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Un égoïste est quelqu'un qui ne pense pas à moi. — Labiche

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Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · Dec 24

Watching Spartacus and can't help thinking that if the slaves had eschewed violence and presented their case in polite manner, observing societal decorum, they might have found the Romans more receptive to their arguments

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 6h

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1h

I hope the crossings will be opened soon.
Please help me so that I can rebuild and stand on my feet again after all the injustice I have endured in Gaza.

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

chuffed.org

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Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 1h

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 8h

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 3h

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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Nikki 'Samyazan Scion' Ophan @nikkiophan.bsky.social · 2h

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN "ASSET FLIP GENOCIDE"

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 3h

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 2h

which is what's so wonderful about his reaction -- it's so pure, devoid of preconceived notions or a priori respect due canonical cultural figures

what he describes is exactly the kind of destabilized, decentered, alienating experience Beckett was working so hard to elicit in his audiences

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Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 2h

Oh absolutely. There's a beautiful naiveté to it

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 2h

I refuse to let my hope break. Maybe hope is the only thing the Occupation has not stolen from us. I just want this slaughter to stop not for victory, not for their approval but so we can live one single day as human beings, not numbers.

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Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 2h

Did he think it was a new play? Because it sounds like he's completely unaware of Beckett

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 2h

I like to think Beckett himself would have delighted in this review

(via @luxalptraum.com ht @ykomska.bsky.social)

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 2h

Breaking | Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling hit central Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

-QNN

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Vic! Perfecto @victorperfecto.bsky.social · 7h

"First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because it's long-horizon strategy"

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 6h

Breaking | Former Palestinian prisoner Jihad Ajaj was gunned down by Israeli settlers in Deir Jarir village, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

Image shows a young man sitting on a chair at night, smiling gently at the camera. He has short dark hair, a trimmed beard, and wears a black t-shirt with a bull-head emblem. The blurred city street behind him glows with car lights and storefront signs.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 5h

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 5h

News flash: Grijalva has wanted and demanded it for days. Swear her in. Release the files.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7h

Posobiec isn't a nazi in some generic rhetorical sense of having fascistic impulses or simply being far-right. He is a full-blown Hitler-loving Jew-hating mask-off literal capital-N Nazi, with a longstanding public record to match.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 6h

I don't think it's at all equivalent between genitally-obsessed bigots currently attempting to genocide innocent people and a flag that's only been the "national flag of England" since the 1800s now being used by racists to intimidate non-white people in England.

It's a gross analogy, Mr. Bragg.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 8h

But the majority of the white working class identify with that flag and you can't dictate to them how they identify any more than the TERFs can dictate to you how to identify. And how do you expect to build a better society for everyone if you dismiss 'white' as a synonym for 'racist'?

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Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 7h

lmao at how Hegseth-cided Cipher is 😂😂

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Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 7h

It's like 18th April, 1930 all over again

Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 8h

Great movie

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 28d

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

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Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 8h

"I mean, the racism is the worst thing, but the cowardice, that's pretty bad too." God bless Norm

Rhydian @grhydian.bsky.social · 8h

Any Celtic fans need cheering up? Rangers are apparently considering a return for Gerrard as manager 😂😂