@siracusa Well, that's a shame. May he rest in peace.

On May 5th, Harvard Professor Danielle Allen debated far right conservative Curtis Yarvin at the Harvard Faculty Club. Hosted by the conservative student group The John Adam's Society, the event was organized by Yarvin's publisher. Here is a snippet about human moral equality. Danielle Allen argued all human beings have intrinsic human morality, whereas Yarvin questioned where the dividing line between animal and human morality might be.

#politics #uspol #CurtisYarvin #farright #conservative

@iju @benroyce This presumes good faith by the border officer.

It hurts me to say this, as an #American, but people need to avoid the #USA for 2 years, at least, 2027, when the #Democrats can get a majority in #Congress and stonewall #Trump

If that doesn't happen (which would be a serious tragedy), then 4 years. And if we get a #MAGA/ Trump president in 2029, write off this country for a generation at least

"A #German Thru-Hiker Has Been Detained, Deported, and Banned From the #US Without a Hearing: Here’s What You Need To Know"

https://thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

Putin's demands for peace:

— Zelenskyy and his government needs to be removed
— The international community must recognize that 5 Ukrainian Oblasts are now Russian: Crimea, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk — areas which Russia does not even control.

Trump already calls this response “promising”.

This is the new US administration: When someone bombs, rapes, tortures, kills, plunders, and abducts 19,000 children, the solution is to run away scared and give them all they want.

Cowards.

@vkc pdftools

"Gibbon’s barbarian is an inveterate idler: free, yes, but only to live in scattered homesteads, wearing skins for clothes, or following his ‘monstrous herds of cattle’.

‘Their poverty,’ wrote Gibbon of the ancient Germans, ‘secured their freedom.’"

I'm exploring the use of Substack.

Here is a newsy #shitpost Opinions?

https://bigturd.substack.com/p/vulture-insists-stephen-miller-is

#shitpost #meme

#WompWomp

Via Kyle Griffin (his caps):

Reuters: RUDY #GIULIANI HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR VIOLATING AGREEMENT TO HALT CLAIMS OF WRONGDOING BY GEORGIA ELECTION WORKERS-COURT HEARING

This is the second time this week Giuliani has been held in contempt of court.

First in New York and now in D.C.

IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Amir Baram announces resignation

'My ability to contribute is limited': IDF Deputy Chief Baram announces resignation

"The intensity of the war has decreased significantly, my ability to contribute in the current situation is limited," Baram said in his letter of resignation.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-837009

@inquiline The renaming of things is something Confucious called The Rectification of Names. The idea being, to rename something is to change its intrinsic value. To alter perceptions about that thing.

This is a very old idea. And yes, the right has weaponized it to tear apart common perceptions of reality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectification_of_names

@assignedmedia.org Just leave.

Platformer [Jan 10] - FB/Meta clarifies guidelines for allowable trans posts: "Trans people aren't real. They're mentally ill." "Trans people are freaks." "'Transgender' people are not a real thing." "A trans woman...is a pathetic confused man." "A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it."

Inside Meta’s dehumanizing new...

"I will base my decisions on evidence, not on very rich men in America,” the safeguarding minister has said, suggesting that Musk should "crack on with getting to Mars."

#UKPolitics #ElonMusk

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jess-phillips-proves-why-she-is-a-first-rate-minister-388022/

@stux According to Zuckerberg, they're just virtue signalling.

ghehe :ed_grin:

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/post/3lb4zz2kfm222

New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"

https://www.404media.co/meta-deletes-trans-and-nonbinary-messenger-themes/

@benroyce Do we get your healthcare?