[#GiftLink] #Anne_Applebaum's conclusion is precise: #Trump doesn't connect what he does on one day to what happens weeks later. Allied leaders have drawn their conclusions. #Therupture, as #MarkCarney called it, isn't coming. It already happened.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/trump-iran-war-allies/686423/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3wsM-mNGvnN32f98z3zNons&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

The Atlantic
As a Christian can I also say I'd be chuffed if all the right wing christo-nationalist nutjobs went to their own special place today. #TheRupture #TheRapture #Rapture
Then 2 more in The Rupture. I used to work at a costume store in my 20s, and this is the first story I've written about that place: https://www.therupturemag.com/rupture/septifluous
#therupture #shortfiction #litjournal
Septifluous β€” The Rupture

Will VanDenBerg I met a man while working at a costume shop. We were both seasonal help, hired ahead of Halloween. At an all-staff meeting in early September, we sat on carpeted stairs and listened to our manager go through the hard and fast rules: Show up for your shift, no stealing, no drinking t

The Rupture