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Interesting articles that I’ve read and shared + leftist screencaps.
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Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
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NEW: For centuries, Arabian horses were shaped by tribes and harsh landscapes. Now, as registries decide what counts as “authentic,” a battle to define the Arabian horse is underway, writes Mohamed Nasser for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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The Battle To Define the Arabian Horse
It once embodied migration, honor and survival, but the breed’s identity is increasingly tied to a global bureaucracy
newlinesmag.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
NEW: For centuries, Arabian horses were shaped by tribes and harsh landscapes. Now, as registries decide what counts as “authentic,” a battle to define the Arabian horse is underway, writes Mohamed Nasser for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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On the Zionist State's theft, and historically bankrupt weaponization of, Sebastia'a land and histories, see this piece by @infinitejaz.bsky.social www.thedriftmag.com/in-ruins/
In Ruins
Archaeological Warfare in the West Bank
www.thedriftmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On the Zionist State's theft, and historically bankrupt weaponization of, Sebastia'a land and histories, see this piece by @infinitejaz.bsky.social www.thedriftmag.com/in-ruins/
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“Keira's assessment in 2024, …concluded that she did not have "sufficient parental competencies to care for the newborn independently".
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“Keira's assessment in 2024, …concluded that she did not have "sufficient parental competencies to care for the newborn independently".
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
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The Yukon River is “a living being.” A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border, Alyssa Choiniere reports. Indigenous peoples view the river as a relative & as a lifeline, while governments regard waterbodies as a resource to extract.
The Yukon River is “a living being”
A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Yukon River is “a living being.” A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border, Alyssa Choiniere reports. Indigenous peoples view the river as a relative & as a lifeline, while governments regard waterbodies as a resource to extract.
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Happy birthday, Emil du Bois-Reymond!
The Greatest Unknown Intellectual of the 19th Century
Emil du Bois-Reymond proclaimed the mystery of consciousness, championed the theory of natural selection, and revolutionized the study of the nervous system. Today, he is all but forgotten.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Happy birthday, Emil du Bois-Reymond!
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"We are living in an age of autocrats, leaders who sit at varying points along a spectrum of repression and violence. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is among this malevolent list, not widely known internationally, yet nevertheless one of the most ruthless."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/w...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/w...
We’re Still Breathing: Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia
We are living in an age of autocrats — leaders who sit at varying points along a spectrum of repression and violence. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
www.counterpunch.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"We are living in an age of autocrats, leaders who sit at varying points along a spectrum of repression and violence. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is among this malevolent list, not widely known internationally, yet nevertheless one of the most ruthless."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/w...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/w...
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Le Hamas dans le mouvement national palestinien : une mise en perspective historique
www.contretemps.eu/hamas-mouvem...
www.contretemps.eu/hamas-mouvem...
Le Hamas dans le mouvement national palestinien : une mise en perspective historique
Dans cet entretien, Tareq Baconi analyse les origines, la stratégie et l’évolution du Hamas qui ont conduit à l’attaque du 7 octobre. Son hypothèse est qu’il s’agit d’une réaction à la stratégie israé...
www.contretemps.eu
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Le Hamas dans le mouvement national palestinien : une mise en perspective historique
www.contretemps.eu/hamas-mouvem...
www.contretemps.eu/hamas-mouvem...
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"Deir el-Balah’s Stolen Past: A Canaanite City Looted Under Occupation" by @jehadabusalim.bsky.social
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Deir el-Balah’s Stolen Past: A Canaanite City Looted Under Occupation
Did you know that in the 1970s and 1980s Israel looted one of the most important Canaanite sites in Gaza, a site closely tied to ancient Egypt?
jehadabusalim.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Deir el-Balah’s Stolen Past: A Canaanite City Looted Under Occupation" by @jehadabusalim.bsky.social
jehadabusalim.substack.com/p/deir-el-ba...
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Gaza Sky Geeks started with a question that sounded like a dare: could a startup accelerator survive under siege? Founded in 2011 with support from Google and operated by Mercy Corps, it became the heart of the Strip’s tech scene.
🧵 about our new feature: restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
🧵 about our new feature: restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gaza Sky Geeks started with a question that sounded like a dare: could a startup accelerator survive under siege? Founded in 2011 with support from Google and operated by Mercy Corps, it became the heart of the Strip’s tech scene.
🧵 about our new feature: restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
🧵 about our new feature: restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
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He has a stan culture to rival K-pop idols, a fund bankrolled by sympathizers, and has been labeled one of the “most successful assassins” in history.
Shinzo Abe Killer’s Trial Is Exposing the Christian Cult Entrenched in Japanese Politics
Tetsuya Yamagami is now on trial for the assassination of Shinzo Abe. He says he was motivated by Abe's ties to the Moonies.
interc.pt
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
He has a stan culture to rival K-pop idols, a fund bankrolled by sympathizers, and has been labeled one of the “most successful assassins” in history.
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“In my country, South Korea, literature must be easy, with no exceptions. A reader must grasp the meaning at once. Otherwise, the book won’t sell. It won’t be read. Poetry, too, must be simple.”
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
Brain Rot Without Borders | Baffler Forum
There’s no point in denying it anymore: literature as we know it is well on its way to becoming a lost art.
thebaffler.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“In my country, South Korea, literature must be easy, with no exceptions. A reader must grasp the meaning at once. Otherwise, the book won’t sell. It won’t be read. Poetry, too, must be simple.”
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
thebaffler.com/salvos/brain-rot-without-borders
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From 1892 until 1954, three cabaret-restaurants in the Montmartre district of Paris — including the Cabaret du Néant — captivated tourists with their grotesque portrayals of death in the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness.
Inside the Death-Themed “Cabaret of Nothingness”
The Parisian Cabaret du Néant pioneered shock entertainment, using magic to conjure macabre illusions for its audience.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
From 1892 until 1954, three cabaret-restaurants in the Montmartre district of Paris — including the Cabaret du Néant — captivated tourists with their grotesque portrayals of death in the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness.
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Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
Leaked document reveals company's water consumption
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
Leaked document reveals company's water consumption
Leak reveals Amazon plan to keep water use of data centres secret
Amazon strategised about ways to keep the public in the dark over the true extent of its data centres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
www.source-material.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
Leaked document reveals company's water consumption
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
Leaked document reveals company's water consumption
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"We have a pretty clear pattern: lethal injection is *so bad* that incarcerated people are actually able to meet these super high standards [for legal challenge]. And what is the Court’s response? 'Well, we’ll just keep raising the standard.'" @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social
The Myth of Forever Sleep - Corinna Barrett Lain interviewed by Carol Steiker - Inquest
A new book examines why states continue to sell the American people on the utility of lethal injection—despite its well-documented, monstrous failings.
inquest.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"We have a pretty clear pattern: lethal injection is *so bad* that incarcerated people are actually able to meet these super high standards [for legal challenge]. And what is the Court’s response? 'Well, we’ll just keep raising the standard.'" @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social
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