Buddhagem

After observing the conflict in the Middle East actively since June, there's really only one conclusion an empiricist can draw. Iran is on the side of good, while Israel and the U.S. are on the side of evil. They have lied to us, massively. The script has totally flipped.

Netanyahu, Trump, and their proxies will be defeated. They cannot intimidate the Islamic Republic of Iran or the Axis of Resistance. youtu.be/7tM5bfdVgGk?is…

Iran will end this war on its own terms.

@Viralvid_89 This is the social terrorists that harasses minimum wage employees for clicks. She seems to have as much trouble paying for her food as she does to function in polite society.

@atrupar It is a war crime.

KARL: Is the president really prepared to go back to full-on war? Is he prepared to destroy every power plant and bridge in Iran? MIKE WALTZ: Well, all options are on the table, absolutely. That's not a war crime. KARL: He's saying every bridge in the country. That's not a war crime? WALTZ: That would be an escalatory ladder

@perfectlyfine89 I can’t believe you’re naive enough to think that’s her live vocal.

I can’t get over how insane Sabrina’s live vocals are. This performance is going down in history x.com/MadonnaRecords…

@IrnaEnglish @Narjes_Rahmati Iran is right. Don’t waste your time negotiating with these liars.

@AJEnglish @Alihashem Inconsistency with Trump’s statements? That’s quite the understatement.

President Trump says US negotiators led by JD Vance will head to Pakistan on Monday for talks with Iran. But Iranian sources tell Al Jazeera Tehran believes it is being deceived and that the two sides are on the verge of escalation. Al Jazeera’s @Alihashem reports from Tehran.

@SlopHq God you’re stupid. Japan does many things better than we do and it has nothing to do with time.

24-hour subway service sounds great until you realize it means the tracks never get fixed. tokyo shuts down at midnight and trains run on time to the second. new york runs 24/7 and the signals are from the roosevelt administration. pick one

@naomirwolf Because you’re a racist POS. Hope that helps!

Why does this creep me out so much?

@sweeenie Bro really thinks this started in January?

Live from New York.

@jbillinson Expensive karaoke

No, these crowds are definitely dead. And it’s not a Gen Z problem, it’s a Coachella one. Plenty of other festivals today don’t look like this, but this is the Instagram festival so this is what you get.

@Hogantommyhogan @ProudSocialist Now think of the difference between your examples and theirs: the Strokes showed US crimes because—as tax payers—we are morally responsible for those crimes. We are not responsible for the crimes of other governments. Hope that helps your pea brain.

@ProudSocialist They didn’t show the killing fields of Pol Pot? Stalin’s gulags? North Korean work camps? Hamas suicide bombing victims? Etc etc etc

This takes courage… The Strokes closed their Coachella set flashing images of the governments the CIA has overthrown, the leaders the US has assassinated including MLK 👀, the war crimes the US is committing in Iran, and the genocide Israel is committing in occupied Palestine.

The way I see it, the US and Israel are preparing the world's most obvious surprise attack against Iran, which I expect to happen in the coming week or two. It will be the widest and wildest operation conducted to destabilize and occupy Iran to date, combining a massive air campaign, assassinations, and a serious attempts to start a ground operation in Iran - potentially on Kharg Island or some other strategic point in the Persian Gulf. They may also try and do something big to take over the Strait. I wouldn't rule out a raid on the Iranian parliament, in an attempt to kidnap some leaders or potentially take over the building. Regional government buildings could also become targets for commando raids. I also wouldn't be surprised if the US and Israel used EMP bombs to try and blind Iran's military and shock and awe its population. It is not only the buildup of ground forces and the nonstop delivery of equipment into West Asia, it is a proper appreciation of Israel's control over the American system, which so many people still don't get. Israel is not done with Iran, and therefore the US is not done with Iran. The fake negotiations will most probably soon be over, or cut off abruptly for the new phase of the war to begin. Iran will face a major test - the biggest it ever faced. Once again, it will emerge victorious

@davidwengrow huge fan of the work you and David Graeber have done and I stumbled upon this journal piece of yours that sounds fascinating. Is there any way for non-academics to access your technical work? I’m just a carpenter love to read this piece: #core-collateral-purchase-access" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

So good!

Sam Harris only makes sense if you look and see he is actually Ben Stiller playing a fake intellectual in a Zoolander-themed movie about the hollowness of American academia

@Antweegonus A for profit business that is subsidized with free access to some of the most expensive real estate in the world?

@Rafa_Mangual You portrayed yourself as an idiot and now want to cry about it? Get fucked.

Typical bike-helmet’s response to a story about the near death of an infant…

@MarioNawfal You really are clueless. Iran is the only adult in the room trying to negotiate with a narcissist and a sociopath.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, then less than a day later, closes it again. Welcome to negotiating with Iran, where policy comes in multiple personalities and none of them RSVP to the same meeting. One minute, the diplomats are out there sounding like reasonable adults: trade can flow, tensions can cool, let’s all act like this isn’t a chokepoint for a fifth of the world’s oil. The next minute, someone else in Tehran grabs a microphone and basically says, “Nice shipping lane you’ve got there… shame if something happened to it.” And the ships? They’re still checking in with the IRGC like it’s air traffic control with a grudge. The West keeps pretending Iran is a normal country with a clear chain of command: you negotiate with the foreign ministry, they run it up the flagpole, decisions get made, done. Except Iran isn’t built like that. It’s built like a group chat where half the members have admin privileges and the other half are ignoring the thread until they suddenly drop a nuclear emoji and derail everything. At the top, you’ve got the Supreme Leader, final boss, no appeals. Then the civilian government, president, foreign minister, the guys who speak fluent “we are open to dialogue.” Then the parliament, occasionally helpful, often loud. And then the IRGC, the ones with the boats, the missiles, and the ability to turn “negotiation” into “navigation hazard” in about five minutes flat. Guess which group actually controls the Strait of Hormuz? Exactly. So when Washington sits across from Iranian diplomats and hears “the strait is open,” the real question should be: Cool. Did the guys with the speedboats get that memo? There are two ways to read what just happened. Option one: this is classic Iranian brinkmanship. The goal? Keep oil markets nervous, keep leverage high, keep the U.S. guessing, and squeeze concessions without ever fully committing to anything. Option two: the regime isn’t fully in sync. The diplomats are trying to de-escalate. The hardliners, especially the IRGC, are not in the mood. And when push comes to shove, the guys with guns, drones, and fast boats tend to win arguments. Either way, there’s a problem. If it’s brinkmanship, the U.S. is being played. If it’s fragmentation, the U.S. is talking to people who might not be able to deliver on anything they promise. Pick your nightmare.