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I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
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there's a lot wrong here but it ought to be some sort of crime to call that guacamole

nah think i will continue to do my writing and thinking in-house and not atrophy my brain to send faster emails

this week's substack post is about why I love Saw Gerrara's speech (no real spoilers in it) in Andor despite hating the whole "the revolutionary is a doomed man" thing. margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/when-there...

Let's address a couple things about masked ICE and DHS officers in tactical gear. 1. They're not "Proud Boys cosplaying as federal agents." Yes, there's crossover between LEO's and right-wing groups. Yes, these guys ARE real federal agents. You don't get onto an SRT without years of experience.

Sean can get Feucht

WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT ON SEAN FEUCHT This is wild! A full-blown website written & sourced from ex-employees & ex-leaders in Sean Feucht's various ministries detailing his abuses, financial misconduct, & general scumball-ery. Let me detail why this is important... 1/ truthandfreedomstories.com

A man went on a stabbing spree at a homeless shelter in Salem, Oregon, on Sunday, injuring 12 people — five seriously — before he was arrested near the facility, the authorities said. https://trib.al/Pwprwgz

Ukraine just carried out what may prove to be the most strategically devastating insurgent attack on military assets in the 21st century, an eighteen month cross border drone infiltration / raid potentially destroying a third or so of Russia's best long range bombers

wild that we sent a huge number of guys to Iraq at the start of that war without rifle plates and now this is just how cops dress to frighten kitchen employees

@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social I have a 30-minute drive home from work, and I listened to this episode from 41:32 to 46:22 on repeat the whole way for it to really sink in. So very well written and delivered too. open.spotify.com/episode/0T10...

release the Tariff cut

A federal grand jury indicted a former New Hampshire businessman this week on charges that he orchestrated attacks on the homes of journalists who had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.

there's historic precedent for this but also in 2020 the national guard guys were generally a lot less aggressive than the cops. and tbh i have trouble seeing soldiers being MORE aggressive or out of control than ICE guys. not saying this wouldn't be a disaster in many ways, just doubt more violent.

"Almost everyone had been a victim—assaulted, raped, or robbed outside of sex work." "Anyone who did call the police regretted that choice." "The police themselves had victimized 27 percent of the sex workers interviewed." #USA #Policing

Lmao someone on Reddit brought to my attention that DuPage county took all their sales tax revenue intended for transportation and spent it on cops and now they’re panicking because the updated usage requirements in the new bill are going to defund their sheriff’s department.

Ehud Olmert on previously defending Israel against accusations of war crimes: “In recent weeks I’ve been no longer able to do so. What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: the indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians. […] Yes, Israel is committing war crimes.”

good news everyone, climate change is continuing to worsen unabated and fascism has completely broken containment but at least 2025 comes with a *checks notes* ... Glenn Greenwald sex tape.

Leonard Leo is indeed “a real ‘sleazebag’ [sic].” … and good luck winning over his bought & paid-for judiciary with this one. Woo boy.

it's cool that we managed to put machines on mars that can take and send pictures and i support space exploration as a public endeavor and public good, but holy fuck everything we've seen out there is so much uglier and less cool than our own planet

love to have people arrested by a private shadow police force in my functioning democracy