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What Israel is hiding behind the walls of its detention camps | Editorial haaretz.com/opinion/editor…

Gaza this night!

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Two men, standing amid the wreckage of a century at war, looked forward—and saw its end in utterly different shapes. One heard the tramp of boots. The other, the soft hum of comfort. George Orwell believed tyranny would come modernized and perfected. Power would not hide. It would watch, edit, punish. Truth forced into alignment. Language reduced until dissent could no longer be spoken. Fear would do the rest of the work. And at the center stood the image he left behind: A boot stamping on a human face, forever. Aldous Huxley saw something colder. Why rely on fear, he wondered, when fear is costly? Why break men… when you can shape them? In his world, no one burns books—because no one wants them. No chains are needed—because no one reaches for the door. The State does not crush the will. It conditions it. Pleasure is constant. Discomfort is managed. Obedience feels like choice. In 1949, Huxley, writing to his former student, offered a quieter, more unsettling corrective to Orwell’s model. Force creates resistance. There is a more efficient method. “The lust for power,” he wrote, “can be satisfied just as completely by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them into obedience.” Orwell’s boot was real. Huxley did not deny it. He doubted its endurance. Make the cage comfortable—and the bars disappear. Both men were right. But not entirely about us. Because what has unfolded is something even Huxley only partly foresaw. Control has not merely softened. It has become participatory. Look around. No secret police. No knock at the door. No command to submit. And yet the drift is unmistakable. The instruments of distraction are not imposed. They are chosen, carried, checked constantly. They fill the idle hours, then the restless ones, then the meaningful ones—not with purpose, but with emptiness. And all of it carried in our hands—access to more knowledge than any generation before us could have imagined. Libraries without walls. History, philosophy, scripture, science—open and waiting. And yet, more often than not, we turn instead to what asks the least of us. No one forces the surrender. We volunteer it. And alongside this comes another quiet surrender. The steady drumbeat of a culture that tells men to step back, to expect less of themselves, to seek comfort over responsibility. Meaningful work becomes optional in spirit long before it becomes so in fact. The numbers may say employment is stable, but beneath them lies a quieter reality: men who have simply stopped looking, dropping out of the workforce entirely. Not defeated in battle—but withdrawn from it. No chains. No decree. Just a slow drifting away. Family, too, is recast—not as a calling, but as a burden. Children become obstacles to lifestyle. Sacrifice becomes pathology. “Self-care,” once a necessary idea, is inflated into a philosophy of retreat. And so the years pass—not under oppression, but under indulgence—until one morning some man or woman wakes at forty, unbound to a spouse, unburdened by diapers and play dates… and completely empty. Still chasing the same nights that once promised something they never quite delivered. This is not Orwell’s world. There is no boot. The guards are unnecessary because we have done this to ourselves. We have the power to stop. Will we? Orwell warned of a world where freedom is crushed. Huxley warned of a world where it is quietly traded away. But we have not been driven into the cage. We have walked into it—and furnished it ourselves. © Pivotal Historical Moments fan #archaeohistories

Israeli soldiers were caught on video raping Palestinian Victim suffered ruptured intestine, severe injury to anus, lungs & broken ribs Israelis rioted for the right to rape, government ministers defended soldiers & 1 rapist became a TV celebrity All charges were then dropped

COLLINS: “What about Trump’s promise to lower gas prices?” JORDAN: “That’s life.” @kaitlancollins: “If someone’s paying more for⛽️, saying ‘that’s life’ might not make them feel better.” @Jim_Jordan: “Those are your words, not mine.” COLLINS: “No you said that. Just now.”😬

The Epstein files were legally supposed to be released 146 days ago. If citizens ignored court orders and federal law for 146 days, they’d be in jail. When the government officials do it, nothing happens.

A group of Israeli settlers attacked Israeli rights activists as they were conducting a tour near illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli security forces arrested the activists.

الخارجية: اقتحام الوزير المتطرف بن غفير للمسجد الأقصى ورفع علم الاحتلال استهداف متواصل لحرمة المسجد الأقصى وللوضع التاريخي والقانوني القائم تُدين وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين بأشد العبارات اقتحام الوزير المتطرف في سلطة الاحتلال الإسرائيلي، إيتمار بن غفير، لباحات المسجد الأقصى المبارك/ الحرم القدسي الشريف، تحت حماية مشددة من قوات الاحتلال، بالتزامن مع الذكرى 78 لنكبة الشعب الفلسطيني وتهجيرهم قسرا خارج وطنهم الأصلي، وما رافق ذلك من اقتحامات واسعة للمستعمرين من ميليشيات المستوطنين والإجراءات القمعية في مدينة القدس المحتلة، بما في ذلك إغلاق البلدة القديمة ومنع وصول المصلين إلى المسجد الأقصى المبارك، وما يسمى “بمسيرة الأعلام” ورفع اعلام سلطة الاحتلال هناك في ذكرى احتلال القدس. وتؤكد الوزارة أن هذا الاقتحام وما رافقه من ممارسات استفزازية، بما في ذلك رفع أعلام الاحتلال داخل باحات المسجد الأقصى وأداء طقوس استفزازية داخله، يندرج ضمن سياسة إسرائيلية رسمية ممنهجة ومدروسة تقودها حكومة الاحتلال المتطرفة، وتهدف إلى فرض وقائع جديدة بالقوة في مدينة القدس الشرقية المحتلة، وتقويض الوضع التاريخي والقانوني القائم في المسجد الأقصى المبارك، ضمن مخطط استعماري متواصل يستهدف التقسيم المكاني والزماني المرفوض، وتهويد المدينة لطمس هويتها الدينية والتاريخية، وتغيير طابعها القانوني والحضاري والديمغرافي، في انتهاك ومخالفة واضحة للقانون الدولي واستفزاز خطير لمشاعر الفلسطينيين وملايين المؤمنين حول العالم. وتؤكد الوزارة أن دولة فلسطين هي صاحبة السيادة القانونية الكاملة على مدينة القدس الشرقية المحتلة، وأن الاحتلال الإسرائيلي لا يملك أي سيادة على المدينة أو على مقدساتها، وأن جميع الإجراءات الأحادية غير القانونية التي تتخذها سلطات الاحتلال باطلة ولاغية ولا تنشئ أي أثر قانوني مهما حاول الاحتلال فرضها بالقوة، وتشكل انتهاكًا جسيمًا للقانون الدولي وقرارات الشرعية الدولية. وتحذر الوزارة من تداعيات هذه الانتهاكات الخطيرة، المتكررة والمرفوضة بما فيها محاولات الاستيلاء ومصادرة الممتلكات في مدينة القدس، وتحمل حكومة الاحتلال الإسرائيلي المسؤولية الكاملة عن هذا التصعيد الخطير، وتطالب المجتمع الدولي والدول كافة بتحمل مسؤولياتها القانونية والأخلاقية، والتحرك العاجل لوقف هذه الانتهاكات المتواصلة بحق شعبنا والمقدسات في مدينة القدس المحتلة، وتبني إجراءات رادعة بحق المستعمرين وقياداتهم المتطرفة بما فيها أولئك الذين يقودون حكومة الاحتلال. كما تشير الوزارة إلى أن المسجد الأقصى المبارك/ الحرم القدسي الشريف، بكامل مساحته البالغة 144 دونمًا، هو مكان عبادة خالص للمسلمين، وتؤكد أن أي مساس به أو محاولة تغيير وضعه القائم بأي شكل لن يُنشئ أي أثر قانوني ومرفوض ومدان من دولة فلسطين ودول العالم، ويُعد خرقًا جسيمًا لكل المواثيق والاعراف والقوانين الدولية ووضع ومكانة المدينة المقدسة.

Good morning from Palestine 🇵🇸

@JLthekid9999 @MolBio_Cat 15

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Beleive these monsters when they say they want to rape the Gazans, because they DO.

A child who only knew war. A life taken before it could begin. This is Daria Sapun, 31, and her daughter Anna — just 2 years old. Anna Sapun was killed in Odessa during a massive russian attack on the night of April 6, 2026. Her mother, Daria, was killed alongside her. They never made it to the shelter. Anna was a long-awaited child, born on June 23, 2023. She had just started kindergarten. She loved drawing and puzzles. “Annie was our sunshine — bright, kind, smiling, and very active. She wanted to know everything,” her father Pavel said. A life stolen by russian terror. Remember them.

Warcoffee in Kyiv. I have it in memory of the lives lost to russia’s attacks. Yesterday, 24 people were killed in Kyiv. I really don’t know where to hide from reality today.

Search and rescue in Kyiv complete. 💔 24 killed, including three children. Russia is a rotten, murderous state.

Had enough yet ?

@JLthekid9999 @MolBio_Cat 15

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@JLthekid9999 @MolBio_Cat 15

🆘🆘 FUNK MASTER FLASH (ID 251585), 2 YO, MALE – IN QUEENS ACC - came into the shelter as an agency on 4/8/2026. 🆘🆘 😿 😿 😿 😿 ➡️TBD 5/16/26 ➡️ NEW HOPE PARTNER RESCUE ONLY ➡️ TOO LOW ON PLEDGES TO STIMULATE RESCUE INTEREST ➡️➡️🆘🆘 5TH Chance on Emergency Placement List – BEYOND URGENT - NO ROOM IN SHELTER – WILL NOT BE GIVEN MUCH MORE TIME – VERY HIGH EU/SILENT KILL RISK – 🆘🆘 😱🔥🔥😱 ➡️ 36 DAYS IN SHELTER – TOO LONG – TIME IS RUNNING OUT ➡️ FUNK MASTER FLASH IS ON THE EPL FOR BEHAVIORAL REASONS - He is not thriving in the care center and is deteriorating in the Adoptions room. While he has struggled to adjust to the shelter setting, he previously tolerated some touch and interaction with behavior staff. He is now displaying signs of more Fearfully Defensive Behaviors due to his high levels of FAS. This designation often means that the cat will be given very little time for rescue/foster/adoption.🔥🔥🔥🔥 A volunteer writes: We know Funk Master Flash likes the treats we leave for him. We also know that he prefers we not stare at him while he enjoys them. This is understandable for many reasons but also because Funk Master Flash could use a little extra space to collect his thoughts at the moment. Brought to us with two other cats when their guardian passed away, it must seem like the rug has been pulled from beneath his little paws. Settling into shelter life has been a considerable process and I'm not entirely sure Funk Master Flash knows where to start. Snuggled up in the back of his cubby and ready to air his grievances, we know he's not a fan of the Care Center but he shows bright and starry glimpses of the kitty he can be when he allows pets. We might not be able to see all of Funk Master Flash's best sides at the moment, but we hope that what we see is enough to convince someone that he's the cat for them. ❤️ 😻❤️ 😻❤️ 😻 NEEDS OUT OF SHELTER ASAP – Please RT or pledge, if you can, to save this little one. @AdamsPaulGrimke 💔😿🙏Thank you