Hisham Ziauddeen

The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein It’s not what you think it is.

This is by far my most popular piece on substack, with close to half a million views. You should read it katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...

'Nakba All Over Again': West Bank Palestinians Still Displaced More Than 6 Months After Israel Forced Them to Flee The Israeli military's operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, have displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.

“‘Nakba All Over Again': West Bank Palestinians Still Displaced More Than 6 Months After Israel Forced Them to Flee”

The Israeli operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, has displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.

some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly

The genocidal Israeli war machine just assassinated one of the bravest and best journalists in the world while he and colleagues were in a tent in Gaza.

This eighth grader just nailed how white people should discuss white privilege.

#whitepeople #blacksky

If I had said this last year, that Trump would try and deport US citizens in his first year, all Republicans and a nontrivial number of liberals and centrists would have attacked me for behind hyperbolic, and fear-mongering, and of having Trump Derangement Syndrome.

And yet:

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

On the productivity + fixity of language. from A bit of Fry and Laurie. No one can put it better:

It’s so profoundly sick that a Muslim politician must constantly disavow antisemitism but apparently it’s fine and even encouraged for politicians of all backgrounds to be Islamophobic.

NYT spelling bee with "CLIT" written out and it says "not in word list"

Even the NYT Bee can't find it

*explaining to my son my idea of having a giant dog rescue where all the dogs are trained to sniff out various diseases and you can pay $100 to walk through and have a dog diagnose you by scent*

my son: you could call it “plague dogters”

me: I have given birth to a genius

Just don't watch 2 High 2 Agency Males.
It looks like it's part of the same franchise but is actually from a very different genre.

And who they didn't approve of

A billionaire who profits off the presidency is feuding with another billionaire who bought access to the government to line his own pockets.

Neither should have ever been able to amass so much power.

What we're witnessing is a failed experiment in billionaire governance.

Let’s not forget that earlier today, this day was known as “we cannot build bananas in America” day. That is, until everything went bananas

Imagine if it were two women behaving like this.

In just 130 days, Elon...

-Secured even more contracts

-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations

-Gutted agencies that regulate his business

-Installed loyalists throughout the government

Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.

Why Ehud Olmert Thinks His Country Is Committing War Crimes The Former Israeli Prime Minister explains how his view of the conflict in Gaza has shifted.

This is interesting reading.
In the face of an ongoing genocide, it is important to have people like Olmert speak out against his government.
His position however is 'now it's gone too far' and it involves some very complex mental and ethical gymnastics.

www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

If he’s following Andrew Tate he wants to harm you.

If he’s following Jordan Peterson he thinks he deserves to.

Worry less about whose photos he’s liking and more about which podcasts he’s listening to. The woman in the bikini isn’t telling him to kill you.

This man, who has human rights lawyer in his Twitter biog!, is hoping that Israel attacks the flotilla & hurts (kills?) my Zeteo colleague, & legendary activist, Greta Thunberg.

To call this tweet disgusting & violent would be an understatement. But they keep telling on themselves:

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

Elon Musk’s actions have already killed an estimated 300,000 people since January.

Read this. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Spam emails from predatory academic journals: Dearest Dr Professor Landes, may you grace us with your world-leading expertise?

Emails from actual academic journals: We've created an account in our system for you. Review this paper, kthx.

When Canada’s Most Famous Brain Surgeon Almost Killed His Own Sister | The Walrus The brutal operation they didn’t mention in Wilder Penfield’s Heritage Minute

When Canada’s Most Famous Brain Surgeon Almost Killed His Own Sister thewalrus.ca/when-canadas...

It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.

Right now it's not worth the risk.

Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.

People generally deserve to be treated with kindness—ideas don’t.

I think the single dumbest phrase in military history is `our diversity is our strength', said Mr. Hegseth, who served in the U.S. Army National Guard from 2001 to 2021 and is a former Fox News host.

Not even close. The dumbest phrase in military history is indubitably "How about that FOX News guy... Pete... something?"

"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza."

My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
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