Alice
@aliceleone.bsky.social
Reposted by Alice
Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
Reposted by Alice
Hogfather belongs in any top 5 Discworld list and the way Death behaves as the Hogfather is a big reason why
a lot of things ARE unfair, and when you see them from the perspective of the seven foot anthropomorphic personification of The End, there's no reason they should be that way at all
a lot of things ARE unfair, and when you see them from the perspective of the seven foot anthropomorphic personification of The End, there's no reason they should be that way at all
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hogfather belongs in any top 5 Discworld list and the way Death behaves as the Hogfather is a big reason why
a lot of things ARE unfair, and when you see them from the perspective of the seven foot anthropomorphic personification of The End, there's no reason they should be that way at all
a lot of things ARE unfair, and when you see them from the perspective of the seven foot anthropomorphic personification of The End, there's no reason they should be that way at all
Reposted by Alice
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
"IT IS ... UNFAIR.
‘That’s life, master.’
BUT I’M NOT.
‘I meant this is how it’s supposed to go, master,’ said Albert.
NO. YOU MEAN THIS IS HOW IT GOES."
"IT IS ... UNFAIR.
‘That’s life, master.’
BUT I’M NOT.
‘I meant this is how it’s supposed to go, master,’ said Albert.
NO. YOU MEAN THIS IS HOW IT GOES."
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
"IT IS ... UNFAIR.
‘That’s life, master.’
BUT I’M NOT.
‘I meant this is how it’s supposed to go, master,’ said Albert.
NO. YOU MEAN THIS IS HOW IT GOES."
"IT IS ... UNFAIR.
‘That’s life, master.’
BUT I’M NOT.
‘I meant this is how it’s supposed to go, master,’ said Albert.
NO. YOU MEAN THIS IS HOW IT GOES."
Reposted by Alice
Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal
"They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that, in the morning, is going to be hanged."
"They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that, in the morning, is going to be hanged."
Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures
"‘Er, I was just wondering, Mr. Dibbler... what is my motivation for this scene?’
‘Motivation?’
‘Yes. Er, I got to know, see,’ said Rock.
‘How about: I’ll fire you if you don’t do it properly?’
Rock grinned. ‘Right you are, Mr. Dibbler,’ he said."
"‘Er, I was just wondering, Mr. Dibbler... what is my motivation for this scene?’
‘Motivation?’
‘Yes. Er, I got to know, see,’ said Rock.
‘How about: I’ll fire you if you don’t do it properly?’
Rock grinned. ‘Right you are, Mr. Dibbler,’ he said."
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal
"They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that, in the morning, is going to be hanged."
"They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that, in the morning, is going to be hanged."
Reposted by Alice
Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
Reposted by Alice
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
Reposted by Alice
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory explicitly names the Israeli President as responsible for inciting genocide — and yet Albanese is inviting him here. Shameful and scandalous!
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory explicitly names the Israeli President as responsible for inciting genocide — and yet Albanese is inviting him here. Shameful and scandalous!
Reposted by Alice
Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
Reposted by Alice
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes in Jerusalem neighbourhood - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-troops-demolish-palestinian-homes-jerusalem-neighbourhood
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes in Jerusalem neighbourhood
<article data-history-node-id="433000" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-troops-demolish-palestinian-homes-jerusalem-neighbourhood" class="live-blog-update default clearfix">
<h2>
<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-troops-demolish-palestinian-homes-jerusalem-neighbourhood" rel="bookmark">
<span class="field field-title">Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes in Jerusalem neighbourhood</span>
</a>
</h2>
<div class="content">
<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished two Palestinian homes in the Jabal al-Mukaber neighbourhood, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. </p>
<p>Israeli troops stormed the al-Sal'a area of the neighbourhood with heavy machinery and began demolishing two homes belonging to brothers Mahmoud and Wasim Mashahra, the report said. </p>
</div>
</div>
</article>
www.middleeasteye.net
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes in Jerusalem neighbourhood - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-troops-demolish-palestinian-homes-jerusalem-neighbourhood
Reposted by Alice
Probably bad that even centrist and now liberal institutions regard the relatively mild intervention in order to slow the spread of a deadly disease as a mistake. Really not comforting to think how this will impede response to a future pandemic
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Probably bad that even centrist and now liberal institutions regard the relatively mild intervention in order to slow the spread of a deadly disease as a mistake. Really not comforting to think how this will impede response to a future pandemic
Reposted by Alice
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Reposted by Alice
Breaking | Israeli occupation forces open fire directly at Palestinian displacement tents in Al-Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Breaking | Israeli occupation forces open fire directly at Palestinian displacement tents in Al-Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Reposted by Alice
Donations and attention to Palestinians always drop off during the holidays, and we're approaching a really long one. Use the time w/your loved ones to educate them about the fictitious 'ceasefire,' ongoing settler colonial genocide, and life-saving nature of mutual aid.
chuffed.org/project/1491...
chuffed.org/project/1491...
December 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Donations and attention to Palestinians always drop off during the holidays, and we're approaching a really long one. Use the time w/your loved ones to educate them about the fictitious 'ceasefire,' ongoing settler colonial genocide, and life-saving nature of mutual aid.
chuffed.org/project/1491...
chuffed.org/project/1491...
Reposted by Alice
Reposted by Alice
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Reposted by Alice
My position on the debate on "From the River to the Sea" is that it should start with the party that is actually advancing this vision not only through chants but also through genocide and ethnic cleansing - the current Israeli government.
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My position on the debate on "From the River to the Sea" is that it should start with the party that is actually advancing this vision not only through chants but also through genocide and ethnic cleansing - the current Israeli government.
Reposted by Alice
Israeli defense minister says that he will establish illegal Jewish settlements in northern Gaza only to claim hours later that he didn't mean exactly what he meant and that he was talking about something altogether different that he wasn't talking about
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Israeli defense minister says that he will establish illegal Jewish settlements in northern Gaza only to claim hours later that he didn't mean exactly what he meant and that he was talking about something altogether different that he wasn't talking about
Reposted by Alice
A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
Reposted by Alice
By the way, for yall that DIDN'T know, yes, the TA was being targetted for being trans.
(This is @ yall cis folks)
(This is @ yall cis folks)
it’s kinda depressing how every trans person knows that the TA was specifically targeted for being trans and most cis people will never hear about it because most news at most mention that she is trans in passing
I heard about this story before but this is the first time I've heard any mention of the TA being transgender. It sucks that it went this far when it was determined early that she was simply a scrappy writer who didn't follow instructions, the TA was probably just sick of her.
December 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
By the way, for yall that DIDN'T know, yes, the TA was being targetted for being trans.
(This is @ yall cis folks)
(This is @ yall cis folks)
Reposted by Alice
Gaza is still being strangled by Israel. Israel is still murdering Palestinians. Infrastructure is gone. Winter rain is causing flooding contaminated with sewage. The medical system barely exists. Medical evacuations are blocked.
Please keep talking about the genocide and giving to Palestinians
Please keep talking about the genocide and giving to Palestinians
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Gaza is still being strangled by Israel. Israel is still murdering Palestinians. Infrastructure is gone. Winter rain is causing flooding contaminated with sewage. The medical system barely exists. Medical evacuations are blocked.
Please keep talking about the genocide and giving to Palestinians
Please keep talking about the genocide and giving to Palestinians
Reposted by Alice
Reposted by Alice
In #Gaza, conditions remain dire & needs are overwhelming.
After months of devastation, families face severe shortages — with @theipcinfo.bsky.social warning that 1.6 million people are in acute food insecurity.
UNRWA remains on the ground, doing everything possible to support them.
#UNRWAworks
After months of devastation, families face severe shortages — with @theipcinfo.bsky.social warning that 1.6 million people are in acute food insecurity.
UNRWA remains on the ground, doing everything possible to support them.
#UNRWAworks
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In #Gaza, conditions remain dire & needs are overwhelming.
After months of devastation, families face severe shortages — with @theipcinfo.bsky.social warning that 1.6 million people are in acute food insecurity.
UNRWA remains on the ground, doing everything possible to support them.
#UNRWAworks
After months of devastation, families face severe shortages — with @theipcinfo.bsky.social warning that 1.6 million people are in acute food insecurity.
UNRWA remains on the ground, doing everything possible to support them.
#UNRWAworks
Reposted by Alice
It would be newsworthy if the administration regretted its actions but that’s not the job of anyone analyzing the record to prompt that reflection.
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It would be newsworthy if the administration regretted its actions but that’s not the job of anyone analyzing the record to prompt that reflection.
Reposted by Alice
People passing around the 60 Minutes CECOT piece like teenage boys from the 1980s passing around their dad's Playboy issues, and YouTube cannot take down ripped copies fast enough.
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
60 Minutes CECOT Segment Axed by Weiss (Aired in Canada)
YouTube video by JayyRodd
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People passing around the 60 Minutes CECOT piece like teenage boys from the 1980s passing around their dad's Playboy issues, and YouTube cannot take down ripped copies fast enough.
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Reposted by Alice
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
Banned 60 Minutes CECOT Segment - Filemail
Get it while it's hot.
www.filemail.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...