The Racism Behind the Cuban Hardliner Stance
There’s a reason the loudest Cuban American voices are white while the majority of the island is nonwhite; the history behind it is ugly
extremearturo.substack.com/p/the-racism...
With Trump openly threatening to commit war crimes on a historic scale, I am making this piece I wrote last November free. It hypothesizes that the future of war will be a combination of ranged fires and war crimes. It has come faster than expected. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
map showing the countries that Donald Trump has attacked or threatened in his second term (as of 28 February 2026) Also shown is a spreadsheet of the countries where they have oil reserves and produce oil. OIL reserves production Venezuela 1 21 Iran 3 6 Canada 4 4 (not directly attacked but"our cherished 51st State") Iraq 5 8 Nigeria 11 15 Mexico 21 11 Yemen 27 81 Syria 32 58 Cuba 67 68 Greenland, Columbia and Somalia are not currently in the top 100 oil-producing or oil reserve-mapped nations.
maybe I'm just cynical about old men and oil?
These are Olena Udovichenko and her son Hordii.
A Russian missile killed them today.
Olena was a teacher in a Kharkiv school, Hordii was a second-grader there.
Last night, Russia killed 11 people in Kharkiv, including Olena and Hordii.
RIP.
In the end we managed to save a good few dogs but what a tough day!
A longer watch but this is the reality of what we see on a daily basis. Grab a coffee or beer and enjoy the weekend watch 🥰
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Pete Hegseth: ‘we are now calling it the department of ignorance’
Now my pesky imaginary son doesn’t know whether I am his father or his mother!
Just seen a Twitter screen grab of someone referring to Andrew Tate's 'desert trek' into Dubai as 'Lawrence of dry labia'
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Criminal
🚨🚨 The depth of #Orban's stupidity, treachery and #Russian-friendly politics seem to have no bottom: #Kyiv rightly denounces Budapest of “state terrorism and racketeering” after cash convoy and seven employees detained in #Budapest. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
Whole cities are being erased and mass graves are paved over by Russia.
This is genocide.
Instead of confronting it, Europe collectively chooses to look the other way.
Pretending this horror is normal will not save anyone.
We must face reality and act now
Recognizing its weakness countering Iranian "Shahed" drones, the United States officially appealed for help from Ukraine – the world's leader in drone warfare.
This comes after a year of Trump insulting President Zelenskyy and humiliating Ukrainians – and backing invader Russia.
A confederacy of dunces
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
Book Group The last Thursday of every month was Book Group, when the books would gather together to discuss Brian. “It’s no fun here any more,” remarked Bleak House, glumly. “Why doesn’t he read us?” whined the Grapes of Wrath. “It makes me so angry!” “I’m sure he only bought me so he can show me off to his friends,” complained Ulysses, in a stream of self-consciousness. “I bet he can’t even remember my name, The Idiot,” muttered a voice from the Russian literature section. “That’s because he avoids you like The Plague,” said another. “C’est vrai!” came a cry. “It is like I do not exist.” “Let’s not give up on him yet.” It was Brave New World. After some Persuasion, they agreed to give him one last chance. “Be quiet!” cried Waiting for Godot with Great Expectations. “Here he comes now!” Brian entered the room, with his phone. He sat down and watched some videos of baby pandas falling over. After an hour or so, he started googling cats dressed as celebrities. On the shelf, the books waited with uncracked spines, their silence speaking volumes. Brian Bilston
In celebration of World Book Day, here’s a poem called ‘Book Group’.
"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"
Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting CNN: “We’re told that Pentagon briefers did make a stark acknowledgment, and that was that there was no indication that Iran was preparing to preemptively strike U.S. bases.” Below is a CNN split-screen segment showing a female anchor on the left and a male correspondent on the right. A red “BREAKING NEWS” banner reads: “SOURCES: BRIEFERS TO CONGRESS UNDERCUT WHITE HOUSE CLAIM OF IMMINENT IRANIAN THREAT.”
Just like Venezuela does not send fentanyl to the U.S. and Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. It’s all been false flags to justify military aggression and war.
Watch this!!!
A 21-year-old Moroccan woman was beaten by her family when they found out she was a lesbian. She sought asylum in the US & Trump tried to deport her to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal.
Sometimes we get distracted by how incompetent our country has gotten, we forget how evil it has gotten.
A horrible tragedy because of Russia:
in Sumy region,drone attacked two brothers (17and 24 years old)
An ambulance arrived to evacuate them.As they were driving towards the hospital, another Russian drone attacked the vehicle:brothers,the paramedic,her husband,a police officer,were killed.
Russian Tu-95MS bombers takeoff reported by monitoring channels.
missiles are expected to reach our airspace by morning.
Once again, we are in for a dreadful night of waiting for missiles while being haunted by drones. Once again, we play this deadly lottery. All of this could have been prevented
Day 1458 of Russia's full invasion and so begins another daily thread.
But today also marks another important anniversary. It's 12 years ago today that Putin started the invasion of Crimea, as confirmed by the medals he gave out later.
All the news, all the time. #TeamTim
1/ According to a decision by Georgia’s Ministry of Education, Ilia State University will abolish all faculties except pedagogical and ABET-accredited STEM programs, eliminating socio-political, humanities, economics, and language faculties.
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
February 7 — Traditional Saturday march on the 437th day of continuous protest.
📷 Levan Zazadze
#GeorgiaProtests
A large turnout on day 437 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪
