Jesus fuck. We don’t suddenly expect rational, well-considered options from Reddit of all places now, do we? https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/115907834493594403
I read this fascinating thread while listening to Qobuz and by sheer coincidence, this track came on and it seems horribly appropriate:
#IfYouTolerateThisYourChildrenWillBeNext Manic Street Preachers on Qobuz https://open.qobuz.com/track/55341288
https://mastodon.social/@sellathechemist/116075306722957554
@… - The Russians cannot be trusted. At best the Russians will buy time, and then have another go.
When will European governments call a spade a spade and really push to disconnect from Russian oil and gas? If that means buying it from the US interim so be it. But then really push hard for energy and military security.
Russia is NOT going away. Nor is its hatred of Europe which is why the've been waging war on us in myriad ways for the last 20 years.
4/end
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/14/alexei-navalny-poisoning-death-russia-frog-toxin
"No true Scotsman" - Sorting people by worthiness definitely trending. <insert nation > values are not <insert pet hatred> . Like if you're pro DEI, you are by definition not American, so have no right to speak. I don't know about *all time* best, but these days ... Sigh.
It has been a long time since I've hated, like deep, burning hatred, the end of a book like I have the one I just finished.
The author didn't cheat. The ending is in keeping with the tone and characters, and doesn't have any plot holes. I just *hate* it.
I guess, you could say the author has been successful in that she evoked deep emotions in me. I'm just so glad that my book club is reading it this month so I'll get to vent my spleen about it to people who kn…
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney
— a former editor at The New York Times
— details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred,
why this was directed from the very top,
how some staff pushed back
and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
https://
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Critical Defiance:
🎵 Spiral of Hatred
#CriticalDefiance
https://diabolicalsummoningrecords.bandcamp.com/track/critical-defiance-spiral-of-hatred
https://open.spotify.com/track/4qEjOaVs5pIMLfyQe5uqrL
Looking at a recent Hobson's Pledge post on FB commenting derisively on Tania Waikato's potential political future, it occurs to me that Hobson's Pledge is a great example of one thing: Bigotry is just applied ignorance unjustified entitlement.
Those folks need a major attitude adjustment & a broader perspective on the world. They haven't got nearly enough intellectual surplus to squander what they burn through trying to justify their racist hatred.
Perkins: ICE Protesters At "New Level Of God-Hatred" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/perkins-ice-protesters-at-new-level-of-god-hatred/
"This is the heart of the tragedy. They are all one people, literally one family; cousins. The hatred, the contempt, and now the genocide, arise out of the claim by some to be uniquely their mutual god's chosen people, to be sole inheritors of their common patrimony.
This is the ultimate evidence of blasphemy.
By their fruits shall ye know them."
#Palestine
Morale is “plummeting” among federal law enforcement officers tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration operation,
as they complained that long hours,
ambitious arrest quotas
and hatred from the public, according to reports.
While officers at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol, overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, said they supported the administration’s goal of deporting undocumented mi…