do (pretending to oppose republicans while making sure no one who opposes republicans for real ever gets anywhere near the levers of institutional power)
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democrats are once again bringing a hand job to a gun fight
February 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
democrats are once again bringing a hand job to a gun fight
When Trump says “crazy” things, it’s because he knows that’s how you shift the Overton window.
Annexing Canada might seem like a ridiculous idea now, because it’s outside the norms. But after talking about it for four years, it will start to strike you as obvious, maybe inevitable.
Annexing Canada might seem like a ridiculous idea now, because it’s outside the norms. But after talking about it for four years, it will start to strike you as obvious, maybe inevitable.
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
When Trump says “crazy” things, it’s because he knows that’s how you shift the Overton window.
Annexing Canada might seem like a ridiculous idea now, because it’s outside the norms. But after talking about it for four years, it will start to strike you as obvious, maybe inevitable.
Annexing Canada might seem like a ridiculous idea now, because it’s outside the norms. But after talking about it for four years, it will start to strike you as obvious, maybe inevitable.
I used to wonder why I would see the craziest takes about Vietnam in the Vietnam-related subs on reddit.
I eventually realized that a lot of people just lie about being Vietnamese on the internet. I don’t know why.
It’s weird, and it took me a while to realize because it’s so weird.
I eventually realized that a lot of people just lie about being Vietnamese on the internet. I don’t know why.
It’s weird, and it took me a while to realize because it’s so weird.
March 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I used to wonder why I would see the craziest takes about Vietnam in the Vietnam-related subs on reddit.
I eventually realized that a lot of people just lie about being Vietnamese on the internet. I don’t know why.
It’s weird, and it took me a while to realize because it’s so weird.
I eventually realized that a lot of people just lie about being Vietnamese on the internet. I don’t know why.
It’s weird, and it took me a while to realize because it’s so weird.
I’m not the only Canadian who’s noticed an uptick in recruitment ads for the Canadian military, right?
They’re preparing for something.
They’re preparing for something.
March 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I’m not the only Canadian who’s noticed an uptick in recruitment ads for the Canadian military, right?
They’re preparing for something.
They’re preparing for something.
When (if) the Democrats are back in power, they’ll keep 90% of Trump’s changes and roll back maybe 10%, and this site will be flooded by liberals defending them and saying those 90% of changes are good actually, because they think it’s important to support the “less-bad” option.
March 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
When (if) the Democrats are back in power, they’ll keep 90% of Trump’s changes and roll back maybe 10%, and this site will be flooded by liberals defending them and saying those 90% of changes are good actually, because they think it’s important to support the “less-bad” option.