Intense displacement movement from Beirut's southern suburbs. People are fleeing Dahiyeh, yet, again. 🇱🇧

“When Rania al-Abbasi and her six children disappeared, an entire family vanished from public life, but never from Syria’s collective memory.” Ruthanne Sikora www.syriawise.com/rania-al-abb...

In the midst of the catastrophe that #Lebanon is facing, #Hezbollah supporters today organized a demonstration & rally to topple the current goverment at Martyr's square in downtown #Beirut. Just surreal & unbelievable.

According to AJ reporter Zeina Khodr " #Israel reportedly contacted the head of the Civil Defense Center in #Tyre, Ali Safieddine, and ordered the immediate evacuation of the Civil Defense Center in the city." This is not a good sign of what's to come

This is the outcome so far in #Lebanon : - #Israel returns to the Beaufort Castle 26 years after its liberation. -More than 5,000 dead and 10,000 wounded -1.5 million displaced people. -68 towns completely wiped off the map. -10% of Lebanon's area is back under occupation. -$20 billion in losses

seeing one of your cultural landmarks get occupied is not easy at all #Lebanon

Unpopular take: if neither the Lebanese state nor any external actor can disarm #Hezbollah by force, what's the argument against direct negotiations between #Beirut & #Tehran? And if that process demands structural reform of the Lebanese system perhaps that's a conversation worth having. #Lebanon

Damn, man. Criterion channel really is what I want a streaming service to be. Curate some shit for me. Sure, suggest a category just called "yearning", thats perfect

For those that wants to follow daily updates on the news in Lebanon on bluesky you can follow @megaphone.news

Two films beat Star Wars(a 49 year old IP)& both were directed by 20 year olds who learned filmmaking on YouTube. One cost $750K. The other $10M. After a decade of Marvel and recycled franchise cinema,this weekend feels like the industry is finally evolving in the right direction. #filmsky

It's a film & wine type of night

#Ironlung lets goo horror.. #filmsky #horrorsky

28 Years Later

#Iran’s middle class is disappearing. Carbohydrates are replacing protein as it becomes too expensive. Wild inflation comes on top of the trauma of war & brutal crackdown on protests in Jan. My in depth piece on an economy at the brink www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

nothing ruins an online presence quite like being found by family relatives on social media. bluesky is still my safe space though !

I watched alot of #italian movies recently. Love Fellini & De Sica #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #films #movies 📽️🍿

I discovered @offprint.app recently and subscibed to it, frankly this is so good for people who love to write long text or articles and share them on #Bluesky. It feels so natural & I don't think there is a need anymore to go to #substack.

Anthropic's self-reported run-rate revenue growth is wild - Axios Jim VandeHei said he couldn't find "any company — in any industry, in any era — that has scaled organic revenue this quickly at this level as Anthropic" when they were at $30B and now they're at $47B! simonwillison.net/2026/May/29/...

An acquaintance told me his mother's grave in South of #Lebanon was damaged in the airstrikes. He thinks the entire cemetery may be gone. How do you recover from something like that? You can't rebuild. #war

#Iran After 88 days of widespread international internet shutdown, from Tuesday, May26, the process of a limited and gradual reopening of internet access in Iran began. Grieving families who lost their loved ones during the January uprising, 1

Meta's subscription plans are the tip of a terrible pay-to-engage iceberg and may be the beginning of the end for social media as we know it www.techradar.com/computing/so...

'South Screens' Festival returns to #Beirut from May 28 to June 6, 2026, #cinema #filmsky #Lebanon

Some are comparing what's happening in South Lebanon to Stalingrad..just shoot me. What kind of denailism is this?

first season was 🔥 . Cant wait for this #Xmen

Well holy crap. Erin Brockovich (yes, the same one the led the Hinkley, CA toxic groundwater lawsuit in ‘93) launched a website tracking AI data centers across the US and the ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. MN is riddled with them. www.brockovichdatacenter.com

happy eid adha to all those that celebrate it!

According to The New York Times, this was linked to the #Kremlin bot network. I think it may well be very interesting that #Bluesky was the targeted platform.

South of Lebanon is literally being wiped out of existence.

just found out @letterboxd.social has a block feature. genuinely cannot imagine the circumstances that would lead someone to block another person on #letterboxd. #filmsky

Feel bad for people who can't get past black and white in #film . Seven Samurai, Nights of Cabiria, Raging Bull-they're missing entire worlds. Monochrome isn't a limitation. It's a language. #filmsky

GTA 6 was originally meant to release today.

Watching Battle of Algiers alone feels like an act of defiance. It displays a chilling study of colonial occupation, armed resistance, and the brutal methods of each side. What I liked most is that it refuses to take sides yet remains deeply political. No wonder it was banned. #filmsky

The morning is the only part of the day that still feels like it belongs to you.

Going through #Fellini 's #films lately. What keeps drawing me in is the characters- their vanity, cowardice, self-deception, longing. He renders human weakness with such precision and warmth that you feel seen even when the screen holds up a mirror you'd rather avoid. #filmsky

Today I think of my relatives who died fighting occupation during the 80s war. It was a national cause back then for a better future and life. They did not look at sects or backgrounds when doing so, just their country. I'm not sure they'd recognize how things have become.

I loved #LaStrada and wish the whole world to watch it...a good reminder how powerful #cinema can be. just struck by the beauty & magnificence it carries. #filmsky

Expected US-Iran MOU - 60-day ceasefire - Ships can go thru Hormuz,no toll - US lifts blockade - An end to war - Iran sells oil+gets some sanctions relief - Negotiations on nuclear program Unclear - Lebanon front - Who controls Hormuz - If Israel fully bound by ceasefire

I miss #Beirut

Graffiti seen in Lebanon in 2024. #ThisIsAlsoALoveStory sallyhayden.net/2026/01/26/t...

is the #steam box out yet?

its a seventh in a row now...adding #Fjord 's win at #Cannes today! Seriously this streak of luck needs to be studied. #Neon #filmsky

The #Iran deal, if accurate, is a regional setback. The regime walks away stronger with far greater leverage over #Iraq and #Lebanon. Which raises the obvious question: what exactly was the point of the #war if the outcome is worse than the starting point?

BREAKING Dozens of gunshots were heard near the White House. The Secret Service ordered members of the press on the North Lawn to run into the press briefing room for their safety.

Resisted White Lotus for long enough. Starting tonight. I'm sure it'll be fine and I won't have any opinions about it whatsoever.

I'm about to go into #Fellini 's filmography but genuinely unsure where to start from. I think I will leave 8 1/2 to the last. Maybe start with La Strada? #filmsky

I make a point of watching Spirited Away once a year. Not out of nostalgia but becz Miyazaki made a film that grows with you. What reads as a children's adventure at ten becomes something far more melancholic and precise as you get older. Annual viewing is the least it deserves. #filmsky

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #films #horrorsky #movies 📽️🍿

#Beirut by Tom Young Theres always something magical about Beirut #Lebanon