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Aya

@melangell.bsky.social

Currently, a graduate student in London and Historian-in-training on the modern “Middle East.” UX Researcher. Fascinated with post-war Japan and the human mind. Please come to Upscrolled, where brown people are not banned: https://upscrolled.com/en/

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I haven’t seen any IDF soldiers mocking Palestinians in a few days, at least. Wonder what happened. Oh, well. Goodnight.

10.03.2026 05:55 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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Q: "You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school…but you're the only person in your government saying this…Why are you the only person saying this?"

(Iran doesn't even have Tomahawk missiles).

10.03.2026 03:08 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Well this is a flex x.com/spectatorind...

10.03.2026 00:58 — 👍 21    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0
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It's crazy how much of war is just both sides telling each other to "shut your dumbass up."

10.03.2026 01:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

If you take the time to announce “I’m not into saying I told you so” you may as well just say it, ma’am.

10.03.2026 01:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There’s a painful push and pull in sharing these videos. You want people to witness what’s happening, but you also worry that constant images of suffering train the world to see MENA only through war...

10.03.2026 01:32 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Civilian apartments in Tehran’s Resalat district. #Iran

10.03.2026 01:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

People are retweeting GDC pics and I'm like wtf.

10.03.2026 01:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A one-year-old Iranian girl was found dead beneath the rubble of a residential building in Tehran after it was bombed by U.S. and Israeli forces. 😞

10.03.2026 01:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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💔 #Iran

10.03.2026 00:50 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

At least 40 people were killed in one strike in eastern Tehran, per Al Jazeera.

10.03.2026 00:46 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

“The death toll from Israeli attacks in Lebanon surpasses 486 people.”

10.03.2026 00:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A Maronite Catholic priest, Pierre al-Rahi, was reportedly killed by Israeli tank fire in the southern Lebanese village of Qlayaa, near the Israeli border, per Al Jazeera.

10.03.2026 00:37 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

…Meanwhile Trump is reportedly demanding “all-out victory” and even “unconditional surrender.” That’s a terrifying mismatch in goals!

10.03.2026 00:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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According to WaPo, senior officials in Israel are starting to worry that the war with Iran is becoming open-ended and dangerous, not just militarily but economically for the region and the world.

10.03.2026 00:06 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

09.03.2026 21:12 — 👍 8754    🔁 2138    💬 148    📌 90

I haven’t stopped thinking about his stupid, tone deaf skit and I’m just livid.

09.03.2026 23:17 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m sorry, but the blatant racism from Jon Stewart makes me want to throttle him. Send him to Tehran. Actually, don’t because they’d probably welcome him with dinner and tea knowing their hospitality. Iranians in Iran are far kinder than I am. And that’s exactly what makes it so infuriating.

09.03.2026 23:15 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

it feels like my country is an assembly line for producing crimes against humanity which no one will ever punish, or even bother to pretend caring about, and it's making me crazy

09.03.2026 05:40 — 👍 2052    🔁 376    💬 10    📌 8
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U.S. Military Action Against Iran: Over Half Of Voters Oppose It, 74% Oppose Sending Ground Troops Into Iran, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Vast Majority Expects The Conflict To Last ... "Voters are unenthusiastic about the air attack on Iran and there is overwhelming opposition to putting American troops on Iranian soil to fight a ground war," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analy...
09.03.2026 22:30 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
New Quinnipiac poll shows 44% of voters — a record high — think the US is too supportive of Israel.

It is the highest percentage since Quinnipiac first asked this question in 2017:

New Quinnipiac poll shows 44% of voters — a record high — think the US is too supportive of Israel. It is the highest percentage since Quinnipiac first asked this question in 2017:

New Quinnipiac poll shows 44% of voters — a record high — think the US is too supportive of Israel.

It is the highest percentage since Quinnipiac first asked this question in 2017:

09.03.2026 21:16 — 👍 175    🔁 34    💬 6    📌 7

LOL

09.03.2026 22:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#Iran FM Spokesman on the sinking of Iranian Dena: "This US action even outdid Nazi Germany [in terms of inhumanity]. When Nazis sank British ships, they rescued the wounded. Here, America not only refused help but actively blocked any aid to Iranian sailors."

09.03.2026 17:52 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love for this to stop. But from Iran’s perspective a ceasefire doesn’t solve the underlying problem. If attacks continue or resume later, it just becomes a pause before the next round of war.

09.03.2026 21:58 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says the country can sustain an “intense war” with the U.S. and Israel for at least six months at the current pace of operations, so this is all very confusing.

09.03.2026 21:56 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

But I’m serious.

09.03.2026 21:44 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Imagine America trying to free this place. With HWAT!? MCDONALDS!?

09.03.2026 21:43 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Of course now I can’t find it and it’s making me mad.

09.03.2026 21:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have a small sculpture of this bridge I bought from a street vendor there.

09.03.2026 21:40 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Naqsh-e Jahan Square in my family’s hometown is something you really have to see in person. As majestic as it looks in photos, they still don’t come close to capturing what it actually feels like to stand there.

09.03.2026 21:36 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0