GN
@w1ts3nd555.bsky.social
Architect, urbanist, gardener, ecology enthusiast, building scientist — interested in sustainability at all scales of the built and natural environment. Pro-democracy and pro-rule-of-law. Views are my own. Blog: https://w1tsend.wordpress.com/
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"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
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So far, Trump has pardoned:
Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
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Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
1/3
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
So far, Trump has pardoned:
Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
1/3
Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
1/3
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Haha! Love it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Haha! Love it.
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More cracks in the dam
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
More cracks in the dam
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Here's an excellent resource that tracks events/actions by the Trump administration.
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
www.trumpactiontracker.info
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here's an excellent resource that tracks events/actions by the Trump administration.
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
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Trump said today he'll be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Trump said today he'll be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
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This is a highly unusual order from a Secretary of Defense, and it’s almost certainly a war crime.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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 8:30 PM
This is a highly unusual order from a Secretary of Defense, and it’s almost certainly a war crime.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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1/ Collective punishment of tens of thousands of vetted Afghan partners won’t prevent radicalization. But it will guarantee fewer allies, more enemies, and higher risks for U.S. troops the next time we deploy.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
1/ Collective punishment of tens of thousands of vetted Afghan partners won’t prevent radicalization. But it will guarantee fewer allies, more enemies, and higher risks for U.S. troops the next time we deploy.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime.
Even assuming an armed conflict exists.
Even assuming an armed conflict exists.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime.
Even assuming an armed conflict exists.
Even assuming an armed conflict exists.
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Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
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well that’s interesting… @allenanalysis.bsky.social reporting the same thing today 👀
people who claim “no way! too far fetched!!” forget Donny feeds an entire “chaos trading” grifting subculture that relies on the same type of foreknowledge
www.allenanalysis.com/p/the-google...
people who claim “no way! too far fetched!!” forget Donny feeds an entire “chaos trading” grifting subculture that relies on the same type of foreknowledge
www.allenanalysis.com/p/the-google...
The Google Trends Spike Before the D.C. Shooting Raises New Questions
A closer look at the data behind Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s name appearing online hours before the attack
www.allenanalysis.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
well that’s interesting… @allenanalysis.bsky.social reporting the same thing today 👀
people who claim “no way! too far fetched!!” forget Donny feeds an entire “chaos trading” grifting subculture that relies on the same type of foreknowledge
www.allenanalysis.com/p/the-google...
people who claim “no way! too far fetched!!” forget Donny feeds an entire “chaos trading” grifting subculture that relies on the same type of foreknowledge
www.allenanalysis.com/p/the-google...
Legislative branch writes the laws.
Judicial branch decides what’s in accordance with them.
Executive branch must “faithfully execute” them (the laws, not Congress and judges).
Judicial branch decides what’s in accordance with them.
Executive branch must “faithfully execute” them (the laws, not Congress and judges).
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Legislative branch writes the laws.
Judicial branch decides what’s in accordance with them.
Executive branch must “faithfully execute” them (the laws, not Congress and judges).
Judicial branch decides what’s in accordance with them.
Executive branch must “faithfully execute” them (the laws, not Congress and judges).
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This smells like outright collusion with Russia to me. Trump shrugs it off as what a dealmaker does: sell the plan to Ukraine, sell the plan to Russia. He says “we must end this war” and thinks he deserves the Nobel Prize??? Not if it's at the cost of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This smells like outright collusion with Russia to me. Trump shrugs it off as what a dealmaker does: sell the plan to Ukraine, sell the plan to Russia. He says “we must end this war” and thinks he deserves the Nobel Prize??? Not if it's at the cost of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
Terrible. Echoes of Grenfell, but with bamboo scaffolding and plastic netting this time.
apnews.com/article/hong...
apnews.com/article/hong...
At least 94 dead as Hong Kong firefighters battle burning towers for a second day
Firefighters in Hong Kong have been battling a deadly blaze at a high-rise apartment complex for a second day.
apnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Terrible. Echoes of Grenfell, but with bamboo scaffolding and plastic netting this time.
apnews.com/article/hong...
apnews.com/article/hong...
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During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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We don’t need this. No one needs this.
“When the men did not believe Miles’ tribal ID, she pointed to a phone number for the Umatilla Tribal enrollment office on the back of the card.
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We don’t need this. No one needs this.
One of those fun facts that I only learned in adulthood!
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One of those fun facts that I only learned in adulthood!
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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This is Kyiv tonight : people of Kyiv sheltering in metro from Russian drones and missiles attacking the city.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I know it’s juvenile, but these roasts really break the abuser spell / momentum.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I know it’s juvenile, but these roasts really break the abuser spell / momentum.