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· ·trust no one–a true friend stabs you in the front· · «There must have been a time, in the beginning, when we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it»

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich.

[Fig & Quince @figandquince]

A cat-themed cafe in Tehran.

Navid Wahraman vlogs & reports that the cafe and its 30 cat residents survived (barely, but still) the 40 days of bombing and war. 😽

Iran

[不変哲 🦥 @fuhentetsu]

猫のノラのピアノ演奏に合わせて、リトアニアの作曲家で指揮者のミンダウガス・ピエチャイティスがオーケストラを指揮したら、
猫のノラ共々、指揮者も、オーケストラも、
聴衆のスタンディングオベーションを獲得した ♬

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

This guy explains how easy it is for creepy internet people to figure out where you are.

[taga | 暮山暖叙 @Qiqi7877]

这个越南爷爷听说孙媳妇怀孕了，就去他家拜访，教他和妻子如何给新生儿洗澡。

有趣的是，他找不到一个娃娃来演示，就用了一只安静得令人难以置信、并且非常配合爷爷指示的猫来进行教学，他讲解了超过两分钟。😂😂

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Right then.
Let me explain something very slowly, because it appears some basic logic has gone missing somewhere over the Atlantic.

No serious nation in the history of warfare has spent fourteen months insulting its allies, threatening to annex their territory, siding with their common enemy, and then knocked on their door expecting them to come running to rescue a catastrophe of its own making. That is not how alliances work. That is not how anything works.

You abused the UK. You threatened Canada. You tried to grab Greenland. You called the EU an adversary. You praised Putin, the one man every serious NATO ally has spent decades preparing to fight. You hosted Kremlin officials in the Capitol. You undermined European elections. You abandoned Ukraine. You imposed tariffs on your closest partners. You did all of this loudly, proudly, and on camera.
And now you are surprised that nobody is returning your calls.

Here is a question worth sitting with. Why do you think that is? Is it possible, just possible, that when you treat your allies like enemies for over a year while cuddling up to their actual enemy, those allies might update their opinion of you? Is that concept too complicated? Does that require more working memory than is currently available?

You did not plan this war with your allies. You did not consult them. You did not build a coalition. You started a conflict, watched it go sideways, and then got on your knees asking for help from people you spent fourteen months calling weak, corrupt and irrelevant.

NATO is not what it was. Not because Europe changed. Because Washington made crystal clear which side it is on. And it is not ours.

You want European boots on the ground? Start by explaining why America is more aligned with Moscow than with Brussels. Take your time. We will wait.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Cats with Aura 😺 @catwithaura]

This Turkish imam calmly continues the call to prayer while a tiny kitten on his shoulder meows along between verses

[plum @someserpent]

they are working their asses off. ngl i wouldn't last an hour let alone a day. they deserve much more than praise for that work

[Stuff Worth Seeing @StuffWorthSee]

Giving plastic bags a second life as industrial-strength drums

[Ichigo Niggasake @SomaKazima2]

Since y'all don't like to listen to us, listen to one of your own 😭😭😭

[plum @someserpent]

@SenTuberville you sayin you care about guns suddenly? or just doing god's work making alabamians lookl ike the idiots you are?

[HustleBitch @HustleBitch_]

🚨 WHITE MAN ADMITS HE DROVE ILLEGALLY FOR A YEAR TO “TEST POLICE RACISM” — SAYS HE WAS NEVER STOPPED

At a Grand Rapids city commission meeting, he steps to the podium holding expired registration tabs.
Then drops it on the room:
“I ran an experiment.”

For an entire year, he claims he drove without valid plates, five days a week, across multiple police jurisdictions.

Not stopped once.

His conclusion? Racial bias in policing.

He accuses the department of deadly force disparities.
Calls for major changes to the K-9 policy.
Mocks officers who say they feared for their lives.

Then he turns directly to the mayor.
“You promised reform. What keeps you from flexing?”

He says the process is hurting his mental health and walks out before any response.

Would this “experiment” have ended the same way if he looked different?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

This Minneapolis resident just said what everyone should be feeling right now:

“This started as a pretext about immigration and fraud… it’s WELL beyond that now.

It’s your 2nd Amendment, your 4th Amendment, your 6th Amendment.”

“We’re performing CPR on what may already be a corpse called the Constitution.”

Wake up. This isn’t just Minneapolis. It’s ALL of us.

[Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu @SholaMos1]

No lies detected about ICE Agents 👏🏽 It is White people’s responsibility to destroy White Supremacy🔥Fact.

[plum @someserpent]

children have always repeated the awful things they learn from their parents, but

trump's youth?

they're learning altogether differently

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

💔 “The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back. It makes me really sad.”

Our kids are watching. (H/T Hot Lou)

[President Roslin @RoslinResists]

If you only have time to watch one thing today… watch this.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Rima Baransi, a Palestinian ballerina, was visiting Italy and fell in love with the melody of the street music. Her father encouraged her to dance saying "Come on Rima, dance for your father, do it for me."

[Seth Moulton @sethmoulton]

This petulant child, this national humiliation is the commander in chief of our troops. We need to finally get @realdonaldtrump out of the White House once and for all.

[Censored Humans @CensoredHumans]

“Maybe for some we have the wrong nationality, the wrong faith, the wrong skin color.

But we are humans and we should be treated as such.”

“Is there a UN charter for Israel that is different from the charter we all have?Tell us.

Is there an international law for them, and an international law for us?

Do they have the right to kill, and the only right we have is to die?

What the hell does Israel need to do, more, for this council to act?”

[𝔱𝔶𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔶 @tyrannyblck]

not enough ppl know about the black family that had tear gas shot into their car in Minneapolis deploying all their airbags, suffocating their kids, and hospitalizing a six month old.

German reporters are covering it bc American media won’t

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

The children of Gaza have been abandoned.

They've suffered trauma beyond our imagination.

But we can help reduce their suffering.

@ProjectMuhmmed is providing food, water, blankets and shelter.

Please - support them here, and share 👇

https://t.co/YyPaKTVrkD