The idea that it's antisemitic to say that Israel practices apartheid really is just ludicrous and even if you possess a pro-Israel perspective it is going to backfire. There is, demonstrably and factually, a two-tiered racial system in the land that Israel controls. You can't rebut it with words.
Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.
Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.
We live in Orwellian times.
The NYT fired everyone who knew that sugar cane is kinda important to Puerto Rico.
They're dumber than dogshit over there. This is so fucking embarrassing.
From Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime performance.
Thanks to @webcrawler.bsky.social for bringing this to my attention but Bayona posted some #TheRingsOfPower S1 BTS images.
www.instagram.com/p/DUf3rrcDFL...
This is an especially good article about why the Epstein files matter so much.
![“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.
“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiet46krrk7ovnqxsd6vr7ogw2lgame43jsqw25u2ygi5el5i5toom)
“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday. “It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
Wael Tarabishi, the last person I wrote about for the Star-Telegram, died on Friday.
Wael’s health declined rapidly after his father and primary caretaker, Maher, was detained by ICE last fall.
The Tarabishi family believes that if Maher had not been arrested, Wael would still be alive. I do too.
Remember when Jake Tapper and Dana Bash spent two weeks lying on national cable news about the only Palestinian member of Congress by using a completely made up quote?
More and more people are saying that the center-left political elite has its own omnicause reactionism problem centered around personal grievances against pro-Palestine students and transgender people.
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
It’s a little confusing because on the ground everyone uses “ICE” as an umbrella term for feds of any stripe, but there are many agencies that have been thrown into this paramilitary invading force - ICE, ERO, Border Patrol, HSI, FBI, US Marshals.
Border Patrol is easily the most militarized
The attack hits civilians gathering firewood near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, sources say.
I'm on site where a federal agent shot a Minneapolis man this morning. It's bad.
Dozens of federal agents are facing off with hundreds of outraged residents. People being tear gassed, helicopters above, I keep hearing pops, and lots of loud BANGS.
This smoke is from tear gas:
“I’m becoming radicalized,” [Rev James] Galasinski said, his voice rising. “I’m seeing our nation become more & more fascist before my eyes — I saw it. I saw it. I mean, demanding papers? I never thought I would live in a country like this.”
Galasinski a former @uuabq.bsky.social ministerial intern
I know we're all focused on Minnesota, and I support the people of the Twin Cities.
But I want to remind you that Israel is still doing genocide in Gaza.
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
Never thought I'd die fighting side-by-side with Will Stancil, but I'm ready
He got away with being a war criminal
Thanks to the #Tolkien community, we’ve reached our goal within just 10 hours of announcing it! We will continue to accept donations to help provide further assistance to Palestinians in Gaza; our new goal is $1000.
Due to everyone’s incredible generosity, (1/2)
pretty good article covering the latest scoops from FoF in detail.
youtu.be/uHWpVW3uhP0?... @fellowshipoffans.com is dropping a new episode of The Second Age Show later today, in just under two hours! Tune in to catch the latest production updates on Season 3 of #TheRingsofPower!!
Hola
Finally got around to resetting my Bluesky password.
The One Ring dot net will be doing a Summer Rewatch of Season 1 and Season 2 of The Rings of Power, starting June 8th, 2025. One episode a week, a full week of discussions, and then a voice chat panel with TORn discord moderators and lore-nerds at the end of the week (saturday).
as a moderator on the discord channel for TORn, I'm very much looking forward to doing a series rewatch of The Rings of Power with trop community; feel free to join us this summer!
