Love cannot be bought.
Loyalty cannot be bought.
When prices begin to be placed on them, leave with your life. Borrowed love or loyalty is better than bought, because you are aware from the onset it is not the full thing and it won't last, but when, you pay for it, you think...
Two thoughts from Garry Kasparov
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
“Dictatorships must be feared to survive so they cannot bear to be mocked.”
All religions are equal but Islam is not a religion. It’s a Deen.
If a Muslim is willing to explain Islam like this, then there is no need to have Oxford debates.
Abyla => Septem Fratres => Sebta (سَبْتَة) : interesting history:
forbcenturies, Ceuta was ruled by various Berber n Arab dynasties. in 1415, King John I of Portugal launched a surprise naval assault n captured the city fr the Islamic Marinid Sultanate. victory marked very beginning of the Portuguese Empire. Portugal valued the port due to its strategic position at the entrance of the Mediterranean n its bustling trade networks.
2. The Union of Spain and Portugal (1580–1640)
In 1580, Portuguese royal bloodline died out, triggering a succession crisis. King Philip II of Spain claimed the Portuguese throne, uniting Spain n Portugal under a single monarch in what historians call the Iberian Union.
•during these 60 yre, Spanish citizens, soldiers, n traders heavily settled in Ceuta.
•city's economy military defense became deeply intertwined w/ Spain.
3. Choice to Stay Spanish (1640)
in 1640, Portugal rebelled against Spanish rule to reclaim its independence, sparking Portuguese Restoration War.
however, in 1640, when Portuguese Restoration of Independence took place, Ceuta did not accept Duke of Braganza, Dom João II, as its king, n became Spanish.
b/c local population had become overwhelmingly Spanish in culture n allegiance, Ceuta was the only city in the Portuguese Empire that chose to switch its loyalty to Spain instead of returning to Portugal.
4. The Treaty of Lisbon (1668)
war btwn Spain n Portugal dragged on for nearly 3 decades. when two nations finally signed Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, Spain officially recognized Portugal’s independence. in kind, Portugal formally ceded sovereignty of Ceuta to the Spanish Crown.
5. Why Spain Kept It After 1956 when Morocco gained independence fr French n Spanish colonial protectorates in 1956, Spain returned all of its newly acquired territories in northern Africa but refused to hand over Ceuta (and its sister city, Melilla).
Spain's stance remains that Ceuta has been an integral part of the Spanish state since 1668 - centuries before modern nation of Morocco even existed. b/c of this historical timeline, Spain treats Ceuta identically to any mainland city like Madrid or Seville.
A Lasting Portuguese Influence
Despite being fiercely Spanish - today, Ceuta still honors its Portuguese roots. modern flag of Ceuta uses the exact black-n-white background pattern of flag of Lisbon, n features Portuguese royal coat of arms right in the center.
unlike Ceuta, which was acquired through a peaceful political treaty w/ Portugal, Melilla (sister city) was directly annexed by a Spanish military expedition at end of 15th c.
1. Ancient Origins (Phoenician to Islamic Rule)
long before Spanish arrival, site was founded by the Phoenicians around the 7th c as a trading port called Rusadir which eventually fell to Roman Empire, the Byzantines, n later various Islamic dynasties. by 15th c, disputes btwn regional North African rulers left city’s fortresses in a state of ruin and decay.
2. The Spanish Conquest (1497)
in 1492, Spain completed Reconquista by capturing Granada, ending centuries of Muslim rule on Iberian Peninsula. Looking to secure Mediterranean trade routes against Barbary pirates, the Catholic Monarchs authorized an expansion into North Africa.
•On September 17, 1497, a fleet sent by the Duke of Medina Sidonia and led by commander Pedro de Estopiñán arrived at Melilla.
•“They arrived on September 17, 1497. The amazing thing is that they conquered the city almost without a fight!” Because the city was largely ruined and poorly defended, the Spanish troops occupied it w/in a day.
•A subsequent Moroccan cavalry attempt to reclaim the port was repelled by cannon fire from Spanish ships offshore. 1/n
The reason I read the article is because Voldemort Sehnaoui tried to block the publication by suing the paper ahead of the release.
Antifragile: Share gossip & say it's a secret; they will spread it telling others it's a secret.
ONLY read articles people are trying to hide.
⚡️Algerian President Tebboune, commenting on the Tunisian uprising in a speech mixing Arabic and French, said:
“Whoever comes with “terrorism” to threaten Tunisia, we’ll empty his parents tent.”
The CIA released a "Reading Improvement Course" that had been hidden from the public since 1955.
I read all 117 pages so you don't have to.
Here are the 10 most interesting quotes from it:
1) "Good reading is not necessarily rapid reading. The rate must be adjusted to comprehension requirements."
2) "To read well you must concentrate. No activity except perhaps writing or thinking makes more rigorous demands upon the whole mind than reading."
3) "Suggestions to develop your ability to concentrate: Be interested. There is no spur to concentration like honest interest."
4) "Some readers have found certain devices useful in keeping their minds on the subject. One device is to jot down key thoughts as one reads. These words act as a fence to confine our wandering thoughts. The practice of underlining key ideas and making notes at the end of each section serves the same purpose.
5) "Concentration is a habit and must be formed. Habits require, at first, a conscious effort of the will. Force yourself to let nothing come between your mind and the matter on the page before you."
6) "When our attention wanders, words slip by us and leave no trace of meaning. Under such conditions we cannot expect a harvest of logical thought. We go through the motions of study or reading, but do not get results. We waste time that could be used far more pleasantly and profitably."
7) "Drawing conclusions is the final step of the reading process and should be based on sound judgment of the author's qualifications, facts presented, methods of presentation, validity of arguments, or style of presentation."
8) There are 3 types of reading:
Intensive reading: when the purpose is to master new subject material, the skills required are translation, integration, analysis and evaluation. The best procedure is (a) rapid preliminary survey of the material, (b) formulation of questions prior to the reading, (c) careful reading, and (d) review and recitation of important points.
Extensive reading: with the purpose of acquiring a broader frame of reference and widening the range of knowledge. The skills required are integration, analysis, and evaluation. The best procedure is rapid and thorough reading of the material. The extensive reading rate should be as fast as the thinking process permits.
Scanning: for (a) the main idea, (b) specific information and (c) a preview of the material. To read effectively the reader must first review the material and the specific purpose for the reading.
9) The SQAR3 Reading Strategy:
"Scan: Quickly scan the introductory paragraph, subtitles, key sentences, key words, summary. Decide on the author's plan.
Question: Turn the title or key sentences into questions.
Anticipate: Before reading, try to answer these questions mentally.
Read: Read the entire selection and look for the author's ideas to answer your questions.
Recite: Close the book or magazine. Tell yourself in your own words what you have learned. Write notes on material that must be remembered.
Review: Later, to make your knowledge stick, review the gist of the article or chapter, again in your own words."
10) How to read with purpose:
-"Have definite questions which you wish answered through reading a given selection.
-While reading, make a mental note of the main points in the paragraph or article.
-From time to time stop to think over the material just read in preceding section.
-Notice the illustrations and examples that are used.
-Develop the habit of criticizing what you read."
My favorite quote from the report:
"Reading is a pleasure, a source of information, and the basis for most decisions that are made today. It deserves the liveliest interest and the best techniques we can master."
New episode of Infinite Loops!
This week’s episode features @Jameson_Olsen, host of @BecomingMain, a podcast where he explores fiction not just as entertainment, but as a guide to agency, ambition, empathy, and becoming the main character of your own life.
He joins guest host @LibertyRPF for a conversation about the greatest lessons he’s learned from fiction on how to live a better life.
the version of you who survived everything is worthy of admiration, but the version of you who no longer wants to live in survival mode deserves your devotion.
It took a little longer than expected, but we have created a website for people to view the footage collected from Gaza in one place. You no longer have to download the entire archives to see them.
It includes:
64,537 videos
17,905 photos
Ability to download individual videos
Searchable index
Exhaustive sources list (300+ journalists)
Geolocation data
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Victim list
It can be accessed here: https://t.co/s0Se94PXWF
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God bless all those who sacrificed their lives to get this footage out, and everyone invovled in collecting/archiving it.
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This movement will prove indestructible, no matter how much spin and concealment are deployed to stop it, no matter how many dollars are spent to counter it.
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.
"This was no longer Islam" — says Mamman Nur, one of Shekau’s long-term associates.
The screenshot you see below is taken from the article written by Ahmad Salkida: The Making and Unmaking of Abubakar Shekau posted on the 26th of November, 2025.
When I saw the video of this woman in this video (quoted post), I was forced to ask a question that has been running through my mind: What do these terrorists want?
Is it Power? Attention? Resources?
In fact, some have even said, they want to Islamize Nigeria. This can’t be true.
The inner workings of the spearheads as you can see below shows it’s not Islam. If you look at the actual history of this insurgency, their primary victims have always been the local Muslim populations.
They have bombed mosques during Friday prayers, wiped out entire communities in the northeast, and executed countless Muslim scholars who openly spoke out against their deviance.
When Mamman Nur bluntly stated that their actions were no longer Islam, he was pointing to the reality we already know.
We have a group that claims a religious mandate while systematically terrorizing, displacing, and murdering the very people they claim to represent. Their real focus has always been everything but propagation of faith.
The government must take decisive action to rescue victims and tackle the underlying issues around recruitment, logistics, networks, and the socioeconomic vulnerabilities that these groups exploit to survive. Deeply unfortunate 💔
One of the most horrific scenes in human history has been revealed.
At the very moment when a group of unarmed civilians were bombed, their bodies were torn apart, and another person who was injured and unable to walk was killed in cold blood by Israel.
A video the world must never forget.
57 Arab and Muslim countries OFFERED Israel PEACE in 2024. GUARANTEED security in exchange for a Palestinian state and the end to the occupation.
Israel REFUSED.
Then Israel claims “they don’t want peace” while acting as the MAIN obstacle to peace.
Scott Horton just exposed the propaganda about Iran. 'The claim Iran massacred 40,000 protesters is a preposterous hoax. Trump admitted Israel armed those groups.
They were Kurdish communists fighting the government, not peaceful protesters. 40,000 dead would be worse than Babi Yar. The propaganda showed 12 body bags.
The lie serves a purpose: justify the war. Dehumanize Iran. Make the regime look like genocidal monsters - while Israel does the exact same things in Gaza and Lebanon