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Ismail Lagardien
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"Gently, mortals, be discreet," Mamie


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I would be very surprised if Donald Trump's presidency does not implode before his term is ends.
The Atlantic Council has now identified an "Axis of Aggressors". Now really, the USA has been the greatest cause of conflict over the past seventy years! @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social - the billions of people in the world don't see Iran, Russia, China as global threat. We do so the USA as villain.
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Venezuela has the right to defend itself. #venezuela #war #USA
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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What a joy it was to march with Francesca Albanese, Greta Thunberg, Chris Hedges and a courageous, wonderful Rabbi for Palestine in Genova this morning
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Thirteen years ago, a Brooklyn man’s child molestation conviction pierced a veil of silence in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where many people who dared to report sexual abuse were shunned. Now the man — who was sentenced to 103 years in prison — could be on a path to freedom.
Orthodox Jewish Man Sentenced to 103 Years for Sex Abuse May Go Free
Nechemya Weberman, convicted of molesting a 12-year-old girl in a politically charged case, is seeking a new, shorter sentence with the Brooklyn district attorney’s support.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Fox Business credulously reports that Saudi Arabia is pushing its investment into the US "to $1 trillion." The entire size of the Saudi economy is $1 trillion. How stupid are these people and/or how stupid do they think their viewers are?
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"our decline has been arrested, our trajectory is once again positive, and this fact is of profound significance for our future." www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...?
After years of decline has South Africa finally turned the corner?
In a recent Thought Leader Lecture at Stellenbosch University, Yellowwoods CEO Adrian Enthoven assessed the progress that SA has made in the last few years.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The first of what we can hope will be many legal victories for the music industry in its fight against the AI pirates. A Munich court ruled that OpenAI had breached copyright law and was liable to be sued for damages for appropriating content without authorisation.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Eberechi Eze flatters to deceive. He was bought on sentiment. In the Arsenal squad he is much more about performativity. Ethan brings much more on the field. Against Sunderland Arteta should have replaced Eze with Nwaneri after the break.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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On Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7H...
Yanis Varoufakis on Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1
YouTube video by Prospect Magazine
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November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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This comparison is in danger of 'whatabouttery' but I do find it interesting why we link sport to politics so selectively www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Capital and Investment (profit-making) as basis for belonging. 'kin'ell 😇 Always enjoy @bfmradio.bsky.social and Kam Raslan's podcast. This week it threw up something curious.... #Malaysia #profit #capital #investment #belonging www.ilagardien.com/2025/11/06/l...
Loose Thoughts: Capital and Profit buy Belonging, eh? – Ismail Lagardien
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November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Blumenthal: We’re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didn’t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.

And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands
<article data-history-node-id="430941" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Naim Abu Amra's land in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah used to be covered with greenhouses.</p> <p>On the 11-dunam&nbsp;(one hectare) stretch of land east of Abu Holi, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;farmer&nbsp;grew tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and&nbsp;courgettes, with some seasonal rotations of eggplants and leafy vegetables to keep the soil healthy.</p> <p>But after Israel's genocidal war&nbsp;began in October 2023, everything changed. The entire area was declared a "no-go zone".&nbsp;His greenhouses were destroyed, irrigation pipes torn apart and the well filled with sand and debris.</p> <p>"Military bulldozers levelled the land to bare soil; even the plastic and metal structures melted under the bombing," Abu Amra told Middle East Eye.</p> <p>His once-thriving fields were left unusable, covered in rubble and littered with unexploded ordnance.</p> <p>The two-year onslaught has rendered over 95 percent of Gaza's agricultural land inaccessible, according to a&nbsp;<a href="https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/c4be554e-170f-413e-ae57-f77030be8d09/content" target="_blank">joint assessment</a>&nbsp;in July by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).</p> <p>The data revealed that, as of May, 80 percent of Gaza's cropland was damaged, while 77.8 percent of that land is now inaccessible to farmers.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands">'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, prix Nobel de littérature en 1986, voit son visa américain annulé
Le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, prix Nobel de littérature en 1986, voit son visa américain annulé
Le dramaturge avait récemment comparé le président américain Donald Trump à l’ex-dictateur ougandais Idi Amin Dada, au pouvoir entre 1971 et 1979.
www.lemonde.fr
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM