The problem is that as we're seeing with the Strait of Hormuz, "the USA forfeits its global ambitions" does not lead to a new age of peace and sunshine, but to global recession and instability. The Strait of Hormuz is not the only load-bearing instance of US power backstopping modern economies.

@tupolev22m.bsky.social · 2h ago

I think the traditional answer is actually "forfeit your global ambitions because you can't afford them and voters won't make the sacrifices necessary to restore them," unfortunately

i support [$democratic_candidate] for [$public_office] and believe that their politics is a perfect fit for [$state]. I would drag my [$genital] over [$harmful_object_or_substance] to vote for [$democratic_candidate] this fall.

Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 17h ago

I support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.

Republicans have spent $2 million trying to beat Andy Ogles in his GOP primary. Not only does Ogles regularly threaten Muslim Americans with denaturalization, but the FBI was investigating him for fraud before Trump intervened to shut it down. You can donate to his opponent, Chaz Molder, here.

Chaz Molder for Congress

Chaz is running for Congress, giving us a chance to move past the divisive partisanship and scandals of our current congressman, Andy Ogles.

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Cory Mills has a history of domestic assault and revenge porn. A judge granted his ex-girlfriend a restraining order against him in 2025. His opponent, Bale Dalton, is a decorated Navy captain. Donate to him!

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Lots of really horrible Republicans in what would normally be safe red seats, but the thing about wave elections is Democrats have a good chance of knocking out some of the worst ones. In 2018, Kendra Horn and Joe Cunningham both won Trump+13 seats. And we have good candidates you can donate to!

Gun nut Brandon Herrera says things about women I don't even feel comfortable quoting. His opponent, Katy Padilla Stout, is a former public school teacher and child welfare advocate. Donate to her!

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Max Miller is a wife beater and child abuser. His opponent, Brian Poindexter, is a union ironworker, organizer, and city councilor. Donate to him!

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Union ironworker Brian Poindexter is running for Congress to stand up for working families and deliver real representation—not empty promises.

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The House Ethics panel recently recommended censure for North Carolina congressman Chuck Edwards after an investigation revealed he sexually harassed staffers. His opponent, Jamie Ager, is a fourth-generation farmer. Donate to him!

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I don't need to rehash Lauren Boebert's string of embarrassing scandals. Her opponent, Eileen Laubacher, is a respected and decorated rear admiral. Donate to her!

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Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher, a candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 4th District, is on a new mission after a lifetime of service: Defeat Lauren Boebert.

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FREE HIM HE DID NOTHING WRONG

Feds charge ‘frustrated’ FBI agent they say stole nearly $1 million in crypto from Russia

The FBI supervisory special agent believed the FBI “could not or would not act against adversarial cryptocurrency accounts,” prosecutors said.

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Remember my post about this. Non Americans don't know he's so senile he's barely capable of swallowing. They think he's either rationally choosing to betray them but they can't understand why (I've seen 80yo Germans cry about this) or rationally choosing to be with them.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 3d ago

Sure, I bet. Anyway, spin the wheel to find out who Donald "Betrayer-MacGee" Trump will betray this week? Is it you? Is it a close political ally? Is it Denmark? Is it his country? Is it you? Is it his Iranian interlocutors? Is it Bibi? Is it you? Round and round it goes.

As always

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

I'm joining the war on cars against the cars

There were fewer immigrants in the Confederate Army because it was a slaver aristocracy rather than a land of liberty, whose only hope for increase was to literally kidnap the unwilling children of other shores and hold them in Satanic bondage. Hope this helps!

Did Odysseus get home correctly because the lotus root helped him to become a stage 3 navigator?

Oh cool, this was a fun thing to learn. Apparently if you store your docs in an external hdd, Windows helpfully puts the attribute "Archive Indexed" in its properties. Which it abbreviates, naturally, to "AI". PSA: this is not a "ChatGPT wrote this file" indication!!

here's a new bumper sticker design

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 5d ago

Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

Progressive LA Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman told Vanity Fair that her main difference with DSA is on housing. www.vanityfair.com/story/nithya...

I don't think I ever declared it with my whole chest on this particular account, so let me be clear: I am for open borders, full stop. I believe that if you put your feet on American soil and declare that you wish to be an American citizen, that that should be enough to grant you citizenship.

I feel like a lot of people are ideologically invested in a post American world that has yet to arrive Like no, sorry, this is it! This is the thing you’ve been waiting for! No returns or exchanges; feel free to leave a review though

A couple of weeks ago I rode to Newburyport MA and saw this COVID memorial and realized this is the only one I have ever seen anywhere. And the fact that I nearly broke down seeing it is something I still think about.

I agree with the sentiment but are we thinking that expanding humanities academia would lead to *fewer* violent arguments about how to read Homer?

Mateusz Fafinski@calthalas.bsky.social · last wk.

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

Not entirely delighted with this, but y'know, I'm not the person Wisconsin Democrats need to convince, and so far they've failed to convince the people they do need, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Burnham Down The House@corncobanalysis.bsky.social · last wk.

well, Hong is going to win this primary easily (this is Marquette, not State Navigate)

Stuff like this is why I cant be a full on hater, this tech is just so weird and fascinating.

🪷 kumavis 🪷@kumavis.me · last wk.

neat thing about generative models is that we could make a machine that speaks whale really well, we just wouldn't know what its saying

Albion sempach, I have one but no good pics of it so here's the manufacturer glamor shot.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · last wk.

Name your fav sword.

Dawg

Fundamentally she's an academic responding to a popular take on her field. *Of course* she's going to nitpick it, that's what happens every time.

Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last wk.

People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference

Yes, & it drives me nuts. People keep blaming the D's for not having the right Message™. It's not a message *content* problem. It's an info bandwidth problem. The left / Dems do not have the bandwidth to get their msg out there to compete with the RW propaganda machine. & it's getting worse daily.