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This time of year is the true beginning of winter: the 40 coldest and harshest days of the season. One resident of Gaza City describes the reality for Palestinians living with little shelter and no electricity or heating
"The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy paper, released this month, is filled with nasty, nativist language and half-truths straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. But amidst the bluster about historic success in strengthening national security and claims about resolving wars is a stark reminder of the direction US foreign policy is taking,
"We are today living in an era of historically ferocious political regression, a massive conservative backlash whose grievances are often more imagined than real. In no case is this more dramatic than race. Notwithstanding the fact that Nick Fuentes is preaching white victimhood to millions, the Coast Guard has declassified nooses and swastikas as hate symbols, and the Supreme Court has
We are today living in an era of historically ferocious political regression, a massive conservative backlash whose grievances are often more imagined than real. In no case is this more dramatic than race.
"The Trump administration has issued a death warrant for science. This kills one of America’s greatest most productive avenues to GDP growth. Simple-minded people are determining the future course of the country. After all, science is foundational to America’s economy. More The post America’s Loss of Science and Loss of Virtue appeared first on CounterPunch.org."
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This funerary wreath is made of everlasting flowers (Helichrysum stoechas) and is more than 1,700 years old! It was found in a tomb of the #Roman period in Hawara/#Egypt and has survived due to Egypt's dry climate. Dating 2nd/3rd c. AD.
Le Centre des relations publiques du FSB confirme l'arrestation de Maxime Yegorov, ancien gouverneur de la région de Tambov. Ses activités illégales auraient été découvertes et démantelées par le FSB.
"At the close of a year in which Africa’s underlying economic problems continue to worsen, the Johannesburg G20 summit on November 22-23 utterly failed in its mandate to cut the continent’s foreign debt and assure that appropriate climate-finance grants will be available. Nevertheless, even while the world
Vous avez à plusieurs reprises évoqué la responsabilité de l’ #Allemagne en matière de sécurité européenne. Cette responsabilité ne saurait être remplacée par des slogans, une mémoire sélective ou la normalisation d’une rhétorique de guerre. Les garanties de sécurité ne sont pas des voies à sens unique : elles fonctionnent dans les deux directions. Il ne s’agit ni d’un argument russe ni d’un argument américain ; c’est un principe fondamental de la sécurité européenne, explicitement inscrit dans l’Acte final d’Helsinki, dans le cadre de l’OSCE et dans des décennies de diplomatie d’après-guerre.
L’Allemagne est tenue d’aborder ce moment avec un sérieux historique et une honnêteté intellectuelle à la hauteur des enjeux. À cet égard, votre rhétorique récente demeure dangereusement en deçà de ce que l’on est en droit d’attendre.
Depuis 1990, les principales préoccupations sécuritaires de la #Russie ont été à maintes reprises ignorées, édulcorées ou directement violées – souvent avec la participation active ou la complaisance de l’Allemagne. Cette histoire ne peut être effacée si l’on souhaite mettre fin à la guerre en #Ukraine, et elle ne peut être ignorée si l’ #Europe veut éviter un état de confrontation permanent.
À la fin de la guerre froide, l’Allemagne a donné à la direction soviétique, puis russe, des assurances répétées et sans ambiguïté selon lesquelles l’ #OTAN ne s’étendrait pas vers l’Est. Ces assurances furent fournies dans le contexte de la réunification allemande. L’Allemagne en a tiré d’immenses bénéfices. La réunification rapide de l’Allemagne – au sein de l’OTAN – n’aurait pas été possible sans le consentement soviétique fondé sur ces engagements. Prétendre par la suite que ces assurances étaient dénuées de toute importance ou qu’il ne s’agissait que de remarques anodines ne relève pas du réalisme, mais du révisionnisme historique.
En 1999, l’Allemagne a participé aux bombardements de l’OTAN contre la Serbie, première guerre majeure menée par l’Alliance atlantique sans mandat du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies. Il ne s’agissait pas d’une action défensive, mais d’une intervention fondatrice qui a profondément modifié l’ordre de sécurité post-guerre froide. Pour la Russie, la Serbie n’était pas une question anodine. Le message était clair : l’OTAN était disposée à recourir à la force au-delà de son territoire, sans mandat de l’ONU et sans tenir compte des objections russes.
En 2002, les #États-Unis se sont retirés unilatéralement du traité ABM, pilier de la stabilité stratégique pendant plus de trente ans. L’Allemagne n’a pas formulé d’objection sérieuse. Or, l’érosion de l’architecture du contrôle des armements ne s’est pas produite dans le vide. Les systèmes de défense antimissile déployés toujours plus près des frontières russes ont été perçus à juste titre par Moscou comme déstabilisants. Balayer ces préoccupations d’un revers de main en les qualifiant de paranoïa relevait de la propagande politique, et certainement pas d’une diplomatie avisée.
En 2008, l’Allemagne a reconnu l’indépendance du Kosovo, malgré des avertissements explicites selon lesquels cette décision porterait atteinte au principe de l’intégrité territoriale et créerait un précédent aux conséquences considérables. Une fois encore, les objections russes furent qualifiées de malveillantes, tandis que les inquiétudes de fond furent ignorées.
La pression constante en faveur de l’élargissement de l’OTAN à l’Ukraine et à la Géorgie – formalisée lors du sommet de Bucarest en 2008 – a franchi les lignes rouges les plus explicites, et ce malgré des objections de Moscou formulées de manière claire, cohérente, répétée et sans équivoque pendant des années. Lorsqu’une grande puissance identifie un intérêt sécuritaire central et le répète inlassablement pendant des décennies, l’ignorer ne relève pas de la diplomatie, mais d’une escalade délibérée.
Le rôle de l’Allemagne en Ukraine depuis 2014 est particulièrement préoccupant. Berlin a négocié, aux côtés de Paris et de Varsovie, l’accord du 21 février 2014 entre le président #Ianoukovitch et l’opposition – un accord destiné à mettre fin aux violences et à préserver l’ordre constitutionnel. En l’espace de quelques heures, cet accord a échoué. Un renversement violent du pouvoir s’en est suivi. Un nouveau gouvernement est apparu par des voies inconstitutionnelles. L’Allemagne a immédiatement reconnu ce nouveau régime et l’a soutenu. L’accord garanti par l’Allemagne fut abandonné sans conséquence.
Les accords de #Minsk II de 2015 devaient corriger cette trajectoire : ils constituaient un cadre négocié pour mettre fin à la guerre dans l’est de l’Ukraine. L’Allemagne en était de nouveau l’un des garants. Pourtant, pendant sept ans, Minsk II n’a pas été mis en œuvre par l’Ukraine. Kiev en a ouvertement rejeté les dispositions politiques. L’Allemagne ne les a pas imposées. D’anciens dirigeants allemands et européens ont depuis reconnu que Minsk II avait été traité non comme un plan de paix, mais comme une mesure de temporisation. Cet aveu, à lui seul, exige une réflexion approfondie.
Dans ce contexte, les appels à toujours plus d’armes, à une rhétorique toujours plus agressive et à une « détermination » toujours plus grande sonnent creux. Vous invitez l’Europe à oublier son passé récent afin de justifier un avenir de confrontation permanente.
Assez de #propagande ! Assez de l’infantilisation morale du public ! Les Européens sont parfaitement capables de comprendre que les dilemmes de sécurité sont réels, que les actions de l’OTAN ont des conséquences et que la paix ne s’obtient pas en faisant comme si les préoccupations sécuritaires de la Russie n’existaient pas.
La sécurité européenne est indivisible. Ce principe signifie qu’aucun pays ne peut renforcer sa propre sécurité au détriment d’un autre sans provoquer l’instabilité. Il signifie aussi que la diplomatie n’est pas de l’apaisement et que l’honnêteté historique n’est pas une trahison.
L’Allemagne l’a autrefois compris. L’Ostpolitik n’était pas une faiblesse, mais une maturité stratégique. Elle reconnaissait que la stabilité de l’Europe dépend du dialogue, du contrôle des armements, des relations économiques et du respect des intérêts sécuritaires légitimes de la Russie.
L’Allemagne a aujourd’hui besoin de retrouver cette maturité. Elle ne doit plus parler comme si la guerre était inévitable, ou pire, vertueuse. La pensée stratégique ne doit plus être réduite à des slogans d’alliance. Elle doit enfin s’attacher à une véritable diplomatie – non comme exercice de communication, mais comme tentative sérieuse de reconstruire une architecture de sécurité européenne incluant la Russie, et non l’excluant.
Une architecture de sécurité européenne renouvelée doit commencer par la clarté et la retenue. Elle exige d’abord une fin sans ambiguïté de l’élargissement de l’OTAN – vers l’Ukraine, la Géorgie et tout autre État situé le long des frontières russes.
L’élargissement de l’OTAN n’était pas une conséquence inévitable de l’ordre d’après-guerre ; il s’agissait d’un choix politique, pris en violation des assurances solennelles données en 1990 et poursuivi malgré des avertissements répétés quant à la déstabilisation de l’Europe.
La sécurité de l’Ukraine ne sera pas assurée par le déploiement de troupes allemandes, françaises ou d’autres pays européens : cela ne ferait qu’approfondir les divisions et prolonger la guerre. La stabilité passe par la neutralité, appuyée par des garanties internationales crédibles. L’histoire est sans équivoque : ni l’Union soviétique ni la Fédération de Russie n’ont violé, dans l’ordre d’après-guerre, la souveraineté d’États neutres – qu’il s’agisse de la Finlande, de l’Autriche, de la Suède, de la Suisse ou d’autres. La neutralité a fonctionné parce qu’elle prenait en compte les préoccupations sécuritaires légitimes de toutes les parties. Il n’existe aucune raison sérieuse de penser qu’elle ne pourrait pas fonctionner à nouveau.
La stabilité exige la démilitarisation et la réciprocité. Les forces russes doivent être maintenues à distance des frontières de l’OTAN, et les forces de l’OTAN – y compris les systèmes de missiles – doivent être maintenues à distance des frontières russes. La sécurité est indivisible, non unilatérale. Les régions frontalières doivent être démilitarisées par des accords vérifiables, et non saturées d’armements supplémentaires.
Les sanctions devraient être levées dans le cadre d’un règlement négocié ; elles n’ont apporté ni paix ni stabilité et ont causé de graves dommages à l’économie européenne.
L’Allemagne, en particulier, devrait rejeter la confiscation inconsidérée des avoirs souverains russes – une violation flagrante du droit international qui sape la confiance dans le système financier mondial. La relance de l’industrie allemande par un commerce légal, fondé sur des contrats, avec la Russie n’est pas une capitulation, mais du réalisme économique. L’Europe ne devrait pas détruire sa propre base productive au nom d’une rhétorique morale.
Enfin, l’Europe doit revenir aux fondements institutionnels de sa propre sécurité. L’OSCE – et non l’OTAN – devrait redevenir le forum central de la sécurité européenne, du renforcement de la confiance et du contrôle des armements. L’autonomie stratégique européenne signifie précisément cela : un ordre de sécurité européen façonné par les intérêts européens, et non par une soumission permanente à la logique d’expansion de l’OTAN.
La #France pourrait étendre sa dissuasion nucléaire comme bouclier de sécurité européen, mais uniquement dans une posture strictement défensive, sans systèmes avancés susceptibles de menacer la Russie.
L’Europe devrait insister de toute urgence sur un retour au cadre du traité INF et sur des négociations stratégiques globales en matière de contrôle des armements nucléaires, impliquant les États-Unis et la Russie – puis, ultérieurement, la Chine. L’analogie entre le Kosovo et l’Ukraine doit également être reconnue honnêtement : des frontières ont déjà été modifiées en Europe avec le soutien de l’Occident. Les frontières changent. La recherche de la paix doit rester prioritaire.
Et surtout : apprenez l’histoire, Monsieur le Chancelier ! Et faites-le avec honnêteté ! Sans honnêteté, il ne peut y avoir de confiance. Sans confiance, il ne peut y avoir de sécurité. Et sans diplomatie, l’Europe risque de répéter les catastrophes dont elle prétend avoir tiré les leçons.
L’ #histoire jugera ce dont l’Allemagne se souvient – et ce qu’elle choisit d’oublier. Cette fois, que l’Allemagne choisisse la diplomatie et la paix, et qu’elle respecte sa parole.
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Chancelier, l’expression de mes salutations distinguées,
Cette lettre ouverte a d’abord été publiée en allemand le 17 décembre 2025 dans le 'Berliner Zeitung'. Nous la reproduisons ici, traduite en FR, avec l’autorisation de l’auteur.
"Every accusation is a confession. This is clearly true of the Trump administration’s insistence that Venezuela operates as a “narco-state,” exporting terrorism to the U.S. via fentanyl, now labeled as a “weapon of mass destruction.” The charge is not only false, given that virtually no fentanyl enters
Ischinger hält gesicherten Rechtsextremismus also für eine "Meinung", mit der man sich zwecks "breiten Spektrums" auf einer "Sicherheitskonferenz" mal "austauschen" sollte.
Jesus friggin Christ on a cracker. Ein mit Augenbinde nach zehn mal Rumdrehen bei Nacht in der Wüste Ausgesetzter ist echt nicht so todeslost wie Deutschlands ins Braune irrlichternde Mittebürgerlichkonservative.
Der Vorsitzende der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz, Ischinger, hat die Entscheidung verteidigt, zur nächsten Tagung im Februar wieder AfD-Politiker einzuladen.
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"It’s been one of the strangest cricket series on record. Hurried, frenetic, foolish, haphazard and, at points, unbecomingly immature. The cricket between England and Australia in this, the 2025-6 Ashes series, was a recreational coke line, a narcotics fix, a dopamine thrill. But was it even cricket? One thinks of those deathless lines from
"The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, announced in a live address the martyrdom of several senior resistance leaders. The address, broadcast via…"
Al-Qassam Brigades Announce Martyrdom of Senior Commanders
The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, announced in a live address the martyrdom of several senior resistance leaders.
The address, broadcast via al-Qassam’s official Telegram channel, was delivered by the newly appointed spokesperson who now also bears the nom de guerre Abu Ubaida. The continuation of the name was presented as a clear message that the resistance maintains its course, affirming its position as a solid, well-established institution with deep roots.
Opening the address, the new spokesperson extended greetings to Gaza, its land, water, sky, and steadfast people; saluting its resistance fighters, families, and martyrs. He paid tribute to those enduring displacement, destruction, and siege, stating that their faith remains stronger than any weapon wielded by enemies or conspirators.
With utmost pride and honor, the Brigades announced the martyrdom of a group of their most distinguished leaders:
Mohammed Sinwar (Abu Ibrahim), Chief of Staff of Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Mohammed Shabana (Abu Anas), Commander of the Rafah Brigade
Hikmat Issa (Abu Omar), a commander known for his resistance activity in Lebanon and Syria before settling in Gaza
Raed Saad (Abu Muadh), the head of the manufacturing division and former head of operations
The statement also confirmed the martyrdom of Abu Ubaida, the long-time spokesperson of the Brigades, revealing his identity as Hudhayfa Samir Abdullah al-Kahlout (Abu Ibrahim). He was remembered as “the resounding voice of the nation, the pulse of Palestine and its people,” and a figure whose masked presence had become a symbol for millions.
The Brigades emphasized that Abu Ubaida played a pivotal role in relaying the voice of the resistance to the world, particularly during the Al-Aqsa Flood operation. His martyrdom, the spokesperson affirmed, marks not an end but a continuation of the struggle.
Messages from the new spokesperson
In his first address, the new spokesperson of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, characterized October 7 as “a thunderous eruption in the face of injustice, oppression, and siege.” He reaffirmed that the resistance had fulfilled its duties toward the Palestinian people, despite the brutal aggression and countless violations.
He called upon international actors to shift their focus toward disarming the Zionist regime of its lethal arsenal rather than going after the rifles of the Palestinian resistance. A call was also issued to the Arab and Islamic Ummah: “Aid Gaza, which continues to endure immense suffering. It is your duty to relieve its pain.”
Warning of the consequences of silence, he stated that “those who remain silent about the oppression of their Arab and Muslim brethren must expect to face the same violation and aggression.”
He also warned that the so-called “Greater Israel” project was expanding daily, citing the continuous aggression on Lebanon and Syria as further evidence.
A salute was extended to the Syrian people, who confronted Zionist aggression despite being left alone. The spokesperson declared that the occupation, once emboldened, had now been humiliated in Gaza. “The autumn of the occupation has begun,” he said, asserting that the curse of the eighth decade now shadows the occupier.
He added that the blood of women, children, and the innocent would haunt the occupation until it is rejected by all of creation, and that the occupation’s descent after its corruption and arrogance signals the approach of its final defeat.
Addressing the people of Gaza, the statement reaffirmed loyalty to their sacrifices: “We are your sons, and we are proud. We bow in reverence before you and vow to remain faithful.”
It feels a little surreal now to look back on ten years of living on the water. In my memory, all these sunsets blur into one unending dusk, at times overcast, but we've somehow weathered every storm, learning new things along the way. When all is accounted for, I feel so fortunate to have had the chance to do all this, meet all these fantastic people, go to all these fascinating places.
You know what else is lucky? That one of the brightest star visible from the northern hemisphere, Polaris, sits almost perfectly at the apex of the celestial dome, the layout of the stars that seem to us immobile on earth. When you scan the nightsky for the little dipper and find the end of its handle, this star that hardly moves at all, is straight up above the earth. I never truly appreciated this until now and I can't think of any piece of knowledge that has so deeply touched me.
Some of the best things that happened to me this year were anchoring in Ucluelet's smoky, jade colored water while hummingbirds swarmed around us pecking at the colorful halyards with their tiny beaks, watching the sunset barefoot sitting on driftwood, rowing to our friend's ship window before sunrise to pick up warm banana bread, stepping into a new pair of inline skates, finally making the time to implement Lisp for Uxn, getting lost in the mountains of the Austrian countryside and asking someone where the harbor is.
We don't have any plans for the next year yet, so I guess we'll just have to see!
For the year of 2025, Donna Tartt's The Secret History, was my favourite book. Robert Eggers's Nosferatu was my favourite movie. Lorna Shore's latest was my favourite album.
Today, I have discovered Frank Zappa. Better late than never. Anyway, if you need me for the rest of today, I'll be buried in catching up on this music I needed in my life an eon ago.
"Al-mulatham, as he has become known among Arabic speakers, a romanized Arabic word meaning “the masked one”, al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obeida has become a legendary figure among pro-Palestinians and…"
Who Was Abu Obeida, the Man Who Sowed Fear in the Hearts of Colonizers
Al-mulatham, as he has become known among Arabic speakers, a romanized Arabic word meaning “the masked one”, al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obeida has become a legendary figure among pro-Palestinians and a source of horror for the Israelis throughout not just this war on Gaza, but any and every operation carried out by the Palestinian Resistance against the Zionist occupation.
“Permission [to fight back] is [hereby] granted to those being fought, for they have been wronged. And indeed, Allah is Most Capable of helping them [prevail],” Al-Hajj 22:39. Those are the first words Abu Obeida uttered publicly during a humble press statement from the Jabalia refugee camp in late September 2004. Though his mask was different, donning a balaclava at the time, Abu Obeida’s voice would resonate with the supporters and opponents of the Palestinian cause alike.
Reports claim that he was 18 at the time of said address, where he was allegedly told to simply read aloud and leave the conference, according to Metras. Though it was merely a few minutes long, the address would change his name forever, making him synonymous with triumph for Palestine and devastation for the Zionist regime.
Israeli faltering in Gaza: A tale as old as time
The statement at the time was highlighting Israeli failures in military operations in northern Gaza, and specifically the refugee camp in the city of Jabalia, in the midst of the battles leading up to the liberation of the Gaza Strip from Israeli occupation. “[The unfolding battles] are the epitome of Israeli military failure, for the enemy possesses a deadly military force, comprising fighter jets, tanks, and missiles, which it is using to bomb civilians and target women and children. Meanwhile, the valiant Resistance, which has none of the aforementioned, is targeting soldiers and occupiers,” Abu Obeida said, noting that the al-Qassam Brigades had killed at least seven Zionist soldiers within three days of battles.
Just like that, Abu Obeida quickly rose to legendary status, admired by supporters of the Resistance against the Israeli occupation across religions, sects, and nationalities. It was not until 2007, however, that he was officially named the spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades, a role he assumed one year after announcing the landmark operation in which the Resistance captured Zionist soldier Gilad Shalit, who remained in captivity for more than five years.
The addresses mirror those Abu Obeida would make later on in his career, breaking the news of Zionist losses and failures in Gaza through his fiery addresses that touched the heart of every listener, regardless of the language barrier.
The morale of the Resistance
With each round of confrontations, with each war waged on Gaza, Abu Obeida rose more and more in prominence, with people from all walks of life waiting for his threatening yet reassuring eyes, veiled with a red koufiyyeh, to deliver news desired by the public, dreaded by the Israelis.
Throughout the years, Abu Obeida gained a wider and wider regional as well as international attention, especially during 2008’s Battle of al-Furqan, which saw the Zionist occupation launching an onslaught on Gaza a mere three years after its liberation. While communication lines were massively disrupted, Abu Obeida still appeared as a consistent figure, offering the public updates, making threats against the Israeli occupation, and announcing Israeli losses while reassuring supporters that the Resistance forces remained intact.
He offered morale not only to spectators outside of Gaza, but also to the people of Gaza themselves, appearing as a beacon of optimism in the midst of heavy bombardment that indiscriminately claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinians. Defiantly, during the war, Abu Obeida once declared, “Gilad Shalit misses you” in reference to the Israelis as he underlined that the Israeli regime was concealing casualties and losses caused by Resistance operations targeting the occupied Palestinian territories.
Later on, between 2010 and 2014, Abu Obeida received more screen time, and with each public appearance, his popularity grew exponentially. He was a champion of rejecting ‘peace’ talks with the Zionist occupation, framing them as a betrayal of the Palestinian cause and warning against the Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, which, in turn, gave al-Qassam more impetus as the guarantors of Palestine and its ultimate liberation.
In 2014, during the Battle of the Withered Grain, Abu Obeida once more made an announcement as momentous as his announcement years earlier, declaring that al-Qassam had captured yet another Zionist soldier, this time from al-Shujaiyya, a stronghold of Palestinian resilience. Oron Shaul had been captured by Hamas on July 21. Days later, on August 1, al-Qassam captured Hadar Goldin near Rafah. Shaul would not return until 2025, when the Israeli occupation forces retrieved his remains during their latest invasion of Gaza.
He was also just as important in 2020, laying the groundwork for 2021’s Battle of Seif al-Quds by stressing that Israeli plans to further occupy the West Bank served as a “declaration of war”. In May of 2021, during said battle, he was the one to break the news that bloomed glee in the hearts of the supporters of the Palestinian cause, announcing that the Resistance’s rockets were hitting all major occupied Palestinian cities, stressing that such operations had become “easier than drinking water” for Hamas. He also later proclaimed that the battle saw the Resistance achieve a victory in the face of the Zionist occupation, painting the latter as a “fragile enemy”.
The man who unleashed the flood
Because he is a military spokesperson, it is not likely that he played a role in carrying out October 7’s Operation al-Aqsa Flood. However, Abu Obeida valiantly defended the people of Gaza, declaring that any attacks targeting civilians would be met with a proportionate response against the Zionist occupation, offering one ultimatum after another in a bid to lighten the blows being dealt to Palestinian civilians amid the unfolding genocide.
Week after week, month after month, Abu Obeida, visibly losing weight due to the ongoing famine in Gaza, remained a guarantor of morale for the Palestinian and Arab people alike, with even children awaiting his televised appearances and donning military fatigues similar to his and raising their index finger just like him, impersonating him in praise as he became an idol to many.
Due to his anonymity, safeguarded by the symbolic koufiyyeh for over two decades, Abu Obeida transcended his mere person, becoming a movement of his own and driving the message of a collective struggle, essentially becoming a cultural-political symbol embodying liberation.
Throughout the years, Abu Obeida maintained the same tone and cadence when speaking, allowing him to become a trademark of defiance in his own right, as he employed a stern language plentiful in literary and Quranic vocabulary, laced with a martial language that caused fear to reverberate through the hearts of the enemies of liberation.
Abu Obeida, just like liberation, became inevitable, and the hope he gave to tens of millions around the world is unmatched, becoming as synonymous with the Palestinian struggle as the koufityeh, the renowned upside-down red arrow, and the AK-47. He was incredibly skilled and was proficient at framing the deafening blows dealt to the Zionist regime.
The man who changed the media
Abu Obeida earned the title “the media commander”, and rightfully so, as he professionally conveyed the proper narrative to ensure that the Resistance’s victory could be seen before all, no matter the outcome.
The masked, shadowy figure, despite his identity remaining concealed, has become one of the most easily recognizable people on the planet due to his addresses that uplifted a people watching their brethren get genocided, as he served as a weapon in the face of the Zionist occupation, more dangerous than any arms in Hamas’ arsenal.
The man who finished all of his remarkable statements with, “It is a struggle [ending in] triumph or martyrdom,” attained the highest honor Man possibly could, achieving the martyrdom he had long desired and worked his entire life toward as he tirelessly ensured that the Resistance’s message and actions made their rounds around the globe and sparking an unmatched pro-Palestinian effort all over the world through his nimble, well-crafted statements that ensured that no matter what the occupation did, it was framed as a defeat for the occupier.
While his birthdate is yet to be discovered, the resilient fighter’s date of martyrdom will be etched in history as August 30, 2025, after he spent his entire adult life making sacrifices for the sake of the Resistance and the cause that shaped his entire identity and that of his homeland. abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=…#abuObeida #alAqsaFlood #alQassam #gaza #hamas #palestine #westAsia
Are there any physical therapists in the mastoverse? Are we saying that? Mastoverse? Anyway, I wanna know why the only sometimes physical therapist (maybe the head physical therapist? The alpha?) decided to pull my leg off couple weeks ago. She was a feelin' around on my hip real good for a while, then quietly affixed a strap to my leg and told me to relax before she started pulling? Anybody? I don't see her again for another two weeks, when I can then ask her directly, but I AM OVERWHELMED WITH INTRIGUE AS TO WHY, WHAT, WHYYYY IS MY LEG SUDDENLY SO MUCH MORE BETTER?! WHAT WAS SHE FEELING? WHY? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SHE PULLED MY LEG!?
I should say my diagnosis from the specialist referring me was moderate arthritis, hip impingement and GTPS after suddenly not being able to stand or walk after decades of hip pain.
This might not be related but I had leg pain and I was always told as a child I had 1 leg longer than the other. At one point I had to wear corrective shoes. It turned out that my legs were fine but my hips were tilted. A chiropractor diagnosed it and after a few treatments like yours, I never had “1 leg shorter than the other” again. It corrected a lot of leg pain issues.
many years ago, I fell off my bike and landed on my chin. Something was not right with my jaw, X-rays showed nothing, but it didn’t get better. Was at a party and mentioned it to the spouse of a friend training to be a cranial-sacro therapist. They took me to a quiet room had me lay down on floor felt along my face and jaw and gently, gently pulled my ears for about ten min. Totally fixed the issue. I also have no idea what that was about.
I had a similar thing when I was dealing with sciatica. But she pulled both my legs. Like I was on the rack in medieval times 😂 I think sometimes muscles and nerves and things get squished and like someone else said, giving everything more room helps.
(Disclaimer: I am not a physiotherapist, but like to ask questions) She was probably stretching a certain muscle. First she felt around where the blockage was and then used a specific stretch to release the tension. I see my physiotherapist actually try things out on themself before giving me the exercises to check whether they’re making the right muscles work.
So, the first of the year is coming up quickly. As many of you know, I've been unemployed from full-time employment for quite a long time. I've been working part-time jobs to make ends meet but I need to do more. I've decided to start doing some consulting.
I want to start offering a few services:
1. Building websites for individuals, small businesses, or non-profits. 2. Helping individuals, small businesses, non-profits with certain Information Technology needs. Mainly, Linux, Open Source Software, and networking.
I'm really hoping that this turns into something more than just small consulting work. I would love to start doing this full-time. At nearly 59, I don't see myself ever getting full-time employment any other way.
Good luck bro. Life is getting harder by the minute. Just a warning though. There are thousands of website builders. Some of them have completely ruined the market with offering close to free websites. I would steer clear of this area if you have other skills or if you are unable to compete with close to free and still make money. Yeah I know you get what you pay for, but this piece of logic seems to have disappeared from existence.
Your Linux skills could probably drive some decent money your way though. Look into automation projects. Reach out to local businesses and see how you can help them.
boosted, good luck. While what you are offering can be done remotely, maybe local businesses might want someone to provide support in person. If you're open to that, it may be helpful to put your general area in the post.
On Substack, @pluralistic I have described a subtle example of Apple giving itself an unfair competitive advantage over its developers: luccogzest.substack.com/p/appl… : Apple can create links from Calendar app to specific messages; but it does NOT provide an API for developers (and automators) or UI to do this. This limits tools like Hookmark which enable users to link most of the information on their Macs (emails, files, tasks, etc.) per hookproductivity.com. I can explain in more detail if you like.
🇨🇵 Ce n'est pas une, mais ce sont deux nouvelles possibilités de prendre connaissance de ce que représente l' "enshitification" / merdification de l'internet, qui sont rendus disponibles ces jours-ci. - Émission Les Décrypteurs, sur Radio-Canada : Pourquoi l’internet est brisé, et comment le réparer? Avec Cory Doctorow - youtube.com/watch?v=_6SnSFsP-N…
- Conférence par Cory Doctorow au 39c3 : A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet. - media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-ame…
Fait notable : on ressort de l'écoute avec un peu d'espoir quand même.
NB : les deux médias sont en anglais, mais bénéficient de sous-titre ou traduction simultanée en français. --------- 🇬🇧 Not one, but two new opportunities to learn about the “enshitification” of the internet are available these days. - Les Décrypteurs program on Radio-Canada: Why is the internet broken, and how can we fix it? With Cory Doctorow - youtube.com/watch?v=_6SnSFsP-N…
- Lecture by Cory Doctorow at the 39c3 Congress : A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet. - media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-ame…
Noteworthy: you come away from listening to it feeling a little hopeful after all.
Très apprécié par l’équipe des Décrypteurs, Cory Doctorow a accepté de nous rendre visite en studio pour une longue discussion à propos de sa vision du web. ...
nice talk Cory, I do like your idea about removing jailbreak protections on the legal level for everything. For one this is something that capitalists should support, let competition balance the scale. Unfortunately US companies do not hesitate to use protectionism when it is in their interest.
"hy don’t many Haitians “see” capitalism in Haiti? Many compatriots still living in Haiti say, with quiet weariness or resigned irony: “Capitalism is hard elsewhere. Here, we survive differently.” They’re…"
How and Why Haitians Cope with Capitalism Differently in the Diaspora than in Haiti
hy don’t many Haitians “see” capitalism in Haiti?
Many compatriots still living in Haiti say, with quiet weariness or resigned irony: “Capitalism is hard elsewhere. Here, we survive differently.”
They’re not wrong. But they don’t fully understand what they don’t see.
In Haiti, capitalism is neither absent nor dominant. It is incomplete, fractured, dislocated, poorly established, and, above all, not all-encompassing. And it is precisely this incompleteness that creates the illusion.
Capitalism as it functions in the imperialist metropoles of North America and Europe — the kind that leaves no room for growth — never truly takes hold. It stopped halfway and failed to become all-encompassing.
And in this failure, something still breathes.
I. In Haiti, Capitalism Does Not Yet Encompass All of Life
In Northern societies, capitalism is all-encompassing. It doesn’t just structure the economy. It organizes time, the body, sleep, health, housing, relationships, emotions, and the fear of becoming destitute. There is nothing outside of it. Even love is conditional.
In Haiti, this threshold has never been fully crossed, not through conscious resistance, but through structural incapacity.
The state doesn’t collect so little out of fiscal justice. It collects so little because it cannot collect more.
Electricity arrives like an unexpected visit, then disappears without explanation. Water flows, then recedes like a broken promise. A road begins, then work on it stops. Administration happens in fits and starts, never as a continuous system.
Bills don’t punctuate life. Sometimes they don’t even exist. This isn’t a political project. It’s an inherited disorder. But this disorder produces a major political effect: survival is not entirely captured by the market.
Work is not confined to “the company.” It is dispersed, improvised, fragmented: street economy, small businesses, multiple activities, unstable incomes, and daily makeshift solutions.
Life is hard. But it is not locked into a single system.
The question is no longer simply: Do you work? But: How do you live? With whom? In what dependencies?
II. Survival in Haiti Does Not Depend Exclusively on the State or on Wages
In Haiti, to survive — not to live well, but to survive — one does not depend on a single contract, a single salary, a single bank account, a single institution.
If one thing fails, everything does not collapse immediately.
Survival is fragmented. It rests on several fragile supports: the extended family, the neighborhood, resourcefulness, informal networks, and non-monetary forms of solidarity.
It’s not security. It’s the plurality of support systems. Life is precarious, but it holds on in many places.
III. Falling Ill in Haiti: a Revealing Example
When someone falls ill in Haiti: the mother intervenes, the aunt contributes, the neighbor lends, the community adjusts its help, roles are redistributed — the burdens are shared.
The crisis isn’t “resolved.” It’s absorbed collectively. It’s exhausting. It’s unfair. It’s sometimes humiliating. But it’s not entirely privatized.
IV. Haitian Women and Informal Autonomy
In Haiti, thousands of women sell, trade, produce, negotiate, and survive on their own. Not through ideological emancipation. Out of vital necessity.
Their survival does not depend solely on a salaried husband, a stable man, or a secure nuclear family. They fall, they get back up, they fend for themselves. Men do not bear the economic burden alone. The family cushions the blow. The community absorbs the burden.
This is not equality. It is a shared dependence. Precarious. Unjust. But real.
V. The Couple in Haiti: Important, but Not All-Encompassing
In this context, the couple matters, but it is not everything. It is not the only insurance, refuge, or safety net. It coexists with other forms of protection. There is the mother, the aunt, the sister, the neighbor, or the community.
The couple is not yet the central infrastructure for survival in Haiti.
VI. Migrating Is Not about Changing Countries: It’s about Changing Survival Systems
When a Haitian arrives in Canada, the United States, or France, they are not simply entering another territory. They are entering a different survival structure.
In those foreign completely capitalist lands, everything must be paid for and is contractual, individualized, and conditional.
Rent is due every month. Healthcare has a cost. Transportation is mandatory. Time is finite. Status is precarious. Everything has a price.
Community solidarity is no longer structural. It becomes optional. Fragile. Conditional.
Being alone immediately becomes dangerous.
VII. Example 1 – The Haitian Woman Alone in North America
Before (in Haiti), she sells at the market, depends on networks, adapts, and survives without a contract.
After (in Canada/United States/France), rent and insurance are mandatory, transportation is paid for, healthcare is paid for or conditional, and immigration status is precarious.
A delay becomes a fault. An illness becomes a threat. Being alone becomes a life-threatening risk.
The result: the pressure to be in a relationship intensifies. This isn’t romantic. It’s structural. Emotional dependence accelerates. Tolerance for the unacceptable increases.
VIII. Example 2 – The Haitian Man in North America
The Haitian man arrives with an identity shaped by resourcefulness, flexibility, and ingenuity. But late capitalism demands something else: rigid schedules, measured productivity, mechanical regularity, constant performance, and silent endurance.
He is told, “You are a strong, resourceful man.” But he is isolated. He doesn’t know how to verbalize his distress. And he no longer has a supportive community.
The distress produced by this tension is not addressed by the state, nor recognized as a cost of the system. It is poured out into the private sphere.
His partner, if he has one, becomes his only refuge, his only listening ear, his psychological buffer — his therapist.
The result: the dependence is not emotional. It is organized or forced.
IX. The Couple Becomes a Survival Infrastructure
In this fully capitalist context: two incomes = minimal breathing room, a single salary = precariousness, illness = existential threat, separation = material catastrophe.
Many Haitian couples in the diaspora stay together out of necessity, delay the breakup out of fear, confusing connection with survival. Needless to say, relationships are maintained despite violence or strain.
This is not a lack of love. It is an excess of coercion.
X. The Haitian Woman in the Diaspora: An Invisible Pillar
She often juggles paid work, domestic labor, emotional labor, and supporting family members back in Haiti. She becomes the household’s economic pillar, the couple’s emotional pillar, and the transnational pillar of family survival.
This work is unrecognized, unpaid, and normalized as “sacrifice.” Late capitalism thrives on this invisibility.
XI. Solitude as a Social Risk
In Northern societies, being alone is not neutral. It is structurally dangerous.
in late capitalism, survival is individualized, dependency is privatized, and intimacy replaces community.
A Haitian alone in Montreal, Miami, or Paris is perceived as unstable, suspected of failure, and deemed incomplete. Because: without a couple, they have no safety net; without a partner, they are at risk, go broke more easily, and burn out more quickly; and without Haiti’s informal social network, they potentially cost the state.
This is why social pressure encourages couples, stigmatizes aloneness, and pathologizes autonomy.
Control is exercised through norms, not laws.
XII. What Migration Reveals
Many diaspora Haitians say: “Life is hard here, but it was hard in Haiti too. I never understood the system before living here.”
Because in late capitalism, survival is individualized, dependency is privatized, and intimacy replaces community.
The difference is not the hardship. It is the structure.
What Haitians experience by migrating reveals the system’s essence: late capitalism doesn’t impose itself only through taxes, laws, and statistics, but through relationships, through intimate dependence, the transformation of love into economic infrastructure.
The shock isn’t just fiscal. It’s relational and existential.
Conclusion
In Haiti, the informal sector still masks capitalism’s cruel laws and logic. Despite the violence and damage capitalism has done to Haiti’s social fabric, forms of mutual support still endure in Haiti. But as soon as Haitians migrate to the Northern metropoles, the couple becomes a primary condition for survival. That’s where the control of intimacy becomes visible.
The informal survival networks of Haiti are often supplanted by the shock-absorber, the safety net, of a relationship, which becomes a hedge against falling into unemployment, homelessness, and capitalist oblivion.
Statement of Mourning for Great Leader, Heroic Fighter, Martyr Hudhayfah al-Kahlout (Abu Obeida) — Hamas abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/262…
"Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah, of them some have fulfilled their obligations, and some of them are still waiting, but they…"
Statement of Mourning for Great Leader, Heroic Fighter, Martyr Hudhayfah al-Kahlout (Abu Obeida) — Hamas
Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah, of them some have fulfilled their obligations, and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed in the least. Statement of mourning for the great leader, the heroic fighter, the Martyr Hudhayfah al-Kahlout (Abu Obeida), Commander of Military Media and Spokesperson for the Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades
The roaring voice that disturbed the sleep of the occupation’s leaders and its army, and inspired our people, our nation, and the free people of the world on the path to liberating the land and the holy sites.
With hearts believing in and confident in Allah’s promise to His Mujahid servants, and with great contentment, submission [to Allah’s will], pride, and honor, and with insistence on continuing the path of the martyrs in defense of our people, our land, and our holy sites, we in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announce to the masses of our Palestinian people, our Arab and Islamic nation, and the free people of the world, the great leader, the heroic fighter, the martyr:
Hudhayfah al-Kahlout (Aba Obeida)
Commander of Military Media and Spokesperson for the Martyr Izz El-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of our blessed movement. He ascended to Allah as a martyr, advancing and not retreating, in a treacherous and cowardly zionist bombing that targeted him and his family while they were on the land of patience, ribat (guardianship), and jihad—Gaza of Glory—during the most honorable heroic battle in the history of our people’s struggle (Al-Aqsa Flood); a battle for which he was the roaring voice that disturbed the sleep of the occupation, its army, and its leaders, and inspired millions of the sons of our nation and the free people of the world.
The heroic leader and martyr, Abu Obeida, has gone to his Lord as a martyr, accompanied by his wife and children—may Allah have mercy on them all—in a blessed ending that he sought and wished for, remaining steadfast on its path until he attained the highest of aspirations. This comes after a full life brimming with jihad, sacrifice, perseverance, and ribat on the land of Gaza of Glory. Allah Almighty chose him during the Al-Aqsa Flood battle, where he had been targeted by the zionist enemy and wanted for over 15 years. His image remained constantly terrifying to the leaders of the occupation and its army; his captivating presence spread the spirit of doubt and defeat among the occupation’s public, and his silence and absence confused the occupation’s calculations and plans. As for his biography and his journey, they will remain an inspiration for generations of our people and our nation on the path of defending Palestine, and at its heart, Al-Quds and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
We in the Hamas movement, as we mourn the fighter leader and martyr Abu Obeida, may Allah have mercy on him, affirm that the zionist occupation’s assassination of the leaders of our people and our movement and its symbols will not succeed in breaking their will or their resistance. Crimes of killing, assassination, and targeting will only increase their strength, solidity, adherence to rights, and defense of the land, Al-Quds, and Al-Aqsa Mosque. The history of the Movement has proven that after the assassination of its leaders, it becomes stronger, more cohesive, more determined and resolved, and more fierce and damaging to the zionist enemy.
Rest with a contented heart, O Abu Obeida, for your pure spirit will remain alive, pulsing with resistance and jihad. Your radiant image will remain firmly rooted in the hearts of our people, our nation, and the free people of the world. Your roaring voice for freedom and independence will roam the horizons and become entrenched in reality, heralding the demise of the occupation and the liberation of the land and the holy sites. If a master among us dies, another arises in his wake… a peer to him who suffices in his stead and succeeds him. May Allah Almighty have mercy on the martyr commander Abu Obaida and accept him into His presence, and lodge him in the highest Paradise (Firdaws), with the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous—and excellent are those as companions. May He grant our people and our Arab and Islamic nation patience and steadfastness, and compensate us with the best compensation. Indeed, it is a continuing march, of sacrifices, patience, resilience, and ribat.
Indeed, it is a jihad of victory or martyrdom.
The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas Monday: 09 Rajab 1447 AH Corresponding to: December 29, 2025 AD
Every accusation is a confession. This is clearly true of the Trump administration’s insistence that Venezuela operates as a “narco-state,” exporting terrorism to the U.S. via fentanyl, now labeled as a “weapon of mass destruction.
In a tragic turn of events, Dr Rad has sacrificed herself by assuming the role of an old yet noble patrician while Dr G has gone full Gallic invader. This podcast is going method, just in case you were wondering how we’re coping with this multiple-parter on 390 BCE!
My prediction: there will be a generation of kids who never learn how to write and construct anything written (paper, essay, etc.) because they have leaned on LLMs to write for them... so they never learn about how to structure writing, constructing a sentence, etc. etc. It's a hard skill to learn WITHOUT a crutch... Put the crutch in there, and many students will be functionally unable to write an essay or report.
(also, similarly, write software and think through software, or compose music or art, etc. etc.)
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