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Preventive war is dumb
RDR2
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the year was at the end of 2018, and what you would say your favourite game of 2018 is now, if it differs
(Grid is just a refresher, not my top 25. For a more comprehensive refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...)
(Grid is just a refresher, not my top 25. For a more comprehensive refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...)
December 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
RDR2
My first time seeing this. Truman library dates it as 1951, during the Korean War. Dewey was still Governor of New York.
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My first time seeing this. Truman library dates it as 1951, during the Korean War. Dewey was still Governor of New York.
Harry you can’t be revealing state secrets like that
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Harry you can’t be revealing state secrets like that
He didn’t, quite the opposite, in fact. Because this myth has only recently been punctured I think it’ll take some time before we get satisfying answers(with the caveat that, of course, this will all necessarily be speculative with no definitive answer).
I really don't understand the motivation, to be honest. Why would you want to look like you were ignorant? The only reason I can think of is to "pass the buck" on like nuking Japan but Truman never really did that as far as I can tell.
December 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
He didn’t, quite the opposite, in fact. Because this myth has only recently been punctured I think it’ll take some time before we get satisfying answers(with the caveat that, of course, this will all necessarily be speculative with no definitive answer).
This is definitely worth keeping in mind
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is definitely worth keeping in mind
Did not know ‘nukesky’ was a thing
This was a dumb thing to do, but the article gets a lot wrong.
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Did not know ‘nukesky’ was a thing
“Fuck measles”
December 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Fuck measles”
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Yeah I have noticed increasingly that people will no longer talk about the possible upsides of tariffs but just that the downsides haven't been as catastrophic as people believed in April (because they've lowered the effective tariffs a ton since April)
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yeah I have noticed increasingly that people will no longer talk about the possible upsides of tariffs but just that the downsides haven't been as catastrophic as people believed in April (because they've lowered the effective tariffs a ton since April)
They weren’t simpler times but they were less dumb
Five months ago we an administration staffed with people who understand basic macroeconomics
This was….five months ago
December 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They weren’t simpler times but they were less dumb
I like the tacit admission that even in this fake scenario he’s constructed the tariffs have failed to achieve their stated purpose. They’re not supposed to be ‘Unnoticeable’ they’re supposed to bolster domestic industries, with the promise of material benefits flowing from that
look if this is the titan of intellectual thought for the GOP i think the Blue Wave is coming
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I like the tacit admission that even in this fake scenario he’s constructed the tariffs have failed to achieve their stated purpose. They’re not supposed to be ‘Unnoticeable’ they’re supposed to bolster domestic industries, with the promise of material benefits flowing from that
Man, I just knew something bad was brewing when anti vax shit started going mainstream during COVID
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Man, I just knew something bad was brewing when anti vax shit started going mainstream during COVID
According to David Roll’s recent book FDR actually let Truman in on it, but as mentioned already, Truman was aware even before this because of his work on the Truman committee. He constructed a postwar myth of ignorance, perhaps to dramatize the tale further
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
According to David Roll’s recent book FDR actually let Truman in on it, but as mentioned already, Truman was aware even before this because of his work on the Truman committee. He constructed a postwar myth of ignorance, perhaps to dramatize the tale further
I feel like if you’re a Republican not being able to make an anti union EO stick is the purest expression of a failed administration
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I feel like if you’re a Republican not being able to make an anti union EO stick is the purest expression of a failed administration
Bro it’s so over
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Bro it’s so over
This is gonna be memed into oblivion
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is gonna be memed into oblivion
I feel like this has been one of the most constantly talked about things over the past several years
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I feel like this has been one of the most constantly talked about things over the past several years
Need that mini FDR statue
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Need that mini FDR statue
This is pretty transparently a favor to the CA based companies.
We should be working together to foster innovation and protect Americans’ privacy and safety—not punishing states for trying to protect people from the harms of AI.
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is pretty transparently a favor to the CA based companies.
Well if the track record on this is anything to go by, he’ll be divorced by 2030 or so, just in time for his own fox segment
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Well if the track record on this is anything to go by, he’ll be divorced by 2030 or so, just in time for his own fox segment
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The Paris Agreement is 10 years old today.
Now, the documentary record of that groundbreaking accord is beginning to emerge, offering a window into how the U.S. agreed to such an “ambitious” climate deal. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Now, the documentary record of that groundbreaking accord is beginning to emerge, offering a window into how the U.S. agreed to such an “ambitious” climate deal. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Paris Climate Agreement at 10 Years
Washington, D.C., December 12, 2025 - Ten years ago today, 195 countries adopted the historic Paris Agreement and committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst consequences of clima...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Paris Agreement is 10 years old today.
Now, the documentary record of that groundbreaking accord is beginning to emerge, offering a window into how the U.S. agreed to such an “ambitious” climate deal. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Now, the documentary record of that groundbreaking accord is beginning to emerge, offering a window into how the U.S. agreed to such an “ambitious” climate deal. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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As soon as cameras started revealing people's casual cruelties in day-to-day interactions, the response was not 'we shouldn't do that in public' but rather 'you should have to accept that in public'. It failed in exactly the same way as 'an armed society is a polite society' failed.
i don't understand what level of idiot contrarianism leads to "i don't think it should be possible to fire people for being disrespectful to customers".
you were a dick. to a customer. and they filmed you. and you got fired. this isn't even a hard call
you were a dick. to a customer. and they filmed you. and you got fired. this isn't even a hard call
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As soon as cameras started revealing people's casual cruelties in day-to-day interactions, the response was not 'we shouldn't do that in public' but rather 'you should have to accept that in public'. It failed in exactly the same way as 'an armed society is a polite society' failed.
So this format is just the future now I guess
President Trump launched the "gold card" visa, letting foreigners pay $1 million to fast-track entry, or for companies to pay $2 million to sponsor workers. CNN's Alayna Treene reports.
Read more: https://cnn.it/3Kst7wp
Read more: https://cnn.it/3Kst7wp
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So this format is just the future now I guess
This reminds me of the changes the Great Society made to medical services:
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This reminds me of the changes the Great Society made to medical services:
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Part of the Civil Rights Movement was a dignity claim that when you are in public you have a right to be spoken to in a neutral manner. Hamilton v. Alabama. This service worker may hate to serve me Cinnabons, but it is part of her job to serve every customer in the same manner.
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Part of the Civil Rights Movement was a dignity claim that when you are in public you have a right to be spoken to in a neutral manner. Hamilton v. Alabama. This service worker may hate to serve me Cinnabons, but it is part of her job to serve every customer in the same manner.