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Surprisingly, I’ve encountered the word “perfidy” two days in a row now in very different contexts…
1. The Tale of Despereaux, chapter 13.
2. The administration’s latest war crime.
1. The Tale of Despereaux, chapter 13.
2. The administration’s latest war crime.
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Surprisingly, I’ve encountered the word “perfidy” two days in a row now in very different contexts…
1. The Tale of Despereaux, chapter 13.
2. The administration’s latest war crime.
1. The Tale of Despereaux, chapter 13.
2. The administration’s latest war crime.
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The MLB Players' Association has urged non-U.S. born members, which include some @tigers.bsky.social, to carry documentation to avoid confusion over immigration. bit.ly/4lSTpot
July 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The MLB Players' Association has urged non-U.S. born members, which include some @tigers.bsky.social, to carry documentation to avoid confusion over immigration. bit.ly/4lSTpot
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"Don’t put this on God. You had plenty of warnings this might happen, and you chose to ignore them. You chose to leave the people you’re sworn to serve in the most vulnerable circumstances. You chose to risk danger befalling them."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/do-not-put...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/do-not-put...
Do Not Put This On God
None of this was God's plan.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"Don’t put this on God. You had plenty of warnings this might happen, and you chose to ignore them. You chose to leave the people you’re sworn to serve in the most vulnerable circumstances. You chose to risk danger befalling them."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/do-not-put...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/do-not-put...
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More than 20 years ago, North Carolina legislators passed a law requiring that landslide hazards be mapped across 19 mountain counties.
But after only four of those countries were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values.
(Published May)
But after only four of those countries were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values.
(Published May)
Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way. Here Are 5 Lessons for the Next Hurricane.
After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate. Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm…
www.propublica.org
July 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
More than 20 years ago, North Carolina legislators passed a law requiring that landslide hazards be mapped across 19 mountain counties.
But after only four of those countries were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values.
(Published May)
But after only four of those countries were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values.
(Published May)
Did not think a Dodger would become favorite RP since Sean Doolittle, but here we are!
April 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Did not think a Dodger would become favorite RP since Sean Doolittle, but here we are!
Thank you @slotkin.senate.gov for standing up to Trump, Musk and the refusing to condone the illegal actions they’re taking. Shame on Gary Peters for caving in on the CR and giving Musk and Trump Carter Blanche over all government programs. 😡
March 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thank you @slotkin.senate.gov for standing up to Trump, Musk and the refusing to condone the illegal actions they’re taking. Shame on Gary Peters for caving in on the CR and giving Musk and Trump Carter Blanche over all government programs. 😡
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.
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This was an excellent explanations of who pays more when it comes to higher tariffs versus lower income tax.
This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
February 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This was an excellent explanations of who pays more when it comes to higher tariffs versus lower income tax.
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WIRED has been doing vital work.
If you’re looking to support good journalism right now, subscriptions are cheap.
If you’re looking to support good journalism right now, subscriptions are cheap.
February 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
WIRED has been doing vital work.
If you’re looking to support good journalism right now, subscriptions are cheap.
If you’re looking to support good journalism right now, subscriptions are cheap.
"It was immediate and my immediate reaction was, this is catastrophic," [Dr. Gawande] said of the effects of the freeze.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
How a US freeze has upended global aid
The State Department says the freeze was the only way to evaluate aid programs and defended the pause.
www.bbc.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"It was immediate and my immediate reaction was, this is catastrophic," [Dr. Gawande] said of the effects of the freeze.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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impressively thorough roundup from @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 28, 2025
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump distanced himself from Project 2025, a plan for a second Trump term prepared by a number of right-wing institutions led by the Heritage Foundation.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
impressively thorough roundup from @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Jennings: This salute trutherism is outrageous.
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
January 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Jennings: This salute trutherism is outrageous.
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
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Trump has signed an executive order eliminating all funding for diversity and inclusion in the federal government, sending home DEI staff who will then be laid off. The historical echo for this is when Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal government in 1913. We have reached the second nadir.
January 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump has signed an executive order eliminating all funding for diversity and inclusion in the federal government, sending home DEI staff who will then be laid off. The historical echo for this is when Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal government in 1913. We have reached the second nadir.