Trump’s war has backfired spectacularly: Iran is now more influential than ever | Fawaz Gerges Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme, says Fawaz Gerges of the LSE

Gerges' piece here seems to sum up what is now the accepted wisdom about the Iran War among Iran analysts. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes" , Sun Tzu

A painting of a bird beside the text "i'd love it if today could be just a little less fucked up"

we can do better #resist #payattention

The Black Punk Scene Is Thriving Black-led bands are reclaiming the genre and creating a refuge for queer people of color.

Reading this makes me SO incredibly happy. I feel like the spirit of Black and Brown punk fest and Black Dot Fest is living on in the city.

southsideweekly.com/the-black-pu...

I talk a lot about Elon Musk as someone who left, at minimum, hundreds of thousands of children to die. It is by far his most significant legacy, even if you give him some credit for innovation with Starlink, etc.

These people are in charge.

it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter

They didn’t just double tap. They hunted her like an animal. First they sent her death threats. They struck her, then followed her to where she tried to take shelter & struck her there. They struck the rescue workers who came for her & only after hours, after she died, did they allow retrieval

had an annoying af friend who spent 20 minutes “studying” in london and came back all *her ladyship* and I was all “yer from akron, bish” but I liked that aluminium

ignominious
duplicitous
exacerbate
obsequious
interlocutor
aluminum (brit pronunciation)

you have to ask yourself

toast up some popcorn

Query successful Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian BREAKING: IRAN SAYS IT DOES NOT KNOW WHO IS CURRENTLY IN CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES chris evans @notcapnamerica B!TCH WE DONT EITHER

We're NOT okay

I think people believe I’m going out of my way when I point out the police are a problem, but no the police are going out of their way to keep highlighting how they’re a problem.

🌎💚 56 years ago today the first ever Earth Day was organized. Months later, the EPA was established, and by the end of 1972, the Clean Water Act was passed and DDT was banned. To learn more about Earth Day and what you can do to care for our planet, please visit 👇

www.earthday.org

Sources say that if Kash Patel cannot stop binge drinking and spending taxpayer dollars on his personal travel, Donald Trump is prepared to fire the highest ranking woman at the FBI.

happy earth day, suckers

A smart looking Blue Whistling Thrush (black billed variety) at Doi Inthanon National Park Thailand. Usually quite secretive this one posed for a few minutes. Much larger than our thrushes. #birds #birding #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography #naturephotography

White supremacist propagandist Tucker Carlson says he’s sorry for the role he played in helping the orange felon acquire power and that it torments him.

Apology not accepted you treasonous hateful scumbag Russian agent. You don’t get to take any of it back, you own it forever.

lookit this punk #punkrockbirdwatching

git him girl, go go go

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

Iran going after Bsky is a genuinely funny waste of resources.

Tracee Ellis Ross delivered a #CupOfJoe full of real truth for women.

Emotions are not the problem.
Especially your anger.

Your anger carries truth, history, & wisdom.

Healing starts when you stop silencing yourself & start paying attention.

“bugfuck” tho

fck this guy