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[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

The mark of prostration among Muslims.

You've probably already noticed that some Muslim men have a disgusting mark (sometimes several) on their forehead.

This mark is called zabiba ("raisin") because of its appearance.

It’s a callus or bump that develops from the repeated friction of the skin against the floor or the prayer rug.

It’s one of the biggest signs of extremism. Even in the Muslim world, it’s associated with terrorism.

Be careful around those who have it.

[Howard Lovy @Howard_Lovy]

There is a subgenre of books now from survivors of the October 7, 2023, massacre. I know that because I'm reading them for Canary Publishing. They are horrific in their detail, and I need to take frequent breaks. One thing I'm learning that I did not previously know: The Hamas terrorists did not go into the kibbutzim to murder as many people as they could. If they did, the death toll would have been even greater. Instead, they took their time in each home to terrorize the inhabitants, torture them, rape them, and livestream their crimes to their families (the victims' and their own). They did so with joy and laughter. These criminals embody an evil that I have not heard of since growing up hearing accounts from my Holocaust-survivor relatives. Those in the West who excuse these crimes against humanity are just as complicit.

[Freedom and Sovereignty Initiative Europe @FSI_Europe]

🚨 NGO PAYDAY PROTECTED AMID EU BUDGET CUTS

As national capitals push back against a bloated €2 TRILLION EU budget draft, Brussels is quietly carving out up to €11 BILLION for its army of favoured NGOs.

Article from our @RichardJSchenk in @brusselssignal

[Rachel Moiselle @RachelMoiselle]

Brenda Power is a rare voice of moral clarity amongst the Irish commentariat on this issue. In under a minute she eviscerates Ireland’s hypocrisy.

‘There wasn’t a single peep of protest to the Irish cricket team voluntarily playing Afghanistan last month, where women are treated worse than battery chickens. It is the most extreme humanitarian crisis in the world right now, as far as I can see, the gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Not a word of protest.’

‘Where was your indignation when we played [Afghanistan]? England wouldn’t play them, South Africa wouldn’t play them, New Zealand wouldn’t play them. The great humanitarians in Ireland had absolutely no difficulty. We’re hypocrites.’

[Talk2veee @talk2veee]

Every Parent should watch this video.

Now I understand why that father followed his daughters to the toilet despite the backlash he faced.

We live in very dark times

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

Immigration to Welfare:

Did you know the Govt passed a new Social Housing law this summer ?

“The Housing and Residential Tenancies Act 2026”

This Act sets the rules for asylum seekers’ access to social housing

To qualify for social housing you must be “lawfully resident” and “habitually resident” in Ireland.

“lawfully resident” includes:

• Refugee status
• Subsidiary protection
• Permission to remain
• Programme refugee status
• Certain qualifying family permissions

So once someone moves from being an asylum applicant, they have an immediate legal gateway to the social housing list.

Social housing is NOT for citizens only.

And To be clear:

Until this summer, the rules governing migrants’ access to social housing were largely contained in a Departmental circular from 2012.

The Govt has now written them directly into law.

This was a chance to tighten up access to social benefits.

Remember the Govt admit most are “economic migrants”

But Instead they have doubled down.

This directly affects the housing crisis.

It puts new arrivals in direct competition with with disability campaigners & others for housing resources.

Why are they doing this?

[Dr Katie Musgrave @dr_musgrave]

Sir Ranulph Fienne’s situation (whatever it may be) should serve as a reminder that even the most educated, forthright & privileged people can find themselves extremely vulnerable when nearing the end of their lives.

This is relevant to the debate on assisted dying, I think. 😔

[thenodeproject @thenodeproject]

NEVER FORGET THE 21

In 2015, twenty Christian men were taken to a beach in Libya and ordered to deny Christ. Beside them, Matthew Ayariga chose their faith and their fate:

“Their God is my God.”

Twenty Christians were taken to that beach. Twenty-one died for Christ.

[Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo]

🇩🇪 SAD INDUSTRIAL STORY

Germany built a huge solar power plant with moving solar panels, which turn with the sun and fold together in case of danger.

The Solarpark Erlasee was the benchmark for the green energy transition! The plant was the largest open-air photovoltaic plant in the world in 2008.

Now, years later ALL companies that produced the solar panel moving panels are bankrupt, so they cannot be maintained! The panels get struck in wrong position and repairs are extremely expensive, because spare parts are made by custom hand.

In addition the energy subsidies ran out, and the electricity production is just not profitable anymore! Now the solar field is bankrupt.

-> Man, everyone involved in this project became bankrupt! Everyone!

[Electroverse @Electroversenet]

More than half a million balsa trees are illegally logged in the Amazon each year, largely driven by the demand for wind turbine blades.

As plantation supply runs short, logging has moved into protected rainforest and indigenous territories.

Roads are cut into intact jungle, habitats are fragmented, and local ecosystems are disrupted.

Balsa is lightweight and essential for turbine construction. Demand has surged due to the West's environmental push, but the supply chain is largely untracked at source.

The result is an ignored cost: so-called "green" energy, cut down and shipped.

[Masara Kim @masskeemz]

His eyes have seen unspeakable bloodshed. His feet have grown weary from funeral after funeral — burying his own church members slaughtered by Fulani jihadists seizing ancestral lands and imposing mini-caliphates in villages south of Jos.

But Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo will not break. In the heart of Plateau State, central Nigeria, he stays to encourage the living and keep the faith alive.

[Peadar Tóibín TD @Toibin1]

Over €45 in every €100 fill of petrol goes to the government in tax.

Its hammering families.

Don't forget the fuel price public meeting in Moate this Sunday.

[Isaac @isaacrrr7]

El régimen islámico asesinó a 100.000 iraníes —la mitad de ellos niños— cuyo único delito fue protestar por la libertad.

¿Por qué nadie abandonó la sala a modo de protesta durante el discurso del presidente iraní en la ONU?

[EWTN News @EWTNews]

It was one of the most moving moments of Pope Leo XIV’s Prayer Vigil with young people at the Stade de France.

Hundreds of actors represented France’s more than 1,700 saints and blesseds, creating a striking image of a true “army of holiness.”

Pope Leo XIV was deeply moved and, in a moment that touched everyone present, even wiped away a tear.

The moment culminated in a grand fireworks celebration.

[Heroes Of Britain @HeroesOfBritain]

Too young for war. Too young to die.

Look into his eyes.

This is what the Great War looked like for a generation of young British soldiers.

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

holy shit
i asked claude to make a video on western civiization

[John McGuirk @john_mcguirk]

Laura lays it out here admirably: It's a sick obsession. 3,005 articles in the four main irish outlets since January 1st about one country. That's more than 11 news items every single day:

https://t.co/pBgda1JXwi

[I do not consent @Idonotconsent6]

Flew back from Montenegro. Saw this monstrous wind farm, somewhere in the channel. Not a single blade was turning.

Billions wasted on medieval, UNsustainable crap.

Some rich folk are laughing at us…

[Sam Enright @Sam__Enright]

Hundreds of people have now signed our open letter about the state of maths education in Ireland.

They include many of Ireland's leading startup founders, maths professors, the author of the most widely used applied maths textbook, our IMO medalists, parents, teachers...

[wicklowwomen4women @wicklowwomen4w1]

@RonanMullen articulates very clearly and concisely the child-safeguarding failures at the centre of males lactating to feed infants, and the fact that breastfeeding organisations are not only failing to call it out, but actively promoting it.

https://t.co/oqCOPPVGid