Jane
@janee.bsky.social
Wife of @momma-rose.bsky.social
Fan of Warhammer 40k, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy 14, and politics. Trans woman, lesbian
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Fan of Warhammer 40k, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy 14, and politics. Trans woman, lesbian
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
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Taking the shackles off the solar buildout and throwing tens of billions of additional public investment into it will be some of the lowest hanging fruit available in January 2029.
Clean energy is cheap, & clean energy can get built quickly, but the government is making it harder and more expensive to build clean energy. All at a time when AI data centers are spiking electricity demand. Demand is up & power supply is being constrained. It’s a crisis. youtu.be/f6536KWBZAc?...
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Taking the shackles off the solar buildout and throwing tens of billions of additional public investment into it will be some of the lowest hanging fruit available in January 2029.
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Hayley Williams bans transphobes from gigs as she says ‘southern pride’ is no excuse for bigotry
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Hayley Williams bans transphobes, says 'Southern Pride' is no excuse for bigotry
Hayley Williams has said she hopes bigots feel "uncomfortable" at her shows as she discusses her relationship with the southern states.
www.thepinknews.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hayley Williams bans transphobes from gigs as she says ‘southern pride’ is no excuse for bigotry
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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The risk isn’t that a constitution contains some loophole (and indeed, ours mostly does not - Trump’s offenses are broadly illegal and unconstitutional, at least until the Supreme Court immunized him in 2024). It’s that people decide to ignore or eliminate it. That’s a lot easier if it’s brand new.
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The risk isn’t that a constitution contains some loophole (and indeed, ours mostly does not - Trump’s offenses are broadly illegal and unconstitutional, at least until the Supreme Court immunized him in 2024). It’s that people decide to ignore or eliminate it. That’s a lot easier if it’s brand new.
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If we’re going to make post-Trump constitutional changes, I’d prefer something like this - drawing a bright line under certain executive limitations that were presumed to exist before Trump, separating the DOJ further from the president, limiting pardons, and killing unitary executive theory dead
I wrote my anti-Trump constitutional amendment. Honestly, a fun exercise
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If we’re going to make post-Trump constitutional changes, I’d prefer something like this - drawing a bright line under certain executive limitations that were presumed to exist before Trump, separating the DOJ further from the president, limiting pardons, and killing unitary executive theory dead
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more on civlmil stuff here, but i think at the end of the day huntingtonism is a dead end. huntington thought that by becoming a soldier you stopped being a citizen and started being an apolitical warrior-monk.
but upholding the constitution is the duty of all citizens--no matter their profession.
but upholding the constitution is the duty of all citizens--no matter their profession.
Honestly, the entire thing strikes me as an example of terminal lawyer-brain. The truth is that the point at which a civilian authority is issuing manifestly unlawful orders, you've entered a state of exception and the truth is a soldier can end up being shot for obeying or refusing.
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
more on civlmil stuff here, but i think at the end of the day huntingtonism is a dead end. huntington thought that by becoming a soldier you stopped being a citizen and started being an apolitical warrior-monk.
but upholding the constitution is the duty of all citizens--no matter their profession.
but upholding the constitution is the duty of all citizens--no matter their profession.
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i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
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It's funny I don't remember this being the take during the Biden presidency
Snappy take from the Washington Post.
tl;dr: inflation bad.
tl;dr: inflation bad.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's funny I don't remember this being the take during the Biden presidency
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China has gone from 52% plug in EV sales in the summer to 59% in October. That’s the very steep part of the diffusion S curve right there. Also, the NEV requirement in 2025 is 48% - they are ahead of their target.
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
China has gone from 52% plug in EV sales in the summer to 59% in October. That’s the very steep part of the diffusion S curve right there. Also, the NEV requirement in 2025 is 48% - they are ahead of their target.
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If we started charging people for the true cost of driving, including the air pollution that cars cause, driving would be a lot more expensive. No place on earth has quite gotten there (as far as I know), but it’s probably going to happen in the next 10-15 years at least in Europe
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If we started charging people for the true cost of driving, including the air pollution that cars cause, driving would be a lot more expensive. No place on earth has quite gotten there (as far as I know), but it’s probably going to happen in the next 10-15 years at least in Europe
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I've been waiting for someone to write a deep dive on how US Fire Departments get in the way of denser housing and safer streets.
New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
The Fire Department vs. Traffic Safety Advocates
Street safety advocates are butting heads with fire officials. Swift fire response does not have to come at the cost of lives on the roadway.
darrellowens.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've been waiting for someone to write a deep dive on how US Fire Departments get in the way of denser housing and safer streets.
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one of the things dr schake and i were both wrestling with in this conversation--i think not really conclusively--is how you maintain the norm of civilian supremacy when the civilians are issuing objectively illegal, murderous orders
Neon Liberalism #54: Join Samantha and guest Kori Schake, author of "The State and the Soldier," as they discuss the history of civil-military relations in America—and how that relationship is being pushed to the breaking point. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
Neon Liberalism #54: An Army Is a Dangerous Thing to Play With
Join Samantha and guest Kori Schake, author of The State and the Soldier, as they discuss the history of civil-military relations in America—and how that relationship is being pushed to the breaking p...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
one of the things dr schake and i were both wrestling with in this conversation--i think not really conclusively--is how you maintain the norm of civilian supremacy when the civilians are issuing objectively illegal, murderous orders
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this actually really pisses me off because the. whole point. of liberalism. is human rights
and most liberals have finally caught up to transitioning is a human right! like it’s not the 80s anymore!
and most liberals have finally caught up to transitioning is a human right! like it’s not the 80s anymore!
What is up with smug tankies smearing liberals as transphobic while pretending conservatives don't even exist? It's like they're no different from MAGA cultists who just want to own the libs at all costs.
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
this actually really pisses me off because the. whole point. of liberalism. is human rights
and most liberals have finally caught up to transitioning is a human right! like it’s not the 80s anymore!
and most liberals have finally caught up to transitioning is a human right! like it’s not the 80s anymore!
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The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
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1 - Yeah okay look I think everyone in British politics ends up on this one sooner or later
2 - Right Wing Shibboleth
3 - "If we close enough unis, we will travel back to the 50s and do it right this time"
4 - Are you on crack?
5 - Very funny to imagine Keir heading up televised show trials tbh
2 - Right Wing Shibboleth
3 - "If we close enough unis, we will travel back to the 50s and do it right this time"
4 - Are you on crack?
5 - Very funny to imagine Keir heading up televised show trials tbh
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
1 - Yeah okay look I think everyone in British politics ends up on this one sooner or later
2 - Right Wing Shibboleth
3 - "If we close enough unis, we will travel back to the 50s and do it right this time"
4 - Are you on crack?
5 - Very funny to imagine Keir heading up televised show trials tbh
2 - Right Wing Shibboleth
3 - "If we close enough unis, we will travel back to the 50s and do it right this time"
4 - Are you on crack?
5 - Very funny to imagine Keir heading up televised show trials tbh
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sea law is far more stringent than the law of land warfare
To be clear, no quarter without warning AT SEA is worse and undstood to be bad for a VERY LONG TIME.
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
sea law is far more stringent than the law of land warfare
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Nothing about how Trump has governed should be a surprise to anyone; when you compare the rhetoric *and* actions of Pete Hegseth to anything Harris ever said or did, there's no contest. This was all predictable.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Nothing about how Trump has governed should be a surprise to anyone; when you compare the rhetoric *and* actions of Pete Hegseth to anything Harris ever said or did, there's no contest. This was all predictable.
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The only correct response when someone loudly asserts that they hate one of your favourite foods is, "good, more for me!"
My actual food discourse take is that the problem with low stakes Internet discourse like the food stuff isn’t the people with opinions, it’s the people who act like you kicked their dog if you say you don’t like something they do. Learn how to not take other people’s opinions personally.
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The only correct response when someone loudly asserts that they hate one of your favourite foods is, "good, more for me!"
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I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
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holy shit, I have a doctorate in rhetoric and I don't think I learned this concept. if I did, I don't remember it. that's kind of embarassing. anyway, definitely want to remember it going forward, I'm saying online discourse requires you to use a lot of this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implica...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implica...
Implicature - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
holy shit, I have a doctorate in rhetoric and I don't think I learned this concept. if I did, I don't remember it. that's kind of embarassing. anyway, definitely want to remember it going forward, I'm saying online discourse requires you to use a lot of this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implica...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implica...
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Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
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We literally executed Germans after the war for doing what Bradley and everyone else involved did, and the Germans had a better justification (u-boat plausibly being targeted based on info provided by survivors vs.......whatever the hell pete was worried about here)
Given the justification was in part because they might communicate with someone, pete could ask Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and his XO what the law of armed conflict says about that, except oops, the allies shot them dead in 1945 after a trial
WaPo with reporting that Pete gave an explicit order to JSOC during the first strike post impact to immediately follow up in order to, and I quote, "kill them all"
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We literally executed Germans after the war for doing what Bradley and everyone else involved did, and the Germans had a better justification (u-boat plausibly being targeted based on info provided by survivors vs.......whatever the hell pete was worried about here)