Yuval Abraham’s speech blurring the lines between occupied and occupier, and the experience of violence, gets to the heart of how Palestinians are dehumanized by the ‘savior’ occupier—who can acknowledge their humanity only insofar as it doesn’t indict the broader colonial project.
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
This legend has been identified, his Instagram is fff_zulqarnain.
He risked everything including his own job during the halftime super bowl show to raise the flags of Palestine and Sudan.
Go to his Instagram and show him support!
David Lynch, our beloved dad, was a guiding light of creativity, love, and peace. On Monday, January 20th—what would have been his 79th birthday—we invite you all to join us in a worldwide group meditation at 12:00pm NOON PST for 10 minutes.
Let us come together, wherever we are, to honor his legacy by spreading peace and love across the world. Please take this time to meditate, reflect, and send positivity into the universe.
Thank you for being part of this celebration of his life.
Love,
Jennifer, Austin, Riley and Lula Lynch
Journalist @MaxBlumenthal confronts Secretary of State Blinken during his farewell address to the State Department press corps:
“Why did you allow the Holocaust of our time to happen? How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?”
Blumenthal also called out spokesperson Matt Miller:
“You too, Matt. You smirked through the whole thing. Every day. You smirked through a genocide.”
With his final days in office, President Joe Biden is authorizing an $8 billion arms transfer to Israel in direct violation of the Leahy Law:
"Israeli soldiers say they have been ordered to target and kill innocents arbitrarily, including children."
— via @chrislhayes
🧵On October 9, Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi Al Wahidi, was reporting in Gaza when Israeli forces shot him in the neck, paralyzing him. For 85 days, Israel has been blocking urgently needed medical evacuation to save Fadi’s life.
📹Fellow journalists Islam Bader and Anas Al-Sharif: