Is it even worth pointing out that it's a violation of the UN Charter to threaten to attack a sovereign country? That there is zero justification, moral or legal, for what Trump is doing? Does anybody even care, or does the U.S. just claim the infinite right to kill and destroy?

Genocidal intent is the “only reasonable inference” from the RSF assault on El Fasher, says UN independent fact-finding mission. Investigators cite ethnically targeted killings, rape and starvation tactics against Zaghawa and Fur communities. news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

Read this before you weigh in on nationalism. Nations, races, "peoples"--any grouping larger than that which can be bounded by regular, direct contact between its members--are imagined communities. They're social constructs, and belief in them is the product of socialization.

Someone once said that the closest a secular liberal (like me) can get to entering the headspace of someone going on crusade is to imagine being in a column marching south to end slavery while singing the Battle Hymn.

Harry got so much heat for being into a BPD black chick when this was going on.

Lol, fuck it let's do it

I'm reminded of anecdotes from thr Sri Lankan Civil War of children being reassured by the idea that, if they were to be killed, their parents would be killed with them.

You are an Anglo-Saxon. Act like it. Abandon the cities because they're haunted. Pay half your yearly income in ransom to the Danes. Refuse to develop a military based around the twin innovations of the stirrup and the castle. Write really emo poetry. Stop using rhyme.

1. Here's a thread that takes a close look at the thread of Gabriel Epstein I should say that I haven't tried to replicate the work but, knowing Gabriel, I'd be very surprised if anything is factually wrong. So my thread is about interpretations.

Western nations let the Rapid Support Forces’ genocide in Sudan’s El Fasher proceed because they refused to call out the United Arab Emirates for arming the killers   trib.al/YFoXTYr

Our pedo president is about to start a war to distract from the scandal and possibly because they have worse dirt on him.

You wake up. It's the Cincinnati Zoo, May 28, 2016. You're staring down the sights of your rifle at a sweet, innocent ape playing with a human toddler. You take your finger off the trigger. This future must not be allowed to come to pass.

No war with Iran.

Must be particularly frustrating when you're days away from starting a war in the region.

No War for Epstein

Remote workers after receiving a "are you available for a quick call?" notification during their mid day nap

The vibe in America right now is "going out of business sale" except everything is somehow more expensive

Start a new U.K. political party called 'Reconquer!' with a milquetoast social democratic platform.

And then the entire population of Chicago descended upon one user. (Fortunately, the population was very small.)