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A brief thread on the interference with humanitarian aid to conflict zones.
Interfering with the ability of people trapped in conflict zones, to access food or healthcare,
is
a
crime
against
humanity
under the Rome Statute. This applies to anyone, acting from anywhere.
Interfering with the ability of people trapped in conflict zones, to access food or healthcare,
is
a
crime
against
humanity
under the Rome Statute. This applies to anyone, acting from anywhere.
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people don’t name their sons fiorello anymore
you may not like it but this is what peak male performance looks like
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
people don’t name their sons fiorello anymore
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I had that dream again
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I had that dream again
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please refer to your Davos phrasebook www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
please refer to your Davos phrasebook www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
you may not like it but this is what peak male performance looks like
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
you may not like it but this is what peak male performance looks like
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January started slow with a play by Amy Herzog I found while browsing the stacks in Shannon library. The Barnyard Epithet was part of my obsession with the Chicago conspiracy trial.
Shari Franke's The House of My Mother really hit me in my core, I distinctly remember finishing it in one sitting.
Shari Franke's The House of My Mother really hit me in my core, I distinctly remember finishing it in one sitting.
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
January started slow with a play by Amy Herzog I found while browsing the stacks in Shannon library. The Barnyard Epithet was part of my obsession with the Chicago conspiracy trial.
Shari Franke's The House of My Mother really hit me in my core, I distinctly remember finishing it in one sitting.
Shari Franke's The House of My Mother really hit me in my core, I distinctly remember finishing it in one sitting.
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I escaped my abusive mother five years ago last Thursday and reading Shari's book was one of the most validating experiences I have ever had. My mother was not nearly as extreme as Ruby was but it was still hell on earth. It's rare to find a book that encapsulates this type of abuse so perfectly.
January 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I escaped my abusive mother five years ago last Thursday and reading Shari's book was one of the most validating experiences I have ever had. My mother was not nearly as extreme as Ruby was but it was still hell on earth. It's rare to find a book that encapsulates this type of abuse so perfectly.
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“We must also recognize Canada’s own role in weakening international human rights, accelerating planetary destruction thru fossil fuel investment & ceding democratic power to the interests of the few by allowing extreme wealth & influence 2 accumulate unchecked” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
What Mark Carney gets wrong about the end of the rules-based order
To re-establish power, defend sovereignty, and strengthen democratic values, Canada and its allies must do more than challenge the American state. We must also confront the influence of US corporate p...
canadiandimension.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“We must also recognize Canada’s own role in weakening international human rights, accelerating planetary destruction thru fossil fuel investment & ceding democratic power to the interests of the few by allowing extreme wealth & influence 2 accumulate unchecked” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
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President Trump says he decided to levy a 39% tariff on Swiss exports because Helene Budliger Artieda, director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, “just rubbed me the wrong way.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
President Trump says he decided to levy a 39% tariff on Swiss exports because Helene Budliger Artieda, director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, “just rubbed me the wrong way.”
Actual British fuckin people have Many Thoughts today about the collective responsibility for rapacious American imperialism.
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Actual British fuckin people have Many Thoughts today about the collective responsibility for rapacious American imperialism.
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A THREAD. Which I have decided to call 'Reasons Why Owls Are Excellent'.
1. They are always putting the needs of others before their own.
1. They are always putting the needs of others before their own.
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
January 21, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A THREAD. Which I have decided to call 'Reasons Why Owls Are Excellent'.
1. They are always putting the needs of others before their own.
1. They are always putting the needs of others before their own.
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One reason I am gloomy about Britain’s ability to rise to this geopolitical moment is the sheer parochialism and unseriousness of much of its media. The Times, which used to be a serious paper, does not have a single comment piece today on the gravest international crisis in 80 years
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
One reason I am gloomy about Britain’s ability to rise to this geopolitical moment is the sheer parochialism and unseriousness of much of its media. The Times, which used to be a serious paper, does not have a single comment piece today on the gravest international crisis in 80 years
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Important piece on ICE horrors by @radleybalko.bsky.social in today’s @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
January 21, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Important piece on ICE horrors by @radleybalko.bsky.social in today’s @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
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The concierge at my apartment, so apologetic, told me about the woman who demanded to know who lives in my unit and why they were ordering vulgar blankets. She took a package not addressed to her, opened it, and was offended to find a huge woven blanket that says BITCH DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A FUCK
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 AM
The concierge at my apartment, so apologetic, told me about the woman who demanded to know who lives in my unit and why they were ordering vulgar blankets. She took a package not addressed to her, opened it, and was offended to find a huge woven blanket that says BITCH DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A FUCK
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January 21, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Teenage girls who use social media daily are less likely to harm themselves and attempt suicide – one of many unmentionable realities major health surveys show
Teenage girls who use social media daily are less likely to harm themselves and attempt suicide – one of many unmentionable realities major health surveys show
Officials’ and professionals’ dismissals and distortions of the worst menaces to teenagers’ mental and physical health are inexcusable.
mikemales.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Teenage girls who use social media daily are less likely to harm themselves and attempt suicide – one of many unmentionable realities major health surveys show
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Come hear us talk about the wrongful conviction of Daniel Sampson
January 20, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Come hear us talk about the wrongful conviction of Daniel Sampson
This was the moment when American jurisprudence went full Calvinball. The utter surrender of meaning.
I think the moment I fully lost it with American elite culture was when there was a no-shit bipartisan panic attack over Colorado throwing Trump off the 2024 ballot because of this stipulation
every time I read this, I get apocalyptically apoplectic about how clear it is. it is instant. it does not require explicit congressional action to invoke, it instead only requires that to remove.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This was the moment when American jurisprudence went full Calvinball. The utter surrender of meaning.
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I think the moment I fully lost it with American elite culture was when there was a no-shit bipartisan panic attack over Colorado throwing Trump off the 2024 ballot because of this stipulation
every time I read this, I get apocalyptically apoplectic about how clear it is. it is instant. it does not require explicit congressional action to invoke, it instead only requires that to remove.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I think the moment I fully lost it with American elite culture was when there was a no-shit bipartisan panic attack over Colorado throwing Trump off the 2024 ballot because of this stipulation
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Add to this the fact that while Chief Betts is saying he never intended for the letter to be public, it was included in the police board's agenda for today's meeting. Those materials were sent out a week ago, within hours of The Examiner publishing the letter in full. I, for one, am intrigued.
January 20, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Add to this the fact that while Chief Betts is saying he never intended for the letter to be public, it was included in the police board's agenda for today's meeting. Those materials were sent out a week ago, within hours of The Examiner publishing the letter in full. I, for one, am intrigued.
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I just want to highlight that a public official, like a police chief, who sends a letter on police letterhead to members of public bodies should probably, as a matter of basic professionalism, conduct themselves as if the correspondence will eventually become public. Maybe my standards are too high.
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I just want to highlight that a public official, like a police chief, who sends a letter on police letterhead to members of public bodies should probably, as a matter of basic professionalism, conduct themselves as if the correspondence will eventually become public. Maybe my standards are too high.
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This is actually an understatement—the response was totally unhinged—but I'm glad Judge Novak is highlighting the Justice Department's venomous rhetoric.
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
This is actually an understatement—the response was totally unhinged—but I'm glad Judge Novak is highlighting the Justice Department's venomous rhetoric.
So the thing is, the speech is being duly praised but his vision is identical to Trump; please do not mistake his veiled contempt for the methods, for anything but a passionate endorsement of Trump’s message that we will be ruled by strongmen who mean to suck the very marrow from your bones.
He means every word! I love a choice to simply be wildly and gratuitously offensive towards those he hates (people who work for a living). Carney says: “the sign says Workers of the World Unite. He doesn’t believe it. No one believes it.” Thanks Mr Prime Minister you gigantic asshole, for the stakes
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
So the thing is, the speech is being duly praised but his vision is identical to Trump; please do not mistake his veiled contempt for the methods, for anything but a passionate endorsement of Trump’s message that we will be ruled by strongmen who mean to suck the very marrow from your bones.
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Really good speech from Carney at the World Economic Forum today.
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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January 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Really good speech from Carney at the World Economic Forum today.
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...