הָשַּׁתָּא עַבְדֵי נתניהו
לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין.

Iraq’s Militias Are in a Struggle for Survival As the last intact members of the ‘Axis of Resistance,’ the Shiite factions have taken up arms to support Tehran, but their fate depends on the outcome of US-Iran negotiations

"Economically tied to the U.S. yet politically aligned with Iran, Iraq walks a precarious line. The resolution of its political deadlock will likely depend on the outcome of ongoing negotiations."
Sami Zaïbi reports from Baghdad on Iraq's Shiite militias.

everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"

הניסיון מלמד: פקודת צה"ל לשילוב חרדים רק תוביל לעוד הקצנה | דעה בקיץ 1949 ועדת החינוך של הכנסת הטרייה דנה בחוק לימוד חובה, אבן דרך חברתית במדינה החדשה. בתוך כך אישרה הוועדה את מיסודו של זרם חינוכי חדש, "זרם אגודת ישראל", לצד

כפי שכבר כתבתי: פקודת צה"ל לשילוב חרדים רק תוביל לעוד הקצנה
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'Bibi, Orban is waiting for you at the Dictator Retirement Home'. Pro-democracy protest in Haifa. Credit: Eilat Markovitch

“No forgiveness for the government of bloodshed”
Central Jerusalem now.

Professionals talk logistics.
Amateurs talk tactics.
A former Fox commentator talks macho and fake Bible quotes.

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Professionals talk logistics.
Amateurs talk tactics.
A former Fox commentator talks macho and fake Bible quotes.

EXCERPTS FROM KAFKA'S DIARIES 281 JANUARY 20. The end of writing. When will it take me up again? JANUARY 29. Again tried to write, virtually useless. JANUARY 30. The old incapacity. Interrupted my writing for barely ten days and already cast out. Once again prodigious efforts stand before me. You have to dive down, as it were, and sink more rapidly than that which sinks in advance of you. FEBRUARY 7. Complete standstill. Unending torments. MARCH 11. How time flies; another ten days and I have chieved nothing. It doesn't come off. A page now anc hen is successful, but I can't keep it up, the next day m powerless. MARCH 13. [.] Lack of appetite, fear of getting ba te in the evening; but above all the thought that I wr

The writing life, courtesy of Franz Kafka.

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” www.wired.com/story/govern...

יאיר גולן, נאום התהליכים, יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה, 2016

Quote of the week

‘Reading is like going on holiday in your head. ‘

My amazing granddaughter, Hester, aged 8 years.

#books #reading #quoteoftheweek

You know what would be amazing, if Vance can negotiate an agreement where Iran doesn't enrich above 3.67% (far below weapons grade); gets rid of 98% of its stockpile of uranium; has weekly inspections by the IAEA; and commits to all of this for at 10 years. Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

The Paris Peace Accords End Direct Combat Role of United States in the Vietnam War In January of 1973 the Paris Peace Accords were signed after four years of negotiations, with the intent to establish peace in Vietnam and end the war. The Accords were signed by the United States, and North and South Vietnam. The agreement stated that armies from both North and South Vietnam would hold their positions, the United States military would withdraw from combat and leave the country, and both sides of the conflict would work together to find a peaceful path to reunification.

“In January 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were signed after four years of negotiations”

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U.S. And Iran Fail to Agree on Peace Deal After 21 Hours of Talks, Vance Says Vice President JD Vance said the Iranian delegation had not accepted American terms for ending the war after a marathon. face-to-face session in Pakistan. Published April 11, 2026 Updated April 12, 2026, 1:36 a.m. ET

I give up

OCBS NEWS Q LIVE Vance says no agreement reached after marathon session of direct talks with Iran UPDATED 30М AGO

Ffs… This wasn’t a “marathon,” CBS.

It was one day of negotiations to resolve a conflict whose roots go back more than 70 years.

Netanyahu’s government tried to use endless war as a pretext to stop protests.
Demos in previous weeks in Tel Aviv have been broken up by violent police.Still people are in streets in Tel Aviv Jerusalem Haifa: against war, against criminal government, for peace.For our country.

Netanyahu’s government tried to use endless war as a pretext to stop protests.
Demos in previous weeks in Tel Aviv have been broken up by violent police.Still people are in streets in Tel Aviv Jerusalem Haifa: against war, against criminal government, for peace.For our country.

Central Jerusalem now:
Against Netanyahu’s government.
Against endless war.
For democracy.

They will not silence us.

I'm imagining an emerging technology that enriches workers and is based on stolen corporate patents while also driving up the cost of private jet fuel. How quickly would that technology be regulated out of existence and its creators imprisoned?

Thank you, Rima!

A, particularly, good book by @gershomg.bsky.social
that connects the ‘age of fundamentalisms’ that is sweeping the world and how the the radical beliefs of both Jewish , Muslim and evangelical Christian culminate in a deadly mix of religious extremism and violence.

Computer science prof told me around 1999: "Paper is a very durable medium. Digital books will become unreadable when the format changes" - or in this case, when the tech near-monopoly announces that your device is obsolete.

Get in losers, we are doing a dustbowl

Senseless, insane war.

Incoming.
Explosions.
This is not a drill.
More explosions.
Sigh.

This is absolutely and comprehensively right

The disjuncture between even mainstream/liberal US media and practically ever other open society’s news media has become a yawning chasm

Grimly fascinating to watch in real time. But no wonder so many in US don’t feel the sense of urgency most of rest of world does

I’m reminded of Churchill:
‘We shall f*cking fight those bastards on the f*cking beaches, we shall fight on the f*cking landing f*cking grounds, we shall fight in the f*cking fields & in the f*cking streets,we shall fight in the f*cking hills; we shall never f*cking surrender.’