I was an anti-Zionist. For years I protested against what I saw as the injustice of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Then I saw what Assad did to Syrians—and to Palestinians in Syria.

Friend found qbasic (came installed with dos) by browsing the file system. We played the games then messed with the source code and read the help files. Then bought a book “Game Programming in C” and read that.

Don't watch House of Dynamite. It's virtuoso technically in many of its aspects, but a travesty with its "have you ever thought maybe nukes are bad" lack of an ending—just a complete failure, a dereliction of duty, an embarrassment. It could've been--and was up to the end--a

One of the most jarring dynamics since Tsurkov’s capture—something I was too blissfully ignorant to have imagined 2.5 years ago—is that so many otherwise humane & intelligent people, even in academia, would refuse to mourn her kidnapping or justify it simply bc she is Israeli.

Incredibly grateful that Elizabeth Tsurkov is finally freed from captivity in Iraq at the hands of the Iranian-controlled Kataib Hezbollah. We first became Facebook friends in the early days of the Syrian revolution & I grew to appreciate her reporting, perspectives & curiosity.

Her last tweet before being kidnapped by a pro-Iranian militia and now she’s out and will be back with her family soon. So glad to hear the news.

Maybe I should reread it as I know precisely the book that turned me on to critical theory and all that jazz: Orientalism and religion by Richard King It gave me the same thrill that first finding philosophy (downloaded from the then-new internet: Epictetus then Plato soon

Coming of age in Mississippi in the 90's, I can understand in retrospect why I agreed with the leftist claim--once I came across it in college--that society and academia were dominated by the reactionaries. Mississippi itself was very conservative (there were rumors the one

Thinking about all the energy spent on being radical versus being 'reformist' in my past. Like with the Desmond Tutu quote on "...we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to...find out why they're falling in." As I became I radical I definitely stopped

"the Israeli army left Gaza with a single Catholic church standing" @commonwealmag you published this by Kenneth L. Woodward, but it's flagrantly misleading as the Israeli army has not leveled other Catholic churches in Gaza (there just weren't any others).

neil degrasse tyson doing tiktok commercials really bothers me. shipping brain rot as a learning opportunity

A report from Al Jazeera is an unassailable truth for Mamdani. That alone should be disqualifying.

I have some hope for the "Majority Democrats" group given @RepRitchie's involvement, but if it can't see that rejecting some people from the tent can make it bigger, then it will fail.

Peace is inherently good. A ceasefire is called such because it is not peace and is not inherently good. By making the lack of a ceasefire the proof that Israel is "stained", the @nytimes accepts the injustice of Hamas continuing to rule Gaza.

NYT news desk comes out in favor of letting Hamas rule Gaza. The article dance around the core issue: A ceasefire without defeating Hamas incentivizes Hamas and other groups to kidnap Jews around the world as bargaining chips. “Netanyahu refused Lapid’s demand. He knew that

Some people, by being in the tent, shrink it by repelling people. Manchin-types repel some leftists for instance--but since that type is an electoral nullity (nationally speaking), that's fine. Squad-types repel whole electoral blocs that can decide elections.

This is so bad that it makes me consider voting Republican in the future (seriously).

@SohrabAhmari In response to

My last tweet to @SohrabAhmari before he blocked me (though maybe it was for something else?).

Why does Schumer not want the Democrats to take the Senate? The one silver lining to @ZohranKMamdani's primary win is that it could be an easy way for Dems to rebrand themselves and say "I'm not that." "Zohran Mamdani’s win doesn't reflect the values or priorities of the

Any leftist that wants to improve ppl's lives should be most upset about Mamdani's victory, because his mix of harmful and unworkable policies will tarnish any attempt to do things better for years to come.