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I've read a few books more than once. But the books by #Robinhobb I've found the most interesting on the rereading. I've read the Farseer books and the follow-ups a few times. Each time, at a different point in my life, I experienced them differently and always got something else from them.
I'm currently rereading The Soldier Son series for the first time. The first time I read it, I felt very uncomfortable, mostly, I think, due to the social theme of people's worth corresponding with their appearance, particularly their weight. I'm not fat, but have always been heavier than I would like, and a family member has been struggling with these issues for most of their life.
That theme isn't bothering me at all on the reread. Because of that, I've been able to spend more time dealing with the main theme of the series, colonialism. Anyway, worth a read if you like reading fantasy that has social themes.
#books #fantasy #colonialism
@big_louse Peter Thiel & his ilks are very powerful, dangerous white-supremacists pricks. The above great video demonstrate it.
#PeterTheil #nazis #WestGermany #German #fascist #WhiteSupremacist #Colonialism #SouthAfrica #apartheid #SpaceColonization #GawkerLawsuit #TheDiversityMyth #BildrbergGroup
#GayInc but #AntiDEI #BigData #FBI #PayPalMafia #TechWeaponization #GlobalMacro #EdgeFund #AI #BoycottUSA : #PayPal #ClearviewAI #PalantirTechnologies #BreakoutLabs #ValarVentures, #MithrilCapital #LembasLLC #RivendellLLC #ArdaCapital #Facebook #FoundersFund #YCombinator
77 years of israeli crimes
15 y.o. boy.
Bethlehem, before Oct 7th.
beaten by israeli soldiers for he was playing football near to a checkpoint.
they shot him in the legs.
one leg had to be amputated:
View this post on Instagram
this is #israel – this is #colonization – this has been going on for 77 years now. this is an ongoing and growing heap of crimes against humanity, and #genocide
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#genocidio #Palestine #Palestina
#warcrimes
#starvingpeople #starvingcivilians
#iof #idf #colonialism #sionisti
#izrahell #israelterroriststate
#invasion #israelcriminalstate
#israelestatocriminale
80 years of israeli crimes
15 y.o. boy. Bethlehem, before Oct 7th.beaten by israeli soldiers for he was playing football near to a checkpoint.they shot him in the legs. one leg had to be amputated: this is #israel - this is #colonization - this has been going on for 76 years now. this is an ongoing and growing heap of crimes against humanity, and #genocide *#genocidio #Palestine #Palestina #warcrimes #starvingpeople #starvingcivilians #iof #idf #colonialism…
http://slowforward.net/2025/03/27/80-years-of-israeli-crimes-2/
80 years of israeli crimes
15 y.o. boy.
Bethlehem, before Oct 7th.
beaten by israeli soldiers for he was playing football near to a checkpoint.
they shot him in the legs.
one leg had to be amputated:
View this post on Instagram
this is #israel – this is #colonization – this has been going on for 76 years now. this is an ongoing and growing heap of crimes against humanity, and #genocide
*
#genocidio #Palestine #Palestina
#warcrimes
#starvingpeople #starvingcivilians
#iof #idf #colonialism #sionisti
#izrahell #israelterroriststate
#invasion #israelcriminalstate
#israelestatocriminale
80 years of israeli crimes
15 y.o. boy. Bethlehem, before Oct 7th.beaten by israeli soldiers for he was playing football near to a checkpoint.they shot him in the legs. one leg had to be amputated: this is #israel - this is #colonization - this has been going on for 76 years now. this is an ongoing and growing heap of crimes against humanity, and #genocide *#genocidio #Palestine #Palestina #warcrimes #starvingpeople #starvingcivilians #iof #idf #colonialism…
http://slowforward.net/2025/03/27/80-years-of-israeli-crimes/
80 years of israeli crimes
15 y.o. boy.
Bethlehem, before Oct 7th.
beaten by israeli soldiers for he was playing football near to a checkpoint.
they shot him in the legs.
one leg had to be amputated:
View this post on Instagram
this is #israel – this is #colonization – this has been going on for 76 years now. this is an ongoing and growing heap of crimes against humanity, and #genocide
*
#genocidio #Palestine #Palestina
#warcrimes
#starvingpeople #starvingcivilians
#iof #idf #colonialism #sionisti
#izrahell #israelterroriststate
#invasion #israelcriminalstate
#israelestatocriminale
israel murdering people: indiscriminate attacks
BEWARE: DISTURBING VIDEOS AND IMAGES. Not to be shown to kids.
Three videos:
from https://x.com/NizMhani/status/1904993048255184941
download & – please – share: https://mega.nz/file/CxMSjTwC#w5TLpHY-Lbz2vEV_MAUFhxD1Q7ohriaIeEos5gKqx5E
“This is the aftermath of Israel massacring worshippers praying peacefully at a mosque in Gaza during Ramadan. Israel will claim there were “terrorists” in the mosque and that these people are simply “collateral damage”.
Just imagine if Hamas detonated a bomb at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, killing scores of Jewish worshippers, and justified it on the basis that Ben Gvir was there, a convicted terrorist.
The video would be going viral, would be breaking news on every channel and would be carried by every major international media organisation. Every world leader would be clamouring to condemn it and send Israel condolences and support. Western powers would be mobilising their military in a show of support for Israel. World landmarks would be lit up in the colours of the Israeli flag. Major sports events would be marked by a minutes silence. It would be called a pogrom, a holocaust. And finally, Israel would use it as a pretext for a campaign of revenge and retaliation, insisting on its “right of self defence”.
But… alas… this is Palestine and the people in this video are Palestinian. So none of this has happened”.
posted on twitter, Mar. 26th, 2025 // downloaded and posted here on Mar. 27th, 2025
from: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHq7TdToEk5/
download & – please – share: https://mega.nz/file/Kw8TFSzT#0Ei2FtJSGfHliwItEDJ4cq57lhEhG2yTy2bBhxp6My4
Never forget. Ahmed al-Najjar, beheaded by the israeli bombardment of his house in the night between March 25 and 26, 2025, in Jabalia al-Balad, North Gaza.
posted on instagram, Mar. 26th, 2025 // downloaded and posted here on Mar. 27th, 2025
from https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHrB88YyTuG/
download & – please – share: https://mega.nz/file/v5kFCQaZ#sCCG_ue531w5lmBzr5Um-zrf9MsXEUQztS4bfE0xbPw
Video by Josephine Guilbeau
posted on instagram, Mar. 26th, 2025 // downloaded and posted here on Mar. 27th, 2025
filoisraeliani, spiegatemi
#Gaza #genocide
#genocidio #Palestine #Palestina
#warcrimes
#starvingpeople #starvingcivilians
#iof #idf #colonialism #sionisti
#izrahell #israelterroriststate
#invasion #israelcriminalstate
#israelestatocriminale
See how Starmer doesn't answer the question but makes a sly colonial dig at Scotland instead.
Know your place Scots, you can't look after yourselves, and would it hurt you to be grateful to your English overlords? Such a miserable race..../s
Greenland appoints Special Envoy to greet Trump Delegation
AmeriKKKan visitors will be "greeted the moment they step off the plane" a Greenlandic spokesman said.
#Greenland
#politics #FascistAmeriKKKa #Fascism #Nazis #colonialism
What is Esencia and What Will Happen to Puerto Rico if This is Constructed?
Esencia is a massive $2 billion colonial development project aiming to seize over 2,000 acres of land, spanning three miles of beaches in Punta Melones, Cabo Rojo, by 2028. The United States has long justified its imperial presence in Puerto Rico under the guise of “progress” and “development.” With the complicity of a local government that prioritizes U.S. interests, policies like Act 60—which grants foreign investors the ability to evade local and federal taxes—serve Puerto Rico on a silver platter to wealthy developers, speculators, and those eager to claim and exploit a slice of “paradise.”
While Puerto Ricans face life-threatening austerity measures, the federal and local governments turn Puerto Rico into a neoliberal playground for foreigners. “Development” comes at the expense of Puerto Ricans’ lives, and their access to land, coasts, and cultural patrimony; it impedes their ability to work, thrive, and simply remain in the place they are from. “Development,” moreover, disregards the natural environment and the disruption of fragile ecosystems. For these projects, non-human life is reduced to a resource to be extracted.
Esencia may hide behind Puerto Rican architects and “environmentalists,” but it is led by the Reuben Brothers and Three Rules Capital, with the later addition of Mandarin Oriental. These real estate and hospitality magnates are the people who will benefit from the construction of over 900 “elite” residences, 5 hotels, 2 golf courses, a private airport, schools, a trauma center, and more. Esencia will not benefit local residents in any way: it seeks to create a private city within Cabo Rojo, built to segregate its wealthy foreigners from Puerto Ricans and protect them from the reality that Puerto Ricans face outside its walls: a crumbling infrastructure, food insecurity, and frequent power outages.
The Esencia project has a clear goal: to create a “paradise” in the Caribbean for foreigners while continuing to destroy the land and displace the native population of Puerto Rico. This project is designed to benefit the ultra rich and will control and limit the access of Puerto Ricans, who currently freely enjoy the lands, using them as recreational areas, coexisting respectfully alongside the plant and animal species that live there.
The project would severely impact the delicate ecology of our land and waters. The area for the proposed project is home to several plants, including the endemic Eugenia woodburyana, cobana negra, and bariaco, that serve as a habitat for many animals. Some animal species that would see their habitats eradicated include: 1) The yellow shouldered blackbird and the Puerto Rican nightjar, both endangered birds, whose habitat and breeding, nesting, and foraging areas would be affected by deforestation, 2) Antillean manatee, who can be found in the marine areas such as Caño Boquerón, 3) Sea turtles, who can be kept from nesting on the beach by artificial light and can become disoriented. These precious ecosystems sit on Specially Protected-Ecological Rustic Soil, with over 100 identified Taíno archaeological sites that have been preserved. Construction of this luxury project would also demolish and appropriate these historic sites.
Esencia’s greenwashing efforts and supposed cultural respect and community involvement cannot deceive Puerto Ricans, who know the results of many other development projects that have taken over the coasts and lands. Esencia’s developers claim that the project will protect environmental conditions. One example of how these claims are unsubstantiated is that Esencia includes 2 golf courses in its calculation of green areas. Golf courses are not green areas and they are not ecosystems – they are leveled and highly manicured areas that require large amounts of water. They do not provide shelter, nesting grounds, or food for the local species. They are a direct habitat disruption to countless fauna and flora.
Esencia also states that it will support archeological digs and build a museum within the project’s borders. Cabo Rojo is the town with the highest documented density of archeological deposits on the island. Esencia’s plan to appropriate these historical materials is a rampant violation of Puerto Ricans’ right to their ancestral patrimony. The lands, beaches, and Taíno historical artifacts should be stewarded by the Puerto Rican people, not owned by multimillionaires.
Esencia also claims that it will develop Cabo Rojo’s industries and create employment. However, Esencia will benefit from tax exemption, an advantage that local industries do not have. Instead of supporting local workers and businesses, this project will affect their livelihoods: for instance, many fishermen in the area will lose their access to the ocean. If anything, Esencia will foster precarious labor in the service industry, thereby deepening the dependency economy and furthering legacies of slavery and colonialism.
Furthermore, Esencia, like other resorts in Puerto Rico, takes away basic services from Puerto Ricans. When tourists and foreigners come to Puerto Rico, water, electricity, and other resources are strained and directed to these areas and away from the native population. A clear example of this can be seen as the project intends to build a trauma center for the resort; meanwhile, Puerto Rico is experiencing a health crisis, exacerbated by La Junta, due to loss of funding for hospitals across the archipelago. This has left many areas, like Vieques, without a single hospital.
Locals, who already endure the crushing weight of high costs of living because of the colonial-capitalist system imposed on Puerto Rico, cannot afford for this project to come to fruition. The only people who will benefit from this project are the rich and powerful who profit from the exploitation of our land and nation. The local Puerto Ricans will face displacement and the destruction of their lands.
In solidarity with the many groups resisting Esencia and other similar development projects across the archipelago, we demand that the Office of Permit Management, the Department of Natural Resources, the Cultural Institute of Puerto Rico, and the Autonomous Municipality of Cabo Rojo:
- Revoke the permit and stop the permit granting process now.
- Ensure that the lands are not intervened upon in any way.
- Heed and study our amply documented claims and materials, which have already been submitted.
- Conduct a transparent investigation process where directly affected communities and specialists have prioritized participation.
Puerto Ricans struggle against gentrification and displacement every single day, and the construction of Esencia would only add to the millions of our people uprooted and displaced from their homes. We must do everything in our power to stop this project from happening. Otherwise, we will surely see a Puerto Rico without Puerto Ricans.
Join a revolutionary Puerto Rican organization today and fight for our land back!
Follow @comiteesencia on Instagram to stay updated and sign the petition using the link in our bio.
Sources:
- Kathakali Nandi, “Mandarin Oriental to open luxury resort, residences in Puerto Rico,” Hotels, January 24, 2025.
- Tatyana.trujillo, “POV los realtors . . . “ Facebook, January 2025.
- Jaime Torres Torres, “La verdad sobre el Proyecto Esencia en Cabo Rojo.” Presa Sin Censura, Youtube, January 2025.
- Plan de Contigencia, “Nota al Calce: No a Esencia.” Youtube, February 2025.
- Beatriz Llenin Figueroa, La lucha contra “Esencia” es también feminista, anticapitalista, antirracista y LGBTIQ+” Todas, March 4, 2025.
- Bianca Graulau, “Will Puerto Ricans Lose Access to Their Own Beaches?” Youtube, February 2025.
source: Diaspora Palante Collective
l’ultimo messaggio di hossam shabat
Hossam Shabat, ucciso deliberatamente da Israele il 25 marzo 2025
L’ ULTIMO MESSAGGIO DI HOSSAM
Questa è la squadra di Hossam e condividiamo il suo messaggio finale:
“Se stai leggendo questo, significa che sono stato ucciso, molto probabilmente preso di mira, dalle forze di occupazione israeliane.
Quando tutto questo è iniziato, avevo solo 21 anni, uno studente universitario con sogni come chiunque altro. Negli ultimi 18 mesi, ho dedicato ogni momento della mia vita alla mia gente. Ho documentato gli orrori nel nord di Gaza minuto per minuto, determinato a mostrare al mondo la verità che hanno cercato di seppellire. Ho dormito sui marciapiedi, nelle scuole, nelle tende, ovunque potessi. Ogni giorno era una lotta per la sopravvivenza. Ho sopportato la fame per mesi, ma non ho mai lasciato la mia gente.
Se Dio vuole, ho adempiuto al mio dovere di giornalista. Ho rischiato tutto per raccontare la verità, e ora sono finalmente in pace, cosa che non conoscevo da 18 mesi.
Ho fatto tutto questo perché credo nella causa palestinese. Credo che questa terra sia nostra, ed è stato il più grande onore della mia vita morire difendendola e servendo il suo popolo.
Vi chiedo ora: non smettete di parlare di Gaza. Non lasciate che il mondo distolga lo sguardo. Continuate a combattere, continuate a raccontare le nostre storie, finché la Palestina non sarà libera”. —
Per l’ultima volta, Hossam Shabat, dal nord di Gaza.
https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1904219854183313461
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da un post di Raffaella Battaglini
l’ultimo messaggio di hossam shabat
Hossam Shabat, ucciso deliberatamente da Israele il 25 marzo 2025
L’ ULTIMO MESSAGGIO DI HOSSAM
Questa è la squadra di Hossam e condividiamo il suo messaggio finale:
“Se stai leggendo questo, significa che sono stato ucciso, molto probabilmente preso di mira, dalle forze di occupazione israeliane.
Quando tutto questo è iniziato, avevo solo 21 anni, uno studente universitario con sogni come chiunque altro. Negli ultimi 18 mesi, ho dedicato ogni momento della mia vita alla mia gente. Ho documentato gli orrori nel nord di Gaza minuto per minuto, determinato a mostrare al mondo la verità che hanno cercato di seppellire. Ho dormito sui marciapiedi, nelle scuole, nelle tende, ovunque potessi. Ogni giorno era una lotta per la sopravvivenza. Ho sopportato la fame per mesi, ma non ho mai lasciato la mia gente.
Se Dio vuole, ho adempiuto al mio dovere di giornalista. Ho rischiato tutto per raccontare la verità, e ora sono finalmente in pace, cosa che non conoscevo da 18 mesi.
Ho fatto tutto questo perché credo nella causa palestinese. Credo che questa terra sia nostra, ed è stato il più grande onore della mia vita morire difendendola e servendo il suo popolo.
Vi chiedo ora: non smettete di parlare di Gaza. Non lasciate che il mondo distolga lo sguardo. Continuate a combattere, continuate a raccontare le nostre storie, finché la Palestina non sarà libera”. —
Per l’ultima volta, Hossam Shabat, dal nord di Gaza.
https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1904219854183313461
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da un post di Raffaella Battaglini
America was the 'Land of Opportunity' for the downtrodden Europeans suffering under the rich, so we went to America and unloaded that grief on the Indigenous people we slaughtered and the African people we abducted to serve us.
let's not make these mistakes again if we do make it out into Space, we can choose Elon's path or Star Trek.
rhe arrest of hamdan ballal
TRT World:
Israel’s army detains one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank after illegal Zionist settlers attacked him
https://trt.global/world/article/a3de5588f0cc
Comment in fb:
The resumption of Israel’s military assault on Gaza underscores the reality that this war has never been about Hamas, the hostages, or security. It is about ethnic cleansing and the systematic destruction of Palestinian life. Israel’s actions—relentless bombing of civilian infrastructure, mass displacement, deliberate targeting of homes, hospitals, and aid convoys—fit the textbook definition of genocide.
Since October, Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, the majority of them women and children, and has starved more by blocking humanitarian aid. The destruction of water, power, and medical systems is not collateral damage; it is intentional policy aimed at making Gaza unlivable. The forced displacement of over a million people into smaller and smaller spaces—first from northern Gaza to the south, now even Rafah, the last supposed “safe zone”—reveals a calculated attempt to erase Palestinians from their land.
Israel justifies this brutality under the guise of fighting Hamas, but its leaders have made their real goals clear. Israeli officials have repeatedly spoken of turning Gaza into a “deserted island,” reoccupying it, or resettling it with Israelis. This is not security; it is ethnic cleansing. And yet, Western governments continue to fund, arm, and diplomatically shield Israel from accountability, allowing the massacre to continue unchecked.
What is happening in Gaza is not an accident or a response to October 7. It is part of a decades-long project to dispossess and erase Palestinians. The world is watching a genocide unfold in real-time, and history will remember who enabled it and who fought to stop it.
rhe arrest of hamdan ballal
TRT World:
Israel’s army detains one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank after illegal Zionist settlers attacked him https://trt.global/world/article/a3de5588f0cc
Comment in fb:
The resumption of Israel’s military assault on Gaza underscores the reality that this war has never been about Hamas, the hostages, or security. It is about ethnic cleansing and the systematic destruction of Palestinian life. Israel’s actions—relentless bombing of civilian infrastructure, mass displacement, deliberate targeting of homes, hospitals, and aid convoys—fit the textbook definition of genocide.
Since October, Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, the majority of them women and children, and has starved more by blocking humanitarian aid. The destruction of water, power, and medical systems is not collateral damage; it is intentional policy aimed at making Gaza unlivable. The forced displacement of over a million people into smaller and smaller spaces—first from northern Gaza to the south, now even Rafah, the last supposed “safe zone”—reveals a calculated attempt to erase Palestinians from their land.
Israel justifies this brutality under the guise of fighting Hamas, but its leaders have made their real goals clear. Israeli officials have repeatedly spoken of turning Gaza into a “deserted island,” reoccupying it, or resettling it with Israelis. This is not security; it is ethnic cleansing. And yet, Western governments continue to fund, arm, and diplomatically shield Israel from accountability, allowing the massacre to continue unchecked.
What is happening in Gaza is not an accident or a response to October 7. It is part of a decades-long project to dispossess and erase Palestinians. The world is watching a genocide unfold in real-time, and history will remember who enabled it and who fought to stop it.
"you must apologise to your Abuser, it is your fault. If you want us to help you then you must do as we say. Stop being awkward, stop struggling."
