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Author, reader, researcher, academic. Antifascist. Human. πŸ“Gadigal Land

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US-Israeli strikes damage Iran's cultural heritage sites UNESCO World Heritage Sites are at risk, with several monuments, including palaces and a historic mosque, already damaged by US and Israeli strikes, which began on February 28.

US-Israeli strikes damage Iran's cultural heritage sites (and targeted civilians!)

UNESCO *World Heritage* Sites!
#barbarians

13.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s talk of threats to Iran’s football team exposes Infantino’s strategy of cozying up to the U.S. president (Gift Article) Over the past six years, Infantino has taken every opportunity to show support for the U.S. president. It could be about to backfire.

Lucky that FIFA wasn’t involved in an international scandal about systemic corruption that could explain these surreal failures. Oh wait…

13.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So he wrote Mein Kampf into a bill. The Nazis called this Umsiedlung.

13.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1261 πŸ” 464 πŸ’¬ 215 πŸ“Œ 69

This cover is relevant today.

Israel asked Lebanese citizens to evacuate Beirut, some set up tents on the Ramlet al-Baida beach.

Then, Israel bombed the people seeking refuge on the beach, killing 8 people. The same beach that is in the photograph below.

Yet there's no front page story this time.

13.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 274 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are so many, way too many poorly educated, toxic profs. Few get so much attention from people I follow & have interesting/fact based/logically sound things to say. So that’s intriguing.
Just reading a few lines that chap wrote… dear god, we definitely live in idiocracy.

13.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Serious question: who is this chap and why should anyone care about his inane opinions and AI cult stuff?

13.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A 'little excursion' or 'war'? It's 'both,' Trump says: ANALYSIS Amid rising gas prices and uncertainly at home about the cost and duration of the war with Iran, Trump is telling Americans this is only a short-term mission.

The world is changed by a POTUS who can’t see the difference between a β€œmilitary incursion” and a "military excursion".
Think about it.
Idiocracy.

13.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's one awful feature of Grammarly gone - plenty more terrible features still to go www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

13.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds like a sound war strategy: feeling it in his bone spurs

13.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

…and an increasing tab for all those drinks 🍷 πŸ₯΄

13.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Echoes of the ’70s in What’s Now the Largest Oil Shock Ever

Trump has created the biggest oil shock in world history, which will worsen economic conditions in most countries, including the U.S., but he found a way to help out Vladimir Putin’s criminal regime… www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...

13.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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6 Killed in Crash of U.S. Refueling Plane in Iraq, Military Says

I don’t know what’s more humiliating for Hegseth’s department of war; two flying gas stations colliding, or taken down by enemy fire. Hegseth chose the first option.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/w...

13.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What rats do’: US says Iranian leaders hiding as leaders appear in Tehran US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s leadership was β€œdesperate and hiding,” after US-Israeli strikes.

No comment

13.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We don’t need fascist leaders. Meloni is standing up to trump like Mussolini was standing up to Hitler. Seriously…

13.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I heard more believable garbage from Soviet propagandists than Whiskey Pete's commentary here.

13.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 792 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 12

They have elections there, most Italians hate this war and Trump, and that fascist you admire was very supportive of war before some new opinion polls.
Your "leader" is a fan of Mussolini; also an opportunist

13.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reuters: "Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence" www.reuters.com/investigatio...

13.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We killed all the girls in that school, but we're just helping the ayatollah.

13.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman.

The text in the Tweet says:
SAM ALTMAN: β€œWe see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman. The text in the Tweet says: SAM ALTMAN: β€œWe see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

12.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 5123 πŸ” 1998 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 210

Iraq?!?

13.03.2026 09:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Firms Can Limit Military Surveillance of Americans. What About of Everyone Else? The framing around limiting the US military’s use of generative AI for domestic surveillance should unsettle the rest of the world, writes Kristina Irion.

The framing around limiting the US military’s use of generative AI for domestic surveillance should unsettle the rest of the world, writes Kristina Irion. Countries seem woefully unprepared to respond to AI-enabled mass surveillance by another state.

13.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kind of makes our politicians traitors to the country, doesn't it?! In fact, that kind of daylight robbery enabling should result in a life behind bars, shouldn't it?

12.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Americans voted for this reality TV clown. Twice!
So... Americans can't keep Americans safe - and insist on making the world so much worse.

13.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

KKK looks even worse without their hoods

13.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

Americans will pay so much more to fill up their cars, and more American soldiers will be killed, but they can enjoy the fact that all this serves Russia.
Voting for Trump's tridimensional chess turns up just as expected.

13.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great writing. Glad you enjoyed it.

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Trump Has Never Been a Planner, and in War That’s Deadly β€œThe truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” β€” All the President’s MenSenator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democrat and member of the Foreign Relations Committee, took...

All fascist regimes are fascinated by wars and can't resist the impulse to start new wars. But in a ranking of fascist regimes (from despicably evil to pathetic), this American administration is by far the most stupid.

13.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Still no censure of Tommy Tuberville, Randy Fine, or Andy Ogles, who are openly promoting hate against Muslims while the US is bombing Iran, killing the Ayatollah, and people like Lindsey Graham are calling it a "religious war" DURING RAMADAN.

How do you think this all ends, folks?

12.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 7120 πŸ” 1876 πŸ’¬ 375 πŸ“Œ 73

Strong competition there. Crazy strong.

12.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brutal Reality of Pentagon Pete’s Massive Cuts Is Exposed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s brutal staff cuts at the Pentagon have impacted the departments that would have investigated the fatal strike on a girls’ school in Iran. President Donald Trump, wh...

Pete Hegseth gutted Pentagon oversight, calling the rules of war "stupid." He slashed the Middle East casualty team from 10 experts to one.

Then came the Minab strike: 170 girls and 14 teachers dead.

The Pentagon’s "inability to confirm" its role is the outcome Hegseth engineered.

11.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 865 πŸ” 384 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 29