Pyramid Climbing

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Spain’s PM: “If we truly believe in the freedom of Iranian women, the answer cannot be more violence. NO TO WAR.”

Names and ages of children killed in strike on Iranian school MEE has collected the names and ages of some of those killed in the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school strike

Names and ages of children killed in strike on Iranian school - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/names-and-ages-children-iranian-school-strike

As it stands the bombings have done NOTHING that is going to truly help the Iranian people. The new regime is going to be the same as the old.

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq attacked a Christian neighborhood in Ankawa, Pope Francis’s residential neighborhood in Erbil.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution.

Destroyed cars

Israel targeted a civilian vehicle in the Iranian city of Arak, resulting in the initial death toll of 7 people.

YouTube video by MAD DOG FILMS Making of Firestarter : The Prodigy

On this day, the seven year anniversary of Keith Flint's passing, I recommend watching this.

#TheProdigy

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What will be the IATA airport code?

MAL (French adverb meaning “unwell” or “badly”; e.g., "Tout va mal" means "Everything is going wrong") is already taken (Mangole Airport).

Board of Peace - Season 1

See a pattern here?

Nobel Peace Prize, my ass.

South Park writer launches website for Trump’s son to be drafted to Iran

Etats-Unis / Insolite / Un scénariste de South Park lance un site web pour que le fils de Trump soit enrôlé en Iran. (Par la suite le hashtag #SendBarron est devenu viral sur les réseaux)

Exempted due to multi-generational bone spurs?

WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin?

NOEM: Yes

WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that?

NOEM: No.

The no-bid contracts began in egregious amounts in October 2001. #NeverForget the #History of #GOP #Corruption

WATCH — @senpeterwelch walks through a no-bid $143,000,000 contract that went to @KristiNoem’s spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin’s husband’s company that had just been formed.

She should be impeached for this outrageous scandal alone.

Yet it’s barely a blip in this corrupt regime.

Trump did this 💔💔💔

There was little talk of billionaires tax just 15 years ago, however the "Tax the rich!" message was spot on.

We are still the 99%. We are still losing out to exploitative power and grotesque levels of wealth concentration.
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YouTube video by Channel ZERO PUBLIC ENEMY - State Of The Union (STFU) featuring DJ PREMIER | OFFICIAL VIDEO

Watch the other "State of the Union" here:
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Ed Department Weaponizes FERPA to Restrict Voting (opinion) Threats against the use of a national survey on student voting are designed to have a chilling effect without any findings of privacy violations.

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UT Policy Asks Faculty to Avoid “Controversial” Topics The system board did not specify what topics are considered controversial or elaborate on how the policy will be enforced. The language echoes similar restrictions at the Texas A&M and Texas Tech syst...

2/2 Further, faculty state "the new standards are vague and will, by design, encourage self-censorship that will ultimately cheapen education at one of the largest university systems in the country."
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UT Policy Asks Faculty to Avoid “Controversial” Topics The system board did not specify what topics are considered controversial or elaborate on how the policy will be enforced. The language echoes similar restrictions at the Texas A&M and Texas Tech syst...

1/2 Nearly everyone I know in higher ed addresses "controversial" topics. It's important to note there are no clear definitions of said topics. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

NetBlocks ® @netblocks X.com , Update: Two weeks ago today, #Iran was cut off from the world by an extremist regime as the people went out on the streets to call for change. With the digital blackout silencing Iranians' voices, authorities perpetrated one of the deadliest crackdowns in modern history. Network Connectivity - Iran: 2026-01-02 to 2026-01-22

Two weeks without internet in Iran.

What we already know is bad enough — just imagine what we’re going to find out in the coming weeks and months.

The Islamic Republic is a criminal regime.

Iran’s coming reckoning: Regime collapse is likely — democracy is not - Middle East Institute

Excellent, must-read piece by Siamak Namazi, a former political prisoner in Iran.

Why climate change also explains the ongoing uprisings:

I am also seeking T shirt design ideas for our next trip out of the U.S.