How many images have I seen of the bodies of Arabs and Iranians destroyed, turned into slime, faces blackened by fire and ash, and yet our conversations are still about the Democrats, the feelings of Zionists, anti-semitism, and on and on and on and on until the Sun explodes.

In effect Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib compiled hit lists for Israel’s killing machine. He accused established Al Jazeera journalists of being Hamas operatives in February and Israel just murdered these journalists accusing them of being Hamas. Their blood is on your hands.

data is their food

I don’t think there is any policy sea change on Gaza coming, I don’t think there is a new wave of humanitarian consciousness, I think there are just people who are now piping up because they realize how harshly they will be judged in the future for their present and past actions

Centuries of white savage violence and genocide is called “history” but a group trying to free their people from white colonial violence is “radical”.

Upon hearing the news of Anas Al-Sharif, journalist Aseel struggled to carry on. Her colleague encouraged her, saying, “You are stronger than this. We must share our voice with the world.”

fuck this

I told my dad we don't have the capacity to recreate technicolour anymore and he looked at me like his winning horse died mid race

Hell yeah, dropping a sick land acknowledgement before screening the colonialist genocide propaganda. So many institutions willing to torch their reputation & integrity in service of the genocide state. Good fucking riddance, may they all burn.

it is deeply mentally and spiritually fracturing to be very aware that the global ruling class is, for all intents and purposes, suicidal (and by extension homicidal) while you, an ordinary human being, want to perpetuate life.

About to watch all three Better Tomorrow films in theaters 🥰

Non-negotiable I’m afraid

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I’d trade every single one of my Canadian “freedoms” for what China has built for its people in a heartbeat

Just found out about the late Robert Wilson and his meticulously conceived theatre productions. Where have I been all this time?

One of my favorite photos which was taken in Qatar, 1959, by Jette Bang.