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Cake day: May 17th, 2025

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  • Israel dropped 10 missiles in Doha, Qatar in September 2025, targeting the senior political leadership of Hamas who were there to negotiate an end to the war in Gaza.

    If I were speculating, the U.S. probably wanted the Swiss to host the Iranian negotiations (w/ Vance taking part) because they wanted reduce the likelihood that the Israelis would attempt to literally kill the negotiators–like they’ve done in basically every conflict in which they’ve been involved.











  • I wish that these lawyers who are resigning “in protest” from these shit agencies would at least gum up the works a bit on the way out.

    It’s not like they don’t know how to bait out an easy ‘constructive dismissal’ case. Win or lose—make the people choosing to stay dedicate as much time and resources as possible to deal with your departure rather than enabling the fast march to total abandonment of due process by totally removing yourself as a wrench in the works.

    Make them fire you for refusing to carry out illegal orders. Claim wrongful termination. Waste their time on legal proceedings, not just the court of PR.








  • I was referring to the Winnie the Pooh thing as being racist. Although the Winnie the Pooh joke started out in China, it has since been repeatedly taken up by Western, English-speaking critics in bad faith.

    It’s just a silly way of signaling “oh look at the Chinese, their political system is so fragile and so authoritarian that you can’t even make a harmless joke. Such a backwards society!”

    Never mind the fact that in the United States we have the same thing. It’s illegal to be an avowed member of the Communist party in America. Criticism of America’s allies (specifically, Israel) is also apparently a deportable offense.

    Like I’m sorry, if your beef with China is that their free AI platform that’s baked into toys you give to your children (because the thought of spending time with them or socializing them is absolutely mortifying to you) discourages them from name-calling people, you might need to grow up a bit.

    “Waahhh, this doll is teaching my 3 year old to become a Chinese sleeper cell spy for the great socialist revolution.”

    Are you fucking high? Your 3 year old is going to be fine.



  • The CCP “talking points”?

    Miiloo […] would at times, in tests with NBC News, indicate it was programmed to reflect Chinese Communist Party values.

    Asked why Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like the cartoon Winnie the Pooh […] Miiloo responded that “your statement is extremely inappropriate and disrespectful. Such malicious remarks are unacceptable.”

    Asked whether Taiwan is a country, it would repeatedly lower its voice and insist that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. That is an established fact” or a variation of that sentiment.

    “Talking points” is a bit strong of a way to say, “the toys kept telling our kids to stop being assholes and responded to complex geopolitical questions on the statehood of a seceded territory with the stated position of the country of origin.”

    Yeesh… China isn’t exactly glaze-worthy, but Americans really need to stop throwing their racist-tinged stones from inside their glass rental homes. :/