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Chilling in your favorite philosophers' dreams

[𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚🕸️ @Bjoker202]

S’entraîner comme un acharné pendant 25 ans, puis être qualifié de paresseux uniquement parce qu’on ne poste rien sur les réseaux sociaux…

[Steve Sweeney @SweeneySteve]

Reading the Lebanon–Israel–US framework agreement, I struggle to see how any Lebanese government could sign it. It appears even more damaging than the May 1983 accord, a deal that collapsed within months, brought down the government, leading to 18 years of I$raeli occupation in the south.

On paper, it appears to concede what generations of Lebanese governments refused to concede: de facto recognition of Israel, restrictions on Lebanon’s ability to pursue international legal action, and acceptance of the continued occupation of sovereign Lebanese territory.

If implemented in its current form, as many as 1.2 million displaced Lebanese could find themselves permanently separated from their homes, with the government seemingly happy to sacrifice the south of Lebanon and its people to I$rael and Washington.

Anyone celebrating this as a victory for “sovereignty” should explain how surrendering such core elements of Lebanese sovereignty to satisfy I$raeli and US demands achieves that goal.

It also effectively collapses the Iran-US memorandum of understanding which had Lebanon front and centre with a ceasefire and immediate I$raeli withdrawal a key demand.

The people of the south say they have been abandoned once more, sacrificed for zionist and imperialist plans. Humiliation, treachery and betrayal are words being used amid widespread anger directed toward the Lebanese PM and President.

Talk of civil war may be premature. But history should be a warning. As it stands this deal seems to have set Lebanon on a dangerous collision course.

[nenn (fan) @FCB_nenn]

Me hace gracia como Messi era el único que tenía permitido tocarla dos veces😭

[Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo]

This photo of 20-year-old Ethiopian Naima Jamal, from last year, shows her and as many as 50 others being held hostage for ransom in Libya. It is representative of how Libya’s migrant detention system is linked to the slave trade.

Migrants end up in detention centers where they're taken hostage. The hostage takers then hold them for ransom. If the family doesn't pay, they are auctioned off in a process that is similar to the transatlantic slave trade.

Say what you will about Muammar Gaddafi, but this didn't exist before the United States overthrew his government and lynched him in the streets. This happened under President Barack Obama with Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State.

If you ever wanted to know why my work is nonpartisan, it's because of shit like this. What politicians do behind the scenes is far more devious than what they do in public.

That part never changes.

https://t.co/pFrBUTs3tY

[6ɪx✦ @ok6ixx]

My grandma accidentally became a Yelp celebrity in her retirement community. She thought she was leaving private notes for herself about which restaurants she'd been to. She was leaving detailed PUBLIC reviews but rating everything by her bowel movements afterward. "Gave me the runs - 2 stars." "No problems - 5 stars." "Constipated for days - 1 star." She had 847 followers before we noticed. The local newspaper did a story on "the area's most honest food critic." She now gets recognized at grocery stores. She still doesn't fully understand what Yelp is. She thinks she works for them now.

[SlimekrewBangladesh @SlimeKrewDaily]

my moot is having the worst day of his life bro

[History Nerd @_HistoryNerd]

In 1956, Tom and Jerry aired one of the darkest and most philosophical episodes ever shown in a children's cartoon

[Pudim ✵ @pudimspfc]

This is Lukaku. He is the 4th highest goalscorer in the history of international football. His last World Cup goal was against Tunisia in 2018.

Don't let the qualifiers against Luxembourg, Armenia, Lithuania, or Liechtenstein fool you. Messi scores more goals where it really matters.

[Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 @ejmalrai]

I have obtained the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement and analysed it paragraph by paragraph.

My conclusion: it is a trap, impossible to fulfil, and designed to turn Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon into a Lebanese test judged by Israel.

[BR0TD🕊 @bronthedouble]

What a genius man.

[Awais @misterrhussainn]

Wow Subhan’Allah

[James🔻 @GoodVibePolitik]

Those flags are the sole reason the Lebanese flag still flies at all

[thelawshorts @thelawshorts]

I can co-sign this.

My best friend went to MIT and graduated first in his class for mechanical engineering. He then went on to get his doctorate at MIT in materials engineering.

He indicated that the biggest problem at MIT was that everyone wanted to create apps.

Meanwhile, he built a company dedicated to developing vapor-deposited polymer coatings for industrial thermal systems. Huge application in power plants, sugar factories, etc.

Couldn't get the funding.

[BackroadGee @BackroadGee_]

Messi Never played in the premier League btw.

[English Guy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @21Naija]

I’m telling you man, Pattinson is running game on these two lads.

[Lowkey @Lowkey0nline]

عاشت المقاومة غصبا على الخونة والجواسيس.

الله ينصركم على أعداء الإنسانية ويثبت أقدامكم ويقوي قلوبكم ويسدد رميكم ويكثر من أمثالكم يا طلائع الأمة.

التاريخ سيشهد للأبطال ويندد الأنذال.

[Nicolas Sawaya @sawaya_nicolas]

I read the Lebanese-Israeli framework agreement carefully (see comments for full text). I break it down, article by article, below (pay special attention to articles 2, 4, 8 and 9).

Overall, just a terrible, shameful agreement, especially when the far better alternative of leaning into the US-Iran MoU was available (and we haven't even seen the "security annex" yet, which I'm sure reflects even more sovereignty-enhancing measures for the Lebanese govt).

Preamble and Article 1:

In essence, Lebanon agrees to recognize Israel, to end the technical state of war between them (ongoing since 1948), and pledges to normalize relations through future agreements. Keep in mind that normalization is only supported by a small minority of the country, with overwhelming opposition to it.

Article 2:

The sequenced process referred to in this article is Hizb disarmament first before Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory (that this is envisioned to happen in stages or via "pilot zones" makes no difference, as the sequence remains the same: first disarmament then withdrawal from a particular territory). This of course won't happen short of civil war.

Instead of leaning into US-Iran MoU that demanded Israeli withdrawal tout cours, the Lebanese govt has essentially legitimized occupation by making Israeli withdrawal contingent on Hizb disarmament (so no disarmament = continued occupation). This is also contrary to international law, which doesn't sequence withdrawal from occupied territory on disarmament of resistance groups. The Lebanese govt is willfully and foolishly throwing away leverage, because "sovereignty" apparently.

Article 3:

This article explicitly conditions reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure and return of civilians to their homes in any area under occupation on disarmament of Hizb and "dismantlement of their infrastructure" (to be executed incrementally via "pilot zones"). It's unclear who is doing the disarming and dismantling and how (the IDF, the LAF, or both in unison), but this should become clearer upon publication of the security annex; but see article 4 below.

Article 4:

Makes clear that the onus is on the Lebanese govt to "achieve the complete and verified disarmament" of Hizb. Again, this won't happen short of civil war, which Israel has been trying to foment in Lebanon since the beginning of the war.

Article 5:

We're supposed to believe that Israel has "no territorial ambitions in Lebanon", when several Israeli ministers and lawmakers have insisted otherwise, and Israel has formally conditioned their withdrawal from Lebanese territory on Hizb disarmament by the Lebanese govt first, which they know cannot happen.

Article 6:

Lebanese govt explicitly calls Hizballah military activities illegal and outside of the Law. This reiterates the govt's previous position, but by virtue of stating it within this broader Lebanese-Israeli framework, reinforces the view that the Lebanese govt is aligned with Israel in eliminating Hizb (as an armed actor).

Article 7:

Iterates the "right to self-defense" for Lebanon and Israel. We all know what the "right to self defense" means for Israel. They invoked their right to "self-defense" to commit genocide in Gaza, and had the temerity to invoke their right to "self defense" when Hizb recently killed 4 Israeli soldiers advancing within occupied Lebanese land to justify bombing dozens of Lebanese towns.

Article 8:

Notice how subtle but dangerous this language is in this article. The Lebanese govt is essentially affirming that Hizb poses a threat to Lebanon or to citizens of Lebanon. They've essentially declared Hizb, not Israel, as the enemy. Where does that leave Hizb supporters, which constitute a large segment of the Lebanese population?

Article 9 and 10:

The Lebanese govt commits to a "performance-based program" to disarm Hizb and accepts that any new US assistance is contingent on achieving milestones. This, apparently, is "sovereignty" according to the Lebanese govt. They're on probation and graduate only according to US (and presumably Israeli) performance reviews, with reconstruction funds and economic aid being dangled as carrots. Utter humiliation.

Article 11:

Intent is to strangle Hizb financially, with the US govt working with the Lebanese govt to ensure that.

Article 12:

Commitment to comprehensive "peace" agreement, which I interpret as a normalization agreement, although not crystal clear from this article. If so, this will be rejected by vast majority of country.

Article 13:

Another example of Lebanese govt volunteering to throw away any leverage by, for e.g., forgoing the option to accept the ICC's jurisdiction to investigate Israeli war crimes or to file formal complaints and letters against Israel with the UNSC.

Article 14:

The obligatory reference to thanking DJT

/END.

[Mario Barreto @Mariorarara]

El jersey de visitante que usará Francia es de mis favoritos. Está inspirado en la estatua de la libertad 🗽 (regalo de Francia a los gringos) tiene el color actual que tomó tras la oxidación de los años; pero el logo de la federación francesa y de Nike, están del color original que tenía la estatua.

[Clown Prince of Comics @Cheesymanfredo]

Legit one of saddest things to experience as a man

[Electra @Electrarythm]

Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian military strategist