Sitting in a playground at Walter Reed waiting for friend to get out of appt. Very cute navy doctor walks past. Stops. Comes back. Ogles hideous sponge bob coffee cup my dad gave me.
“Ma’am, I just wanted to inform you that is the ugliest coffee cup I have ever seen.” /1
Me: <<hold up cup, turns around>> “Did you see the other side? It’s impossibly ugly from every angle.”
Visibly confused navy doctor walks on. Stops. Comes back.
“But you know that it’s horrible.”
Me: <<drinks slowly from gawdy cup>> “Yes, that’s actually the point of it.”/2
So confused. “But it’s really terrible.”
Me: “Did you see the font? That might be the worst part.” /3
“I don’t understand.”
“I think you’re overthinking it. Besides these pineapple sunglasses 🍍 🕶 have a lot going for them.” /4
“No one would wear those.”
“My colorblind father who dresses primarily in Hawaiian shirts would absolutely wear them while drinking beer out of this cup.”
Gets closer. “Is it photos or a drawing?! It’s so confusing.”
“Yes it is an absolute abuse of mixed media art forms.” /5
Audible thinking wheels turning in head. “I mean it would be better if the sunglasses were mirrors, instead of just the steel.”
Me: “yeah, that would be better.”
“Ok ma’am, you have a great day with that monstrosity.” Walks off. /6
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The real story of the “young” far-right M*G* “manhood”-heads is that none of them finished college — actually many never even went — because they were hand picked & cultivated via a right wing radicalization pipeline that has been deliberately built over the past 3 decades /1
The whole point of grabbing enthusiastic high school kids is that by giving them a vague position with pay and connection to authority, they are totally dependent on you and more likely to become unquestioning zealots of whatever ideology — also they can never leave /2
They have no education, no real experience, they can’t alienate whoever chose them or elevated them to edgelord because they have no skills and can easily be blacklisted from the gravy train /3
“Russia is bogged down in Ukraine & can’t do anything else” 🙄
Russia has used the Wagner turnkey resource theft model in Africa to help fund its war against 🇺🇦
This isn’t the first coup/attempted coup they have backed or benefitted from in Sudan /1
Russia has stolen (likely billions of dollars of gold) from Sudan. This CNN report from last year documents a flight that attempted to smuggle a ton of gold — as cookies — a few days after the war started /2
Astonishingly malicious BS against Estonia in this, sourced as west dip complaints
Estonia:
-sent huge amounts of its own new defensive equipment rapidly to help 🇺🇦
-sent functional needed equip
-has given more (as % def budget) than any other ally /1
The facts in the linked piece are simply incorrect.
Additionally, they do not include the absolute outpouring of civilian Estonian support, including crowdfunded/donated body armor, uniforms, ambulances, fire trucks, vehicles, medical supplies, other gear /2
Estonians — individuals, organizations, businesses — have donated hundreds and hundreds of vehicles to Ukraine.
Their military & civilian reserves are fully activated in support of the war in Ukraine.
They have expanded their defense budget and trained more reserves /3
Twitter was powerful was bc real valuable information—from historians, revolutionaries, reformers, emergencies, issue experts, OSINT, what have you—could come from ground level & have breakthru influence
Now it will just be another elite influence box crowding out real people /1
It is being re-engineered so you only see what the guy in charge thinks is important, with a back door for whoever is willing to pay to piggyback the same system, but 👆 story is important because even if you pay, you don’t have advantage
Advantage comes only from patronage /2
This has already changed how we get information about actually important things that matter.
We won’t see how disruptive this was until years on /3
Yeah we wouldn’t want anyone to take a moral stance against internal repression in their own country or external imperialist ambitions & the mass slaughter of civilians in a war of aggression. We’re just here to provide a soft normalization of Putin’s worldview, says hockey.
Maybe @NHLBlackhawks should think about tens of thousands of Ukrainian, Polish, Georgian, Baltic, and other former-captive-nation descended Americans who have made their home in Chicago, only to see this Moscow-pandering drivel. The team should invite them in, talk about history.
Like many Washingtonians I grumble about the state of repair of the older terminal in Dulles and the moonbuses to everywhere — and then I get rerouted through Newark and remember Dulles is like a palace, the moonbuses a litter born by oiled centurions.
Newark has added new furniture to replace normal gate seating — modern looking tables and chairs — only they are bolted to the floor like prison furniture. 👍
Welcome to Newark, please stare into this camera and surf the internet for free on a tablet mounted to a prison table
Your privacy settings are deeeeeeeeeeeefinitely guaranteed here on this free, sticky tablet