The Israeli army struck civilians in the Lebanese city of Mayfadoun.
And then, the Israelis double-tapped the medics who arrived onto the scene.
And then, they triple-tapped the next wave of medics.
And then, they did it one more time for good measure.
This guy analyzed the timings of Trump's social media posts over the course of a night (9pm-4am)- "He is not sleeping, he is pretending to be Jesus, he is posting all night, he is not well."
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"We sold the Gulf states a security guarantee, armed them to the teeth, triggered the threat we promised to protect them from, and now the weapons don't work. Other than that, great deal!"
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The Iran War will cost each of us thousands of dollars and permanently reduce our standard of living and personal security; this is now baked in, the only question is how bad it will get; it is bad
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War Across Boundaries-Perspectives on Iran and a Region Under Siege @merip.bsky.social
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Can’t believe Paul Krugman seriously tried to argue the Gulf states bribed Trump to invade Iran - totally at odds with reality, and a novel way to deflect from where the real blame for the fiasco lies. @professormusgrave.bsky.social explains why.
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They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨
London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
Apropos to the casual racism we’re meant to endure, because:
my dear comrades talal al rushood and wafa al sayed have this fascinating new piece out on bahraini anti-colonial networks in kuwait in the 50s and 60s. one for the history nerds.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
VeryNile, launched by an Egyptian social enterprise, aims to clean up the river. The initiative buys plastic at prices significantly higher than a standard recycling plant would pay, providing an economic alternative as fish populations decline due to pollution
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
So dramatic
My dog when I'm 10 minutes late feeding him
Iran ranks as number four here, the first time around.
There have been so many disastrous U.S. regime-change wars that we now have to specify which one, in the same country, is being discussed
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Thank you to the great Lisa Anderson for reviewing my book in @foreignaffairs.com
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"The real goal of the war with Iran is to weaken it, reshape the region, and advance normalization with Israel," Oman’s foreign minister has warned, adding that Iran is “not the only target."
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To be fair the negotiations were never meant to go anywhere, they were just a smokescreen to buy time for the military buildup. But still.
Why the fuck is this still happening
"The legal frameworks governing base use are complex, and the terms of these agreements are not publicly known. For Iran, keeping that ambiguity alive serves a strategic purpose that long predates the current conflict..." writes @elhamfakhro.bsky.social
"Today, each of the three actors at the center of this strategy, Washington, Tehran, and Tel Aviv, have, in different ways, deepened the insecurity they were meant to manage."
I wrote about the current crisis @jadaliyya.bsky.social
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47233
Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center
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What a world
The New York Times has identified at least 17 damaged U.S. sites and other installations, several of which have been struck more than once since the war began
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Over 30 people were injured after an Iranian drone struck Bahrain’s oil facility last night. In response, Bapco declared force majeure, joining Kuwait and Qatar
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...
Smearing an entire group of people "even the educated ones" as irredeemably racist, chauvinist (presumably also lazy, ignorant, and any other trope) is in itself a vile and racist statement. Hope that clear up any confusion!
Israeli media is framing the UAE as the perpetrator of the attack against the desalination plant in Iran. I don't think the UAE is suicidal. This is an attempt to draw the UAE into war.
Iran struck a desalination plant in Bahrain. If the attack had come from the UAE, they'd have been the target.
How many expats with Western passport come to the Gulf, land opportunities they never would back home (or at least kick-start their careers with massive salaries), benefit from all the hierarchies of course, then suddenly act holier than thou once they've moved on.
This is what ecocide looks like.
