[stuckinapril]

Guys please talk about Palestinian prisoners’ day. It feels like everyone has gone full mask off and just stopped bringing attention to this entirely - but a lot of detainees you advocated for one year ago are still detained today. Still facing the same conditions of squalor & torture & being indefinitely separated from their loved ones. The stats on Palestinian detainees are still as bad as they’ve ever been. Please talk about it

[stuckinapril]

I wouldn’t be surprised if this went ignored btw - but this is a doubly bad look because I have thousands of followers, and a lot of them were very vocal about this as little as half a year ago. So just know that I know that you’re seeing this. And know that you’re a fucking weirdo for ignoring it

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Musk’s South African White Male Fragility

Why does Elon want USAID to ‘die?’ Probably because it helped end Apartheid.

Adam Parkhomenko at The Alt Media:

USAID feeds hungry people across the world, among other humanitarian work, in the interest of our national security. Even so, Elon Musk said he wants USAID to “die.” So he put Americans working for USAID on leave without notice and locked them out of communications equipment they need to stay safe in war-torn regions. But does Elon Musk really hate humanitarian work so badly? Or was it something else that hurt him?? Well, an important historical note — that USAID helped end Apartheid — sheds new light on Elon’s relentless and soulless attack on USAID. During Apartheid, Black South Africans were robbed of human rights and political power. White South Africans, who had previously sat on “Europeans only” benches, lost their unjust privilege after Apartheid. Elon Musk is, of course, a white South African. The richest man in the world is taking food away from starving people where our goodwill is a matter of national security — and he’s jeopardizing the lives of American citizens doing USAID’s good work. All because his little white ego got butthurt. That’s the damage a horrible human can inflict after he purchased the presidency for 290 million USD.

The same Elon Musk who grew up in “elite, segregated white communities that were littered with anti-Black government propaganda” was “barely ever looking back” on his home country post-Apartheid. He’s made “repeated and false claims over the years” that South African authorities are anti-white and support killing white people in the country. And Elon even convinced Donald Trump to make his phony homeland grievances a part of American foreign policy. “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” Trump falsely stated, vowing to withhold aid to the country. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was alarmed by Trump’s post and called Musk, a conversation Ramaphosa’s spokeswoman described as “logical.”

And after fundraising for Germany’s Nazi-lite party, earning white supremacist praise for his apparent Hitler salute, joking about the Holocaust and getting slammed by both the Anti-Defamation League and the chairman of Israel's official Holocaust memorial… …his latest racism is agreeing that white South Africans should get special immigration rights over South Africans who are Black.

Elon “Apartheid Clyde” Musk’s grievances against USAID are likely about its role in ending its racist anti-Black Apartheid rule.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[number-1-deaf-clint-barton-stan]

it’s been two years, but i think that an icon like her deserves to be known about by more people.

her name was freddie oversteegen and she, at the age of fourteen, along with her older sister truus who was 16 and their friend johanna “hannie” schaft who was 19, was a part of the netherlands most famous all female resistance cell which was dedicated to fighting the nazis and dutch traitors.

among other things, they are known to have blown up bridges and railroads, smuggled jewish children from concentration camps and, as the tweet mentions, seducing nazis and then shooting them with guns that they had hidden in their bike baskets. freddie is quoted as having said that they “had to do it.” and that it was a “necessary evil, killing those who betrayed good people.”

though freddie and her sister truus were both lucky and survived the war, hannie schaft wasn’t. at the age of 24, hannie was caught and around three weeks later was executed by nazis, only 18 days before the netherlands were eventually liberated. she was shot with one only wounding her, and, before the final shot, hannie is quoted as having told the executioners: ik schiet beter, which translates to “i shoot better.”

though she didn’t survive, hannie is recognized as a national icon and a face of the dutch resistance, with her story even being retold in a movie from 1981 called “the girl with the red hair.” along with this, truus also founded the national hannie schaft foundation in 1992, on which freddie served as a board member.

freddie, at the time of her death, was 92 years old and the last surviving member of the resistance cell, with truus having died two years earlier at the age of 92.

though these women and all that they did played an important part in the dutch resistance, they are often overlooked in history outside of the netherlands. it’s important that they are remembered and that their work to save people isn’t forgotten. it’s incredible what they did, especially given how young they were, and they deserve more recognition than what they’ve gotten.

[lameness-with-a-hint-of-sarcasm]

“I shoot better” Holy shit an icon

[charlesoberonn]

In 1967 Truus was recognized as “righteous among the nations”, a title given to non-Jews who risked their life to save Jews during the Holocaust.

[charlesoberonn]

Hannie was recognized as Rightous as well in the same ceremony.

Hannie’s parents, Piet and Aafje, were recognized in 2009 for hiding two Jewish women in their attic: Philine (who survived the Holocaust) and Sonja (who sadly was later caught and murdered in Auschwitz).

[goldencurryfanaccount]

The fact that “Elon musk does two Nazi salutes” isn’t blowing up my push notifications is the best example I could possibly give of the media’s failure to do fucking anything

[goldencurryfanaccount]

Very bold of PBS to call it like it is on Twitter of all places

[headspace-hotel]

y'all HAVE to watch this...interview??? with the inmates of the prison where luigi mangione is being held.

the reporter is standing outside the prison walls, while the inmates are inside watching newsmax, and collectively screaming out one-word answers to questions loud enough to be heard by the reporter.

I've never seen anything like it

[string-o-lights]

People are talking about how this interview is some of the best journalism they’ve ever seen, and how it’s probably the most humanizing, fair coverage inmates have EVER had. How it’s giving a voice to the voiceless, how it’s going to legit change people’s views towards prison.

And they’re RIGHT

[kink-tomato]

Just want to clarify for anyone who was hesitant like me about the source, this is NOT newsmax, the far right propaganda channel that thinks Fox News is too liberal — it is actually NewsNation, aka WGN, a legitimate news source

[headspace-hotel]

yeah sorry not sure why I wrote that lol, got mixed up

[headspace-hotel]

please reblog this version i can't be seen with an unreliable source

[consistantly-changing]

[Image transcript: In September 2018, the channel, then WGN America, was received by approximately 80 million households that subscribed to a pay television service throughout the United States (or 62.7% of households with at least one television set).

The channel has publicly claimed to be centrist. As of November 2024, Media Bias/Fact Check rates the network as "least biased" with "highly factual reporting."]

[queerafricans]

THE REALITY OF SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES IN THE SUDAN WAR

[luntfontanne]

israel's minister of diaspora just straight up saying lebanon does not meet the definition of a sovereign country and neither do syria and iraq, netanyahu constantly trotting out maps of "greater israel" and no one says shit… using the same justifications that they have in palestine all year because they realized they would not only get away with it but be rewarded and celebrated for it…… joe biden too old and senile to run for a second term but still with it enough to stay in office for the last 100 days or whatever to sign off on this shit no lines no conditions while americans are too swept up by the spectacle of the election to give a shit and in fact are now falling in line and doing the work defending the genocide for him because kamala's Brat kamala's a Girlboss. absolute fucking nightmare.

[oneshortdamnfuse]

One of many pieces of information rarely discussed that has stuck with me in studying the Holocaust in a literacy class is that people who survived the death camps often did not survive starvation. It is very difficult for a severely malnourished body to recover from starvation. A severely malnourished body will struggle to process food at all, and many people die in the process of “refeeding.” This is called refeeding syndrome for this reason. Reintroducing food can and often is fatal without careful, medical guidance.

Starvation is one of the most common and effective forms of genocide. What makes it effective is that past a certain point, even if aid has been delivered, it is not enough to save someone from death by starvation. What also makes it effective is that withholding food is viewed as a passive consequence of political turmoil rather than an intentional act of violence among a people. You will see more people die from starvation in genocides across history because it is an effective way to kill many people without the use of state resources.

The starvation of Gaza is intentional. The United States and Israel may gesture that they are delivering or allowing aid into Gaza, but in reality they are active participants in the starvation of Gaza by destroying medical infrastructure, limiting the amount of aid “allowed” in, and blocking aid trucks from entering. Throwing food into Gaza by airdrop at this point in the genocide will not be enough without medical infrastructure to refeed a severely malnourished population. Many will die anyways. Many have already.

[crystalis]

'During the aid efforts amidst the Israeli war in Gaza, a musician plays the oud to bring solace to displaced Palestinian children residing in tents in Rafah.'

from Quds News Network

[fullafag]

And We Love Life And we love life if we find a way to it. We dance in between martyrs and raise a minaret for violet or palm trees. We love life if we find a way to it. And we steal from the silkworm a thread to build a sky and fence in this departure. We open the garden gate for the jasmine to go out as a beautiful day on the streets. We love life if we find a way to it. And we plant, where we settle, some fast growing plants, and harvest the dead. We play the flute like the color of the faraway, sketch over the dirt corridor a neigh. We write our names one stone at a time, O lightning make the night a bit clearer. We love life if we find a way to it… - Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Dariwsh

[i-am-aprl]

Residents of North Gaza express their frustration with the manner in which aid is distributed in Gaza. Addressing the camera, they reject the food aid stating that all they need is an end to the genocide.

They recount the dangers they face trying to retrieve aid dropped in the sea and mention the absurdity and humiliation of dropping supplies into water when there are empty lands available, as well as land entry points available that are being blocked by Israel.

Their pointed critique extends to the United States, condemning the simultaneous sending of weapons and aid by planes, suggesting that the food drops are another weapon used against them.

Source: @hema.alkhalili

Translation: @translating_falasteen

[troythecatfish]

Using "Legalize" as a term to cover up the theft of people's homes and livelihoods is expected at this point from the NYT. The "free" press is complicit in the manufacturing of consent to not only destroy Gaza, but to also annex the West Bank. Free Palestine.

X: Assalrad

[etherealvistas]

[good-old-gossip]

62 Democrats Join 207 Republicans in Vote to Conceal Gaza Death Toll

Democratic leaders did not tell members to vote against an amendment to block the State Department from citing Gaza’s Health Ministry.

[bibyebae]

[bibyebae]

[soon-palestine]

[sayruq]

Meta and Lavender

A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group [1] as a sus

A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group [1] as a suspected militant [2]. Where are they getting this data? Is WhatsApp sharing it? Lavender is Israel's system of "pre-crime" [3] - they use AI to guess who to kill in Gaza, and then bomb them when they're at home, along with their entire family. (Obscenely, they call this program "Where's Daddy"). One input to the AI is whether you're in a WhatsApp group with a suspected member of Hamas. There's a lot wrong with this - I'm in plenty of WhatsApp groups with strangers, neighbours, and in the carnage in Gaza you bet people are making groups to connect. But the part I want to focus on is whether they get this information from Meta. Meta has been promoting WhatsApp as a "private" social network, including "end-to-end" encryption of messages. Providing this data as input for Lavender undermines their claim that WhatsApp is a private messaging app. It is beyond obscene and makes Meta complicit in Israel's killings of "pre-crime" targets and their families, in violation of International Humanitarian Law and Meta's publicly stated commitment to human rights. No social network should be providing this sort of information about its users to countries engaging in "pre-crime".