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Like with a lot of stuff here, it has a grain starting in the GWOT but this is less "oh just the logical extension of the GWOT in SOUTHCOM" and more "this is what happens when an organization completely loses any semblance of morality"
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Like with a lot of stuff here, it has a grain starting in the GWOT but this is less "oh just the logical extension of the GWOT in SOUTHCOM" and more "this is what happens when an organization completely loses any semblance of morality"
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So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
Heh, just learned that the central bank of Afghanistan is called Da Afghanistan Bank (plus they have ancient Bactrian coin of king Eucradites on their seal). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Afgh...
Da Afghanistan Bank - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Heh, just learned that the central bank of Afghanistan is called Da Afghanistan Bank (plus they have ancient Bactrian coin of king Eucradites on their seal). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Afgh...
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You all know about this, right? Not one of nature's natural aviators, the beaver, and yet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
Beaver drop - Wikipedia
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November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You all know about this, right? Not one of nature's natural aviators, the beaver, and yet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
Czasem warto w odpowiednim momencie dostać sraczki (jak np. w trakcie Sonderaktion Krakau). pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondera...
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Czasem warto w odpowiednim momencie dostać sraczki (jak np. w trakcie Sonderaktion Krakau). pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondera...
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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Ed is on the short list of folks just about anyone from the IC will immediately state without reservation should've gotten a polonium injection or fallen out a dacha window
this is getting some traction on the other place, but might as well bring it over here
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Ed is on the short list of folks just about anyone from the IC will immediately state without reservation should've gotten a polonium injection or fallen out a dacha window
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Non-defaulted govt bond trades at 2.65 cents on the euro.
on.ft.com/3M5Yux0
on.ft.com/3M5Yux0
Almost total bondholder wipeout
Austrian centurions: from hero to (almost) zero
on.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Non-defaulted govt bond trades at 2.65 cents on the euro.
on.ft.com/3M5Yux0
on.ft.com/3M5Yux0
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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Today is Octidi the 8th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Octidi the 8th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
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Left: Walton Goggins
Right: Walton Boobins
Right: Walton Boobins
September 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Left: Walton Goggins
Right: Walton Boobins
Right: Walton Boobins
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Although he was from Khost, the DC shooter was a veteran of the CIA’s Kandahar CTPT surrogate unit, known in the early years as the QSF or KSF and later as NSU-03.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Although he was from Khost, the DC shooter was a veteran of the CIA’s Kandahar CTPT surrogate unit, known in the early years as the QSF or KSF and later as NSU-03.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
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MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS KING OF KINGS
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS KING OF KINGS
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the food looks unappetizing too
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
the food looks unappetizing too
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Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
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Blast from the past: 15 movie gems of 1985. In the mood for a good classic movie this holiday weekend? This watch list has something for everyone. 1985 was a really good year for film. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
Blast from the past: 15 movie gems of 1985
Beyond the blockbusters: This watch list has something for everyone over the long holiday weekend.
arstechnica.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Blast from the past: 15 movie gems of 1985. In the mood for a good classic movie this holiday weekend? This watch list has something for everyone. 1985 was a really good year for film. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
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why bother with dystopian fiction when the united states is already doing worse in real life
absolutely harrowing description of adx supermax in colorado boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
why bother with dystopian fiction when the united states is already doing worse in real life
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Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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A colleague of mine introduced me to the acronym PICNIC from their other half who works in IT. Means 'Problem In Chair, Not In Computer'.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A colleague of mine introduced me to the acronym PICNIC from their other half who works in IT. Means 'Problem In Chair, Not In Computer'.