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Plane Carrying Duterte Lands in Netherlands After ICC Arrest
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-12/plane-carrying-duterte-lands-in-netherlands-after-icc-arrest?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Since RFK is all about the science (hah!), let's give him the measles and see if his immunity is still strong.

Seriously, if you've got plans to come to the United States this year on a matter which is not absolutely essential, please cancel the ticket and get a refund.

If they're non-refundable, still ... consider the lost money a small price to pay for your safety.

The risks are too great right now.

Reminder, the U.S. government shuts down Friday night if the Republicans don't figure out how to fund it.

Also, House Republicans who demanded an end to remote work are planning on ending their work week on a Tuesday.

Back when #Swasticar launched the #Cybertruck, #Musk said it would be waterproof enough that you could briefly use it as a boat. It turns out that you should NOT try this at home. https://electrek.co/2025/03/11/tesla-cybertruck-sank-when-launching-a-jetski-after-musk-said-you-could-use-the-truck-as-a-boat/

Trump has accomplished two things:
1) United the world in hatred of Trump.
2) Made other countries seem infinitely better than they ever seemed before.

We should be more scared of measles. Worth noting that things are going downhill so quickly, I now need to update these videos in the days between recording and posting. In this case, a 2nd person died & the father of the dead child has announced he's still anti-vax. https://skepchick.org/2025/03/we-should-be-more-scared-of-measles/

Whatta fuckin moron. I like what was done with the font on the Russian asset’s name.

#ProLifeMyAss

Via Kyle Griffin:

The #Trump admin has suspended a federal program that provided free at-home #COVID testing.

⚡️Musk calls Sen. Mark Kelly a 'traitor' over Ukraine trip, Kelly pushes back.

"Elon, if you don't understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do," Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly wrote.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/musk-calls-sen-mark-kelly-a-traitor-over-ukraine-trip-kelly-pushes-back/

Does your campus have a policy or process for No-Confidence votes for admin/senior leadership? Our Academic Policy & Planning Senate Committee, which I chair, was tasked with developing a policy for our campus. I've found a few good examples. If you have a policy/process, please post here or DM me

This is so beautiful. The US state of Kentucky overwhelmingly voted for Trump, and now Trump has caused a trade war with Canada in which Canada has retaliated by removing all bourbon from Kentucky’s distilleries, threatening a USD 9 billion industry and 23,000 jobs.

You wanted "America First” — now enjoy the aftertaste!

https://www.businessinsider.com/kentucky-bourbon-makers-upset-canada-yanking-bottles-off-shelves-trade-2025-3

As a veteran, I've never had a woke person interfere with my military benefits.

But an unelected billionaire just decided to fire 80,000 employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs and shut down specialized veterans medical care and kill crisis assistance to veterans across the entire nation.

The US has completely lost their mind.

This failed by only 9 votes. NINE.

Once more I suit up in biohazard gear and slip into the dark realms of the orange leader's mind:

"Well, tariffs are good. They may cause some pain to some people for some time but not too long. Probably just a few weeks. Maybe even days or only hours. I invented those, you know--days and hours--before I thought them up we only had weeks. But I think so fast that I needed smaller chunks of time so I could get more done and that's why I thought up days and hours.

What? Why do I keep turning the tariffs on and off? Hah! For once a good question from a reporter. Talk to me later--we might have a job for you. A lot of people think I can't make up my mind but really it's all about money. I'm the president so I can tell one lie and make the stock market drop, and then I tell another lie and make it go back up. It's like a yoyo and I'm holding the string. Every time it goes down, me and my billionaire friends buy stocks. Then I make it go back up and we sell the same stocks. So think of the tariffs as strings and I'm pulling and dropping and the millions just rain down. I don't really give a shit about tariffs. I mean they are great, but right now I just use them to get richer.

What? No we're not saving any money by firing government employees. We're just doing that to show we're in charge and we can do whatever we want. Remember I used to have a TV show and I fired people. It was fun. Also we're going to do another humungous tax cut for rich people so firing people makes it look like we're saving billions. Whaddya mean you've gotta go? Your canned oxygen is running out? What the hell does that mean? Hey, come back here! I've got more stuff to talk about!"

Another harrowing interview by your intrepid reporter. It's not easy getting the inside dope from a dope, let me tell you!

EU sends more troops to Bosnia as Russia defends Serb leader

The EU is boosting the size of its peacekeeping mission in Bosnia after recently convicted Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik banned state-level institutions in Serb regions, sparking separatist fears.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-sends-troops-to-bosnia-as-russia-defends-serb-leader/

Halifax NS is looking for citizen input on social media.

They're thinking of dropping X/Twitter and shifting to BlueSky.

This is your chance to affect some change. Tell them Mastodon is where you want them. No oligarchs putting their thumbs on the scale, it's been here for years and is stable, no corporate enshitification cycle.

Tell them if they have to go BlueSky, bridge the muni account to Mastodon and the Fediverse.

https://www.halifax.ca/home/surveys

#Halifax #nspoli #NovaScotia

Read ‘em and weep.

The image to the Beast.

Scary stuff. There was a huge Nazi sympathizer contingent in the US before WW II, even in the State Department. It’s never really gone away.

We’re seeing its resurgence. 😳