calliope

@calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mewgenics: Some of the ‘celeb’ Meowing voice cast seems to be problematic at best⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was somewhat interested before, but I have zero interest in supporting anything Ethan Klein has been involved in. Yuck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also gross!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh gross!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tangentially related, the military has been “losing” ammunition and weapons for a shockingly long time, and in the 80s Fort Bragg (the largest military base) was remarkably easy to rob.

  In 1986, investigators for the United States Congress and Department of Defense reported growing concern in the U.S. Armed Forces over missing weapons. Hundreds of millions of dollars in military arms, ammunition, and explosives had disappeared.

  A congressional report on Fort Bragg cited a large amount of missing ordnance recovered around the post, including 148 pounds of plastic explosives, 142 pounds of TNT, 1,080 feet of detonating cord, 13 hand grenades, and 35 antipersonnel land mines. Some of the weapons and explosives turned up in private homes.

  From Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America.

  And that was just at Fort Bragg, in the 80s when post-Vietnam violent white supremacy was taking shape.

  The Branch Davidians also had a 50 caliber in 1995. No one knows where they got it.

  I have to imagine desperate soldiers might take to selling it instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donald Trump just shared an AI video to Truth Social depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This was literally the guy who started his entire political career in earnest by calling in to Fox News and talking about how Obama wasn’t “American” because he’s black. Trump found his political fame because he advocated the “birther” conspiracy.

  It’s honestly crazy that anyone could be surprised. He’s been up front about his racism for fifteen years now.