#BBCNews - Iranian group could be labelled national threat under proposed new law www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... More on the #IRGC from #TheGlobalJigsaw www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

This is not a drill.

They’re also more than twice as likely to be denied entry

He’s all over that white meat

🔑 🎧 UNLOCKED: Who Gets to Stay? When Governments Remove the "Other" @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social and @charliearchy.bsky.social discuss nativism, rising antisemitism and whether history is destined to repeat. www.patreon.com/posts/who-ge...

❇️ 🎧 Unlocked episode 🎧 ❇️ @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social reports from Amsterdam on the Nazi history of ethnically cleansing Holland's Jewish population... ...when xenophobia was government policy & the chilling parallels to today's far-right anti-immigrant politics: www.patreon.com/posts/159821...

Trump: "Let them eat cake" #NBAFinals (and previously as well as still to come: #WorldCup)

been there

Reminds of Männertag/Herrentag which is still celebrated in Germany. Men “get together, drink lots of beer, camp outdoors & hunt” a German adherent once told me, adding “you know, manly things”. He was 4 months into laser-removing a white power tattoo he’d gotten during his military service.

63 years ago today, the Shah of #Iran imprisoned a cleric that had spent this week calling for his death. He didn’t execute him. He didn’t torture him. Months later, he exiled him. 15 years later, that cleric, the infamous #Ayatollah, returned to Iran and took the Shah’s place.

Heidi Beirich, an expert on the far right, says Donald Trump has emboldened those pushing for "remigration." www.theredoubt.net/how-america-...

🎧 The Politics of Hate: Remigration & the Far Right 🎧 @heidibeirich.bsky.social (cofounder of @globalextremism.bsky.social) spoke with @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social & @charliearchy.bsky.social about the neo-fascist plan for ethnic cleansing — and how to stop it. www.patreon.com/posts/160144...

Why are we hearing so much about "remigration" and what does it actually mean? With @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social, I spoke to @heidibeirich.bsky.social about the neo-Nazi summit in Portugal and how Trump convinced the far right to (openly) embrace ethnic cleansing. www.theredoubt.net/how-america-...

Yes, that is @critical-support.bsky.social and @theredoubt.net ‘s very own @charliearchy.bsky.social on Democracy Now sharing his breakout investigation about the far-right’s white supremacist plans to make all former European colonies and Europe itself “white” again:

Watch and learn as @critical-support.bsky.social ‘s very own @charliearchy.bsky.social breaks a, er, critical bit of news about the behind the scenes and out in the open plans the far-right has for anyone and everyone who they don’t rate as acceptable:

For @critical-support.bsky.social subscribers: @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social and I discussed her field report from the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam, the resurgence of far-right extremism and the politics of exclusion. www.patreon.com/posts/who-ge...

❇️ New Episode ❇️ 🎧 Who Gets to Stay? When Governments Declare & Remove the "Other" 🎧 @charliearchy.bsky.social & @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social discuss today's anti-immigrant trends in the context of the Nazi occupation of Holland & Anne Frank. www.patreon.com/posts/who-ge...

An excellent bit of field reporting from Critical Support's @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social on tourism, antisemitism and the history of fascists deciding who gets to be a "real" European.

✨❗Special Report: Live from Amsterdam❗✨ Critical Support's @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social reports on Amsterdam's Anne Frank House & a chilling history of Nazi occupation whose echos reverberate today. Listen for a history lesson on a time when xenophobia was policy: www.patreon.com/posts/159821...

Presidential Libraries: a Brief Study Reagan & George W with traditional forms. Clinton & Trump stuck with traditional phallic forms. And Obama's: an ode to Brâncuși, with a nod to African architectural forms, and what appears to be alien pictographs. If the world ends, head to Chicago, stat.

Greg Bovino, a neo-fascist summit in Portugal and why the press ignores right-wing extremism. www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...

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🎧 Unlocked episode 🎧 @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social and @charliearchy.bsky.social discuss "No Country for Old Men" and whether the Coen Brothers' 2003 film can help us make sense of politics today. www.patreon.com/posts/no-cou...

“Low value human capital” #Iran

“Low value human capital” #Iran

Plastics plant chemical leak displaces 40000 people in Orange County California who suddenly have to expense shelter & provisions for an indeterminate time. Shocking that in a land so vast so many industrial operations & now data centers are in residential areas. www.yahoo.com/news/weather...

Passport control dick #JobsAICouldImprove

This has not been headline news all year. This crime which perpetuates more crimes is not being covered in the world media. Because it’s about human lives — the Iranian people’s lives — not power or politics.

It's insane that this doesn't get more attention. Iranians are almost cut off from the outside world.

Plastics plant chemical leak displaces 40000 people in Orange County California who suddenly have to expense shelter & provisions for an indeterminate time. Shocking that in a land so vast so many industrial operations & now data centers are in residential areas. www.yahoo.com/news/weather...

The diversity is staggering. #colbert #latenight

Mega rich dude apologizes for Freudian slip about how ick the poors are. Jokes aside, it’s rather stark to witness a perfunctory categorization of human beings as commodities.

The diversity is staggering. #colbert #latenight

Internet access is a human right even if zero international bodies appear to have any jurisdiction or even impetus to address this crime against the Iranian people.

Some of the most irritating diplo speak, all of which points to thinking about maybe considering possibly perhaps sorta doing a little thing someday: “Reaffirming commitment” “Strengthening cooperation” “Shared priorities” “Work to deliver” “Continue to aspire” “Striving for a better future”

Some of the most irritating diplo speak, all of which points to thinking about maybe considering possibly perhaps sorta doing a little thing someday: “Reaffirming commitment” “Strengthening cooperation” “Shared priorities” “Work to deliver” “Continue to aspire” “Striving for a better future”

Hours after @charliearchy.bsky.social and I discussed the politics of flags at Eurovision & the World Cup on the Critical Support Podcast @critical-support.bsky.social FIFA announced they are banning #Iran's official flag of 1907-1979 from the USA matches: www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Well, what do you know? Hours after @charliearchy.bsky.social and I discussed the politics of flags at Eurovision and the World Cup on the Critical Support Podcast FIFA announced that they are banning the official #Iran flag from 1907-1979 from the USA matches: www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

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🎧 New Episode: Is Art Always Political? 🎧 @charliearchy.bsky.social and @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social discuss Eurovision, Israel and whether it's ever possible to forget about politics in a world divided by nationalism and war. www.patreon.com/posts/is-art...

🗓️ Today marks the 80th day of #Iran's internet blackout, with the shutdown passing 1896 hours. Meanwhile, pro-regime content floods social media, as Iranians seeking to get pro/whitelist access say they are being asked to meet a quota of daily propaganda posts, policed by AI.

✨❗Special Report: Live from Eurovision ❗✨ Critical Support's @charliearchy.bsky.social attended this year's show in Vienna, Austria, and spoke to activists and fans about whether politics — or Israel — should have anything to do with a silly song contest. www.patreon.com/posts/specia...

📽️ Special Edition, with early access for subscribers: @charliearchy.bsky.social and @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social discuss "No Country for Old Men." Is it fair to describe the 2003 film as "conservative" cinema? And what does "conservative" even mean in the age of Trump? www.patreon.com/posts/158147...

Today was the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. Because of her and her achievements, May 12 is now International Women in Mathematics Day.

The dystopic tiered Internet you read about in chatrooms and on Reddit decades ago is also here: in the Islamic Republic of #Iran only the elite have access to Internet.

I had a great time chatting with Shirin and my former colleague Charles about tradwives and how sad Usha Vance always seems.

🎧 New Episode 🎧 What are "tradwives" and are they even real? Host of "Standing Room Only" @amandamarcotte.bsky.social chats with @charliearchy.bsky.social & @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social and explains why 21st-century patriarchy looks a lot like 19th-century cosplay. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

The dystopic tiered Internet you read about in chatrooms and on Reddit decades ago is also here: in the Islamic Republic of #Iran only the elite have access to Internet.

ICYMI, a new podcast from me and @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social on immigration, the meaning of citizenship and Trump's assault on the 14th Amendment.

📢 The internet blackout in #Iran has entered its 73rd as the incident surpasses 1728 hours. Open internet access is a right that underpins all other liberties, and its deprivation severely limits the public's ability to document and remediate fundamental human rights violations.