Betty C. JungWell... he might actually have peaked with "Strictly Ballroom" (one of my absolute favorite movies)
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European leaders have refused to get involved directly in the US and Israeli military operation against Iran, wary of getting sucked into an unpredictable conflict which is unpopular with their own citizens and whose aims they do not fully understand.
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James GleickUnderappreciated story: Trump and Bondi have decided to disregard the constitutional requirement that US Attorneys require Senate confirmation. In state after state they install unqualified apparatchiks, and it's up to the courts to discover that these stooges are serving illegally.
Which the courts have done, again and again. But the Trump regime simply ignores the courts and the law. All the work of these US Attorneys' offices is at risk. (1/2)
Qasim Rashid, Esq.In just over 1 year Trump has:
•Bombed 8 countries
•Perpetuated genocide in Gaza
•Stolen Venezuela's oil
•Blocked all oil to Cuba, sending Cuba into catastrophic & deadly energy shortages
•Cut USAID, which has already killed 700K people
•Bombed Iran & spiked a global fuel prices
•Eased sanctions on Russian oil & given Russia hundreds of millions
Meanwhile at home groceries are more expensive, unemployment is rising, manufacturing is collapsing, & democracy is in shambles.
Are we great yet?🧐
Mother Bones#Via Better Things Are Possible / internethippo
10:30 AM · Mar 17, 2026
"Today I am quitting my job working for Mr Trump because I just found out he's stupid. It has been the privilege of my life to work for this dipshit, who I would die for."
RE: https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/116240159904049378
Truly I'd've expected it to be a lot older (and a little further south)
MostlyHarmless
Emily VelascoI keep seeing articles like this, about how people choosing to drink less is hurting bars and restaurants, and it's almost always framed as people, especially younger generations, don't like to drink.
They never seem to bring up the fact that a cocktail is like $20 now unless you go to a really divey dive bar. It's the same kind of reporting they on how no one goes to the movies anymore. It's always about changing habits, and never that movie tickets just cost a lot now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/dining/us-alcohol-restaurants.html
CyberlyraTen years ago, Cambridge Analytica used data from Facebook games to tweak UK and US voters and torque world geopolitics.
Today we find out that the company behind Pokémon Go used all your data finding Pikachus to teach autonomous robots how to navigate and take away your jobs.
https://www.popsci.com/technology/pokemon-go-delivery-robots-crowdsourcing/
