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alx, 3 months ago to Quotes

“The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future”

Frank Herbert, #Dune

#quotes #progress #myth

alx, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

An very insightful analysis of Dune that contextualises it within Arab histories. Well worth your time.

https://youtu.be/k_IaHOTO1qY?si=tgwWsUFWWDojKWcW

#Dune

liztai, 3 months ago to tv

Dream of Splendor is a historical romance drama that I absolutely adore. I love how it features a mature relationship between a beautiful couple, and that it also highlights the food and tea culture, music and art of the Song dynasty.

#Cdrama #Cdramas #Tv #Entertainment

a man sitting st a desk with a writing brush
a woman sitting st a desk with a writing brush And a tea set
a lounging woman with a fan

AnarchoNinaWrites, 3 months ago to random

Biden: "Vote for me, the other guy is a fascist..."

Me: "Look dipshit, nobody is going to believe you're here to stop the fascists if you keep trying to kiss nazis for fuck's sake."

Biden: "Do you mean literally?"

Me: "What? No, I mean helping them and offering to work with them and pretending they're fucking normal politici - wait, why would you ask a question like that?"

Biden: "Uhh, no reason..."

(Image stolen from a friend out here who I'd rather not send trolls to harass)

alx, 3 months ago to random

“ Many of the protesters who fill the streets of their cities week after week have no immediate relation to the European past of the Shoah. They judge Israel by its actions in Gaza rather than its Shoah-sanctified demand for total and permanent security. Whether or not they know about the Shoah, they reject the crude social-Darwinist lesson Israel draws from it – the survival of one group of people at the expense of another.”

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n05/pankaj-mishra/the-shoah-after-gaza

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pvonhellermannn, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

The Shoah after Gaza

There is too much in this incredible LRB essay and lecture by Pankaj Mishra for me to in any way adequately summarise; please read or listen to it all. He is right; what is happening now is shaking the foundations of the post 1945 moral universe (if there ever really was one). But what will come next? As he says:

“the arc of the moral universe does not bend towards justice”

https://youtu.be/_w3Pe00I_Ro?si=75LCw62lgY-kcuEx

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n05/pankaj-mishra/the-shoah-after-gaza

alx, 3 months ago to random

Just went to watch #Dune 2. As we rooted for the Fremen’s liberation, I couldn’t stop thinking that in real life, people who fight against the empire and the colonial rule, are generally called terrorists.

alx, 3 months ago to random

The Democrats at least are antifascist…ah no

HeavenlyPossum, 3 months ago to random

Gaza is often correctly identified as the world’s largest concentration camp.

Some people object to this on the grounds that Gaza does not resemble a Nazi death camp, because that is what they associate with the term “concentration camp.”

Here’s an example of this sort of mistake (or perhaps deliberate obfuscation):

https://mastodon.online/@escarpment/111988944061157288

alx, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to design

"We live in a world that is overbranded and underdesigned"

Basma Hamdy, "Teaching Graphic Design History in/of the Arab World" (online conference)

#design #craft #DesignCritique #DesignResearch

markhburton, 3 months ago to random

What the BBC wasn't reporting this morning.

Flour massacre: How #Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/flour-massacre-how-gaza-food-killings-unfolded-and-israels-story-changed?traffic_source=rss
#GazaMassacre

raph, 3 months ago to Israel

The Israeli playbook:

1. Create a man-made humanitarian crisis
2. Let in tiny amounts of aid
3. Shoot at starving people as they scramble to get aid
4. Tell the world "it's their own fault"
5. Repeat, over and over again

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

alx, 3 months ago to random

Former MSNBC journalist Mehdi Hasan is launching his own reader-supported media company.

https://www.zeteonews.com/p/welcome-to-zeteo-559

aral, 3 months ago to random

I miss the days when blockchain was the latest bullshit. Anyone remember NFTs? Ah, simpler times.

alx, 3 months ago to random

Biden's and Sunak's staunch support for this state is morally unjustifiable, no matter how many time you repeat the word 'self-defence' or 'Holocaust'.

#ceasefire

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/29/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-hamas-war-latest-today-gaza-death-toll-hamas-health-ministry?page=with%3Ablock-65e05aff8f08b6f9684f470c#block-65e05aff8f08b6f9684f470c

alx, 3 months ago to random

German officials are losing it

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/27/israeli-director-receives-death-threats-after-officials-call-berlinale-antisemitic

alx, 3 months ago to random

"all medical services related to obstetrics and gynaecology have stopped completely."

This is what the Western liberals so concerned with "reproductive rights" are supporting by arming Israel.

Good morning

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/28/middle-east-crisis-live-red-sea-houthi-attack-gaza-israel-hamas?page=with%3Ablock-65deef948f082c159ec9b54e#block-65deef948f082c159ec9b54e

alx, 3 months ago to random

Just spent the last 30 minutes explaining to Tumblr official accounts that third-party scraping must be an opt-in option, not opt-out.
How is your evening going?

I'm signing off to continue reading my dystopian imperial book about a misunderstood people that everyone want to ethnically cleanse so that they can stole and exploit their land (no, not the news, it's Dune)

#OurDystopianReality #Tumblr #AI #privacy #ethics

mensrea, 3 months ago to random

well that's interesting, https://notbyai.fyi/