At this hour, I would like to paraphrase one of the greatest thinkers of our time:

"Why don't you wear a black suit? Do you own a black suit?"

MYTH: Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada. FACT: Actually this is true, no wait it’s a myth now, and, fuck, no wait.

Trump’s North American Tariffs: Myth Vs. Fact
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Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

Trump's attacks undermine critical research: the DOD is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation, and all of the MINERVA projects www.science.org/content/arti...

Meanwhile our leadership is talking about "no indication of the US leaving NATO".

Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.

A new low bar for morally delinquent behaviour.
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Toivottavasti puolustushallintomme on jo sekä käymässä kahdenvälisiä keskusteluja Lockheed-Martinin kanssa että rakentamassa B-suunnitelmaa. Jälkimmäinen on toki ollut pöytälaatikossa odottamassa jo pitkään, onhan?

They would've come up with another reason to "feel insulted", had Zelenskyy crawled in front of them. The US needed a "legitimate reason" to officially switch sides and demand pro-Putin Ukranian leadership to "negotiate with".

Dunno, it feels kinda predictable.

Kaja Kallas got one thing wrong. The free world doesn't need a new leader. Volodymyr Zelenskyy already got that down.

Stuck in the land where the buns taste right but the shape of the lid is funny. #mildlycursedtrip

Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity are unconditional.

Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.

In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.

Our Weimar+ statement ↓

The strangest aspect of this new Molotov-Ribbentrop pact is how focused Ribbentrop is on sucking up at the expense of the credibility of his Realm.

HS-analyysi | Mitään tällaista ei ole ennen nähty Yhdysvalloissa tapahtuu nyt asioita, joiden edessä koko historia kalpenee.

"Anne Applebaum: diktatuureissa 99 prosenttia ihmisistä lopulta mukautuu sortohallinnon komentoon. ”Heitä ei tarvitse uhkailla keskitysleirillä. Riittää kun sanoo, että voit menettää työpaikkasi”

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Periaatteessa markkinointikysymys; rauhallinen sijainti voi olla myyntivalttikin. Vaatii toki tässä segmentissä hyvin toimivan 24/7 concierge- ja kuljettajapalvelun.

Eiköhän tässäkin yksi keskeinen ongelma ollut, että luksushotellissa pitäisi pystyä tarjoamaan kansainvälisen tason luksusta suomalaisin henkilöstö- ja materiaalikustannuksin. Pelkät hulppeat puitteet eivät riitä.

I won't say I've quit smoking just yet, but I guess I haven't smoked for over a month now, and it's not even a pain.

Z. Beauchampin popularisoima "pehmeän fasismin" käsite on varmaankin suhteellisen relevantti arkikeskustelun tasolla.

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal WASHINGTON—In an effort to assuage any fears over the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s flurry of executive actions, a D.C.-area think tank called The Himmler Institute reportedly assure...

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal
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Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

Italy of the 20s seems to be getting a remake localized for US audiences. Nobody really asked for Disney Live Action Mussolini, but here we are.

We weren't allowed to pick. It was first recorders for all, and then after those, acoustic guitars.

I've never participated in a larp fight with foam weapons without getting injured. Realized today it has made me a real coward. Tell me about your actually fun and safe foam fights!

#larp

Hey peeps, congruent with my interests, you, too, can fill out "The Great Viking Survey" (done by a Norwegian institution so this is legit). Basically they are trying to figure out the balance of facts vs misconceptions people have based on modern media portrayals

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