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Possibly the only Skaredoff in the sky just here to read, really Buffista If you think you might remember me from ye olde internet, you’re probably right
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Because I'm a complete goddamn nerd, I'd like to explain to folks (particularly Liberals) what a feint is, in sword fighting. People think it means "a fake attack." It doesn't.

I haven’t looked into what’s behind this yet, but I’m game

This thread is your morning schadefreude.

Delightful

mercedes, porsche, and volkswagen having to fight for the silver medal of "most socially fraught cars to own re: perceptions of nazi ties" is the greatest upset in business history

#fiveyearson first week of March was the CA primary, continuing supply chain impacts of our factories closing at work, and discussing what to stockpile to be ready to quarantine. I believe this was the week where we celebrated Feb b-days at work and I used a folding fan to blow the candles out

So Def. Sec Hegseth changed the name of Ft Moore back to Ft Benning. As w/ Ft Bragg, they found another soldier with the same name to make it seem like they weren't just changing the name back to honor a Confederate. But you should know who Ft Moore was named for. 🧵 www.defense.gov/News/Release...

There's been so much publicity about the now-Oscar-winning doc No Other Land being unable to find a U.S. distributor (which is appalling) that some people may not realize it's currently on 100 screens here. In Manhattan you can see it at Film Forum; in Brooklyn it's at Alamo Drafthouse.

Yes! I love to see it!

Not-unrelated-to-current-events reminder that the #ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system is an investment of your taxpayer dollars in a system that will save lives and mitigate damage in the event of an earthquake.

Lemme share something with you. A lot of semi-Trumpy types are saying Zelensky blew it. All he had to do was show up, shake hands, say Trump is great and sign the docs. He couldn't do that. But there are also people in DC who are not Trumpy who are saying the same thing. Now, big picture this ...

The Good Place Committee finally found their fucking collective fortitude

Israel says it is stopping the entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza

Tonight I think of all the old men who spent a lifetime screaming to everyone about Russians infiltrating America only to end their lives as ardent defenders of Russia. A lifetime that is ending with a giant "NEVERMIND!!"

The recs I’ve already read are among my favorites, so I want to check out the others

Not uniquely evil for the U.S. to stand in solidarity with a despot aggressor and in opposition to a democracy when that democracy is inconvenient and the despot is convenient, but the Zelenskyy shakedown strikes me as uniquely unprofessional. Trump/Vance are sloppy mob henchmen, real Fredo shit.

Conservative Americans who don't support Ukraine are fascinating (derogatory). Our dumbass nation's founding mythology is "scrappy underdog triumphs over insane imperial power" with a side of "if anyone tries to take your life or home, you shoot them in the fucking face" and you... support... Russia

In this instance, standing up against and defying the United States of America is the morally, geopolitically, and strategically right decision.

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

In any other era, the Secretary of Defense threatening to invade an ally and one of our largest trade partners would be front page news for days. It’s not even the stupidest, most reckless thing this administration has done this afternoon. apple.news/AG-YEzrFtQlG...

Winston Churchill visiting the WH in 1942. Not wearing a suit

If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.

A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that

Ooh, I missed this

who told this pampered asshole he has the right to speak to anyone like this?

If you see this, quote post with a photo you made of a sunset. (Crescent City, CA 9/12/16)

These are all appalling, but my FiL died of malaria so I take that first one personally