"Yes, praise be to the underdogs and those who worship in the church of slim chances. I haven’t fully let go of the childlike simplicity that pulls me away from the odds and whispers to my most cynical corners that anyone, anywhere can win."
They're both small enough names that this went under-the-radar even in places that actually listen to rap, but I think the ISSBROKIE vs. Afourteen beef marks the first time in hip-hop history where an openly trans rapper unanimously defeated a cis rapper that was making fun of them for being trans. Which is honestly huge for a genre with such a long history of transphobia. Anyway this victory lap song goes hard
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What is your origin story, memory of the first time you hung out with Jalen, and then later Mikal, and sorta, what’s your early moments that you remember of this friendship?
[Laughs] Uh, I hated Jalen. I thought he was a, a um, y’know one of them annoying 5-star recruits that come in entitled. Uh… y’know, unfortunately he was the opposite and we sparked a friendship and we’re still friends to this day, but, um—
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we still keep in touch. But uh, that’s what my thought process was. I hated him to start, I hated him during his visit, uh, probably the beginning of his freshman year I hated him. Um, ‘Kal… ‘Kal was the same way. I hated him too. Uh, he came in, we obviously played, y’know, similar positions, especially in college, and, uh, he was just… He was weaker, more frail than I was so he would grab me and I hated it. Um, so. Obviously love those guys now but, yeah. I— I didn’t really—
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Was there a roadtrip? Nah, um. I think I lived with Jalen his sophomore year, uh, I think it was his sophomore year, uh. And we just happened to become, y’know, close just with that situation. Uh, he was still extremely annoying but I got to be able to tolerate the annoyingness a little bit more because I had to deal with it every single day. Um, ‘Kal… [laughs] ‘Kal, I kinda tormented ‘Kal a little bit as like an older guy. Um, I think there was one time I texted him after I like threw him to the ground at one practice so I texted him after, I was like ‘Yo, you good?’ And like, y’know, we hashed it out then and, um, y’know, we’ve been cool since.
Despite ICJ genocide warnings, 51 nations kept arming Israel, even after pledging to halt support.
A months-long Al Jazeera investigation has found that military-related goods originating from at least 51 countries and self-governing territories continued entering Israel after the ICJ’s warning of a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.
Based primarily on an analysis of Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) import data between 2022 and 2025, and supported by customs records and freedom of information requests, the investigation traced military supply chains linked to countries across Europe, Asia, North America and South America. All named countries are signatories to the Genocide Convention.
In some cases, the military-related goods originated from countries that had formally imposed arms embargoes on Israel or had partially suspended arms supplies to the country.
In fact, according to the ITA data, arms imports increased after the ICJ ruling, with the largest share falling under the category of munitions.
The five largest countries of origin for military-related goods entering Israel - the United States, India, Romania, Taiwan and the Czech Republic - all recorded increased shipments during the war.
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Patrick Wilken, a researcher at Amnesty International, said the scale of Israel’s military campaign made such international support indispensable.
“There is no way that Israel alone could have sustained the intensity of its massive bombardment across the Gaza Strip,” he said. “Israel has relied on a global supply chain of arms, munitions and support services, primarily supplied by the United States but supported by many other states.”
As the war continued, weapons-related imports to Israel increased. The data appears to bear that out.
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Neve Gordon, an Israeli professor of international law and human rights at Queen Mary University of London, told Al Jazeera that “country after country has contributed to the evisceration of the international legal order by feigning blindness and refusing to abide by their legal obligations".
“This is myopic. The very states that helped build this legal order, and invoke it constantly, are now playing a central role in its dismantlement.”
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