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Didn't anyone tell the soldiers in the IDF that if they are complicit in war crimes they can be charged?
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
‘I’m afraid to go home’: Canadian IDF soldiers fear fallout from war crimes probe
Canada’s probe into the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t explicitly target Israelis, but its unclear scope has alarmed Jews amid rising international lawfare against soldiers
www.timesofisrael.com
If Canadians have been complicit in or perpetrated war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza on behalf of the IDF, then they should be very afraid.
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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The UAE is heavily involved in football around the world, and reportedly involved in the atrocities in Sudan. This weekend's Morning Star column on how football's use as a geopolitical and sportswashing tool means it is often linked to conflicts and humanitarian crises.
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The UAE is heavily involved in football around the world, and reportedly involved in the atrocities in Sudan. This weekend's Morning Star column on how football's use as a geopolitical and sportswashing tool means it is often linked to conflicts and humanitarian crises.
It remains a complete mystery how the Pelicans didn't come to this conclusion at any time last season, or during the summer.
Allowing Willie Green to start *this* season when the wheels had fallen off already is malpractice from the front office, but especially Dumars. He needs to go too.
Allowing Willie Green to start *this* season when the wheels had fallen off already is malpractice from the front office, but especially Dumars. He needs to go too.
The Pelicans have fired Willie Green
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It remains a complete mystery how the Pelicans didn't come to this conclusion at any time last season, or during the summer.
Allowing Willie Green to start *this* season when the wheels had fallen off already is malpractice from the front office, but especially Dumars. He needs to go too.
Allowing Willie Green to start *this* season when the wheels had fallen off already is malpractice from the front office, but especially Dumars. He needs to go too.
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Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
A sleekly choreographed video showcasing UBTECH's latest creation.
We're years away from widespread integration of humanoid robots with the dexterity required to replace humans in industrial factories and construction sites, but when it begins in earnest, it'll be a flood. We need UBI before that.
We're years away from widespread integration of humanoid robots with the dexterity required to replace humans in industrial factories and construction sites, but when it begins in earnest, it'll be a flood. We need UBI before that.
Chinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A sleekly choreographed video showcasing UBTECH's latest creation.
We're years away from widespread integration of humanoid robots with the dexterity required to replace humans in industrial factories and construction sites, but when it begins in earnest, it'll be a flood. We need UBI before that.
We're years away from widespread integration of humanoid robots with the dexterity required to replace humans in industrial factories and construction sites, but when it begins in earnest, it'll be a flood. We need UBI before that.
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I know this is terrible but I'm thinking about how theres sites that allow these assholes to bet on international childrens sports, theres probably kids out there getting death threats from these losers for not catching a ball
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I know this is terrible but I'm thinking about how theres sites that allow these assholes to bet on international childrens sports, theres probably kids out there getting death threats from these losers for not catching a ball
Considering its the Telegraph, this is a thoroughly researched piece that nails the rise of Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and fascist, white nationalist, neo-Nazi Groypers.
Now if only Tim Stanley could apply the same incisive lens to the British far-right, Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, and Reform.
Now if only Tim Stanley could apply the same incisive lens to the British far-right, Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, and Reform.
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Considering its the Telegraph, this is a thoroughly researched piece that nails the rise of Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and fascist, white nationalist, neo-Nazi Groypers.
Now if only Tim Stanley could apply the same incisive lens to the British far-right, Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, and Reform.
Now if only Tim Stanley could apply the same incisive lens to the British far-right, Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, and Reform.
De'Aaron Fox went straight ISO on the last play with Gary Payton Jr. draped all over him. What a gift for the Warriors.
I refuse to believe the Spurs drew that up in the huddle. Wemby has to touch the ball there.
I refuse to believe the Spurs drew that up in the huddle. Wemby has to touch the ball there.
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
De'Aaron Fox went straight ISO on the last play with Gary Payton Jr. draped all over him. What a gift for the Warriors.
I refuse to believe the Spurs drew that up in the huddle. Wemby has to touch the ball there.
I refuse to believe the Spurs drew that up in the huddle. Wemby has to touch the ball there.
Insane recovery by Wemby to stifle Curry's drive on the fast break *and* block Jimmy Butler at the rim. What are we even watching.
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Insane recovery by Wemby to stifle Curry's drive on the fast break *and* block Jimmy Butler at the rim. What are we even watching.
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That whole sequence was incredible, not just the dunk (which should have counted due to the Rule of Cool). From Draymond trying to dig into his chest and get in his head, to the spin, to the dunk and the foul, to the primal scream... everything. Even if it didn't count.
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
That whole sequence was incredible, not just the dunk (which should have counted due to the Rule of Cool). From Draymond trying to dig into his chest and get in his head, to the spin, to the dunk and the foul, to the primal scream... everything. Even if it didn't count.
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The refs might have called off that Wemby basket, but that clip of him dunking on Draymond's head is gonna live forever
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The refs might have called off that Wemby basket, but that clip of him dunking on Draymond's head is gonna live forever
Mon dieu. Draymond deserved all of that. He went chest to chest with Wemby, grabbed him before the ball was even inbounded, and still got dunked on.
Now the refs are saying no basket. Rubbish.
Now the refs are saying no basket. Rubbish.
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Mon dieu. Draymond deserved all of that. He went chest to chest with Wemby, grabbed him before the ball was even inbounded, and still got dunked on.
Now the refs are saying no basket. Rubbish.
Now the refs are saying no basket. Rubbish.
Anyone can be a rising political star so long as they successfully game algorithms that amplify extreme, provocative, abusive, or flat out racist content.
Not requiring substantive, fact-based policy positions anymore to run for office is how grifters, groypers, and white nationalists got elected.
Not requiring substantive, fact-based policy positions anymore to run for office is how grifters, groypers, and white nationalists got elected.
Far below the top political tiers, when you think about the perverse incentives around who would even be willing to run for office…
We cannot hope for sanity without treating algorithms and those who profit from them as the real enemy.
We cannot hope for sanity without treating algorithms and those who profit from them as the real enemy.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Anyone can be a rising political star so long as they successfully game algorithms that amplify extreme, provocative, abusive, or flat out racist content.
Not requiring substantive, fact-based policy positions anymore to run for office is how grifters, groypers, and white nationalists got elected.
Not requiring substantive, fact-based policy positions anymore to run for office is how grifters, groypers, and white nationalists got elected.
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I might have mentioned this in France a couple of summers ago but Steph vs. Wemby is pretty fun.
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I might have mentioned this in France a couple of summers ago but Steph vs. Wemby is pretty fun.
I don't even know what to say anymore when Wemby does obscene stuff like this. There's no defence for it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I don't even know what to say anymore when Wemby does obscene stuff like this. There's no defence for it.
Kon Knueppel is balling out in his Wisconsin homecoming. He just saved Miles Bridges from being a scapegoat by drilling that triple. He's got 32 on the night.
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Kon Knueppel is balling out in his Wisconsin homecoming. He just saved Miles Bridges from being a scapegoat by drilling that triple. He's got 32 on the night.
No idea what the endgame is for Charlotte with LaMelo leading them, but Kon Knueppel and Tre'shaun Mann are worth building around. They're both intriguing young talents.
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
No idea what the endgame is for Charlotte with LaMelo leading them, but Kon Knueppel and Tre'shaun Mann are worth building around. They're both intriguing young talents.
Throwing bureaucratic roadblocks at homeless people doesn't help them, but it does make them easier to demonize-- which is what this policy is engineered to do.
Whatever good Scott Turner hoped to accomplish as HUD Secretary, pushing this deliberate cruelty will follow him for the rest of his life.
Whatever good Scott Turner hoped to accomplish as HUD Secretary, pushing this deliberate cruelty will follow him for the rest of his life.
This is an unmitigated disaster. Every bit of research into homelessness shows this:
1) Testing for job/drug requirements wastes massive amounts of public money and is ineffective
2) When you give people housing, without those things, they tend to stay housed
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
1) Testing for job/drug requirements wastes massive amounts of public money and is ineffective
2) When you give people housing, without those things, they tend to stay housed
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration policy change makes deep cuts to homeless permanent housing program
More than half of the 2026 funding for the program will be shifted from permanent housing to transitional housing with work and service requirements.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Throwing bureaucratic roadblocks at homeless people doesn't help them, but it does make them easier to demonize-- which is what this policy is engineered to do.
Whatever good Scott Turner hoped to accomplish as HUD Secretary, pushing this deliberate cruelty will follow him for the rest of his life.
Whatever good Scott Turner hoped to accomplish as HUD Secretary, pushing this deliberate cruelty will follow him for the rest of his life.
Political self-preservation will outpace unquestioned fealty to Trump because of his involvement in Epstein's child sex trafficking ring, but we're clearly in Mickey Mouse territory.
Institutions and individuals that normalized this need to be torn down and exiled from positions of influence.
Institutions and individuals that normalized this need to be torn down and exiled from positions of influence.
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Political self-preservation will outpace unquestioned fealty to Trump because of his involvement in Epstein's child sex trafficking ring, but we're clearly in Mickey Mouse territory.
Institutions and individuals that normalized this need to be torn down and exiled from positions of influence.
Institutions and individuals that normalized this need to be torn down and exiled from positions of influence.
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it's got to be kind of surreal, gathering in the white house SITUATION ROOM like you're in some kind of high-stakes political thriller but it's for crisis meetings on what to say about your boss paying for handjobs from underaged models in the 90s
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
it's got to be kind of surreal, gathering in the white house SITUATION ROOM like you're in some kind of high-stakes political thriller but it's for crisis meetings on what to say about your boss paying for handjobs from underaged models in the 90s
He's spiralling. It bears repeating that innocent people don't threaten to burn down the world and shitpost incoherent word salad when they're confronted with facts they don't like.
I'll be shocked if Trump hasn't bombed Venezuela between now and when the Senate votes to release the Epstein files.
I'll be shocked if Trump hasn't bombed Venezuela between now and when the Senate votes to release the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
He's spiralling. It bears repeating that innocent people don't threaten to burn down the world and shitpost incoherent word salad when they're confronted with facts they don't like.
I'll be shocked if Trump hasn't bombed Venezuela between now and when the Senate votes to release the Epstein files.
I'll be shocked if Trump hasn't bombed Venezuela between now and when the Senate votes to release the Epstein files.
People that suspend their disbelief for magic, dragons, demons, ghosts, talking animals, and dozens of humanoid races yet draw the line at Black people existing in fantasy and Sci-Fi aren't being subtle with their racist hatred.
The far-right propaganda issues in online gaming are worse than ever.
The far-right propaganda issues in online gaming are worse than ever.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
People that suspend their disbelief for magic, dragons, demons, ghosts, talking animals, and dozens of humanoid races yet draw the line at Black people existing in fantasy and Sci-Fi aren't being subtle with their racist hatred.
The far-right propaganda issues in online gaming are worse than ever.
The far-right propaganda issues in online gaming are worse than ever.
Anyone that uses "woke" as a pejorative or a stand-in for a slur must immediately be challenged on precisely what they believe "woke" means. Don't debate them. Hound them until they either tell on themselves, or storm off in a huff.
Racists and bigots should never be able to hide behind euphemisms.
Racists and bigots should never be able to hide behind euphemisms.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Anyone that uses "woke" as a pejorative or a stand-in for a slur must immediately be challenged on precisely what they believe "woke" means. Don't debate them. Hound them until they either tell on themselves, or storm off in a huff.
Racists and bigots should never be able to hide behind euphemisms.
Racists and bigots should never be able to hide behind euphemisms.
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My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.
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my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced