Kiyastiah

[Kiyastiah @Kiyastiah]

@RTSG_Seraph Average Central Asian under Communism.

[Seraph @RTSG_Seraph]

"We are reaching levels of third worldism that shouldn’t even be possible!"

[R.Сам 🦋🐏 @Logo_Daedalus]

WALL OF TEXT 7/6/23

ON DECEPTION & DISCARNATE SPACE

I think one epistemological reality that's hard to swallow is that photography is a *deception* -- that the production of artificial realities, or simulated realities, is in nature "deceptive" -- this is a picture, it is not "real" in the way that the process of producing the picture is real-- it has a similitude to a reality, but it is actually an illusion, in the same way that a painting is not "real"-- every picture can be "staged" ie: "unreal" which is to say "inauthentic"-- but what is "inauthentic" is not the picture itself (which is by nature "inauthentic") but the *process of the production of the picture*-- a "staged photo" is not a "candid photo" -- staged/candid refers to the reality that is outside of the picture, the context/method of the production of the picture. "This photo was produced without much intention. This photo was produced with much intention." You can see this across reactions to media in general-- "the news is staged" -- this is an incontrovertible reality, that everything in media is in some way "staged" & in some way "candid" when it comes to the process that produces the simulated reality that is in question. What is "candid" is simply "unintentional" -- it is where the process of production is demonstrated or proved in the object itself (a picture with a boom mic hanging in frame)-- but "candidness" or "candid-seemingness" is also possible to stage. Media technology is a deception arms race-- & that's what's so alienating about it-- we've become so good at deceiving each other that the alienated realization that "it's all staged" -- "every picture is staged" -- "everything is staged" -- "everything is deceptive" -- can drive people to madness. As we spend more time in simulated realities & less in the face to face carnate engagements of the reality that contextualizes & produces these simulated realities-- as we spend more time in "discarnate space" -- manning machines to move avatars-- deceiving ourselves & each other over the "base reality" of simulation-- all sorts of "mental illness" or manias manifest due to an epistemological collapse of contexts. "What if everything is a simulation?" -- what if you aren't really you, what if you're just an avatar in another simulation, & you'll "stand up from your computer chair" someday & remember the "greater context" that produced this "seeming reality" -- can you be sure? It's considered a fairly intellectual thing to entertain this proposition skeptically, or suspend judgment on it, but this also means that it's become generally acceptable to suspend faith in the "reality of reality" -- & this is dangerous, because it further amplifies the "discarnation" of carnate reality. To deny the "reality of reality" in this way is to enable a sort of demonic "playfulness" -- the sort that a cat has with a mouse. If reality is not real, then suffering is also ultimately unreal. Anything is possible & everything is allowed, because there are no "real" consequences in a simulation. If reality is itself a simulation, then nothing that happens within it "ultimately matters"-- there is no "objectivity" -- there is only an infinite subjectivity so overwhelming that it negates itself-- like imagining the hypothetical multiverse of simulated realities, "if there is a version of you that has done every imaginable thing in every imaginable universe, then how could it be wrong to do anything in this one?" -- it would not be "wrong" it would be inevitable-- this infinite subjectivity erases your particular subjectivity by the overwhelming nature of process-- ie: "One of the infinite subjects of infinite subjectivity had to exhaust this potentiality" -- "this is the version of you that does this"-- it's a tautological feedback loop, everything is rational but not "ultimately rational"-- only "inevitable." If there is only ONE reality & ONE context, then everything is ultimately rational, but everything is not "inevitable." If there is only ONE reality, then there is only ONE "version" of you-- which is the carnate one that is sensible to others & yourself-- which means that your actions are not "inevitable" though they might be "ultimately rational"-- they are not "inevitable"-- they are *freely produced eternal realities* -- one cannot "undo" anything that one has done-- there is not "another universe where that did not happen"-- there is only this one universe with this one history & none of it can be "undone." This is to say, there is not a single picture "of you" -- there are only pictures that "produce the deception of seeing you"-- but there is not "picture of you"-- it's impossible. To every picture you can say "That was how I looked through the camera at that time"-- but even to say "That's me"-- this is already a collapse into idolatry. You are not & can never be a picture of yourself, and a picture of yourself is not & can never be you. Only you are you, right now, in a way that can never be wholly pictured or depicted-- not even to yourself. "I thought I knew who I was, but I was deceiving myself" you can say-- & probably will say many times-- because it is actually impossible to simulate for yourself to yourself an exact replica of yourself to yourself, because that would require "simulating the context that produced yourself to yourself"-- which is why they used to say "To know yourself is to know God"-- because to truly know yourself, you have to know how God knows yourself, which is to say, "how you are contextualized by the singular & absolute transcendence of reality" -- "knowledge of yourself" is not given to yourself immediately, it is rather mediated by myriad deceptions & simulations. To actually become "self-conscious" requires recognizing that the "self" is itself a deception, but not in the way of understanding the "self" as an "avatar in simulated space" -- but in understanding that the "self" is ultimately produced by the totality of its spacio-temporal environment-- that the "self" is a process that ultimately exhausts itself into the "process of becoming-itself" -- that is, that the Self is an image of the Divine, *an image* -- a picture-- a deception-- & that God alone, the "Absolute Object" alone, is real. In Christian terms this is the metaphor of "dying to oneself & becoming alive IN christ" -- that the particular humanity is nothing, & the divine humanity is everything. Charles Olson writes: "I have a sense that I am one with my skin, plus this, plus this..." -- this "plus" is everything, the processional addition of everything, summing up to the "Divine Humanity" of the Cosmos as a Totality. This is an understanding that seems "like a picture" of the sort of "mania" that I described earlier, but it is distinct in kind. This is not a sublime recognition of "the ultimate unreality of all things" -- but the sublime recognition of "the ultimate reality of all things" -- what distinguishes them is the concept of Liberty, of Freedom. "The Ultimate Reality of All Things is Infinite Freedom" is distinct from "The Ultimate Reality of All Things is Infinite Slavery/Determination/Subjection." In the former, my knowledge is your knowledge, because it is "knowledge of the Divine Humanity" -- it is "communicable" -- while for the latter there is no knowledge as such except for the "recognition of its impossibility" -- it is "absolutely incommunicable." This is what divides a Monadic conception of Reality from a "Mystical" conception of Reality. For the Ineluctable Monist, the Transcendental Reality is Objective Truth-- for the Mystic, the Transcendental reality is Infinite Deception. For the Monist, "everything in itself is sublime" -- every single thing is miraculous in itself, miraculous in being objectively real-- while for the Mystic, "nothing in itself is sublime" -- every single thing is a deception & the only miraculous thing is its ultimate nullity. As we have become ever more "mystified" by our own reality, we have a tendency toward this "Cynical Mysticism" as a means of putting off the problem of Freedom-- "everything is fake" -- & this is the "evil eye that sees evil in everything"-- we must rather become free of this temptation which is itself conditioned by our particular environment in this moment in History. We must assert the Ultimate Singularity of Objective Reality in the face of "the Ultimate Singularity of Subjective Reality" -- which is produced for us, objectively, as a massive technological feat of deception & discarnation. Virtual Reality is real-- but its reality is the carnate reality of real people strapped into real machines-- it is not the incarnation of "ultimate freedom" -- but the possibility of deceiving ourselves into discarnating ourselves into a reality of ultimate slavery to the image, a form of totalitarian idolatry so "convincing" in its proposed "inevitability" that it threatens us with the possibility of mankind choosing to deceive itself into its own objective annihilation. I am not "Logo Daedalus" -- I am a real man named Cameron who is eating a ham & Swiss sandwich while typing words that are symbolic representations of sounds that are symbolic representations of realities that are proliferated as an image over the most advanced form of technology ever produced. You are a real person who is reading this on a device that is connected to that same information distribution technology. Our communication is real, & the material edifice that enables it is real, & it has a history. All of these things partake of the same quality of reality-- that quality is their materiality-- this is what it means to be a materialist in our context-- it means to not be seduced by our media into conceiving of this simulated virtual reality we choose to engage in as a "separate place" from the incarnate reality we have no choice but to engage with. There is neither "logging off" nor "logging on" -- there is no disjunct "between these worlds" -- they are both real in the same way & unreal in the same way. I believe it is a necessity in this day & age to "disenchant" technology & appreciate reality as itself sublime. If "engagement with the internet" does not lead to an increased appreciation for reality, then it does no good whatsoever. If "engagement with the internet" deceives you more than it reveals reality to you-- then it does evil. That is ultimately your responsibility, & not the technology's responsibility. There is no helping someone to embrace reality who wants to be deceived. There is no helping someone who worships idols & denies the transcendental & objective nature of Truth. There is no danger of "deception on the internet" except for those who wish to be deceived. There is no danger in "discarnate reality" except for those who wish to be ultimately discarnate. There is no danger in annihilation except for those who wish to be annihilated. The only danger in any of this is the danger of a psyche's will to enslave itself, to "subject itself" -- rather than to "object." You do not have to "embrace infinite subjection" -- you can say No. You can embrace the Transcendental Object. You can say Yes to reality & No to deceptions. You are Free. I am Free. The Cosmos is Free. Do not be deceived by pictures of your infinite subjection.

[Tehran Times @TehranTimes79]

The United States is currently conducting the largest logistical operation in its history - a statistical analysis.

This 30-second video shows the American logistical air activity in West Asia over the past seven days only (accelerated by 20,000 times). At the same time, this activity continues around the clock for 76 days.

We are talking about the largest aerial supply operation in American military history, which exceeds the scale of the 2003 Iraq War. This level of cargo transport far surpasses routine supply replenishment.

All American strategic warehouses in the region are almost fully stocked and continue to reach their maximum capacity.

The US military is not spending billions of dollars on empty threats or show-off maneuvers. All of this indicates readiness for a preemptive strike and possibly the start of a ground operation.

[Haz Al-Din 🇷🇺 @InfraHaz]

Marxism isn’t just “compatible” with Islam.

Marxism IS Islam.

I am about to prove this and not a single glasses wearing shitlib “Marxist” will be able to refute it.

You may not be ready for the truth, but it’s coming.

Get ready for the discourse to be NUKED. Allahu Akbar.

[ACP California @ACP_California]

ACP California is out at RFK Community School to clear sidewalks of trash every month. In our most recent cleanup, we focused our efforts at the front area of RFK Inspiration Park. The city continues to neglect the park, leaving trash to accumulate in the fenced-off areas while safety is left unprioritized. Worse still, city officials have no plan to open the park soon, depriving residents of one of the few green spaces in Koreatown.

If you are tired of seeing trashed sidewalks and want to take action, ACP is ready to receive your help. ACP California invites YOU to our next cleanup on June 27, from 10AM to noon. Sign up with the QR code at the end of the video.

[ACP California @ACP_California]

EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: The American Communist Party Los Angeles Cell is going to build air filters to donate to residents of the areas impacted by the Lineage Warehouse Fire.

To support our emergency response efforts, please send money to the Cash App or Venmo account provided on slide 2. Be sure to include your reason for donating in the transaction comment so we can ensure that all the funds are used for the correct purpose.

[احمد عبد السادة @ahmadabdulsada]

ليلة استثنائية في المنطقة الخضراء تشهد عمليات اعتقال عدد من السياسيين والنواب المتورطين في ملفات فساد عدنان الجميلي، وحسب المصادر، تم، حتى الآن، اعتقال كل من:
مثنى السامرائي
زياد الجنابي
حسن الخفاجي
عالية نصيف
محمد الصيهود
عادل المحلاوي
مضر الكروي.
وهناك أنباء عن مداهمة مقر محمد الحلبوسي.

إجراءات مهمة ومفرحة تمت بتنسيق مباشر بين رئيس السلطة القضائية القاضي فائق زيدان ورئيس الوزراء علي الزيدي، ونأمل أن تتكلل تلك الإجراءات باعتقال محمد شياع السوداني الذي هو رأس الفساد في قضية عدنان الجميلي وغيرها من قضايا الفساد الكبرى

[MENA Visuals @menavisualss]

🇮🇷🇪🇬 An Iranian father uses a handmade cardboard football pitch to help his visually impaired son experience the Iran–Egypt match through touch.

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🇺🇸🇮🇷 NEW: US becomes the first country in the world to host a team at the FIFA World Cup and bоmb that team's country on the same day.

[B.M. @ireallyhateyou]

"Seems like we're leading the State of Lebanon toward civil war. Maybe it's not so bad for us. Let the Lebanese government fight Hezbollah"

Raviv Drucker, considered one of the most "leftist" voices on Israeli TV, advocates for Lebanese civil war. Veteran reporter Alon Ben David responds, "That's been the goal from the start".

Channel 13, March 18

[David Sheen @davidsheen]

Israel ordered the murder of its own soldiers before 10 AM on October 7

[جینجر @jalaalvand]

این مدت که درگیر جنگ های ایران و اسرائیل بودیم در سوریه کنترل تمام پایانه های نفتی در مناطق کردنشین شمالی به دست نیروهای جولانی افتاده است و اس دی اف و ی پ گ دیگر درآمد نفتی ندارند .

[ACP Oklahoma @ACP__OK]

Why are Communists keeping bees?

Because dual power isn't just a theory, it's something you build.

Our hives produce honey, support local food production through pollination, and teach practical skills. Every project that helps working people become more self-sufficient strengthens our communities.

The bees build their hive. We're building ours.

[Kiyastiah @Kiyastiah]

@FORTRESSMAXXING https://t.co/cvmF0M0hk2

[Corey @CoreyTheX]

What should I provide to my future subscribers?

Feet pics?

Weird stuff?

Idk why anyone would ever subscribe to me without some kind of benefit 🤷‍♂️

[أحمد مولانا @amawlana84]

أتابع بشكل حثيث مراكز الدراسات الأمريكية، والخبراء لديهم في شؤون الشرق الأوسط والأمن القومي، والحديث الدائر بينهم هو هل بدأ عصر الاندحار الأمريكي من المنطقة، وما هي أفضل السبل لتقليل الأضرار، فقد جربت واشنطن كافة الخيارات خلال 25 سنة، وحصلت على الفشل في النهاية.

انظر إلى ما تكتبه دانا سترول، وتوماس فريدمان، ولورانس رايت، وستيفن كوك وعشرات غيرهم.

أما في منطقتنا، فعلى العكس، كثير من الشبيحة والذباب الالكتروني، وأبواق تسبق تعريفها الشخصي بألقاب الدكتوراه، كلهم يؤمنون بترامب أكثر حتى من الأمريكيين والأوروبيين.

لقد نجحت أنظمة الاستبداد في بناء جيوش من المجرمين الذيم يلهثون خلف الجوقة التي تحدد لهم واجبات اليوم.

[Kiyastiah @Kiyastiah]

@DontNukeAnyone https://t.co/YgGYb9QEoe

[R.Сам 🦋🐏 @Logo_Daedalus]

I think a devout muslim is already by default a better communist than a “secularist” who believes in libertinism as a positive social good.

[Kiyastiah @Kiyastiah]

@DontNukeAnyone https://t.co/Z6jiJKFm7n

[R.Сам 🦋🐏 @Logo_Daedalus]

The ongoing left twitter kerfuffle over religion is actually secretly about constrictions on behavior— “religion” is only code for “socially conservative norms” here. Otherwise it’s “spirituality”— which is the real issue of the left lol