people joke about what experiencing even the banalities of modern society would do to a medieval peasant, but here's a German tourist from a small farming village who says some Times Square salsa verde physically incapacitated him gothamist.com/food/theres-...
just learned that Peru is the Denver of South America
Iran vs the declining kayfabe empire with Sina Rahmani and Kumars Salehi; image of Trump about to shave Vince McMahon at a WWE event, older image of the Iron Sheik doing the camel clutch on Bubba;
Today at 12 PM EST with Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist.bsky.social) and Kumars Salehi (@kumars.bsky.social)
Iran vs. the Declining Kayfabe Empire
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"The Americans are responsible for what Trump did, and they have to prove otherwise."
"It's their duty to stop this."
ep 259 of DYA: Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit on what led to Hezbollah entering the war against the US and Israel and the legacy of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in West Asia
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on the new DYA: historian and host of The Colony Archive Navid Zarrinnal joins @urorientalist.bsky.social and me on the phone from Tehran to discuss the US-Israeli attack, the martyrdom of Ayatollah Khamenei, and how Iranians are responding
Seyyed Khamenei died with more dignity than anyone who abandoned Iran, who decided white people and Western imperialism were the lesser evil, will ever have in your meaningless lives. Oh you're relieved? Your dreams will be laughed at and forgotten. He will be a hero forever
new by Roqayah for DYA:
"Ramadan renders death both sharper and softer. Sharper because the month intensifies awareness of return and of the thinness of the veil between worlds... Softer because it frames loss within the conviction that suffering is not meaningless"
deus_ex.txt @deus-ex-txt.bsky.social No break greater than 4 hrs yesterday Conspirators. They want to take over the government. 6m Reply: georgesellers.bsky.social @georgesellers.bsky.social And so far, they are succeeding. So far. 10:15 AM Feb 26, 2026
The most charitable take remains “Graham Platner is too stupid to be a goddamn senator”
no one is tricking me into a sports are political argument on the sports and political arguments text posting site
ep 258 of DYA: historian Navid Zarrinnal joins Roqayah and me from Tehran to talk more about last month's riots, the ongoing US military buildup in the region, Iran's global alliances, and why the government is still negotiating with terrorists
new by Roqayah for DYA:
“What is unfolding in southern Lebanon is … all on behalf of satisfying American overseers hoping to turn Lebanon into another Dubai-like orientalist wonderland”
you can read Navid’s analysis here thanks to @btnewsroom.bsky.social
ep 257 of DYA: Historian Navid Zarrinnal returns to discuss his report for @btnewsroom.bsky.social on the protests in Iran, the evidence of foreign-backed terrorism, the government’s response, and how Iranians view the threat of another US-Israeli attack
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This was amazing, thank you
ep 256 of DYA: Prisoners for Palestine campaigner Audrey Corno on the criminalization of Palestine Action UK, the philosophy of direct action, and how organizers are shutting down Elbit Systems even while fighting for their lives on hunger and thirst strike
on the new DYA AFTER HOURS: Roqayah and I welcome back the great and powerful @nicke.bsky.social to talk colonial violence and resistance in Minnesota, Venezuela, Lebanon, and Iran
the Palestine Action organizers imprisoned by the UK have been more effective than any of us in the West in fighting the Israeli death machine. Now they’re fighting for their lives at the same time. Find out how you can support them and their demands here:
episode 255 of DYA: Roqayah and I welcome back historian extraordinaire Alexander Aviña to discuss his analysis of the US attack on Venezuela, the criminalization of President Nicolas Maduro, the response from US media and Democrats, and what happens now
this week only, Roqayah’s column is unlocked and free to read!
We hope you’ll subscribe so you don’t miss any of her intrepid reporting and insightful analysis from south Lebanon and Beirut. We need your support now more than ever
on the new DYA AFTER HOURS: the inimitable Rasha Abdulhadi returns to look back on the year that was and the lessons for organizers going forward
new by Roqayah for DYA:
"In a video recorded after an attack on the southern Lebanese village of Jbaa, a man is asked if he blames the Resistance for these attacks; 'on the contrary,' he said. 'It is the Lebanese Resistance that protects us.'"
new by Roqayah for DYA:
“UNIFIL has counted more than 10,000 violations of the ceasefire since it took effect … As our 82nd year of ‘independence’ begins, it is an all-too obvious reality that our sovereignty is under constant attack.”
ep 254 of DYA: writer and organizer @omarzahzah.bsky.social joins guest host @norabf.bsky.social and me to unpack his groundbreaking new book on the tech industry’s digital settler-colonialism and how Palestinians have successfully changed the narrative in spite of it
ep 253 of DYA: the great and powerful Alexander Aviña returns to break down the Trump administration’s plans for regime collapse in Venezuela
new by Roqayah for DYA:
"Reports from human rights organizations stress the disproportionate impact on Lebanese citizens. Living here, one experiences these violations not as abstract policy issues but as tangible intrusions on safety, dignity, and any kind of normalcy."
