Juan Cole

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran Hegseth has defended convicted war criminals, arguing that US troops are not bound by international laws or norms limiting the violence of war

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint Experience from past conflicts shows that pollution, contamination and ecological stress can persist long after the missiles stop flying

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

Book Launch of Enemy of My Enemy with Alex Segura Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Book Launch of Enemy of My Enemy with Alex Segura hosted by Kew and Willow Books. The Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Rd, Kew Gardens, NY 11415, USA. Tues...

🚨 BOOK PARTY! 🚨

Join me and legendary Daredevil writer (and pal) @charlessoule.bsky.social as we launch my DD novel, DAREDEVIL: ENEMY OF MY ENEMY, into the world on 3/24 with @kewandwillow.bsky.social! Just in time for S2 of BORN AGAIN!

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the problem isn't their IQ, which is probably anyway not a real thing, but their personal values

thanks a million! "Don’t blame the stars for virtues or for faults, / or for the joy and grief decreed by fate! / For science holds the planets all to be / A thousand times more helpless than are we."

Trump & Repubs killed US R&D on EVs & doomed Detroit

37 pages

Sacred Meal… at the Sufi Shrine of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya

Nearly 14,000 flights scheduled to depart from large airports in 10 countries have been canceled since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, data from Flightradar24 shows. https://cnn.it/4d6g1R8

An illuminating study of the spatial, social, economic, and political history of Jabalya, featuring archival and ethnographic work by a Palestinian scholar who is himself a refugee who grew up near the camp. It was written in 2020; it is now a very difficult read. online.ucpress.edu/caa/article-...

hush, let them think it

is it possible that Palantir misread Minab as something threatening? pretty civilian "Police Park" in Tehran was also hit

This is excellent, and yes, as with many other issues, when it comes to free expression it won't be enough just to roll back Trumpism. When/if reasonable people control the government, we need to make big changes for the better.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

imagine how much carbon this war is emitting; not sure "humanity" is the word; maybe not very bright primate digging own grave

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
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Almost seems as though something like deliberate de-healthification is happening on a much bigger scale here in the U.S. 😒

It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

NEW MAGAZINE ALERT

"When you are in Palestine, you see things exactly as they are." -Sara Yasin @palfest.bsky.social www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

It plays right into their hands when a modern state/party/leader gets us to self-censor because “to criticize them is to criticize a whole ethnic or religious or national community.”

How African Americans Fought For & Won Birthright Citizenship 150 Years Before Trump Tried to End It As President Trump claims that he can end birthright citizenship in the United States, we speak with professor Martha Jones about the history of the 14th Amendment, which states, “All persons born or ...

Prof. Martha Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social, author of "Birthright Citizens," provides background on Dred Scott v. Sandford via @democracynow.org in "How African Americans Fought for & Won Birthright Citizenship 150 Years Before Trump Tried to End It."

Watch⬇️
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Israel bombs Beirut after telling 700,000 residents to leave The evacuation order gave residents of the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs just hours to leave their homes.

Israel bombs Beirut after telling 700,000 residents to leave flip.it/MRvNuZ

Gaza: Medical supplies critically low despite crossing reopening Medical supplies in Gaza are critically low despite the reopening of a key crossing for humanitarian aid, according to the WHO. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

a war of choice that masks ongoing genocide

Medical stocks 'critically low' in Gaza, WHO says flip.it/nfStta

Oil hits $90 per barrel, stocks continue to drop as escalating Iran war shocks markets Since the war began last weekend, the price of U.S. crude oil has surged more than 30%.

and Trump cannot even explain why he did it

Oil hits $90 per barrel, stocks continue to drop as escalating Iran war shocks markets flip.it/NYfTUi

Israel extending ‘Gaza playbook’ to Lebanon, charity warns Medical Aid for Palestinians accuses Israel of 'deliberately terrorising civilian populations' across Lebanon.

and Iran

Israel extending ‘Gaza playbook’ to Lebanon, charity warns flip.it/QzCNbO

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Oil price jumps after Qatar minister warns all Gulf production could stop Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says energy prices for everyone will rise if the Iran war continues.

Qatar’s energy minister warns that all oil and gas exporters in the Gulf could stop production within days, amid a conflict that threatens to ‘bring down the economies of the world’ - with the price of oil potentially soaring to $150 a barrel.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

That Iranian Navy ship we torpedoed had no ammunition on board because that was a requirement to participate in the MILAN 2026 exercise (organized by the Indian Navy).

The US Navy knew this because IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE. What a national embarrassment.
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And, to extend on both the Powell rule and something @profsaunders.bsky.social alluded to early in her thread, the elimination of USAID means that in a post-war stabilization and reconstruction world, the USG has thrown away one of its primary (if not THE primary) toolboxes.

Medical Aid for Palestinians accuses Israel of 'deliberately terrorising civilian populations' across Lebanon

Medical Aid for Palestinians accuses Israel of 'deliberately terrorising civilian populations' across Lebanon https://aje.news/tk0thb