20 December 2025 Wasim Said: The situation in Gaza is catastrophic, catastrophic in a way that cannot be described by any means.

I interviewed Wasim Said, author of "Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide", from Gaza about current conditions in the Strip, the process of writing a book amidst a genocide, and his critiques of popular narratives about Palestinian resilience. www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/the-rapid-...

I wrote about the un-mourned death of Yasser Abu Shabab, how Bari Weiss attempted to promote the virtues of the ISIS-linked militia leader, and how he existed as a cover for Israel's real plan: to use Rafah as a staging ground to expel Gaza's population. www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/whatever-h...

EPISODE 7: BLACK INTERNATIONALISM Adom Getachew joins us to discuss self-determination, pan-Africanism, and the life and thought of Marcus Garvey. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...

Arash is making this argument because everyone who has ever interacted with him personally has hated every minute of it

Please for the love of God, downgrade our credit rating again

i don't think it's necessary to be pumping everybody so full of chemicals that 71-year-old men expect to be able to do full pull-ups

are you gonna cry

The fascism-curious New York Times convened a warm, obsequious, all-lies-permitted interview with one of the most notorious war criminals of the modern era.

boy was it stupid to nominate this person for president!

“If they were undeserving of America’s righteousness, then nothing we could do to them was off the table.” @seamus-malekafzali.com examines the logic tying Trump’s foreign policy to the War on Terror. www.thedriftmag.com/be-grateful/

EPISODE 5: THE AXIS OF RESISTANCE Our friend Rob Ashlar joins us to discuss the myths and realities of the Axis of Resistance, Iranian grand strategy, and the unifying power of the Palestinian cause. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...

The fucking cheap but extraordinarily long overcoat and purple t-shirt combo is killing me, man. I have never seen someone so incapable of dressing themselves

"We get to invade you and you're being hateful if you get mad"

All I will say about Louis CK is I remember people telling me as a teenager that he was this transcendentally excellent dramatist and was doing incredible work on Horace and Pete and even me at 17 could recognize the dialogue was absolutely terrible

How can we seriously make the argument that people from the third world can't integrate into the West. They're better at this grift than us

BONUS: BORED OF PEACE In our latest news of the week bonus episode, we discuss the McDonald’s Summit, the Donroe Doctrine, Mohammad bin Salman at the White House, and the United Nations Security Council formally endorsing Trump’s Gaza plan. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...

It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."

EPISODE 4: SUDAN IN THE WORLD-SYSTEM Our friend Hassan joins us to discuss the devastating civil war in Sudan, the geopolitical strategy of the United Arab Emirates, and US counter-rationality as a hegemon in decline. substack.com/@turbulencep...

I believe in the power of love but I would like to stop hearing about Olivia Nuzzi generally

why the fuck would they attack ireland

I think our country can only benefit from a Kamala vs. Gavin Newsom Democratic primary

I think it's really bad for our souls to just have these monstrous crimes as the white noise of our era, like a clip from Woodstock to establish something takes place in the 60s

We’re up and running, folks. Episode thread 🧵 turbulencepod.substack.com/subscribe

We live in the most evil country in the world.

The UAE, taking in billions in US weapons and then turning around and arming the genocidal RSF: We’d never get away with this if America still existed in the world!

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald .. @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

The return to just straight up gutter racism and constant evoking of 9/11 should make clear the price we've paid for never really leaving 2003.

the adl is no longer, by its own definition, america’s preeminent jewish civil rights organization — because it’s no longer a civil rights organization at all

Smarter nefarious operators would have a ready-made list of far-right analysts to call on for any given situation. Bari Weiss being a total simpleton, even more so than I imagined, is very funny.

Bernie Sanders has not stopped purposefully stepping on rakes since October 2023, it feels like

My suspicion is that the 2028 Democratic primaries are going to focus on the Eric Swalwell-level bravado of "We're gonna take off the masks of ICE!" as if that solves everything

Americans need to reconcile that this is pretty much what the Obama-era drone strikes were. Any time a prior administration abused its power and it was greeted by a shrug because “we’re the good guys” - this is why you shouldn’t do that.

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

I'm sorry but I really can't be bothered to give a shit about the east wing of the white house

sorry, i'm confused...did you get a nazi tattoo because you were drunk with some marine buddies in croatia without knowing what it meant, or because you "used to say and believe things that today [you] find abhorrent"?

It’s still weird that you have multiple parties running on making the country so shite no one will want to live here

Wrote for @theintercept.com about the lack of attempts by the US government to justify a looming war with Venezuela, something originated during the War on Terror and how designating anyone or any group as "terrorists" means no further justification is needed. theintercept.com/2025/10/22/t...

what Big Romance doesn't want to tell you is that reading in public as a man does work

An Ohio University professor was removed from teaching a MFA class a day after returning home from an Israeli prison where he was detained upon being illegally abducted from the flotilla. His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest. www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...

Yeah Reagan had nothing to do with any of this. This all started squarely in 2024 when the heavens opened up and hate for immigrants came down

The Bari Weiss-led CBS News has had this up for 3 days and misspelled his name in the hed.

Introducing Turbulence, a new podcast from Séamus Malekafzali, Dylan Saba, and M Ceniza. Dropping October 28. Subscribe today: turbulencepod.substack.com Trailer by @seamus-malekafzali.com

Hello Bluesky community—I’m not very active here, but I wanted to share a new project that I’ve been working on with @seamus-malekafzali.com and M Ceniza. It’s a podcast, Turbulence, about the end of the liberal international order. Tap in: turbulencepod.substack.com

Imagine seeing this screenshot and your face being on it and then jumping on a plane

RIP Kaleb Horton kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/