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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." —Lord Acton

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To each their own foreign minister ...
Sweden vs. Afghanistan

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Listening in Broomberg's @MishalHusain with the Iran "Expert" @vali_nasr. He sounds like a regime supporter. How many times did you refer to "Mujtaba" as charismatic! ... you serious man? What are you smoking in DC?

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Guest Lecture Today!

" Career Without A Map? How Serendipity,
Grit & Growth Can Shape Your Journey "

https://t.co/VsrZJ4Za5M

Aaron Joshua Pinto, Canadian diplomat
Saturday 3 May, 12:30 PM GMT

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"Bella" in Phoenix

[Screen Mix @ScreenMix]

هذا الثور المتوتر يشم يد الرجل، فيدرك أنه الشخص الذي قام بتربيته، فيبدأ بتحريك ذيله بسعادة

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"Cathedral of Christ the Savior" Moscow/foto: Irina Malyuchenko

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

The majority of crimes in the UK are committed by people born in this country. The vast majority of our murderers and pedophiles were born here. 

The 17 year old alleged to have committed the atrocity in Southport was also born here. The real criminal problems in this country are without doubt caused by people born on these shores.

And the far right response to this obvious fact is to attack people who weren't born here.

Is that what patriotism is: the unshakable conviction that crimes cannot be the fault of UK citizens?

The 17 year old British boy alleged to have carried out these heinous acts is clearly very unwell and inarguably seriously mentally ill.

Surely they should be setting fires and throwing bricks at Broadmoor or Rampton? Because that’s where a lot of mentally ill people are.

But no. They’d rather attack a Holiday Inn in Rotherham housing asylum seekers who have escaped war and persecution because that’s the patriotic thing to do.

[Reza Pahlavi @PahlaviReza]

قصد جمهوری اسلامی برای حمله نظامی به اسرائیل در پاسخ به حذف اسماعیل هنیه، بازی خامنه‌ای با آتش است.

پرسش من از نیروهای نظامی در ایران این است که میهن ما چه سودی در درگیری نظامی با اسرائیل بر سر مرگ تروریستی دارد که از ابتدا نمی‌بایست پا به خاک ایران می‌گذاشت. آیا جز این است که حاکمان جمهوری اسلامی با وسواس بیمارگونه‌شان‌ برای نابودی کشوری که‌ نه با ما مرزی دارد و نه با ما دشمنی، ایرانیان را فقیر کرده‌اند و ایران را در معرض جنگی خانمان‌سوز قرار داده‌اند؟ ملت ما تا کی باید هزینه آمریکاستیزی و اسرائیل‌ستیزی جماعتی قرون‌وسطایی را بدهد؟

همانطور که پیش از این گفته‌ام: این جنگ ایران نیست؛ جنگ خامنه‌ای است. آنکه لباس سربازی به تن دارد، سلاحش برای دفاع از ایران و ایرانی در برابر دشمن است. مردم ایران دست‌کم از دی۹۶ به این سو، با صدای بلند و رسا در خیابانها فریاد زده‌اند که دشمن‌شان جمهوری اسلامی است نه آمریکا و اسرائیل. در کنار ملت ایران و روبروی دشمن‌ اشغالگر، رژیم ستمگر، نامشروع و غیرقانونی جمهوری اسلامی بایستید.

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Loppersum, Netherlands, 1 June 2024
(foto: Irina Malyuchenko)

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Beautiful #Amsterdam April 2024
foto: Irina Malyuchenko

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El Presidente #AlSiSi may not b the leader of Mexico but there is evidence from 2017 of his popularity in Catalonia, Spain.

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#Denmark had had only two female monarchs in 637 years ... But still two more than most nations on Earth.
#QueenMargretheII

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

No matter your politics, it should appall you that the media outlets which claim to care the most about "misinformation" suppressed coverage of South Africa's case against the Gaza genocide, but fully covered Israel's defense the next day—intentionally denying you the full story.

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Seems the powers that be have the wrong guy in jail ...

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PhD dissertation:
"Political & Economic Change and Islam in Post-Soviet Tajik Ishkashim", by Aliaa Remtilla, U. of Manchester @officialUoM, 2012 #tajikistan
https://t.co/3uDvBTxLcg

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Some people would love to have your bad days.

[Anahita SD @Anahita_SD]

The Tajik painter Ilyos Mamadzhanov can create a mood #arts #Tajikistan

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A F G H A N I S T A N
WHY GOVERNMENTS COLLAPSE: DOMESTIC & EXTERNAL FACTORS
Dr Thomas Barfield, Boston University
Friday 12 May, 6pm Bishkek (8am EST/ 12pm GMT)
https://t.co/EyOZOe4HbF
cc @myAUCA @BU_tweets @UNAfghanistan @AANafgh @anthropolo @AmeiranAnthro @OCHAAfg @CA_Survey

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Who knew "The Taliban" go back to 1964 Australia?

["Taliban"/Arabic = "Seekers"/English]

https://t.co/ruJP7Qjzjs

[Sima Sabet | سیما ثابت @Sima_Sabet]

My Instagram account and my teammates’ has been shadow banned since I had a program about TellUs International (Instagram’s subcontractor) and its staff’s affiliation with Islamic Republic. This has to end. @instagram
#shadowban @IranIntl