Dale Matthew
@dcmatt1.bsky.social
Philosopher (philosophy of race, political philosophy) | Basketball fan | Trying to fix my microbiome.
This is why you don't award hosting of any international event to the US.
The UN headquarters should be moved too.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The UN headquarters should be moved too.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Haiti qualified for the World Cup. But the Trump administration says its fans aren’t welcome.
The Caribbean nation joins Iran as World Cup competitors covered by travel ban.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is why you don't award hosting of any international event to the US.
The UN headquarters should be moved too.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The UN headquarters should be moved too.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Darfur Governor Minni Minnawi says RSF killed 27,000 Sudanese in el-Fasher - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/darfur-governor-minni-minnawi-says-rsf-killed-27000-sudanese-el-fasher
Darfur Governor Minni Minnawi says RSF killed 27,000 Sudanese in el-Fasher
Former rebel leader tells MEE that several of his relatives were 'eliminated' when the UAE-backed paramilitaries overran the city
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Darfur Governor Minni Minnawi says RSF killed 27,000 Sudanese in el-Fasher - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/darfur-governor-minni-minnawi-says-rsf-killed-27000-sudanese-el-fasher
So much Israeli cruelty that even extraordinary stories like this barely cause a ripple. A 15-year old Palestinian boy in the West Bank was shot point-blank by the IDF last week. Wounded, soldiers prevented paramedics from reaching him. Video shows him writhing on the ground
youtu.be/_7oOnkZvqQE?...
youtu.be/_7oOnkZvqQE?...
Palestinian teenager left to die: 15-year-old shot by Israeli forces and denied help
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
So much Israeli cruelty that even extraordinary stories like this barely cause a ripple. A 15-year old Palestinian boy in the West Bank was shot point-blank by the IDF last week. Wounded, soldiers prevented paramedics from reaching him. Video shows him writhing on the ground
youtu.be/_7oOnkZvqQE?...
youtu.be/_7oOnkZvqQE?...
A pet peeve:
When someone says he/she 'believes' something that strikes you as clearly true (eg. 'Trump is a corrupt'), don't say, "That's not a belief' because you think it's clearly true. The strength of a proposition doesn't make it any less a belief. 'I believe 2+2 =4' is a normal thing to say.
When someone says he/she 'believes' something that strikes you as clearly true (eg. 'Trump is a corrupt'), don't say, "That's not a belief' because you think it's clearly true. The strength of a proposition doesn't make it any less a belief. 'I believe 2+2 =4' is a normal thing to say.
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A pet peeve:
When someone says he/she 'believes' something that strikes you as clearly true (eg. 'Trump is a corrupt'), don't say, "That's not a belief' because you think it's clearly true. The strength of a proposition doesn't make it any less a belief. 'I believe 2+2 =4' is a normal thing to say.
When someone says he/she 'believes' something that strikes you as clearly true (eg. 'Trump is a corrupt'), don't say, "That's not a belief' because you think it's clearly true. The strength of a proposition doesn't make it any less a belief. 'I believe 2+2 =4' is a normal thing to say.
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🚨 BREAKING: Families woke up Thu. to find themselves suddenly on the wrong side of Gaza’s “yellow line” as Israel pushed the boundary about 300m further west during a tank incursion in eastern Gaza City. The physical blocks were shifted in Tuffah and Shujaiya, Abd Sabbah (X: @AbdSabbah91) reports...
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Families woke up Thu. to find themselves suddenly on the wrong side of Gaza’s “yellow line” as Israel pushed the boundary about 300m further west during a tank incursion in eastern Gaza City. The physical blocks were shifted in Tuffah and Shujaiya, Abd Sabbah (X: @AbdSabbah91) reports...
In 2024, I began reading a long post on X that I quickly realized was explicitly arguing that the lesson of the Holocaust is not "Never again, for anyone," but "Never again, for Jews." I was horrified, and had to stop reading. Here Hurwitz isn't saying anything so abhorrent, but it's still troubling
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz advocates for stopping Holocaust education because it leads young Jews to fight anti-Black racism and criticize Israel.
"When they see powerful Israelis fighting weak Palestinians, they think 'the lesson of the Holocaust is I should fight Israel.'"
"When they see powerful Israelis fighting weak Palestinians, they think 'the lesson of the Holocaust is I should fight Israel.'"
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In 2024, I began reading a long post on X that I quickly realized was explicitly arguing that the lesson of the Holocaust is not "Never again, for anyone," but "Never again, for Jews." I was horrified, and had to stop reading. Here Hurwitz isn't saying anything so abhorrent, but it's still troubling
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🚨BREAKING: A pregnant woman and many children are among at least 23 Palestinians Israel has killed in a series of attacks on Gaza City & Khan Younis, Al Jazeera English reports citing hospital sources.
According to reports:
▪️ A family of 5, including a pregnant woman & her children, were killed...
According to reports:
▪️ A family of 5, including a pregnant woman & her children, were killed...
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨BREAKING: A pregnant woman and many children are among at least 23 Palestinians Israel has killed in a series of attacks on Gaza City & Khan Younis, Al Jazeera English reports citing hospital sources.
According to reports:
▪️ A family of 5, including a pregnant woman & her children, were killed...
According to reports:
▪️ A family of 5, including a pregnant woman & her children, were killed...
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Hundreds of shipments of explosives and fighter jet components have made their way from Canada to Israel by passing through the U.S. over the last two years, a new report by a group of four NGOs alleges, examining export data and U.S. Department of Defence contracts.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canadian-made jet fighter maintenance parts, bombs shipped to Israel via U.S., report suggests | CBC News
Hundreds of shipments of explosives and fighter jet components have made their way from Canada to Israel by passing through the U.S. over the last two years, a new report by a group of four NGOs alleg...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hundreds of shipments of explosives and fighter jet components have made their way from Canada to Israel by passing through the U.S. over the last two years, a new report by a group of four NGOs alleges, examining export data and U.S. Department of Defence contracts.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The simple truth from @craigmokhiber.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The simple truth from @craigmokhiber.bsky.social.
After successfully making Gaza unlivable, Israel moves to begin the 'voluntary' emigration of Gazans, which of course is anything but voluntary in any real sense.
Has the "voluntary" deportation campaign of devastated Gaza Palestinians begun? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
After successfully making Gaza unlivable, Israel moves to begin the 'voluntary' emigration of Gazans, which of course is anything but voluntary in any real sense.
This is astonishing when you consider how controversial slavery became in Britain by the end of the 18th century, not to mention how recently some of these islands still had ties to Britain (some still have). Makes you think that they don't know this history because they don't know British history.
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is astonishing when you consider how controversial slavery became in Britain by the end of the 18th century, not to mention how recently some of these islands still had ties to Britain (some still have). Makes you think that they don't know this history because they don't know British history.
Trump is destroying the ICC in order to protect Israel.
This is not getting the attention it deserves.
From @pbsnews.org.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKV3...
This is not getting the attention it deserves.
From @pbsnews.org.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKV3...
How sanctions imposed by Trump are taking a toll on the International Criminal Court
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump is destroying the ICC in order to protect Israel.
This is not getting the attention it deserves.
From @pbsnews.org.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKV3...
This is not getting the attention it deserves.
From @pbsnews.org.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKV3...
Must read account of some of the horrors happening to children in El Fashir.
Aid workers say hundreds of unaccompanied children have reached the Sudanese town of Tewila in recent weeks after fleeing El Fashir, where RSF forces have carried out mass killings and kidnappings since seizing the city.
Sudan’s lost children wander through a landscape of death
Around 200 unaccompanied children have arrived in the Sudanese town of Tewila after escaping El Fashir, where RSF fighters have carried out mass killings.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Must read account of some of the horrors happening to children in El Fashir.
Canadians thought @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social would stand up to Trump for Canada. Instead, he's Trumpifying Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Canadians thought @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social would stand up to Trump for Canada. Instead, he's Trumpifying Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Between 95,000 and 105,000 people remain in El Fasher and are at risk of being killed.
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Sudan’s El Fasher: survivors agonise over loved ones left behind - Geneva Solutions
Two weeks after the fall of North Darfur’s capital, tens of thousands of residents remain trapped. Survivors, aid workers and researchers report ethnically-motivated mass killings.
genevasolutions.news
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Between 95,000 and 105,000 people remain in El Fasher and are at risk of being killed.
genevasolutions.news/peace-humani...
genevasolutions.news/peace-humani...
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Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry out extrajudicial killings.
Israel wants to implement the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners. Here’s what you need to know.
Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry…
mondoweiss.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry out extrajudicial killings.
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You don't take this exceptionally cruel step unless you're in the maniacal grip of anti-Palestinian hatred.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
⭕️ NEW: Israel plans to deport about 90 Palestinian patients, including infants, the elderly, and those currently undergoing treatment, from East Jerusalem hospitals back to Gaza next week, despite Gaza’s collapsed health system, CNN reports.
Sixteen-year-old Yamen Al-Najjar, who suffers from a...
Sixteen-year-old Yamen Al-Najjar, who suffers from a...
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You don't take this exceptionally cruel step unless you're in the maniacal grip of anti-Palestinian hatred.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
"The campaign, however, requires syringes and solar-powered refrigeration units. Vaccines need to be kept cold or they lose their potency. UNICEF is complaining that Israeli authorities are blocking importation of these essential items, since they consider them 'dual use,' with military purposes."
Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
UNICEF said "1 in 5 infants have missed out on one or more vaccines. This is a big jump ahead of us in the coming days."
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"The campaign, however, requires syringes and solar-powered refrigeration units. Vaccines need to be kept cold or they lose their potency. UNICEF is complaining that Israeli authorities are blocking importation of these essential items, since they consider them 'dual use,' with military purposes."
Israel should be made to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza, certainly for everything it has destroyed since the ceasefire began.
UNREAL: "Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October." This is all part of the ethnic cleansing operation to remove Christians and Muslims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Israel should be made to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza, certainly for everything it has destroyed since the ceasefire began.
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President Trump threatens a military attack on Nigeria because of jihadi attacks on Christians — which are indeed a real problem. But Trump’s aid cuts are killing far, far more Nigerian Christians than jihadis are. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
President Trump threatens a military attack on Nigeria because of jihadi attacks on Christians — which are indeed a real problem. But Trump’s aid cuts are killing far, far more Nigerian Christians than jihadis are. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Trump has created, in his mind, the first failure-proof presidency, for when his policies fail he will invariably lie about them, creating an elaborate make-believe world where his policy decisions unfailingly lead to successful outcomes.
"Trump keeps trying to convince Americans that gas costs $2 a gallon. That's a tall task when it costs $3," writes David Goldman.
https://cnn.it/49crL2C
https://cnn.it/49crL2C
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump has created, in his mind, the first failure-proof presidency, for when his policies fail he will invariably lie about them, creating an elaborate make-believe world where his policy decisions unfailingly lead to successful outcomes.
"He describes an incident at one distribution site where two young men were running in the general rush to get aid. 'You could just see two soldiers run after them. They drop on to their knees and they just take two shots, and you could just see … two heads snap backwards and just drop,' Sam says."
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"He describes an incident at one distribution site where two young men were running in the general rush to get aid. 'You could just see two soldiers run after them. They drop on to their knees and they just take two shots, and you could just see … two heads snap backwards and just drop,' Sam says."
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NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
This is what awaits Gaza, as well as Lebanon.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is what awaits Gaza, as well as Lebanon.