What possible interest would the US government have in keeping Epstein’s clients secret? Oh…

On World Refugee Day, we remember 1922 #NobelPeacePrize laureate Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) - polar explorer and originator of "Nansen passports" for refugees. Learn more about Nansen: bit.ly/2L39BC7 #WorldRefugeeDay #WithRefugees

Iran 🇮🇷

Two armed forces sites in the city of #Yazd, #Iran, have been attacked by #Israel this morning. Every city is more than just its military installations. Yazd is the city of wind scoops (wind towers), and it's believed that these structures originated in either Persia or Egypt.

Paintings by Iranian artist Mitra Shadfar (1968), depicting the people of #Iran. Born in Tehran, she's married to Morteza Katouzian, also a visual arts maestro. Shadfar's work has been displayed in exhibitions and museums nationwide.

It's an important question to contemplate: how is an airstrike against an incarceration facility holding some of the brightest people who are jailed for dissent, going to contribute to an alleged "war of liberation"? Why would any reasonable actor bomb a jail? 2/2

Karen Hollingsworth, Beach Bums, 2022

Wishing everyone a joyful and spirited Independence Day! Happy 4th of July! President Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton participate in a review of U.S. and International warships during an Independence Day event in the New York harbor area on July 4, 2000.

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The consolidation of a US reactionary political coalition of fossil capital, monopoly tech, and natsec hawks makes a lot of sense in the context of a existential battle to control global systems of energy, innovation + production. Must read Albert Pinto Kate Mackenzie in Phenomenal World

Mehdi Ghadyanloo is an Iranian visual artist and painter based in Germany. He has created nearly 100 murals in #Tehran over the years. In 2022, Gagosian hosted an exhibition of his art in New York, largely built on optical illusions.

☀️MAMAIA☀️ Pliant turistic pentru străinătate Oficiul Național de Turism Carpați România, 'anii 60

It was my honor to give the keynote address at a dinner last week for the amazing Hudson Institute Political Studies Program. I warned the students that AI was first going to destroy them, and then America. AI and education seem topical this weekend, so I thought I'd just post my

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

Scenes of emaciated, nearly destroyed people we’ve only seen upon the liberation of Nazi concentration camps in WW2. MAGAs, this is your good friend Russia.

Poland has emerged as Europe’s undisputed growth champion over the past 35 years. In the first part of a new series of articles and podcasts, Alicja Ptak explores the reasons behind Poland's rapid economic development, and the dangers that may lie ahead notesfrompoland.com/2025/07/07/how…

Na granicy z Niemcami jest tak niebezpiecznie, że obrońcy granic przywożą ze sobą dzieci, rozpalają grilla i biesiadują do późnych godzin nocnych. Nie udało im się schwytać żadnego imigranta, ale dopadli kilka promek na browary w Lidlu.

For decades brilliant caricaturist Corax has been depicting Serbian reality👇🏻 This is Vucic trying to stop the clock from thinking and it simply doesn’t work. His time is up and the sooner his international backers realise this the better.