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���URGENT: Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in immediate danger, Physicians for Human Rights Israel and his lawyer warned Saturday, after a prison visit revealed the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital bearing fresh, severe injuries to his head, eyes, ears, and neck, so disfigured his own attorney initially struggled to recognize him.

🔹Attorney Nasser Odeh, who saw Abu Safiya Thursday at the underground Rakefet interrogation facility in Nitzan Prison, said he arrived shackled hand and foot, escorted by masked guards, struggling to breathe and speak, unable to sit upright, and repeatedly on the verge of losing consciousness.

🔹Abu Safiya told him that after his Supreme Court appeal was heard June 10, four or five guards entered his solitary cell at Ganot Prison and beat him with a hammer and batons, and that since his June 24 transfer to Rakefet he has been beaten daily, losing consciousness several times without receiving medical treatment.

🔹“This is the last time you will see me,” he told his lawyer. “They brought me here to kill me. I don’t see myself surviving. This is the end.”

🔹PHRI notes the escalation in torture began directly after Abu Safiya challenged his detention in court. He has been held without charge since December 27, 2024, under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law.

🔹The group has appealed to Israel’s attorney general and prison service demanding his immediate transfer, an independent medical examination, and an urgent judicial visit “before it is too late.”

Photo: Amnesty International

[Dr. God Abeg ooo @josh_uglyasf]

Practical example on how to survive a pitbull attack🤣🤣🤣

[MyOwnPrivateIdaho @RouletteManCom]

“Stop Zionizing Us” #shorts https://t.co/DfvIl0DBZW via @YouTube

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

"We are spending our children's money to take the lives of other people's children."

The Trump administration is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year — a number that doesn't even include funding for war on Iran.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐃’𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 — 𝐒𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒

Robert Putnam is not a conservative. He’s not a Republican operative. He’s not a Fox News commentator. He’s a 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫, a past president of the 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, a recipient of the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 — awarded to him personally by 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑 — and the author of 𝘉𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, one of the most cited books in modern political science. He is, by any measure, a pillar of the liberal academic establishment.

And in 2001, he completed the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 — nearly 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐢����𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 across 𝟒𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 nationwide — and the results destroyed the central premise of the diversity industry.

What did he find? In the most diverse communities, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 as they do in homogeneous settings. The greater the diversity, the 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞. The less they 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫. The less they 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 and work on community projects. 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 — trust, cooperation, friendship, community engagement — were 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 in more diverse settings (Putnam, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 2007).

And here’s the part nobody mentions: the distrust wasn’t just between different racial groups. Trust declined 𝐞𝐯����𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. Diversity didn’t just erode inter-group cohesion — it eroded 𝐚𝐥𝐥 cohesion. People in diverse communities didn’t just distrust their neighbors of other races. They distrusted 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞. Putnam called it “𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯” — withdrawing from collective life entirely.

So what did Putnam do with these findings? He 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. He told the 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 in 2006 that he delayed publication until he could “𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺” — in other words, he wouldn’t release the data until he could attach a politically acceptable spin. He later admitted he feared his work would be “twisted” and used in the immigration debate. He worried about facing the same attacks that destroyed Daniel Patrick Moynihan after his 1965 report on the breakdown of the black family — another set of inconvenient data that was suppressed for decades because it didn’t fit the narrative.

The 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 covered it once. In 2007. The headline: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺.” Then it vanished. No follow-up investigations. No Congressional hearings. No policy reconsiderations. The largest empirical study on civic engagement in American history — and the political class treated it like it never happened.

Ask yourself why. A 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 with 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 produced peer-reviewed data from 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 showing that forced diversity corrodes the social fabric — and the institutions that worship diversity as a religion decided the data was too dangerous to discuss.

They didn’t refute it. They didn’t replicate it and find different results. They just 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞�� 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. Because the findings don’t threaten a policy. They threaten an 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 ��𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[no context reposts @nocontextrepo]

There’s a whole movie about this kind of guy

[goma @soigomaa]

Interesting how wars are named after the country attacked: Vietnam War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Iran War... That's because if they were named after the attacker, it would be too confusing, since 80% of conflicts would be called the US war.

[Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus]

If Iran wanted to inflict harm on the US in the past, all they had to do was shut down the Strait of Hormuz - they didn't need a nuclear weapon. The fact that they never did it - until we and Israel bombed them - clearly shows they weren't a threat. We are run by idiots.

[Iran News 24 @IRanMediaco]

Dr. Rahimi, the engineer responsible for building the Karaj Bridge (which would have been the largest bridge in the Middle East) that America bombed while it was in its final stages, tells the Iranians:

If God extends my life, I will certainly rebuild this bridge, and I promise you that you will cross it.

[MyOwnPrivateIdaho @RouletteManCom]

@IRanMediaco this is how men are

[John Jackson @hissgoescobra]

Imagine being a pilot hunted through 18,000 foot mountains, struggling for breath, and your clown-ass President is tweeting fucking war crimes while his son is making money off gambling whether you’ll live or die on Polymarket.

[Save Gaza @Alee93ale]

This is Israel, world

An Israeli soldier ordered a Palestinian youth to continue walking, then used him as a target for long-range shooting practice before killing him.

Tell us what you think of their actions!

Repost please

[George @BehizyTweets]

This is an insane perspective.

And it's all because Europe deviated from the free-market and entrepreneurial-freedom ideals that made them rich in the first place.

[Islamic Scientific Heritage @IslamicSH_]

Niccolò Machiaveli :

"To ally with great powers to defeat your neighbor is a strategic trap; if you win, you become the slave of the greater power; if the allied power is defeated, you remain alone and defenseless against the angry neighbor, and you are destroyed."

[The Prince]

[Dios @Dios_0ficial]

Estas son APUestas.

[Robert ₿reedlove @Breedlove22]

I lost my mother a year and a half ago and grief taught me something I wasn't expecting.

Here's the Stoic technique that turned it into gratitude (from Letting Go by David R. Hawkins):

All grief comes from attachment combined with the refusal to accept that everything is temporary.

The more you depend on external things and people to feel whole, the more vulnerable you become to losing them.

The Stoics had a practice for this called negative visualization (the primary other name for the Stoic practice of negative visualization is ''premeditatio malorum'', a Latin phrase translating to "the premeditation of evils" or "pre-studying a bad future")

In any moment, hugging someone you love or drinking a glass of water, imagine this is the last time you ever do it (the goal is to wake up to what you already have before it’s gone).

Because there will be a last time and it won't announce itself.

I lost my mother a year and a half ago.

There was a moment where I hugged her for the final time without knowing it.

Sitting with that reality is one of the most powerful ways to activate genuine gratitude – gratitude that clears the mental clutter and puts you in a state where you can actually move forward.

The book draws a line between the smaller self and the higher self:

The ego is the illusion of separateness.

Although this illusion can be useful at times, it distorts the underlying reality that everything is interconnected.

Marcus Aurelius believed we are hardwired for service and connection & that living in that truth is where real fulfillment comes from.

Here's the paradox that changed how I show up in relationships:

Chasing love makes it harder to find. Your vibe attracts your tribe.

I used to highlight my strengths, hide my weaknesses, and perform but it never worked.

When I committed to showing up in radical truth I stopped dating entirely for over 2.5 years and met my wife 8 to 9 months after I started again – we built something real from the very first conversation.

The energy you put into yourself is what gets reflected back to you by the world.

The choice to live from love shapes everything – your relationships, your character, and the legacy you leave behind.

I love you, mom.

Thanks for all the wisdom you shared with me that I was too naive to understand.

You gave me many lessons that continue to unfold even unto this day.

Thank you for giving me a love for wisdom, and an ambition to learn to love wisely.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

She was targeted and murdered by Israel (double strike) less than 3 hours later.

If you are not disgusted there must be something wrong with you.

[MyOwnPrivateIdaho @RouletteManCom]

@newstart_2024 Success? What you mean by that?

[Emb. I.R. Iran in Athens @IRANinGREECE]

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Ευχόμαστε ειρήνη, ευημερία και περαιτέρω ενδυνάμωση των ιστορικών δεσμών φιλίας μεταξύ των δύο εθνών μας.

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