Octavian
@octavianiv.bsky.social
Leftist Canadian university student of International Relations
"terrorism will not succeed in wrecking Israel, but it may succeed in ruining Israeli democracy" - Victor Cygielman (1968)
July 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"terrorism will not succeed in wrecking Israel, but it may succeed in ruining Israeli democracy" - Victor Cygielman (1968)
Anyone else sad that this app isn’t as popular as X. I wish I could get my voice out more but it feels like a ghost town over here.
Right wing media truly does pay.
Right wing media truly does pay.
July 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Anyone else sad that this app isn’t as popular as X. I wish I could get my voice out more but it feels like a ghost town over here.
Right wing media truly does pay.
Right wing media truly does pay.
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Some of my fellow Jews think a college kid wearing a kaffiyeh is a greater threat to their personal safety than an authoritarian government rounding up people to send to torture camps and the world's richest man who made a Nazi AI, and I'm really not sure what to say to them anymore.
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Some of my fellow Jews think a college kid wearing a kaffiyeh is a greater threat to their personal safety than an authoritarian government rounding up people to send to torture camps and the world's richest man who made a Nazi AI, and I'm really not sure what to say to them anymore.
Why isn’t media democratic?
July 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Why isn’t media democratic?
Not discussed enough. Israel may be committing the crime, but it is one piece of the culpability puzzle
"'Economy of Genocide': UN Expert Accuses Major Corporations of Profiting Off of Israel's Assault on Gaza"
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, releases report accusing more than 45 entities of making money from Israel's Gaza genocide and illegal occupation of the West Bank:
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, releases report accusing more than 45 entities of making money from Israel's Gaza genocide and illegal occupation of the West Bank:
'Economy of Genocide': UN Expert Accuses Major Corporations of Profiting Off of Israel's Assault on Gaza
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, releases report accusing more than 45 entities of making money from Israel's Gaza genocide and illegal occupation of the West Bank.
zeteo.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Not discussed enough. Israel may be committing the crime, but it is one piece of the culpability puzzle
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The state that has tasked itself with creating a safe heaven for the Jewish people has created the antithesis. In Wilhelm II fashion, it has seemingly manufactured its own enemies through hostile and tyrannical ways.
Contemporary Israel might just be the Jewish peoples’ worst enemy.
Contemporary Israel might just be the Jewish peoples’ worst enemy.
El Al says to start rescue flights out of Israel starting on Monday, after getting 25,000 applications reut.rs/44sdIDg
El Al says to start rescue flights out of Israel starting on Monday, after getting 25,000 applications
Israeli airline El Al said it would resume flights out of Tel Aviv airport on Monday, as the government began to allow limited "rescue" flights in the midst of the Middle East conflict and U.S. bombing of Iran.
reut.rs
June 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The state that has tasked itself with creating a safe heaven for the Jewish people has created the antithesis. In Wilhelm II fashion, it has seemingly manufactured its own enemies through hostile and tyrannical ways.
Contemporary Israel might just be the Jewish peoples’ worst enemy.
Contemporary Israel might just be the Jewish peoples’ worst enemy.
Crazy that mainstream media like the Atlantic can get away with posting articles like this.
"Trump got this one right, doing what his predecessors lacked the intestinal fortitude (or, to be fair, the promising opportunity) to do," argues @eliotacohen.bsky.social:
Trump Got This One Right
The president has made many poor decisions, but in striking Iran, he acted where his predecessors had failed.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Crazy that mainstream media like the Atlantic can get away with posting articles like this.
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US orders departure of family members and non-emergency US personnel from Lebanon reut.rs/3ZGpasd
US orders departure of family members and non-emergency US personnel from Lebanon
The U.S. State Department ordered the departure of family members and non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Lebanon citing the volatile security situation in the region, a State Department notice emailed to U.S. citizens in Lebanon showed on Sunday.
reut.rs
June 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
US orders departure of family members and non-emergency US personnel from Lebanon reut.rs/3ZGpasd
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"My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and a unifier. That's what I want to be. A peacemaker and a unifier."
-Donald Trump, January 2025
-Donald Trump, January 2025
June 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and a unifier. That's what I want to be. A peacemaker and a unifier."
-Donald Trump, January 2025
-Donald Trump, January 2025
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Correct. Trump is such a hypocrite.
June 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Correct. Trump is such a hypocrite.
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“Donald Trump has guaranteed that Iran will be a nuclear weapons state in 5 to 10 years from now.”
Iranian writer @tparsi.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that US bombing of Iran would push Tehran toward developing nuclear weapons.
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...
Iranian writer @tparsi.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that US bombing of Iran would push Tehran toward developing nuclear weapons.
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...
June 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“Donald Trump has guaranteed that Iran will be a nuclear weapons state in 5 to 10 years from now.”
Iranian writer @tparsi.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that US bombing of Iran would push Tehran toward developing nuclear weapons.
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...
Iranian writer @tparsi.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that US bombing of Iran would push Tehran toward developing nuclear weapons.
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...
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AVAILABLE NOW! All-new episode of #EconomicUpdate with @profwolff.bsky.social "Making Sense of #Trump's #Economic Plan!" #democracyatwork Watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=arHE...
Economic Update: Making Sense Of Trump's Economic Plan
YouTube video by Democracy At Work
www.youtube.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
AVAILABLE NOW! All-new episode of #EconomicUpdate with @profwolff.bsky.social "Making Sense of #Trump's #Economic Plan!" #democracyatwork Watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=arHE...
“Netanyahu refused to rule out the possibility of targeting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying, ‘It’s not going to escalate the conflict. It’s going to end the conflict.’”
The West said the exact same thing with Saddam. Look at what happened.
The West is the supreme villain of today.
The West said the exact same thing with Saddam. Look at what happened.
The West is the supreme villain of today.
Here are the key events on day four of the Israel-Iran conflict.
Israel-Iran conflict: List of key events, June 16, 2025
Here are the key events on day four of the Israel-Iran conflict.
bit.ly
June 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Netanyahu refused to rule out the possibility of targeting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying, ‘It’s not going to escalate the conflict. It’s going to end the conflict.’”
The West said the exact same thing with Saddam. Look at what happened.
The West is the supreme villain of today.
The West said the exact same thing with Saddam. Look at what happened.
The West is the supreme villain of today.
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Solution for US police, require university level: 4 year law course, human rights theory, humanities, communications, first 2 years as community / social services with no weapon, and mandatory physical fitness that must be maintained during career. 21 year to 42 year age caps.
June 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Solution for US police, require university level: 4 year law course, human rights theory, humanities, communications, first 2 years as community / social services with no weapon, and mandatory physical fitness that must be maintained during career. 21 year to 42 year age caps.
Might the US be ready to support their greatest ally in another war they cannot win, while simultaneously inflicting millions of casualties?
Has the US learned nothing from Iraq?
Instead of 9/11, it’s oct.7. Instead of ‘nukes’ in Iraq, it’s ‘nukes’ in Iran.
www.twz.com/air/armada-o...
Has the US learned nothing from Iraq?
Instead of 9/11, it’s oct.7. Instead of ‘nukes’ in Iraq, it’s ‘nukes’ in Iran.
www.twz.com/air/armada-o...
Armada Of USAF Tankers Just Deployed East Over Atlantic Spurring Speculation
The mysterious migration could signal a major contingency being put in place or even a change in U.S. policy on the Iran-Israel war.
www.twz.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Might the US be ready to support their greatest ally in another war they cannot win, while simultaneously inflicting millions of casualties?
Has the US learned nothing from Iraq?
Instead of 9/11, it’s oct.7. Instead of ‘nukes’ in Iraq, it’s ‘nukes’ in Iran.
www.twz.com/air/armada-o...
Has the US learned nothing from Iraq?
Instead of 9/11, it’s oct.7. Instead of ‘nukes’ in Iraq, it’s ‘nukes’ in Iran.
www.twz.com/air/armada-o...
"Whatever security problems Israel would [face in the case of a Palestinian State] do not compare with those it has been in the process of creating for itself by its commitment to expansionism and confrontation, which guarantees endless turmoil and war, and sooner or later, probably destruction."
June 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"Whatever security problems Israel would [face in the case of a Palestinian State] do not compare with those it has been in the process of creating for itself by its commitment to expansionism and confrontation, which guarantees endless turmoil and war, and sooner or later, probably destruction."
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If a military parade marches down a street and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
June 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If a military parade marches down a street and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
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It shouldn’t be shocking, but the lack of any expressed concern whatsoever for Muslims in this statement is shocking
June 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It shouldn’t be shocking, but the lack of any expressed concern whatsoever for Muslims in this statement is shocking
Please do not forget about Palestine as BIBI bombs Iran
The West Bank.
June 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Please do not forget about Palestine as BIBI bombs Iran
This was very necessary
The US Army said it will restore the names of seven Army bases that previously honored Confederate leaders.
cnn.it/3Tkl5Gq
cnn.it/3Tkl5Gq
June 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This was very necessary