takhalus
@takhalus.bsky.social
Boon companion of mankind
and fan of magical realism .
and fan of magical realism .
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Nothing to see here, just a picture of the Finance Minister and the Minister in the Defense Ministry next to graffiti saying "Death to Arabs." ( which he posted himself…
Another successful day for the Netanyahu government.
Another successful day for the Netanyahu government.
August 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Nothing to see here, just a picture of the Finance Minister and the Minister in the Defense Ministry next to graffiti saying "Death to Arabs." ( which he posted himself…
Another successful day for the Netanyahu government.
Another successful day for the Netanyahu government.
The x algorithm has throttled any expressions of pro Palestinian activism.
May 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The x algorithm has throttled any expressions of pro Palestinian activism.
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I just turned on the lights to go downstairs and found this…
April 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I just turned on the lights to go downstairs and found this…
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IDF soldiers who charged the aid team fired continuously for ~ 3.5 minutes, reloading their magazines and shooting even though no return fire came from the other side– and despite cries of aid workers trying to identify themselves.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
April 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
IDF soldiers who charged the aid team fired continuously for ~ 3.5 minutes, reloading their magazines and shooting even though no return fire came from the other side– and despite cries of aid workers trying to identify themselves.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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My new favourite genre of piece is people who watch White Lotus and absolutely do not understand it to the point that they sound as magnificently un-self-aware as a character on White Lotus
March 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My new favourite genre of piece is people who watch White Lotus and absolutely do not understand it to the point that they sound as magnificently un-self-aware as a character on White Lotus
#Pakistan Salman Akram Raja’s recent talk was interesting. He referred to his chat with someone senior in the Pakistani establishment about how opposition should accept election rigging and its control as fait accompli.
February 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#Pakistan Salman Akram Raja’s recent talk was interesting. He referred to his chat with someone senior in the Pakistani establishment about how opposition should accept election rigging and its control as fait accompli.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Diversity is a fact: All kinds of people exist.
Equity is a goal: All kinds of people deserve a chance at success.
Inclusion is how we get to equity. By including them, they can achieve success.
It's that simple.
Equity is a goal: All kinds of people deserve a chance at success.
Inclusion is how we get to equity. By including them, they can achieve success.
It's that simple.
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Diversity is a fact: All kinds of people exist.
Equity is a goal: All kinds of people deserve a chance at success.
Inclusion is how we get to equity. By including them, they can achieve success.
It's that simple.
Equity is a goal: All kinds of people deserve a chance at success.
Inclusion is how we get to equity. By including them, they can achieve success.
It's that simple.
"Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
- Albert Camus
- Albert Camus
January 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
- Albert Camus
- Albert Camus
“If no one ever marries me”
If no one ever marries me,—
And I don't see why they should,
For nurse says I'm not pretty,
And I'm seldom very good—
If no one ever marries me
I shan't mind very much;
I shall buy a squirrel in a cage,
And a little rabbit-hutch:
I shall have a cottage
near a wood,
If no one ever marries me,—
And I don't see why they should,
For nurse says I'm not pretty,
And I'm seldom very good—
If no one ever marries me
I shan't mind very much;
I shall buy a squirrel in a cage,
And a little rabbit-hutch:
I shall have a cottage
near a wood,
January 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“If no one ever marries me”
If no one ever marries me,—
And I don't see why they should,
For nurse says I'm not pretty,
And I'm seldom very good—
If no one ever marries me
I shan't mind very much;
I shall buy a squirrel in a cage,
And a little rabbit-hutch:
I shall have a cottage
near a wood,
If no one ever marries me,—
And I don't see why they should,
For nurse says I'm not pretty,
And I'm seldom very good—
If no one ever marries me
I shan't mind very much;
I shall buy a squirrel in a cage,
And a little rabbit-hutch:
I shall have a cottage
near a wood,
28 March 1940 INC annual session at Ramgarh. Here Phillips Talbot met Congress leaders. He noted Bacha Khan “There is nothing wily about him, nothing clever. He lives with a deep conviction of God & believes that difficulties in the path of his followers mean they haven’t made themselves worthy.”
January 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
28 March 1940 INC annual session at Ramgarh. Here Phillips Talbot met Congress leaders. He noted Bacha Khan “There is nothing wily about him, nothing clever. He lives with a deep conviction of God & believes that difficulties in the path of his followers mean they haven’t made themselves worthy.”
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"So, Mr Bond. Do you prefer to die by roller blind or by drapes?”
"Drapes? What are drapes?”
"It's 'curtains' for you, Mr Bond."
"Drapes? What are drapes?”
"It's 'curtains' for you, Mr Bond."
January 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"So, Mr Bond. Do you prefer to die by roller blind or by drapes?”
"Drapes? What are drapes?”
"It's 'curtains' for you, Mr Bond."
"Drapes? What are drapes?”
"It's 'curtains' for you, Mr Bond."
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The latest episode of @empirepoduk.bsky.social . The story behind the Taj - a tale of love and loss….
January 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The latest episode of @empirepoduk.bsky.social . The story behind the Taj - a tale of love and loss….
So .. anyone
a woman in a black suit is standing in front of a cross in a dark room .
ALT: a woman in a black suit is standing in front of a cross in a dark room .
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
So .. anyone
The grooming scandal was a horrific incident.
This interview is a worrying sign of how Musk stirring the pot has actually resonated with victims.
youtu.be/P1LGj1Vo8AU?...
This interview is a worrying sign of how Musk stirring the pot has actually resonated with victims.
youtu.be/P1LGj1Vo8AU?...
Elon Musk has 'amplified our voices', says Rotherham victim | LBC Exclusive
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The grooming scandal was a horrific incident.
This interview is a worrying sign of how Musk stirring the pot has actually resonated with victims.
youtu.be/P1LGj1Vo8AU?...
This interview is a worrying sign of how Musk stirring the pot has actually resonated with victims.
youtu.be/P1LGj1Vo8AU?...
This is an insightful interview with Robert Kaplan on the decline of the USA. youtu.be/wad8J2hRdpo?...
Trump, US decline, and global chaos - Robert D Kaplan interview | US politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is an insightful interview with Robert Kaplan on the decline of the USA. youtu.be/wad8J2hRdpo?...
Interview granted to Dr. Amin Aboul Enein, Editor, “Egyptian Gazette” and “Egyptian Mail”, at Lahore January 29, 1976
January 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Interview granted to Dr. Amin Aboul Enein, Editor, “Egyptian Gazette” and “Egyptian Mail”, at Lahore January 29, 1976
US 1980 intelligence analysis of Pakistan military dictator President Zia-ul Haq
January 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
US 1980 intelligence analysis of Pakistan military dictator President Zia-ul Haq
Suleiman the magnificent to Poland’s King Zygmunt the Old:
I am 70 & you are old too, the threads of our lives are running out. We shall soon meet in happier lands, where we shall sit, sated with fame ‘ glory, next to the Highest, I on his right hand & you on his left, talking about our friendship.
I am 70 & you are old too, the threads of our lives are running out. We shall soon meet in happier lands, where we shall sit, sated with fame ‘ glory, next to the Highest, I on his right hand & you on his left, talking about our friendship.
January 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Suleiman the magnificent to Poland’s King Zygmunt the Old:
I am 70 & you are old too, the threads of our lives are running out. We shall soon meet in happier lands, where we shall sit, sated with fame ‘ glory, next to the Highest, I on his right hand & you on his left, talking about our friendship.
I am 70 & you are old too, the threads of our lives are running out. We shall soon meet in happier lands, where we shall sit, sated with fame ‘ glory, next to the Highest, I on his right hand & you on his left, talking about our friendship.
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Any woman who has ever received online abuse has some understanding of what Jess Philips is now exposed to, but it is on an entirely different level.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
Elon Musk, owner of X, tweeted that Home Office Minister Jess Phillips "deserves to be in prison" and labelled her a "rape genocide apologist"
This is the type of radicalised content that socialises people towards violence against Ministers and MPs
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/starmer...
This is the type of radicalised content that socialises people towards violence against Ministers and MPs
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/starmer...
Starmer urged to take action as 'out of control' Musk targets Jess Phillips
Days after calling for X posts to be "more positive", Musk has dubbed Jess Phillips a "rape genocide apologist".
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Any woman who has ever received online abuse has some understanding of what Jess Philips is now exposed to, but it is on an entirely different level.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
It is dangerous to her safety.
Yes, it is diplomatically “delicate”. But if you do nothing it is an admission of your own impotence.
A capitulation.
I had a sneak peak at this new book by Dr. Nafeez Ahmed on the origins and key people behind the alt right.
My take homes?
1) Look at each character in this web as a node in a network. They don’t operate on their own
2) They are not particularly smart. Lucky pseudo scientists at the right time.
My take homes?
1) Look at each character in this web as a node in a network. They don’t operate on their own
2) They are not particularly smart. Lucky pseudo scientists at the right time.
December 30, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I had a sneak peak at this new book by Dr. Nafeez Ahmed on the origins and key people behind the alt right.
My take homes?
1) Look at each character in this web as a node in a network. They don’t operate on their own
2) They are not particularly smart. Lucky pseudo scientists at the right time.
My take homes?
1) Look at each character in this web as a node in a network. They don’t operate on their own
2) They are not particularly smart. Lucky pseudo scientists at the right time.