@2001dalmatians.bsky.social
Masked introvert with an offbeat sense of humor. Often wears a “Just Shy, Not Antisocial” t shirt. Very curious.
One of the citizens victimized by ICE has recorded an ad that will go on streaming services. ofthebrave.org/george-retes...
New $250K Campaign Featuring US Citizen & Veteran Pepper-Sprayed and Arrested by ICE - Home of the Brave
Video ad to run on streaming platforms targeting audiences exposed to DHS’ propaganda ads, and tells the story of George Retes, who was detained and imprisoned for three days by ICE. WASHINGTON – Dece...
ofthebrave.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
One of the citizens victimized by ICE has recorded an ad that will go on streaming services. ofthebrave.org/george-retes...
A conservative take on Hegseth, by George Will. I disagree with him about the causes but it’s quotable. wapo.st/4pg1HJa
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A conservative take on Hegseth, by George Will. I disagree with him about the causes but it’s quotable. wapo.st/4pg1HJa
Columnist David French has some thoughts about illegal orders, a useful addition to the necessary outrage. Gift link, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Columnist David French has some thoughts about illegal orders, a useful addition to the necessary outrage. Gift link, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
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I checked this so you don’t have to. The Law of War Manual is here: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
The section he references is screen capped below. The canonical description of a “clearly illegal” order is - as he says - killing shipwrecked people.
The section he references is screen capped below. The canonical description of a “clearly illegal” order is - as he says - killing shipwrecked people.
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I checked this so you don’t have to. The Law of War Manual is here: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
The section he references is screen capped below. The canonical description of a “clearly illegal” order is - as he says - killing shipwrecked people.
The section he references is screen capped below. The canonical description of a “clearly illegal” order is - as he says - killing shipwrecked people.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
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Busted and in the back yard, or I'd fix this shit.
@straczynski.bsky.social Hi Mr Stracynski.
I said this to you a while ago but with recent events I feel it's once again important to state that I really loved Bablyon 5. But I much preferred it when it was conspiratorial and paranoid not prescient to the point of wondering if you had a time machine
I said this to you a while ago but with recent events I feel it's once again important to state that I really loved Bablyon 5. But I much preferred it when it was conspiratorial and paranoid not prescient to the point of wondering if you had a time machine
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Busted and in the back yard, or I'd fix this shit.
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6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
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"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
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A bookstore like this is very close to my idea of heaven.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A bookstore like this is very close to my idea of heaven.
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He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
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I got a postcard through Postcrossing which said "Take care of the Earth. It is our only source of chocolate."
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I got a postcard through Postcrossing which said "Take care of the Earth. It is our only source of chocolate."
Now this is interesting. Someone who seems to understand human interaction dynamics analyzes the Trump/Mamdani meeting. Summary: Mamdani did a skilled job. jjjanes.substack.com/p/thirty-min...
Thirty Minutes in the Lion’s Den: The Interview Trump Thought He Controlled
White Rose USA — November
jjjanes.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Now this is interesting. Someone who seems to understand human interaction dynamics analyzes the Trump/Mamdani meeting. Summary: Mamdani did a skilled job. jjjanes.substack.com/p/thirty-min...
Zoe reposted this on Facebook.
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Zoe reposted this on Facebook.
At what age are children safe to be around? I just saw a plastic bag warning me "To avoid danger of suffocation, keep away from babies and small children". Do infant caregivers need respirators?
(Yes of course it's a joke)
(Yes of course it's a joke)
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
At what age are children safe to be around? I just saw a plastic bag warning me "To avoid danger of suffocation, keep away from babies and small children". Do infant caregivers need respirators?
(Yes of course it's a joke)
(Yes of course it's a joke)
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
When the sheriff asked me to pick a font for correspondence I recommended Times Roman. The deputy running the project insisted on Arial. I looked for readability literature but he simply didn't like me.
It was frustrating. I wrote a song about it.
"I sought the serif!
But I did not suit the deputy"
It was frustrating. I wrote a song about it.
"I sought the serif!
But I did not suit the deputy"
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When the sheriff asked me to pick a font for correspondence I recommended Times Roman. The deputy running the project insisted on Arial. I looked for readability literature but he simply didn't like me.
It was frustrating. I wrote a song about it.
"I sought the serif!
But I did not suit the deputy"
It was frustrating. I wrote a song about it.
"I sought the serif!
But I did not suit the deputy"
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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I'm not saying the Trump Administration is stacked with Soviet assets.
I'm just wondering, if they *were* Soviet assets, what would they be doing differently?
I'm just wondering, if they *were* Soviet assets, what would they be doing differently?
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm not saying the Trump Administration is stacked with Soviet assets.
I'm just wondering, if they *were* Soviet assets, what would they be doing differently?
I'm just wondering, if they *were* Soviet assets, what would they be doing differently?
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"Re: 'There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!': No there aren't, my side is the 'People Who Don't Fuck Children' side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?" — John Scalzi
"Re: 'There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!': No there aren't, my side is the 'People Who Don't Fuck Children' side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?" — John Scalzi
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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"Re: 'There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!': No there aren't, my side is the 'People Who Don't Fuck Children' side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?" — John Scalzi
"Re: 'There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!': No there aren't, my side is the 'People Who Don't Fuck Children' side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?" — John Scalzi
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.