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Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'

readtheline.ca · Dec 08

Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.

Shared by @Miro_Collas and 119 others.
Michael McCune (@elmiko) · Dec 10
🔁 @SKleefeld:

"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."

Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.

readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

Danny Boling ☮️ (@IAmDannyBoling) · Dec 10
🔁 @SKleefeld:

"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."

Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.

readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

Weekend at Benny's (@feijoa) · Dec 10
🔁 @SKleefeld:

"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."

Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.

readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

A (@a) · Dec 10
🔁 @letoams:

“America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill and trust among its allies, our American moderator was told. A rock-steady assumption of allied defence and security planning for literally generations has been that America would act in its own interests, sure, but that those interests would be rational, and would still generally value the institutions that America itself worked so hard to build after the Second World War. America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

Jürgen Hubert (@juergen_hubert) · Dec 11
🔁 @SKleefeld:

"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."

Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.

readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

65dBnoise (@65dBnoise) · Dec 10
🔁 @SKleefeld:

"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."

Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.

readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

Death by Lambda (@xdydx) · Dec 10
🔁 @SKleefeld:

"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."

Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.

readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

Jes (@Jesticulated) · Dec 10
🔁 @SKleefeld:

"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."

Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.

readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

Axomamma, Antifa's cousin* (@Axomamma) · Dec 10
🔁 @letoams:

“America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill and trust among its allies, our American moderator was told. A rock-steady assumption of allied defence and security planning for literally generations has been that America would act in its own interests, sure, but that those interests would be rational, and would still generally value the institutions that America itself worked so hard to build after the Second World War. America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-w

Worth reading

Yetch Studio | Unique Solutions to Everyday Problems

yetch.studio · Dec 10

Unique solutions to every day problems, straight from Simone Giertz's brain.

Shared by @topstories and 13 others.
icy (@otterly_icy) · Dec 10
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

Shauna GM (@shauna) · Dec 10
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

Glenn Fleishman (@glennf) · Dec 11
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

spiegelmama (@spiegelmama) · Dec 10
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

Tim Murtaugh (@murtaugh) · Dec 10
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

Workshopshed (@Workshopshed) · Dec 10
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (@vfrmedia) · Dec 10
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

Wayne Werner (@ketmorco) · Dec 10
🔁 @andybaio:

It's not enough for scammers to steal Simone's ideas, commissioned artwork, and product design, they are literally defrauding potential customers with her stolen image. Go buy her puzzles at her official store! yetch.studio/

AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key

theverge.com · Dec 10

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Linux Foundation CEO Jim Zemlin.

Shared by @mms and 9 others.

Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests

theguardian.com · Dec 10

Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed

Shared by @RadicalAnthro and 14 others.
Radical Anthropology (@RadicalAnthro) · Dec 11
🔁 @RadicalAnthro:

Here's Chris Stringer...
'So early Neanderthals were making fire in Britain about 400,000 years ago,” said Prof Chris Stringer, of the Natural History Museum and part of the team behind the findings. “Of course, our species was evolving in Africa, while these people were living in Britain and Europe. We guess that our species, too, would have had this knowledge, but we don’t actually have the evidence of it.”
theguardian.com/science/2025/d

Eye (@grb090423) · Dec 10
🔁 @markmccaughrean:

Hmm. While the title of this story is formally right, it's a bit misleading.

It might better read "Neanderthals figured out how to make & use fire long before we did".

That is, Neanderthals are indeed classified as human, because they're in the genus Homo, but I suspect most readers likely conflate "human" with our species, Homo sapiens.

Then again, most of us carry a few % of Neanderthal DNA, so ... 🤷‍♂️

Interesting story & discovery though – worth a read 👍

theguardian.com/science/2025/d

DoomsdaysCW (@DoomsdaysCW) · Dec 10
🔁 @RadicalAnthro:

Here's Chris Stringer...
'So early Neanderthals were making fire in Britain about 400,000 years ago,” said Prof Chris Stringer, of the Natural History Museum and part of the team behind the findings. “Of course, our species was evolving in Africa, while these people were living in Britain and Europe. We guess that our species, too, would have had this knowledge, but we don’t actually have the evidence of it.”
theguardian.com/science/2025/d

Brian Smith (@BrianSmith950) · Dec 10
🔁 @markmccaughrean:

Hmm. While the title of this story is formally right, it's a bit misleading.

It might better read "Neanderthals figured out how to make & use fire long before we did".

That is, Neanderthals are indeed classified as human, because they're in the genus Homo, but I suspect most readers likely conflate "human" with our species, Homo sapiens.

Then again, most of us carry a few % of Neanderthal DNA, so ... 🤷‍♂️

Interesting story & discovery though – worth a read 👍

theguardian.com/science/2025/d

Wen (@Wen) · Dec 10
🔁 @patrickhadfield:

'“The implications are enormous,” said Dr Rob Davis, a Palaeolithic archaeologist at the British Museum, who co-led the investigation. “The ability to create and control fire is one of the most important turning points in human history with practical and social benefits that changed human evolution.”'

"Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests."

theguardian.com/science/2025/d

Worth reading

Scientists Discover the Earliest Human-Made Fire, Rewriting Evolutionary History

404media.co · Dec 11

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

Shared by @yuhasz01 and 9 others.
Royce Williams (@tychotithonus) · Dec 11
🔁 @404mediaco:

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

404media.co/scientists-discove

BashStKid (@BashStKid) · Dec 11
🔁 @404mediaco:

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

404media.co/scientists-discove

Pauliehedron ✅ :donor: (@pauliehedron) · Dec 11
🔁 @feed:

Scientists Discover the Earliest Human-Made Fire, Rewriting Evolutionary History

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

404media.co/scientists-discove

yuhasz01 (@yuhasz01) · Dec 11
🔁 @404mediaco:

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

404media.co/scientists-discove

skry (@skry) · Dec 11
🔁 @404mediaco:

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

404media.co/scientists-discove

manisha (@manisha) · Dec 11
🔁 @404mediaco:

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

404media.co/scientists-discove

lashman (@lashman) · Dec 11
🔁 @feed:

Scientists Discover the Earliest Human-Made Fire, Rewriting Evolutionary History

The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.

404media.co/scientists-discove

Shared by @samueljohnson and 9 others.
SamuelJohnson (@samueljohnson) · Dec 11
🔁 @CelloMomOnCars:

"The global and American trajectories in this key clean energy technology are turning in different directions. And with most other countries racing to adopt EVs as a more efficient, cost-effective, and cleaner mode of transportation, China’s growing dominance of this technology may help that country become the next global economic superpower."

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

Mastodon Migration (@mastodonmigration) · Dec 10
🔁 @CelloMomOnCars:

"The global and American trajectories in this key clean energy technology are turning in different directions. And with most other countries racing to adopt EVs as a more efficient, cost-effective, and cleaner mode of transportation, China’s growing dominance of this technology may help that country become the next global economic superpower."

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦 (@dgoldsmith) · Dec 10
🔁 @CelloMomOnCars:

"The global and American trajectories in this key clean energy technology are turning in different directions. And with most other countries racing to adopt EVs as a more efficient, cost-effective, and cleaner mode of transportation, China’s growing dominance of this technology may help that country become the next global economic superpower."

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

Marion Grau (@marion_grau) · Dec 10
🔁 @climatenewsnow:

The rest of the world is lapping the U.S. in the EV race.

EVs made up 25% of global car sales in 2025. In the U.S., they only made up 10%. #ClimateChange

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

Adrian Cockcroft (@adrianco) · Dec 11
🔁 @CelloMomOnCars:

"The global and American trajectories in this key clean energy technology are turning in different directions. And with most other countries racing to adopt EVs as a more efficient, cost-effective, and cleaner mode of transportation, China’s growing dominance of this technology may help that country become the next global economic superpower."

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

Witchzilla (@msbw) · Dec 10
🔁 @climatenewsnow:

The rest of the world is lapping the U.S. in the EV race.

EVs made up 25% of global car sales in 2025. In the U.S., they only made up 10%. #ClimateChange

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁 (@Sanderde) · Dec 10
🔁 @climatenewsnow:

The rest of the world is lapping the U.S. in the EV race.

EVs made up 25% of global car sales in 2025. In the U.S., they only made up 10%. #ClimateChange

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

The Weird Way The 404 Media Zine Was Built

tedium.co · Dec 11

Lessons on laying out the 404 Media zine using a relatively weird setup—on Linux, using Affinity, with the help of the Windows translation layer WINE.

Shared by @ernie and 4 others.
Ernie Smith (@ernie) · Dec 11
🔁 @ernie:

Over on @tedium tonight, I explain what it was like to lay out the @404mediaco zine in Affinity, using WINE on Linux.

Yeah, it occasionally crashed. Yes, it did try to export a 17-exabyte PDF (not WINE’s fault). But YES, it was absolutely viable. Would do again.

tedium.co/2025/12/10/404-media

Trixter of the Moon Council (@trixter) · Dec 11
🔁 @ernie:

Over on @tedium tonight, I explain what it was like to lay out the @404mediaco zine in Affinity, using WINE on Linux.

Yeah, it occasionally crashed. Yes, it did try to export a 17-exabyte PDF (not WINE’s fault). But YES, it was absolutely viable. Would do again.

tedium.co/2025/12/10/404-media

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson (@SrRochardBunson) · Dec 11
🔁 @ernie:

Over on @tedium tonight, I explain what it was like to lay out the @404mediaco zine in Affinity, using WINE on Linux.

Yeah, it occasionally crashed. Yes, it did try to export a 17-exabyte PDF (not WINE’s fault). But YES, it was absolutely viable. Would do again.

tedium.co/2025/12/10/404-media

Jon Henshaw (@jon) · Dec 11
🔁 @ernie:

Over on @tedium tonight, I explain what it was like to lay out the @404mediaco zine in Affinity, using WINE on Linux.

Yeah, it occasionally crashed. Yes, it did try to export a 17-exabyte PDF (not WINE’s fault). But YES, it was absolutely viable. Would do again.

tedium.co/2025/12/10/404-media

Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) · Dec 11
🔁 @ernie:

Over on @tedium tonight, I explain what it was like to lay out the @404mediaco zine in Affinity, using WINE on Linux.

Yeah, it occasionally crashed. Yes, it did try to export a 17-exabyte PDF (not WINE’s fault). But YES, it was absolutely viable. Would do again.

tedium.co/2025/12/10/404-media

Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients

statnews.com · Dec 10

“The rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients.”

Shared by @Miro_Collas and 8 others.
VeeRat (@VeeRat) · Dec 11
🔁 @HelenBranswell:

This op-ed in @STAT is profoundly worrying. Identity-driven opposition to vaccines that's fueled by misinformation & political polarization is impeding the capacity of doctors to effectively care for their patients. statnews.com/2025/12/10/anti-v

Auscandoc (@auscandoc) · Dec 10
🔁 @HelenBranswell:

This op-ed in @STAT is profoundly worrying. Identity-driven opposition to vaccines that's fueled by misinformation & political polarization is impeding the capacity of doctors to effectively care for their patients. statnews.com/2025/12/10/anti-v

Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) · Dec 10

This op-ed in @STAT is profoundly worrying. Identity-driven opposition to vaccines that's fueled by misinformation & political polarization is impeding the capacity of doctors to effectively care for their patients. statnews.com/2025/12/10/anti-v

skry (@skry) · Dec 11
🔁 @HelenBranswell:

This op-ed in @STAT is profoundly worrying. Identity-driven opposition to vaccines that's fueled by misinformation & political polarization is impeding the capacity of doctors to effectively care for their patients. statnews.com/2025/12/10/anti-v

there is beauty in simplicity (@kinsale42) · Dec 10
🔁 @HelenBranswell:

This op-ed in @STAT is profoundly worrying. Identity-driven opposition to vaccines that's fueled by misinformation & political polarization is impeding the capacity of doctors to effectively care for their patients. statnews.com/2025/12/10/anti-v

Miro Collas (@Miro_Collas) · Dec 11
🔁 @HelenBranswell:

This op-ed in @STAT is profoundly worrying. Identity-driven opposition to vaccines that's fueled by misinformation & political polarization is impeding the capacity of doctors to effectively care for their patients. statnews.com/2025/12/10/anti-v

Worth reading

The Best Big Media Merger Is No Merger at All

eff.org · Dec 10

The state of streaming is... bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to watch anything is a web search: “Where can I stream X?” Then you have to scroll past an AI summary with no answers, and then scroll past the sponsored links. After that, you find out that the thing you want to wat...

Shared by @icymi_law and 5 others.
ICYMI (Law) (@icymi_law) · Dec 11
🔁 @eff:

A functioning antitrust regime would stop both the sale and the hostile takeover attempt, full stop. But Hollywood and the federal government are frequent collaborators, and the feds have little incentive to stop Hollywood’s behemoths from growing even further. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/best

Faraiwe (@faraiwe) · Dec 11
🔁 @eff:

A functioning antitrust regime would stop both the sale and the hostile takeover attempt, full stop. But Hollywood and the federal government are frequent collaborators, and the feds have little incentive to stop Hollywood’s behemoths from growing even further. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/best

Pim Joosten 🍉 (@pimjoosten) · Dec 11
🔁 @eff:

A functioning antitrust regime would stop both the sale and the hostile takeover attempt, full stop. But Hollywood and the federal government are frequent collaborators, and the feds have little incentive to stop Hollywood’s behemoths from growing even further. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/best

PrivacyDigest (@PrivacyDigest) · Dec 11
🔁 @eff:

It’s important to recognize, as we see more and more media mergers, that they are not about quality. They’re about control. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/best

Steve (@Justice30) · Dec 11
🔁 @eff:

It’s important to recognize, as we see more and more media mergers, that they are not about quality. They’re about control. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/best

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