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Thanks to @pcstewart.bsky.social, I went looking for this source wherein firing on shipwrecked survivors is literally the United States' DoD textbook example of a clearly illegal order at pp. 1088-89
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thanks to @pcstewart.bsky.social, I went looking for this source wherein firing on shipwrecked survivors is literally the United States' DoD textbook example of a clearly illegal order at pp. 1088-89
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
Ah, juggling "major musical influence's death" and "frustration at the hate-drenched vileness of the brainworms that she absorbed in her later years."
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ah, juggling "major musical influence's death" and "frustration at the hate-drenched vileness of the brainworms that she absorbed in her later years."
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
I'd be willing to bet there isn't a city on this country where the "Regina-related" notes wouldn't still apply in every detail.
It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I'd be willing to bet there isn't a city on this country where the "Regina-related" notes wouldn't still apply in every detail.
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When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
I know the roughly-monthly capitulation plans being thrown at Ukraine by the US are always going to be ridiculous, but the latest one including a ban on foreign *diplomats* visiting Ukraine seems especially insane.
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I know the roughly-monthly capitulation plans being thrown at Ukraine by the US are always going to be ridiculous, but the latest one including a ban on foreign *diplomats* visiting Ukraine seems especially insane.
Youtube just tried to give me a reaction video about a trailer for a release date announcement and maybe, just maybe, the Internet was a mistake.
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Youtube just tried to give me a reaction video about a trailer for a release date announcement and maybe, just maybe, the Internet was a mistake.
I just encountered the phrase "terrorist group chat forum on a dark web site known as Discord" in a news article and I think that strange burning smell is the four or five IQ points it cost me.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I just encountered the phrase "terrorist group chat forum on a dark web site known as Discord" in a news article and I think that strange burning smell is the four or five IQ points it cost me.
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If you're heard historians and others talking about the authoritarian playbook or the patterns of authoritarianism but don't necessarily know the long arc behind these sometimes vague and ominous allusions, here's a good primer:
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you're heard historians and others talking about the authoritarian playbook or the patterns of authoritarianism but don't necessarily know the long arc behind these sometimes vague and ominous allusions, here's a good primer:
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
Thanks, conservatives! Cleeking yourself into adopting "vaccination, public health and germ theory are all bad, actually" as fundamental policy positions sure is paying dividends!
BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks, conservatives! Cleeking yourself into adopting "vaccination, public health and germ theory are all bad, actually" as fundamental policy positions sure is paying dividends!
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Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
As far as evil rackets go, "$495 (minimum!) fee for fake doctors to issue fake vaccine exemptions" is pretty up there.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Inside the marketplace for vaccine medical exemptions
Frontline Health Advocates provides medical exemption notes—for a fee. What exactly are they selling?
arstechnica.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As far as evil rackets go, "$495 (minimum!) fee for fake doctors to issue fake vaccine exemptions" is pretty up there.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Remember, kids, Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for pedestrain deaths from automobiles, so if you see a car out there, make sure to slash its tires
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Remember, kids, Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for pedestrain deaths from automobiles, so if you see a car out there, make sure to slash its tires
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This is just to say
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is just to say
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
Can't wait to see Poilievre spend all day tomorrow claiming the latest Trump tantrum, against an ad Ford commissioned, is Carney's fault and, also, somehow, Trudeau's.
Sigh.
Sigh.
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Can't wait to see Poilievre spend all day tomorrow claiming the latest Trump tantrum, against an ad Ford commissioned, is Carney's fault and, also, somehow, Trudeau's.
Sigh.
Sigh.
"The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken..."
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks | TechPolicy.Press
The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken, writes Erin Kissane.
www.techpolicy.press
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken..."
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Kinda marveling at how much of the US' national media today is either pretending nothing significant is going on, or is fully leaning into panicky make-stuff-up mode.
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Kinda marveling at how much of the US' national media today is either pretending nothing significant is going on, or is fully leaning into panicky make-stuff-up mode.
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Today as our neighbours march for #NoKings, a little reminder for Canadians that today is Persons Day in Canada, marking the 1929 decision that affirmed women as eligible for appointment to the Supreme Court.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Persons Day - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today as our neighbours march for #NoKings, a little reminder for Canadians that today is Persons Day in Canada, marking the 1929 decision that affirmed women as eligible for appointment to the Supreme Court.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Huh, didn't have "major religious schism" on my bingo card for the day, but I suppose if we're bringing back all the other assorted classics in this ridiculous timeline...
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Huh, didn't have "major religious schism" on my bingo card for the day, but I suppose if we're bringing back all the other assorted classics in this ridiculous timeline...
Aren't supermajorities just *grand*?
Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls “dangerously undemocratic.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nova Scotia removes public’s ability to file complaints about municipal politicians | CBC News
Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls “dangerously undemocratic.”
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Aren't supermajorities just *grand*?
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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...
July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
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