michael medbed
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michael medbed
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· Aug 27
…and the town, it's not even a town, really, it's just like this camp where all these people have gathered to hide… all these people that are hiding in the woods and trying to stay alive. This is where they all came.
—Henry in "Michael Clayton", 2007
—Henry in "Michael Clayton", 2007
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The problem with the last bit is it flattens the military. No, no one should expect E3 Snuffy to have a clue what's legal in regard to kidnapping a head of state or blowing up fishing boats that may or may not have at one point been used for drug running. That's what senior leadership is for.
The dynamic I’m seeing that’s kind of frustrating here is:
DoD Bluesky: “it’s a safeguard that US troops have a right to refuse an unlawful order. Don’t worry.”
DoD: *receives and follows an unlawful order*
US public: “wtf”
DoD Bluesky: “bro trust me you don’t want them to decide what unlawful”
DoD Bluesky: “it’s a safeguard that US troops have a right to refuse an unlawful order. Don’t worry.”
DoD: *receives and follows an unlawful order*
US public: “wtf”
DoD Bluesky: “bro trust me you don’t want them to decide what unlawful”
Kinda interesting how on the conventional side the civ-mil framing is "follow your oath to the constitution" but on the nuke side the framing is "no one can refuse a lawful order"
January 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The problem with the last bit is it flattens the military. No, no one should expect E3 Snuffy to have a clue what's legal in regard to kidnapping a head of state or blowing up fishing boats that may or may not have at one point been used for drug running. That's what senior leadership is for.
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I'm getting mixed messages about what is okay to do to presidents
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I'm getting mixed messages about what is okay to do to presidents
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The moderate position is indeed The Hague
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 AM
The moderate position is indeed The Hague
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“ceausescu”. it’s an ancient word but a beautiful word.
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 AM
“ceausescu”. it’s an ancient word but a beautiful word.
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people mock the excesses of 2010s SJ activism without acknowledging they were basically right about everything
oh you didn’t like the implicit, subtextual racism of 21st century liberalism? got it: we’ll make the subtext into text
December 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
people mock the excesses of 2010s SJ activism without acknowledging they were basically right about everything
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Scrolling through Soros’s articles in the NYRB is just him being right again and again.
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Scrolling through Soros’s articles in the NYRB is just him being right again and again.
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The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
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GOP stands for Glaringly Obvious Pedophiles
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
GOP stands for Glaringly Obvious Pedophiles
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fr tho, it's very funny/horrible how closely the results of ChatGPT mimic being extremely wealthy and surrounded by yes-men
September 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
fr tho, it's very funny/horrible how closely the results of ChatGPT mimic being extremely wealthy and surrounded by yes-men
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Bad-faith actors have used a well-worn playbook to undermine public health interventions and institutions to advance their commercial, political, and personal interests. We need to be careful not to conflate "meeting people where they are" with ceding scientific ground to these actors and agendas.
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Bad-faith actors have used a well-worn playbook to undermine public health interventions and institutions to advance their commercial, political, and personal interests. We need to be careful not to conflate "meeting people where they are" with ceding scientific ground to these actors and agendas.
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Kinda funny that the forbidden truths lady is discovering that people get really fucking curious about actual forbidden truths
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Kinda funny that the forbidden truths lady is discovering that people get really fucking curious about actual forbidden truths
When that 60 Minutes "Inside CECOT" leaks to the public (and it will), it's going to get way more eyeballs than it would have if they'd just aired it regular style
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When that 60 Minutes "Inside CECOT" leaks to the public (and it will), it's going to get way more eyeballs than it would have if they'd just aired it regular style
In the future when we’re rebuilding the U.S. public health apparatus I’d really love to see some legislation for de-listing all homeopathic ”medicines” from the USP
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In the future when we’re rebuilding the U.S. public health apparatus I’d really love to see some legislation for de-listing all homeopathic ”medicines” from the USP
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"how many memes does the Pope have?" some 20-year-old groyper who discovered coke nine months ago says as he posts on another official U.S. govt account.
December 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"how many memes does the Pope have?" some 20-year-old groyper who discovered coke nine months ago says as he posts on another official U.S. govt account.
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Surprised they didn't go straight to Fraktur, to be honest.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Surprised they didn't go straight to Fraktur, to be honest.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
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“We didn’t see them and were just shooting the wreckage”/“We were worried they’d keep fighting” were the exact excuses offered in the Peleus case, as it happens.
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“We didn’t see them and were just shooting the wreckage”/“We were worried they’d keep fighting” were the exact excuses offered in the Peleus case, as it happens.
One wall no ceilings
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
One wall no ceilings
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i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
If ur down he’ll pick u up doctor robert / take a drink from his special cup doctor robert
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If ur down he’ll pick u up doctor robert / take a drink from his special cup doctor robert
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
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“You’re right, I’ll do some homework now….” from Chotiner is serious horror movie stuff.
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
“You’re right, I’ll do some homework now….” from Chotiner is serious horror movie stuff.