sort of funny that an article titled "modern narcissus" doesn't refer to Trump *once* www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
Opinion | Anthony Fauci, Modern Narcissus
He got high on his own supply of praise and media attention.
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smart. directly taking from the police unions' point that left is buffled by the concept of protecting people. demagogues of the world, unite.
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · last wk.I have never seen someone so flummoxed by the concept of feeding people lmao
the art of bizarre argument: I have never seen a parliament of bow-tied professors rushing to catch a performance of Barbie, as they would to hear a good soprano in Carmen... (from www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...)
one of the reasons wannabe authoritarians avoid putting their faces on widely, anonymously circulated items is the asymmetry of ease of scratching (say) a swastika on their faces and hardness of its removal.
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 3w agoPolitico says the upcoming Trump Coin "skirts around restrictions on living presidents gracing currency," but I read the article and it just says that: -the law says you're not allowed to do this -they're doing it anyway So by "skirt around" I guess they meant "ignore"
should be kept in mind: the idea was to create collective farms (kolkhoz), kibbutzim sans self-governing or ability to sell freely their harvests. as the contemporary joke went: CPSU: create kolkhozes! JEWISH AUTONOMY: created! now please send the peasants
100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 3w agoJuly 15, 1926: The Soviet Union approves a plan to resettle up to 1 million Jews in an autonomous region of the Crimea, with the goal of making many of them farmers. The policy is championed by President Mikhail Kalinin and backed by U.S. Jewish charities but will never be embraced by Stalin.
so, essentially all of the Hormuz related shortfall (less 20mb/d + rerouted + increases from VZ,RU etc) is compensated by China not competing on the market. why don't they?
Jesse Felder@jessefelder.com · 3w ago‘Crude imports plunged 41% from a year ago to 29 million tons in June — the smallest volume purchased by China in almost a decade.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
from the utility maximization perspective, it's clear that gulf states should just ask the US to remove its "protection", and pay 1% Iran demands...
Reuters@reuters.com · 3w agoPresident Trump said he wanted Gulf nations to reimburse the United States for helping protect the Strait of Hormuz and regional security.
inaptitude of Russians spies, with their Novichok vials, is disheartening www.cnn.com/2026/07/12/p...
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after sudden illness | CNN Politics
US Sen. Lindsey Graham, the longtime Republican from South Carolina and ally of President Donald Trump, has died “from a brief and sudden illness,” a spokesperson for his office told CNN.
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those entering ships, not exactly a stampede either.
Institute for the Study of War@thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW: Iran is threatening the resumption of large-scale conflict by striking civilian vessels and the Gulf states to try to achieve permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz. More: isw.pub/IranUpdate07... Other Key Takeaways:
should be noted that Marsha Blackburn's initiative just parrots Florida's 2023 law that proscribes purchases of real estate there by any Chinese citizen (unless they are also US citizens or residents).Russians, on the other hand, are welcome to snap their Miami second (third, ...) homes.
www.espn.com/soccer/story... obv grandpa tried to stop the rigging (called Gianni FIFA three times, asking for a few), but he is not that good at it, is he.
World Cup live updates: United States takes on Belgium in last 16
Enjoy all the updates from Monday's 2026 World Cup round-of-16 match between the United States and Belgium.
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Galich, a famous Soviet bard-dissident wrote a parody on Soviet TV report of a soccer game: the commentator complains, after a penalty to SU team, about dark Nazi past of the referee... that was in 1968 Отрывок из репортажа share.google/orEog8GIAJSW...
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump on Balogun: "That wasn't even an infraction...this referee, who is a little bit suspect if you check his past. He made a call nobody could believe...he's our best player, or one of our best players. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant...yes, I asked for a review by FIFA."
inertia: once you get your highs from recognizing giraffe from an elephant, you cannot stop. now the genius wants to prove he can read, "word by word"...
I'll make it simple, so even an MBA can understand this: it would take an enormous effort (well beyond your vanilla nuclear apocalypse) to make the Earth as difficult to survive on as on Mars. and even then, staying on Earth would mean saving on transportation.
Tulsi is afraid for her future, - how else to explain this idiocy two weeks before her departure as the DNI boss? www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
DNI Gabbard Reveals Evidence of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Global Biolab Program | Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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oh, all these jokes about big strong men in hard hats, with tears in their eyes
abstractly minded folks, like Harari are worried AI owned corporations (as enabled by Milei's government, - www.ft.com/content/f930...) will exploit us, - www.ft.com/content/b8cc... I rely on the scammers: they will discredit the idea way faster than anything remotely dangerous would emerge...
We must not grant AI agents legal personhood
What kind of sanctions could keep a non-human corporation in check?
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they should explain it in terms trump and the rest of fox news viewership could understand: constipation is almost never a symptom of poisoning
the idea that the hard part in running a dishwasher will be solved by software shows not bold imagination, but rather a complete detachment from everyday reality.
I think their inability to imagine what how the aggrieved citizenry will adorn these bills is both predictable and astonishing.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoKUDLOW: Are we really gonna have a $250 bill w/Trump's picture? BESSENT: For the 150th there was a Coolidge coin w/his image on it. We are going to have the image of President Trump on a coin, & there's proposed legislation in the House to put President Trump on the $250 bill. He should be on there
