Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Drones, missiles, soldiers’ salaries: How Russia can spend Trump’s oil sanctions windfall -- Russia unveils plans to resettle occupied Ukrainian territories -- Russia slams 'EU warmongers' for not backing Trump's ['Comrade Krasnov'] war against its ally -- Russia unveils plans to resettle occupied Ukrainian territories ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/wednesday-march-18-2026/

Integratory
This is where the most interesting part is for me. For example, where they have renovated Hare's questionnaires, and posited that #psychopaths are born, and that #sociopaths are made by the environment, but that both are not CATEGORICAL, but rather DIMENSIONAL, and composed of several traits, along which people may vary.

An additional approach is to use the highly validated OCEAN scales, and postulate that #psychopathy is just settings on the OCEAN scales.

@carrieberry
People without #empathy are #Sociopaths.

#SerialKillers are Sociopaths.

...and our government is being run by Sociopaths who have bombed 10 countries in 13 months, put antivax ideologues in charge of our health, ended all foreign aid programs, decimated SNAP benefits, and fired tens of thousands of government workers with no regard for how it might affect the people they serve.

@AmandaMarcotte

Sociopaths, which includes narcissists, never mature past a childlike level. Never. Would you trust an eight-year-old to make wartime decisions involving the entire US military?

"Hegseth’s rhetoric is so alarming that it sometimes eclipses how he also can come across like an eight-year-old boy inventing dialogue for the villain in his G.I. Joe game."

#narcissism #pathocracy #sociopaths

DOGE staffer used ChatGPT to flag LGBTQ+ government grants

Depositions reveal how a Trump efficiency team used AI to help scan federal grant descriptions for diversity language.

Advocate.com
‘Charismatic and extremely confident’: how to recognise – and handle – a psychopath

Psychologist Leanne ten Brinke has spent decades studying toxic personality traits. What are the red flags to look out for among workmates, politicians and potential partners?

The Guardian

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Putin, Trump discuss Iran war, Ukraine in phone call -- Ukraine's Flamingo missile maker promises FP-9 ballistics will reach Moscow -- Russian hackers target Signal, WhatsApp in global cyber campaign -- Ukraine accuses Hungary of physical and psychological pressure on detained bank staff ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/tuesday-march-10-2026/

My wife sent me this link yesterday. I read it, and is my tendency, I tried to understand the Epstein class, as the one-percenters are now coming to be called. This morning I asked her, “Do any of them have a conscience? Does a voice creep into their heads in the middle of the night, causing them to worry about whether they really have any real friends or true connections in this world?”

“No,” she replied. “They only fear losing their connection to their network.”

#Epstein #EpsteinClass #Sociopaths

https://the.ink/p/epsteins-network-of-bystanders

Epstein's network of bystanders

In the first chapter of our Epstein Class series, we dig into the elite culture that enabled so much abuse: obsessive network maintenance, "optionality" chasing, and the evaporation of courage

The.Ink

I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE AGREE that #CaptBoneSpurs was disturbingly cavalier about the fact "American troops were likely to die" as a result of his unprovoked attack upon #Iran. #Israel is already suffering casualties, and 3 U.S. troops (so far) are dead.

Typical #GOP lack of #empathy. #Sociopaths

Which member of YOUR family would you be willing to sacrifice in exchange for #RegimeChange in Iran?

“The global human rights system is in peril,” wrote #HRW executive director Philippe Bolopion. “Under relentless pressure from US President Donald Trump, and persistently undermined by China and Russia, the rules-based international order is being crushed.”

https://www.dw.com/en/global-human-rights-system-is-in-peril-says-hrw/a-75752763

#tyrants #dictators #DemocracyNOW #oppression #sociopaths #BoycottUSA

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'Global human rights system is in peril,' says HRW

In its annual report, Human Rights Watch warned that civil rights are under threat globally since the reelection of US President Trump. It called on democratic countries to respond but also highlighted issues in Germany.

Deutsche Welle