Metaphor Man
@metaphorman.bsky.social
I recognise that I am, inescapably, a hypocrite: human, flawed, and no different from any other in that regard
5)blowback:
empires no longer need colonies—they import the logic home, one data point at a time
The Boomerang Effect
empires no longer need colonies—they import the logic home, one data point at a time
The Boomerang Effect
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
5)blowback:
empires no longer need colonies—they import the logic home, one data point at a time
The Boomerang Effect
empires no longer need colonies—they import the logic home, one data point at a time
The Boomerang Effect
4)sloshing Israel’s way under “partnership” cover
Thiel doesn’t just accumulate intelligence; he commodifies it, turning occupied territories into beta tests for global control
Barak gets his dream fulfilled; Thiel, validation from the ultimate power-centrist
The rest of us inherit the...
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Thiel doesn’t just accumulate intelligence; he commodifies it, turning occupied territories into beta tests for global control
Barak gets his dream fulfilled; Thiel, validation from the ultimate power-centrist
The rest of us inherit the...
/5
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
4)sloshing Israel’s way under “partnership” cover
Thiel doesn’t just accumulate intelligence; he commodifies it, turning occupied territories into beta tests for global control
Barak gets his dream fulfilled; Thiel, validation from the ultimate power-centrist
The rest of us inherit the...
/5
Thiel doesn’t just accumulate intelligence; he commodifies it, turning occupied territories into beta tests for global control
Barak gets his dream fulfilled; Thiel, validation from the ultimate power-centrist
The rest of us inherit the...
/5
3)hides;
this flaunts elite handshakes to normalise the exchange
Palantir opens its Tel Aviv office in 2015, soon powering Gaza operations & Lebanon pager strikes
Tools honed on occupation flow outward—to US cities, European borders—then potentially back, with foreign government data...
/4
this flaunts elite handshakes to normalise the exchange
Palantir opens its Tel Aviv office in 2015, soon powering Gaza operations & Lebanon pager strikes
Tools honed on occupation flow outward—to US cities, European borders—then potentially back, with foreign government data...
/4
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
3)hides;
this flaunts elite handshakes to normalise the exchange
Palantir opens its Tel Aviv office in 2015, soon powering Gaza operations & Lebanon pager strikes
Tools honed on occupation flow outward—to US cities, European borders—then potentially back, with foreign government data...
/4
this flaunts elite handshakes to normalise the exchange
Palantir opens its Tel Aviv office in 2015, soon powering Gaza operations & Lebanon pager strikes
Tools honed on occupation flow outward—to US cities, European borders—then potentially back, with foreign government data...
/4
2)dreamt of scaling over Palestinians: predictive policing, AI targeting, total visibility
Epstein merely brokered the match—a hellish convergence of American venture capital & Israeli military pragmatism
This isn’t covert Mossad intrigue; its brazen openness is the genius
True espionage...
/3
Epstein merely brokered the match—a hellish convergence of American venture capital & Israeli military pragmatism
This isn’t covert Mossad intrigue; its brazen openness is the genius
True espionage...
/3
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
2)dreamt of scaling over Palestinians: predictive policing, AI targeting, total visibility
Epstein merely brokered the match—a hellish convergence of American venture capital & Israeli military pragmatism
This isn’t covert Mossad intrigue; its brazen openness is the genius
True espionage...
/3
Epstein merely brokered the match—a hellish convergence of American venture capital & Israeli military pragmatism
This isn’t covert Mossad intrigue; its brazen openness is the genius
True espionage...
/3
🧵Peter Thiel, Palantir’s co-founder, craves clout in the world’s most centralised levers—Pentagon contracts, ICE dragnets, Trump advisory roles
Ehud Barak, the soldier-statesman who once withdrew from Lebanon only to oversee Gaza incursions, saw in Palantir the surveillance arsenal he'd long...
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Ehud Barak, the soldier-statesman who once withdrew from Lebanon only to oversee Gaza incursions, saw in Palantir the surveillance arsenal he'd long...
/2
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
🧵Peter Thiel, Palantir’s co-founder, craves clout in the world’s most centralised levers—Pentagon contracts, ICE dragnets, Trump advisory roles
Ehud Barak, the soldier-statesman who once withdrew from Lebanon only to oversee Gaza incursions, saw in Palantir the surveillance arsenal he'd long...
/2
Ehud Barak, the soldier-statesman who once withdrew from Lebanon only to oversee Gaza incursions, saw in Palantir the surveillance arsenal he'd long...
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2)in being interviewed by rival station, Channel-10
Barak tells Epstein that the Trump interview would attract a “huge percentage of Israelis and most U.S. citizens in Israel
bsky.app/profile/char...
Barak tells Epstein that the Trump interview would attract a “huge percentage of Israelis and most U.S. citizens in Israel
bsky.app/profile/char...
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
2)in being interviewed by rival station, Channel-10
Barak tells Epstein that the Trump interview would attract a “huge percentage of Israelis and most U.S. citizens in Israel
bsky.app/profile/char...
Barak tells Epstein that the Trump interview would attract a “huge percentage of Israelis and most U.S. citizens in Israel
bsky.app/profile/char...
In a Sept 2016 email sent amid the presidential race, former Israeli PM Ehud Barak informs Epstein that Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton was set to be interviewed by Israel’s Channel-2 and wonders if Epstein could inquire whether eventual President Donald Trump would have interest in being...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
In a Sept 2016 email sent amid the presidential race, former Israeli PM Ehud Barak informs Epstein that Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton was set to be interviewed by Israel’s Channel-2 and wonders if Epstein could inquire whether eventual President Donald Trump would have interest in being...
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Day 68 of posting this until there is justice for brothers Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi who were murdered by the IDF ‼️
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Day 68 of posting this until there is justice for brothers Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi who were murdered by the IDF ‼️
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There's a one hour special on Nigel Farage and Reform UK, and whether they are ready to lead, on BBC2
Presumably, there will be a similar one hour special on Zack Polanski, and whether The Greens are ready to lead, as well?
Presumably, there will be a similar one hour special on Zack Polanski, and whether The Greens are ready to lead, as well?
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
There's a one hour special on Nigel Farage and Reform UK, and whether they are ready to lead, on BBC2
Presumably, there will be a similar one hour special on Zack Polanski, and whether The Greens are ready to lead, as well?
Presumably, there will be a similar one hour special on Zack Polanski, and whether The Greens are ready to lead, as well?
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"Palestinian rights are yet again exceptionalized, their suffering trivialized, and their pursuit of justice forestalled by people who care more about reputation and expediency than law and justice."
Two Human Rights Watch employees — the group’s entire Israel-Palestine team — resigned after senior staffers blocked a report calling Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return to their homeland a crime against humanity.
After HRW Blocks Report on Right of Return, Group’s Israel-Palestine Team Quits
“We have once again run into Human Rights Watch’s systemic ‘Israel Exception,’” said a former HRW employee.
truthout.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"Palestinian rights are yet again exceptionalized, their suffering trivialized, and their pursuit of justice forestalled by people who care more about reputation and expediency than law and justice."
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Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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"CA's endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep migrate seasonally across southern US border, giving birth on the American side in the winter and spring and seeking water in Mexico during the summer. But starting in the fall, federal forces began installing hundreds of miles of razor wire along the border
Rare sheep are U.S.-Mexico border crossers, but they're hitting a sharp new obstacle
Peninsular bighorn sheep have long migrated between California and Mexico, but plans to close gaps in the border wall may change that. Scientists say the animals will suffer as a result.
www.aol.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
"CA's endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep migrate seasonally across southern US border, giving birth on the American side in the winter and spring and seeking water in Mexico during the summer. But starting in the fall, federal forces began installing hundreds of miles of razor wire along the border
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Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
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During a hearing titled "Somali scammers," Ted Cruz asks a GOP witness "how many kids did you see?" in childcare centers he wasn't welcome in. Sick stuff.
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
During a hearing titled "Somali scammers," Ted Cruz asks a GOP witness "how many kids did you see?" in childcare centers he wasn't welcome in. Sick stuff.
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Steve Bannon? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend?
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Steve Bannon? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend?
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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The only bit of hope i can really give you is that, historically, movements that are trying to forestall societal change usually end up accelerating it.
November 14, 2024 at 9:29 PM
The only bit of hope i can really give you is that, historically, movements that are trying to forestall societal change usually end up accelerating it.
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Stephen Miller, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff and puppet master, is complaining about unelected judges making rulings he doesn’t like. Funny, I don’t recall Stephen Miller getting elected to any office. He didn’t even have to be nominated and confirmed for his position.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Stephen Miller, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff and puppet master, is complaining about unelected judges making rulings he doesn’t like. Funny, I don’t recall Stephen Miller getting elected to any office. He didn’t even have to be nominated and confirmed for his position.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
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Rep. Kelly Morrison describes 'horrifying' conditions inside Whipple building www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Rep. Kelly Morrison describes 'horrifying' conditions inside Whipple building
Rep. Kelly Morrison describes cold temperatures, shackling and lack of medical care inside a Minneapolis ICE holding site after a judge restored congressional access.
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Rep. Kelly Morrison describes 'horrifying' conditions inside Whipple building www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
The Trump administration wants to stop large cities that receive federal funds from providing free bus transit, a move that would hit programs across the country
www.joemygod.com/2026/02/duff...
The Trump administration wants to stop large cities that receive federal funds from providing free bus transit, a move that would hit programs across the country
www.joemygod.com/2026/02/duff...
Duffy Moves To Ban Cities From Offering Free Bus Rides - Joe.My.God.
Politico reports: The Trump administration wants to stop large cities that receive federal funds from providing free bus transit, a move that would hit programs across the country — and could be a set...
www.joemygod.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
The Trump administration wants to stop large cities that receive federal funds from providing free bus transit, a move that would hit programs across the country
www.joemygod.com/2026/02/duff...
The Trump administration wants to stop large cities that receive federal funds from providing free bus transit, a move that would hit programs across the country
www.joemygod.com/2026/02/duff...
Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 4, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
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Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE #USDemocracy #MomSky
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE #USDemocracy #MomSky