PanhandleBound

"Then the hand lets the veil fall and you are alone, lost in the fog again, and you stumble on towards nowhere for no good" Hither and yon

[Wazhma Tokhi @WazhmaTokhi]

This is not 2001. This is Afghanistan in 2026.

Remember all those who claimed the Taliban had changed? That they were no longer the Taliban of 1996–2001?

The Taliban of today are not reformed. They are more systematic in their repression, more ruthless in their cruelty, and more determined than ever to erase women from public life.

Afghan women asked for education, work, freedom, dignity, and the right to exist as human beings.

The response? Bullets, prisons, and fear.

Imagine living under a regime that sees a woman’s face, her voice, her dreams, and her future as a threat.

History will remember the courage of Afghan women. It will also remember those who chose silence, normalization, and engagement while that courage was being crushed.

#HeratAfghanistan #AfghanWomen

[Jo Bartosch @jo_bartosch]

Latest on yet another trans activist crim (h/t to @reduxx)
Had this young man threatened to butcher schoolgirls while invoking Andrew Tate or any of the other manosphere grievance goblins, the ideological dimension would have dominated headlines.
https://t.co/mPbDLIiLhK

[PanhandleBound @Panhandlebound]

@japan_nobunaga With that criteria, California. It is remarkable for how much it has to offer. Even it's coastline which is so different from southern to middle to northern. Vast forests, incredible rivers, Mojave desert, ski resorts. Can't afford it now and so badly run, but my goodness.

[Blk & Missing FDN @BAM_FI]

SAD NEWS: SC authorities have confirmed the identity of remains belonging to mother of 4, Krystal Anderson, who went missing in 2022. “Last month, human remains were found in a "clandestine grave in a remote area" in Barnwell County, SC…On Wed, Jun 3, the coroner's office

[North Yorkshire @visitnorthyork]

Beauty still exists.

We should be protecting it.

[💚🤍💜Hoardosaurus 💚🤍💜 @coccinellanovem]

Large drunk man sits next to woman on train, leans all over her, grabs her hair, won’t leave her alone…and this is the headline the @BBCNews chose…

(I can’t believe they’ll keep it so here’s the screenshot)

[PanhandleBound @Panhandlebound]

@karenvaites @Doug_Lemov Grew up with my mom's Bombs k books. I just got my niece with 2 kids "Just wait till you have children of your own". For my list, I think I need Agatha Christe and maybe Conan Doyle. Some simpler pleasure reading with brain teasers in the mix.

[Kentucky Girl @Notwokenow]

It’s ok to retire.

Please retire.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

There are still people who get excited to show you a cool rock they found, a strangely shaped cloud, a tiny frog, a pretty leaf, or a sky full of stars. That’s the kind of energy I want around me for the rest of my life.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

A little dash of John Keats now
for your June evening 🤌🏼✨️

[Linda Blade @coachblade]

Every time I see a female athlete welcomed home with this level of love it reinforces my commitment to advocate for their safety, dignity and fairness.
It is wonderful!
Enjoy your moment #majachwalińska !!
CONGRATS #Poland 🇵🇱!!
A splendid sight in #Warsaw.
🌟🌟🌟

Note: It happened last year with the women’s cricket 🏏 champions in #India 🇮🇳.

https://t.co/dym8MgpnHq

[Karol Markowicz @karol]

“It’s so amazing how united New Yorkers are over the Knicks, I just love all the diversity. ALSO DONALD TRUMP [who won 43% of the NYC vote] IS NOT WELCOME HERE.”-idiots.

[PanhandleBound @Panhandlebound]

Texas
Texas
Illinois
Illinois
Alabama x 4

[Mr. Pigweed ©️ @LassMike]

Where were your 8 great grandparents from? Here I’ll start.
Texas
Texas
Texas
Alabama
Connecticut
Washington
Kentucky
Illinois

[Chris Kieser @ckieser13]

American soccer hate is tiresome nonsense.

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

"For there's nothing as powerful or as great
As when a husband & wife, united by oneness of mind in their thinking,
Keep their home together—a great bane to their enemies,
A blessing to their friends, & their renown is on everyone's lips.”

Odysseus' great praise of marriage.

[PanhandleBound @Panhandlebound]

@TheEsteemedFox @Chris_arnade Such a beautiful book.

[PanhandleBound @Panhandlebound]

Great thread:

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

It's Pride Month, so let's talk about why San Francisco is so incredibly gay.

Military policy.

🧵

[Omri Ceren @omriceren]

Back in reality, we spy on Israel so pervasively that Obama used it as a backdoor to spy on members of Congress for meetings where Israel came up.

Social media is a schizophrenia machine that disables people from doing the most basic kinds of cognitive mapping.

https://t.co/AQq8Kfb9w5

https://t.co/LawMHYLPV8

https://t.co/ksDrSEoG1f

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

You have far too much time if you, a middle aged objectively rotund man, spend a beautiful Saturday morning protesting a girl in her mid twenties by saying she should've swam faster 4 years ago because she didn't want to a man in the locker room.

Seek therapy.

[PanhandleBound @Panhandlebound]

I love this!

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Japan you can eat dinner in a booth
designed so no one ever looks at you.

One seat. A small curtain.
A wall on each side.
You order by ticket.
A pair of hands slides the food through.
You never make eye contact with a soul.

The internet thinks this is sad.

It's the opposite.

Japan looked at the lonely person —
the one too tired to perform,
too drained to make small talk —
and didn't pity them.

It built them a seat.
With dignity.
And really good ramen.