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Grave Dohl
@letsdestroy.bsky.social
· Jul 2
I started ADHD meds and am reining in my social media usage, including Bsky. I'll be posting a lot less and will probably start unfollowing a lot of people. It's nothing personal, and I'm doing well, I just need to unplug from The Discourse to a large degree.
It was obvious that eventually, Syrian locals would start fighting the Israelis forces which invaded their communities without provocation. It was equally obvious that Israel would use that armed resistance as a justification for maintaining and even expanding their occupation.
According to Syrian media, Israel accuses the Syrian government of having affiliations with the "militants" (Syrian locals) who resisted the Israeli raid on Beit Jinn
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It was obvious that eventually, Syrian locals would start fighting the Israelis forces which invaded their communities without provocation. It was equally obvious that Israel would use that armed resistance as a justification for maintaining and even expanding their occupation.
My most lib trait is that I love when celebrities do this
thank you for supporting striking Starbucks workers, Comrade Hilary Duff
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My most lib trait is that I love when celebrities do this
(Snapshot rather than quote tweet because this is more of a reflection than a criticism)
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
(Snapshot rather than quote tweet because this is more of a reflection than a criticism)
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
Reposted by Grave Dohl
If a Russian Orthodox Church was holding an event to sell land in occupied areas of Ukraine and some people held a protest zero people would condemn it and they'd be correct
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If a Russian Orthodox Church was holding an event to sell land in occupied areas of Ukraine and some people held a protest zero people would condemn it and they'd be correct
MTG appears to be a savvy political entrepreneur with a keen sense of which way the winds are blowing. I don't think she's experiencing a personal epiphany. Rather, she's positioning herself to be a leader of the post-Trump MAGA movement.
again, the takeaway is not "MTG is good now". It's "MTG really wants to distnace herself from trump because she thinks he's doomed"
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MTG appears to be a savvy political entrepreneur with a keen sense of which way the winds are blowing. I don't think she's experiencing a personal epiphany. Rather, she's positioning herself to be a leader of the post-Trump MAGA movement.
The thing about this plan is that it won't work. Just like Israel's "transfer" plan or Trump's "Gaza Riviera" plan, it won't work because it does not account, in the least, for the needs and desires of Palestinians.
All praise the Gaza peacemakers! They're:
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The thing about this plan is that it won't work. Just like Israel's "transfer" plan or Trump's "Gaza Riviera" plan, it won't work because it does not account, in the least, for the needs and desires of Palestinians.
'Average American vaguely opposed to wanton state brutality' is... more heartening than I would've thought tbh.
Turns out Americans may not be buying the administration's bogus terrorism narrative for its maritime killing spree.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
Analysis: Trump’s boat strikes appear quite unpopular, as Americans again support due process | CNN Politics
When President Donald Trump began rapidly deporting migrants earlier this year to a brutal Salvadoran prison – including some wrongfully so – without due process, Democrats were somewhat wary of pushi...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
'Average American vaguely opposed to wanton state brutality' is... more heartening than I would've thought tbh.
It's time for Woke 2: Dark Woke
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It's time for Woke 2: Dark Woke
I regret to inform everyone that Tim Kaine is no longer in the membrane
These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it
Eight senators are facing criticism from Democrats for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I regret to inform everyone that Tim Kaine is no longer in the membrane
I realize the NYT is a mixed bag, that they have some very talented journalists who do great work, that the problems come largely from the top, etc.
But what the fuck is this?
But what the fuck is this?
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I realize the NYT is a mixed bag, that they have some very talented journalists who do great work, that the problems come largely from the top, etc.
But what the fuck is this?
But what the fuck is this?
I'm not that familiar with Candace Owens but, from what I gather, she's widely considered a far-right lunatic, so the criticism against Finkelstein is probably deserved.
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
Norman Finkelstein, the fuck is wrong with you?
This is the second time he's gone on Candace Owens' show, and look how she frames the interview in her tweet.
This is the second time he's gone on Candace Owens' show, and look how she frames the interview in her tweet.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'm not that familiar with Candace Owens but, from what I gather, she's widely considered a far-right lunatic, so the criticism against Finkelstein is probably deserved.
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
The new Life After People season on History uses AI. It looks awful.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The new Life After People season on History uses AI. It looks awful.
A claim I've seen repeated about pre-Zionist Palestine is that it was a "stateless no-man's-land", another version of the "land without a people" myth.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A claim I've seen repeated about pre-Zionist Palestine is that it was a "stateless no-man's-land", another version of the "land without a people" myth.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
Pundit admits "I'm a dumb idiot", continues to be rewarded for his bad takes forever
I think this would qualify as a knee-jerk reaction.
Yglesias: "In an irresponsible-but-probably-typical manner I just took my cues from the fact that almost all of the leading Democrats seemed to be backing Bush on this."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Yglesias: "In an irresponsible-but-probably-typical manner I just took my cues from the fact that almost all of the leading Democrats seemed to be backing Bush on this."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Me & The War
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pundit admits "I'm a dumb idiot", continues to be rewarded for his bad takes forever
The people most obsessed with Israel are the politicians who insist on supporting it unconditionally.
Democrats who want to maintain the standard U.S. support for Israel despite their own voters’ deep opposition to the country’s government will increasingly struggle — not because voters are obsessed with Israel but because it’s an indication they’re deeply out-of-touch or beholden to lobbyists.
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The people most obsessed with Israel are the politicians who insist on supporting it unconditionally.
9/11 was an inside job (Mamdani did it, retroactively)
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
9/11 was an inside job (Mamdani did it, retroactively)
Sliwa for Cat Czar of NYC
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sliwa for Cat Czar of NYC
I am an unindicted co-conspirator in the leftist plot to turn every honest hard-working American man trans
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I am an unindicted co-conspirator in the leftist plot to turn every honest hard-working American man trans
10+ years ago, when Jabhat al-Nusra became the leading rebel faction in Syria, at least one opinion piece in a mainstream US paper tried to sell the public on supporting them. They were still aligned with Al Qaeda at the time, but the piece seemed to be saying "don't worry, *this* Al Qaeda is good".
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, the leading faction in the current Syrian government, is an Al Qaeda offshoot but it now has US support, so we don't call it terrorist anymore.
Mali may be the first country to fall to Al Qaeda.
"Malian junta expelled a French-led force and hired Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, but they too failed to quell violence
Instead, the Kremlin guns-for-hire embarked on a campaign of widespread reprisal"
www.wsj.com/world/africa...
"Malian junta expelled a French-led force and hired Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, but they too failed to quell violence
Instead, the Kremlin guns-for-hire embarked on a campaign of widespread reprisal"
www.wsj.com/world/africa...
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
10+ years ago, when Jabhat al-Nusra became the leading rebel faction in Syria, at least one opinion piece in a mainstream US paper tried to sell the public on supporting them. They were still aligned with Al Qaeda at the time, but the piece seemed to be saying "don't worry, *this* Al Qaeda is good".
I went to university a long time ago. Maybe things have changed, maybe my experience was different. I minored in anthropology and was exposed to a lot of different ideas and perspectives, but never did I experience any attempt at indoctrination into leftist political orthodoxy.
Does it matter that the "critics" here are bad-faith fascists and the criticism they are making is laughably false?
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I went to university a long time ago. Maybe things have changed, maybe my experience was different. I minored in anthropology and was exposed to a lot of different ideas and perspectives, but never did I experience any attempt at indoctrination into leftist political orthodoxy.
I know the technical term in English would be "second cousin once removed" but in my (Slavic) mother tongue I would only ever refer to this relative as an "aunt".
People need to stop being weird WASP freaks about this shit.
People need to stop being weird WASP freaks about this shit.
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I know the technical term in English would be "second cousin once removed" but in my (Slavic) mother tongue I would only ever refer to this relative as an "aunt".
People need to stop being weird WASP freaks about this shit.
People need to stop being weird WASP freaks about this shit.
Was it ever really in doubt that the 'war' on Gaza would have a proportionally higher death toll than these other wars? That's been apparent for some time.
"If de Waal is anywhere close to right, this conflict will have killed 7.5 percent of the prewar population of Gaza in just two years. It already is, in proportional terms, deadlier than the wars in Yemen, Syria, Sudan and Ukraine." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Was it ever really in doubt that the 'war' on Gaza would have a proportionally higher death toll than these other wars? That's been apparent for some time.
Calling it 'Free Gaza' is perhaps appropriate because it is 'free' of Palestinians and therefore set to become 'free' real estate for American investors and/or Israeli settlers.
Calling the part of Gaza occupied by Israel “Free Gaza” is incredible
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Calling it 'Free Gaza' is perhaps appropriate because it is 'free' of Palestinians and therefore set to become 'free' real estate for American investors and/or Israeli settlers.
I'm all for boycotting the UAE (many good reasons to do so) but I have no idea what else to do regarding the famine in Sudan.
October 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I'm all for boycotting the UAE (many good reasons to do so) but I have no idea what else to do regarding the famine in Sudan.
The Totenkopf Nazi skull is actually pretty distinctive and weird looking. I don't know why the SS chose such a creepy, shitty-looking design, but it's unmistakable.
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Totenkopf Nazi skull is actually pretty distinctive and weird looking. I don't know why the SS chose such a creepy, shitty-looking design, but it's unmistakable.