Oh boy. So at no point could Sparta be considered a superpower, which has global connotations and was first coined in the 1940s, or a nation. And it's position as a regional hegemon lasted roughly 30 years until they were rekt (to use a highly technical term) by the Thebans. 1/9

This photo is not real. It is generated by AI. Expect a lot more of this during this election cycle.

Many suburbanites benefit from implicit housing & transportation subsidies as well as unpriced environmental externalities. Also homevoters in low-density, high-amenity urban neighborhoods refuse to allow more housing, driving up rents. All policy/political choices.

in Mein Kampf Hitler praised American Jim Crow laws, and after the Nazis came to power they intensively studied the US legal model for inspiration. When they reviewed the "one-drop rule" they considered it be too harsh

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i remember this one

When Americans go on vacation, they like places to conveniently walk or bike around, and yet many of those same people will oppose this walkable urbanism in their own hometowns.

So many people in this country live in a position where one tragic event or one medical emergency could put them in the same position as this man but refuse to be bothered by it until it affects them.

When Biden sends "aid" to apartheid Israel, this is what he means:

this is the woman who reported the teacher to the florida state department of education btw. why do they all look like this

The NIMBY paradox

hollywood will get good again if they give coke and steroids to more autistic guys

what you sound like

Provincial government of Jujuy, Argentina: will you help us build a solar power pl— The United States: no Jujuy, Argentina: will you help us build a s— Europe: no Jujuy, Argentina: will you help us build a solar power plant? China: sure

On the eve of a jury trial, Exxon settled charges that it used the Indonesian army to brutally torture 11 villagers who challenged a company gas project. The victim below had his eye gouged out. A win for human rights. Despicable that it took two decades. bbc.com/news/world-asi…

He's just a little guy

This app is fucking stupid now. Eat shit and die Elon. Also I no longer am Chef for a living. I sell medical cannabis now, still get to make people happy everyday but I don't have to work for alcoholic narcissists.

Do I remember? I never forgot

500 days sober from drinking. 500 days to come to terms with how much of an asshole I was and how many friends I've lost due to it.