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Musk blocking Russia’s drones from using Starlink has delivered ‘enormous’ boost to Ukraine, says frontline general
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/starlink-russia-ukraine-andrii-biletski-elon-musk-b2926280.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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If only the stupid cockwomble would make his fucking mind up whose side he's on.
#arsehole #chaos
Gov Abigail #Spanberger of Virginia framed the #Democratic Party’s rebuttal to Trump’s #SOTU address around 3 questions: Is he making life more affordable? Is he keeping Americans safe? And is he working on Americans’ behalf?
Spanberger, who took office last month, argued that on all 3 counts, the answer was no.
“Is the president working for you?” she asked before a supportive crowd in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. “We all know the answer is no.”
#Trump #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/spanberger-democratic-response-trump-sotu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Spanberger’s speech — & the selection of her to deliver it — signaled how #Democratic leaders want the party to be viewed in Trump’s second term: sober & serious officials who understand voters’ economic plight.
A #moderate who is coming off a landslide election victory in #Virginia, #Spanberger gave a safe speech that struck the political notes #Democrats are aiming to press — that #Trump has hurt the economy & sowed #chaos with his policies.
The meme’s brackets & asterisks—never has punctuation been so eloquent—seemed to step in where words failed.
Recent years have been boom times for #language that is inarticulate on purpose. *Vibe* has become a diagnosis; *chaos* has become an all-purpose condition. Dictionaries have highlighted, as their words of the year, *brain rot* & *post-truth* & an emoji caught between laughter & tears. But [gestures around] might be the term of the decade.
The tweet promptly went viral, partly for what it said—the idea of #Bowie as cosmic load bearer was, as explanations go, absurd & amusing & plausible—but mostly for what it didn’t. ∗Gestures broadly at everything∗ was a punch line to a joke that was all too familiar. It turned #overwhelm into a knowing melodrama. Soon, people…were posting, emailing, & texting their own versions of Loewy’s stage-whispered aside: [gestures wildly at everything]; <gestures vaguely at everything>; [gestures around].
The meme’s brackets & asterisks—never has punctuation been so eloquent—seemed to step in where words failed.
Recent years have been boom times for #language that is inarticulate on purpose. *Vibe* has become a diagnosis; *chaos* has become an all-purpose condition. Dictionaries have highlighted, as their words of the year, *brain rot* & *post-truth* & an emoji caught between laughter & tears. But [gestures around] might be the term of the decade.
“Pure tariff #chaos🚨from the US admin,” Eur Parl’s CMTE on INTL Trade -B Lange.
“Do new #tariffs -not constitute a breach of the deal?🚨No one knows whether the US will adhere to it -or even be able to *clarity & legal certainty: needed before -further steps: taken.”
Lange will propose🚨suspending the implementation of the US-EU trade deal...
The EU Comm issued a stmt Sun noting that🚨“a deal is a deal” -expected the US" to honor its commits.
#Lawless #Kakistocracy #USPol
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/trump-15percent-global-tariff-europe-eu-uk-reaction.html
“Pure tariff #chaos🚨from the US admin,” Eur Parl’s CMTE on INTL Trade -B Lange.
“Do new #tariffs -not constitute a breach of the deal?🚨No one knows whether the US will adhere to it -or even be able to *clarity & legal certainty: needed before -further steps: taken.”
Lange will propose🚨suspending the implementation of the US-EU trade deal...
The EU Comm issued a stmt Sun noting that🚨“a deal is a deal” -expected the US" to honor its commits.
#Lawless #Kakistocracy #USPol
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/trump-15percent-global-tariff-europe-eu-uk-reaction.html
