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I make things out of words, sounds, and pictures. I’ve written for Counterpunch, the Brics Post, and various others. Sue Me.

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Joined March 2009
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A knife only requires force to the extent that it is blunt.
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Hey @grok Run Israel’s Lavender on this account. Analyze the whole thing, then give me a 1–100 score for how much of a concern I am to them. Don’t write an essay. Just: Score: __ / 100
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Started watching Silo. Interesting show, but Rebecca Ferguson has zero control over her wobbly accent. It’s distracting and absolutely breaks immersion. #Silo
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Egypt and Football. Illusory accomplishments that will benefit about a dozen people who kick a ball for a living to make 120 million people ignore their failing economy, political dictatorship, lack of health or education, and broken culture. Yay. Fantastic.
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The author of this fake article, Natalie Lisbona, is an Israeli asset She’s reported discredited claims that Palestinians burned babies on Oct 7 and ripped fetuses from pregnant women, claiming to have spoken to witnesses who didn’t exist Here’s Lisbona with her de facto boss
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Omar Kamel retweeted
Their courage is just amazing. And it's not just at the bridges — they're by the power plants too.
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Iranians have started human chains around bridges in the country. These people are so brave, it’s inspiring.
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And these are the people Americans want to bomb into “freedom” ;)
You could tell an American this was filmed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and they’d believe you. It’s Tehran.
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After the controversy surrounding Crimson Desert’s ratings and @IGN’s undue influence on the market, I used Claude Code to reverse-engineer how @metacritic weights different outlets. Here are the results. Full report: omarkamel.com/explore/metacr… @CrimsonDesert_ #CrimsonDesert
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I had ChatGPT analyze Donald Trump based on his statements regarding the Iran War: Trump’s profile appears to be that of a highly grandiose, dominance-driven, and psychologically volatile figure whose main priority is not consistency or strategic clarity, but control of the narrative and preservation of his own image as the strongest actor in the room. The repeated swings between “we won,” “we need help,” “we don’t need help,” “make a deal,” and “face hell” suggest someone who uses language less to reflect reality than to overpower it. His rhetoric implies a strong need to appear decisive, feared, and central at all times, even if doing so requires contradiction from one day to the next. The pattern also suggests a very low tolerance for uncertainty, dependence, or any appearance of weakness. Whenever events seem unresolved or outside his control, he appears to compensate with exaggerated victory claims, threats, insults, reversals, and loyalty tests. Psychologically, that points to a personality structure marked by grandiosity, impulsive rhetorical escalation, and a fragile relationship to ambiguity. He does not seem to regulate anxiety through patience, coherence, or restraint, but through spectacle, intimidation, and constant reframing. In condensed form, the profile is this: an erratic but highly forceful personality organized around dominance, status, and emotional control of the public frame, with weak attachment to consistency and a reflexive tendency to convert insecurity into aggression. The overall impression is not one of calm confidence or disciplined strategic thinking, but of fragility covered by bravado: someone who must keep declaring victory, threatening punishment, and shifting the story in real time because stable control, on its own, does not seem psychologically sufficient. #IranWar‌
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Israel has now crossed another line and, as usual, done it in plain sight. The Knesset passed a law that makes death by hanging the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of certain deadly attacks. It allows executions within 90 days and removes clemency. That is not justice. That is the state building an execution machine for an occupied people. Yes, the law contains wording that lets defenders pretend it is neutral. It is not. Human rights groups have already said the structure and wording make clear who this is really for: Palestinians. A system that cages one population under military rule and then gives itself faster tools to kill them is not defending life. It is codifying domination. Call it what it is: racist, authoritarian, and depraved. reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
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Yay. Western democracies.
This is preposterous. A German journalist-citizen has been de-personed by the European Commission for daring to write on the genocide - branding him a 'Russian asset'. Having denied him the means of survival in his own country, they have now done the same to his wife. Putin is laughing his head off as the 'liberal democratic' West is descending fast into the pits of fascistic authoritarianism.
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This was 100% true before Feb 28th. Do the math.
Americans Killed by Iran’s Regime: Zero. Americans Killed by Israel: 34
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Omar Kamel retweeted
Replying to @ChinaENX
Here we go... Summing up the last 20 years of the US-Iran relationship is something like this: US: Do not peruse nuclear weapons Iran: Ok we signed the nuclear proliferation treaty US: Too bad, you’re getting sanctioned Iran: Ok US: Stop pursuing nuclear weapons Iran: We’re not; we’re generating energy just like other countries. US: Sign a deal and have us inspect what you’re doing Iran: Ok, deal signed, inspectors welcome US: Too bad, deal canceled and you’re getting more sanctions Iran: Ok US: Stop pursuing nukes or else Iran: Look, we did everything you’ve asked US: Too bad, we’re gonna bomb you anyway. That girl school looks like a good target *BOOM* Israel: *bombs Iran Iran: *defends itself Israel: “The evil regime of Iran is targeting our civilians” US: “Iran is cutting heads off babies”
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