@monkeyninja Remember "weird" & how hard it hit? Ridicule is one of the most powerful weapons against the self-righteous. They️ need an image of themselves as arbiters of normalcy & seriousness - they're basically Jorge from Eco's "Name of the Rose", telling people to stop laughing because the truth tastes of death. To which William of Baskerville responds that he should be tarred & feathered & paraded as a bufoon so people could laugh at his small-minded selfrighteousness.

@nichni Ja, det er en god parallel! Siden The Apprentice har han været absurd optaget af ratings.@kmdk @henrikmillinge

@blogdiva The joy If Greta wins the prize. The celebration. The orange rage

@Nonilex Maybe it's about time to *actually* disrupt federal ops, i.e. a general strike...

@jwcph @AudioTinker @benroyce That might be the most concise and accurate explanation of Trump's rise and continuing support that I have ever seen.

@MaryAustinBooks Agreed. Brilliant work by Johnson here.

@Nonilex So... to make sure it *is* flowing through race-based contracting, i.e. in favor of white people, specifically. Like, literally that's what he's saying when he says that; how else would they do this? Not that it helps but somebody should pro'lly confront these fucks about that.

Entitling his commentary "Bulging Biceps Don’t Win Modern Wars," Paul Krugman writes,"Hegseth’s speech was morally vile. It was also, however, profoundly stupid. Hegseth seems to have gotten his ideas about what an effective military looks like by watching the movie 300."#Trump #Hegseth #military #ToxicMasculinity #misogyny #racism #DEI #woke #stupidity/16https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bulging-biceps-dont-win-modern-wars

Already, the remarks by #Trump & #Hegseth are drawing criticism from former #military officials. “I couldn’t be prouder of our highest ranking leaders for maintaining an #apolitical face under immense pressure,” said retired Army Maj. General Paul D. Eaton.He added, “#PeteHegseth spent millions to fly in all of our generals & admirals to rant about facial hair & brag about how many pull-ups he can do, & have Donald Trump sleepwalk through a list of partisan gripes.”[that sums it up well]🧵

"But scaring parents out of giving an infant a fever reducer is absurdly dangerous, as high fevers can lead to seizures and dehydration, and not treating them can cause more harm—which is why actual doctors are aghast at Trump's latest medical disinformation."#Trump #Tylenol #women #pregnancy #children #science #medicine /3

"I keep coming back to the fact that, for the likes of Trump and RFK and the MAHA movement as a whole, women’s suffering during pregnancy isn’t a bug. It’s a feature. It’s the proper order of things. It’s natural. And all the better if the ways we suffer in pregnancy and childbirth and subsequently post-partum take women out of the games historically reserved for rank male dominance."~ Kate Manne#Trump #RFKJr #women #children #autism #authoritarianism /13https://katemanne.substack.com/p/the-trump-administration-wants-pregnant

@hanse_mina Of course a responsible press would include in the headline that there is no such organisation...

"As Walter Ong writes in his book Orality and Literacy, certain kinds of complex and logical thinking simply cannot be achieved without reading and writing. ...As books die, we seem to be returning to these 'oral' habits of thought. Our discourse is collapsing into panic, hatred and tribal warfare. Anti-scientific thought thrives at the highest level of the American government."#Trump #MAGA #fascism #education #illiteracy /9