John

Competitor.

[Art Encyclopedia @artenpedia]

Albert König (1881–1944): Wetterwolken, 1920

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Some members of the Jewish community, including Democratic Congressman Josh Gottheimer, were alarmed by the language you used at the rally last week, calling AIPAC monsters who move dark money.

Mamdani: I want to be very clear. We’re talking about a status quo where children are being killed on a daily basis. More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military since the so-called ceasefire.

Even an Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Wishah, was killed this past Saturday by an Israeli strike. And when I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has been supportive of the status quo, that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region.

And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept. And when it comes to the way in which they defend the status quo, oftentimes they defend it through direct contributions, as we are seeing right now in New York 13.

Oftentimes they also support the status quo through dark money, by funneling money that would have previously come directly from AIPAC through other organizations whose contributors’ identities are only made clear after an election.

And I think it is important that when we ask ourselves how such death and destruction is happening overseas, we also name those who allow it to take place.

[snarky hoppy @snarkypoppy]

片山牧羊 Katayama Bokuyo 1927

[Masterpieces of Japan @JapanTraCul]

Dragon, by Soga Shohaku, ca. 1760-1780

[Acyn @Acyn]

Mamdani: AIPAC, for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its course is an end to genocide in Netanyahu's wars.

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

Meanwhile, the heroic doctor's torture by Israel continues. They continue to torture Dr. Hussam Abu Sefia for the crime of not abandoning his patients. Without laying charges, offering him anything resembling due process, Israel is killing him slowly. One day, everyone will say they were against this

[Lowkey @Lowkey0nline]

“I received direct threats targeting me on my phone from the Mossad, from the Israelis, and they threatened to kill me.”

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil speaking before she was killed by Israel.

[Brad Lander @bradlander]

The world needs more Ms. Rachels, radiating kindness & empathy in a time of such darkness & cruelty. She's standing up for children everywhere and fighting for the future that every one of them deserves.

I was really proud to see this donation come in. If you ask me, she’s the Mr. Rogers of our time.

[Nick Bryant @NickBryantNY]

How can satire compete with this?

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

An extremist group in Washington, DC has claimed credit for the terrorist attack on the Iranian bridge, promising further attacks on civilian infrastructure if its demands aren't met

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Israel slaughtered 15 aid workers in Gaza, buried their bodies so nobody would know, lied about it, and only got caught because they forget to steal one of the victims' cell phones, and he recorded the entire massacre.

Israel also did this:

[jasper nathaniel @infinite_jaz]

My representative, who ignored me when I was attacked by settlers 👇

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Practice any art… no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”

- McKellen reciting Vonnegut

[J.R.R. Tolkien @JRRTolkien]

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

[jasper nathaniel @infinite_jaz]

Make some calls today and demand a US investigation into the murder of Philly native Nasrallah Abu Siyam:

Senator John Fetterman:
DC: [phone]
Philly: [phone]

Governor Josh Shapiro:
[phone]

Rep. Brendan Boyle:
DC: [phone]
Philly: [phone]

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

Instagram just suspended our account with >137,000 followers:

[UpScrolled @realUpScrolled]

WHAT!!! One MILLION!!! 🤯🤯🤯 YOU did this.

Our founder @issamhijazi shares why he built UpScrolled - and what's next.
"This is yours. We're just building it."

[UpScrolled @realUpScrolled]

This isn't an algorithm. This isn't a media push.
This is you, showing up and sending a message to big tech: We want something different.
Three countries.
Organic growth.
Real change.
Thank you for believing in an alternative. This is yours.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

On December 13, 1973, Isaac Asimov sent a letter to Carl Sagan after reading his new book. Asimov, who was often proud of his wit and displayed it openly, wrote:

“I have just finished The Cosmic Connection and loved every word of it. You are my idea of a good writer because you have an unmannered style, and when I read what you write, I hear you talking. One thing about the book made me nervous. It was entirely too obvious that you are smarter than I am. I hate that.”

[Saganism @Saganismm]

Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.