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[goma @soigomaa]

btw have u ever noticed that no one called it a "gender war" during the centuries that women were forced to marry, give birth, and be men's unpaid labourers it only became a war when women began demanding equality

[➳❥ @VintageVault8]

The 5,000 year old streets israel is threatening to destroy today btw

[🚬 @tyskei]

She saw at least TEN children under the age of FIVE with their heads DECAPITATED. We are not mad enough.

[pamela philipose @pamelaphilipose]

One of the men responsible for killing baby Hind Rajab is reportedly holidaying in northern India. He should be tracked and thrown out.

[Memorïa @deathofmeaning]

as long as major filmmakers keep softening up to AI, it’ll be "he’s only using it for storyboards," "he’s only using it to enhance the script," "he’s only using it for this one scene." it’s a boundary that will keep being pushed constantly, but okay

[Camila Lourdes Galarza Zavala @sovietwithsazon]

TODAY— Photos were smuggled out of Ecuador’s prisons and published by the brave Karol Noroña. Under the current U.S.-backed military dictatorship, inmates are starved and 1 dies every 7 hours— an alarming rate for the 2nd smallest nation in South America. NOBOA IS A MURDERER.

[lina | لينه @labushouk]

ppl think Europeans endorsed the founding of Israel as reparations for the Holocaust. nope. the Balfour Declaration-the British doc that promised to deliver a zionist state in Palestine was written in 1917. Israel was always a settler outpost. the Holocaust as alibi came later 1/

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

“How did we go from paper straws to data centres?”

Because no one listened to the environmentalists who said unchecked corporate pollution was the bigger issue.

[Purrs 🏴 @NewPerspectives]

BTW ICE is raping children in custody in texas then deporting the newborns after they're born. These children are not pregnant before entering ICE detention.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

DO NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THIS. HOLY SHIT.

[٢١، @loeysmiffy]

oh…

[⚡︎ @_sorrengailll]

The fact that y’all don’t see the future of CLEAN DRINKING WATER as worth prioritizing over AI is wild to me.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

PETER. THEIL. FLEEING. TO. ARGENTINA. IS. A. BIG. DEAL. TO. ANYONE. WHO'S. EVER. OPENED. UP. A. FUCKING. HISTORY. BOOK.

[Joy Henderson (she/her) 🇵🇸 @Joyhenderson78]

Yeah, no shit.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Esta es la madre del chico palestino autista Eyad Hallaq, gritando de dolor después de que el tribunal de "Israel" absolviera al soldado sionista que asesinó a tiros a su hijo en Jerusalén.

A pesar de la evidencia gráfica y de las declaraciones de la profesora, "Israel" absolvió al asesino de su hijo y lo dejó sin castigo, así es la justicia en el apartheid sionista contra los palestinos.

[انوس @anoosify]

Honestly, Mamdani and his PR team are incredibly savvy. They're doing exactly what they promised: rebuilding the people’s trust in government, but through perception first.

Take the Israeli parade. First, he announces he'll be skipping it. That dominates headlines and reinforces the image of a mayor willing to take a bold stand, even at political risk. People who were skeptical start questioning their skepticism because the move feels authentic and principled.

Then, after that positive perception takes hold, you get something like the video below. He still announces that he won't attend the parade himself, so he keeps the positive publicity. But at the same time, he says he'll send a member of his administration instead: Jessica Tisch, whom he chose to retain despite her family's well-known ties to Netanyahu.

Most people won't notice the distinction. A small number like myself will criticize it, but by then the mass deception has already been established. The public focus shifts from scrutinizing the contradiction to defending the image of a "principled mayor." The net result is growing support, deeper belief in the system, and no political cost for it.

This is the same pattern I saw with his pro-Palestinian messaging. "Free Palestine" goes viral, his supporters rally behind him, and his popularity grows. Then later, he starts saying in interviews that “Israel has a right to exist.”

When I called it out and challenged him directly, the base had already been manipulated into a loyal following built around a radical image of him. Only months later did my criticism start to go mainstream, but by then the cycle had already reset and repeated itself.

That's what makes the strategy so effective. The headline-grabbing position comes first. The nuance comes later. By the time people notice the difference, the public perception has already been set and he’s onto the next thing.

[Arya Yadeghaar (Backup) @AryJeayBackup]

Trigger alert!

Footage circulating online shows Dutch police smashing a PREGNANT Palestinian woman into the ground, while posing no threat at all, in the Netherlands.

[umi ˗ˏˋ★ˎˊ˗ @sparkfae]

idk whether to cry or to laugh

[mersomas @mersomas]

Google is revamping its entire search engine to this btw

[Hala Jaber @HalaJaber]

Let’s talk about Rania Mallah, killed yesterday in an Israeli strike on Bourj al-Shamali in Tyre.

For 12 hours, Rania was buried beneath the rubble & known to still be alive.

Her family kept calling her mobile phone.

She would switch it on to let them know she was still there. Still breathing. Still waiting to be rescued.
To let Lebanese Civil Defence rescuers know where she was trapped.

Rescue teams pulled others out & kept digging with their bare hands in search of her, until orders came to halt all rescue operations until the following morning.

But they had Rania’s number.

They kept calling her.
And she kept answering.

She never spoke.
But they could hear her breathing.

For 12 hours, Rania lay there alone beneath broken concrete, stones, darkness, dust & fear. Most likely injured. Listening to voices above her, knowing people were trying to reach her but were being prevented from continuing.

Just like in Maarakeh, rescuers were forced to stop searching overnight.

Still, they kept calling her phone to give her hope. To let her know she had not been abandoned.

By around 1:00 a.m., roughly 12 hours after the strike, her phone finally went dead.
The battery had most likely run out.

This morning, rescuers resumed the search.

They found Rania.

Next to her was her mobile phone.

She had died.

Israel killed her twice.
The first time with a bomb.
The second time when rescuers were prevented from saving her.