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People think US power over the last century has been about money and weapons, but the third leg of the stool was always stability. No ally or enemy needs to account for that anymore.

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Janet Mills is a cop and always has been but she is doing exactly what she needs to right now

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Hannaford had the best canvas grocery tote of all time

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

You gotta hand it to Putin, he made the downfall of a superpower look easy

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

It wasn’t even that funny in the first place but now my dreams are haunted

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I just had the stupidest idea (the Rock as a fancast for Ged in Earthsea) and this is such a warm and welcoming place for stupid, please enjoy

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

It bears repeating: giving these dipshits admin access to the entire federal government is an ongoing cybersecurity incident that is going to redraw the scale for incident severity.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Popping over to the NYT and WaPo websites just to confirm that they are NOT using the words “illegal” or “criminal” or even “unconstitutional” in their headlines Fuck

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Nicely done Guardian

submitted 15 days ago • 25 comments

Once again, I am here from Poland to tell you that predicating your response to a rule of law crisis on fear of how your opponents will frame your resistance is as ineffectual as it is solipsistic.

submitted 16 days ago • 53 comments

Trump is turning the swastika dial and newspapers just keep looking back at the audience to gauge their approval

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Pope Francis dragging JD Vance in his letter to American Catholics

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

I will not log on to facebook. Facebook is the mindkiller. Facebook is the little death.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Now this is Tolkien scholarship

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

What’s Anonymous up to lately?

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

submitted 22 days ago • 1765 comments

They're eating the checks! They're eating the balances!

submitted 22 days ago • 268 comments

if I see one more post about how being a Hobbit is all about sitting around barefoot and eating potatoes I’m going to snap. it’s about toppling authoritarian regimes through self-sacrifice and love in action!!! get off your butt!!!! (you can bring the potatoes with you though)

submitted 22 days ago • 20 comments

Reading past the headline, we can see from the slug and the social preview that this was an article about Pingree’s strong press conference that got padded out with comments from the other three. Collins earns her place in the headline with a trademark “Well, I declare!”

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

The Stupidest Possible Coup

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ALSO: if y'all have never read up on the D-Day invasion, you really should. Pretty much everything the Allies had planned that day failed. The reason it was still successful was because individual soldiers in seemingly hopeless situations took the next step, clearing the way for the ones after them.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

“Trump will use any violence to declare martial law!” Yeah babes he will do the same if there is no violence, your aunt in suburban new jersey still thinks seattle burned down in 2020

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

General walkout 2/5/25 at noon? General walkout everybody??

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Hearing lots of arguments why we shouldn’t go protest, but I cherish my right to show up in public and say “NO AND GO FUCK YOURSELF” so I will do that even if it’s organized by annoying people

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Of course AOC would dive straight into knitting sweaters. If the Dems would support her brilliance and determination, we could have a meaningful opposition.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Chinese New Year! Here’s a list of translations (some loose) of Chinese words… Coyote = suburb wolf Burglar = gentleman in the rafters Penguin = tiptoe goose Diabetes = sugar piss disease Dolphin = sea pig Kangaroo = bag rat Owl = cat head eagle Potato = dirt bean Porcupine = heroic hog

submitted 29 days ago • 38 comments

Feel called out, but yes I also use Cookies for this purpose

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

leaving the cruelty aside for just a minute it's absolutely humiliating to imagine being my age or older and getting excited because you think you've been given permission to say a bad word. what are you gonna do next, ride your tricycle past the end of the block

submitted 30 days ago • 126 comments

A few that are good to study: Delano Grape Boycott Chicago Housing Boycott Woolworth's Lunch Counter Boycotts Operation Breadbasket Divestment from Apartheid South Africa French Peugeot Boycott Cochabamba Water War And be sure not to miss the Irish Landlord Boycotts that gave us the term!

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments