Hal

[Just a Dude Who Invests @DudeWhoInvests]

I literally can’t get this out of my head

[Rory 👨‍🍳 @Senga2Alvarez]

Roger Clemens cheated on his wife with at least four other women including an affair that began when the girl was 16 years old.

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

Ben Gvir is coming to New York City next month for a UN policing conference.

He should be arrested.

[architelligent @architelligent]

@sistertonin Remember, if the “good” cops won’t stand up to the bad cops then they are bad cops too.

[Coleman @ColemanPlayz]

This is a great example of how shitty society has become. When this game came out it was widely celebrated and is still considered one of the best game DLCs of all time. If it came out today you’d have a bunch of wife beaters crying about it

[Paul Aidan B @oh_dear_wadawa]

For context, when Winona Ryder eventually started doing interviews again after being out of spotlight, she was still being asked about, and having to explain nicking a few items from a department store. This utter scumbag is getting fluff piece softball interviews.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

He was sentenced to ten years. Republicans let him out after 6 months. Disgusting.

[Hal @vector13]

@AgesInsight @griffinpdavis Try to go for a walk on the South Lawn right now and see what happens. "The left can't stand seeing the rest of the country happy" is a kindergartener's understanding of politics. Yep, definitely no other reason. You people are unserious and exhausting.

[Popozuda Papa @ImbackAgain81]

It eats him alive that Mamdani is more loved than he is and he can’t figure out why lmfao

[Hal @vector13]

@AgesInsight @griffinpdavis This was an awards ceremony for a home team on public grounds. This was not a circus on the White House Lawn (which is not public ground) conducted on Mamdani's birthday under the premise of celebrating the city which was founded on a different date. That's what Donald did.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

A brand new bridge between Detroit and Canada is finished and ready to open. It would speed up traffic for millions of trucks, cut delays for American businesses, and help the auto industry that employs people in every state. There is just one problem.

Donald Trump won’t let it open.

Here is why.

The family that owns the old bridge stands to lose business when the new one opens. So in January, they gave one million dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC.

Weeks later they met with Trump’s Commerce Secretary.

He called Trump.

Hours after that, Trump announced he would block the new bridge. The opening was set for June 12. It got canceled the day before. The bridge sits there finished and empty.

Now here is the part that should make every taxpayer angry.

Canada paid for the entire bridge.

Every dollar. And the United States already owns half of it for free. Trump is holding up a bridge we got for nothing, to protect a donor who wrote him a check, while picking a fight with our closest ally and biggest trading partner.

This is corruption in plain sight.

A billionaire pays, and the President delivers. American workers and businesses pay the price.

Open the bridge. A government should work for the people, not for whoever writes the biggest check.
https://t.co/9o9Gz9UrBo

[gino.eth 💽 @GinoTheGhost]

The Reflecting Pool is a perfect metaphor for the Trump administration:

- Ignore experts and science
- Overspend
- Declare early, historic victory
- "THE LEFT HATE THIS"
- Ends in total failure
- Unfounded conspiracies about sabotage
- MAGA pretends it doesn't actually matter

[Hal @vector13]

@JvsticeXI @m40a77 @cessonmute Solid AI reply but you're using an application of the term that you don't like to say the term is only meant to be applied to prison populations, which is clearly wrong. I've already told you I actually agree with you on misuse of it, but to insist on this prison part is goofy.

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

Trump was able to quickly put together $300 billion in recovery money for Iran after he decided to bomb it.

He stood in Swannanoa NC not far from my house in October 2024 and said he’d build back bigger, better, more beautiful, and faster than Biden after Hurricane Helene inflicted $60 billion in damage in the Blue Ridge . . . and then he went MIA.

Imagine if @realDonaldTrump cared as much about rebuilding Western North Carolina for Americans as he does about rebuilding Iran for Iranians.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Holy shit!! There are huge chunks of blue paint coming off the reflecting pool already…
It seems the peroxide loosened things up, yikes!!

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE.

[Hal @vector13]

@JvsticeXI @m40a77 @cessonmute No, I've read it. The second paragraph as published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology defines "toxic masculinity" and then says, "In prison, toxic masculinity is exaggerated." The study itself doesn't even assume the term only to refer to behavior in prison populations.

[Hal @vector13]

@JvsticeXI @m40a77 @cessonmute 2/2
That's why they're different terms. And the quotation you provided is correct that there's nothing especially toxic about pride or solidarity or providing for one's family. It is specifically those regressive behaviors (wanton violence, domination of others) that is toxic.

[Hal @vector13]

@JvsticeXI @m40a77 @cessonmute 1/2
I'm still not sure where you're seeing a mutual exclusivity here. The behaviors were defined in prison but it doesn't mean they can't exist outside of prison, nor does the study suggest so. Toxic masculinity is definitely not synonymous with masculinity itself.

[Hal @vector13]

@JvsticeXI @m40a77 @cessonmute Even the definition you posted doesn't contain the qualifier that it occurs only in prison. It was first defined studying imprisoned populations, but there's no exclusivity there. That's like saying it can't be called "rabies" in humans because it was first observed in animals.

[Sami Gold @souljagoyteller]

You could rob these people blind as long as you promised you hate the transgenders or whatever