i wonder how much time in any given day he spends thinking about trans people. i wonder how long he could go in a regular conversation without being transphobic

he has completely destroyed his own life lol

would be funny if the uk went down like the ussr, with england being the first to leave

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yeah i am surprised they ran the piece at all. the archive link doesn’t have the comments on it so i can’t see what the nyt crowd thinks of it but the response on twitter has been roundly negative even from people who claim they are pro-ukraine. one, two

it was very interesting that they wrote that they are “finding it hard to recruit young men” with no followup on why that might be or what they are doing to get young men in the military

Expecting on the Front Lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s Military by the NYT

Ukraine’s military is finding it hard to recruit young men as the war with Russia grinds on, but women — all volunteers — are a bright spot. The number of women serving has grown more than 20 percent to about 70,000 since Russia’s invasion in 2022.

Those who become pregnant often serve in tough conditions under relentless shelling, living without heat in the winter, or running water and proper toilets.

While the U.S. Army and many other militaries remove pregnant soldiers from combat zones, Ukrainian women usually serve until their seventh month. And that is in a military that doctors and soldiers say is ill-equipped to support them — from uniforms that don’t fit pregnant women, to a lack of prenatal care and nurseries — amid the costs and challenges of fighting the war.

The Ukrainian military did not respond to questions about how many women were pregnant or had given birth in the ranks, or about prenatal care for soldiers.

wuxia and kung fu movies tend to do well in group settings in my experience. people like watching badass stuntmen do amazing martial arts and nearly die. as far as emotional movies i think royal tenenbaums and some other wes andersons have some emotional heft without being so heavy that people won’t want to come. the holdovers is another one like that and also has a holiday theme so it might be good for later in november

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVDBchX_oMk i have found a copy on youtube, but without english subtitles

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death/ an older man, who had had a stroke and was likely in the early stages of dementia, died when he tried to visit an AI in new york. he repeatedly had asked the bot if it was real and it always said it was. the story also talks about how these facebook chatbots are basically grooming machines. somebody should really do something about zuck and meta

the guy claiming in that thread claiming that what is happening to uighurs is “worse than being killed” has me laughing in disbelief. childlike argumentation tactics

according to gallup, 69% of ukrainians now favor negotiations to end the war as soon as possible and only 24% want to “fight until victory.” only 25% of ukrainians expect the war to end within the next year

Hilarious fearmongering from the economist: “Iran is flooding the Gulf with foodstuffs. Nine out of ten aubergines, tomatoes and watermelons imported by the UAE are of Persian origin. Oman and Qatar are also being targeted. This is the most spectacular invasion you have never heard of”

my god, someone PLEASE step up to save the Qataris from Persian tomatoes!!

not sure if the aerial footage of gaza that has been filmed over the last couple days has been shared here yet. what i have seen of it is harrowing and this clip from itv sums up the grim scenes:

“Gaza is being erased … Israel tried to restrict images from above being filmed or shown … This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it’s not, it’s this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations”

words are inadequate to describe the horror of this genocide, the worst crime of the 21st century and certainly among the worst of the last 100 years

Things are great for the US economy at the moment:

“May’s estimated 144,000 net gain [in jobs] was revised down by 125,000 to 19,000; and June’s preliminary tally of 147,000 was slashed by 133,000 to 14,000, according to data released Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics … the meager job gains in June were the weakest since December 2020, the last time the labor market had monthly job losses. The pace of job creation seen so far this year is the weakest in decades, outside of recessions … Health care and social assistance, which added 73,300 jobs, accounted for the entirety of [July]’s gains.”

I’m sure the big beautiful bill’s cuts to health care and social services will make things even better

https://xcancel.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1950811690171318541#m Chris Smalls released from Israeli prison

https://xcancel.com/dylanali_/status/1950231576630972680#m eddington (2025) ass country

i dont think ive ever heard a single policy plan from starmer that wasn’t mealy mouthed, ghoulish, and also delivered or worded terribly. just in terms of his skills as a politician, he might be the worst head of government in the western world. it’s kind of impressive, like scoring a perfect 0 on a multiple choice test

Chris Smalls, cofounder of the union for amazon workers, was on the latest Freedom Flotilla for Gaza and has been severely beaten by Israeli cops in detention. Smalls, who is Black, was the only abducted member of the crew to suffer such violence. he and the other activists are on a hunger strike https://xcancel.com/GazaFFlotilla/status/1950053773835108448#m

oh yeah he was absolutely involved with epstein’s crimes, i just think him calling it a “privilege” to go to the island is telling

Trump today: “I never had the privilege of going to [Epstein’s] island”