Paul Dawkins 🍉
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· Jul 21
Didn't anyone tell the soldiers in the IDF that if they are complicit in war crimes they can be charged?
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
‘I’m afraid to go home’: Canadian IDF soldiers fear fallout from war crimes probe
Canada’s probe into the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t explicitly target Israelis, but its unclear scope has alarmed Jews amid rising international lawfare against soldiers
www.timesofisrael.com
If Canadians have been complicit in or perpetrated war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza on behalf of the IDF, then they should be very afraid.
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
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this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
Tonight is one hell of an introduction to the wider public for Darius Acuff Jr. 49 points and counting for Arkansas on the night with 1:23 left in a double overtime thriller on the road against Alabama.
February 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Tonight is one hell of an introduction to the wider public for Darius Acuff Jr. 49 points and counting for Arkansas on the night with 1:23 left in a double overtime thriller on the road against Alabama.
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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Les Wexner met Jeffrey Epstein in 1986. Epstein became a key financial advisor for Wexner in 1987. In 1991, Wexner, then a billionaire, handed over his power of attorney to Epstein.
Dwell on this.
Dwell on this.
February 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Les Wexner met Jeffrey Epstein in 1986. Epstein became a key financial advisor for Wexner in 1987. In 1991, Wexner, then a billionaire, handed over his power of attorney to Epstein.
Dwell on this.
Dwell on this.
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I understand why prison abolition is controversial but I don’t think you can get away from the fact that the most passionate prison abolitionists work closely with incarcerated people or were incarcerated themselves. The more you know about the logistics of incarceration the more you hate it.
February 19, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I understand why prison abolition is controversial but I don’t think you can get away from the fact that the most passionate prison abolitionists work closely with incarcerated people or were incarcerated themselves. The more you know about the logistics of incarceration the more you hate it.
Mark Clattenburg blaming Vinicius for being racially abused during the Benfica match wasn't "clumsy". He sounded as if he was sitting in the pub with his mates.
How much more does a 50-year old ex-ref whose spent his entire adult life around football need to learn about racism being indefensible?
How much more does a 50-year old ex-ref whose spent his entire adult life around football need to learn about racism being indefensible?
Mark Clattenburg issues following his comments on Vinicius in Madrid/Benfica match
February 19, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Mark Clattenburg blaming Vinicius for being racially abused during the Benfica match wasn't "clumsy". He sounded as if he was sitting in the pub with his mates.
How much more does a 50-year old ex-ref whose spent his entire adult life around football need to learn about racism being indefensible?
How much more does a 50-year old ex-ref whose spent his entire adult life around football need to learn about racism being indefensible?
IMHO, there's a disconnect between Arsenal fans who desperately want the team to get their act together, and the players themselves who are competing as though the walls are closing in on them.
They're finding new ways to drop points, and Arteta being so risk averse isn't helping. It's a disaster.
They're finding new ways to drop points, and Arteta being so risk averse isn't helping. It's a disaster.
Absolutely pathetic performance. Arsenal got exactly what they deserved and we haven't been good enough for weeks now. 2 wins in our last 7 - 12 points from a possible 21.
But we're not allowed to be frustrated or worried because we get touches in the opposition box. Fuming.
But we're not allowed to be frustrated or worried because we get touches in the opposition box. Fuming.
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
IMHO, there's a disconnect between Arsenal fans who desperately want the team to get their act together, and the players themselves who are competing as though the walls are closing in on them.
They're finding new ways to drop points, and Arteta being so risk averse isn't helping. It's a disaster.
They're finding new ways to drop points, and Arteta being so risk averse isn't helping. It's a disaster.
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Because of this season there has been a lot of retrospective snark from some Liverpool supporters about Liverpool's performances at the end of last season but we kept it together far better than this.
the narrative is just "arsenal vs themselves", just as it was when liverpool were going for the title. feels like we're missing something in that no one cares about a huge part of the equation.
February 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Because of this season there has been a lot of retrospective snark from some Liverpool supporters about Liverpool's performances at the end of last season but we kept it together far better than this.
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As this guy popped up in what was, on a conservative estimate, the 250th Tony Blair documentary, i did wish someone would see fit to make one about how this charlatan's fundamental misunderstanding of economics had broken the British state.
February 18, 2026 at 9:54 PM
As this guy popped up in what was, on a conservative estimate, the 250th Tony Blair documentary, i did wish someone would see fit to make one about how this charlatan's fundamental misunderstanding of economics had broken the British state.
Identify who the largest private prison investors are in companies like CoreCivic that profit from the rapid spread of ICE detainment facilities and concentration camps, and turn them into social pariahs.
Hound them relentlessly and make their lives miserable— the lawmakers taking their bribes too.
Hound them relentlessly and make their lives miserable— the lawmakers taking their bribes too.
The for-profit prison companies contracted with ICE and profiting off of detained immigrants also donated to lawmakers that voted to fund the agency last July.
It's not a coincidence. It's corruption.
It's not a coincidence. It's corruption.
Unsatisfied With Record Profits, Private Prison Investors Want ICE to Escalate
CoreCivic and GEO Group’s investors expressed frustration that ICE’s record immigration detention numbers aren’t high enough.
theappeal.org
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Identify who the largest private prison investors are in companies like CoreCivic that profit from the rapid spread of ICE detainment facilities and concentration camps, and turn them into social pariahs.
Hound them relentlessly and make their lives miserable— the lawmakers taking their bribes too.
Hound them relentlessly and make their lives miserable— the lawmakers taking their bribes too.
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Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
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I say this as someone who loves technology but hates the tech industry - why do we have to love technology? why do we have to give something like AI clemency for its errors? It's a product we are being sold, it should have to earn our money or attention.
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I say this as someone who loves technology but hates the tech industry - why do we have to love technology? why do we have to give something like AI clemency for its errors? It's a product we are being sold, it should have to earn our money or attention.
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Ted Lieu is right to berate the media to focus on direct allegations of child rape against Trump.
Also, it bears repeating that every day since the latest cache of Epstein files were released, DOJ has been actively scrubbing Trump's name from them. The coverup never stopped— it's accelerating.
Also, it bears repeating that every day since the latest cache of Epstein files were released, DOJ has been actively scrubbing Trump's name from them. The coverup never stopped— it's accelerating.
Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
February 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Ted Lieu is right to berate the media to focus on direct allegations of child rape against Trump.
Also, it bears repeating that every day since the latest cache of Epstein files were released, DOJ has been actively scrubbing Trump's name from them. The coverup never stopped— it's accelerating.
Also, it bears repeating that every day since the latest cache of Epstein files were released, DOJ has been actively scrubbing Trump's name from them. The coverup never stopped— it's accelerating.
It's vile that Mark Clattenburg still hasn't apologized for blaming Vinicius for his own racist abuse. Amazon Prime hasn't put out a statement distancing themselves from his on-air comments either.
As for Mourinho, I doubt there's anyone in Benfica's hierarchy that can force an apology out of him.
As for Mourinho, I doubt there's anyone in Benfica's hierarchy that can force an apology out of him.
Sorry, but this is super gross.
And Mourinho and Clattenburg are not escalating covering themselves in glory:
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
And Mourinho and Clattenburg are not escalating covering themselves in glory:
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Benfica boss Jose Mourinho criticised for reaction to Vinicius Junior racist abuse claims
Reaction to Real Madrid's victory against Benfica as game marred by Vinicius Jr racism claims
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It's vile that Mark Clattenburg still hasn't apologized for blaming Vinicius for his own racist abuse. Amazon Prime hasn't put out a statement distancing themselves from his on-air comments either.
As for Mourinho, I doubt there's anyone in Benfica's hierarchy that can force an apology out of him.
As for Mourinho, I doubt there's anyone in Benfica's hierarchy that can force an apology out of him.
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Well which is it? Are you for birthright citizenship or against?
From @theathletic.com: Vice President JD Vance does not seem to agree with Eileen Gu's choice to represent China, rather than the United States, at the Olympics. Gu, who was born in San Francisco, has won five medals for China, where her mother is from. nyti.ms/3ZJtaYv
JD Vance insinuates Eileen Gu should be representing the United States at Winter Olympics
Gu was born in 2003, and her mother, Yan Gu, is a first-generation Chinese immigrant. Her father is American.
nyti.ms
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Well which is it? Are you for birthright citizenship or against?
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
This piece goes into depth in explaining how greasy this arrangement is. Morally, it's indefensible.
The NBA should distance itself from ICE detention centers (or modern day concentration camps), not court investment from owners or firms profiting off fascist white nationalism and human suffering.
The NBA should distance itself from ICE detention centers (or modern day concentration camps), not court investment from owners or firms profiting off fascist white nationalism and human suffering.
I identified four (4) NBA teams part-owned by a firm that sold a property to the Department of Homeland Security for a planned ICE detention center. And I explain why more owners could follow in the warehouse to megajail business.
it's the new [eyeblack]:
it's the new [eyeblack]:
An NBA investor in four teams profits from immigrant athletes — and immigrant megajails
[eyeblack] identifies four NBA teams tied to an investor that made $120M selling property for a planned ICE detention center, and explains why more owners could follow.
www.readeyeblack.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This piece goes into depth in explaining how greasy this arrangement is. Morally, it's indefensible.
The NBA should distance itself from ICE detention centers (or modern day concentration camps), not court investment from owners or firms profiting off fascist white nationalism and human suffering.
The NBA should distance itself from ICE detention centers (or modern day concentration camps), not court investment from owners or firms profiting off fascist white nationalism and human suffering.
Thread. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but Adam Silver is a significantly worse NBA commissioner than David Stern ever was.
He's gotten into bed with gambling companies, hedge fund bros, and private equity groups like Blue Owl— the latter of which profited from ICE detainment facilities.
He's gotten into bed with gambling companies, hedge fund bros, and private equity groups like Blue Owl— the latter of which profited from ICE detainment facilities.
Looking further, Blue Owl Capital owns 5% of the Sacramento Kings which was purchased in July '21 @ a 1.8 billion valuation. Dyal HomeCourt fund is what they're using to buy minority stakes in NBA teams. Which was allowed possible due to Adam Silver
🔗: finance.yahoo.com/video/blue-o...
🔗: finance.yahoo.com/video/blue-o...
February 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Thread. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but Adam Silver is a significantly worse NBA commissioner than David Stern ever was.
He's gotten into bed with gambling companies, hedge fund bros, and private equity groups like Blue Owl— the latter of which profited from ICE detainment facilities.
He's gotten into bed with gambling companies, hedge fund bros, and private equity groups like Blue Owl— the latter of which profited from ICE detainment facilities.
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The Atlantic is garbage, exhibit 7,653,698.
Marco Rubio could have delivered a speech in Munich that was an “undiplomatic tirade,” Eliot A. Cohen argues—instead, the secretary of state “sought not only to reassure but to rally Europeans”:
Marco Rubio’s Impressive Speech
The secretary of state sought not only to reassure but to rally Europeans.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The Atlantic is garbage, exhibit 7,653,698.
Also, the "why is it always Vinicius" criticism answers itself.
Many players raise the issue of being racially abused, but when games don't stop and racists aren't often confronted, it gets ignored.
Vinicius breathes fire whenever he he's racially abused, which forces the issue to the forefront.
Many players raise the issue of being racially abused, but when games don't stop and racists aren't often confronted, it gets ignored.
Vinicius breathes fire whenever he he's racially abused, which forces the issue to the forefront.
February 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Also, the "why is it always Vinicius" criticism answers itself.
Many players raise the issue of being racially abused, but when games don't stop and racists aren't often confronted, it gets ignored.
Vinicius breathes fire whenever he he's racially abused, which forces the issue to the forefront.
Many players raise the issue of being racially abused, but when games don't stop and racists aren't often confronted, it gets ignored.
Vinicius breathes fire whenever he he's racially abused, which forces the issue to the forefront.
It's the laziest argument imaginable, bringing up Eusebio, a Black footballer, as "proof" that Benfica doesn't have racists within its ranks or wider fandom.
Jose Mourinho knows this, but trotted it out anyway in defense of Prestianni and the fans that threw objects at Vinicius.
Jose Mourinho knows this, but trotted it out anyway in defense of Prestianni and the fans that threw objects at Vinicius.
When it comes to Jose Mourinho's comments about Vinicius Junior alleging he was racially abused by a Benfica player, it is difficult to know where to start.
But the line about Benfica legend Eusebio is as good a place as any.
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🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...
But the line about Benfica legend Eusebio is as good a place as any.
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🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It's the laziest argument imaginable, bringing up Eusebio, a Black footballer, as "proof" that Benfica doesn't have racists within its ranks or wider fandom.
Jose Mourinho knows this, but trotted it out anyway in defense of Prestianni and the fans that threw objects at Vinicius.
Jose Mourinho knows this, but trotted it out anyway in defense of Prestianni and the fans that threw objects at Vinicius.
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NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand: