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Antifascist. Asst Prof @ Yale. Personal acct. Writing book on digital war, drones, & empire w/ view from the Global South. Former journo & filmmaker. Interests: tech, militarism, anticolonial, anti-imperial praxis, transnatl solidarities.Free Palestine! πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

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This list should also include Bajaur, Pakistan where the US bombed a school on Oct 30, 2006. It killed 82 most of whom were children.

09.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 9292 πŸ” 6069 πŸ’¬ 609 πŸ“Œ 1538
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For context:

08.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Al Jazeera cracked this "enigma":

This school had many daughters of military officers and soldiers. The idea was to attract them to the school, strike it to draw in rescuers and relatives, and then strike it again to kill them.

08.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 1179 πŸ” 436 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 93

Not only did the US, per its own β€˜intelligence,’ bomb this girls primary school, THEY BOMBED IT TWICE.

www.reutersconnect.com/item/the-pri...

08.03.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 1988 πŸ” 957 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 142
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Anger among Pakistan's Shi'ites underlines its Iran-U.S. tightrope walk Pakistan's efforts to preserve close ties with President Donald Trump are being put to the test after protesters stormed the U.S. consulate in Karachi last week and poured onto streets elsewhere over ...

"Senior Shi'ite clerics in Pakistan have announced days of mourning and warned that more protests would follow, ​which could lead to bursts of instability in its main cities" www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

06.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Flames and black smoke were seen rising from the US Consulate in Dubai after a suspected attack amid Iranian retaliation for US-Israeli strikes.

03.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 502 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 32
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Soldier Details Chilling Messaging From Higher-Ups About β€˜God’s Plan’ In Iran: β€˜It Shocked Many Of Us’ One commander had a β€œbig grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump β€œhas been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.

"β€œThey are promised a 200-mile-long river that is four-and-a-half feet deep filled with nothing but the blood that their weaponized version of Jesus will spill at the Battle of Armageddon,” Weinstein said. β€œThat’s a lot of blood.”"

www.huffpost.com/entry/troops...

03.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: U.S. Marines fired on protesters storming consulate in Karachi, officials say U.S. Marines opened fire on demonstrators during the storming of the Karachi consulate over the weekend, two U.S. officials said on Mondayβ€”a rare use ​of force at a diplomatic post that could sharply ...

US marines did open fire. Took long enough for this to come out.

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

03.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been β€œinundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 12841 πŸ” 6394 πŸ’¬ 1319 πŸ“Œ 4134

Really hating this current moment in history

03.03.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iranians came together to bid a final farewell to 168 young girls, aged 7 to 12, who were killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike targeting their elementary school.

03.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 16
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The graves dug for 153 Iranian female school children who were killed by an Israeli-American strike.

Photo: IRNA

02.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 703 πŸ” 423 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 29

The elites broke their own slave-built playground.

02.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Qatar has shut down its LNG production after Iranian targeting. Saudi Arabia has shut down its largest oil production facility after Iranian drones were intercepted. Already, gas prices in Europe has spiked by 50%. No way this doesn’t send further shock waves through global markets.

02.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Americans need to bring the US back to being a normal country. NO MORE EMPIRE.

The stink of your empire is in every corner of the globe. Your marines kill people in Pakistan!

There is only the superpower and its agents, no sovereign govts - those remaining, like Iran and Cuba, are under attack.

02.03.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Pentagon is putting the responsibility on Trump.

02.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

And bc it's Pakistan, the documentary record will be written askew and move on. As Fanon wrote, "For the native, objectivity is directed against him."

01.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've now heard it was US marines, Karachi police, embassy security guards. I checked with reporter friends in the country. Ultimately, the "reliable sources" are faithfully reporting what they are being told, but that's not reliable for a host of reasons and mainly muddying the waters.

01.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Update: people are dead but now the reporting is saying "clashes with police."

bsky.app/profile/madi...

01.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UPDATE: People are dead, but now the reporting is saying "clashes with police." Multiple protests in Pakistani cities happening now.

apnews.com/article/paki...

01.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

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28.02.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At least 63 girls killed in strike on school in southern Iran Eyewitness tells MEE girls aged between seven and 12 seen lying dead across their school

β€œThe victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies.”

28.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 394 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 63
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This is likely true. Israel does NOT want democracy in Iran. It certainly doesn’t want anyone who care about Iranian sovereignty and territorial integrity behind the wheel. x.com/tariqali_new...

28.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I do think we’ve got a responsibility to really sit with the truth that some Trump administration things we’re horrified by were Obama administration things too, and we just didn’t listen.

27.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 621 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 13

This is a type of ICE "ruse," and is a tactic the agency has deployed for decades.

In 2015, ICE went to my former client's house posing as cops and convinced his 16-year-old US citizen niece to call him home from work with a fake story (the "identity theft ruse" explained below), then arrested him.

27.02.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 1340 πŸ” 667 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 35

I remember that time I was simultaneously directing two pgms across three schools. One st faculty member was embroiled in an, um, β€œconflict of interest” and decided it would be best if they cut off communication with the dept. I had to plan their classes + advise their students w/o their input πŸ₯³

27.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Claudine Gay was punished and lost her job for incomplete citations in her PhD dissertation.

27.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Isreal Gutierrez booking photo. Sometimes misspelled as "Israel Gutierrez"

Isreal Gutierrez booking photo. Sometimes misspelled as "Israel Gutierrez"

Isreal Gutierrez sex offender registry photo

Isreal Gutierrez sex offender registry photo

Isreal Gutierrez Jr., 28, a Border Patrol Agent from Brownsville, TX, was arrested on July 13, 2013 on three counts of sexual assault of a child and accused by prosecutors of sexually assaulting a second child. He was convicted on July 27, 2015 on four counts. [his legal name is spelled "Isreal"]

27.02.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Violent bully’ who broke partner’s neck and left her paralysed jailed for 16 years Robert Easom violently assaulted Trudi Burgess, from Chorley, when she threatened to leave him A β€œviolent and controlling bully” who broke the neck of his partner, leaving her paralysed and her life β€œdestroyed”, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Robert Easom, a landscape gardener, violently assaulted Trudi Burgess, a schoolteacher and former singer, when she threatened to leave him after enduring eight years of coercive, controlling behaviour. In the UK, call the national domestic abuse helpline on 0808 2000 247, or visit Women’s Aid. In the US, the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In Australia, the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. Other international helplines may be found via www.befrienders.org. Continue reading...

β€˜Violent bully’ who broke partner’s neck and left her paralysed jailed for 16 years

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