“Democracy is not true democracy if your choice is between a giant douche and a turd”

South Park

After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 11:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

This footage of ICE arresting Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil was just released by the ACLU.

ICE: “Stop resisting”

Khalil’s wife: “He’s not resisting”

It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives.

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Europe Is Now Led by Its North The Nordics and Baltics are together inspiring visions of a stronger continent.

Not only are the Nordics and Baltics interested in more European integration, but they are also finding their voice and beginning to take initiative.

This post made me want to scoop you up in your pj’s, throw you in a top down car, and speed you around sunny mountain bends whilst you wail gleefully to bob marleys greatest hits….

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UK PM Starmer to Zelensky:

"You are very, very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom. We will stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take."

❗️We are ready to stand with Ukraine until the end. You are welcome here, - Starmer at the meeting with Zelensky.

Ukraine has full support throughout the United Kingdom, the British Prime Minister stressed.

Zelensky thanked Starmer and all the British people.

UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street.

This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.

a woman in a black jacket is giving a peace sign ALT: a woman in a black jacket is giving a peace sign

Here for it.

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.

The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

Every step is losing trump power. Every public display of cruelty is alienating not just the USA but the world.

#Zelensky is a hero.

Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.

Stupidity. The damage this will cause to the health, aid and global medicine community is unfathomable.

Moronic move.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...

Courage is resistance.

Resist.

Familiar 🤣

They don't have the votes.

DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b

TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b

Annual increase in deficit: $900b

Cuts to Medicare: $880b

A strategy used only by those afraid they’re at risk of losing

Racist facists

US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

Oh I don’t know, it looks like the perfect deportation camp site for facist megalomaniacs to me….

Documents reveal how military contractors want to take over mass deportations The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.

A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of “processing camps” on military bases and a “small army” of private citizens empowered to make arrests.

The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.

The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.

This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen

Those foundations have been laid for quite some time though @mcuban.bsky.social - albeit I’m not disagreeing with you… I agree 100% but I think the circle entitled to this so called monopoly is already closed…

His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani inaugurated "Fanar," the Arab AI initiative. Qatar Computing Research Inst at Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni & Ministry of Communications & Information Tech, aims to bolster the global prominence of the Arabic language in AI technologies

We made history here this morning at World Summit AI

In the presence of His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the World Summit AI Qatar 2024 commenced today at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center.

Excited to be attending the World Summit AI Qatar happening on December 10-11! 🌍
A huge thanks to @saraheporter.bsky.social 🦋, Founder/CEO of InspiredMinds, for organizing this incredible event.
Your vision for innovation is inspiring! 🙌