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Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense does not know where South East Asia is
Duckworth: How many nations are in ASEAN?
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
January 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense does not know where South East Asia is
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The craziest part is that it WOULD be so easy to be jealous of Elon. But I'm not sure I can point to a person in the public sphere who seems to be more insecure, needy, and pathetic than he is. There is no better posterchild for "money can't buy you happiness" than Elon Musk.
Greene: Let’s be really clear… You’re attacking Elon Musk because you’re really jealous
January 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The craziest part is that it WOULD be so easy to be jealous of Elon. But I'm not sure I can point to a person in the public sphere who seems to be more insecure, needy, and pathetic than he is. There is no better posterchild for "money can't buy you happiness" than Elon Musk.
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Picture 1 is what it looked like when Ukraine liberated the city of Kherson from the Russians. Picture 2 is what it looked like when Russia "liberated" the city of Bakhmut from the Ukrainians.
It is subtle, but see if you can spot the difference.
It is subtle, but see if you can spot the difference.
December 10, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Picture 1 is what it looked like when Ukraine liberated the city of Kherson from the Russians. Picture 2 is what it looked like when Russia "liberated" the city of Bakhmut from the Ukrainians.
It is subtle, but see if you can spot the difference.
It is subtle, but see if you can spot the difference.
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The Mangione case is exactly why Elon instituted his policy to hide posts that users “like.” Only Elon knows the tweets that Mangione liked. And if he liked ones that fit the narrative he wants, they would’ve already been made public. If Mangione liked a bunch of Elon posts would he disclose that?
December 10, 2024 at 2:13 AM
The Mangione case is exactly why Elon instituted his policy to hide posts that users “like.” Only Elon knows the tweets that Mangione liked. And if he liked ones that fit the narrative he wants, they would’ve already been made public. If Mangione liked a bunch of Elon posts would he disclose that?
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Tucker Carlson, political commentator and former Fox News anchor, has returned to Russia and announced he filmed an interview with Lavrov.
He posted a video from Moscow in which he said that a "fascinating" interview with the Russian foreign minister would be available "very soon."
He posted a video from Moscow in which he said that a "fascinating" interview with the Russian foreign minister would be available "very soon."
December 4, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Tucker Carlson, political commentator and former Fox News anchor, has returned to Russia and announced he filmed an interview with Lavrov.
He posted a video from Moscow in which he said that a "fascinating" interview with the Russian foreign minister would be available "very soon."
He posted a video from Moscow in which he said that a "fascinating" interview with the Russian foreign minister would be available "very soon."
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When I warned repeatedly that Trump intended to go after the free press in a 2nd term I wasn’t just talking about things like jailing journalists who refuse to reveal leakers or FCC harassment. I was talking about things like this. But they didn’t think it would happen to them.
November 26, 2024 at 12:30 AM
When I warned repeatedly that Trump intended to go after the free press in a 2nd term I wasn’t just talking about things like jailing journalists who refuse to reveal leakers or FCC harassment. I was talking about things like this. But they didn’t think it would happen to them.
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"I know that Republicans want to see everything that doesn’t help their wealthy donors burn and the mainstream media is enthralled with the ESPNification of politics, but behind all of that bullshit are the impacts on real people– people who rely on a functioning government to survive."
November 23, 2024 at 10:48 PM
"I know that Republicans want to see everything that doesn’t help their wealthy donors burn and the mainstream media is enthralled with the ESPNification of politics, but behind all of that bullshit are the impacts on real people– people who rely on a functioning government to survive."
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
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Started singing this a few days before inauguration 2017. Gonna keep singing it.
November 16, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Started singing this a few days before inauguration 2017. Gonna keep singing it.
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Elon and his team changed the X algorithm so that it would boost pro-Republican accounts as well as Elon's own account.
Remember when he fumed about Twitter Files and "liberal bias"? Elon's X was MUCH worse.
Remember when he fumed about Twitter Files and "liberal bias"? Elon's X was MUCH worse.
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Elon and his team changed the X algorithm so that it would boost pro-Republican accounts as well as Elon's own account.
Remember when he fumed about Twitter Files and "liberal bias"? Elon's X was MUCH worse.
Remember when he fumed about Twitter Files and "liberal bias"? Elon's X was MUCH worse.
Germany hasn't fully shaken off its collective guilt for the Nazi atrocities of WWII. And then there's the issue of energy. Europe's preeminent industrial nation, after abandoning nuclear power, has become thoroughly hooked on Russian oil and gas. Not a pretty place to be for any German politician.
📞🇩🇪🤔 Judging by what various Russian mass media write, Scholz and Putin agreed that their assistants would be in touch.
"Russia has never refused and is open to negotiations regarding Ukraine."
"Russia has never refused and is open to negotiations regarding Ukraine."
November 16, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Germany hasn't fully shaken off its collective guilt for the Nazi atrocities of WWII. And then there's the issue of energy. Europe's preeminent industrial nation, after abandoning nuclear power, has become thoroughly hooked on Russian oil and gas. Not a pretty place to be for any German politician.
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Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is a far-right, Christian Zionist, "Temple on Temple Mount" evangelical. This belief system is strongly associated with end times theology: a yearning for Apocalypse triggered by a final war in Israel.
Reassuring to know we'll be in safe hands. 😦
Reassuring to know we'll be in safe hands. 😦
November 15, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is a far-right, Christian Zionist, "Temple on Temple Mount" evangelical. This belief system is strongly associated with end times theology: a yearning for Apocalypse triggered by a final war in Israel.
Reassuring to know we'll be in safe hands. 😦
Reassuring to know we'll be in safe hands. 😦
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I consider Zelenskyy one of the greatest leaders in modern history, and here's why:
- Many thought he would flee Kyiv right after Feb 2022. Instead, he stayed and decided to fight against Russian barbarism
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- Many thought he would flee Kyiv right after Feb 2022. Instead, he stayed and decided to fight against Russian barbarism
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November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I consider Zelenskyy one of the greatest leaders in modern history, and here's why:
- Many thought he would flee Kyiv right after Feb 2022. Instead, he stayed and decided to fight against Russian barbarism
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- Many thought he would flee Kyiv right after Feb 2022. Instead, he stayed and decided to fight against Russian barbarism
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Germany has banned its LNG terminals from accepting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), - the Financial Times. The Ministry of Economy instructed Deutsche Energy Terminal to reject all deliveries of Russian LNG, citing the need to protect “vital state interests.”
November 15, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Germany has banned its LNG terminals from accepting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), - the Financial Times. The Ministry of Economy instructed Deutsche Energy Terminal to reject all deliveries of Russian LNG, citing the need to protect “vital state interests.”
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All that remains is for Trump to name Marjorie Taylor Greene as Education Secretary, and we'll have a full deck.
November 15, 2024 at 6:40 AM
All that remains is for Trump to name Marjorie Taylor Greene as Education Secretary, and we'll have a full deck.
Wow! I learned something new and cool today. Who knew that Mercury had a tail?
That orange streak is Mercury with its glowing sodium plasma tail, passing in front of the Pleiades cluster.
Impressive capture by Dr Sebastian Voltmer.
spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload...
Impressive capture by Dr Sebastian Voltmer.
spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload...
November 16, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Wow! I learned something new and cool today. Who knew that Mercury had a tail?
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Netflix needs to stop asking if I’m still watching and start asking if I moved the laundry to the dryer
November 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Netflix needs to stop asking if I’m still watching and start asking if I moved the laundry to the dryer
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I sat down with @glennkirschner.bsky.social to discuss the Matt Gaetz nomination, and whether it will mean that current DOJ prosecutors might self-select out of government in anticipation of his confirmation.
🚨 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE of Matt Gaetz nomination
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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November 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM
I sat down with @glennkirschner.bsky.social to discuss the Matt Gaetz nomination, and whether it will mean that current DOJ prosecutors might self-select out of government in anticipation of his confirmation.
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“Jeune Femme avec son Chat” Jeanne Bôle (1825 - 1891).
November 15, 2024 at 2:17 AM
“Jeune Femme avec son Chat” Jeanne Bôle (1825 - 1891).
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Moon tonight shinng through lenticular cloud.
November 16, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Moon tonight shinng through lenticular cloud.
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Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...