I am breathless from the awesomeness of this post and I would give #defector even more money, so they should open up ways to let me do that for like treats of some kind.

Thank you Defector.

#Defector announces new #crossword feature in collaboration with #AVCX: “Stronger for their creators' voices, playful with language, and interested in more than Mel OTT, Bobby ORR and the ALOU brothers.” https://defector.com/introducing-the-defector-crossword

Private Abshier: abandoned his DMZ post, crossing into North Korea in May 1962.

PFC Joe Dresnok: facing court martial, crossed over in Aug 1962.

CPL Jerry Parrish: crossed into North Korea in 1963.

SGT Charles Jenkins: avoiding a tour in Vietnam, Jenkins entered North Korea in 1965.

Private Joe White: with a duffel bag of army documents, crossed over in 1982.

Now Travis King?

These soldiers lived interesting lives in North Korea.

#history
#usarmy
#korea
#defector

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_in_North_Korea#Notable_defectors

It seems telling that known Russia spy Maria Butina -- the former❓ NRA and right-wing favorite -- is helping defector Tara Reade gain access to Putin.

"Butina has pledged to 'discuss the possibility of granting Russian citizenship' to Reade, and ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to 'fast track' her citizenship application, it reported."

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/biden-s-accuser-in-moscow-seeking-russian-refuge-with-help-of-ex-spy-20230531-p5dcnv.html

#Biden #GOP #Traitors #republicans #defector #RussiaInvadedUkraine #Ukraine #FSB #Duma #TaraReade #PutinPuppets

Here, then, is the first-ever Pluralistic Jubilee Linkdump Backlog Bankruptcy!

First up:

"The Internet Isn't Mean To Be So Small," Kelsey McKinney's crie-de-coeur for *#Defector*:

https://defector.com/the-internet-isnt-meant-to-be-so-small

This is part of the #enshittification canon that includes @catvalente 's unmissable "Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things":

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start

7/

Now that everyone is a brand I think a lot about what it means to sellout, in no small part because of the moment of music I grew up listening to. Lauren Theisen gets to the heart of an important distinction: millionaires don't need to own another vacation house https://defector.com/selling-out-still-sucks #sellingout #defector #buyingin

I'M ALWAYS TRIGGERED

If you don't read #Defector , you should be.

https://defector.com/you-cannot-defeat-stephen-a-smith-in-mind-combat

#sports

Oslo, Norvegia CNN —
Un ex mercenario di Wagner afferma che la brutalità a cui ha assistito in Ucraina alla fine lo ha spinto a disertare, in un'intervista esclusiva alla CNN lunedì.
I combattenti Wagner venivano spesso mandati in battaglia con poche indicazioni, e il trattamento riservato d...
https://parliamodi.news/detail/9663.html
#31Gennaio #medvedev #defector #ukraine

Matt Murphy: Andrey Medvedev: How Russian mercenary made an icy escape to #Norway

#russia #wagnergroup #defector
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64303652

RT @1BrightLucifer@twitter.com

Merry Kriss-miss ... "it wasn't so hard to find." #SOVIET #DEFECTOR #RACE #DIVISION

#BlackHistoryMonth #MLKDay 2 #RELDay look at that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX3EZCVj2XA

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/1BrightLucifer/status/1615344208646119424

On Martin Luther King Day, a little meditation on #baseball's color line and how American education is reacting to the idea of teaching children the truth about this country today from the idiots at #Defector. (A crossover post from Baseball Prospectus, in fact.) "We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
https://defector.com/what-is-baseball-history-for/

Okay, dette kan nok stemme også ... men *hvorfor* velger Wagner gruppen å dele denne informasjonen med omverdenen?

https://www.nrk.no/norge/russerens-forsvarer_-mange-som-vil-snakke-med-ham-na-1.16258344

#Norge #Russland #wagnergroup #avhopper #defector #Russia #Norway

The paywall is down for the day at #Defector. Enjoy some quality stuff.
https://defector.com/an-oral-history-of-the-time-six-doctors-swallowed-lego-heads-to-see-how-long-theyd-take-to-poo/

#KevinMcCarthy’s bid for the #speaker’s #gavel went into a historic third day after #Republicans adjourned Wednesday without a single #defector reversing course.

The decision came after McCarthy huddled #Wednesday with a mix of his supporters and his most ardent #holdouts as they clawed for any path to break the high-stakes stalemate — which has #humiliatedtheGOP on a national stage.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/04/house-gop-enters-second-day-of-speaker-vote-with-no-plan-00076301

Kazakhstan to deport Russian major who fled his country over war https://www.reuters.com/world/kazakhstan-deport-russian-major-who-fled-his-country-over-war-2022-12-29/ #CRISIS/KAZAKHSTAN #DEFECTOR #UKRAINE #RUSSIA

IT'S WILLIAMS-SONOMA CATALOG HATER'S DAY! #williams-sonoma #defector #drewmagary

#defector #media needs to join us! always some quality #journalism

https://defector.com/whats-all-this-nuclear-fusion-business-allow-me-a-true-expert-to-explain/

Tovarisch Ed, enjoy your Siberian FSB-controlled dacha.

Maybe you will be rewarded with a toilet in a few years. Perhaps, with good behavior, even a washing machine following that!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/02/edward-snowden-russian-citizenship/

#defector #traitor #natsec #snowden #narcissist

#introduction
I enjoy…
#news #baseball #journalism #tv #movies #comedy #sports #30rock #loneliness #newyorktimes #washingtonpost #defector
I offer very little. But I am quite amusing. Well, I aim to be amusing.

I imagine I will one day look back on these first posts with “bout to take the wife to PF Changs” awkward chargers tweet vibes. Will miss #phish twitter, #nba #nbatwitter #pdx #pdxtwitter #gratefuldead #defector #grantland #heidiworld #thebestshow #Scharpling #wurster #coffee #vermont #btv #swooshlife twitters the most. Will not miss the more hellhole-like elements of the bird app.