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mlowry.bsky.social
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So far, Trump’s art of the deal is to give Russia whatever it wants in advance while asking for nothing from Putin. At the same time, he has tried to extort Ukraine for mineral rights. Once again, he seems not to know or care who America’s allies and enemies are.

submitted 6 days ago • 87 comments

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 8 days ago • 1088 comments

Gulf of America is the woke right’s “affirm my pronouns”—except there’s no conceivably generous interpretation of the ask. It’s just pure desire to dominate through arbitrary linguistic fealty displays, like Putin’s “special military operation” instead of “war.”

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

Parents: What are your most memorable moments when your kid did something you had no idea they could do? (Question inspired by such a moment that happened the other day.)

submitted 12 days ago • 42 comments

I bet folks in Beijing already have their hands hurt from popping up champagne all the time as America voluntarily barbarizes its own global soft power instruments that particularly made it a superpower and won the Cold War.

submitted 13 days ago • 31 comments

When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy. by Charlie Kirk

submitted 42 days ago • 157 comments

Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

submitted 43 days ago • 465 comments

I'm enjoying the novelty of being officially “rebutted” by the Foreign Office, but it remains the case that the Chagos surrender deal is indefensible strategically, diplomatically, legally, morally, and financially, as our new Policy Exchange report argues. policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 47 days ago • 131 comments

“That combination of ignorance and certainty is generally a bad condition for democracies, but a disaster when it characterizes whose who govern us.”

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

The way forward, @helenlewis.bsky.social writes, lies in an empathetic compromise “that broadly respects transgender Americans’ sense of their own identity ... in the use of chosen names and pronouns—while acknowledging that in some areas, biology really matters.”

submitted 54 days ago • 29 comments

Shortly after the 2016 election, Jimmy Carter invited Russell Moore to meet with him—and advised him to stop worrying about Donald Trump. “Everything has a way of coming back around," Carter said. "What seems unstoppable and inevitable never is."

submitted 55 days ago • 16 comments

Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects over 1 in 4 women worldwide. Mothers face a higher risk of violence than women without children. Why? A new study by Gabriela Deschamps delves into this troubling link. Let’s unpack the findings in a short thread. 🧵 👇 #EconSky #EconJMP #IPV 1/8

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

My thoughts on recent events: Jesse Singal is a litmus test: are moderates welcome, even if they openly and persistently disagree with leftists? Are threats and harassment from left to right okay?Bluesky passed, and I doubt the userbase will ever forgive the site for it. x.com/tracewoodgra...

submitted 71 days ago • 32 comments

Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK

submitted 74 days ago • 199 comments

~20% of Twitter users authored ~80% of uncivil tweets, with political incivility showing a homophilous network structure and being more prominent in politically competitive geographic regions, finds Pendzel, @alonzoizner.bsky.social et al. aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Cass doesn’t have time for keyboard warriors spreading disinformation, she says. www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Who had nepo-baby with a surfing injury on their Bingo card?

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments