George Dubya
@itisgeorge.bsky.social
A mishmash: Middle East stuff, development stuff, organizational dysfunction, crisis response, carbon transition dynamics, silly sports things. Mostly here to read smarter people than me.
Accused pickpocket attempts to pick judge's pocket
"The judge upbraided the Meta team and said if you guys have recorded anything, you have to dispose of it or I will hold you in contempt," Jacob Ward, a technology journalist and the host of the Rip Current Podcast, told CBS News, calling the incident "an extraordinary misstep" by Meta.
Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial
A Los Angeles judge ordered Meta officials to remove their AI glasses at a trial over the impact of social media on users.
www.cbsnews.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Accused pickpocket attempts to pick judge's pocket
Trump is covering up both the global elite pedophile cabal AND the secret alien occupation
No joke, Trump won twice by convincing low trust conspiracy-minded weirdos to vote for him. We can win those people back if we play our cards right
No joke, Trump won twice by convincing low trust conspiracy-minded weirdos to vote for him. We can win those people back if we play our cards right
lol what
*TRUMP: OBAMA GAVE AWAY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ON ALIENS
*TRUMP: OBAMA GAVE AWAY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ON ALIENS
February 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Trump is covering up both the global elite pedophile cabal AND the secret alien occupation
No joke, Trump won twice by convincing low trust conspiracy-minded weirdos to vote for him. We can win those people back if we play our cards right
No joke, Trump won twice by convincing low trust conspiracy-minded weirdos to vote for him. We can win those people back if we play our cards right
The Anti-Politics Machine, by James Ferguson, 1990, about automatic doors
February 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The Anti-Politics Machine, by James Ferguson, 1990, about automatic doors
(Advising candidates for governor of Washington) Listen, nobody likes passive-aggressive. You need to be aggressive-aggressive. People love it when you come across really abrasive like a sports talk show guy. And you should probably wear a Derek Jeter jersey for your speeches. Voters love winners.
Everything else put aside, I'm just very taken at the notion that Andy Beshear needs tips from a New Yorker on how to win in Kentucky
February 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM
(Advising candidates for governor of Washington) Listen, nobody likes passive-aggressive. You need to be aggressive-aggressive. People love it when you come across really abrasive like a sports talk show guy. And you should probably wear a Derek Jeter jersey for your speeches. Voters love winners.
Are you, a non-Muslim, tasked with teaching or training Muslims during Ramadan? It's possible but you need to know how to do it. Here are tips I got from Muslim coworkers that worked well (Mercy Corps stupidly scheduled a key training I was giving in Turkey during Ramadan and couldn't move it.) 1/
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Are you, a non-Muslim, tasked with teaching or training Muslims during Ramadan? It's possible but you need to know how to do it. Here are tips I got from Muslim coworkers that worked well (Mercy Corps stupidly scheduled a key training I was giving in Turkey during Ramadan and couldn't move it.) 1/
If you set your own guys on fire that's not a good military move. Also the Spartans got smoked by what I'm guessing was the gayest elite military unit ever (most elite gay military unit ever?) but sure, man
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_...
February 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If you set your own guys on fire that's not a good military move. Also the Spartans got smoked by what I'm guessing was the gayest elite military unit ever (most elite gay military unit ever?) but sure, man
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_...
Going out on a limb to argue two things:
a) the history of slavery actually serves the "slavery was bad" faction pretty well, and
b) the "slavery was bad" faction ought to include the GOP and the fact that it doesn't says a lot more about the GOP than it does about slavery
a) the history of slavery actually serves the "slavery was bad" faction pretty well, and
b) the "slavery was bad" faction ought to include the GOP and the fact that it doesn't says a lot more about the GOP than it does about slavery
February 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Going out on a limb to argue two things:
a) the history of slavery actually serves the "slavery was bad" faction pretty well, and
b) the "slavery was bad" faction ought to include the GOP and the fact that it doesn't says a lot more about the GOP than it does about slavery
a) the history of slavery actually serves the "slavery was bad" faction pretty well, and
b) the "slavery was bad" faction ought to include the GOP and the fact that it doesn't says a lot more about the GOP than it does about slavery
"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for the law." -- Martin Luther King Jr.
February 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for the law." -- Martin Luther King Jr.
Cocaine Bear was cool and all, but Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pig takes it to the next level. The amorous mothers are a sexy twist
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
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February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Cocaine Bear was cool and all, but Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pig takes it to the next level. The amorous mothers are a sexy twist
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Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I feel like this was written specifically for you or possibly by you
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I Said Environmentalism Was Out of Ideas. I Was Wrong. It's Worse.
How the people fighting for the planet lost touch with the people living on it
drlennecefer.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I feel like this was written specifically for you or possibly by you
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February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Interesting that the lowest GOP and indy scores are "some college" instead of high school. I suppose if you went to college and didn't get a degree out of it or much else except a disappointing experience and a lot of debt, you're primed to believe it's a bunch of BS
Are Americans polarized in their attitudes toward higher education? 🤔
Using some @electionstudies.bsky.social data, the answer seems to be: Yes, but not dramatically so, and there's a tendency for more experience with higher ed. to be associated w/ more positive ratings. 👍
Using some @electionstudies.bsky.social data, the answer seems to be: Yes, but not dramatically so, and there's a tendency for more experience with higher ed. to be associated w/ more positive ratings. 👍
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Interesting that the lowest GOP and indy scores are "some college" instead of high school. I suppose if you went to college and didn't get a degree out of it or much else except a disappointing experience and a lot of debt, you're primed to believe it's a bunch of BS
If only there were some relaxing solo activity this guy could do that would calm him down and make him feel better
Alexander Rhodes, founder of NoFap, the much-maligned anti-masturbation group, has filed suit against researchers he claims are part of a vast conspiracy to defame him, along with Aylo, owner of Pornhub, and 150-year-old peer-reviewed scientific journal Taylor & Francis.
NoFap Founder Sues Aylo, UCLA, Scientists & Academic Publisher AVN
Aylo leads a class of defendants in a state-level defamation lawsuit brought by the founder of NoFap, a controversial anti-pornography group.
avn.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
If only there were some relaxing solo activity this guy could do that would calm him down and make him feel better
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the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
the bushes were people 😂
Amen. It's amazing when MAGA types describe their ideal society and it's like some muddy Russian village where the officials are corrupt and all the young men died in Ukraine for no reason. The US has this unbelievable energy and MAGA absolutely loathes it
My dudes what is america without this? We immigrants are attracted to america because of Black culture, because of Latinx culture, because of the cities full of every type of person, because the prospect of coming to this country and succeeding despite not being white and wealthy.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Amen. It's amazing when MAGA types describe their ideal society and it's like some muddy Russian village where the officials are corrupt and all the young men died in Ukraine for no reason. The US has this unbelievable energy and MAGA absolutely loathes it
The bunny was bad but everything else was great
February 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The bunny was bad but everything else was great
I love watching Seattle slowly press the life out of the Patriots but I understand if everyone else is bored as hell
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I love watching Seattle slowly press the life out of the Patriots but I understand if everyone else is bored as hell
The singing toilets ad is an instant Bad Ad hall of famer. First ballot.
February 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The singing toilets ad is an instant Bad Ad hall of famer. First ballot.
This morning the pastor put out a banger sermon about ICE and Christianity and what we're called to do with our faith. But he's from New Hampshire and after the sermon he put on a Tom Brady jersey and I had to set him straight on the historical trauma that shirt brings to the northwest
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This morning the pastor put out a banger sermon about ICE and Christianity and what we're called to do with our faith. But he's from New Hampshire and after the sermon he put on a Tom Brady jersey and I had to set him straight on the historical trauma that shirt brings to the northwest
Oh thank God, the scourge of immigrants who don't have disabilities or chronic illness using taxis to go to medical appointments at taxpayer expense is finally over. The kind of bold sweeping leadership Keir Starmer is so famous for. I just worry if perhaps this new policy isn't specific enough
February 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Oh thank God, the scourge of immigrants who don't have disabilities or chronic illness using taxis to go to medical appointments at taxpayer expense is finally over. The kind of bold sweeping leadership Keir Starmer is so famous for. I just worry if perhaps this new policy isn't specific enough
Civmil experts, is it a good strategy for aspiring dictators to torture their own troops like this
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Civmil experts, is it a good strategy for aspiring dictators to torture their own troops like this
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Bellingcat etc. have been doing this stuff for years. It's disconcerting to know that we'll need their skillset in unmasking the American secret police, but it'll happen. if trained GRU and IDF guys can't stay anonymous then the doofuses working for ICE can't either
Skripal Suspect Boshirov Identified as GRU Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga - bellingcat
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия) Bellingcat and its investigative partner The Insider – Russia have established conclusively the identity of one of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergey and...
www.bellingcat.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Bellingcat etc. have been doing this stuff for years. It's disconcerting to know that we'll need their skillset in unmasking the American secret police, but it'll happen. if trained GRU and IDF guys can't stay anonymous then the doofuses working for ICE can't either
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A general principle of intelligence/counterintelligence is that people can't shut up. Social media and smartphones = the not shutting up is digitally preserved
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
February 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
A general principle of intelligence/counterintelligence is that people can't shut up. Social media and smartphones = the not shutting up is digitally preserved
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...