JoshuaHolland

JoshuaHolland, 1 day ago to food

Making kimchi is a massive pain in the ass but I love it both fresh and lightly fermented for a few days and you can’t buy it like that around these parts. #food

Four large Ball jars filled with kimchi.
Stir fry beef and kimchi.

JoshuaHolland, 1 day ago to random

https://qz.com/tesla-cybertruck-warranty-coolant-leak-mileage-1851470429

https://wompwompwomp.com/

JoshuaHolland, 2 days ago to random

John Timoney, the former police chief who became infamous for developing the fascistic “Miami Model” of crowd control, was once quoted saying, “you can beat the rap but you can’t beat the ride.” IOW, arrests don’t have to be lawful or stand up to judicial scrutiny to accomplish their purpose.

#fascism #gazaprotests

Headline: Trespassing charges dropped for all 9 anti-war protesters arrested at U of M
Headline: All pro Palestinian demonstrators’ UT-Austin cases dropped

JoshuaHolland, 2 days ago to random

Many responses to this focus on Trump promising much worse but it just strikes me as incoherent.

Yes, #Biden made a small, late contribution to the moral panic but the crackdowns are coming from college administrators buckling under pressure from GOP demagogues in Congress and are carried out by local cops. #gazaprotests

JoshuaHolland, 3 days ago to random

We hear a lot about the “new #antisemitism” but we should acknowledge that the old kind is incredibly prevalent on the pro-Israel side.

Most “Christian Zionists” think Jews are money-grubbing, Hollywood-controlling globalists and would lose their shit if their kid dated one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/antisemitism-republicans-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk0.8tzv.HokTgqFZTo6E&smid=url-share

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to journalism

Think about the timing of this piece of fluff. It dropped the week that Johnson claimed that everyone knows intuitively that droves of unauthorized immigrants vote in US elections and the day that they adjourned for two weeks because they can’t pass anything without Dems helping them avert an imminent crisis.

#media #gop

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

I’m impressed by the intellectual flexibility that’s required to believe that college kids are both afflicted with extreme wokeness and are also prone to rabid expressions of #antisemitism.

These things can only be reconciled by claiming that calls for divestment or a ceasefire are inherently antisemitic. Which is common but nonsensical.

#gazaprotests

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

Really highlights how pathetic those college presidents were for getting caught completely flat-footed in the face of the GOP’s entirely predictable demagoguery.

#gazaprotests

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/08/us/antisemitism-house-hearing-education?unlocked_article_code=1.qU0.zQaC.BW8QRF7psqkx&smid=url-share

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

Tell it to the administrators and the cops, Joe.

Order has prevailed just fine at the few schools that chose to ignore the #gazaprotests.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-biden-says-order-must-prevail-during-campus-protests-over-war-in-gaza

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

A couple hundred cops in riot gear using tear gas to clear out 33 peaceful protesters is what a full-blown moral panic looks like. #gazaprotests

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

Not sure it's a huge mystery. Columbia students tend to be wealthy and well connected and City College kids tend not to be.

#gazaprotests
https://hellgatenyc.com/columbia-protesters-get-misdemeanors-city-college-protesters-get-felonies-why

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

Jebus, someone needs to take this lunatic's phone away.

#maga #RFKJr

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

This guy is a MAGA chud who made TikToks about how great Russia is for standing up to NATO aggression. Now he’s finding out.

https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-court-says-us-soldier-charged-with-theft-causing-significant-damage-2024-05-08/

JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to journalism

This thing that’s happened repeatedly (Haley’s zombie campaign racking up 15-20%) unexpectedly happened once again. #media #trump #Election2024

JoshuaHolland, 5 days ago to random

We’re living in such an upside world right now.

99% of #gazaprotests have been peaceful yet those protesters have been attacked, arrested, ostracized by politicians and punished by administrators. And somehow it’s the protests that are supposed to outrage us.

And they’re protesting a war that’s been conducted consistent with Israel’s stated policy of collective punishment through the use of disproportional force against civilian infrastructure.

It’s utter madness.

https://acleddata.com/2024/05/02/pro-palestine-us-student-protests-nearly-triple-in-april-acled-brief/

JoshuaHolland, 5 days ago to journalism

I read a Politico piece that referred to students walking out to demand a ceasefire as an “antisemitic incident.”

This stuff tells people that there’s no shame in being called an antisemite and that perhaps reports of real antisemitic incidents are overblown. Just makes the world more dangerous for Jews. #media #gazaprotests #antisemitism

JoshuaHolland, 5 days ago to random

Jack Smith could demonstrate that Cannon has shown at least an appearance of bias by printing out a 6-inch stack of commentaries and analyses about how blatantly she’s been in the tank for Trump written by respected legal experts in mainstream publications. I don’t get why she’s still on the case.

JoshuaHolland, 5 days ago to random

This is so demoralizing.

Sha says she has too many unresolved motions, which is entirely a result of her inexplicably dawdling over some motions and entertaining others that were ridiculous and should have been dismissed outright.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/07/trump-classified-documents-trial-date-court

JoshuaHolland, 5 days ago to random

"The ruling... was made in a bare-bones order that contained no factual or legal reasoning.

"Over and over, Judge Cannon, who was appointed by Mr. Trump, has treated seriously arguments that many, if not most, federal judges would have rejected out of hand. Often, her acceptance of Mr. Trump’s unorthodox claims have resulted in significant delays in bringing the charges in the classified documents case in front of a jury."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/politics/trump-classified-documents-trial-delay.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE0.Sn7x.aZzoW00bVOvK&smid=url-share

JoshuaHolland, 6 days ago to random

As someone whose understanding of this issue comes mostly from the US press, I must say that I'm surprised to learn that so many Israelis are rabid antisemites.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-800146#google_vignette

JoshuaHolland, 6 days ago to random

Checking in on the Trump trial and it turns out that yes they was taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy. Detailed notes.

JoshuaHolland, 6 days ago to random

Wild that the only Democrats Trump doesn't disdain are the corrupt ones.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/06/trump-house-gop-cuellar-resign

JoshuaHolland, 6 days ago to Israel

Like the US abstention on the UNSC ceasefire vote in late March or the leaks about internal admin concerns about war crimes, this is a big deal in the context of US-Israeli relations but won't get #Biden any credit bc diplomacy tends to be subtle.

GHB did something similar in '91 over settlements and people still talk about it. We used it as a case study in my international conflict resolution unit years later. #gaza #israel

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold