Craig Webb

Creative Art Director for advertising, marketing and business communications for print and web.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Strange. I rarely hear the news talking about fascism or kleptocracy, the real threats we’re facing.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

“We are in a fairly good place when it comes to Ukraine because everyone, including our American friends, sees that Ukraine is right now on top on the battlefield,” Stubb said. “That has changed the strategic thinking also of those who are trying to mediate peace." https://t.co/MkxwzUiJ0D

[Julian Röpcke 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 @JulianRoepcke]

Und das ist keine Einzelmeinung.
Die Ukrainer haben genug. Sie verstehen nicht, warum sie einen „sauberen“ Krieg führen müssen, während Russland täglich Unschuldige attackiert und ermordet.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Detail of the giant goldfinch from the central panel of Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' (c. 1490-1500, oil on oak panel), Museo del Prado, Madrid.

For Bosch, scale is a tool for meaning.

The giant fruit shows the magnitude of desire; the shrunken human shows how small humanity becomes in the face of it. The fruit in the beak is ripe, and on the verge of being eaten. In other words, it's fleeting. Bosch's philosophy lies hidden in this difference in scale.

The bird's species is significant: the European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis). In late medieval and Renaissance imagery, the goldfinch had multiple layers of meaning. Because Pliny's 'Natural History' describes small birds like the goldfinch or the linnet as highly prolific species, this motif became linked to reproduction and physical multiplication. Bosch's decision to place a giant goldfinch next to nude figures can be read in this light.

The second layer, however, is much darker. In Christian symbolism, because the goldfinch eats thorny thistle seeds, it was linked to the Crown of Thorns Christ wore on the cross. The red on the bird's face came from the legend that it was stained by Christ's blood while trying to pull the thorns from his crown.

That's Bosch's move. He places the exact same bird - a symbol of both fertility and the Passion - right in the middle of the nude figures. The promise of pleasure and the potential downfall it brings share the exact same scene.

[Craig Webb @cwebba1]

Israel is a state sponsor of terrorism and a threat to all its neighbors.
Turkey is next in Natanyahu’s sites. The Young Turks “sold” Palestinian land to zionists and now they’re gonna get payback

[Iran Observer @IranObserver0]

⚡️BREAKING: Netanyahu opposed the Sale of F-35s or Jet Engines to Turkey by the United States

"lt will upset the Power balance in the Middle East, which is ultimately guaranteed by Israeli Air Superiority"

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

If anybody knows the names of any of the far right white supremacists yesterday, please DM me their information. Thank you.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

One phone call from President Trump to his buddy Gianni Infantino and — boom — FIFA overturns a World Cup red card suspension for the first time in tournament history so U.S. star Folarin Balogun can play Belgium tomorrow.

Belgium is already furious and “astonished.” They should be. Contest this rigged nonsense publicly all day today and all day tomorrow.

The World Cup on American soil just became a Trump family business. So much for credibility, fairness, or rules. This stinks of corruption. ⚽📞🇺🇸

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Se cumplen 64 años de la Operación Ranch Hand, en la cual el ejército imperialista de EEUU roció más de 80 millones de litros de Agente Naranja sobre el sur de Vietnam, envenenando a más de 4,8 millones de vietnamitas.

400.000 vietnamitas murieron o sufrieron lesiones permanentes debido a la exposición al Agente Naranja, el compuesto químico más tóxico jamás creado por el hombre, que destruyó el 20% de todos los bosques del pais y envenenó 10 millones de hectáreas de tierras que quedaron infértiles y contaminadas para siempre.

Cerca de medio millón de niños vietnamitas han nacido con graves malformaciones congénitas o discapacidades físicas y mentales, además potenciar más de 20 enfermedades graves, incluyendo cánceres y trastornos nerviosos.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

[Visioner @visionergeo]

‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Kremlin's semantic mask has slipped entirely as Moscow officially drops its tightly enforced euphemisms, openly declaring that the conflict has evolved into a "real war" against a Western-backed coalition.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine has officially transitioned into a full-scale, "real war" due to the direct involvement of Western nations. According to Peskov, while the campaign began strictly under the framework of a limited military operation, the deep-seated logistical and military backing provided to Kyiv by Western capitals has structurally altered the nature of the conflict. He explicitly pointed out that European nations and the United States are actively sustaining the war effort, stating that Kiev has the backing of Berlin, Paris, The Hague, Oslo, and Washington.
Peskov further alleged that Western infrastructure is directly integrated into Ukraine's combat operations, claiming that foreign allies assist Ukrainian forces with targeting via their satellites, utilizing their entire infrastructure to guide foreign weaponry toward Russian targets.

This rhetoric marks a calculated political pivot designed to reframe Russia's military struggles and mounting domestic strains not as a failure to defeat Ukraine, but as a defensive struggle against the combined might of NATO. By shifting the official vocabulary from "special military operation" to an explicit acknowledgement of "war," the Kremlin is seeking to psychologically mobilize the Russian public for a prolonged, multi-year confrontation while laying the narrative groundwork to justify future escalations, harsher economic sacrifices, or expanded mobilization efforts.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Israel just bombed this

[John Jackson @hissgoescobra]

This is a great follow. Don’t fall for the Russian lies.

[Robert Red Ford™ @TheRobRedFord]

Real patriots don't need to use masks

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

Australian Aboriginal People in Colonial Chains. Western Australia, circa 1900.

This photograph depicts Australian Aboriginal people wearing iron neck chains while in colonial custody. Such metal collars and chains were widely used by British colonial authorities during the 19th and early 20th centuries to transport and detain Indigenous Australians.

By the time the British First Fleet arrived in 1788, Aboriginal peoples had inhabited the Australian continent for more than 65,000 years, representing hundreds of distinct nations with their own languages, traditions, and cultures.

Colonization was accompanied by armed conflict, the seizure of Indigenous lands, the spread of introduced diseases, the mass displacement of Aboriginal communities, and discriminatory government policies. Together, these factors led to the dramatic decline of many Indigenous populations and the destruction of traditional ways of life.

Historians continue to debate the exact size of Australia's pre-colonial population and the full scale of the demographic losses. However, there is broad agreement that this period was one of profound suffering for the continent's Indigenous peoples.

The photograph serves as a historical document, reminding us of the human cost of colonization and of the lives of those whose rights and dignity were systematically violated for decades.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Russian bastards did this.

There are people under the debris.

Lost homes, possessions, memories and dreams.

Russian scum.

[Palestina En Español 🎒 @PalestinaVence]

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Un soldado israelí lanza una granada de aturdimiento dentro de un auto con una familia palestina atrapada, dejando a un niño cegado de por vida.

Este nivel de crueldad sádica contra civiles inocentes —incluyendo niños— es la realidad diaria bajo la ocupación.

No es un “error”, es el resultado de una ideología que deshumaniza a los palestinos.

El mundo no puede seguir mirando hacia otro lado.

Alto al fuego YA y rendición de cuentas por estos crímenes.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

“You don't hate Mondays, you hate capitalism”

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

Solidarity with Palestine.