Dr John Richardson

Israel escalates its evil & illegal policy of medicide: "Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’. Lebanese health ministry says killing of 91 healthcare workers shows ‘total disregard’ for international law" theguardian.com/world/2026/apr…

@catpoopburglar @KimAffirms @HeerJeet You make an awful lot of big claims with no basis. And conveniently ignore the literacy rates, access to education and standing of living dropping pretty much everywhere the US intervenes.

@JohnThorGDF @KimAffirms @HeerJeet for almost all across the spectrum global poverty has decreased the most ever, wars less common, diseases eradicated—all of this is thanks to American hegemony

Much of the world will agree with this, and it will be basis for rising Chinese soft-power in years to come.

@catpoopburglar @KimAffirms @HeerJeet What makes these the best years in human history? For which humans?

@JohnThorGDF @KimAffirms @HeerJeet the US has been the world hegemon since 1945 and those have also been the best years in human history—with the least atrocities—that’s not a coincidence

@catpoopburglar @HeerJeet The us has installed dictators and tyrants across the world since 1945. They have made the world safer for no one.

@JohnThorGDF @HeerJeet I will, and proudly too. The US has made many mistakes, but the peaceful international order and free international trade it has created as uplifted far more people.

@catpoopburglar @KimAffirms @HeerJeet As a PhD historian, I can confidently say there is no such thing as perfect times in history where no atrocities are occurring. Now is not better than the past in that respect. But the US has been committing atrocities left right and centre for as long as it has existed

@JohnThorGDF @KimAffirms @HeerJeet I think you are, if you actually think the most peaceful and prosperous time in world history is some how historically terrible

@catpoopburglar @HeerJeet Tell that to the people of any country the US has intervened in.

@JohnThorGDF @HeerJeet the standard of living has risen massively under the US led world order, the only time that has ever happened if you are a country that depends on international trade, as almost all small countries do, you can thank the US for creating the peaceful world order that allows it

The Israelis are going to do a lot of nasty stuff in the West Bank under the cover of the Iran War.

@catpoopburglar @KimAffirms @HeerJeet You are historically illiterate.

@KimAffirms @HeerJeet the US has been the best behaved empire the world has ever had—people will miss it when it’s gone

@catpoopburglar @HeerJeet Better than the US? They are famously not as prone to direct interference so kind of yeah. The US have been toppling regimes. Murdering democratically elected leaders and destroying standards of living globally for decades. The are an awful hegemon. Hard to be worse.

@HeerJeet does anyone actually believe china would be better as a hegemon?

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” — James Baldwin

🚨 BREAKING: Israeli forces continue violating the ceasefire across the Gaza Strip in recent hours: •Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes east of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. •Israeli military vehicles opened fire toward residential homes north of Rafah. •Artillery shelling targeted eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza. •Airstrikes hit eastern areas of Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. •Israeli warplanes also struck Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

@livmeaningfully @booklady2002 @RichardHanania Its good to see you can be so open about not even remotely understanding academic writing standards.

@booklady2002 @RichardHanania Not following. The student has a right to express her opinion. Read the instructions and rubric. It was to be a personal reflection, not an argumentative essay.

They put the TA on leave. I told you all this wokeness stuff was based in political power at its root. Now college administrators in red states are standing up for the rights of students to call trans individuals demons in papers and get the grade they want.

@UofOklahoma Wait, the university is bowing down to a student who failed to engage with the course materials? No wonder Americans are idiots.

Statement from the University of Oklahoma:

@TurningPointOU Anyone who thinks this should recieve a passing mark is clearly too stupid to go to university. A zero, did not engage with the discipline in any way shape or form seems entirely fair.

Samantha’s Essay (4of5)

For a psychology course at the University Oklahoma, Samantha Fulnecky was asked to write a 650-word essay reacting to an article about how people are perceived based on societal expectations of gender. In her essay, Fulnecky argued that traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes. She cited the Bible to support her stance that eliminating gender in society would be "detrimental" because that would put people "farther from God's original plan for humans." She received zero points out of 25 on the essay. Transgender professor, Mel Curtis, said Ms. Fulnecky, failed to use empirical evidence/and called parts of her essay offensive. "To call an entire group of people 'demonic' is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population," the instructor wrote in the online grading platform. Fulnecky says she followed the assignment guidelines and should not be penalized for her religious viewpoints. OU officials point to the formal grade-appeal process as the student awaits a decision. We at Turning Point OU stand with Samantha. We should not be letting mentally ill professors around students. Clearly this professor lacks the intellectual maturity to set her own bias aside and take grading seriously. Professors like this are the very reason conservatives can't voice their beliefs in the classroom. Kuddos to Samantha for leading by example and standing up for what she believes in. @UofOklahoma , do better! #universityofoklahoma #trans #woke @ou_president @uofoklahoma @TPUSA @GovStitt @theoudaily @ounightly @SenadorJett @senmullin

There has been a lot of talk about BBC bias today. Its a good moment to remember the BBC Gaza Report @cfmmuk by the Centre for Media Monitoring, just to remind ourselves of the scandalous bias against Palestine @BBCNews in the face of the Gaza Genocide share.google/rzQVhvigAoqQ3L…

A NZ citizen was kidnapped by the Israeli Navy this morning from aboard the Sumud Flotilla. He is currently being held hostage. Contact MFAT (consular@mfat.govt.nz) and @winstonpeters demanding they call for his immediate release. Parliamentary press should do the same.

the pager jokes crew real unhappy about political violence today huh

I'm getting a lot of questions about this (false) claim, so let's do a wonky deep dive on how willfully wrong @Israel is on this. Right off the top: this is the EXACT SAME THRESHOLD that was used in the Sudan famine declaration last year. Not any lowering of the bar for Gaza.

#nzpol “It takes a special kind of confidence to claim things are getting better when clear evidence of our senses is that they are not. We live in a country where discounted butter leads the news & mince has become a luxury.” Christchurch Press editorial thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360800…

The demands for Ardern, Hipkins, Robertson, and Verrall, to be put before a kangaroo court of the nations cookers to be interrogated are absurd. Why would we persecute the people who saved an estimated 20k lives and try and punish them. The lack of gratitude and this is nothing more than a political stunt. Why should they be questioned outside the boundaries of the Royal Commision. Those critics just want a public execution, they couldn’t care less about what the Royal Commision of inquiry reports.