World Politics

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I’m imagining two new shipyard floating apartment complexes.

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Can we maybe just not do this:

I can only deal with one set of existential dread at a time.

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Nothing makes liberals abandon their values, or their courage, like mentioning Palestine

https://archive.ph/2022.03.12-154144/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/12/gigi-hadid-palestine-vogue-liberals-ukraine

What starts with “P” ends with “E” and is too terrifying a word for many people to so much as mention? “Palestine”, of course! Simply uttering the P-word in a vaguely sympathetic way can be enough to elicit bad faith accusations of antisemitism. The topic has become so loaded that some people seemingly prefer to pretend Palestine and Palestinians don’t exist and just ignore the issue altogether. Nothing makes liberals abandon their progressive values, or their courage, like someone mentioning Palestine.

Vogue, I’m looking at you here. The magazine recently edited a reference to Palestine out of an Instagram post on its official social media page that was dedicated to supermodel Gigi Hadid’s pledge to donate her all her Fashion Month earnings to relief efforts in Ukraine and Palestine. Last Sunday Gigi, who is half Palestinian, announced that she was giving her earnings to “to aid those suffering from the war in Ukraine, as well as continuing to support those experiencing the same in Palestine. Our eyes and hearts must be open to all human injustice”. Vogue initially included the reference to Palestine in the post but removed it after it was accused by a number of pro-Israel voices, in very bad faith, of furthering antisemitism.

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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220310-children-of-exile-bring-fresh-vision-to-chile-cabinet

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Bryan Cranston Reaction GIF

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“ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, which Moscow calls a “special operation,” has roiled energy markets globally. Brent last week was down 4.8% after hitting $139.13 on March 7. U.S. crude recorded a weekly drop of 5.7% after touching a high of $130.50 on March 7. Both contracts last touched those price peaks in 2008. [O/R]”

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28o5vi

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Germany did It before…

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