Lustmord, Brandon

The popularity of “John Brown’s Body” among Union soldiers was a testament not merely to Brown’s rehabilitation but to his canonization. Like the Biblical prophets whose imprecations he echoed, Brown had little honor in a country which he believed to have invited divine judgment for its sins. But his words, deeds, and death were sanctified when the war came. In 1857, Illinois Senate candidate Lincoln pronounced Brown a fanatic, insisting that “not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary” to achieve abolition. In 1861, President Lincoln, still hoping to avoid war, was reported as saying that “emancipation would be equivalent to a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale.” In 1863, Abe the Emancipator commanded thousands of troops—including former slaves—who marched to kill enslavers and liberate their captives, singing of a “terrible swift sword” not unlike the one which Brown wielded at Harpers Ferry. It was fitting, then, that at Cooper Union—the site of Lincoln’s most extended denunciation of Brown’s actions—Frederick Douglass recruited Black troops for Lincoln’s army by promising that “[e]very honest soldier who marches into Virginia goes there to carry out the object that led JOHN BROWN to Harpers Ferry.” Reluctantly but ineluctably, Lincoln proved Brown right.

It seems impossible that any of this happened, but it did

Amid one of the worst periods of mass displacement for Palestinians in our history, I wrote about structural oppression of Palestinian refugees for Health Education & Behavior.

Refugee Health Under Protracted Structural Oppression: The Palestinian Story journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I cannot get through this book. it is a real achievement that it is nothing but aesthetics and “sophism” and I don’t think it could have been written even 15 years later, much less 25

flagging via marinara stains on a collared shirt

👍 (h/t @timbarker.bsky.social)

depends on if you have pre-check status, but without it that line wraps around the whole room whenever I was not super early

A few of the seven etchings that comprise Käthe Kollwitz's Peasants’ War series (ca. 1901–1908) about the innate dignity, courage, and strength of the poor. More in our latest post here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kollwitz-peasants-war/

The new techniques of imperialism which were invented almost simultaneously in the East and the West are utterly different from the methods applied by that old-style imperialism of the 19th century which is somewhat nostalgically described by its eulogists as a “democratic” form of imperialist expansion. The difference does not consist, however, in an increase of violence; ruthless violence has been characteristic of every historical phase of capitalist colonization. The novelty of totalitarian politics in this respect is simply that the Nazis have extended to “civilized” European peoples the methods hitherto reserved for the “natives” or “savages” living outside so-called civilization.

Karl Korsch, in 1942:
"The novelty of totalitarian politics in this respect is simply that the Nazis have extended to “civilized” European peoples the methods hitherto reserved for the “natives” or “savages” living outside so-called civilization"
www.aaap.be/Pages/Korsch...

this does not narrow it down

my favorite is by far the sawed-off. feels appropriately geeked-out, shooting while sprinting

everyone online who I like should move to my neighborhood and then I'll never use the Internet again

I see the vision

what kind of bread?

Liberalism used to advocate for itself, until bad-faith-fascist-sympathizng-concern-trolls seeking a way to re-enter political society Postwar succeeded in forcing liberal thinkers to stop pushing for "justice" and "good" and instead start advocating for what is "Fair," and "Neutral," and "Orderly."

it is so insulting to obfuscate the 10/7 casualties as if they were all civilians, or speak of the IDF response as something other than a crime. now to do the election season math, if Z got his balls clipped or if he ever had any to begin with

people don’t talk enough about Toxicity even though it is clearly System of a Down’s best album and one of the best releases of 2001 as a whole

明月

一点没想故乡tbh

Ironically, most recent data shows Spain today creates about a quarter of new jobs in the Eurozone. Its GDP per capita has surpassed Japan's, and 2025 growth is estimated to be 2.7%. We still have huge structural unemployment and a deep housing crisis, but Germany is in no position to teach lessons.

"the sun is hanging round like summer's hungover" as one contemporary poet put it.

just did this with focaccia. began nose-breathing as soon as it hit the olive oil

military “intelligence” officer who fought in an illegal war lecturing anyone about truth and justice in the public square. very sad; a shame you never left your air-conditioned office over there. someone with a legitimate grievance might have contested your point of view

That our immigration system is deeply flawed, as is our public‘s idea/notion of criminality, and the incongruity between what constitutes a trained and licensed professional and competency itself.

In some cases, witnesses described other IPS personnel being present during attacks by the IRF. They stood idly by and did nothing to protect the victims, their presence essentially lending legitimacy to the actions. The presence of IPS officers and the participation of dozens of IPS guards in the assaults indicates that these were not isolated incidents or the work of a rogue guard. On 9 November 2023, at around 2:00 P.M., a force of 20 masked officers from the IRF and DU arrived with a dog. They opened the cell door and attacked Some of the us with batons. Two of them grabbed me forces filmed and hit me in the back with batons. One of us with cell them grabbed my head while I was on the phones and floor and hit me in the face with a baton. cameras. I My face and right eye started bleeding. I heard the told them in Hebrew, "I'm going to die," and officer tell one of them said that he wanted me to die. the others in Others told me to shut up. Hebrew: "We're After they beat us up for about 10 minutes, they tied our hands behind our backs with loresee wins zip ties. They fastened them so tight that I felt them cutting into my hands. The beating continued, and members of the forces stepped on my chest and head. There were also two officers in the cell, and one of them ordered them to beat us. The members of the forces laughed among themselves. They took some clothes away from inmates. They dragged some of us on the floor and forced others to kiss one of the officer's shoes. I saw them grab some inmates by the testicles, and the inmates screamed and cried. The officers also pressed their batons against

Keter Welcome to Hell the genitals of some inmates. The stream of insults didn't stop: "motherfuckers," "sons None of us could move, of bitches," "dogs," "ISIS." Some of the forces not even to filmed us with cell phones and cameras. I go to the heard the officer tell the others in Hebrew: bathroom. "We're livestreaming for Ben Gvir." We were all The attack lasted a long time, more than half dizzy and lost an hour of nonstop beating. It looked like they balance. wanted to cause as much damage as possible. My right eye When it was over, I felt I was going to pass swelled up, out. Afterwards, we lay on the floor for hours. and I was None of us could move, not even to go to the afraid I'd lose bathroom. We were all dizzy and lost balance. my sight. We My right eye swelled up, and I was afraid I'd were in a very lose my sight. We were in a very bad state. One bad state. prisoner said in tears that they'd raped him One prisoner with a stick. said in tears that they'd After that incident, we lived in constant fear. raped him Also, we were shocked by the screams of with a stick. inmates being beaten in other cells. We were afraid all the time, day and night, that the forces would attack us again. From the testimony of Firas Hassan 50, a father of four and resident of Hindaza in Bethlehem District, who was held in the Negev Prison (Ketziot) | Full testimony

Those who are so inclined to immediately dismiss all the seemingly grandiose reports of torture and abuse in the Israeli prison system should read this report from B'Tselem entitled: "Welcome to Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps"

Andrea, sitting nearby, watched her with eyes slightly closed, drinking in through his pupils the voluptuous allure that radiated from her. It was as if every act became ideally tangible for him. What lover has not felt this inexpressible delight, in which it almost seems as if the sensitive power of touch becomes so refined as to be able to experience sensation without the immediate materiality of contact?

D’Annunzio

A woman in an orange bandana print kerchief and rain layer takes a selfie on the ridge between the summit of Càrn Mòr Dearg & Ben Nevis. You can see her upturned hiking poles sticking out of her bag and she looks exhausted

The same woman sits on a rock with a man in a black hat and maroon jacket. At her feet is a blue hiking pack. In the background is a valley that passes between some hills in the Scottish highlands

A woman is walking through a door-like opening under a bridge on a stone path between two wooden fences. Lots of greenery is coming through the fence

A view from nearly the top of Càrn Mòr Dearg with a cairn in the foreground among all the red rocks. A river stretches out on the horizon under low clouds

Hiked a good chunk of the West Highland Way & summited Ben Nevis from the north face (hard mode). Not to sound like a parent, but you learn a lot about yourself when you truly can’t give up bc the only other option is a helicopter evac

A white squiggly line is spray painted onto a black scrim on a chain link fence. An old brick building is visible above the fence. Two window frames in the building are visible on the left and right sides of the image just above the fence. They are decorated with white diagonal lines on a black background.

Omaha, NE. October 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography

when I was in middle school I flushed a light bulb down the toilet; that’s got to be wider than any part of the phone except for the base

This is the most vivid text of the year