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[Leo Tolstoy Literature @LeoTollstoy]

“The wicked grow bold as they are tolerated.”

Tolstoy

[Joseph Younis, MD @YounisJoseph]

I avoided commenting on the Lindsay Clancy trial because its nuanced and emotional but the implications are enormous so I am going to say something now. A lot of people are calling that one juror who wouldn't join the other eleven irrational. But, that juror is probably the only one asking the right questions imo: where is the evidence that she lacked the capacity to know it was wrong or to stop herself? And, maybe, where do we draw the line on what an ostensibly insane person is allowed to do when the doubt the defense manufactured rests on nothing in the record before the killings? It seems that the entirety of the defense position rests on improbable probabilities and that's a low bar for such a heinous act.

1. Postpartum psychosis is rare, and almost always happens in the first 4 weeks. The idea that some psychiatrists extend the postpartum window to a year is true, but for depression and anxiety. The evidence isn't strong for psychosis, and its latching on to improbability

2. The strongest risk factor for postpartum psychosis is preexisting bipolar disorder or a prior psychotic episode. She had neither before her third child. The real time evidence from her doctors/providers indicate this. The bipolar label that showed up was after significant polypharmacy, and any good psychiatrist will tell you that you cannot diagnose primary disease when multiple drugs could be offending agents. Drug-induced psychosis would show better temporal correlations with her medications and should be a mitigation argument at sentencing. Again, very improbable alignment

3. The proxy for intent is planning, and she clearly planned... she sent her husband to some restaurant they don't normally go to, checked the drive time, texted a specific order at 5:07 pm... she killed her children in sequence. That's demonstrating real time decision making. I don't understand how they circumvented this. Again, very improbable that she was able to make decisions up until it becomes a liability

4. This idea of a "voice" that commanded her is so post-hoc as a defense. The ltierature on command hallucinations show most people don't obey them and the compliance occurs when the voice is familiar. This was a first time voice she only ever reported 2 weeks after killing her kids. And this first time voice asked her to... kill all her children AND she listened to this unfamiliar voice? Again... very improbable

The improbability is so stark that it's almost undeniably a sympathy verdict from the jurors conflated with a misunderstanding of postpartum disease. The easiest way to demonstrate this is to take a father with the same chart, months of documented depression, insomnia, suicidal ideation but no psychosis then strangles his kids after arranging for his wife to be away from the house. 100% guilty.

Everyone knows postpartum disease is real and important. Everyone knows she's sick and needed help, possibly much better management. You can even argue she is insane. What I see to be the most important is where we draw the line of what we allow under the "insanity" rule. Massachusetts forces a binary verdict of guilty or not criminally responsible but this is a case for the third that other states have and which is guilty but mentally ill. We have a responsibility to speak for the unheard voices of these children and future children and say we draw the line at murdering children.

[Matt🇺🇸 @matt47871]

This was a masterclass. Absolutely destroyed him.

[Pablo @Pablocah7]

All you dick heads with Ukraine flags in your bio. This is what youre supporting. You fucking gremlins. Why dont you go and fight instead of these kids?

[Council Estate Media @cem_uk_]

It's fine for the US to close Cuba's and Venezuela's waters, and it's fine for Israel to close Gaza's waters, but if Iran blocks the countries that waged war against it from the Strait of Hormuz, that's unacceptable?

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

"Man in military fatigues" is a new one.

[Catherine Blaiklock @blaiklockBP]

Can Christian’s in Britain set up their own police and patrol certain neighbourhoods?

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

So far, over 20 countries have reached out to Iran to align with its new framework for managing the Strait of Hormuz. If, as previously reported, Iran moves to make the yuan the basis for its transactions, something important is unfolding - a new global equation is taking shape.

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

Iran has made it clear that there is no going back to the way things were—crippling sanctions and constant threats from US military bases in the Gulf states. Given that political agreements are seen as meaningless and diplomacy as deceptive, Iran has decided that the US must be expelled from the region. The Gulf states cannot survive without access to the Strait of Hormuz; their access may therefore be conditioned on paying taxes as reparations and selling their oil in other currencies to end the petrodollar system that ties the US to the region. This war will prove to have been a historic mistake— as the effort to restore global primacy only intensified its demise. Yet in our local media, the propaganda is still organised around the saviour narrative of “liberating women” and “helping protesters”. This is similar to the absurd narrative of the Ukraine War, where the effort of using Ukrainians to impose a strategic defeat on Russia is sold to the public as NATO "helping" Ukraine defend its sovereignty. If the West wants to maximise its security and end these conflicts on favourable terms, it must break free from the narratives it has created.

[Alon Mizrahi @alon_mizrahi]

Day 1: it's going to take a couple of days
Day 20: ok we need 200 billion dollars

[John Mappin @JohnMappin]

The Iran war is looking so bad for Trump and Israel right now.

They may need to release the Epstein files as a distraction.

[Daractenus @Daractenus]

For the record, the president of the United States is now simultaneously claiming that he has won the war, is currently winning the war, needs help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. All to destroy the nuclear program he claims to have already destroyed last year.

[Loren Culp @LorenCulp]

Imagine sexual perverts being allowed to vote on whether or not their sexual perversion is made public while they use your money to quiet the victims.

Welcome to the Congress of the United States.

[Shivan Mahendrarajah @S_Mahendrarajah]

@CENTCOM “Operation Epic Fail” going smoothly 🤦‍♂️
There will be regime change in DC after this

[Dave Smith @ComicDaveSmith]

It’s amazing how all of the biggest supporters of mass murder campaigns all become humanitarians, when it’s time to sell another mass murder campaign.

[Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom]

Make them pay for this. It was done with the backing of Trump, the EU leaders and the entire rules based order. Make them pay for this. There is no excuse, no justification.

[Special Officer Doofy @DoofyOfficial]

The United States government when it’s time to do something for Americans.

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

If Palestinians killed 242 Israelis, they would have called it another Oct.7.

Since Israelis killed 242 Palestinians, they call it a ceasefire.

[SilencedSirs◼️ @SilentlySirs]

🚨 MUST WATCH:
Israeli forces bulldoze a Palestinian school — while students are still inside the building.

This isn’t a scene from history — it’s happening now.
Where’s the outrage?