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gardening for dear life

[John Cusack @johncusack]

Israel using white phosphorous weapons in populated areas of Lebanon.
The ugly truth : US and Israel are genocidal states.

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@andy_buksterlin @joe_sewage @factpostnews Whatever man. Who milks their own cows these days?

[Murray Rothbard @MurraySuggests]

The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.

The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start.

Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have.

If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

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@silkenmoonlight @iycrtylph @FusRohDamn Thanks, that sounds good.

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Always suspected it was the solidarity, care and mutual aid part of the pandemic that freaked these fashy types out the most.

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@PenGwenWithLC You are right. I try to resist the temptation.

[Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78]

Denying that SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to a broad range of sequelae across organs and body systems is pseudoscience. Denying that we need a case definition for Long Covid which accounts for such a broad range of sequelae is harmful for our advocacy. People must do better

[Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78]

We must be crystal clear about a few points. Long Covid is not a "poorly understood neuroimmune disorder" with no biomarkers. It is a widely studied biological medical condition. Pathology spanning basically all body systems is well documented, with damage in situ across organs

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@Malc_OE @nexta_tv Dude the robots are not going to remember your loyalty when it's time to kick you

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@unit_accord @HetkeBrian @kasratweets Maybe we can't define it perfectly for borderline cases, but we have a strong intuition of what we mean by 'living'. We know intimately and vividly when something has died.

Consciousness is much more slippery - I can only directly perceive my own, I have to infer yours.

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@M4Mogul @omolxlu (With AI enhancement) https://t.co/5akX84jeWv

[Wandile Mthiyane @wandileubuntu]

I got hit by the storm today. 🌧️

The HOKAs that have carried me for the past 1,000km are drenched, and so are the rest of my clothes. The challenge is that I still have about 200km left to walk before reaching Cape Town.

If you know someone at HOKA, Adidas, Nike, Brooks, or any other running brand who can help me get across the finish line, please holla. If you don’t, please tag them.

For those who don’t know, I’m currently walking from Durban to Cape Town through my Walk For Home campaign to raise awareness about South Africa’s housing crisis while funding my Harvard education.

I may be soaked, but I’m still moving forward. 😅😂🇿🇦

Free agent. Ready to get signed 💪🏾🇿🇦

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@AlerixCodes @KateCornell And if you kept the cd you could install it on your new computer.

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@muheediva01 Oats. Specifically with sultanas, honey, peanut butter, milk and seeds. Can and do eat every day.

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@lunt_andrew @BethRigby @AndyBurnhamGM I never went to Woodstock but I love Joni Mitchell. Am I a fraud and a creep?

[Seth @fiercepatricks]

It’s not just a rainbow, it’s a symbol of pride, hope and security. Happy pride🏳️‍🌈

[Ori Goldberg @ori_goldberg]

I find myself in a quandry. I have come to fully believe that Israeli society has crossed a point of no return. I don't know the extent to which Israel is capable of destabilizing the world. I know that as a society, we are morally bankrupt. No solution is to be found in optimistic dreams about coexistence. "Peace" is meaningless im genocide. Israeli outrage at Israel's genocide is a moot point. There is nothing Israelis can "say" that makes it right. Israel does not deserve the same place at the table as the Palestinians. Israel does not deserve a place at any table.

On the other hand, I have no other place. I am Israeli. I do not think Israel can be "disbanded". Israel is here. It is ceaselessly committing crimes against humanity as well as against human decency (not just within a legal framework, that is), debasing its neighbors, its supporters and itself. But it cannot simply be revoked. Israel must suffer the consequences of its own actions. It must be stopped and humbled. In its current supremacist form, it has no legitimacy, but I would not wish for it to disappear. More wrongs do not make a right. Right makes right. I find I must speak out in defense of this right and this good.

But what relevance do my words have? What is the point of being serially outraged? I don't feel myself entitled to be heard, certainly not in serial fashion. The genocide is being carried out in my name. What weight do my words of anger and condemnation carry? My presence confers neither comfort nor effect on the fight against genocide and ethnic cleansing. I must speak, but to what purpose? It certainly isn't redemption. There is no redemption for my society. I am not claiming its potential virtue. Human beings are never devoid of virtue, but that does not really matter now. Israel has wronged so much, taken and despoiled and killed, has paid it forward even in the Palestinian and Lebanese gene pools.

One voice should be heard right now, and that is the voice of Israel's victims. There is not a single attack on Israel that is not grounded in an Israeli attempt to uproot and destroy ar this moment. The only other voice permissible belongs to international tribunals, leaderships and institutions (with the hope that they choose to use this voice).

When I write or speak I do so from the most particular (selfish, perhaps) aspects of my existence. I feel as though I have no other choice. But I have no illusions about changing Israeli minds or even about my own virtue. My heart breaks daily still over the myriad ways in which overt genocide shapes my present and my future. This heartbreak deserves no pity or consideration. My words are gray and deflated, sad as lonely, little wrinkled balloons. That is as it should be.

I have no wish to be a strategic analyst. There are many wiser and more capable than I am. I am outraged all the time, angry and sad and shaken as a basic stance towards life. This isn't an equal and opposite reaction to actions taken by Israel. This quagmire is my life as an Israeli Jew. The desperate wish I do have is to maintain my humanity in the most literal sense, a framework that will allow me to delay my disintegration as a person. Is that enough?

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🎥 Juliet Lamont, an Australian documentary filmmaker and Gaza flotilla activist, speaks to Double Down News about being raped by Israeli soldiers after the aid vessel she was aboard was intercepted earlier this month.

Lamont says soldiers pulled down her trousers and underwear and that an Israeli soldier forcibly penetrated her vagina while she was in detention. She was among more than 450 activists seized when Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla in international waters. Organizers say at least 15 detainees reported sexual assault or rape while in Israeli custody.

Full interview is linked below.

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

The world does not truly understand what is happening to us in Gaza right now. I am writing to you from inside this devastated city.

More than two million people are trapped within an area of no more than 110 square kilometers nearly 18,200 people per square kilometer. Part of this area has become mass graveyards, while another part is designated as off-limits zones where approaching can mean death. What remains is a sea of tents scattered among rubble, garbage, and the ruins of destruction.

There are no truly safe areas. Even places labeled as “safe” witness dozens of deaths and injuries every day due to bombardment. Water is scarce, aid is decreasing, and dozens of humanitarian organizations have been forced to suspend their operations. Water distribution points are shutting down, and the community kitchens that once provided the bare minimum of food for hundreds of thousands of people can no longer continue.

Every day we lose more land and more of our ability to live. Garbage piles up, essential services collapse, and the feeling grows that the city which was once home to millions is being pushed, step by step, into a place no longer fit for human life.

[Rushi @rushicrypto]

I genuinely don’t think people understand how insane this is.

In just 50 years, we’ve wiped out around 70% of animal populations on Earth.

Not hundreds of years ago.
Not ancient history.

In one lifetime.

Entire species disappearing.
Forests going silent.
Oceans being emptied.

And somehow the world treats it like just another statistic instead of a full-blown emergency.

That should scare all of us a lot more than it does.