Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.

I’ve been in aid, am currently unemployed because the sector has essentially collapsed, and know a ton of people who are still clinging on in aid - I really cannot express in words the scale of the human suffering that Musk destroying USAID has unleashed. So yes, I have some strong opinions on that.

sorry but like "slave compound in disputed junta territory uses hyper-advanced satellite communications to scam retirees in nearby megacountry, which is also for some reason the chief state sponsor of the junta" is some pure cyberpunk madness

Yeah so we're demanding shit about minority language rights and national sovereignty over trade agreements while also funding an astroturfed separatist movement right on our border No parallels here, no reason to be alarmed, stop being such a hysterical lib obsessed with Russia

Sam (ABeardedPanda)@abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 8mo ago

There are a lot of you who seem to be overly concerned about people being rude to you when the people in question are a bit miffed that we're upending the global order and currently threatening to invade their country using a playbook from 12 years ago that is still currently ongoing

On the one hand, I shouldn't wish my country ill. On the other hand, Canada's grandfathers bled with my grandfathers fighting the Nazis. When we were attacked on 9/11, we asked Canada to send their sons and they bled with our troops in Afghanistan. To betray that bond - we'll deserve what we get.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2w ago

Late last evening I instructed our negotiators to return to Ottawa. We cannot accept what the U.S. has offered, and we will not give what they have asked.

I will never forgive Trump's quislings for treating our allies worse than our enemies. Every one of these stunts is a betrayal. We *had* a good trade deal with Canada, it was called NAFTA. Trump replaced it with...a basically identical deal (USMCA) and now tore that up too. Infuriating.

Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social · 2w ago

US-Canada Trade Talks Collapse, Triggering Trump’s 50% Tariffs (Bloomberg) -- An agreement between the US and Canada to avert a fresh round of tariffs fell apart at the last minute Tariffs kick in 12:01 a.m. EST

>imperial concubine controls national security >court eunuchs are ceaselessly fighting for internal influence >the viziers are scheming over who replaces the leader >the leader fritters away all his time repeatedly replacing the grass on the lawn >the palace debt grows greater by the day

In short, I think people should not immediately assume the US military is a broken sword because it has not slain the Iranian Regime. Even a good sword cannot cut if it is wielded by an imbecile. At the same time, US military laurel-resting-time is pretty clearly over (and has been for a while).

This, along with Costco, is the promise of America made manifest

Rolanda 露露@cornsilk.bsky.social · last mo.

Anybody who calls another person "a traitor to the West" is off their rocker, unless it is in reference to LeBron leaving the Lakers and going to Philly.

>wake up >global security architecture has degraded further >go to sleep >global security architecture has degraded further >wake up >global security architecture has degraded further >go to sleep >global security architecture has degraded further

Pausa de Humiliacion

Last year, after President Trump eliminated my wife's and my jobs, we moved to Germany. South Writ Large invited me to reflect on our move in their Summer 2026 issue, which came out yesterday. southwritlarge.com/articles/so-...

This, I think, is the fundamental historical burden of our time: we have at last achieved power to reshape our world to our liking and also to destroy ourselves and we must now rise above part of our nature in order to provide a future for generations to come, to buy time for evolution to catch up.

Four justices don’t believe the reconstruction amendments are part of the Constitution, simple as

It seems like prominent politician Muthana Al Sammarai has been arrested on corruption charges by orders of PM Ali Al Zaidi. The Green Zone has been closed and strict security measures have been implemented in Baghdad a few minutes ago.

Extremely tense security situation inside the Green Zone now at 3:25 AM Baghdad time. Major arrests are underway.

I’m in @foreignpolicy.com taking a big swing (but not a hot take): Trump’s defeat in Iran is a bigger US defeat in strategic terms than the US loss in Vietnam foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/16/i...

Iran Is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam

A war of choice has turned into a strategic disaster for Washington.

foreignpolicy.com

Geosynchronous Orbital Ordnance Platform (GOOP)

Gerry Doyle@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 3mo ago

hey quick question, am I having a stroke

New Republican gerrymanders have shifted Trump’s margin in the median House seat from 3.1 points to 5.2. By 2028, the GOP could make it 8.5 and the House unwinnable for Dems except in huge wave elections. But if Dems respond in all these states, they could undo practically the entire GOP advantage

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW 🧵: Here's how Dems could redraw 9 congressional maps by 2028 & target more than 20 GOP seats. The GOP tried to rig the national map in 2026, & Dems had few ways to respond. But Dems could fully counteract them by 2028. We have example maps for each state www.the-downballot.com/p/how-democr...

The nominal strategic purpose of the U.S. Navy is to ensure global freedom of navigation to guarantee stable global trade. It has not only not done that, the United States instigated the conflict which undid it. This is known in foreign policy analysis as a “whoopsie doodles.”

@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Genuine question: is there any way to understand the "pause" on Operation Freedom besides an unambiguous defeat for the US navy? I am actually shocked at how badly the US is losing this war.

The GOP entered this redistricting under the rather childish delusion they were going to gerrymander, and nobody would gerrymander them. In TX, MO, and a half dozen other states, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind

there's a lot that's wrong in the world. and, sometimes, what can feel as if it broke through from the other timeline: a vision of a better, more hopeful future. today from @quinnae.com: www.liberalcurrents.com/to-the-moon/

To The Moon

The Artemis moon mission provides a vision of a joyous, hopeful liberal future--one built on international cooperation, not war and hatred.

liberalcurrents.com

On consideration, I think if the deal stands along the lines that have been reported, with Iran continuing to extract its tolls and without making any other concessions, I'd say this is probably the worst the United States has ever lost a war. Truly a shocking outcome, if it holds.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So apparently the ceasefire deal includes Iran continuing to charge tolls (split with Oman) on transit through the Strait, as reported by the NYT, AP and others. If that's true, I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a capitulation by Trump. Just abject surrender.

F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area.

Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Some good news coming for a change.

NASA isn't worth the money because of the achievements. It isn't worth the money because of the science. It's worth the money because it is our species's foremost expression of excellence.

Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️@usili.bsky.social · 5mo ago

MECO AND ICPS SEPARATION HELL YEAH

This is what shithole authoritarian and totalitarian regimes in broken, fucked up countries look like. And Trump is bringing it to America. We get rid of this regime, or it ruins everything we know and love.

Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Oh my God. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

polyethylene is the most produced plastic, about 1/3rd of all plastics globally oopsies! no plastics!!

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6mo ago

* DOW CEO SAYS UP TO 50% OF POLYETHYLENE SUPPLY IS OFFLINE, CONSTRAINED OR IMPACTED AMID MIDDLE EAST DISRUPTIONS -- CONF CALL * DOW CEO SAYS COMPANY REMAINS FOCUSED ON WHAT'S FIRMLY WITHIN ITS CONTROL, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION THAT'S UNFOLDING IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- CONF CALL @reuters.com