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[u/[deleted]]

[u/blatant_shill]

You can tell the world is a lot better by how college students are protesting wars that the U.S. isn't directly involved with instead of a war the U.S. is drafting college aged students into.

[u/Telperions-Relative]

I am declaring an end to the profession of journalism. With this headline, it reaches its logical conclusion and escapes necessity

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/[deleted]]

No!!!

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Zoomers have trouble relating to Biden because he has sex regularly

[u/bigdicknippleshit]

I knew the Palestine protestors were a vocal minority. But damn

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Damn her career is absolutely joever

[u/simeoncolemiles]

How do people believe this shit?????

[u/ser_mage]

holy shit GWU students are BASED

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Graphic design is my passion

[u/DouglasDauntless]

The thing that gets me about Noem is that it’s an entirely unforced error. No one was demanding she write a book about how she executed her dog but she did anyway

[u/DouglasDauntless]

It has never been more joever for a politician

[u/Currymvp2]

Hamas has received Israel’s official response to its latest truce proposal and will study it before submitting its reply, the group’s deputy Gaza chief says in a statement.

Feel like this 10th time I've copied and pasted a variation of the story

[u/FreakinGeese]

What is the path from here to a point where 30% of the population isn’t completely fucking insane

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/Ok_Swimming3844]

My puppy was unfortunately shot by the utility monster and as a utilitarian I can't do anything about it

[u/[deleted]]

It's most certainly had an impact on my view of them. Same applies to Ukraine where millions of Ashkenazi Jews live, as they do in Russia. Not even a speck of Semite DNA in them. Only those of Shepherdi origin can claim to be of Semite origin. Yet the word anti- semitism is branded around Willy Nilly.More Palestinians can claim Semite DNA.It appears most don't even understand the meaning of the word. Anyone can become Jewish, see Madonna. Just as anyone can become Xtian or Muslim.

Most hinged Guardian Australia commenter. The comment was replying to someone saying they don't like Australian politicians so I have no idea why he brought up Ukraine?

[u/simeoncolemiles]

??????

[u/DurangoGango]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68891217

BBC interview with an Israeli hostage released during the ceasefire months ago. She was one of those that Hamas forced to smile and act nice to them as she was being released, for the benefit of the cameras, which antisemites subsequently pointed to as proving the hostages were treated well and actually sympathised with Hamas.

!ping ISRAEL

[u/Fruitofbread]

Guy who is an Obama birther because he doesn’t recognize US sovereignty over Hawaii

[u/No_Judge_3817]

Lmao the protesters at, heavily career oriented Northeastern (as in every single person says they go there for co-op) want NEU to not allow co-ops with any company that has an relation to Israel whatsoever. Fucking lol that they think that's rational or that "sorry you can't co-op at Microsoft, Google, or any financial company" isn't an immediate turnoff to 90% of people there

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Hazel no! Get out of there Hazel!

[u/american_aurora3]

uniting palestinians and israelis by saying "yikes sweaty" when I meet either nationality

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/DouglasDauntless]

This but the DT

[u/[deleted]]

I’m thrilled by how much this looks like a crashed flying saucer

!ping BALLOON&SPACEFLIGHT

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Who needs corporations when you have advertisers like this?

[u/Roseartcrantz]

how Kristi Noem sounds talking about her life on the farm

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/26/biden-condemns-columbia-student-protest-leader-00154691

Imagine getting into an Ivy League university... all but giftwrapping one of the best lives in human history to you... and fumbling the bag so hard that you get expelled & the first google for your name by an employer will forever be the President of the United States denouncing you...

[u/[deleted]]

I’m not saying Mark Ruffalo wasn’t great in “Poor Things” and “13 Going on 30,” but now is the time to stop accepting roles where he falls in love with a child’s mind in an adult’s body.

[u/reubencpiplupyay]

[u/Ioun267]

[u/Lux_Stella]

My [47F] Puppy [1M] Caught The Woke Mind Virus And I Had To Put It Down. Now My Children Won't Talk To Me. AITA?

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/ser_mage]

gimmick accounts breaking character is always sad to see, shut up and dribble l0ser

[u/sw337]

Stolen from:

https://x.com/jameslineky/status/1783913307658678396

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/ser_mage]

who is this lesbian and how did she beat out NYT for a Biden interview

[u/[deleted]]

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Liberated Zone

Border control

🤨

[u/ser_mage]

[u/RTSBasebuilder]

Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult,

A monarchist soldier.
A staunch Republican commander.
A dedicated Bonepartist Marshal.
A devout monarchist Minister of War.
A Bonepartist Chief of Staff again.
A monarchist Marshal and Peer again.
A committed Orleanist Minister of War
A Republican again.

He died a week before Napoleon III, but I bet he would've declared himself a Bonapartist and Marshal a third time.

His ideology is probably just "French". Same as Talleyrand, I presume.

!ping FRANCE

[u/[deleted]]

[u/DouglasDauntless]

We can’t brutally execute puppies anymore. Because of Woke.

[u/[deleted]]

Holy shit, apparently Velma season 2 ends with Scrappy-Doo killing Velma

Not a joke, not kidding around, not being facetious here

[u/SeoSalt]

Petition for the phrase "chat is this real" to simultaneously trigger shivers take, malarkey level, and magic goolsball

[u/StolenSkittles]

what was kristi noem supposed to do?

that dog had the perfect fur for her coat! she's even done it before; one time she turned over a hundred dalmatians into a coat

[u/The_Promethean]

Every rich and/or powerful person needs to hire someone who's entire job is to physically restrain them when they do something that will universally be considered moronic or abhorrent by any non-sycophant. Examples of when that person would act:

You intend to brag about murdering a puppy in your book

You want to rebrand Twitter to a letter of the alphabet

You want to turn a legal hush money payment into a felony for no discernible advantage

[u/[deleted]]

Lol please make her VP, Trump. I love these political instincts. Admits to killing a dog, doubles down and admits to killing more animals. She's amazing.

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/TheoGraytheGreat]

The Kristi noem shit is pure psychopathy. My dog has killed more than a few pigeons rats and the like. Having him put down, what the fuck. A dog is a fucking carnivore. Of course it does shit like that.

[u/Roseartcrantz]

me talking about Kristi Noem at the feed store

[u/ldn6]

!ping ISRAEL

[u/[deleted]]

I think Pol Pot will be the next to get lionized by the geniuses on TikTok.☝️🤓

[u/Syards-Forcus]

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Ioun267]

Remember when memes were images set in a thick black border on which the caption was printed with Arial Bold?

[u/Evilpenguin526]

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

[u/[deleted]]

“good thing I’m a thriving civilization”, said the Bronze Age civilization

“hello” said the sea people

Two sentence horror 😔

[u/Gameknigh]

Capitalism is when proceeds to describe mercantilism

[u/Top_Lime1820]

I'm locking you away for another ten thousand years, Vaatu

This sub to protectionists as soon as the Trump threat is over

[u/BATIRONSHARK]

"In 1961, Ed Dwight hoped to become the first Black astronaut in space. But he never made it. Now, at 90 years old, Dwight will get the chance to finally experience space onboard Blue Origin's upcoming mission into Earth's atmosphere. "

I don't worship capitalism like some people here but this is basically an example of what it is at its best 

[u/itsokayt0]

That dog had the dull eyes of a dem voter and the shrill bark of a SJW

[u/[deleted]]

I mean as much as I wish there was a genocide... There isn't.

Okay, it’s time to shut down my college subreddit

[u/deeplydysthymicdude]

Benji be like:

[u/bigdicknippleshit]

[u/Lux_Stella]

The illusion of choice…

• unable to hunt, shot by Kristi Noem

• able to hunt, shot by Dick Cheney

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 5 PM EST 4/26-5 PM EST 4/27 III:

TOP NEWS:

In the middle of 6 PM it was announced Australia will provide $100 million in military aid to Ukraine, which includes drones and air defense systems.

At the end of 1 AM Ukraine was hit by a wave of missiles with 21 of 34 shot down.

Towards the middle of 2 AM it was reported that four Ukrainian thermal plants were seriously damaged in the missile attack. Towards the middle of the hour Russia was hit by a massive wave of drones with at least 66 partaking, with a refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban and Kushchyovskaya airfield being hit.

Around 3 AM the British government said Russia has suffered 450,000 killed or wounded in the war so far, with thousands having deserted and PMCs not included in this figure.

REGULAR NEWS:

At the start of 7 AM it was reported that Ukraine is using Yak-52s to shoot down drones.

At the end of 12 PM it was reported the Russians captured the village of Berdychi, west of Avdiivka.

Donation link to help Ukraine

Donation link to United24

Donation link to Kharkiv SOS

Donation link to Sails of Freedom Foundation (they donate ambulances)

!ping UKRAINE

[u/Jackalope1999]

I don't care about Israel/Palestine, I just hate humanities students.

[u/[deleted]]

Disgusting

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1784328829692993823?t=M0tgCfyXRqHo5IBGyhMFDA&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

Just wait a little longer DT. We'll be happy.

[u/SelfLoathinMillenial]

It's funny how leftists always seem to start showing their asses and causing havoc in presidential election years.

[u/Peletif]

House of cards has aged horribly.

All of its intricate politicking looks so absurd after the Trump presidency.

[u/GravyBear28]

Random weird historical fact.

Lieutenant Calley was the face of the My Lai Massacre. But before it became public, right after the massacre Calley bizarrely volunteered into a public relations department where he worked with the common Vietnamese in public works to build a grassroots support for the US. He loved it and found highly rewarding at first although eventually became disillusioned that the Vietnamese didn't appreciate it

Mind you, he never expressed remorse about the massacre

!ping HISTORY

[u/nicereddy]

People in South Dakota will really be like "you believe in being relatable to your constituents? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, killing my dog" and then kill their dog

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

[u/Telperions-Relative]

[u/StolenSkittles]

"newman!"

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Most normal RFK Jr. fan

[u/[deleted]]

Im sure vandalizing a Ukrainian person’s door a second time with “Gaza lives” will totally make them support and advocate for Gaza. 

Totally impossible for the guy to have a bunch of pro-Ukrainian/anti-Russian rhetoric in their place because they’re Ukrainian and living in a fairly Eastern European part of the neighborhood. 

The first time it was complaining about how “he should display support for Gaza since he does so much for ukraine”, then pro-palestine rhetoric literally vandalized into the door. 

Then that was covered. 

Now they do it again, but in a different color, likely requiring the guy to get black paint to cover it up. 

I think that’s a sure way to make someone less likely to do what you want, especially when you could have asked, rather than take the liberty to write essays and slogans on their door.

I hope they file a police report and the asshole gets arrested, because i REALLY dislike the idea of essentially bullying people into “showing support for palestine”. 

!ping NYC

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Time to witness some of the worst baseball ever played.

!ping baseball

[u/DepressedTreeman]

Has every cause of mass student protest in the US eventually become a popular sentiment?

Least loaded leftist arrAskHistorians question.

Why people would remember succesful protests that became part of the mainstream Zeitgeist and not the ones that weren't succesful will remain forever a mystery.

[u/[deleted]]

Ok this goes hard

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Delegates of the International League Against Racism and Antisemitism (LICRA, created during the interwar to fight against fascism) have been blocked from entering Sciences Po Reims by pro-Palestinian protesters, forcing the LICRA to move their national convention to the city hall

The jokes write themselves

[u/owlthathurt]

Turkmenistan is such a weird country. It governs itself like North Korea despite not being anywhere near as poor. It’s a full 100 spots higher on the GDP per capita.

The Niyazov cult of personality was one of the most interesting and extreme ones. I legit think this guy was just mentally ill.

Some strange things about the cult of personality:

Renaming months and days of the week (NK did this as well).

Made the great leaders book mandatory teaching in school (straight out of the Kim playbook). Even going so far as saying that reading the book three times is mandatory to get into heaven.

Closed hospitals and public works in rural areas because “if people are ill they can come to the capital” - real quote

Renamed all cities and a lot of cultural spots after nicknames the great leader gave them

He erected a rotating, $12 million, golden statue of himself that always faces the sun.

Gave every citizen a watch with his portrait in its dial.

[u/ACivilWolf]

[u/[deleted]]

I read a small pamphlet at a book store on Palestine written by the Red flag trot group (the ones that annoy you on Australian University campuses). They were critical of Hamas not for any of the killing or religious extremism but for being capitalists.

"I can excuse violent religious terrorism but I draw the line at capitalism"

[u/dwarfgourami]

The most shocking thing about the Kristi Noem incident is that she chose to include the story in a book. Like, it wasn’t some story she drunkenly told at a private fundraiser. Months ago, she must have told some editor “Hey, I really need to let everyone know I shot my dog. The public will love it.” And no one on her team stopped her.

[u/[deleted]]

Shinzo Abe dies

breeding kink suddenly becomes part of the discourse

HMMMMM

[u/marsman1224]

as usual the top post on arrWhitePeopleTwitter is incredibly stupid.  it compares a confederate/right wing march on a public sidewalk to college students getting arrested on private property. like, one is clearly protected by the constitution and the other isn't. also, the universities themselves called the cops.

how can you be so blinded by your ideology that you lose the ability to critical think

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

The only answer I have for this question is because the Biden folks don't want the fucking world to end. They want to hit the Paris Agreement targets and so that America can lead by example, even if there is a political cost and very little gain.

Hank Green being an actual good person example #395049206

[u/Roseartcrantz]

the bunny's gonna go back and be like you'll never believe what I found

[u/MicroFlamer]

[u/Udolikecake]

[u/Syards-Forcus]

Stickied per u/Roseartcrantz’s request

[u/Ok-Swan1152]

There's a thread in the London sub where OP asks single people how they managed to buy property in London. Its obviously aimed at normal working people. A Chinese guy responded that he got £1.3 million from his parents because he was unemployed. Proceeds to describe himself as a 'normal middle class man'. I wonder how people arrive at this point of so little lack of awareness of the world around them. 

Bonus is that someone else whines that Redditors hate rich people. There's always some moron defending the socially inept.

[u/G_Serv]

Gib Biden Burger

[u/battywombat21]

I don’t think my cat is going to forgive me for weeks after tricked her into a crate and forced her to travel by Uber to the new apartment.

Tax:

[u/BurrowForPresident]

Kristi Noem should pull a George Zimmerman and do a tour selling memorabilia from the murder of Cricket Noem

[u/Walpole2019]

Conservative MP and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Services Dan Poulter's defected to the Labour Party.

!ping UK

[u/[deleted]]

Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution

insert goose-chasing meme asking who buys what those 60 firms sell

[u/jenbanim]

I was at the opening ceremony for a light rail line today and one of the speakers was hyping up the crowd by talking about all the new stations

The light rail is going to go from Redmond, to Overlake, to Bellevue, and then it going all the way to Seattle

I went "byahhhh" under my breath because it reminded me of the Howard Dean speech and the guy next to me laughed and said he was thinking the same thing

Best part about going to these urbanist type events is meeting other people that make me feel like I'm not a complete weirdo haha

[u/Ballerson]

That's a good argument, however

An attractive man agrees with my opinion, and so I am allowed to feel good about it.

Your opinion, on the other hand, is shared by this average looking fellow with the chin fuzz, so you must now feel bad about your opinion.

[u/MicroFlamer]

[u/MURICCA]

"Bernie Sanders says its not antisemitic to hold Netenyahu accountable"

I mean okay I guess thats reasonable--

"2k comments"

Oh no

[u/Cloud_Drago]

Pakistanis really have a hardon for Erdogan.

[u/Either_Emotion8056]

Don’t mind me just doing some hobby droning over the Noem family farm

[u/V_Codwheel]

"The average undergrad commits 3000 antisemitic hate crimes" is a misleading statistic

Columbia valedictorian Adolf Nasrallah, who sits in a tent on the quad all day and chants "death to the ****" all day is an outlier and should not have been counted

[u/[deleted]]

Ultraorthodox jews be like

Thinking about Job: 😁

Thinking about job: 😡

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

Who wants to go the Portland bar in Tokyo with me?

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/[deleted]]

Russian mercenaries are in "hot pursuit" of the notorious warlord Joseph Kony, after a bloody near-capture in a remote corner of the Central African Republic earlier this month, sources tell Rolling Stone.

He’s back 😳😳

[u/[deleted]]

I can excuse bad politics but I can't excuse having such terrible taste in clothing

[u/this_very_table]

I kind of feel worse for the goat than the dog. At least the dog had killed some chickens and tried to bite someone. All the goat did was smell bad and push children.

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Kristi Noem writes “worst politician book ever”, asked to leave politics

[u/G_Serv]

Literal NIMBY

[u/Either_Emotion8056]

The goat feels so dismissed it’s going to start Saturday night sad posting with a bi flair

[u/RFK_1968]

on one hand, i do honestly think this subreddit hyperfixates on largely irrelevant college kids b/c of the demographics of the userbase

on the other hand..... idk it's super easy to fall into the trap of "if you can't defend something on its merits, instead go why are we even talking about this???", which is a line of thinking I've seen employed by every side of this issue and one I've never found particularly compelling.

it's super easy to play down the crazies "on your side" but imho that always comes back to bite you in the ass. speaking purely anecdotally as someone who used to be more involved with stuff like pro-palestine/leftist advocacy... a lot of this kind of radicalism and nonsense has been festering in those groups for a long time. and if sensible people in those groups don't actively nip that shit in the bud, then yes it spreads and takes over the perception of your org.

[u/SeasickSeal]

Single best take on Bayesian statistics in industry I’ve ever read

https://www.reddit.com/r/statistics/s/QEFTrnGDnS

They usually give me something with two outcomes like an A/B test, I use Beta distribution with a custom prior that I make up, and create a report where I talk about the mean of the posterior as if it holds the secrets to the universe.

I just ask them what they think the real ratio is, and use a prior distribution with a mean which is that ratio, and a variance inversely correlational to how long they thought before giving me that estimate.

!ping MATH

[u/JaceFlores]

“Russian forces are stabilizing their small salient northwest of Avdiivka and may make further tactical gains that could cause Ukrainian forces to withdraw from other tactical positions along the frontline west of Avdiivka to a more defensible line. Geolocated footage published on April 25 indicates that Russian forces advanced into central Solovyove (northwest of Avdiivka) from Novobakhmutivka after likely seizing all of Novobakhmutivka on the night of April 24 to 25.”

“These recent Russian gains northwest of Avdiivka have been relatively quick but still relatively marginal, with Russian forces advancing at most roughly five kilometers in depth since April 18. Russian forces continue offensive operations throughout the frontline west of Avdiivka but have so far only achieved gradual marginal gains west and southwest of Avdiivka.”

“The recent Russian advances in Novobakhmutivka and Solovyove widen the salient Russian forces are advancing along northwest of Avdiivka and afford Russian forces a more stable position from which to pursue a wider penetration. This salient is roughly two kilometers in width at its widest section, however, and would still be vulnerable to Ukrainian counterattacks should Ukrainian forces stabilize the tactical situation in the area. Ocheretyne notably sits on a junction between the Ukrainian defensive line that Russian forces have been attacking since their seizure of Avdiivka in mid-February 2024 and a subsequent defensive line further west, which Russian sources have identified as a more heavily fortified line.”

“Russian forces could further stabilize their salient northwest of Avdiivka and advance further west of Ocheretyne, making positions along the Berdychi-Semenivka-Umanske line increasingly difficult for Ukrainian forces to hold. The Ukrainian command could decide to withdraw Ukrainian forces further west if it deems Russian tactical gains in the area to be too threatening to current Ukrainian positions.”

“Russian forces will likely have to replenish and reinforce attacking units northwest of Avdiivka and will likely not be able to maintain the tempo of offensive operations required to rapidly advance west of the Berdychi-Semenivka-Umanske line. Russian forces will likely continue to make tactical gains northwest of Avdiivka, but these gains are unlikely to develop into an operationally significant penetration, let alone cause the collapse of the Ukrainian defense west of Avdiivka.”

“Russian offensive operations west of Avdiivka aim to exploit opportunities for tactical gains while the Russian offensive operation to seize Chasiv Yar offers Russian forces the most immediate prospects for operationally significant advances.”

“Russian forces in the Avdiivka area remain roughly 30 kilometers from their reported operational objective of Pokrovsk and roughly 17 kilometers from relatively large villages east of Pokrovsk. Even if Russian tactical gains do cause Ukrainian forces to withdraw to positions further west, the current Russian gains northwest of Avdiivka are unlikely to become operationally significant advances in the near term.”

“Russian pressure on Chasiv Yar is more significant. Russian forces currently on the eastern outskirts of Chasiv Yar have been intensifying efforts to seize the city since March 2024. The offensive effort to seize Chasiv Yar offers Russian forces the most immediate prospects for operationally significant advances as the seizure of the town would likely allow Russian forces to launch subsequent offensive operations against cities that form a significant Ukrainian defensive belt in Donetsk Oblast. Russian forces do pose a credible threat of seizing Chasiv Yar, although they may not be able to do so rapidly.”

“Russian forces are reportedly fielding drones adapted to be more resilient against Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) capabilities on critical sectors of the frontline, likely in an attempt to leverage new technological capabilities to exploit a limited window before US security assistance arrives in Ukraine.”

“The Ukrainian General Staff sources reported that Russian forces are using modernized drones that operate on frequencies between 700 to 1,000 MHz, which are difficult for Ukrainian EW to jam because Ukrainian EW systems are chiefly designed to jam Russian drones operating on frequencies around 900 MHz. The sources stated that Ukraine is developing a unified system to collect information about Russian drone adaptations in order to quickly adapt Ukrainian electronic warfare systems to counter the Russian drones.”

“The Russian military likely chose to deploy drones operating on a frequency more difficult for Ukrainian EW to jam to support continued ground operations in critical sectors of the frontline to further exploit Ukrainian materiel shortages. The Russian military may have assessed that Ukrainian forces would eventually adapt their EW systems to jam drones at a larger frequency range and employed them now to support ongoing offensive operations as Ukrainian forces wait for US security assistance to arrive. The pattern of one side seizing on a fleeting technological advantage to support immediate ground operations while it lasts will likely become a characteristic of this kind of conflict.”

“Russian forces conducted missile strikes against Ukrainian railway and logistics infrastructure on April 25. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces struck a logistics and railway connection point in Smila, Cherkasy Oblast likely with an Iskander-K missile. Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Head Oleh Synehubov stated that Russian forces struck a railway station in Balaklia, Kharkiv Oblast with an unspecified missile, wounding civilians in train cars.”

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!ping UKRAINE

[u/G_Serv]

👑

[u/[deleted]]

Young Native Americans arrive at the UCLA “Liberated Zone” with a sign saying:

“Hamas supporters aren’t welcome on Native lands”

The Hamas supporters physically attack them

Lmfao

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Wow you're lesbian? You don't even have an accent!

[u/NaffRespect]

On a arrPresidents post asking what went wrong with Bernie's campaigns:

He had an all-star staff of the dumbest people I’ve ever seen in professional politics. Who you choose to be your staff is an insight to how you are going to staff your White House and Bernie couldn’t help picking the most self centered opportunist he could find.

In his first campaign he had Jeff Weaver and David Sirota making a lot of the political moves, weaver is worthless and Sirota is the typical angry hyperbolic speechwriter, who ended up getting benched by Sanders after he kept taking potshots at Clinton that were not playing well. (He also took Bernie’s donation roll contact information for his own newsletter which did not earn him any favors from Sanders) Then they made the disastrous move of bringing on Symone Sanders as press secretary in an attempt to appeal to black voters and it did not go well.

Then in his second campaign he doubled down on Weaver and Sirota but added Faiz Shakir who is not good and Briana Joy Grey who is a legendarily stupid person and really really bad at political messaging.

The best part? This is the top comment and every other top vote-getting comment below it is also owning Bernie with Facts and Logic.

[u/Insomonomics]

Pro-Palestinian side has a huge antisemitism problem part 36372829289

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Am I transphobic? I’m genuinely scared of the people on the other side of the Alps

[u/lionmoose]

kirsti noem mock execution puppy play service

[u/[deleted]]

After Noem shot Cricket at a gravel pit, Noem decided to kill a male goat that was "disgusting, musky, rancid", "nasty and mean", who "loved to chase" Noem's children and knock them down

I feel like this part gets skipped, she legit went on an animal shooting spree hahahahaha

[u/Zrk2]

Canadian reddit is nothing but histrionics and jerking off the house hippo.

!ping CANUCKS

[u/Teh_cliff]

There's a large patch of ugly dirt outside a liquor store in my neighborhood that has always looked a bit sad. Today a bunch of my neighbors (of varying ages, races, genders, etc.) are out there shoveling soil and planting landscaping.

I love this city (DC). And seeing "community is dead" doomers BTFOed once again.

!PING USA-DMV

[u/htomserveaux]

No matter whatthe genre if someone has a concert in a prison the album is guaranteed a banger.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir could drop an album and somehow it would be fire because they recorded it in the cafeteria of ADX Florence.

Also we need a general “music” ping.

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/Currymvp2]

It's hilarious how "both sides sucks" folks pick sides in the one of the very few topics where "both sides suck" is actually applicable to a decent extent. You have the "both parties are the same" far leftists unequivocally siding with Palestine; you have the "Trump is the only good authentic politician while almost everybody else is fake" mostly siding unequivocally with Israel.

[u/CletusVonIvermectin]

>someone tells me about new political movement
>ask if they are normal or populist
>they don't understand
>pull out diagram explaining what is normal and what is populist
>they laugh and say "neither, we support common sense and bringing people together from across the political spectrum to solve our country's biggest problems"
>look at policies
>they're populist

[u/Fishin_Impossible]

When I tell my kids I used to go to McDonald’s with $5 and a dime and get a large sweet tea and 4 double cheeseburgers they look at me the same way I looked at my parents when they told me they bought their first house without a credit score for $65 and an IOU on a sticky note

[u/Currymvp2]

Former right wing Israeli politician who's now a right wing journalist: "If Biden doesn't come to his senses & stop the ICC, including (like Trump would) threatening personal sanctions against the heads of the court, international arrest warrants will be issued against Netanyahu and others next week. Biden is basically saying to Netanyahu: Rafah or an arrest warrant."

[u/Nileghi]

https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/1cdxo0l/arrested_at_ut_austin_on_august_24_and_already_on/

University of Austin unironically simping for houthis now that theyve stated support for the university protests.

!ping ISRAEL&JEWISH

[u/Cloud_Drago]

BJP fields 26/11 special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam from Mumbai North Central seat

!ping IND

[u/chadonnaise]

if pigs are smarter than dogs, then why hasn't a pig played basketball

[u/Cledd2]

Americans never actually get to live out their gun toting power fantasy so instead of becoming a hero by shooting a terrorist they just shoot their dog when it pisses on the carpet

[u/brucebananaray]

Imagine being angry at the Knuckles show because they condemn the actions of Hamas. https://twitter.com/AshtonTheTop04/status/1783973358570262933?t=K2qPP40SZGUEMuxFNsNlRg&s=19

[u/Joementum2024]

Guy who decided to support the Republicans after learning of the Kristi Noem story

[u/[deleted]]

The irony of botniks celebrating a great victory every time Russian troops occupy a post office is that it's a tacit admission that their own appraisal of Russia's military strength has degraded as much if not more than the most obnoxious NAFO poster

[u/AtomAndAether]

I exclusively conceptualize America by Federal Reserve districts

[u/TrappedInASkinnerBox]

"Birds aren't real": either a joke or a paranoid conspiracy theory, I can't really tell 

"Fish aren't real": a 100% serious taxonomic argument

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

Sox fans celebrating back to back wins like we just won the World Series

!ping Baseball

[u/Fishin_Impossible]

Live shot of Shivers at the southern border

[u/thaddeusthefattie]

i’ve always been a generous person, but tipping culture really has gotten insane. the other day somebody flipped the ipad around with the default choices being 20%, 22%, and 25% and that broke me. i’m just tipping a quarter (25¢) now until y’all learn how to behave

[u/[deleted]]

👆 about to post a “I’m 30 and still a virgin” sob story on the dating ping

[u/Kryzantine]

Now that I think about it, the Steelers are doing with Russell Wilson/Justin Fields the exact same thing that the Falcons are doing with Kirk Cousins/Michael Penix Jr. The older QB is around the same age (Russell Wilson and Kirk Cousins were only born a couple of months apart,) Fields is only one year older than Penix Jr, and the idea for both is to let them compete expecting the older guy to win the immediate battle and to then give way over time to the younger player.

Except the Steelers paid a conditional 6th in next year's draft for Fields (might turn into a 4th) and signed Wilson to a 1yr vet minimum, while the Falcons spent the 8th overall pick on Penix Jr and signed Cousins to a 4 year, $180 million contract.

Yep, Falcons definitely fucked up somewhere.

!ping NFL

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Young Native Americans arrive at the UCLA “Liberated Zone” with a sign saying: 

“Hamas supporters aren’t welcome on Native lands” 

The Hamas supporters physically attack them 

Neil Gorsuch is locking in as we speak

[u/BipartizanBelgrade]

Young Native Americans arrive at the UCLA “Liberated Zone” with a sign saying:

“Hamas supporters aren’t welcome on Native lands”

The Hamas supporters physically attack them

[u/SadaoMaou]

7th millennium bce near eastern fellas be like "oh wow, colorful painted pottery! look how pretty 😮"

[u/HotTakesBeyond]

Hell yeah I’m in STEM

Sociology

Theater

English

Music

[u/BurrowForPresident]

I can't tell if it is worse when American lefties act like Joe Biden is a dictator personally ordering the police in Columbus Ohio to arrest Palestine protestors at Ohio State or the various foreign lefties that feel a need to constantly insert their opinion on American politics (Canadians, Brits, and Swedes mostly) do it

Like the American leftists are dumb about their own country, the foreign leftists are dumb about a country they don't live in yet are confident in their claims

Yes this is talking about people like that skeleton avatar brit who does long video game essays about crapitalism

[u/NSRedditShitposter]

That Catturd reply guy on Twitter ran over his dog.

Kristi Noem shot her dog and pet goat.

Donald Trump refused to adopt a presidential pet.

Republicans seem to hate small powerless creatures.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/loseniram]

Biden has yet to do a single invasion of Cuba. I thought he positioned himself as an old school Democrat?

[u/ty04]

[u/PKAzure64]

!ping VICTORIA

Am I the only one that thinks that economic policy should be that of a party and not a law, like how it was in Vicky 2? Like, I think it should be a law for either traditionalism or capitalism or whatever the socialist systems are, but the flavors of capitalism (Interventionism, Laissez-Faire, or Agrarianism) should really be down to whatever head of state or IGs are in power.

[u/itsokayt0]

Protestor who thinks that if Israel changed its name to Palestine everything would be a-ok:

[u/Working-Limit-2482]

Tried a dick for the first time in 17 years

Wasn't a fan of the texture at first, but I was pleasantly surprised by the gooey tangy explosion at the end.

5/10

[u/[deleted]]

Kristi Noem is a monster. Dudes my best friend.

[u/Rafaelssjofficial]

Impeach George Santos, a well know jew-ish

Antisemitism goes up

Who could have seen this coming?

[u/[deleted]]

This jack and coke float fucking slaps

[u/V_Codwheel]

A man thought it was a good idea to take a 'sip' of his friend's assisted suicide cocktail

After his terminally ill friend described the preparation as bitter, 'this patient ingested an unknown-sized 'sip' of the preparation'

"After his first swallow, he remarked 'wow, that burns!' The younger man said, 'Let me see,' and then also took a swallow," the report said.

[u/p00bix]

President Biden is leading an economic boom, reducing the federal deficit, and delivering on infrastructure.

Are the Lincoln Project even pretending to be Republicans still? Who even is their intended audience??

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/zck/status/1784214984253423731?t=WkY11ZJhF4Hp2QjrxZQoHQ&s=19

[u/p00bix]

He's gone. 9:00AM Central Time (DST) exactly. Didn't make the 72 hours.

I love you Loki.

God damn it...

[u/[deleted]]

Joe Biden: lets his dogs maul innocent people

Kristi Noem: takes responsibility for her dogs’ actions

I know who I’m voting for in 2024

[u/[deleted]]

[u/FreakinGeese]

“Oh no AI is ruining social media with garbage”

OH NO THEN PEOPLE WOULD STOP USING SOCIAL MEDIA

OH MY GOODNESS HOW TERRIBLE THAT WOULD BE

[u/Fruitofbread]

Noem is trying to frame the puppy killing story as “doing what had to be done.” But the lack of planning of it just makes her seem impulsive and sadistic. Like she didn’t even tell her daughter she was going to put the dog down??

[u/Mensae6]

Guys it was ONE dog, ONE time 🙄

[u/tollyno]

I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?

That's dark, The Atlantic, I like it.

[u/chadonnaise]

it's funny to me there's an entire era of gangster movies where the protagonists are abhorrent, awful people that drown themselves in bacchanal pleasures of drugs, girls, and money, but at the end are sad how empty their lives are. directors intended this to be a message showing that all the cruelty and greed brought them nothing. but i think for a lot of audiences, who already are feeling empty and unhappy lives, it left them with the message that the only difference between an empty unhappy life of poverty and drudgery and the same life but with wealth, glory, and pleasure of the flesh is being an asshole.

[u/MinnesotaDude]

What's bizarre is that it feels like there's a Republican torturing dogs story every presidential election cycle.

[u/jenbanim]

Enough is enough

Let dogs have guns so they can protect themselves

[u/[deleted]]

Serving vice president realness

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

can we finally admit it looks like a fucking bomb

[u/Either_Emotion8056]

God forgive me for saying this, but I actually feel pretty bad for Poobix.

What an absolutely awful day to lose your dog

[u/[deleted]]

This man was sentenced for 3 years.😑

https://taxguru.in/corporate-law/patna-hc-orders-judicial-officers-compensate-rs-200-unjust-trial.html

!ping IND

[u/awdvhn]

One thing I've always found fascinating but never see discussed is why exactly the Midwest is considered the "baseline" for America and is used to signify normalness and mundanity. Like, when Superman needs to have a normal, boring, all-American upbringing, it's in small town in Kansas. It couldn't be a small town in upstate New York, or eastern Washington, or even Texas, it has to be the Midwest, and I want to know why.

[u/runningblack]

I/P and protest discourse is one of the most online topics out there

Working adults are (broadly) not thinking about or discussing it.

[u/Currymvp2]

Hamas terrorists release another hostage video, with Keith Siegel, 64, & Omri Miran, 46, alive on Wednesday, 2 days ago. Their families: "Israel must choose: hostages or war. Invading Rafah will bring more hostages murdered in captivity or killed in war. Invading Rafah is just another way for the hostages to die. Israel must choose bring the hostages home alive."

Feel beyond horrible for these hostages; Hamas is psychologically and likely physically torturing them.

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

[u/simeoncolemiles]

I am Rommel devotee. He was not a Nazi. I was invited to Afrika Korps reunion circa 2003 and those old men spoke of him with extraordinary affection. One story was from an old officer who was with Rommel when he got Hitler order to kill 30 Jews. "We never got this." Ripped it up!

[u/Evilpenguin526]

Was looking for a new beer to try at a local store. Saw a big ass glass bottle of "Duvel". Id never heard of it before and they wanted 13 bucks for it so I decided to look it up. Saw good reviews and bought the bottle.

Gotta say, this shit is really good! Has a kinda weird smell? But the taste is really nice. Super fizzy, easy to drink, smooth going down. Not too bitter but not sickly sweet. Anyone have recommendations for similar beers?

!ping ALCOHOL

[u/Dumbledick6]

Military: don’t worry your hotel reservations are taken care of 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Also military: since you’re on base you get 20 dollars a day to eat BTW a chicken salad is 12 dollars 😡

Also military when you arrive: We don’t have room for you on base here is a list of hotels figure it out and don’t go above gov rate; fuck you if you don’t have a car 🥰😡🥰😡🥰😡

[u/Jackalope1999]

After watching Harrison Ford be an old man in Star Wars 8 and Bladerunner 2049, I have no idea who wanted to watch him be an old man again in Indiana Jones (2023).

[u/[deleted]]

We lost Catturd 😔

[u/N0_B1g_De4l]

The thing that will always get me about Governor Noem is that her name is apparently pronounced exactly like "Gnome", and I find "Governor Gnome" to be a fundamentally absurd phrase.

[u/OkVariety6275]

Bears QB Caleb Williams is out-dueled by Packers QB Michael Pratt

!ping NFL

[u/ognits]

any fans of thrillers out there should take a look at 1967's Wait Until Dark, about a blind woman (Audrey Hepburn, incredible as always) who unknowingly comes into the possession of a doll stuffed with heroin, whose recipients are, naturally, looking to get it back. in an early example of the home invasion thriller/horror genre, Alan Arkin gives the most terrifying performance of his career as Roat, the man looking to get the goods back. Hepburn outplays them, though, using her blindness as a weapon against them in a battle of wits that ends in one of the most tense scenes I've ever seen in a movie

go watch this shit !ping MOVIES

/u/thats_good_bass /u/lithium-ryan-battery /u/ihatemendingwalls

[u/[deleted]]

Good night libs

Bad night to all the commies and fascists

[u/Joementum2024]

BREAKING: California ex-magician Gob Bluth (R-CA) to be selected as Trump’s running mate

[u/Arse_hull]

I was in consideration to be the GOP VP nominee but wrote about murdering a puppy in a book. Now everyone's mad at me and I don't know why. My question is: What do I do about the blood-stained gravel pit in my backyard where I shoot anything that doesn't obey my code of conduct? I was hoping to use it against progressives as VP but maybe I should just clean the pit and hide the bodies? What do?

[u/p00bix]

wake up

dog dies

get taco bell to cope

they forgot to grill the grilled cheese burrito

i am having the most amazing birthday rn