what do you mean not tiktok?
I love how social media everywhere save maybe YouTube and TikTok is just a howling black box straight from hell in the current moment
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 AM
what do you mean not tiktok?
i mean it is funny to see a bunch of american libs whine that everyone is being way too mean to americans now when their little joke for years was how they were going to annex canada and various off colour jokes about europeans, but i guess we all gotta be so SO nuanced now
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 AM
i mean it is funny to see a bunch of american libs whine that everyone is being way too mean to americans now when their little joke for years was how they were going to annex canada and various off colour jokes about europeans, but i guess we all gotta be so SO nuanced now
i am not entirely sure people outside of the country are aware of how seriously canadians are taking boycotting US products, they are really doing it, they are mad and nothing has happened except tariffs yet
A warning of sorts: ~ "Canadians see themselves as friendly & affable people. However, Canada’s current self-image of 'niceness' only exists b/c they’re at peace. War changes people very quickly, & Canadians are no more innately peaceful than any other human beings."
Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
theconversation.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
i am not entirely sure people outside of the country are aware of how seriously canadians are taking boycotting US products, they are really doing it, they are mad and nothing has happened except tariffs yet
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A warning of sorts: ~ "Canadians see themselves as friendly & affable people. However, Canada’s current self-image of 'niceness' only exists b/c they’re at peace. War changes people very quickly, & Canadians are no more innately peaceful than any other human beings."
Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
theconversation.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
A warning of sorts: ~ "Canadians see themselves as friendly & affable people. However, Canada’s current self-image of 'niceness' only exists b/c they’re at peace. War changes people very quickly, & Canadians are no more innately peaceful than any other human beings."
starmer is a what now?
Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party
Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.
badfaithtimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
starmer is a what now?
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"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set
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The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….
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Some people are just impervious to any lessons history or common sense can offer us.
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Some people are just impervious to any lessons history or common sense can offer us.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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You do get the impression that some of the people 'warning' of civil war, actually desire one huh
Good article this. Racism really is the reverse of a performance-enhancing drug, the mad, stupid shit it leads people to believe in and to do:
‘Once whispered, now discussed’: the rise of dubious claims of civil war in the UK
Dystopian warnings once reserved for the far right have found a wider audience – but there are good reasons for scepticism
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
You do get the impression that some of the people 'warning' of civil war, actually desire one huh
IS THAT BAD EMPANADA??? ASHGFGSDGGHGHHJ
gringo is a racial slur you latinx people mira gringuito de mierda callate la boca chucha su madre que te apesta por estar hablando mierda to todo el tiempo hijo de puta coño
January 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
IS THAT BAD EMPANADA??? ASHGFGSDGGHGHHJ
this one was my favourite lmao
January 4, 2026 at 9:08 PM
this one was my favourite lmao
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Vatnik brain is shared between empires imo
January 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Vatnik brain is shared between empires imo
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Discourse is very annoying right now because American oil companies don't actually want to deal with Venezuela, but the entire endeavor was obviously pitched to Trump as a colonial resource extraction play, so it IS a war for oil even if that doesn't make sense! Cults of personality aren't rational.
January 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Discourse is very annoying right now because American oil companies don't actually want to deal with Venezuela, but the entire endeavor was obviously pitched to Trump as a colonial resource extraction play, so it IS a war for oil even if that doesn't make sense! Cults of personality aren't rational.
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okay so they literally expect to run another country by truth social post, I can’t see any way this could possibly go wrong
A former staffer said that U.S. officials would not be performing a formal occupation like in Iraq. “We’re going to tell them: ‘Hey, this is what you have to do in order for there not to be another strike. That’s what [Trump] sees as running the country.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio takes on most challenging role yet: Viceroy of Venezuela
The top U.S. diplomat has pushed for regime change for over a decade. Now the hard part begins.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
okay so they literally expect to run another country by truth social post, I can’t see any way this could possibly go wrong
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USA now treating all international diplomacy the way it always treated treaty making with Native nations.
The post-WWII global order really is dead.
The post-WWII global order really is dead.
For other countries it is unfortunately seriously worth thinking about how in two successive cases in a row the United States seemingly has used negotiations as a feint from the very beginning while preparing devastating and senseless bombing campaigns which they execute no matter what
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
USA now treating all international diplomacy the way it always treated treaty making with Native nations.
The post-WWII global order really is dead.
The post-WWII global order really is dead.
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London spent at least 3 centuries building the largest Empire in human history, with informal hegemony over much of the Middle East and South America. It took about 3 decades for this to seriously unravel once local populations collectively decided to get the British out.
People always seem to forget that hegemony, real, actual, serious hegemony requires discursive and normative buy-in from a critical mass of the populace under its nominal control.
January 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
London spent at least 3 centuries building the largest Empire in human history, with informal hegemony over much of the Middle East and South America. It took about 3 decades for this to seriously unravel once local populations collectively decided to get the British out.
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“.. In a telephone interview this morning, .. Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat against the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,’ ..”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
“.. In a telephone interview this morning, .. Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat against the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,’ ..”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
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i support the joint mexican-canadian ICBM program
January 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM
i support the joint mexican-canadian ICBM program
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Ultimately, I refuse to privilege the incarceration status of American (or Israeli) soldiers over the life and humanity of Palestinians, Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, Yemenis, Nigeriens, Syrians, Lebanese, Libyans, Somalis, Pakistanis, or Venezuelans
We all Stan that one Taylor Swift Stan account on Twitter that spent time in jail rather than join the IDF but we can't ask the same of American kids? At least in Israel joining up is mandatory! You literally volunteered for this! You were born as the Iraq war was starting, what did you expect!
January 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Ultimately, I refuse to privilege the incarceration status of American (or Israeli) soldiers over the life and humanity of Palestinians, Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, Yemenis, Nigeriens, Syrians, Lebanese, Libyans, Somalis, Pakistanis, or Venezuelans
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Mamdani rescinded every executive order issued by Eric Adams after Adams's indictment, but still the "New York Times" is focusing exclusively on two of those orders that had to do with Israel.
There is someone singling out Israel here. And it isn't Zohran Mamdani.
There is someone singling out Israel here. And it isn't Zohran Mamdani.
January 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Mamdani rescinded every executive order issued by Eric Adams after Adams's indictment, but still the "New York Times" is focusing exclusively on two of those orders that had to do with Israel.
There is someone singling out Israel here. And it isn't Zohran Mamdani.
There is someone singling out Israel here. And it isn't Zohran Mamdani.
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by Trump's own admission, Maduro seemed to have attempted massive overtures in the last few days and he simply wasn't interested. Likewise Iran by almost all accounts approached the issue of deescalating and discussing a new nuclear deal in good faith and Trump was simply not interested.
January 4, 2026 at 12:41 AM
by Trump's own admission, Maduro seemed to have attempted massive overtures in the last few days and he simply wasn't interested. Likewise Iran by almost all accounts approached the issue of deescalating and discussing a new nuclear deal in good faith and Trump was simply not interested.
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For other countries it is unfortunately seriously worth thinking about how in two successive cases in a row the United States seemingly has used negotiations as a feint from the very beginning while preparing devastating and senseless bombing campaigns which they execute no matter what
January 4, 2026 at 12:39 AM
For other countries it is unfortunately seriously worth thinking about how in two successive cases in a row the United States seemingly has used negotiations as a feint from the very beginning while preparing devastating and senseless bombing campaigns which they execute no matter what