The Moon in the Low Castle

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

The United States Soccer Federation has presented head coach Mauricio Pochettino with a proposal to extend for a second World Cup cycle, running until 2030, but any decisions will be deferred until after the 2026 tournament.

The proposal was made to Pochettino for his consideration prior to this summer’s tournament, as U.S. Soccer made clear to their head coach they were eager to continue the working relationship.

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[The Moon in the Low Castle @Moonster]

@michaelharriot @hcouch22 @redheadb3 Assuming they don’t shut down for Sunday ala Chik-Fil-A, call it $2b/week.

[Carolyn Hinds 🇧🇧 #FreePalestine #CongoInCrisis @CarrieCnh12]

I've never watched the Amazon Prime JACK RYAN show and never had any interest to, but I saw this clip today of the character played by John Krasinski and thought I'd share it b/c it does exactly what I speak about regarding Hollywood being a propaganda apparatus of US imperalism.

[RŌNIN @ronin21btc]

I wasted my entire life because nobody told me this as a kid

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

[!Nspirenaire〽️ @Inspirenaire]

And here is Richard PryoR speaking the truth he never separated himself from knowing. 🫵🏽🫵🏽🫵🏽💯💯💯💥

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.

Le Monde has a long article (https://t.co/HsWFThQ5wF) describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.

Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.

He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.

That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund

and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.

Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic relations.

[Dave Jones @eevblog]

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[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

THIS IS OBSCENE‼️ The left and right need to work together to stop this‼️

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Come for the nonsense Matt Walsh claims about it being scientifically impossible (!) to have Black mermaids, stay for the creepy Walsh claims about teenage girls being really “fertile”.

And in between learn about why he’s wrong about Muslims, slavery, and the history of the US.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

“I’m much more of an American, & much more of a patriotic American, than you are, Matt, & you’re just going to have to go whine & cry about it.”

Watch my response to @MattWalshBlog & my debunking of his lazy talking points on slavery & Muslims, as well as his bigoted history.

[We told you So @terri4436166795]

We already don't feed the babies we have, why does the government want more?

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Ms. Rachel calling for reparations for Israel’s genocide.

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

The USAID cuts will go down in history as the most evil thing this administration has done

[The National @ScotNational]

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Please watch and share this 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇸

President Macron, "Naively, we have entrusted our democratic space to social media controlled by American entrepreneurs or Chinese corporations whose interests do not align with the survival of democracy"

"Children are exposed to harmful content, fueling mental health and behavioral crises among youth"

"Public spaces encourage emotion over reason, negativity over positivity—driving extremes"

"Algorithms amplify this for profit. Our democracies were not designed for this"

"If we Europeans do not reclaim control of our democracy, in ten years, those exploiting this infrastructure will have won"

"We will become a continent of conspiracy theorists, extremists, and noise"

"If we believe in democratic order, we must put science, knowledge, culture, education, and learning at the center"

"We must protect our youth and regulate social media with the same standards as democratic spaces: no hidden or fake accounts, equal responsibility for published content"

"Otherwise, racism, anti-Semitism, and hate will triumph. Europe can rebuild a 21st-century democracy—but it requires action"

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

I’m so sorry but if you believe in letting people die in emergency rooms because they don’t have proper worldly documentation it’s an affront to God.

[Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅 @1zzyzyx1]

This is an excellent explanation of Fascists and Fascism. People need to understand what they are speaking on, so take a few moments to listen. #DemsUnited

[. @jdpoc]

This is a feckin' AMAZING story.

[Tom Bonier @tbonier]

What's weird about this is, a year ago all the media talked about was how awful inflation was. Here we are, a year later, and it is worse. Yet I'd bet it gets only a tiny fraction of the press attention it got last year.