Cloud's Strife
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
WHCA loves the Donald Trump show, and their current crop of correspondents are doing everything in their power to keep it on the air.
From CNN: "Zelensky meeting shows how the White House has remade the press corps to Trump’s liking." www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/m...
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
WHCA loves the Donald Trump show, and their current crop of correspondents are doing everything in their power to keep it on the air.
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What the fuck is wrong with our the political press that someone felt comfortable saying this publicly?
Citizens will be happy to hear that the WHCA's long national nightmare of unreturned emails is finally over,
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What the fuck is wrong with our the political press that someone felt comfortable saying this publicly?
The whole function of newspapers is get the story right.
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The whole function of newspapers is get the story right.
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We do not have enough contempt for political news media
Citizens will be happy to hear that the WHCA's long national nightmare of unreturned emails is finally over,
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We do not have enough contempt for political news media
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The NYT is masterful at creating headlines with "plausible deniability." It's a skill; it's just not a service to truth. 3/
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The NYT is masterful at creating headlines with "plausible deniability." It's a skill; it's just not a service to truth. 3/
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Remember in The Matrix when they said 1999 was the peak of human civilization? I felt that.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Remember in The Matrix when they said 1999 was the peak of human civilization? I felt that.
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27% are crazy
Within the margin of error of The Crazification Factor.
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
27% are crazy
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there’s so many shows that I very much view as “shows to put on after we have ordered a pizza”
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
there’s so many shows that I very much view as “shows to put on after we have ordered a pizza”
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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For the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, I spoke with advocates about how this law is crucial–and the ways in which disability education can be made better as its under attack from the Trump administration at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This disability education law turned 50 today. Disability advocates want more.
"Our civil rights are not up for negotiations," Rep. Lateefah Simon said.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, I spoke with advocates about how this law is crucial–and the ways in which disability education can be made better as its under attack from the Trump administration at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Right before I left Twitter, technical discussions about AI were already beginning to collapse into Ilya/Sutton/Karpathy/… exegesis and obligatory mentions of information theory, thermodynamics, cybernetics, and Kolmogorov complexity with all the sophistication of a LW post. It’s happening here now.
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Right before I left Twitter, technical discussions about AI were already beginning to collapse into Ilya/Sutton/Karpathy/… exegesis and obligatory mentions of information theory, thermodynamics, cybernetics, and Kolmogorov complexity with all the sophistication of a LW post. It’s happening here now.
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idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
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This genuinely reads like a ten year old wrote it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This genuinely reads like a ten year old wrote it.
All-Timer of an airball.
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
All-Timer of an airball.
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these two men basically solved firearms design. we're all still copying what they did, in one way or another.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
these two men basically solved firearms design. we're all still copying what they did, in one way or another.
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i do not regret to inform you we are going to win
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
i do not regret to inform you we are going to win
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I worked these issues with Todd.
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I worked these issues with Todd.
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
the ITYSL sub has been posting bangers for months now
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
the ITYSL sub has been posting bangers for months now
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Thank you Slim Shady
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank you Slim Shady
"What work is that detail doing?" is an enormously powerful question. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"What work is that detail doing?" is an enormously powerful question. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
"Dramamine" - Modest Mouse (This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About)
"Knives Out" - Radio Head (Amnesiac)
"Spit on a Stranger" - Pavement (Terror Twilight)
"Pacific Theme" - Broken Social Scene (You Forgot it People)
"Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home" - Mogwai (Young Team)
"Knives Out" - Radio Head (Amnesiac)
"Spit on a Stranger" - Pavement (Terror Twilight)
"Pacific Theme" - Broken Social Scene (You Forgot it People)
"Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home" - Mogwai (Young Team)
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Dramamine" - Modest Mouse (This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About)
"Knives Out" - Radio Head (Amnesiac)
"Spit on a Stranger" - Pavement (Terror Twilight)
"Pacific Theme" - Broken Social Scene (You Forgot it People)
"Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home" - Mogwai (Young Team)
"Knives Out" - Radio Head (Amnesiac)
"Spit on a Stranger" - Pavement (Terror Twilight)
"Pacific Theme" - Broken Social Scene (You Forgot it People)
"Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home" - Mogwai (Young Team)