Dr Gina van Raphael
@aliagvr.bsky.social
Political Anthropologist｜IR: Diplomacy, Authoritarian Rule｜Arab/Saudi Studies — Historiography, Ethnography, Tribe)｜US Policy Intersection | Non Exec Dir UKG | NRS
Right. @mrjamesob.bsky.social + @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social + whoever is here from BBC Question Time (Fiona?), note the below. 'Tis quite important. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Right. @mrjamesob.bsky.social + @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social + whoever is here from BBC Question Time (Fiona?), note the below. 'Tis quite important. 👇
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Also, it's plain authoritarianism. Bannon milks the religiosity of the cult, others the ka-ching of $ they get, but the guy in charge will use any method possible to make it happen.
Authoritarianism 101. From 2019:
Authoritarianism 101. From 2019:
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Also, it's plain authoritarianism. Bannon milks the religiosity of the cult, others the ka-ching of $ they get, but the guy in charge will use any method possible to make it happen.
Authoritarianism 101. From 2019:
Authoritarianism 101. From 2019:
They do indeed. See my yellow-highlighted marks and red arrows.
This is just one page from the Gaza Plan 2035.
This is just one page from the Gaza Plan 2035.
October 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
They do indeed. See my yellow-highlighted marks and red arrows.
This is just one page from the Gaza Plan 2035.
This is just one page from the Gaza Plan 2035.
This is the Trump-Netanyahu Gaza Plan 2035 (1 of 38 pp). Yellow boxes & red arrows my mark-ups.
Trump gets ~40%; Musk ~25%; surveillance by Oracle, Palantir et al ~15%. Gazans have temp housing for 10 yrs only.
But Saudi won't normalise w/Israel until 2 states. There'd be an internal coup w/out.
Trump gets ~40%; Musk ~25%; surveillance by Oracle, Palantir et al ~15%. Gazans have temp housing for 10 yrs only.
But Saudi won't normalise w/Israel until 2 states. There'd be an internal coup w/out.
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is the Trump-Netanyahu Gaza Plan 2035 (1 of 38 pp). Yellow boxes & red arrows my mark-ups.
Trump gets ~40%; Musk ~25%; surveillance by Oracle, Palantir et al ~15%. Gazans have temp housing for 10 yrs only.
But Saudi won't normalise w/Israel until 2 states. There'd be an internal coup w/out.
Trump gets ~40%; Musk ~25%; surveillance by Oracle, Palantir et al ~15%. Gazans have temp housing for 10 yrs only.
But Saudi won't normalise w/Israel until 2 states. There'd be an internal coup w/out.
Didn't you ever read the 'Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition' by Ed Regis (1990)? I think I gave it to everyone that Christmas.
I'm still convinced the techrbros all read it. And totally misunderstood it — but you know, *Stanford*...
I'm still convinced the techrbros all read it. And totally misunderstood it — but you know, *Stanford*...
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Didn't you ever read the 'Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition' by Ed Regis (1990)? I think I gave it to everyone that Christmas.
I'm still convinced the techrbros all read it. And totally misunderstood it — but you know, *Stanford*...
I'm still convinced the techrbros all read it. And totally misunderstood it — but you know, *Stanford*...
From my prism (expertise), Gaza is going to be one of their first test states. This is just 1 page of the Gaza Plan 2035 (red arrows and yellow comment boxes mine).
With well over 90% of Gaza destroyed using their tech, Trump, Musk, Thiel et al aren't going to give up on Netanyahu's lifelong plan.
With well over 90% of Gaza destroyed using their tech, Trump, Musk, Thiel et al aren't going to give up on Netanyahu's lifelong plan.
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
From my prism (expertise), Gaza is going to be one of their first test states. This is just 1 page of the Gaza Plan 2035 (red arrows and yellow comment boxes mine).
With well over 90% of Gaza destroyed using their tech, Trump, Musk, Thiel et al aren't going to give up on Netanyahu's lifelong plan.
With well over 90% of Gaza destroyed using their tech, Trump, Musk, Thiel et al aren't going to give up on Netanyahu's lifelong plan.
So...that ceasefire? Israel already broke it.
October 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So...that ceasefire? Israel already broke it.
October 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Western pundits wasting time and words on Trump/Netanyahu's Gaza Plan might do well to understand:
Arabs states haven't deviated from the same message—2 states, Israeli withdrawal, Gaza contiguous w/W Bank, and ceasefire.
IOW, they don't support; they're reviewing. This is diplomatic politeness.
Arabs states haven't deviated from the same message—2 states, Israeli withdrawal, Gaza contiguous w/W Bank, and ceasefire.
IOW, they don't support; they're reviewing. This is diplomatic politeness.
September 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Western pundits wasting time and words on Trump/Netanyahu's Gaza Plan might do well to understand:
Arabs states haven't deviated from the same message—2 states, Israeli withdrawal, Gaza contiguous w/W Bank, and ceasefire.
IOW, they don't support; they're reviewing. This is diplomatic politeness.
Arabs states haven't deviated from the same message—2 states, Israeli withdrawal, Gaza contiguous w/W Bank, and ceasefire.
IOW, they don't support; they're reviewing. This is diplomatic politeness.
How the BBC is covering Netanyahu's speech. For those who think it's just pro-Israel.
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How the BBC is covering Netanyahu's speech. For those who think it's just pro-Israel.
'Too bad that all of the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.'
American comedian George Burns
American comedian George Burns
September 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
'Too bad that all of the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.'
American comedian George Burns
American comedian George Burns
People really think gilding up the Oval Office, ripping out the rose garden, and building a new ballroom is just to benefit Trump for a couple more years.
The list for authoritarians is always the same.
The list for authoritarians is always the same.
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
People really think gilding up the Oval Office, ripping out the rose garden, and building a new ballroom is just to benefit Trump for a couple more years.
The list for authoritarians is always the same.
The list for authoritarians is always the same.
You asked if you wanted to really see what you don't want to see, which is the right question.
It is not about one show being cancelled. It is the daily firehose of authoritarian manoeuvrings that none can count without denial of reality.
Because then people must accept that they allowed it so.
It is not about one show being cancelled. It is the daily firehose of authoritarian manoeuvrings that none can count without denial of reality.
Because then people must accept that they allowed it so.
September 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You asked if you wanted to really see what you don't want to see, which is the right question.
It is not about one show being cancelled. It is the daily firehose of authoritarian manoeuvrings that none can count without denial of reality.
Because then people must accept that they allowed it so.
It is not about one show being cancelled. It is the daily firehose of authoritarian manoeuvrings that none can count without denial of reality.
Because then people must accept that they allowed it so.
Day Two of Trump's visit here. Note the pageantry is only confined to the Windsor driveway, no public close.
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Day Two of Trump's visit here. Note the pageantry is only confined to the Windsor driveway, no public close.
Proud of my country, and this is just day one.
Go to this account, hit play, and enjoy who we are. (Not in front of small children.)
x.com/AntiTrumpCan...
Go to this account, hit play, and enjoy who we are. (Not in front of small children.)
x.com/AntiTrumpCan...
September 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Proud of my country, and this is just day one.
Go to this account, hit play, and enjoy who we are. (Not in front of small children.)
x.com/AntiTrumpCan...
Go to this account, hit play, and enjoy who we are. (Not in front of small children.)
x.com/AntiTrumpCan...
Gaza’s Contribution to Civilization
by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
(Palestine Museum of Natural History, Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University)
popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2025/09/gaza...
by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
(Palestine Museum of Natural History, Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University)
popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2025/09/gaza...
September 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Gaza’s Contribution to Civilization
by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
(Palestine Museum of Natural History, Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University)
popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2025/09/gaza...
by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
(Palestine Museum of Natural History, Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University)
popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2025/09/gaza...
I started, then curious to see if Kash Patel's 'Valhalla' invocation was connected/code.
Sure enough ...
Sure enough ...
September 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I started, then curious to see if Kash Patel's 'Valhalla' invocation was connected/code.
Sure enough ...
Sure enough ...
His invocation of 'Valhalla' seemed odd to me. And now that 'groyper' is being used — by Musk's AI no less — to describe Kirk's killer, I was curious.
Valhalla part of the groyper community too? Quite possibly.
Valhalla part of the groyper community too? Quite possibly.
September 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
His invocation of 'Valhalla' seemed odd to me. And now that 'groyper' is being used — by Musk's AI no less — to describe Kirk's killer, I was curious.
Valhalla part of the groyper community too? Quite possibly.
Valhalla part of the groyper community too? Quite possibly.
Motive needs to be determined before labelling.
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Motive needs to be determined before labelling.
Trump and Musk to take Gaza w/a LOT of dark surveillance & military contractor groups. Oh, Ikea & the Bin Ladin Group too. (MAGA will ♥️ that.)
Under control of a 'new' Palestinian political party TBD.
Because of _course_ Gazans will afford $1 mill homes.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f8...
Under control of a 'new' Palestinian political party TBD.
Because of _course_ Gazans will afford $1 mill homes.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f8...
September 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trump and Musk to take Gaza w/a LOT of dark surveillance & military contractor groups. Oh, Ikea & the Bin Ladin Group too. (MAGA will ♥️ that.)
Under control of a 'new' Palestinian political party TBD.
Because of _course_ Gazans will afford $1 mill homes.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f8...
Under control of a 'new' Palestinian political party TBD.
Because of _course_ Gazans will afford $1 mill homes.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f8...
Trump: Staining the Oval Office
L: FDR’s Oval Office, 1945 R: Trump's Oval Office, 2025
L: FDR’s Oval Office, 1945 R: Trump's Oval Office, 2025
September 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump: Staining the Oval Office
L: FDR’s Oval Office, 1945 R: Trump's Oval Office, 2025
L: FDR’s Oval Office, 1945 R: Trump's Oval Office, 2025
5 years ago this @lincolnproject.us tweet went viral after Trump hadn't been seen for (not even) 2 days.
2025 and it's been 5 days since he's been seen. Very odd now.
2025 and it's been 5 days since he's been seen. Very odd now.
September 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
5 years ago this @lincolnproject.us tweet went viral after Trump hadn't been seen for (not even) 2 days.
2025 and it's been 5 days since he's been seen. Very odd now.
2025 and it's been 5 days since he's been seen. Very odd now.
They've all failed...again. Media failed in 2015-2016, promised they'd not screw up again, continued to repeat their failures anyway, re-elected Trump, and now've dragged in all the Tech Broligarchs with him.
All for ratings; nothing for ethics.
All for ratings; nothing for ethics.
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
They've all failed...again. Media failed in 2015-2016, promised they'd not screw up again, continued to repeat their failures anyway, re-elected Trump, and now've dragged in all the Tech Broligarchs with him.
All for ratings; nothing for ethics.
All for ratings; nothing for ethics.
Know what we in Europe/the UK know — 99% of the time — when 'BREAKING NEWS' and "we go to the US now ..."?
Mass shooting. Yet another mass shooting. Every damned time. A school usually. Because it's so normal yet you pretend it's not. It is.
Because *you*, in Congress, do nothing.
Mass shooting. Yet another mass shooting. Every damned time. A school usually. Because it's so normal yet you pretend it's not. It is.
Because *you*, in Congress, do nothing.
August 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Know what we in Europe/the UK know — 99% of the time — when 'BREAKING NEWS' and "we go to the US now ..."?
Mass shooting. Yet another mass shooting. Every damned time. A school usually. Because it's so normal yet you pretend it's not. It is.
Because *you*, in Congress, do nothing.
Mass shooting. Yet another mass shooting. Every damned time. A school usually. Because it's so normal yet you pretend it's not. It is.
Because *you*, in Congress, do nothing.