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Photographer & (ex-)architect based in Zurich. Coffee addict. Angry pedestrian. Constant melancholic. Antifa. Dad. Not necessarily in that order.

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"I keep telling you, this is a sick society."
--Martin Luther King, 1963

Still true.

08.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Neuf morts cΓ΄tΓ© israΓ©lien, plus d’un millier en Iran, pourtant, les mΓ©dias couvrent surtout Β« l’angoisse des familles israΓ©liennesΒ Β». Pour Farhad Khosrokhavar, cela rΓ©sulte d'un double Β« dΓ©ni Β» des victimes iraniennes et de leur humanitΓ©. πŸ‘‡

www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/ar...

08.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 335 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6
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The Middle East is a place where you can announce to kill β€œgroups of people” with impunity.
You wouldn’t do that in Venezuela for example, because that’s in the β€œwestern hemisphere”.
But Middle Easterners can be dehumanized and erased en masse.
Shocking.
This will not end well.

07.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Ben Stiller @BenStiller
X.com

Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.
WHITE HOUSE
The White House
JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY.
@WhiteHouse β€’1T

Ben Stiller @BenStiller X.com Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie. WHITE HOUSE The White House JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. @WhiteHouse β€’1T

07.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

Imagine Russian soldiers ticking boxes in their Shengen visa applications for the Paralympics. Promising that they haven't committed crimes against humanity, the crime of genocide and didn't do other bad things 🀝

07.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They continue to test their weapons on us

07.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Beside Israel's northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border. The regular rumble of air strikes echoes over the shattered remains of Shia villages, destroyed during Israel's last ground war there in 2024. A senior military official said on Thursday that Israeli ground forces were taking additional hilltops inside Lebanon - a defensive operation, he said, to better protect Israel's northern communities. But there has been a significant military build-up here. On Friday morning we passed dozens of tanks and armoured bulldozers, newly-positioned right by the border, fuelling growing speculation that a full-scale ground invasion is planned.

Beside Israel's northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border. The regular rumble of air strikes echoes over the shattered remains of Shia villages, destroyed during Israel's last ground war there in 2024. A senior military official said on Thursday that Israeli ground forces were taking additional hilltops inside Lebanon - a defensive operation, he said, to better protect Israel's northern communities. But there has been a significant military build-up here. On Friday morning we passed dozens of tanks and armoured bulldozers, newly-positioned right by the border, fuelling growing speculation that a full-scale ground invasion is planned.

Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians have been fleeing Israeli air strikes in Lebanon over the past few days, less than 18 months after a ceasefire ended the last conflict with Israel in November 2024. During that war, Israel fought its way house to house through many Lebanese border villages. Their crushed remains still litter the landscape. But some Hezbollah fighters have reportedly returned to these areas, and Israel is now fighting its way through the area again. Without those assaults on Hezbollah in 2024, which left a key Iranian proxy severely weakened, Israel would have found it much harder to launch its current war on Iran - or the previous one in June last year - without a much higher cost at home.

Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians have been fleeing Israeli air strikes in Lebanon over the past few days, less than 18 months after a ceasefire ended the last conflict with Israel in November 2024. During that war, Israel fought its way house to house through many Lebanese border villages. Their crushed remains still litter the landscape. But some Hezbollah fighters have reportedly returned to these areas, and Israel is now fighting its way through the area again. Without those assaults on Hezbollah in 2024, which left a key Iranian proxy severely weakened, Israel would have found it much harder to launch its current war on Iran - or the previous one in June last year - without a much higher cost at home.

This is the language used by the BBC to describe Israel's war on Lebanon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cited: IDF Chief of Staff, Israeli living near the border, another Israeli, an Israeli politician and a Israeli commentator. No one else.

The Lebanese are just numbers throughout the piece.

07.03.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Column | How to war-proof your budget before regular gas hits $4 a gallon As the Iran conflict leads to rising gas prices, these tips can help you save money and maintain some budget predictability.

Amazing that this essay never even mentions public transportation @thewaroncars.bsky.social

07.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 594 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 17

#BrainrotPropaganda: You take the patriotic imagery of the past and strip it of all content. There's no narrative left, no promise of meaning, only vibes. The total destruction of meaning is the content, no matter if it's AI generated or manually stitched together from YouTube clips
#MemeFascism

06.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

That LinkedIn story is terrifying. Not surprising but still terrifying.
Thank you for these weekly newsletters.

06.03.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A fucking theocracy.

06.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 801 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 23
Netanyahu: β€˜These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

Netanyahu: β€˜These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

Netanyahu: β€˜These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’ https://theonion.com/netanyahu-these-so-called-genocide-experts-have-probably-never-committed-a-genocide-in-their-lives/

05.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 2832 πŸ” 592 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 28

When you start saying some people are entitled to human rights and others aren’t, you’re on a fast track to becoming the kind of monster you fear.

05.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

They killed school girls.

05.03.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

Vulnerable refugees, including children, will now only get temporary protection in the UK. Most migrants will have to wait 10 years to get permanent residency rights. Refugees could have to wait 20 years.

Who needs 'great replacement' racists when you got Labour?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Guarantee every international relations bro & centrist world leader who rightly condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine is as silent as the grave about this latest landgrab & violation of international law by Israel

04.03.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The international boycott of ChatGPT has absolutely exploded.

2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning.

Go to quitgpt.org.
Cancel your subscription, delete your account.
And tell at least one person why.

My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 1000 πŸ” 564 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 60
A photograph of a cheese vending machine in the village of Wigoltingen, in the canton of Thurgau.

A photograph of a cheese vending machine in the village of Wigoltingen, in the canton of Thurgau.

This morning’s commute.
A fondue vending machine in the village of Wigoltingen, Thurgau.

04.03.2026 07:21 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't see a problem with that.
#wankerpanzer

03.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice!
Two things to look forward to receiving in the next days/weeks. Your β€œOn the Road” and @philkneen.bsky.social’s Japan mini book.

03.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

03.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 6605 πŸ” 1564 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 45
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En guise de reprΓ©sailles, DubaΓ― parachute 3000 influenceurs sur TΓ©hΓ©ran Toute l'information selon des sources contradictoires.

En guise de reprΓ©sailles, DubaΓ― parachute 3000 influenceurs sur TΓ©hΓ©ran https://www.legorafi.fr/2026/03/03/en-guise-de-represailles-dubai-parachute-3000-influenceurs-sur-teheran/

03.03.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 1078 πŸ” 372 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 29

Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran.

Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.

Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.

These are the leaders who want to bring β€œfreedom” to Iran?

Does anyone really believe that?

02.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 5322 πŸ” 1544 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 71
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Adam Parsons: "In the eyes of many people this is an illegal attack"

No, according to international law it is an illegal attack. Do your job, look out of the window and tell us if its raining.

02.03.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 378 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

02.03.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 13546 πŸ” 4302 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 177

Nice, but I'm more tempted in a Renault 4L! πŸ˜‰

02.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Renault 5. My first car. Bought it second hand with my brother. A bottomless financial pit!

02.03.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not the first one to point out that 1- Israel has a Palestinian Mandela, Marwan Barghouti who polls very favourably among Palestinians, in prison

2- Israel is an Apartheid state and figures like Desmond Tutu regularly compared Israel to Apartheid South Africa

01.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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How many more times do these people need to get hit in the face by the reality before their publishers finally begin noticing?

01.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 1355 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 7