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Glad tho the boaters get their asses kicked by the dock hands. Fuck boater kulaks.

It clearly should be made illegal to even look at kids, or to want to procreate. That'll solve everything.

I don't know all the politics around this decision, but I was happy to see this news. The Grand Canyon is one of my favorite places in the world. It is constantly eyed for resource extraction (e.g. uranium), and this places one more protective hurdle. Choosing to take this as a good thing, and not analyze it as a cynical political move.

Now to fully solidify my moment, here are some vacation photos.

This is a good sign.

UNIONIZE FOLKS IT'S GOOD AND POSSIBLE YOU CAN DO IT!

loose lips sink ships.

Hundreds dead from blasts, injuries and starvation. Kristo Langker from Friendlyjordies brings out the damning evidence.

Thanks @[email protected] for finding this and posting it in the news bulletin, I felt it needed its own post.

The original title of this article is way too passive voice for my taste but the article itself is pretty good.

We ask only that you do unto others as they have done themselves, showing them the evilness of their acts and exalting those who have never strayed from your path.

Rain brimstone and fire on these motherfuckers

Amen.

Image is of the American military during their occupation of Haiti at the beginning of the 20th century, taken from this NYT article from 2022: Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged.

In the aftermath of the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021 and his replacement by Western comprador Ariel Henry, the situation in Haiti is the most dire it has been in decades - by some metrics, even worse than the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake (CW: rape, violence including against children). Millions do not have enough food. Outbreaks of disease are rampant. The government - such that it still exists, which is becoming increasingly debatable - has only a minority control over the capital city, with some estimates putting the influence of armed groups at 80%.

America's search for somebody, anybody, to intervene in Haiti has ended, with Kenya answering the call. President Ruto has announced that he will send 1000 police officers to Haiti. Kenya's Foreign Minister has tried to sell this intervention as pan-Africanism. Other Caribbean states, like the Bahamas and Antigua and Barbuda, have offered to send police officers too.

I can't really say it any better than the Black Alliance for Peace's own statement:

Kenya has offered to deploy a contingent of 1,000 police officers to help train and assist Haitian police, ostensibly to “restore order” in the Caribbean republic. Yet, their proposal is nothing more than military occupation by another name; an occupation of Haiti by an African country is not Pan-Africanism, but Western imperialism in Black face. By agreeing to send troops into Haiti, the Kenyan government is assisting in undermining the sovereignty and self-determination of Haitian people, while serving the neocolonial interests of the United States, the Core Group, and the United Nations.

There is an urgent need for clarity on the issue of occupation in Haiti. As described in a recent statement on Haiti and Colonialism, Haiti is under ongoing occupation. No call for foreign intervention into Haiti from the administration of appointed Prime Minister Ariel Henry can be considered legitimate, because the Henry administration itself is illegitimate. BAP has repeatedly pointed out that Haiti’s crisis is a crisis of imperialism. Haiti’s current unpopular and unelected government is propped up only by Haiti’s de facto imperial rulers: the unseemly confederacy of the Core Group countries and organizations, as well as BINUH (the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti), and a loose alliance of foreign corporations and local elites.

Henry and the UN have made a mockery of sovereignty by mouthing the slogan “Haitian solutions to Haitian problems,” yet finding the only solution in violence through foreign military intervention. After repeated failed attempts to organize an occupying force to protect their interests and impose their will on the Haitian people (including appeals to the multinational organization, the Caribbean Community [CARICOM] for troops), they have now found a willing accomplice in Kenya, an east African country with its own set of internal problems.

Indeed, what’s in it for Kenya? An opportunity to both train and enhance the salaries of local police forces and garner a patina of prestige, or at least bootlicking approval, from the West. And for Haiti? White blows from a Black hand and a further erosion of their sovereignty.

And, by the way, here's the Black Alliance for Peace's statement calling for no intervention by ECOWAS in Niger, calling the organization a Western comprador organization similar to CARICOM's role in Haiti.

Welcome to our friends throughout the Lemmyverse!

Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.

This week's first update is here in the comments.

This week's second update is here in the comments.

Tell me again how this toy commercial was a feminist masterpiece

cancer rate is 130% which means one in three of us will get double cancer

just eating fish from tainted water is a 7% cancer risk

it's for BOATS lol

Wells Fargo customers are reporting the disappearance of direct deposits in their accounts.

On X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, users complained about their disappearing funds. One bank customer said they saw the news about the problem right as they noticed their deposits weren’t in their account.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-golfer-arrested-punching-87-year-old-man-death-car-dispute-police

A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul: The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide.

Thank you mr singham for funding hexbear

Trump literally gets on truthzonesocial.net and threatens to kill people and nothing happens to him because he's rich and white (and an ex-president) lmfao

I guess it's time for more fearmongering and more money for the American MIC! One of the worst things liberal media has done in the last decade is give this war hungry psychopath a voice because he said Trump bad. He even made his book title a Hamilton reference, played libs like a fiddle.

Bonus: Bolton is very serious about Havana syndrome, and suggests it was actually the Russians all along

There's a war out there...a war on humans being waged by aquatic wildlife. Who's side are you on?

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Actor Mark Margolis died on Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness, according to a statement from his son, Morgan Margolis. He was 83 years old.

Margolis had a breakout role as a mobster in the 1983 film "Scarface."

However, he was perhaps best known for his portrayal of "Hector Salamanca," on the series "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul."

Salamanca was a ruthless, elderly gang leader who could not speak or walk, and communicated via menacing facial expressions and by ringing a bell attached to his wheelchair.

In 2012, Margolis was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding guest actor for his role as Salamanca.

Breaking Bad co-star Brian Cranston shared his condolences on Instagram, calling Margolis, "fun and engaging off the set ... and intimidating and frightening on set."

"His quiet energy belied his mischievous nature and curious mind," Cranston wrote.

Peter Gould, a writer and producer of Breaking Bad, said Margolis was "brilliant, funny, a raconteur with a million stories."

Margolis was born in the east coast US city of Philadelphia in 1939.

He studied acting in New York City with noted teacher Stella Adler, and focused on the stage in his early career.

Margolis appeared in dozens of shows both on and off-Broadway, including at the Public Theater in New York.

His roles on the big screen include around 70 movies, most recently Matthew Coppola's 2022 film "Broken Soldier" with Sophie Turner and the late Ray Liotta.

He also appeared in several critically acclaimed films by director Darren Aronofsky, including "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream."

Margolis is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jacqueline Margolis, and his son Morgan. The family plans to have a private memorial and funeral.