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Contrary to how McCarthy’s defenders are behaving, men failing up is not a Constitutionally protected right.

The man made risky decisions and faced the natural consequences of them. I am not his mom, and my job is not to put pool noodles around hard corners for Republicans.

I am begging. The English-speaking world. To look up the difference. Between "horde" and "hoard." BEFORE you publish the thing!

The @bulwarkonline Sunday interview: @hwinkler4real!!
We discuss the writers' strike, how he dealt with dyslexia & how policymakers can help, his star turn in Monty & The Waterboy + some other shows you may have heard of.

Pod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/
YT: youtube.com/watch?v=onHUYK7rBq

"No one is more military than me" says a man who has never served a day in his life in a room with several actual Veterans. Is he serious?
 
Well said, @senmarkkelly.

So today @Teri_Kanefield put up an analysis of the problematic legal issues surrounding a gag order for Trump >>> law-and-politics.online/@Teri_

Rather than learn from Ms. Kanefield's vast expertise in these matters, some responses gave vent to their anger against Trump by accusing her of taking his side etc.

Listen up. Mastodon is not a cheering squad. Most of us value honest in-depth facts, even if uncomfortable, and we treasure those who contribute their time and expertise to keeping us informed.

CW: suicide 

@eric @icymi_law I’m sorry for your loss. Suicide is such a crappy disease

CW: suicide 

A year ago today, a friend of mine took his own life. Outwardly things seemed fine. He had just sent me a picture of him and his wife kayaking at a state park, with beautiful scenery all around. When we got together for martial arts he always appeared happy and well balanced. But internally he was struggling with profound sadness and despair. I wish I had known. I wish he knew how much we all miss him, and how his absence diminishes the world.

@Teri_Kanefield Thanks Teri, we do appreciate the honest, expert opinions

@alysondecker @icymi_law So sorry for your loss, Teddy sounds like a phenomenal friend

Some dogs can detect bombs and drugs. And some have trouble perceiving stairs.

"Female 'Samurai'

While 'samurai' is a strictly masculine term, the Japanese bushi class (the social class samurai came from) did feature women who received similar training in martial arts and strategy. These women were called “Onna-Bugeisha,” and they were known to participate in combat along with their male counterparts. Their weapon of choice was usually the naginata, a spear with a curved, sword-like blade that was versatile, yet relatively light.

Since historical texts offer relatively few accounts of these female warriors (the traditional role of a Japanese noblewoman was more of a homemaker), we used to assume they were just a tiny minority. However, recent research indicates that Japanese women participated in battles quite a lot more often than history books admit. When remains from the site of the Battle of Senbon Matsubaru in 1580 were DNA-tested, 35 out of 105 bodies were female. Research on other sites has yielded similar results."

During WW2 the British kept captured Nazi generals and other high ranking officers in a couple of stately homes, treated them well, with good food and even trips to London for lunch. The Nazis spoke freely among themselves about important German military stuff, presumably thinking the British were either too gentlemanly or too foolish to do anything so crass as bug every room in the building.

Spoiler alert: the British had bugged every room in the building.

bbc.com/news/uk-20698098

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