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Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi: Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation. Iran knows how to neutralize restrictions, how to defend its interests, and how to resist bullying - Post on X.

I want to highlights this part of @beyerstein.bsky.social's piece:

"Being the toll booth operator would give Iran *greater global influence* than it would with nuclear weapons. Lots of countries have nukes, but only Iran has Hormuz.

"All this thanks to the hubris of Trump and Netanyahu."

The lede, @beyerstein.bsky.social ! Poetry.

this isn't a deranged public "commendation" letter by the President to the outgoing Tim Cook, it is instead a thinly disguised message to other large companies, soliciting bribes from them and instructing them about the acceptable way to behave.
IMO Trump views lobbyists as eating his lunch.

A Primer on Just War Theory and the Iran War Leading scholar explains just war theory and the Iran war. An assessment of the Trump administration's response to the Catholic Church.

Super useful. A Primer on Just War Theory and the Iran War at www.justsecurity.org/136692/just-...

“ 'I can’t conceive of the fact that a woman could be treated like slaughterhouse meat. Because in the end, that’s what I was,'Valentina said, [after] discovering videos that her husband of 20 years had filmed – showing him abusing her after he had drugged her with alcohol and sedatives. "

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

“We worry about who’s coming behind us, walking down the street, or who’s even friending us on Facebook. You know, we worry about going to our car late at night in a car park, but we don't worry about who you lie next to. I didn't realize I had to,” Watts said.
www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Ironically, I haven't always objected to the idea of national service. Until the techbros started suggesting it

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

apnews.com/article/sout... Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants

Forbes Prediction Market Gamifies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children Forbes launched ForbesPredict in January as part of an effort to reverse declining traffic from search engines and keep users on its website longer.

"In another sign that the depravity economy has no bottom, Forbes published a story about a Louisiana man that killed 8 children over the weekend containing a box that asked readers to predict whether Congress would do anything about gun control.'"
www.404media.co/forbes-predi...

Fighting Peter Thiel, too

Oh dayum. Was about to go in on my ageism/misogyny rant about why Mills trails Platner. but this doesn't support my position.

Oh dayum. Was about to go in on my ageism/misogyny rant about why Mills trails Platner. but this...

Came here to say that

Made me laugh so LOUD they could hear me in my wife's Zoom mtg next door. Thanks!

Forbes Prediction Market Gamifies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children Forbes launched ForbesPredict in January as part of an effort to reverse declining traffic from search engines and keep users on its website longer.

"In another sign that the depravity economy has no bottom, Forbes published a story about a Louisiana man that killed 8 children over the weekend containing a box that asked readers to predict whether Congress would do anything about gun control.'"
www.404media.co/forbes-predi...

Breaking: Hints of Trump On Imminent Brink Of Next Invasion? His Next Target May Be Closer Than You Think

"Puerto Rico’s Governor Jenniffer González-Colón, a Republican and longtime Trump ally, could not be reached for comment. Her office directed inquiries to her Florida residence."
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Thank you!!!

A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That’s Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale A PR firm is running a strange AI-fueled plagiarism mill that's ripping off — and mangling — a huge amount of local and national reporting.

"The site lifted quotes from The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and a Texas station that had reported on a child's death. Harrison Dupré tried counting the articles published in a single day and lost track around 300."
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Filicide (n.) What happened in Louisiana yesterday