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The U.S. and UK are arguing over the future of the Chagos Islands. Here’s how both of those countries worked together to occupy the islands, force out an Indigenous population and build a military base. [video]

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A stan sent me this cap and I'm dying.

She is TIIIIIIIINY 😂

Thank the gods she got to spend a fun time with her family.

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Diego Garcia: The Hidden Military Fortress with Secrets to Unveil

What’s Diego Garcia?

A 17-square-mile atoll in the Indian Ocean, strategically placed between Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It's an isolated paradise turned into a heavily fortified U.S. military base, ominously dubbed "Camp Justice."

The Hidden Truth Behind Its Beauty

Once home to 2,000 Chagossians, the island was seized by Britain and leased to the U.S. in 1966. The inhabitants? Forcibly removed, their pets gassed, homes destroyed—all to make way for military domination.

A Black Site Shrouded in Mystery

Diego Garcia is more than just a base; it's suspected to be a CIA "black site," a place where the unthinkable happens—torture, interrogation, and the silencing of secrets. Leaked memos and whistleblowers hint at atrocities, but proof remains elusive.

Alien Technology or Advanced Weaponry?

Rumors swirl that Diego Garcia houses underwater bases linked to alien tech. Satellite monitoring, deep-space tracking, and advanced surveillance systems make this base one of the most secretive on Earth.

A Legacy of Exploitation

The U.S. spent billions on this facility, using it as a launchpad for invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet, the islanders remain exiled, their pleas for justice ignored under the guise of environmental conservation—a thinly veiled excuse to maintain control.

Question Everything

Why remove every trace of human life? Why deny resettlement while militarizing the island to extremes? What’s buried beneath those pristine beaches?

The Elite’s Doomsday Fortress?

Diego Garcia isn’t just a military base; it’s a hub for secret operations and possibly a safe haven for the elite in times of global collapse. As they fortify their control, the rest of us are left to wonder—what are they really preparing for?

The storm is coming, and Diego Garcia might just be its eye. 🤔

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I was reading an article yesterday on Argentina demanding the Falklands again, and it said that this was coming in the wake of the UK agreeing to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

And I was surprised and happy to learn that! The forced deportation of the Chagos Islanders from their land, and the illegal division of the territory of Mauritius prior to their independence, was illegal and horrific.

And then I learned that, under the treaty, Chagos Islanders would not be allowed return to the island of Diego Garcia, the biggest and most inhabitable of the islands. Because of the US Military Base there. The building of which is the reason why the British kicked them off in the first place.

So ultimately it's a progressive-sounding move that will make little to no difference actually addressing the harm caused.

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UK forced to shelve legislation to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Officials accept that time has run out to pass law after US dropped its support for plan

The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement. On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks. The latest setback in the UK’s push to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, which hosts a joint US-UK Diego Garcia military base, is a sign of the worsening US-UK relations after Donald Trump’s heavy criticism of Keir Starmer over his handling of the Iran war. The US president has previously criticised the plan, which is backed by the US state department, telling Starmer he was “making a big mistake” by handing sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in exchange for the UK and US being allowed to continue using their airbase. However, earlier in February Trump had described it as the “best” deal the prime minister could make in the circumstances. The US president also endorsed the handover when Starmer visited the White House last year. Under the deal, the UK would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and lease the largest island of the achipelago, Diego Garcia, for 99 years to continue operating the joint military base there. The US had not formally exchanged letters to amend a 1966 British-American treaty on islands that is understood to have forced the UK to drop its bill. Now, a new Chagos bill is not expected to feature in the king’s speech in May, where the government’s agenda for the coming parliament is revealed. In February, the Guardian reported Trump changed his mind on supporting the deal because the UK would not permit its airbases to be used for a pre-emptive US strike on Iran. Last month, Iran struck the joint military base after warning British lives were in danger, after Starmer authorised the US to carry out further strikes from British bases.

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If Diego Garcia is truly under British control why would they need US approval which Trump has given, then retracted, given again, then again, retracted. So much for sovereignty that both Labour and the Tories go on about.

Oh, and the Iranian strikes on the island were not strikes since neither missile reached its target, and it was probably a false flag operation anyway, designed to draw the Europeans into the war.

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May 28, 2025

Today, we’re thinking about wildfires, queer ecology, and climate denialism in speculative fiction!

On Lit Hub dot com:

“Queer ecology challenges scientists to ask what boxes exist in our fields, who made them, and what we could learn if we broke them down.” Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian considers the possibilities of a more egalitarian relationship with the natural world. | Lit Hub Nature

Inside the making of a California megafire and the challenges firefighters face in times of climate change. | Lit Hub Climate Change

Chyana Marie Sage explores grief, personal narratives, and Cree spirituality: “I used to tell people that my father was dead.” | Lit Hub Memoir

Jessica Stanley on the art of political fiction and how Curtis Sittenfeld’s American Wife manages to afford even its ugliest characters nuance. | Lit Hub Criticism

Rochelle Dowden-Lord recommends books for the sommelier in you by Peter Hellman, Jilly Cooper, Bianca Bosker, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

How the brothers Grimm became involved in an academic and political struggle that is still relevant today. | Lit Hub History

“All storms are alike yet each speaks to us in its particularity.” Catherine Bush on capturing the sensations of life’s storms. | Lit Hub Craft

“I don’t think I have much time left, so I’m going to say what I want to say.” Read Mieko Kawakami’s story “No Flowers,” translated by David Boyd. | Lit Hub Fiction

From around the internet:

Deb Olin Unferth explains what she did with a stipend. | The Paris Review

“I grew up so hopelessly steeped in the cult of Twain that I have to perform a mental adjustment to understand how a Twain revival could be possible.” John Jeremiah Sullivan explores why and how we’re experiencing a Mark Twain moment. | Harper’s

Piers Gelly on Diego Garcia, literary trends, and the promise of “polyautofiction.” | The Point

“Which is it: business as usual or the end of the world?” Joshua Rothman considers the possible futures of A.I. | The New Yorker

H.M.A. Leow revisits the murderous heroine of the 1949 classic Thai nationalist novel Huang rak haew luk. | JSTOR Daily

David Shipko pushes back against climate denialism in speculative literature. | Los Angeles Review of Books