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Montanan going home. Philosopher Queen. Diva. Foodie. Shoes. Not my first rodeo. Learning, charitable discussion, exploring ideas. No BS. Every day is Ethics Day! Military Ethicist. Books #OnObedience #Achilles I say what I want.

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Diva of the Dark 🎃🫶👠👑🥩 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · Feb 13

shankskaurin.wordpress.com/2022/06/06/r...

Reading Ethics: Professional Development

Ethical Development Reading List DRAFT Aim of this list – First, organization of the list according to rank/training and is…

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 4h

so pete is mandating all military personnel watch his GOFO "speech" and/or read the transcript lol

beta cuck shit tbh, although I think he underestimates how many people hadn't bothered to watch any of it who will now come away with the same conclusion

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 4h

BREAKING: Trump announces both Israel and Hamas have signed off on first phase of peace deal

Trump says Israel and Hamas agreed on peace deal, hostages will be released 'very soon'

The first phase of the deal called for the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinians jailed in Israel.

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 5h

Never ascribe to decency what can be explained by ass covering.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 4h

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IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as the government shutdown enters a second week

The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of a new contingency plan. The agency said Wednesday most operations are closed.

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Corbin K. Smith @emeraldcityspectrum.com · 4h

Baker Mayfield carved up a normally stingy #Seahawks defense in Week 5. What went wrong for Mike Macdonald's defense allowing 38 points and over 400 yards of offense?

Breaking down all 10 of Tampa Bay's explosive pass plays from Sunday:
https://ow.ly/V9hJ50X8T9c

Film Breakdown: Diagnosing Seahawks’ Coverage Breakdowns vs. Buccaneers — Emerald City Spectrum

Winding up on the wrong end of a shootout on Sunday, the Seahawks allowed nearly 400 passing yards to Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers, leaving Mike Macdonald searching for answers. Looking at 10 explosive pass plays allowed, what went wrong defensively?

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Diva of the Dark 🎃🫶👠👑🥩 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 5h

No Randy Jackson GIF

Alt: No Randy Jackson GIF

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 5h

In 1990, a group of Black women took on one of America's largest corporations in a battle for a historic Black school. 25 years later, the've reshaped how we fund, teach, and preserve Black history

The Auntie Fascists: How a Group of Black Women Defeated Walmart, Lost Cause and the Erasure of Black History

When a group of retirees hatched a plan to save their historic Black school, they had no idea that they were creating a blueprint for legislators, museums and historic sites across America.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5h

Nope, Senator Risch, drug smuggling is not an armed attack.

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 1d

When the Nobel Peace Prize is announced on Friday, I hope it goes to the Cats of Ukraine. For their resilience, fortitude, and determination to defend their country's democracy.

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Chris Mehl @chrismehl7.bsky.social · 7h

Amazing bird migration website details number in flight, speed, timing, altitude, & more.

Below are some details for Gallatin County, Montana.
-68,000 birds flew over the county last night.
-Peaking at 43,100 birds at midnight.
#birdwatching #birding
Link: dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-MT...

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Diva of the Dark 🎃🫶👠👑🥩 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 6h

Moral and social asymmetry.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

Diva of the Dark 🎃🫶👠👑🥩 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 6h

Nice! My sewing machine needs to get dusted off.

TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 6h

Awesome news!

The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 9h

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 7h

This is an insightful thread.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response.

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Diva of the Dark 🎃🫶👠👑🥩 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 7h

#TeamRye on bland diet so poached chicken and risotto rice.

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 7h

“Philosophy and poetry are distinct inventions. But each suffers by keeping the other at arm’s length. The fates of philosophical and poetic understanding are intertwined. They have a single history.”

Elaine Scarry on Plato and the poets:

Plato and the Poets - Boston Review

The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 7h

"The military can be called in to assist civilian authorities only under the most extreme scenarios," @lizagoitein.bsky.social tells @wbur.org. And "the facts on the ground" in Chicago and Portland "do not justify military deployment."

Could Trump invoke the Insurrection Act to police cities?

President Trump posted that both the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois should both be jailed for “failing to protect ICE officers.”

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🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 7h

No lie, I worry about this. I’m not in an impacted city. But since ICE seems to throw this stuff around with zero thought, I’m concerned about what happens if Mom and I are at Lowe’s and ICE decides to do a raid. She’s got wicked asthma, and pretty sure tear gas is not good for that

Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 7h

So much tear gas that people who aren't even protesting are getting sick when they leave their homes to run errands: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 7h

Amazing this comes from the official White House account and press team. It’s just straight up lying. Not surprising, since they lie all the time, but this is straight up disinformation. The Kremlin would be proud.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

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PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 7h

Complete nonsense from Secretary Rubio.

The Trump administration is engaged in lawless, premeditated killings without any congressional authorization.

Schiff-Kaine resolution moves to stop that lawless killing.

The resolution would not affect authority to defend against real armed attacks.

The Schiff-Kaine resolution is up for a vote in the Senate today.

This resolution aims to strip President Trump of his constitutional authority to protect Americans by authorizing military strikes against narco-terrorists, the Houthis, and other Iranian proxies. This is dangerous — it puts our children, citizens, soldiers, and allies at risk.

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Diva of the Dark 🎃🫶👠👑🥩 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 8h

Changed my career. Met LOTS of cool people. Learned so much from other's experiences.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 8h

ANOTHER WAPO SCOOP:

Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations

The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 8h

And please stop using West Point as the damn stock photo.

The academy did a great job of integrating women.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 12h

Still using the fucked up 2015 Marine Corps "study" to argue against women in the military is beyond disingenuous and shows your male supremacist, misogynist mental model.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

listen to these fucking twits

americanmind.org/features/res...

How to Make Enough Good Men

The path forward lies in building male-only military academies with an unambiguous martial ethos that are backed by federal policies.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 9h

The Army Emergency Relief web page is crashing right now as the entire military grapples with the reality that they're probably not getting paid next week.

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