soundgood2
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Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Parnia Abbasi was a 23-year-old Iranian poet who, along with her whole family, was killed this past June by Israel. I just translated an excerpt of her poem The Dying Star for my book. I have no idea if I'll get to use it in the book, but translating it made me cry, so I'd like to share it with you:
![“In your world,
the freedom of light.
In my world,
the game of shadows
[...]
Somewhere,
you begin.
You call out
the whisper of life.
In a thousand places,
I end.
I burn.
I become a dying star
Silent in your sky
like smoke.”
The Dying Star
by Parnia Abbasi
Translated by Sophia Babai](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:acxaxpjo6md5st5ufvraqcob/bafkreifxhznrosnqw3qgc2mtsz7vs4b3yc4im546u55kdd4zxt25br6eje@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Parnia Abbasi was a 23-year-old Iranian poet who, along with her whole family, was killed this past June by Israel. I just translated an excerpt of her poem The Dying Star for my book. I have no idea if I'll get to use it in the book, but translating it made me cry, so I'd like to share it with you:
When they tell us who they are, believe them. Tom Cotton is a heartless monster who should not be anywhere near a position of power of his fellow citizens.
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When they tell us who they are, believe them. Tom Cotton is a heartless monster who should not be anywhere near a position of power of his fellow citizens.
There’s a reason even the blood thirsty Pete Hegseth didn’t want you to see the final snuff film footage...
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There’s a reason even the blood thirsty Pete Hegseth didn’t want you to see the final snuff film footage...
Bring on the meritocracy!
Been saying this for a year now. After SFFA, the @nytimes ran a story about universities working overtime to recruit men--many of whom had less glittering credentials than women applicants. Wesleyan literally created a football team to recruit more men. We ladies are ready for the meritocracy.
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Bring on the meritocracy!
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
New song, hope you like it.
marikagerrard.bandcamp.com/track/could-...
marikagerrard.bandcamp.com/track/could-...
Could We Have Fallen in Love, by Marika Gerrard
track by Marika Gerrard
marikagerrard.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New song, hope you like it.
marikagerrard.bandcamp.com/track/could-...
marikagerrard.bandcamp.com/track/could-...
I used to lie for a living, but don’t hold that against me. You can believe me now!
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I used to lie for a living, but don’t hold that against me. You can believe me now!
Now Patel and Bongino can divert more FBI resources to the real problem, leaks!
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Now Patel and Bongino can divert more FBI resources to the real problem, leaks!
How long before the story becomes, just a patriot doing what he thought was best for the country and the bombs didn’t go off, so no harm, no foul. Give the poor guy another chance, it’s not like he is bringing drugs into the country!
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
How long before the story becomes, just a patriot doing what he thought was best for the country and the bombs didn’t go off, so no harm, no foul. Give the poor guy another chance, it’s not like he is bringing drugs into the country!
Yes, quite curious. Might Trump be particularly worried about Alzheimer’s given his family history?
The Alzheimer's drug Leqembi:
- Is administered through an infusion (for example, through the hand)
- Can cause swelling, bleeding, or fluid leakage in the brain, requiring regular MRIs
- Can cause tiredness
Curious. 🤔
- Is administered through an infusion (for example, through the hand)
- Can cause swelling, bleeding, or fluid leakage in the brain, requiring regular MRIs
- Can cause tiredness
Curious. 🤔
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes, quite curious. Might Trump be particularly worried about Alzheimer’s given his family history?
open.substack.com/pub/sollenbe....
How is this man still in Congress?????
How is this man still in Congress?????
‘George Santos With a Gun’: The Untold Story of Cory Mills, A Mercenary In Congress
The Florida Republican has tried to leverage his legislative role to the benefit of his arms business. With that business now in foreclosure proceedings, Mills has little to show for it.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
open.substack.com/pub/sollenbe....
How is this man still in Congress?????
How is this man still in Congress?????
Somehow we need to exert maximum lethality on the people bringing the drugs that adults in this country willingly use to damage themselves and yet we don’t do the same against the manufacturers of the weapons that are used to kill children who do not ask for it.
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Somehow we need to exert maximum lethality on the people bringing the drugs that adults in this country willingly use to damage themselves and yet we don’t do the same against the manufacturers of the weapons that are used to kill children who do not ask for it.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
They should, but there aren’t there laws agains “snuff films?” Surely this would qualify?
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They should, but there aren’t there laws agains “snuff films?” Surely this would qualify?
Bring back the Ford Pinto!
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Bring back the Ford Pinto!
When they relax the fuel economy standards I’m sure the car companies will be rushing to build cars that get 5 or 6 miles to the gallon like the good old days. The consumers will demand it!
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When they relax the fuel economy standards I’m sure the car companies will be rushing to build cars that get 5 or 6 miles to the gallon like the good old days. The consumers will demand it!
Pete Hegseth is on record to be in favor of maximum lethality and unshackling the “warriors.” He wants to play at being the tough guy but when it comes to accountability, suddenly he is cowering…
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Pete Hegseth is on record to be in favor of maximum lethality and unshackling the “warriors.” He wants to play at being the tough guy but when it comes to accountability, suddenly he is cowering…
Sen Mark Kelly might just be the perfect antidote to Trump. Smart, serious and a life spent in service to this country
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sen Mark Kelly might just be the perfect antidote to Trump. Smart, serious and a life spent in service to this country
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My thoughts on the “male loneliness” epidemic:
There are many high profile examples of what women are looking for in a partner:
Tom Holland
Travis Kelce
Prince Harry
George Clooney
Klay Thompson
Benny Blanco
Jason Kelce
Russel Wilson
They all have the same thing in common:
There are many high profile examples of what women are looking for in a partner:
Tom Holland
Travis Kelce
Prince Harry
George Clooney
Klay Thompson
Benny Blanco
Jason Kelce
Russel Wilson
They all have the same thing in common:
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My thoughts on the “male loneliness” epidemic:
There are many high profile examples of what women are looking for in a partner:
Tom Holland
Travis Kelce
Prince Harry
George Clooney
Klay Thompson
Benny Blanco
Jason Kelce
Russel Wilson
They all have the same thing in common:
There are many high profile examples of what women are looking for in a partner:
Tom Holland
Travis Kelce
Prince Harry
George Clooney
Klay Thompson
Benny Blanco
Jason Kelce
Russel Wilson
They all have the same thing in common:
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
if you want an education, avoid OU.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
if you want an education, avoid OU.
So if Trump says the airspace is closed he will maintain the right to shoot down any aircraft, civilian or military that violates that closure? Is that what he’s saying here?
Markwayne Mullin: "President Trump has tried to do this through closing down international water. They continue to ship drugs. Now they're starting to fly them into the US through tail numbers that are being disguised as commercial flights or private flights."
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So if Trump says the airspace is closed he will maintain the right to shoot down any aircraft, civilian or military that violates that closure? Is that what he’s saying here?
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Rejected cover sketch
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Rejected cover sketch
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Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...