Ben Hamar
@kgkaktus.bsky.social
Watch Team Handball 🏐 on the Olympics. My fencing instructor turned me on to it. Her gift to me. My gift to you.
USA Today quotes Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac saying Lakanwal joined a Zero Unit at age 15 (his brother was deputy CO of the unit).
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
USA Today quotes Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac saying Lakanwal joined a Zero Unit at age 15 (his brother was deputy CO of the unit).
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
Dersh -- "where the vast majority of Americans actually are"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Dersh -- "where the vast majority of Americans actually are"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
The 1st account, @IvankaNews_ , based out of Nigeria, has a million followers. Depending on the amount of engagement, Twitter is paying it at least $3K-10K/month.
buzzvoice.com/blog/how-muc...
buzzvoice.com/blog/how-muc...
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The 1st account, @IvankaNews_ , based out of Nigeria, has a million followers. Depending on the amount of engagement, Twitter is paying it at least $3K-10K/month.
buzzvoice.com/blog/how-muc...
buzzvoice.com/blog/how-muc...
I know Kirk's lying about not believing in Leviticus' 'stone gays' "law". You know that.
The low-info people we're trying to persuade -- you know, the 60% of Americans who think transgender isn't real -- don't know Kirk's history of lying.
The low-info people we're trying to persuade -- you know, the 60% of Americans who think transgender isn't real -- don't know Kirk's history of lying.
September 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I know Kirk's lying about not believing in Leviticus' 'stone gays' "law". You know that.
The low-info people we're trying to persuade -- you know, the 60% of Americans who think transgender isn't real -- don't know Kirk's history of lying.
The low-info people we're trying to persuade -- you know, the 60% of Americans who think transgender isn't real -- don't know Kirk's history of lying.
Here I am, "defending Kirk's homophobic shit".
I love my fellow lefties & their circular firing squads. bsky.app/profile/kgka...
I love my fellow lefties & their circular firing squads. bsky.app/profile/kgka...
September 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here I am, "defending Kirk's homophobic shit".
I love my fellow lefties & their circular firing squads. bsky.app/profile/kgka...
I love my fellow lefties & their circular firing squads. bsky.app/profile/kgka...
*cough* Chechnya.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%...
September 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
*cough* Chechnya.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%...
I'm no expert but I've read that under-40s watch sports on TV -- otherwise they're on they're on their phones. Plus they always skip commercials.
I think Pod Save America said Dems usually neglected Insty/Tiktok/etc influencers in favor of TV spending. I'll try to find the podcast.
I think Pod Save America said Dems usually neglected Insty/Tiktok/etc influencers in favor of TV spending. I'll try to find the podcast.
September 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm no expert but I've read that under-40s watch sports on TV -- otherwise they're on they're on their phones. Plus they always skip commercials.
I think Pod Save America said Dems usually neglected Insty/Tiktok/etc influencers in favor of TV spending. I'll try to find the podcast.
I think Pod Save America said Dems usually neglected Insty/Tiktok/etc influencers in favor of TV spending. I'll try to find the podcast.
Here's what I'm going off of.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/a-look-...
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/a-look-...
July 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Here's what I'm going off of.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/a-look-...
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/a-look-...
7 surly sea lions sunbathing on the strand say you're wrong.
July 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
7 surly sea lions sunbathing on the strand say you're wrong.
You're right. Most Americans can name only 1 high-level trans athlete. Lia Thomas.
Which is why it appears 66% of Americans think trans women shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports.
Some of them are bigots. Some of them think jumping from 65th to 1st is unfair to the 64 other athletes.
Which is why it appears 66% of Americans think trans women shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports.
Some of them are bigots. Some of them think jumping from 65th to 1st is unfair to the 64 other athletes.
July 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
You're right. Most Americans can name only 1 high-level trans athlete. Lia Thomas.
Which is why it appears 66% of Americans think trans women shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports.
Some of them are bigots. Some of them think jumping from 65th to 1st is unfair to the 64 other athletes.
Which is why it appears 66% of Americans think trans women shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports.
Some of them are bigots. Some of them think jumping from 65th to 1st is unfair to the 64 other athletes.
If you make Lia Thomas getting to finish 1st, 5th, & 8th in the country (instead of 65th, 554th & 32nd as a man) the big issue instead of trans kids being able to get transition care...
... you're gonna make a lot of GOP campaign managers happy.
... you're gonna make a lot of GOP campaign managers happy.
July 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If you make Lia Thomas getting to finish 1st, 5th, & 8th in the country (instead of 65th, 554th & 32nd as a man) the big issue instead of trans kids being able to get transition care...
... you're gonna make a lot of GOP campaign managers happy.
... you're gonna make a lot of GOP campaign managers happy.
1. His subscribership has ballooned w/right-wingers who love he's a leftist who criticizes liberals.
2. He cherishes his grudges. The families of the victims of a Nazi mass murderer sued a cult leader Glenn defended. Read the last graf (& the link if u have time) threadreaderapp.com/thread/11305...
2. He cherishes his grudges. The families of the victims of a Nazi mass murderer sued a cult leader Glenn defended. Read the last graf (& the link if u have time) threadreaderapp.com/thread/11305...
July 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1. His subscribership has ballooned w/right-wingers who love he's a leftist who criticizes liberals.
2. He cherishes his grudges. The families of the victims of a Nazi mass murderer sued a cult leader Glenn defended. Read the last graf (& the link if u have time) threadreaderapp.com/thread/11305...
2. He cherishes his grudges. The families of the victims of a Nazi mass murderer sued a cult leader Glenn defended. Read the last graf (& the link if u have time) threadreaderapp.com/thread/11305...
Biden was against the troop surge in Afghanistan back in 2009.
Biden opposed bombing Libya in 2011.
Biden's backing Netanyahu's war crimes was disgraceful but it's just sad you can't admit that the guy learned a lesson from Iraq. www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/w...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Biden opposed bombing Libya in 2011.
Biden's backing Netanyahu's war crimes was disgraceful but it's just sad you can't admit that the guy learned a lesson from Iraq. www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/w...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
July 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Biden was against the troop surge in Afghanistan back in 2009.
Biden opposed bombing Libya in 2011.
Biden's backing Netanyahu's war crimes was disgraceful but it's just sad you can't admit that the guy learned a lesson from Iraq. www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/w...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Biden opposed bombing Libya in 2011.
Biden's backing Netanyahu's war crimes was disgraceful but it's just sad you can't admit that the guy learned a lesson from Iraq. www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/w...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The deal Trump made was 1. the Taliban negotiates a peace w/the govt, 2. the Taliban "reduces violence".
The Taliban did neither. Trump withdrew troops faster than the deal called for, tweeting out that he wanted to withdraw all immediately... & he stopped all US air support.
So this happened:
The Taliban did neither. Trump withdrew troops faster than the deal called for, tweeting out that he wanted to withdraw all immediately... & he stopped all US air support.
So this happened:
July 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The deal Trump made was 1. the Taliban negotiates a peace w/the govt, 2. the Taliban "reduces violence".
The Taliban did neither. Trump withdrew troops faster than the deal called for, tweeting out that he wanted to withdraw all immediately... & he stopped all US air support.
So this happened:
The Taliban did neither. Trump withdrew troops faster than the deal called for, tweeting out that he wanted to withdraw all immediately... & he stopped all US air support.
So this happened:
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
July 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
In the US conservative influencers dominate social media. And most Americans get their news from social media.
So low-info Americans think of 'masculine-looking trans girls winning races' when they think of trans.
www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
So low-info Americans think of 'masculine-looking trans girls winning races' when they think of trans.
www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
June 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In the US conservative influencers dominate social media. And most Americans get their news from social media.
So low-info Americans think of 'masculine-looking trans girls winning races' when they think of trans.
www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
So low-info Americans think of 'masculine-looking trans girls winning races' when they think of trans.
www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
There's always a tweet.
Here's an archive where you can look them up. Even the deleted ones.
www.thetrumparchive.com?searchbox=%2...
Here's an archive where you can look them up. Even the deleted ones.
www.thetrumparchive.com?searchbox=%2...
June 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There's always a tweet.
Here's an archive where you can look them up. Even the deleted ones.
www.thetrumparchive.com?searchbox=%2...
Here's an archive where you can look them up. Even the deleted ones.
www.thetrumparchive.com?searchbox=%2...
In this tweet, Aaron's careful to say that the BBC producer says the scene "at the hospital" was staged. In tweets in 2022, Aaron tried to conflate Dalati's 'hospital' claim w/Aaron's claim that the actual attack was staged.
January 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In this tweet, Aaron's careful to say that the BBC producer says the scene "at the hospital" was staged. In tweets in 2022, Aaron tried to conflate Dalati's 'hospital' claim w/Aaron's claim that the actual attack was staged.
The UN & dozens of independent media organizations have debunked Aaron Maté's claims that the massacre of civilians in Bucha was a 'false flag' operation by the Ukrainians.
December 9, 2024 at 5:55 PM
The UN & dozens of independent media organizations have debunked Aaron Maté's claims that the massacre of civilians in Bucha was a 'false flag' operation by the Ukrainians.
Aaron and his various media endeavors hide their donors/funders. But there are dozens of publicly known links between him and Russian/Syrian funding.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
December 9, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Aaron and his various media endeavors hide their donors/funders. But there are dozens of publicly known links between him and Russian/Syrian funding.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Mate went on an "election observer" mission to Syria sponsored by the Syria Solidarity Movement, an Assadist front-group.
brian-whit.medium.com/denying-the-...
brian-whit.medium.com/denying-the-...
December 9, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Mate went on an "election observer" mission to Syria sponsored by the Syria Solidarity Movement, an Assadist front-group.
brian-whit.medium.com/denying-the-...
brian-whit.medium.com/denying-the-...
As you say, they're all problematic.
Matt's too smart to repeat easily-disproved lies like "Ukrainian bio labs" w/out qualifiers & weasel-words... but he constantly amplifies the Russian propaganda pushed by his openly-Tankie friends Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Mate & Max Blumenthal.
Matt's too smart to repeat easily-disproved lies like "Ukrainian bio labs" w/out qualifiers & weasel-words... but he constantly amplifies the Russian propaganda pushed by his openly-Tankie friends Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Mate & Max Blumenthal.
October 10, 2024 at 4:13 PM
As you say, they're all problematic.
Matt's too smart to repeat easily-disproved lies like "Ukrainian bio labs" w/out qualifiers & weasel-words... but he constantly amplifies the Russian propaganda pushed by his openly-Tankie friends Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Mate & Max Blumenthal.
Matt's too smart to repeat easily-disproved lies like "Ukrainian bio labs" w/out qualifiers & weasel-words... but he constantly amplifies the Russian propaganda pushed by his openly-Tankie friends Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Mate & Max Blumenthal.
Conservative billionaires throw bazillions at rightwing influencers (look at how Poole, Rubin & Southern thought it was normal for Russia to pay them $100K/week at Tenet Media).
So Matt & Glenn got on the $ train & only criticize left-centrists (for not being left enuf), not the right, now.
So Matt & Glenn got on the $ train & only criticize left-centrists (for not being left enuf), not the right, now.
September 30, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Conservative billionaires throw bazillions at rightwing influencers (look at how Poole, Rubin & Southern thought it was normal for Russia to pay them $100K/week at Tenet Media).
So Matt & Glenn got on the $ train & only criticize left-centrists (for not being left enuf), not the right, now.
So Matt & Glenn got on the $ train & only criticize left-centrists (for not being left enuf), not the right, now.
InfoWars is being sold off to repay Sandy Hook families. Great!
But Alex has been steering InfoWars listeners away from his own store to a front company set up by his daddy for supplements. For months.
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But Alex has been steering InfoWars listeners away from his own store to a front company set up by his daddy for supplements. For months.
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September 30, 2024 at 4:17 PM
InfoWars is being sold off to repay Sandy Hook families. Great!
But Alex has been steering InfoWars listeners away from his own store to a front company set up by his daddy for supplements. For months.
fight.fudgie.org/search/show/...
1/2
But Alex has been steering InfoWars listeners away from his own store to a front company set up by his daddy for supplements. For months.
fight.fudgie.org/search/show/...
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