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[Robert @1underthestars]

@JuliaHB1 @NickFerrariLBC I am blocking you for your vile 'interview' with the Palestinian politician. Please watch the film about Palestine by the late, great John Pilger and learn about real journalism. It's never too late.

[Better Man @BeBetterMan_]

Jim Carrey said:

“I’m 64. If I could be 25 again, here’s what I'd tell myself”

1. “Sadness is often a result of circumstance.”

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

It's important this performative video is met with the scorn that it deserves.

Silence would be unacceptable.

But it's actually worse to have Labour making sad videos whilst continuing to arm a genocide and arrest those who protest. It should be beneath contempt.

[James English @jamesenglish0]

Channel 4 wanted me to talk about my relationship with Russell Brand

[Robert @1underthestars]

@pavyg Is not what is happening in Gaza more worth journalist's time..?

[Robert @1underthestars]

@garethicke Pity the Guardian doesn't make as much effort reporting on the Palestinians in tents and now under water in Gaza...

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Unbearable.

Gaza screams for us to break the siege.

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

I broke down while filming these scenes. I couldn't bear the scale of the suffering unfolding before my eyes. I tried my best to amplify these families' voices, but what I witnessed was beyond words.

Children soaked, tents completely flooded, and families left exposed to the cold and rain. The world is not just witnessing this tragedy; it is complicit through its silence.

Watch the report for yourselves.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

One million women and girls are starving in flooded tents.

It is strange how the world can cooperate to get oil through the Iranian blockade at the Strait of Hormuz but still aren't able to get aid through the Israeli blockade at the borders of Gaza.

[John Cusack @johncusack]

This is pure evil

[Motasem A Dalloul @AbujomaaGaza]

Unbelievable

70,000 tents drowned due the two day rain spell that hit Gaza

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Has the the human race not invented secure, portable, quickly constructed housing?

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

The images of kids submerged in freezing floodwater, in flimsy tents that won't survive another winter, make me SICK.

I think of Primo Levi’s words that every European learns by heart at school - only to forget when entering politics or diplomacy.

The shame of our time.

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

This is Gaza with families in each tent, a few miles away children in Israel (an EU "preferred partner) are swimming in heated pools and getting fast food.

Welcome to the world of the UK/EU/US

[Dr. Michael Stein @DocMichaelStein]

This Radiologist said :

"If I have cancer, I won’t go to the hospital. I’ve seen too many people die from chemo, not from cancer."

1. I’ll fast for 30 days and I’ll stop working.

[Vipul Kumar Kewat @VipulKewatTech]

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[nomadgeist @nomadgeist]

This was Russell Brand in high school, so yes I partly agree with you, he was a dork who suddenly found himself young and famous in the UK, with the ability to get unlimited women. He also clearly had some issues, he himself claims he was molested by 2 men as a child, one being his family doctor which occurred over several years. Later he channeled his troubles into various pursuits which included substance addictions, but after getting sober it's obvious that his drug of choice became sex and attention

I actually know quite a bit about Brand, because I was a fan in his early days before he was ever known in the US, so this is a quick write up to explain how I see his trajectory and current situation

As with many British celebrities, they often did their best work in the local british stand up and tv circuit, before they crossed the pond and succumbed to Hollywood commercialization, for example Ricky Gervais, Sacha Baron Cohen, John Cleese, Billy Connolly and many others, and Russell Brand was the same, they all lost something when they went to Hollywood since their humor was finely tuned to the quite competitive British market, and their style needed to be modified for the mass international market. Brand has not been anywhere near as funny since about 2009 imo, and I stopped paying much attention to him around then

It was obvious from his early career though that Brand had massive goals. He worshipped and wanted to emulate hall of fame comedy legends like Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, Billy Connolly and even guy like Morrissey who he befriended. Whatever his motives (which i'm sure were mixed, as with anyone), he really wanted to be a legendary cult like artist and figure

When he got to the USA, he realized he was basically being put into this box as the quirky British hippy rocker guy, he was doing superficial talk show appearances and putting out trash like “Get him to the Greek”. He had a ticket to money and stardom but he was very unfulfilled by it all and I think he disliked his own work. He wanted to be the subversive artist but ended up putting out radio pop, and I think this is what drove him to ditch Hollywood and foray into political commentary

His mistake was thinking he could operate as some independent political influencer guy when he had the kind of sexual past that he had. And what kind of sexual past was that? Well he really was one of the most sexually promiscuous men ever, and not only that, he was a charismatic and highly competent at seducing women

Neil Strauss the author of the "the Game" hung out with him and called him "the best natural he'd ever seen", that is coming from a guy who had met many famous people and who had researched, lived and breathed pickup and seduction for a decade. Brand was basically constantly pulling and sleeping with women any chance he could. In his book he claimed that the most women he'd ever slept with in a single day was 9, after a show in Ireland, there are many accounts which would suggest that he probably was not exaggerating

He was completely out of control, forward, and while i'm sure the vast majority of that was consensual, it's also likely that he was overly confident and felt invincible and crossed lines for some women in some cases. What some women will love and see as a sexually dominant turn-on, another can see as inappropriate or sleazy, especially if she initially feels desired and charmed, and then afterwards feels dumped and used

There's no man who could push the kind of volume he was pushing, living that kind of fast sex lifestyle without pissing off at least a few women, there's just no way you are going to be calibrated enough to each person. Overall, they were never going to have much trouble finding enough dirt on him to bring a case to court

Saying that, it's also apparent that this was all widely known in the British entertainment industry since the 2010's at least, so it's also clear that there were likely alterior motives for suddenly bringing a documentary out about him in 2023 (which was basically a casting call encouraging women to come forward)

The British establishment is ridiculously corrupt, arguably even moreso than the US. The US has the Deep state, well the UK has the Abyss state, that deep historic empire-tier corruption. Whether Brand was really doing anything valuable politically or not is besides the point, he had obviously made some enemies, he was an easy target because he had no powerful allies in his corner to bat for him

A very sad rise and fall situation, especially considering he has a few young kids, but goes to show that there's a reason most celebrities who find mainstream success just shutup, toe the line, focus on their work and take the bag, especially those who know full well there is dirt that can be used against them. That is the only rational thing to do, every position in society comes with it's own possibilities and limitations

[Pepe Escobar @RealPepeEscobar]

Straight from our source, who traveled with Mohsen Rezaee to Moscow:

Putin dispatched his PERSONAL AIRCRAFT to bring Rezaee from Tehran.

Accorded him head-of-state honors.

And promised FULL SUPPORT WITHOUT LIMITS.

Similar to Russia's relationship with China.

Transition Protocol broke the Putin-Rezaee 95-minute phone call ahead of everybody.

I'll be recording an update soon, at midnight in Shanghai.

[The Anatomy Of Survival @TheAnatomysur]

We are not physically exhausted.
We are existentially exhausted.

We are spending years living without a sense of purpose, while still forcing ourselves to function normally every day.

[Robert @1underthestars]

@RobertKennedyJr Now critique Zionism from a western Liberal democratic perspective...

[Robert @1underthestars]

@pavyg Comedy post