We totally control the Strait of Hormuz, everything’s fine, declares the US. Tanker around Hormuz hit by an RPG fired from a small boat, reports the UK Maritime Trade Operations office. Underwriting ships is 7.5% now—compared to 0.15% pre-war—if you really want to try it, say insurance companies.

Show Post

FS1 just played Kickstart My Heart with 2 minutes to go. Thats not when you play that.

Show Post

also I think the mafioso instinct is more to divide up territory than compete for it, the rival mafiosos are the only people who can validate their own status. in theory they’re all kinda in it together. it’s just that they’re dumb and stupid and greedy so you get feuds and wars between them too

Show Post

I think this is one of the bigger questions about how the world works today, and an answer can be found by accepting that they believe their own BS. If wokeness is an immensely powerful, terribly awful force, then Putin is an ally, champion, and model in the transnational struggle against it.

Show Post

Turns out the “censorship industrial complex” was less a criticism than an aspiration

Show Post