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claire t.

@catskittyns.bsky.social

Cheering for elevated rail transit (Skyline) in #Honolulu so the haters cannot erase us - YIMBY cuz #Hawaii has ignored economists lamenting our housing scarcity ● discord: catskittyns#4014 ● Trolls, Tulsi stans, accounts with zero mutuals blocked on sight

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Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4h ago

"SCOOP: Trump’s Iran War Has Burned Through Well Over 90% of Key Long-Range Missiles" Sources tell Zeteo the percentage of critical long-range missiles that the Trump administration has depleted in its failing war is in ‘at least the high nineties.’ Reporting from @swin24.bsky.social for Zeteo:

SCOOP: Trump’s Iran War Has Burned Through Well Over 90% of Key Long-Range Missiles

Sources tell Zeteo the percentage of critical long-range missiles that the Trump administration has depleted in its failing war is in ‘at least the high nineties.’

zeteo.com

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 7h ago

US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.

US choropleth map showing percentage change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since before the pandemic, by county. Decreases are shown in pink, increases in green.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Bleak tidbit from Regime Change — Bessent attempted a Hitler-style shakedown of Zelenskyy as one of his first acts as Treasury Secretary

“Bessent’s proposal would require Ukraine to pay the United States 50 percent of future revenue from state-owned natural resources, including hydrocarbons and rare earth minerals. The document prescribed very specific commitments from Ukraine, but offered no security commitments from the United States. Even though the minerals deal had been Zelensky’s idea, part of the “Victory Plan for Ukraine” he had recently unveiled, he was shocked by Bessent’s terms. Zelensky explained that he was leading his country through a particularly violent phase of the three-year-old war, and insisted that he and his staff needed more time to consider the proposal. Bessent saw things very differently. He had traveled nearly five thousand miles to an active war zone to obtain Zelensky’s signature, and now Zelensky was telling him no. “You need to sign this,” Bessent urged. “The purpose of this is to show that there is no daylight” between the U.S. and Ukraine. Zelensky, furious, replied that the document was an attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty. This was not the way international agreements worked—this was a shakedown.” Excerpt From Regime Change Maggie Haberman https://books.apple.com/us/book/regime-change/id6761716648 This material may be protected by copyright.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2d ago

I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2d ago

Remembering how during the Claudine Gay scandal, one of its biggest promoters of the story was Bill Ackman. Then someone uncovered that Ackman's own wife was a professor alleged to have committed much more serious academic misconduct than Gay and then nothing happened to her.

Nolan Hicks@ndhapple.bsky.social · 2d ago

The other piece of this is that our naval shipbuilding strategy is waaay behind schedule for just about every other major class of ship and now we're going to take the new carrier fleet that we've gotten working and... screw around with it? At a cost of who knows how much? For aesthetic reasons?

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.

Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · 3d ago

our entire global financial system is currently leveraged to the hilt on the premise that it was good and right for a small cadre of US companies to steal all of the intellectual work ever produced by humanity and sell its back to us without credit or remuneration to the authors (plagiarism)

Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · 3d ago

One thing that’s always bothered me about the “lab leak” theory, is how many of its proponents shift back and forth from “bioweapon” to “unethical science” (gain of function) to “negligent science” (leak of naturally occurring virus) to adapt to different debates and for max political effect.

Philipp Markolin@philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 3d ago

The lab leak theory is not a strict scientific theory, but mostly a narrative of different allegations Rand Paul is not only falsely accusing Fauci of creating SARS-CoV-2, he is endorsing a very stupid version of the origin theory that has incredibly strong evidence against it. Let me illustrate:

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4d ago

Our goal in the war we started Having failed to achieve any goals we had at the start Is now to undo some of the damage we caused to ourselves Which we are also failing at While swallowing other losses that are entirely our fault And leaving ourselves weaker While hoping you don’t notice

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 4d ago

“That’s goal No. 1 — keep oil and gas cheap for Americans all over our country.” Goal No. 1 is undoing the mess created by POTUS. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/l...

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof@evanbernick.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m not sure what to say to this. Anyone elevating her “helpfulness” fell for the oldest, dumbest fascist play in the book.

hoptimus@hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 4d ago

ok but two things: 1. the bar isn't "helpful", its "truthful"; offering a bunch of lies with a smile isn't actually the goal here 2. people are pissed because the WH press insists on defending an ally of American fascism, not because they think you were lying about her being helpful

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d ago

US: We want to wait, let economic damage accumulate. Iran: Sounds good! Iran (turning to others): So, anyone want to talk about a post-US regional security arrangement? Pakistan: Sure. Turkey: Okay. Oman: We were a no, but now a yes. Qatar: Sure. Saudi Arabia: Ugh, fine. Dammit. Iran: Cool.

Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 4d ago

A King County Superior Court judge in Washington state has found that Kalshi’s trick of calling itself a “prediction market” doesn’t make it not gambling under the Washington Gambling Act, and has therefore ordered Kalshi to stop almost all activity within the state. Read more here:

Judge orders Kalshi cease numerous Washington operations | Washington State

A King County Superior Court judge issued a final order requiring KalshiEX (Kalshi) to cease many of its Washington operations after finding that Kalshi likely violated the Washington Gambling Act and...

atg.wa.gov