From a young age, I learned that as a man I would need to protect, provide, and remain steadfast no matter the circumstances. But early on, I recognized that this task would be totally different for me than for many other boys around the world.
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I’ve survived more than 10 attacks. But now, at the age of 26, and nearly two years into this genocide, I’ve come to realize that the stoicism and steadfastness required of Palestinian men is near impossible.
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That’s how I process the genocide: silently, secretly, in fragments. I can’t scream in front of my mother. I can’t collapse in front of my father. I’m their son, and in their eyes, I’m still their shield — even if inside I feel shattered.
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In Gaza, where mental health care is nearly nonexistent and stigma remains high, men internalize everything. World Health Organization data from before the war listed only 0.2 psychiatrists per 100,000 people. The little mental health support we once had is buried in the rubble.

And yet, despite the unimaginable circumstances, I continue to witness the tenderness of men as they support the survival of their families.

“I held my daughter all night after the rain collapsed our tent,” Mahmoud, a father I interviewed in a camp near Rafah, told me. “I’m supposed to be her shield, but I was soaked and helpless.” His voice cracked.

That crack was defiance, not weakness. By letting his voice shake, by letting someone witness his pain, he was rejecting the expectation that Palestinian men must always be stoic. We are beginning to reveal our cracks to each other.

By letting their kids see their hurt, fear, and softness, fathers are demonstrating real strength. Our tears are not a sign of weakness, but an act of rebellion in a world trying to crush our humanity. Our emotions and our unwillingness to become numb to this pain are a form of resistance.

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#Gaza #genocide #masculinity

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Russia Remains 'Economic Fortress' Despite Sanctions, While France Slides Into Crisis: Malian Expert en.sputniknews.africa/20250630…

EXCLUSIVE: European Researcher Bernadette Conrads Uncovers the Shadowy Reach of USAID Across Europe — Deep State Dollars, Election Meddling, and Censorship Campaigns Exposed

In an explosive sit-down interview with The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft back in March, European researcher Bernadette Conrads delivered a chilling exposé on the sprawling influence of USAID and its deep state-funded allies operating across the European continent.

Conrads, who currently serves as Head of Communications for MEP Petr Bystron of Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), has spent the last five years tracing a tangled web of taxpayer-funded NGOs, censorship initiatives, and foreign election interference stretching from Washington, D.C. to Brussels. minds.com/newsfeed/17864936001…

Women have better brains than men
Safa Hussain
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Main points:
* Size doesn't matter🙃
* Women have 85% more brain activity than men
* Men's brains are bigger because they are badly built

#RadicalFeminism #RadFem #Feminism #Feminist #MaleSexualPolitics #MVAWG #SmashPatriarchy

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Jerome “Too Late” Powell, and his entire Board, should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to the United States. They have one of the easiest, yet most prestigious, jobs in America, and they have FAILED — And continue to do so. If they were doing their job properly, our Country would be saving Trillions of Dollars in Interest Cost. The Board just sits there and watches, so they are equally to blame. We should be paying 1% Interest, or better!

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@Wtdrisco not like they didn't already have domestic issues - we were stuck once @ Brindisi for almost a week as there was strike that included the ferries to Greece. Our car was broken into - purse stolen - people has broken glass on the top of their walls....

A group of over 400 cultural figures from across the political spectrum has called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to halt the proscription of Palestine Action on free speech grounds.

Alan Hollinghurst, Pankaj Mishra, Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis are among those who have signed a joint statement organised by Fossil Free Books.

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#PalestineAction #Gaza #UK

“Meanwhile, the band, Bob Vylan, who had been due to tour the US later this year, have had their visas revoked. “Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” said Christopher Landau, the deputy secretary of state.” Odd. They let Netanyahu in and he doesn’t just glorify violence. #Israel #Palestine #Gaza

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JUST IN: Trump DOJ Sues Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Council Over Its Sanctuary City Policy and Recent Anti-ICE Riots

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Source: libsoftiktok

BREAKING: The DOJ filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and Mayor Karen Bass over their sanctuary city policies that protect criminal illegal aliens and discriminate against federal law enforcement officials.

The administration is asking the courts to BLOCK the city's sanctuary polices from being enforced.

Original tweet : xcancel.com/libsoftiktok/statu…

Este mes ha tenido lugar el primer gran juicio resultante del movimiento #MeToo en la industria del videojuego. Empleadas siendo atadas a sillas, constantes comentarios sobre sexo y sobre sus cuerpos, besos y masajes no solicitados... Os lo explico todo aquí: www.3djuegos.com/industria-ga...

"Es una loca a la que conviene...

AI slop classic, somebody files a bug report for a vuln, doesn’t disclose they’ve used AI when asked, argues in the comments - and includes his AI prompt in the paste.

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Canada Resumes Trade Talks with U.S. After Scrapping Tech Company Taxes telesurenglish.net/canada-resu…

#WestBank
#Settlers #riots
@palestine

"Dozens of Israeli settlers torched a security site and clashed with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank late Sunday, deepening a growing internal rift within "Israel" amid rising settler violence against Palestinians"
The article doesn't really say what caused this, but it is good news that IOF and settlers are turning on each other. Really good news. I hope it spreads.

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#WestBank
#Settlers #riots

Here's the motivation for the settlers rioting:
"Palestinian journalist Azzam Abu al-Adas said that settlers are waging an ‘uprising’ against the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank, demanding more freedom in attacks against Palestinians"
"Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has reached unprecedented levels in 2025"

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Man do I love being a fix-it-up chappy.

I've been using this old PA. It's pretty cool. A Kustom Profile System 2 from the late seventies. 5 channels, 150W a side, built in effects. It belongs to a guy named Jazzy P. He paid $400 for it way back when. I don't know if I could use it with #GreyWails but for acoustic and solo stuff it's really great.

I fixed the effects a while back. There's a separate digital module that had bad contact to the main board. DeOxit is magic, did I ever tell you that?

I noticed something was rattling around in one of the speakers. What the hell?

So I took the connector panel off the back and found that the choke for the horn had fallen off the board. One of the wire ends had never been soldered. No indication at all that it had ever come through the back side of the board and the whole tinned end was still there. A bunch of the magnet wire had come unrolled from the spindle, wrapped around some speaker wires and unplugged both wires from the horn.

Re-wrap the choke, remove the old solder, solder the loose end, RTV the choke to the board. Put it back together.

Never noticed the horn wasn't working. I guess there was enough high end to cover for it from the other speaker.

Re-watching the first season of #StrangeNewWorlds and I think I can say that this spin-off, above all the others... above Picard, above Discovery, above TNG, DS9, Voyager even, even above Enterprise and Lower Decks....

That Strange New Worlds hands down has got to be the best spin-off from TOS.

Ever.

#Syria #HTS
#sectarianviolence
@palestine

"A Reuters investigation has uncovered a clear chain of command linking the March massacres of Syrian Alawites to armed factions now operating under the authority of Syria’s new government in Damascus. One faction, the 400 Division, is an elite unit of HTS"
"Nearly half of these factions have been under international sanctions for years due to human rights violations, such as killings, kidnappings, and sexual violence"

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#Syria #HTS
#sectarianviolence
A Breaking News item on Al Mayadeen reads:
20:54 - White House: Trump will sign executive order to terminate Syria sanctions

In 2019 Trump slaps on the Cesar Sanctions on Syria, crippling their economy and destroying the Country's future.
From 2011 US/Turkey/Israel/Qatar/UAE have been funding HTS + other headchoppers, in order to destabilise and finally overturn Syria's govt.
Syria is no more and now Trump lifts the sanctions. The US Empire for you.

UNHCR Warns: The number of registered refugees and asylum-seekers in Egypt tops 1 million as funding falls
@egypt
reliefweb.int/report/egypt/unh…

Lebst Du hinter dem Mond und hast Dich da eingemauert? Sagt Dir #taharrusch #taharruschgamea etwas?


Wie konntest Du Silvester 15/16 verpassen?
Dann lies Dich mal schlau (ist eigentlich Deine Aufgabe, informiert zu sein):

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#Islamismus #Taharrusch #dschama'i (in manchen Texten #Taharrusch #dschamai), fälschlich auch #Taharrush #gamea
#migranten #merkel #arbeit #pampern #versorgung #muße #langeweile #kinder #tradition #moslem #taharrushgamea #spiel #game
#Gruppenvergewaltigung

In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration #Remigration #Bevölkerungsaustausch

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#Pierre-Joseph Proudhon