Ibrahim AlHusseini

The stronger the narrative control needs to be, the more ethically indefensible the reality it is masking.

In the American story, the poor are cast as cautionary tales rather than human beings. Poverty is framed as personal failure, and those living in it are met with institutional and cultural disdain.

Claiming to support Hamas just to “stick it to the West” isn’t the flex you think it is, it’s a trap that hurts Palestinians most.

Smart people aren’t immune to nonsense, they just rationalize it better. Social media makes sure the nonsense they like gets multiplied back to them.

Opinion | What Lies Ahead in the Middle East Isn’t Right vs. Wrong. It’s Right vs. Right.

"Whatever your view about the Middle East, we should acknowledge that an Israeli Jewish baby and a Palestinian baby are moral equivalents, each with the same right to grow up in freedom without fear of bus bombs, missiles or ethnic cleansing."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

May the festival of lights brighten the world around us and fill it with goodness.
To my friends who are celebrating, I’m thinking of you today and wishing you and your families a Diwali that illuminates the world.

And to everyone else; shine a little extra, just because. ✨

Happy Diwali! 🪔

Los Angeles sidewalks double as a dog poop obstacle courses. Keep looking up from your phones. Your shoes will thank you.

To my Jewish friends near and far, may this Yom Kippur be a time of deep reflection and renewal. Wishing you an easy and meaningful fast.

New word: Orthosomnia.
It is a subtype of insomnia driven by performance anxiety about sleep.
It often occurs in people who monitor their sleep with devices like Fitbits or Oura rings, where concern over poor sleep scores creates stress that disrupts sleep itself.

War is entirely a human construct.
It doesn’t erupt like a volcano or blow in like a storm; it’s planned, justified, supplied, and sustained by human decisions.

War is not in our nature. It is in our culture.
And culture is nothing more than the stories we choose to believe.

Democracy is not defined solely by what it permits in theory, but by what it protects in practice.

You Are Not Going Deaf. TV Sound is Getting Worse. Here are the actual reasons you need the captions these days.

If, like me, you've found yourself using closed captions a lot more since streaming, you are not alone.
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Sometimes the most compassionate thing we can do is help someone see that their certainty may be rooted in selective exposure not truth.

Republicans play to win, Democrats play to not lose.

In an age of performative cruelty,
compassion becomes revolution.

Tomorrow, Americans will eat 150 million hot dogs.
Los Angeles leads the country, because nothing says “health vibes” like eating meat paste in a bleached bun.

When every outlet starts sounding like a choir of consensus, ask who’s writing the hymnal. Truth rarely needs repetition to be believed....power does.

Here’s a clue: if they’re all singing the same tune, it’s not because it’s true, it’s because someone handed out the sheet music.

📉 9 years since Brexit:
The OBR was right — leaving the EU blew a £40bn hole in UK finances, slashed productivity by 4%, and triggered £100bn in tax hikes.
Trade is still falling, with more pain ahead.
Happy anniversary? #Brexit #Economy #UK

Manufacturing consent is the strategic management of public opinion through media, messaging, and repetition to create the illusion of voluntary agreement with power.

To the Boulder bomber:
You destroyed families that just wanted their loved ones returned safely and you deepened and reinforced the fears and pain of every Jewish American.
You’ve deepened the wounds of a world already on edge.
Your only legacy will be shame.

Digital immortality is a hollow altar we kneel to daily.

Protect your creative courage.

I just found out Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were both honorary members of…. Wait fort It….. The Harlem Globetrotters.

With that sacred knowledge, you may now proceed with your day.

Mothers

this year
may your love return to you
not just in flowers,
but in freedom

in time for yourself.
in softness without apology.
in children who grow into people
you’re proud to know.
a revolution
in the shape of a generation
that knows what love looks like
when it shows up

Happy Mother’s Day

Thank God nothing important is happening in the world, so we can all focus on Bill Belichick and his girlfriend.

May this Easter Sunday inspire you to find resurrection in the quiet corners of life—in forgiveness that finally lands, in laughter that heals, in the quiet mercies of being allowed to begin again.

Happy Resurrection Day!

Attacking a woman in a hijab, a man in a kippah, vandalizing a Tesla, or defacing a synagogue doesn’t just harm individuals—it chips away at the safety and dignity of all of us.

Violence doesn’t build—it only breaks

Sending my best to those celebrating Passover around the world.
Wishing peace and love to everyone. Chag Sameach!