Agnostic Pessimist
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Northern European with a recreational obsession with geopolitics. Esp. Oman/GCC/Arab Gulf/Yemen, Palestine-Israel, MENA, European rightward lurch, imperialism old and new, racism at home and abroad, in that order.
Medical student on the side.
Medical student on the side.
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Here is a good opinion:
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Here is a good opinion:
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"on what basis do you claim the right to speak for christians in the holy land?"
"um. we are those christians?"
"um. we are those christians?"
January 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"on what basis do you claim the right to speak for christians in the holy land?"
"um. we are those christians?"
"um. we are those christians?"
It's wild considering how vigorously both US and Russia have been treating the veto button like a black metal bass drum.
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 PM
It's wild considering how vigorously both US and Russia have been treating the veto button like a black metal bass drum.
The assumption of privacy in Gmail has been dead for years. Pay for your email if you can.
January 22, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The assumption of privacy in Gmail has been dead for years. Pay for your email if you can.
The best part of being a pessimist is how great it feels to be wrong.
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The best part of being a pessimist is how great it feels to be wrong.
Newsom looks like the Batman villain version of Geert Wilders
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Newsom looks like the Batman villain version of Geert Wilders
I worry that TACO got to him enough that he's more likely to follow through on Iran and Greenland both, rather than risking being seen as backing down.
January 21, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Pictured: The Market.
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Pictured: The Market.
I don't know who the fuck would be dumb, deaf and blind enough to be reassured by this unless they've been under a rock for the last year. The day after Maduro I said there's a >50% chance he'll invade Greenland unless he's made to realize he'll have to sink 3 or more NATO warships in the process.
January 21, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I don't know who the fuck would be dumb, deaf and blind enough to be reassured by this unless they've been under a rock for the last year. The day after Maduro I said there's a >50% chance he'll invade Greenland unless he's made to realize he'll have to sink 3 or more NATO warships in the process.
If we want to survive in this world, we need to be ready to just do things. It'll be imperfect and some people will inevitably lose out but if we cannot find the strength to agree to a trade deal that has been negotiated for more than 25 years (!) at a moment like this, we will get destroyed
🚨 BREAKING: In a vote that could delay the EU’s trade deal with Mercosur by up to two years, the European Parliament has sent the Latin American accord for a judicial review.
Read the story: politico.eu/article/eu-m...
Read the story: politico.eu/article/eu-m...
January 21, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I feel like that says something about US vs. European. Anarchism in Norway has always been synonymous with the Blitz House in Oslo, and I don't see how you could become an anarchist in Europe without knowing about all these hard left communities.
Blitz House - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I feel like that says something about US vs. European. Anarchism in Norway has always been synonymous with the Blitz House in Oslo, and I don't see how you could become an anarchist in Europe without knowing about all these hard left communities.
Trump being more of a symptom than a cause makes it extremely difficult to imagine the US as a (reliable) partner for anyone, barring enormous reforms.
January 21, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Trump being more of a symptom than a cause makes it extremely difficult to imagine the US as a (reliable) partner for anyone, barring enormous reforms.
The comments reminded me of a story of an american anarchist who found himself sitting in a Greek leftist anarchist commune before he clarified that he was AnCap and apparently assumed they all were too.. Probably fiction, but still funny.
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The comments reminded me of a story of an american anarchist who found himself sitting in a Greek leftist anarchist commune before he clarified that he was AnCap and apparently assumed they all were too.. Probably fiction, but still funny.
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“The IPS men dragged me to a place where it was hard to breathe. I was so exhausted that I threw myself face down on the floor, and they started beating me again. One of them sat on my back, another trod on my head, and the third tried to push something hard into my anus. I tried to clench my...
January 21, 2026 at 6:22 AM
“The IPS men dragged me to a place where it was hard to breathe. I was so exhausted that I threw myself face down on the floor, and they started beating me again. One of them sat on my back, another trod on my head, and the third tried to push something hard into my anus. I tried to clench my...