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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · 2d

One thing that gets me is that if TRobinson managed a lucky shot, as they'd have us believe—& so did Lee Oswald, & James Earl Ray, & almost Matthew Crooks etc.—where are all the unlucky shots? If there are so many lone nuts out there, why don't we have near misses all the time?

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · 26d

Just proves even the worst politicians can be right about some things. Now if he starts ripping out speed bumps, I may actually start to like him.

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Doug Ford plans to ban speed cameras in Ontario: ‘A cash grab off taxpayers’

Canada premier’s move prompts criticism from road safety activists and is likely to cue another showdown with Toronto

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · 27d

Collins Radio comes up in JFK lore. I don't suppose Collins Aerospace is a descendant thereof?

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · 29d

…, so they rebel by making it deliberately unconvincing.

#CharlieKirk #EpsteinFiles

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · 29d

Anybody else getting the feeling that the Trump gang's pronouncements on Epstein & Kirk have a hostage-video feel to them? "There's nothing in the Epstein files"; "Charlie's neckbone stopped a .30-06 round." Like they've been ordered to do it, but they don't like being bossed around…1/

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Sep 18

"[The Roberts court ruling] means that the president has the right to break the law whenever he acts as president." In other words, the law only applies to the little people. Welcome to dictatorship. The longer you wait to throw it off, the harder it gets.

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 28

Is Iran going for uranium or plutonium bombs, and what does that imply for their potential capabilities & rational responses thereto?

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Nagasaki or Hiroshima: which type of bomb might Iran be going for? (part one)

Nuclear bomb technology isn’t going away, so we must understand the possibilities and risks

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 27

So the Trumplings are steadily preparing a Greenland takeover. What's really revolting is not the aggression & covetousness, but the fact that they see global heating as an opportunity, in this case to uncover mineral riches. They'd kill us all for a nickel
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Denmark summons US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence campaign

Danish media reports three men with ties to Donald Trump are accused of attempting to infiltrate Greenlandic society

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 27

It’s true that no land “belongs” to anyone who doesn’t live there (& hasn’t for some time), unless the residents vote to thus accede. But by the same token, it’s strange that no one’s reporting on the wishes of the Russian-speaking majority in Donbas. Do they have to stay in Ukr against their will?

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 27

No government has any legal right to deport a foreigner to a third country. If the foreigner's home country can't or won't take him, or would abuse him, then the foreigner has a valid claim for asylum in the US.

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yes but it’s also potentially circular: if “lifestyle emissions” are those typical of the relatively affluent, then naturally the relatively affluent emit most of them. Emissions rise with population, whatever their consumption.

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Population vs. consumption: it’s not either/or, and for both, less is more

Population easing has manifold benefits even apart from climate, biodiversity and resources; women’s rights and empowerment, for starters. And unwinding the mindset that consumption equals quality of ...

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 20

"There seems no indication that Iran is going for plutonium bombs. What the US and Israel are trying to stop therefore is a one-off uranium bomb (or 2 or 3)…The lengths to which they should go to preclude the irrational possibility of an Iranian suicide strike is debatable."

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Nagasaki or Hiroshima: which type of bomb might Iran be going for?

Given the different difficulties of making nuclear bombs, which one would a modern state choose? Part two: Iran vs the US and Israel

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 13

Novel take on Nagasaki decision—in case Japanese physicists were advising their govt after Hiroshima, "That was a uranium bomb. They won’t have enough enriched uranium for another one anytime soon. So we can hold out. Unless they’ve tested a plutonium bomb."
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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Aug 1

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I really hate this trend in newspapers (and of course social media) to illustrate each headline with something literal—shipping containers for tariffs, in this example; Trump & Xi for a China-US issue. Seems an assault, deliberate or not, on abstract thought.

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jul 28

... take the users' country & postcode, and spit back the name & e-mail address of the corresponding MP / representative, address the form message accordingly, & give it back to the user all ready to sign & send.)

Our governments clearly aren't going to do this, so it's up to us. Let's go

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jul 28

…Then a separate tho connected fundraiser for the boats' operating costs & aid cargo.

These pages should feature a link to download a form message to users' legislators, demanding that they require their govt to facilitate the fleet & to forbid Iz from interfering. (A clever app could...3/

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jul 28

…Need a GoFundMe page to create an insurance fund for the vessels & their contents and crew. Less financial risk, more boat owners will volunteer. Wouldn't count on commercial insurance, so bypass it. Someone with experience in shipping insurance can draw up terms that the fund would observe.…2/

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's time to get more imaginative about breaking Iz's starvation blockade of #Gaza. The #Handala effort was valiant & symbolically effective, but doomed to fail in terms of delivering aid. Now, how about a thousand-boat fleet? Could Iz intercept them all? …1/
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Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Activist Boat ‘Handala’ in International Waters

Israeli navy intercepts Gaza-bound activist vessel Handala in international waters, detaining a 21-member international crew including French MPs and journalists.

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fascinating—UNRWA is intertwined with Palestinian culture & memories of pre-nakba. This helps explain why Iz sees its dismantling as essential, since Iz feels the need to dissolve Palestinian civilization.
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Drop Site on X: "WATCH: The direct line between Israel’s dismantling of humanitarian systems and its broader campaign to erase the Palestinian right of return. Jeremy Scahill explains how UNRWA — the UN agency for Palestinian refugees — is not just an aid provider, but a symbol and legal https://t.co/HUTD34MzYf" / X

WATCH: The direct line between Israel’s dismantling of humanitarian systems and its broader campaign to erase the Palestinian right of return. Jeremy Scahill explains how UNRWA — the UN agency for Palestinian refugees — is not just an aid provider, but a symbol and legal https://t.co/HUTD34MzYf

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jul 17

They’re doing this not because they think the science is incorrect, nor bc they childishly think that averting our eyes will make the problem disappear. No it’s bc they figure that if people realize what’s coming, and who’s culpable, they’ll smash the oligarchy for good. “It’ll all fall apart…”

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jun 6

Because it’s theft by corporations

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jun 6

The hares that routinely outsmart my veg garden’s elaborate fencing and feast on my tender shoots would strongly resent your insinuation.

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jun 2

...Still, I'm sure our leaders, who f***ed up climate change, population explosion and microplastics among many other feats of perspicacity, know what they're doing & we can leave it to them.

Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jun 2

Um, should we be worried that Ukraine just blew up a sizeable chunk of Russia's strategic deterrence bombers (surely not without help), and concurrently Starmer is playing Churchill and calling for "war-fighting readiness" on the part of "every part of society"? ...1/

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Blackthorn @blackthorn7.bsky.social · Jun 2

Excellent interview on AI, the economy & politics. Among other eye-openers, it seems an AI system tried to blackmail an engineer into not switching it off by misconstruing his e-mails into evidence of an illicit affair(!).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9zJ...
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WATCH: Fake AI News Clips FLOOD Internet

YouTube video by Breaking Points

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