phrais
@phrais.bsky.social
🤍 The net, all things quantum, digital nomad. Also a twitter expatriate.
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Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Jane Goodall
Thank you, Jane Goodall
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Jane Goodall
Thank you, Jane Goodall
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For @forward.com, I wrote about how we know that Israel has been withholding food as a military tactic because Israeli officials have said versions of “we are withholding food as a military tactic” for the entirety of the war and pretending otherwise is willful ignorance forward.com/opinion/7586...
Is starvation in Gaza really Israel's fault? The facts are clear
Rising starvation in Gaza may have a number of factors. But Israel's wartime policies on humanitarian aid are inarguably among them.
forward.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
For @forward.com, I wrote about how we know that Israel has been withholding food as a military tactic because Israeli officials have said versions of “we are withholding food as a military tactic” for the entirety of the war and pretending otherwise is willful ignorance forward.com/opinion/7586...
This is also a considerable underestimation for ‘technical’ errors.
The last Israeli army offensive in Gaza uses ‘necrotactics.’ From a military perspective, necrotactics reverse traditional goals of warfare, by entering strategic ground solely in order to kill.
-Weizman2006b
The last Israeli army offensive in Gaza uses ‘necrotactics.’ From a military perspective, necrotactics reverse traditional goals of warfare, by entering strategic ground solely in order to kill.
-Weizman2006b
IDF says it missed intended target after children killed collecting water in Gaza
IDF says it missed intended target after children killed collecting water in Gaza
The Israeli military says it missed its intended target after 10 Palestinians - including six children - were killed in a strike at a water collection point in Gaza.
news.sky.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is also a considerable underestimation for ‘technical’ errors.
The last Israeli army offensive in Gaza uses ‘necrotactics.’ From a military perspective, necrotactics reverse traditional goals of warfare, by entering strategic ground solely in order to kill.
-Weizman2006b
The last Israeli army offensive in Gaza uses ‘necrotactics.’ From a military perspective, necrotactics reverse traditional goals of warfare, by entering strategic ground solely in order to kill.
-Weizman2006b
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A naked attempt to avert EU sanctions by announcing a verbal agreement to allow more aid. Not worth the paper it's not written on
www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
EU and Israel reach Gaza aid deal, Kallas says - Euractiv
A "substantial increase of daily trucks" would happen in the "coming days", the EU's top diplomat said.
www.euractiv.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A naked attempt to avert EU sanctions by announcing a verbal agreement to allow more aid. Not worth the paper it's not written on
www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
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Sam Shaw took some of the most famous photographs of Marilyn Monroe, but I hadn’t seen this one before. Marilyn is window-shopping on Fifth Avenue, 1957.
July 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Sam Shaw took some of the most famous photographs of Marilyn Monroe, but I hadn’t seen this one before. Marilyn is window-shopping on Fifth Avenue, 1957.
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Joint statement of 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇬🇧:
"we are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end."
"we are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end."
May 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Joint statement of 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇬🇧:
"we are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end."
"we are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end."
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A M6.2 earthquake below the Sea of Marmara shook Istanbul today. While damage in this event was limited, a large earthquake on this fault system is one of the world’s most serious, and most anticipated, seismic disasters.
Learn more: earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m62-earthq...
A M6.2 earthquake below the Sea of Marmara shook Istanbul today. While damage in this event was limited, a large earthquake on this fault system is one of the world’s most serious, and most anticipated, seismic disasters.
Learn more: earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m62-earthq...
M6.2 earthquake shakes Istanbul
It's not the big one... yet.
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A M6.2 earthquake below the Sea of Marmara shook Istanbul today. While damage in this event was limited, a large earthquake on this fault system is one of the world’s most serious, and most anticipated, seismic disasters.
Learn more: earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m62-earthq...
A M6.2 earthquake below the Sea of Marmara shook Istanbul today. While damage in this event was limited, a large earthquake on this fault system is one of the world’s most serious, and most anticipated, seismic disasters.
Learn more: earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m62-earthq...
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I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
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“Combat, victory, administration” sounds a lot more like “clear, hold, build” than the previous “clear, withdraw, repeat” strategy did.
Sure seems like the IDF, under the new chief of staff, is gearing up for the occupation—and inevitable insurgency—that it previously insisted wouldn’t work.
Sure seems like the IDF, under the new chief of staff, is gearing up for the occupation—and inevitable insurgency—that it previously insisted wouldn’t work.
March 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“Combat, victory, administration” sounds a lot more like “clear, hold, build” than the previous “clear, withdraw, repeat” strategy did.
Sure seems like the IDF, under the new chief of staff, is gearing up for the occupation—and inevitable insurgency—that it previously insisted wouldn’t work.
Sure seems like the IDF, under the new chief of staff, is gearing up for the occupation—and inevitable insurgency—that it previously insisted wouldn’t work.
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These are the parts of Gaza the IDF has instructed civilians to evacuate since bombing and ground operations resumed last week—60 square miles, over 40 percent of the total area of the strip
March 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
These are the parts of Gaza the IDF has instructed civilians to evacuate since bombing and ground operations resumed last week—60 square miles, over 40 percent of the total area of the strip
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Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and he was then detained by the Israeli military, activists on the scene said.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Jewish settlers and detained, activists say
Activists say Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank, and he was then detained by the Israeli military.
bit.ly
March 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and he was then detained by the Israeli military, activists on the scene said.
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I wrote this for the New Statesman. www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
Aleppo is just the beginning
The advance on the city is a Syrian drama, reflecting both rebel success and regime failure.
www.newstatesman.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:20 PM
I wrote this for the New Statesman. www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
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Eclectic Public Library
Eclectic, AL
Eclectic, AL
November 15, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Eclectic Public Library
Eclectic, AL
Eclectic, AL
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Last night, Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine's power grid. The grid is sometimes called a "dual use object," because it has both civilian and military uses. If you want to read more about dual use objects, check out this forthcoming article.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 17, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Last night, Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine's power grid. The grid is sometimes called a "dual use object," because it has both civilian and military uses. If you want to read more about dual use objects, check out this forthcoming article.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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When someone replies to you saying something like “oh, you thought this right / law / norm still mattered? How naive!” this is just a form of anticipatory obedience. Cynicism is self-protective. It’s a way to justify compliance
November 18, 2024 at 6:05 PM
When someone replies to you saying something like “oh, you thought this right / law / norm still mattered? How naive!” this is just a form of anticipatory obedience. Cynicism is self-protective. It’s a way to justify compliance
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Hi folks!
We are In Other Words: a project that works to promote writing in translation and writing about translation, while also creating space for conversations about the processes of literary translation, and the place that it holds in the literary landscape. ✨
We are In Other Words: a project that works to promote writing in translation and writing about translation, while also creating space for conversations about the processes of literary translation, and the place that it holds in the literary landscape. ✨
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Hi folks!
We are In Other Words: a project that works to promote writing in translation and writing about translation, while also creating space for conversations about the processes of literary translation, and the place that it holds in the literary landscape. ✨
We are In Other Words: a project that works to promote writing in translation and writing about translation, while also creating space for conversations about the processes of literary translation, and the place that it holds in the literary landscape. ✨
On reading simplicity. Many books were my Grandma’s and then Mums (…) It’s taken a while for me to read them, but it was worth the wait.
'One Palestine, Complete' by Tom Segev is a riveting, timely must-read for me now 📖
'One Palestine, Complete' by Tom Segev is a riveting, timely must-read for me now 📖
November 18, 2024 at 7:20 PM
On reading simplicity. Many books were my Grandma’s and then Mums (…) It’s taken a while for me to read them, but it was worth the wait.
'One Palestine, Complete' by Tom Segev is a riveting, timely must-read for me now 📖
'One Palestine, Complete' by Tom Segev is a riveting, timely must-read for me now 📖
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📚🧵 BLUESKY USAGE GUIDE — A Thread (1/n)
November 16, 2024 at 11:31 PM
📚🧵 BLUESKY USAGE GUIDE — A Thread (1/n)
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So, I read smart people.
There is a playbook for this next chapter.
I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there.
Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.
There is a playbook for this next chapter.
I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there.
Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM
So, I read smart people.
There is a playbook for this next chapter.
I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there.
Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.
There is a playbook for this next chapter.
I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there.
Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.
November 11, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Judah Passow, a four-time recipient of the World Press Award, was interviewed at the Frontline Club. Serving in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War was an eye-opener for him.
Life is a sacred text—
youtu.be/RJniNO3V1Mo
Life is a sacred text—
youtu.be/RJniNO3V1Mo
Judah Passow - Shattered Dreams, Israel and the Palestinians
YouTube video by Frontline Club
youtu.be
November 11, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Judah Passow, a four-time recipient of the World Press Award, was interviewed at the Frontline Club. Serving in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War was an eye-opener for him.
Life is a sacred text—
youtu.be/RJniNO3V1Mo
Life is a sacred text—
youtu.be/RJniNO3V1Mo
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On his last day in office, Israel’s outed defense minister offered a revealing glimpse into the war in Gaza – and the decision maker he holds responsible for holding up a ceasefire deal.
Israel’s ousted defense minister says the military has done all it can in Gaza
On his last day in office, Israel’s outed defense minister offered a revealing glimpse into the war in Gaza – and the decision maker he holds responsible for holding up a ceasefire deal.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2024 at 3:43 PM
On his last day in office, Israel’s outed defense minister offered a revealing glimpse into the war in Gaza – and the decision maker he holds responsible for holding up a ceasefire deal.
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I'm reposting these with Etel Adnan in 2015/2016 because I miss her very much.
…
But
I remember
trying to look
straight at the sun
very often (…)
www.sukoonmag.com/responsive/i... - www.wsj.com/articles/why... Kolay gelsin, may it come to you easily.
…
But
I remember
trying to look
straight at the sun
very often (…)
www.sukoonmag.com/responsive/i... - www.wsj.com/articles/why... Kolay gelsin, may it come to you easily.
Interview with Etel Adnan
www.sukoonmag.com
December 30, 2023 at 7:32 PM
I'm reposting these with Etel Adnan in 2015/2016 because I miss her very much.
…
But
I remember
trying to look
straight at the sun
very often (…)
www.sukoonmag.com/responsive/i... - www.wsj.com/articles/why... Kolay gelsin, may it come to you easily.
…
But
I remember
trying to look
straight at the sun
very often (…)
www.sukoonmag.com/responsive/i... - www.wsj.com/articles/why... Kolay gelsin, may it come to you easily.