Diana in Palo Alto

Geopolitics. Public policy. Healthcare. Human rights. Animal welfare. Environmental protections. Wife. Agnostic. Cat butler. Avatar from Zoo Portraits.

[Words For You @_Wordsforyou11]

"So that man thought that the important thing was to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be."

— Oscar Wilde

[Gitana @Gitana1369877]

"As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see." — Vincent Van Gogh

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

My message to the IDF officer who ordered the airstrikes on World Central Kitchen and to the people who bomb and smear humanitarians — and to the leaders who have the responsability to stop it..

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

How Xi Jinping Turned Oil From a Weakness Into a Geopolitical Weapon—The Iran crisis has shown that his solution to China’s reliance on imported oil has given Beijing a critical defense against the West
@RebeccaYFeng @BrianSpegele
https://t.co/O4hm7Bv9ys
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[𝓐𝓤𝓓𝓤 @CineAudu]

Tim Curry thought he was helping Eddie Murphy break away from typecasting, but Eddie turned the entire monologue into comedy gold.

Watching it today feels a little different. Tim Curry was more than a brilliant actor, he was a true performer who brought an unmistakable presence, wit, and warmth to everything he touched.

Moments like this remind us why his work will continue to live on. The laughter remains, even when the legends who gave it to us are gone. 🕊️❤️

[Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye]

At the @FDRLibrary on September 22…

[Jim Beattie @JimBeattie18]

Valley Gums
Graham Gercken.

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”

— Charles Bukowski

[Francisco Ribeiro @fraveris]

Grygorii Lysak

[Charles Bukowski Legacy @Bukowskiquot]

there is this one poem by Bukowski:

those who escape hell
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that.

[Diana in Palo Alto @WearsFactyPants]

@TheExtremeMusi1 https://t.co/oHnZcaWVUF

[Diana in Palo Alto @WearsFactyPants]

@doggintrump Oh, you're exorcising my possessed cat?

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

The next tropical storm that develops in the Atlantic this hurricane season will be named Dolly, but the timing is pure coincidence and has no connection to Dolly Parton’s death Tuesday.

Read more at https://t.co/Z1dLUKPYCp

[𝕂𝕚𝕞 @ktph1992]

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

[NASA Goddard @NASAGoddard]

A stellar Coat of Many Colors for Dolly Parton, forever among the stars 💗

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

An incredible expose by Ronen Bergman shows how Israel invents quotes from Iranian officials in order to manufacture "evidence" that Iran is building nuclear weapons. This event took place on August 5th, when it was reported globally that Ahmad Vahidi, commander of the IRGC had admitted that Iran was developing nuclear weapons. The only problem? It wasn't true:

1) Netanyahu's pet network in Israel, Channel 14 spent months building Vahedi up as "the strongest man in Iran," priming audiences to treat any dramatic quote from him as coming from Iran itself. In reality, he is one power player among several.

2) An Indian Hindu nationalist account posts an earlier fabricated quote from Vahedi that says that nuclear weapons are a "necessity" for Iran. It does not get much traction.

3) The same account publishes a quote saying that Vahedi stated that Vahedi said that Iran will keep developing nuclear weapons as long as the US and Israel have them. There was no source.

4) The Mossad Commentary account, a large account with no affiliation to the actual Mossad posted the quote in English.

5) Channel 14, a mere 33 minutes later, covers this and claims that this is "the first time" an Iranian official directly admitted to building a nuclear bomb.

6) Three minutes later Yair Netanyahu, son of the Prime Minister, retweets Mossad Commentary, then three minutes later retweets Channel 14 English, followed later by Israel War Room.

7) Two hours later, Netanyahu senior cites the fabricated quote in an official speech at Mount Herzl, now the made up Tweet had become state policy.

8) The Tweet makes it to the US, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz shares it saying that Iran is "finally admitting what was clear for years," then deletes it without explanation.

9) Mark Levine shares it and then Fox News reports it as fact, including an on-screen headline.

10) Channel 14 now reports this again with FOX and Netanyahu as the source. Mossad Commentary, the original source of the English version, now cites Channel 14 as its source, completing a circular citation loop.

11) Israel's Foreign Ministry spreads Netanyahu's remarks to Persian-speaking audiences.

12) Indian news agency ANI reports the story back in India, attributing it to "Israeli media," completing the round trip.

This is a well oiled machine of disinformation emanating from Netanyahu and his circle designed to create a false narrative which will destroy negotiations with Iran and renew the war. Similar frauds have been perpetrated in the past like the Jewish Chronicle/Bild affair, when a made up journalist planted stories in the press to justify blowing up a hostage deal with Hamas. But this time he is dragging the entire world into endless war and not just Israel.