One person didn't benefit from yesterday's blowout LDP victory in the Japanese Lower House election: Sugita Mio. The militantly bigoted LDP member lost her election in Osaka's 5th District and failed to make the cut for a proportional representation seat.
Endlessly hilarious that bsky’s user growth model is just to wait for its competitor to shoot itself in the foot enough times that long time users migrate over, and perhaps more hilarious is that it actually works lmfao
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Endlessly hilarious that bsky’s user growth model is just to wait for its competitor to shoot itself in the foot enough times that long time users migrate over, and perhaps more hilarious is that it actually works lmfao
Seems the EU is beginning to take Trump’s words seriously and literally, which, considering how difficult of an ask that has been for its leaders since Jan 2025, gives credence to the veracity of the Greenland invasion plans. Clearly they have their own intel that parallels the daily mail story.
European Union preparing sanctions on US companies if President Trump rejects EU proposal to deploy European military force to Greenland as an alternative to US control.-Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Seems the EU is beginning to take Trump’s words seriously and literally, which, considering how difficult of an ask that has been for its leaders since Jan 2025, gives credence to the veracity of the Greenland invasion plans. Clearly they have their own intel that parallels the daily mail story.
Okay but seriously, what viable defense does Europe have against a Greenland invasion that doesn’t just instantly destroy itself? Military retaliation is out of the question I’d imagine, so what’s left, bond sell offs in a world economy murder-suicide?
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Okay but seriously, what viable defense does Europe have against a Greenland invasion that doesn’t just instantly destroy itself? Military retaliation is out of the question I’d imagine, so what’s left, bond sell offs in a world economy murder-suicide?
Yeah like, even if your inclination is to only bring cases you know you’re gonna win, there is different stuff at play here. If you’re signaling “we can’t protect you against these guys,” then they’re not just going to surrender, they’re gonna try to protect themselves and each other.
January 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yeah like, even if your inclination is to only bring cases you know you’re gonna win, there is different stuff at play here. If you’re signaling “we can’t protect you against these guys,” then they’re not just going to surrender, they’re gonna try to protect themselves and each other.
If it is in fact true that the Feds have the power to essentially make impossible any state or local investigations of agencies, then we have truly realized Fraenkel's dual state.
January 8, 2026 at 6:39 PM
If it is in fact true that the Feds have the power to essentially make impossible any state or local investigations of agencies, then we have truly realized Fraenkel's dual state.
Nobody has proven themselves to be as pathetic as their critics claim as Tim Walz. Turns out you can just bully him into not running for re-election by spreading medieval antisemitic canards about a minority group in his state, then shoot a constituent in the face and he’ll do nothing.
"Don't give them what they want" + "Let's start healing" really sounds like a complete surrender. Fuck man
January 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Nobody has proven themselves to be as pathetic as their critics claim as Tim Walz. Turns out you can just bully him into not running for re-election by spreading medieval antisemitic canards about a minority group in his state, then shoot a constituent in the face and he’ll do nothing.
Q: Is there anything stopping state law enforcement from conducted an independent investigation even if the feds don't want it?
JACOBSON: Without assistance from the FBI, we would be at a loss to be able to initiate & conduct a thorough investigation. It would be very difficult if not impossible
Just because things aren't bad enough being a belligerent pariah-state doing war crimes to thrill fragile egos, we did it 3 hours after the Chinese special envoy landed in Caracas.