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As usual at this time of year we have people on worried about having a bumblebee ‘hive’ in their garden. ‘Are they dangerous?’ ‘Should I have them removed?’ ‘Will they be there forever?’ Here’s a quick #bumblebee #lifecycle thread to explain. Please #retweet for the #bees. 1/14

Cenk Uygur: Netanyahu said Iran war was "the culmination of my 40-year plan" - attack 7 countries for Israel. US has now attacked all 7. The White House officially justified the war by saying it was done 'at the request of Israel.' Yet cable news commentators call suggestions of Israeli influence 'conspiratorial' and 'antisemitic.' Cenk pointed out that the US government itself put it on paper So the US government is antisemitic now?

Six Aus citizens abducted in int'l waters between Italy and Greece, yet Aus Gov is silent on yet more illegal behaviour by IDF. Proud to stand with Freedom Flotilla skipper Madeleine Habib to keep focus on plight of Palestinians. #politas #auspol @gbsumudflotilla

He basically hired two friends to commit a false flag antisemitic attack but nobody in the German press is going to report it

Phillips' interview with @ZackPolanski is problematic on its own terms but absolutely 🤯 if you know the full, ugly story of @TrevorPTweets and the Labour Party. Buckle up, this is a long and depressing story. Phillips was suspended and put under investigation for alleged Islamophobia by the Labour Party. His suspension was lifted out of the blue - a week before he got his Sunday Politics gig where he would be interviewing Labour pols. Later disclosures show that @ABarrosCurtis played a central role in revisiting the investigation under pressure from unnamed "stakeholders." The story of his suspension being lifted soon leaks to the Guardian. The Labour Party goes mad trying to find the leaker. They end up blaming and suspending two BAME members of staff, neither of whom the Party, in the end, can prove leaked the story. One of the people suspended is the only Muslim person in the Labour Party's disciplinary unit. It is effectively the end of their Labour Party careers. Now the kicker: the Guardian had been leaked the story during the Batley & Spen by-election, which, if Starmer loses, is predicted to led to a leadership challenge. Starmer is under threat in Batley because large numbers of Muslim voters are abandoning the Labour Party. Labour ends up winning by tiny margin, saving Starmer's leadership. But the Guardian holds the story for three weeks. The Guardian only publishes the story two days AFTER the by-election. Would the result have been different if this story was published during a by-election where Islamophobia was a key concern? I don't know. I am absolutely certain that voters in Batley & Spen should have known about this at the time. Now five years later: Alex Barros-Curtis is an MP after a ham-fisted "selection" during 2024 General Election. Trevor Phillips is batting away Polanski talking about his own perspective as a Jewish person. And Starmer and his Party respond to a horrific antisemitic attack by claiming its catalysed by marches against Israeli war crimes, decaying language even as they continue to supply weapons and F-35 parts to Israel even as its killed 800 Gazans since the "ceasefire" and annexing large parts of Lebanon. This whole political and media class needs to get in the bin.

"The Donroe Doctrine" isn't what you think. Trump's blockades of Iran, the Caribbean, and Arctic are rooted in a blueprint conceived by Dick Cheney and America's top oil executives, during secret meetings in 2001. That document, the National Energy Policy, emphasizes the importance of Venezuela's oil, cutting imports from foreign adversaries, and building up oil production in the US and Western Hemisphere.

Yesterday was 'World Press Freedom' day. Over the last 30+ months Israel has murdered more than 260 Palestinian journalists & media workers in Gaza.

La moglie di Thiago Àvila spiega che Israele NON ha presentato alcune prova delle accuse di “terrorismo” Thiago e Saif sono detenuti solo perché Israele lo considera "giustificabile" per gli interrogatori. Rapiti in acque internazionali e detenuti senza accuse formali. Ostaggi.

🎬 Gelin size Hollywood filmlerinde kamera ne zaman Meksika’ya, 'Ortadoğu’ya', Güney Asya’ya ya da Afrika’ya dönse ekranın neden aniden tozlu bir sarı tona büründüğünü anlatayım: Sinema literatüründe "Yellow Filter" (Sarı Filtre) olarak bilinen bu uygulama, aslında sadece sanatsal bir tercih değil, modern bir oryantalizm ve sömürgeci bakış açısıdır. Breaking Bad ve Traffic’te Meksika’yı, Extraction ve Slumdog Millionaire’de Hindistan’ı, Black Hawk Down’da Afrika’yı ya da pek çok ajan filminde İstanbul’u ve “Ortadoğu’yu” sanki üzerine sarı bir sis çökmüş gibi görmemiz tesadüf değildir. Bu görsel manipülasyon, Edward Said’in bahsettiği "Öteki"ni inşa etme sürecinin en kestirme yoludur: Batı dünyası parlak ve "soğuk mavi" tonlarla rasyonelliğin, ilerlemenin ve medeniyetin merkezi olarak sunulurken; "Küresel Güney" olarak adlandırılan ve tarih boyunca sömürgeciliğe maruz kalmış coğrafyalar sarı filtreyle boğularak "kaotik, tehlikeli ve durağan" birer suç mahalline indirgenir. Bu durum, kolonyalizmin kurduğu o üstenci görsel hiyerarşiyi her karede yeniden üretir. Sarı ton; kuraklığı, fakirliği ve "eskiyi" sembolize ederek izleyiciye bu bölgelerin modern zamana ait olmadığı ve "ıslah edilmesi gereken, kirli bir geçmişte takılı kaldığı" mesajını bilinçaltından fısıldar. Hikaye anlatma biçimi olarak bu filtreyi seçmek, o coğrafyanın gerçek renklerini ve modern dokusunu yok edip Batılı izleyicinin zihnindeki stereotipleri beslemektir. Sonuçta sinematografi, burada bir sanat dalı olmaktan çıkıp dünyayı "medeni merkez" ve "egzotik/vahşi çevre" olarak ikiye bölen politik bir araca, yani sömürgeci zihniyetin görsel bir mührüne dönüşür.

The anatomy of a… ballroom? Back in October, I started pulling the donor list for Trump’s ‘ballroom’ expecting the usual suspects- luxury brands draining their marketing budgets for a White House photo op But there was no Steinway. No Hermès. No Baccarat. In their place were names like Caterpillar, Booz Allen Hamilton, Blackstone, and Union Pacific. Companies that build classified networks, industrial generators, and military infrastructure. That was the first moment it clicked for me, and I realized I wasn’t looking at a party planning committee. I was looking at a procurement order for a classified data center.

Sky News: "59% of Gaza is now under Israeli control. The ceasefire line has been moved steadily forward. A new buffer zone is being created. The ceasefire was supposed to stop the fighting. Instead, Israel is using it to grab more land

Israel is committing genocide, the vast majority of genocide scholars (of whom I am one) and human rights organisations agree. @ZackPolanski is only stating a well-established truth. The campaign against him is a campaign of genocide denial.

🇪🇬 Egypt is NEXT on Israel's War List PROOF Israel CAN NOT Sit Peacefully, they ALWAYS need an Enemy IDF Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Shosh Raban: I think that the next reference scenario of the Israel Defense Forces must take Egypt as an enemy, as an enemy state.

للتذكير

The UAE doubles down, risking the social contract On May 3rd, Iran confirmed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) used fighter jets to bomb Iranian territory. This comes weeks after Iran downed at least four Chinese-made Wing Loong drones. At that time, Tehran was uncertain whether the drones belonged to the UAE or Saudi Arabia, as both operate the same model. Today, Iran confirmed that the UAE has fully entered the war, deploying both drones and manned aircraft. Until now, the Emirati regime had denied any offensive collaboration with the coalition. In the first week of the war, Abu Dhabi claimed it had not authorized the use of its soil or airspace for strikes against Iran. This proved to be a mere performance. As soon as Iran began targeting HIMARS positions on UAE soil, hundreds of American soldiers sought refuge in hotels across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Ras Al Khaimah. In recent weeks, the UAE has stopped hiding its collaboration with Israel. During the recent truce, Emirati officials attended a meeting in Israel alongside the Commander of CENTCOM. By doing so, the UAE sealed its role as Israel’s staunch ally, a stance that goes beyond military cooperation and is marked by a deep diplomatic rupture with Saudi Arabia. The UAE now finds itself in a geopolitical sandwich: Iran to its front, Saudi Arabia at its rear, and Qatar, with whom relations were only recently restored, at its side. This posture, dictated by Abu Dhabi, is extremely dangerous on economic, military, and social levels. The UAE was built on a Social Contract: the government provides wealth, security, and world-class services in exchange for absolute political loyalty. This contract depends on a strong economy; as long as prosperity is guaranteed, most citizens accept foreign policy decisions, even if they disagree with them. Currently, the greatest social risk is religious, the fear that the alliance with Israel will be perceived as a betrayal of Islam. To mitigate this, Abu Dhabi invests heavily in the narrative of Moderate Islam and coexistence (exemplified by the Abrahamic Family House), attempting to reframe the alliance as a tool for peace rather than war. All this occurs while the UAE maintains one of the world’s most sophisticated internal surveillance systems, ensuring any organized dissent is neutralized before it gains momentum. The UAE has decided to bet everything against Iran, but why is this a high-stakes gamble? Because no one expects regime change in Iran anymore. On the contrary, the Iranian government appears solid. This is where Abu Dhabi’s strategy begins to threaten its own survival. The UAE is now Iran’s primary target. In a possible second phase of the war, the scale of the Iranian retaliatory strike will be devastating now that they have confirmed Emirati jets are bombing Iranian facilities. Even looking toward the future, this move may be the final nail in the coffin for everything the UAE has built. Full article: open.substack.com/pub/global21/p…

Israel must immediately release the activists it has kidnapped in int'l waters. Persecuting those who oppose Apartheid is part of the crime of Apartheid. Israel won't stop bullying killing and torturing people until it is forced to: Boycott, Divest, Protest, Activate courts now.

New video report of the kidnapping episode by Israeli forces in international waters. Also, I managed to record discreetly some moments of the initial interception. They immediately destroyed the ship’s camera when they boarded. I asked if we were being detained. They forced us to sail the ship to the military frigate (“take the ships to the fucking lights”). At the end, I’m asked to stand up. Here’s that footage

Hateful little terrorists that live off our money. When are Americans going to wake up?

THE STORY OF THE SHOE…. -This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog! (Said while throwing the first shoe) -And this is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq! (while throwing the second shoe) Upwards of one million Iraqis are estimated to have died as a result of lies by America and Israel that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.

The level of complicity of the @BBC in the ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon is shocking. I am listening to their Jerusalem correspondent report that the ‘IDF are striking Hezbollah targets’ while I’m on the ground in the middle of it watching men, women and children being killed on a daily basis. My colleagues are being executed. Paramedics are being systematically murdered. All of this is happening in plain sight and the BBC correspondent here in Lebanon knows it. May you all be put on trial for your deadly propaganda when the time comes. Shame on all of you, especially those on the ground who are too cowardly to speak out.