le Docteur Subtil

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

These are not just old saddles gathering dust in a forgotten corner of history.

Look closer.

Each one once rested on the back of a living, breathing animal that never asked to be there. A horse that knew nothing of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, or the frozen hell that was Stalingrad. A horse that simply followed, because that is what horses do. They trust. They serve. They endure.

Romanian cavalrymen rode these animals into one of the most savage battles ever fought by human hands. The temperatures dropped to minus 40. The ground turned to iron. Men wept and horses collapsed, and the war kept moving anyway.

More than 6 million horses served on the Eastern Front during World War II. They hauled artillery through blizzards. They carried the wounded across open ground under fire. They pressed forward across frozen steppes until their legs simply gave out beneath them.

And when they fell, nobody came.

No burial. No name. No record. They were left exactly where they dropped, swallowed by snow and silence.

This photograph feels like the cemetery they never received. Every worn saddle is a nameless tombstone for a soul that once ran free, once breathed clouds of steam into the winter air, once gave everything it had to a war it never understood.

We remember the generals. We remember the battles. We carve names into stone walls.

But the horses? They got nothing.

Until now. Remember them.

#ForgottenVoices #WorldWarIIHistory #HorsesOfWar #EasternFront #HiddenHistory

~The History Today

[Global Sumud Flotilla @gbsumudflotilla]

URGENT PLEASE READ

The Greek government owes explanations to the Greek people, the international community, and the international humanitarian justice system.

Following the illegal, piratical operation in which hundreds of members of the Global Sumud Flotilla were seized by the israeli occupation forces within a Greek search and rescue zone west of Crete and south of the Peloponnese, the Greek government cooperated with the genocidal state to disembark the abducted individuals at a port in Crete.

israel has officially acknowledged that two of those detained, Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukesek, are being unlawfully transferred to Occupied Palestine against their will. The Greek government is enabling an international operation of abduction of citizens from third countries and is consenting to blatant violations of international humanitarian law and the law of the sea.

The Greek government is acting without restraint, positioning the country as the most privileged ally of a genocidal state. At a time when israel is facing widespread international delegitimization, Greece is disgraced and risks becoming a pariah state in the international community.

We will continue the struggle for Gaza, for Palestine,
for freedom and for justice.

End the illegal siege of Gaza now.
Freedom for our comrades.

[Motasem A Dalloul @AbujomaaGaza]

Israeli occupation navy attacked and kidnapped participants of the freedom flotilla which had been heading to break Israeli siege on Gaza.. This happened in the waters of a European country..
They beat them and stole their money..

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

Despicable: the House just passed a farm bill that includes the SOB Act to keep pigs imprisoned in crates.

Our last hope is to keep this out of the Senate farm bill. Call your senators at [phone] and tell them NO farm bill bill with the Save Our Bacon Act in it.

[Marc Pieterse (⧖) @marcpieterse.bsky.social @PieterseMarc]

“Turkey Creek Dairy, owned by Riverview, LLP is one of the state's most extensive dairy operations, with cattle yards able to accommodate 9,000 dairy cows and 120,000 heifers and 17,000 white plastic hutches for calves.”

In every hutch here there is a little calf incarcerated💔

#DitchDairy. TODAY
#GoPlantbased NOW

#LiveVegan so this doesn’t happen in your name ✌️

📍#Arizona #USA

📷 Ram Daya @WeAnimals

[Animal Justice @AnimalJustice]

BREAKING: Macaque monkeys are being abused in cruel brain experiments at @YorkUniversity. A new exposé by @LC4A reveals monkeys suffering in barren cages, desperately trying to remove implants from their heads. This cruelty must END.
https://t.co/F8LoIP2din

[Aida Greenbury @AidaGreenbury]

Two elephants have been discovered dead in a forestry company in Bengkulu, Sumatra. For years civil society organisations have been urging the government to revoke the company’s licence due to widespread deforestation and the destruction of elephant habitats within its concession. This isn’t the first time endangered species have been found dead in the area.

Where do their logs end up?

https://t.co/v2DUVXCyRm

[Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek]

The U.S. state department has condemned the Gaza Freedom Flotilla as “pro Hamas” and threatened U.S. allies who provide them with any assistance.

This essentially gives a US green light to whatever crimes Israel commits against the flotilla activists it kidnapped from international waters.

[Global Sumud Flotilla @gbsumudflotilla]

🚨 URGENT: GSF PARTICIPANTS BRUTALIZED BY IOF AFTER 40 HOURS AT SEA 🚨

Global Sumud Flotilla participants have just survived 40 hours of calculated cruelty aboard an iOF navy vessel in Greek waters.

They were denied adequate food and water. They were forced to sleep on floors that were deliberately and repeatedly flooded.

When the military moved to abduct two participants, Saif Abukeshek (Spain / Palestinian origins) and Thiago Ávila (Brazil), our crew peacefully resisted and the response was sheer violence.

Participants were punched, kicked, and dragged across the deck with their hands bound behind their backs. They suffered broken noses, cracked ribs and bloody beatings. Shots were even fired at them in the chaos.

The nightmare isn't over. Greek police are now trapping our battered crew on buses, denying them the freedom to leave while Saif and Thiago have been abducted and taken back to Occupied Palestine.

Our participants remain unbroken: 60 participants have immediately launched a hunger strike.

This is a vicious attack on peaceful civilians. We will not look away. We demand their freedom and international accountability NOW.

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

BREAKING: The Israeli naval vessel that abducted the 180 Sumud Flotilla crews off the coast of Crete (an act of piracy and a gross violation of the Law of the Sea) is intend on victimising two of them: Saif Abukeshek, a Spanish citizen of Palestinian origin, and Thiago Ávila, a Brazilian citizen who has distinguished himself with repeated attempts to break the illegal, genocidal, Israeli blockage of Gaza.

Unlike the remaining abducted members of the Sumud Flotilla crew, which the Israeli navy disembarked in Crete, Saif and Thiago are detained and bound for an Israeli prison. This is a double violation of International Law: First, Israel abducted them illegally at sea. Second, Israel is now transporting them, violently, illegally, to one of its notorious prisons.

Meanwhile, the Greek government is cooperating fully in Israel’s criminal behaviour, effectively surrendering its search and rescue obligations and conniving with Israel to victimise the brave crews of the Sumud Flotilla who are steadfastly, through their activism, defending International Law as well as the verdict of the International Court of Justice which has clearly and unequivocally declared Israel’s continued naval blockade of Gaza and its occupation of the Palestinian territories illegal.

Through their complicity and their silence, the Greek government, the European Union, the mainstream media, the West more generally, are flouting, indeed they are trashing, their supposed, much publicised, ‘Western values’. Let us all demand:

· The immediate release of Saif and Thiago
· An end to Israel’s criminal behaviour in international waters
· The termination of Israel’s illegal Gaza blockade
· That the Greek government and the European Union cease and desist from lending logistical and moral support to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its ethnic cleansing campaigns in E. Jerusalem and the West Bank

[BigDaddy @strujillo075]

POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE! Congressman Dan Webster Resigns After Reading Epstein Files: 35 Republicans Have Now Abandoned Trump
Trump’s legislative base is crumbling. Florida Representative Dan Webster has become the 35th Republican to resign from office after accessing the unredacted Epstein files.

[Jacques Renardiere @JRenardiere]

Selon plusieurs ONG et syndicats (Ligue des Droits de l'Homme, CGT, AFPS…).
Problème, ces implantations sont en violation du droit international. Alexandre Bompard affirmait pourtant en 2025 qu’il n’y aurait “jamais de magasins dans un territoire occupé” !

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

💢 “It isn’t terrorist infrastructure; we’re destroying everything.”

Israeli soldiers told Haaretz their operations in southern Lebanon are focused on systematically leveling buildings in villages, not targeting Hezbollah infrastructure as claimed.

The army’s plan, dubbed “Operation Silver Plow,” reportedly assigns units quotas for homes destroyed, with contractors paid per building destroyed. They must report “how many homes [they] destroyed” each day, a soldier said. Troops are ordered to guard them under drone threat: “We stand there, exposed… There’s no logic to this.”

“The only mission is to continue the destruction,” one officer said. Another added: “It isn’t terrorist infrastructure; we’re destroying everything.”

Since March 2, Israel’s offensive has killed at least 2618 people and displaced over 1.6 million. Despite a ceasefire extended to May 17, daily airstrikes and demolitions continue. Reporter @ytirawi documented Israel blowing up a popular restaurant in the southern town of Amwaj Albayyada below ⬇️

[🎒Joanna Teglund✊😷🍉Human life is sacred @JoannaTeglund]

Countries that topped EU arms sales to Israel in 2024 during the ongoing genocide in Gaza:
France
Germany
Greece
Czech Republic
Finland
Hungary
Latvia
Croatia
Austria
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Estonia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
the Netherlands
Poland
https://t.co/9rminpYl9Y

[Graham Ⓐ 🏴 Ⓥ Use ALT @Son_of_Space]

Given that you wilfully ignore the gratuitous, indefensible violence eternally inflicted upon 100s of billions of us fellow sentient individuals in your name, how exactly do you believe that you’ve the right to criticise anyone else’s actions or behaviour?

We are @PolAnimalClass

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. Confirms They Will Strike Iran

CENTCOM is planning strikes and assassinations in Iran. Proof, the peace talks were just to take time to plan, reload, and prepare for another attack.

Iran was right to not trust these "talks".

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security just bulldozed a 1,000-year-old archaeological site in Arizona.

The 200-ft intaglio—an enormous ground carving painstakingly etched into the desert floor over generations—was ripped apart for wall construction.

DHS knew exactly what they were destroying. Tribes and advocates have fought to protect this site for decades.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

This is what it looks like when our National Forests are clearcut.

Congressional Republicans call those trees "waste" when the trees are still alive, because they see live trees as commodities.

Vote every single politician out that refuses to take action. #ProtectPublicLands

[Faunalytics @faunalytics]

Every single day, millions of farmed animals lose their lives.

These numbers aren't just statistics—they represent real lives, each with the capacity for joy, pain, and emotion.

Understanding the scale of animal agriculture helps us advocate effectively for animals and make compassionate choices every day.

🔗 To learn more: https://t.co/yD9nR3DKkb