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illlllillllli · 1 year

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I understand most of yall hate tiktok but i need you to understand that with twitter on the verge of death, people literally finding themselves unable to download archives of their content, that tiktok is serving a vital purpose right now

If you search names like Shervin Hajipour, Zhina Amini (Mahsa Amini), Hossein Ronaghi, Khodanour Lajaei, or Nika Shakarami on google, you might only find results from September or October. As I'm typing this, November 2022 is almost over.

This particular wave of the ongoing genocide has been ramping up for MONTHS now and you have to dig for updates.

Look back a little further and you'll learn about Bloody November, in 2019. 1500+ peaceful people. Look back further! This battle against genocide isn't new, isn't small, isn't irrelevant. But mainstream news would have you believe it. Meanwhile on TT and IG you can search these tags and find updates as recent as a few hours.

Hashtags on tiktok are allowing people to communicate directly. The internet and ELECTRICITY are cut off in Mahabad and people are being attacked in cities across Iran

yet humans across continents have formed a delicate chain of communication with voice recorders, videos, instagram, twitter, tiktok... this echo is how we hear their cries for help. their literal cries for help. The literal voice recordings of Iranian children and adults in terror being shot at being executed having their homes burned are still making it out of a cities under attack across continents and oceans.

Tiktok is full of vile evil shit just like the rest of the internet. Just like Twitter. but we need these forms of communication.

I am telling you. The content of these videos, which you can find yourself on tiktok or other social media with hashtags like #MahsaAmini, #StopExecutionsInIran, #WomenLifeFreedom, #Mahabad and more, is not being archived for history lessons for your grandkids to watch on a projector. It isn't gonna be broadcast next week on tv news. It is actively being scrubbed, minute by minute, by people who do not want you to believe or care this is happening. People who know that in the age of information excess, out of sight is out of mind. People who know they can enrage more people with Taylor Swift concert tickets.

I download as many videos, as much footage as I can come across. Then I'm moving them to my computer. Then a flash drive. I'm trying to get a library card to access a printer so I can have physical copies of articles. English, Arabic, anything that is direct footage, any summaries of events, I am including the date and location. This is something you can do too. This is something tiktok makes easy to do.

Nobody is telling me to do it but I believe it's going to matter.

I'm 27. I understand the education system. In my time since graduation I've come to understand how much we WEREN'T taught, how much we were taught that was a straight up lie.

Filtering through data is a good skill to have whether you're reading a textbook or using social media.

I'm not telling you to like tiktok or even try it, I'm just saying that if you care about this information then you can find it there, and you can connect with other people who also care.

(Also, there are TON of Indigenous creators using tiktok to share their history, language, art, and updates about issues like threats to the Indian Child Welfare Act. You can't control the algorithm but you kinda can. There are a lot of great people on these apps and I don't want to lose them and I don't want them to lose their space either.)

Archiving, connecting, listening, and learning may not be profitable or encouraged but it is important and accessible work and if you are often housebound or even bedbound, it can be a fulfilling way to reach out to others.

These people in Iran are in danger. They are children, students, people who care about the planet, about equality, about fairness. Thats WHY theyre being executed. These are the people who believe in the future we want and how can we build that future if they're gone? More importantly than their value to future generations, these people deserve to live their own lives, to breathe, to not be afraid.

Many of the recordings I find on tiktok are the first and last bits of connection we have with the people who make them, because they have since been executed or gone missing.

I have seen the photos Kian Pirfalak, a little boy shot to death, his body under ice so it wouldn't be stolen away. People across the ocean knew he died before his father- also injured, still in critical condition from when we last heard- knew he lost a son. His mother attacked while mourning at his funeral.

Ive seen the photos of the devices they use to hang people. People my age. Do you know what I mean? When I watch a video I know it could be removed in an hour. Accounts get deleted and how do you ever find that Person again? that individual, specific person? To help them?

There are people on the internet trying to convince you that 15,000+ humans are not currently at risk of execution. Theyve had a lot of success desensitizing everyone to mass death what with the pandemic and all. Please don't let them. If you cant conceptualize these numbers, just think about one person. Think about the ones who died and why. Think about the ones who are alive and what they need.

I will be posting some of the videos I find on here as well. This is happening in real time and it's being erased in real time. All of this could be gone tomorrow. I don't know what else to say.

#tw child death #tw genocide #iran #mahabad #tiktok

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Just partaking in what #AlexGarland wanted his movie to provoke; conversation! Warning: #CivilWar spoilers below:

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Alex Garland has stated in interviews, he wants his film Civil War to provoke conversation about this potential conflict’s level of animosity growing in America. I watched the film recently. Pretty brutal! I see a lot of reviewers calling it an “anti-war film.” But I got different vibes at times when the soundtrack combined with mayhem to make the intense fire fights feel like a video game or ad for the US Army. It’s the press war photographers who endure terrifying violence but come back from their PTSD for more, drawn to the horror of war like moths to flame. One line from a journalist punctuates an important scene, “I’ve never felt so much fear, but I’ve also never felt more alive!”

I’m sure for many progressives who see the movie, they will compare Trump to the movie president, because he basically suspends the Constitution to stay in power a 3rd term and disbands the FBI. But MAGA who see the movie will probably see Biden in the president and fantasize about January 6 levels of violence moving to a whole new level!

In this movie, they literally destroy DC, bomb the Lincoln Memorial, engage in a fire fight with tanks, gunships and troops near the Oval Office. Then they storm the White House and assassinate the president and his entire administration!

With Trump inciting Civil War levels of hate for his opposition by calling them “evil,” will some MAGA watch this movie as template for what must be done to defeat evil? Civil War also has some pretty brutal xenophobia scenes directed at Asians, who Trump has routinely incited violence towards by identifying COVID as the “China Virus.”

Probably the most compelling analysis of Civil War I’ve seen yet.

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The guy who self immolated himself at Trump’s trial, thinks Biden is in on Trump’s Kayfabe. Even if this is false, you can understand why some see guilt by association; being a representative of a system participating in a Kayfabe spectacle that flirts with fascism.

We see this fusing of “two sides” into “one” all the time! The late Daniel Dennett’s last tweet, paired Elon Musk’s regressive activities with the progressive good work he’s involved in, throwing out the baby with the bath water to reject the entirety of all that Elon is part of. And this describes perfectly the kind of reaction taken to resist a perceived evil, or to match its cruelty with a tit for tat escalation in hostility, that can lead to the all out war we currently see both Iran and Israel flirting with now.

#CivilWar #AlexGarland #Youtube

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mediamonarchy · 9 days

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https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240415_MorningMonarchy.mp3 Download MP3 Theft extensions, Zionist tensions and spying exemptions + this day in history w/Supergirl mind control and our song of the day by Blitzkrieg on your #MorningMonarchy for April 15, 2024. Notes/Links: Alex Jones To Sue CIA After Undercover Report Claims Agency “Went After Him Hardcore” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/alex-jones-sue-cia-after-undercover-report-claims-agency-went-after-him-hardcore OJ’s final insult: Secretive web of companies and cash-only rule to keep fortune from victims’ families https://nypost.com/2024/04/12/us-news/ojs-final-insult-secretive-companies-to-keep-cash-quiet/ Government Employee Violated Law on Jan. 6 but Wasn’t Prosecuted: Document; Treasury Department worker lied to investigators, inspector general says. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/government-employee-violated-law-on-jan-6-but-wasnt-prosecuted-document-5627646 Negative Views of Government Soar Under Biden Compared to Trump; A 10-point drop compared to August 2019 was observed. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/negative-views-of-government-soar-under-biden-compared-to-trump-5628549 1 dead, 13 injured after felon crashes stolen 18-wheeler into Texas Department of Public Safety office https://nypost.com/2024/04/12/us-news/commercial-vehicle-crashes-into-texas-department-of-public-safety-office-multiple-people-injured/ 1 Dead, Several Injured After 18-Wheeler Crashes Into Texas Government Building; Police said one suspect, identified as 42-year-old Clenard Parker, is in custody. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/multiple-injuries-1-suspect-in-custody-after-18-wheeler-crashes-into-texas-department-of-public-safety-offices-5628038 IRS: You have ‘options’ if you can’t pay your taxes by the April 15 deadline https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/heres-what-to-do-if-you-cant-pay-your-taxes-by-the-deadline.html Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – TiT’s ‘Cut In Half’ https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240415_MorningMonarchy.jpg Video: Tax Day is April 15: Tips on how to make last-minute payments (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r9jGhjROdU U.S. crude oil gains as Israel reportedly prepares for attack by Iran this weekend https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/crude-oil-prices-today.html Iran Launches Airborne Attack Against Israel; Waves of Drones on the Way; President Biden is assembling his national security team to discuss the situation. https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/iran-launched-airborne-attack-against-israel-waves-of-drones-on-the-way-5628722 Israel is quiet on next steps against Iran — and on which partners helped shoot down missiles https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-attacks-f27cda966ac274982d968cbcc033eff0 Iran Officials Threaten US Not to Retaliate to Its Attack on Israel; The officials warned the United States not to intervene in the escalating conflict after Tehran launched hundreds of drones and missiles. https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/iran-officials-issue-warning-to-us-after-israel-attack-5628995 US Will Not Participate in Any Retaliation Against Iran: White House; Iran on Saturday launched 300 drones and missiles at Israel, nearly all of which were thwarted by Israel, U.S. and allied forces. https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/iran-launches-retaliatory-attack-on-israel-5628750 ‘Christians for a Free Palestine’ shuts down Senate cafeteria: ‘Congress won’t eat until Gaza eats’ https://decensored.news/christian-activists-shut-down-senate-cafeteria/ It’s ok, they’re democrats so it’s not an insurrection: Anti-Israel agitators shut down Senate cafeteria; around 50 arrested https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-israel-agitators-shut-down-senate-cafeteria-arrested Musk: “𝕏 algorithm update coming soon with more bangers and less clickbait!” https://vxtwitter.com/decensorednews/status/1778207856505782441 Sen Marsha Blackburn calling for POTUS to “move quickly and launch aggressive retaliatory strikes on Iran”. Top donor: AIPAC. https://vxtwitt...

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Ex-CIA: Biden is NOW a National Security risk for the world

Follow Larry Johnson at http://sonar21.com Today Stephen Gardner and Larry Johnson discuss the Texas border. Is Scott Ritter right and US military should not be on the border. Or is Colonel Douglas Macgregor right and the US military's sole job is the defend the US and her border? Larry Johnson says Colonel Douglas Macgregor is correct. We also discuss Biden's cognitive decline, how the world is watching a sitting president lose his faculties. We discuss Tucker Carlson and Putin interviewing on the Russia Ukraine war and the situation in the Red Sea with the Houthis and Iran. 1. **Biden's Cognitive Decline**: Johnson highlights Biden's concerning lapses in memory, including forgetting his time as VP, significant personal events, and interactions with deceased global leaders. This raises questions about Biden's mental acuity and potential impact on national security. 2. **Medication Speculation**: There's speculation about whether Biden is receiving medication to manage dementia or boost his energy levels, hinting at concerns about his ability to fulfill presidential duties effectively. 3. **Tucker Carlson's Interview with Vladimir Putin**: The interview touches upon the Pentagon and the European Union's reaction to Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin, questioning why they would be upset about efforts to understand Putin's perspectives and actions. 4. **Zelensky's Decision**: The interview also scrutinizes Ukrainian President Zelensky's decision to remove General Zaluzhnyi from his position, pondering whether it was a necessary strategic move or merely optics. 5. **Iran and Texas Border**: Additionally, there's a mention of Iran and the Texas border, indicating potential areas of concern or focus in the geopolitical landscape. SEO keywords in this video: President Biden, liquid natural gas, export permits, climate crisis, Keystone pipeline, NordStream2 pipeline, energy sector, international relations, environmental priorities, union workers, Wisconsin, defamation case, RNC, Republican nominee, border crisis, national guards, Texas Governor Abbott, federal directives, Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu, International Court of Justice, genocide allegations, Tucker Carlson, Prime Minister Trudeau, Canada legislation, human rights, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Yemen, China, geopolitical maneuvering, diplomatic challenges, legal battles, domestic affairs, international affairs, political landscape, alliances, regional conflicts, global diplomacy, state-federal relations, volatile situations, US Immigration Attorney, Immigrant Money $, Texas Vs supreme court, Migrant Arrest, Texas Blocks Migrants, Aging out kids, razor wire, 2024 US election, trump campaign, birth tourism, student visa children, end birthright citizenship, 2025 election, undocumented, nyc migrant crisis, chicago immigration, trump immigration, immigration, texas blocking migrants, 25, texas border crisis, federal, white house, texas governor, abbott, boden on texas, white house on texas, civil war, Larry Johnson, CIA, Judging Freedom

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mariacallous · 3 months

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About eight minutes after 3 am on June 27, 2022, inside the Khouzestan steel mill near Iran's western coastline on the Persian Gulf, a massive lid lowered onto a vat of glowing, molten metal. Based on footage from a surveillance camera inside the plant, the giant vessel was several times taller than the two workers in gray uniforms and hardhats standing nearby, likely large enough to carry well over a hundred tons of liquid steel heated to several thousand degrees Fahrenheit.

In the video, the two workers walk out of frame. The clip jump-cuts forward 10 minutes. Then suddenly, the giant ladle is moving, swinging steadily toward the camera. A fraction of a second later, burning embers fly in all directions, fire and smoke fill the factory, and incandescent, liquid steel can be seen pouring freely out of the bottom of the vat onto the plant floor.

Written across the bottom of the video is a kind of disclaimer from Predatory Sparrow, the group of hackers who took credit for this cyber-induced mayhem and posted the video clip to their channel on the messaging service Telegram: “As you can see in this video,” it reads, “this cyberattack has been carried out carefully so to protect innocent individuals.”

A close watch of the video, in fact, reveals something like the opposite: Eight seconds after the steel mill catastrophe begins, two workers can be seen running out from underneath the ladle assembly, through the shower of embers, just feet away from the torrent of flaming liquid metal. “If they were closer to the ladle egress point, they would have been cooked,” says Paul Smith, the chief technology officer of industrial-focused cybersecurity firm SCADAfence, who analyzed the attack. “Imagine getting hit by 1,300-degrees-Celsius molten steel. That's instant death.”

The Khouzestan steel mill sabotage represents one of only a handful of examples in history of a cyberattack with physically destructive effects. But for Predatory Sparrow, it was just a part of a years-long career of digital intrusions that includes several of the most aggressive offensive hacking incidents ever documented. In the years before and after that attack—which targeted three Iranian steelworks, though only one intrusion successfully caused physical destruction—Predatory Sparrow crippled the country's railway system computers and disrupted payment systems across the majority of Iran's gas station pumps not once but twice, including in an attack last month that once again disabled point-of-sale systems at more than 4,000 gas stations, creating a nationwide fuel shortage.

In fact, Predatory Sparrow, which typically refers to itself in public statements by the Farsi translation of its name, Gonjeshke Darande, has been tightly focused on Iran for years, long before Israel's war with Hamas further raised tensions between the two countries. Very often the hackers target the Iranian civilian population with disruptive attacks that follow Iran's own acts of aggression through hacking or military proxies. The latest gas station attack, for instance, came after Iran-linked hackers compromised Israeli-made equipment at water utilities around the world and Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched missiles at Israel and attacked shipping vessels in the Red Sea. “Khamenei!” Predatory Sparrow wrote in Farsi on its Twitter feed, addressing Iran's supreme leader. “We will react against your evil provocations in the region.”

While Predatory Sparrow maintains the veneer of a hacktivist group—often affecting the guise of one that is itself Iranian—its technical sophistication hints at likely involvement from a government or military. US defense sources speaking to The New York Times in 2021 linked the hackers to Israel. Yet some cybersecurity analysts who track the group say that even as it carries out attacks that fit most definitions of cyberwar, one of its hallmarks is restraint—limiting the damage it could cause while demonstrating it could have achieved more. Attempting to achieve an appearance of restraint, at least, might be more accurate: The physical endangerment of at least two Khouzestan staffers in its steel mill attack represents a glaring exception to its claims of safety.

Predatory Sparrow is distinguished most of all by its apparent interest in sending a specific geopolitical message with its attacks, says Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, an analyst at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne who has tracked the group for years. Those messages are all variations on a theme: If you attack Israel or its allies, we have the ability to deeply disrupt your civilization. “They're showing that they can reach out and touch Iran in meaningful ways,” Guerrero-Saade says. “They're saying, ‘You can prop up the Houthis and Hamas and Hezbollah in these proxy wars. But we, Predatory Sparrow, can dismantle your country piece by piece without having to move from where we are.’”

Here's a brief history of Predatory's short but distinguished track record of hyper-disruptive cyberattacks.

2021: Train Chaos

In early July of 2021, computers showing schedules across Iran's national railway system began to display messages in Farsi declaring the message “long delay because of cyberattack,” or simply “canceled,” along with the phone number of the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as if to suggest that Iranians call the number for updates or to complain. SentinelOne's Guerrero-Saade analyzed the malware used in the attack, which he dubbed Meteor Express, and found that the hackers had deployed a three-stage wiping program that destroyed computers' file systems, locked out users, and then wiped the master boot record that machines use to locate their operating system when they start up. Iran's Fars radio station reported that the result of the cyberattack was “unprecedented chaos,” but it later deleted that statement.

Around the same time, computers across the network of Iran's Ministry of Roads and Urban Development were hit with the wiper tool, too. Analysis of the wiper malware by Israeli security firm CheckPoint revealed that the hackers had likely used different versions of the same tools years earlier while breaking into Iran-linked targets in Syria, in those cases under the guise of a hacker group named for the Hindu god of storms, Indra.

“Our goal of this cyber attack while maintaining the safety of our countrymen is to express our disgust with the abuse and cruelty that the government ministries and organizations allow to the nation,” Predatory Sparrow wrote in a post in Farsi on its Telegram channel, suggesting that it was posing as an Iranian hacktivist group as it claimed credit for the attacks.

2021: Gas Station Paralysis

Just a few months later, on October 26, 2021, Predatory Sparrow struck again. This time, it targeted point-of-sale systems at more than 4,000 gas stations across Iran—the majority of all fuel pumps in the country—taking down the system used to accept payment by gasoline subsidy cards distributed to Iranian citizens. Hamid Kashfi, an Iranian emigré and founder of the cybersecurity firm DarkCell, analyzed the attack but only published his detailed findings last month. He notes that the attack's timing came exactly two years after the Iranian government attempted to reduce fuel subsidies, triggering riots across the country. Echoing the railway attack, the hackers displayed a message on fuel pump screens with the Supreme Leader's phone number, as if to blame Iran's government for this gas disruption, too. “If you look at it from a holistic view, it looks like an attempt to trigger riots again in the country,” Kashfi says, “to increase the gap between the government and the people and cause more tension.”

The attack immediately led to long lines at gas stations across Iran that lasted days. But Kashfi argues that the gas station attack, despite its enormous effects, represents one where Predatory Sparrow demonstrated actual restraint. He inferred, based on detailed data uploaded by Iranian incident responders to the malware repository VirusTotal, that the hackers had enough access to the gas stations' payment infrastructure to have destroyed the entire system, forcing manual reinstallation of software at gas stations or even reissuing of subsidy cards. Instead, they merely wiped the point-of-sale systems in a way that would allow relatively quick recovery.

Predatory Sparrow even went so far as to claim on its Telegram account that it had emailed the vendor for the point-of-sale systems, Ingenico, to warn the company about an unpatched vulnerability in its software that could have been used to cause more permanent disruption to the payment system. (Curiously, an Ingenico spokesperson tells WIRED its security team never received any such email.)

Predatory Sparrow also wrote on Telegram that it had sent text messages to Iran's civilian emergency services, posting screenshots of its warnings to those emergency services to fuel up their vehicles prior to the attack. “You don't see that often, right?” Kashfi says. “They chose to do very clean, controlled damage.”

2022: Steel Mill Meltdown

In June of 2022, Predatory Sparrow carried out one of the most brazen acts of cybersabotage in history, triggering the spillage of molten steel at Iran's Khouzestan steel mill that caused a fire in the facility.

To prove that it had carried out the attack and had not merely claimed credit for an unrelated industrial accident, the hackers posted a screenshot to Telegram of the so-called human-machine interface, or HMI software, that the steelworks used to control its equipment. Paul Smith, the SCADAfence CTO who investigated the incident, quickly found a page on the website of the Iranian IT firm Irisa that listed the Khouzestan steel mill as one of its projects, matching the Irisa logo on the HMI screenshot.

Smith says he also found that both the HMI software and the surveillance camera that Predatory Sparrow used to record a video of its attack were connected to the internet and discoverable on Shodan, a search engine that catalogs vulnerable internet-of-things devices. Smith, who has a background working in steel mills, theorizes that the attack's damage was caused when the hackers used their access to the HMI to bypass a “degassing” step in the steel refining process that removes gases trapped in molten steel, which can otherwise cause explosions. He speculates that it was exactly that sort of explosion of gases trapped in the molten steel that caused the ladle to move and pour its contents on the factory floor.

Predatory Sparrow touted in its video, which it posted to Telegram, that it had carried out the attack “carefully so to protect innocent individuals,” suggesting that it had monitored the surveillance footage to make sure no humans were in danger. Smith doesn't buy that claim. Even beyond the two Iranian steelworkers forced to run through flying embers, feet away from burning liquid metal, he argues that the viewer can't see who else might have been in harm's way. “You don't know if anyone was hurt,” Smith says.

The Khouzestan steel mill was just one of three steel facilities that Predatory Sparrow breached in its intrusions, though those operations weren't solely targeted at physical sabotage. A week later, the group also began to post tens of thousands of stolen emails from the three steel facilities—all of which faced Western sanctions—designed to demonstrate their ties to the Iranian military.

2023: Gas Station Paralysis, Redux

With tensions rising across the Middle East following Hamas' October 7 attacks in southern Israel and Israel's overwhelming military response in the Gaza Strip, perhaps it was inevitable that Predatory Sparrow would play a role in that burgeoning conflict. As Iran-backed Houthi rebels began to blockade shipping in the Red Sea—and as an Iran-linked hacker group calling itself CyberAveng3rs hacked water utilities across the US with anti-Israel messages—the group staged a December 18 rerun of its 2021 gas station attack, crippling point-of-sale systems at pumps at the majority of the country's filling stations.

While technical details of this latest attack are still scant, DarkCell's Hamid Kashfi says it appears to follow the same playbook as the 2021 hacking incident, albeit likely exploiting different security vulnerabilities in the equipment. Again, Predatory Sparrow posted messages it claimed to have sent to Iranian emergency services ahead of the disruption, in an attempt to limit harm. “As in our previous operations, this cyberattack was conducted in a controlled manner while taking measures to limit potential damage to emergency services,” reads a message from the group on Telegram.

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kmrguez · 5 months

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Manifesto of the Vibrant Dark

To begin the Introduction to Humanities is something more than I ever thought it was. This course was something that helped me to dig deeper into the way I view things. Not just by viewing certain paintings or watching certain videos but it is a life lesson and has more value. I would like to apply what I learned and explain this in more depth. Observation is very critical when it comes to life and as well something that I have learned in this course. Introduction to Humanities is a huge field that shows concerns about what it's like to be a human being. For example, their cultural values and expressions. Under these certain human beliefs, there are different branches we can focus on like philosophy, history, literature, religion, art, music, and many more things. It is all about how human beings are in the way they are shaped, based on certain situations, and also has certain themes and ideas for example main ones being love and happiness.

To begin, I would like to start with one of the art pieces that I as my representative work on. This art piece was called the Nighthawks and was done in the year 1942. When analyzing this art piece. Besides the fact that it was beautiful, it had way more to offer and such a massive message behind it. I can also relate because my family is from Brooklyn, NY where this picture was done in New York. Already I have a connection there. Edward Harper was the creator of this oil canvas artwork and he put great detail in it as well as we can correlate to 1942 being a hard time for people living in New York. I stated that “World War II happened during this time, and 1941 was the year when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The knowledge of history goes hand in hand with Hopper's art piece. Surviving and living as an individual was hard; you felt alone. A lot was going on in the Big Apple with rapid modernization in technology and culture. Nighthawks oil canvas was a fantastic art piece, and as an individual who lived in New York City during the 1940s, you could relate to the characters and figures.” So to begin with this theme of reviewing the painting it was a lonely dark vibe but as well with being the big city.

Moving on to the Abstract Image the “Interrogation” by Ali Banisdr. It is a painting that is viewed and has a lot going on. You can see colors and see a lot of action done by individuals. With looking into more detail these images in the way at first glance it looks all crazy. I stated “The painting's rough and jagged lines make me feel the furthest from peaceful, but instead, they help me to sympathize with Ali Banisadr for the skillful manner in which he captured this conflict and made me feel as though I was there myself. The conflict shown in this painting is all about how a child, Ali Banisadr, lived through the Iran-Iraq War.” Yet again after analyzing another piece that was negative and has a theme of hard time.

Another post on my blog the public art that I chose was called Buff Monster. I viewed this or on the Walls, located in Wynwood, Miami. This is a place I have been to many times before, but I always love to go and see the walls and see what has been updated. Looking at these images, they are very bright, colorful, and fun, which is a little bit different from my theme which is a more lonely and dark side. At the same time, it can correlate to the paintings that I have chosen which do have some color or a more crazy vibe, just like the Buff monster.

Again, another post on my blog was about poetic license. I chose the poem “Later” by Raymond Luczak. This poem ties perfectly together with my main theme, which is still about being in a dark place. “This poem is about Richard, Chenault who passed away at age 38. It is a tribute to Richard and how strong the relationship was between two individuals. It is about how they communicated through sign language and cherished many good memories together after reminiscing on the old times. It is tough to translate memories to deaf people once they are gone” stated by me. This poem is something that was very nice and I chose it because it shows how there is a dark side, but at the end, there is always some color and something more powerful and more powerful message that is going to be viewed at the end of the day.

In all my themes of my blog post do have a dark and vibrant side. Most of my posts are about dark things, like people going through struggles or the passing of a loved one. On the other hand, there are paintings of vibrant colors and figures. I would like to say my blog has a balance. It is divided into two different places. It's like being on two different sides of the spectrum, but in all, there are good vibes. One good example of how my blog is very divided is. There is a painting with vibrant colors, but the meaning behind that painting is very dark. There is always light but at the same time, something always happens.

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recentlyheardcom · 6 months

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BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Friday that his powerful militia is already engaged in unprecedented fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border and threatened a further escalation as Israel's war with Hamas nears the one-month mark.In televised remarks — his first since the Palestinian militants’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel — Nasrallah stopped short of announcing that Hezbollah would fully enter the war, a move that would have devastating consequences for both Lebanon and Israel.The United States, Israel's strongest backer, has warned Hezbollah and its patron Iran against entering the fray and has sent warships to the Mediterranean, a move Nasrallah said "will not scare us.”Hezbollah is prepared for all options, he declared, “and we can resort to them at any time.” The fighting would “not be limited” to the scale seen so far, he added. In recent weeks, Hezbollah has fired rockets across the border daily, mainly hitting military targets in northern Israel, but it has a substantial arsenal capable of hitting anywhere in Israel and thousands of battle-hardened fighters.Nasrallah's speech had been widely anticipated throughout the region as an indication of whether the Israel-Hamas conflict would spiral into a regional war.“Some say I’m going to announce that we have entered the battle," Nasrallah said Friday. "We already entered the battle on Oct. 8.” He argued that Hezbollah's cross-border strikes have pulled away Israeli forces that would otherwise be focused on Hamas in Gaza.Celebratory gunshots rang out over Beirut as thousands packed into a square in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital to watch Nasrallah's speech broadcast via video-link on a massive screen.Thursday saw the most significant escalation on the Israel-Lebanon border since the war started, with Hezbollah firing off a barrage of mortar shells and anti-tank missiles and, for the first time, exploding drones.In Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to urge protections for civilians in the fighting with Hamas, as Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of Gaza City.Nasrallah criticized the strong U.S. backing of Israel's bombardment of Gaza that has killed more than 9,000 people, mostly civilians. While U.S. officials in recent days have pushed more publicly for protecting civilians in Gaza, they have yet to call for a cease-fire.The Hezbollah leader said U.S. President Joe Biden had made a “fake argument that Hamas cut off children’s heads (without) evidence, but stayed silent for the thousands of children in Gaza who were decapitated and their limbs were torn apart” by Israeli bombing.Nasrallah praised Hamas' Oct. 7 rampage across southern Israel. The militants attacked farming villages, towns and military posts, killing more than 1,400 people — most of them civilians — and taking hundreds of hostages back to Gaza while Israeli forces were slow to respond.It was “proof that Israel is weaker than a spider’s web” and one month into the war, it “has not been able to make any achievement,” Nasrallah said.He insisted that Hamas had planned the attack in secrecy and that Hezbollah had no part in it. “This great, large-scale operation was purely the result of Palestinian planning and implementation,” Nasrallah said.Facing a relentless aerial bombardment and now a ground incursion by Israeli forces in Gaza, Hamas leaders have been pushing — sometimes publicly — for Hezbollah to widen its involvement in the war. Nasrallah met last week in Beirut with senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri and with Ziad Nakhaleh of the allied group Islamic Jihad.However, Hezbollah officials have avoided publicly setting a specific red line, saying vaguely that they would join the war if they see that Hamas is on the verge of defeat. Instead, Hezbollah has taken calculated steps to keep Israel’s military busy on its border with Lebanon, but not to the extent of igniting an all-out war.The

Israeli military said seven of their soldiers and one civilian had been killed on the northern border as of Friday. More than 50 Hezbollah fighters and 10 militants with allied groups, as well as 10 civilians, including a Reuters journalist, have been killed on the Lebanese side.“Don’t test us," Netanyahu warned Hezbollah on Friday. A mistake, he said, "will exact a price you can’t even imagine.”Israel considers the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite militant group its most serious immediate threat, estimating that Hezbollah has around 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel, as well as drones and surface-to-air and surface-to-sea missiles.But a full-on conflict would be costly for Hezbollah, which fought a 34-day war with Israel in 2006 that ended with a draw — but not before Israeli bombing reduced swaths of southern Lebanon, the eastern Bekaa Valley and Beirut’s southern suburbs to rubble.A new all-out war would also displace hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah’s supporters in southern Lebanon and cause wide damage at a time when Lebanon is in the throes of a historic four-year economic meltdown.Julia Norman, an associate professor of politics and international relations at University College London, said that Blinken and Nasrallah, two actors who “are going to be very influential on how the conflict moves from this point” both offered signals Friday against a wider war.“That’s not to say it won’t, but the messaging today from both seemed to be ... trying to operate within a sense of restraint and to not have this ripple out even further,” she said.___Associated Press writers Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut, Danica Kirka in London and Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

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Saltless Jews outwardly unfaithful to Noble Abraham who killed Jesus, wh... Saltless Jews outwardly unfaithful to Noble Abraham who killed Jesus, what do you expect from them today? https://youtu.be/VKgK1CBiOMM Could anyone build the covenant of the Jews with Abraham? Remember this man of dead letters Church Father Origen couldn't. They are Tares getting bundled up in Israel for the Final Burning expected soon after the attack of Israel on Iran, the Fake circumcised sons of Isaac. Watch my other videos, and my seminars are totally FREE, which will also set you FREE. End Time Gospel. Israel is supposed to attack Iran by 14/11/2023. Then, the JUDGEMENT Atomic War. https://youtu.be/odMABgAf5kQ PREDICTIONS. I am a retired university lecturer in Metallurgy hailing from Punjab, India where the Second Coming of Christ = Satguru Jesus in the name of Christ = Satguru Nanak Dev Ji took place in 1469 among the most greedy and Satanic people of the Khatri tribe. Through five more Lights, He Preached the Gospel to perfection for over 150 years still the Darkness could not be comprehended. Thus, in Four More Lights, the Royal Kings came to protect Sikhism and promoted the rule of righteousness. The greediest Kings and Emperors of Darkness still carried on with their Sat+++++anic activities as Mullahs in the Mosques. The New Testament has good information on what is going on. In fact, Matt 13v24-30 is getting fulfilled and the Tares, the Jews, Muslims, etc. outwardly are getting bundled up in Israel for the Final Burning through Atomic Bombs. Now, these University Theologians are dead in letters of the holy Books totally incapable of understanding the Parable puzzles that only you learn through “intuition” by His grace only that the illiterate Shepherds and farmers were able to do as God is inside them and taught them which the greedy Temple (Winepress coining the moral laws) Priests (Husbandmen) loving Mammon more than God could not understand. That is why Jesus didn’t throw Pearls before swine in Jerusalem as the two men in the Genersate were doing and ended up locked up in the silence of the graveyard so that no one should listen to them as the Oxford University Professors of Theology are doing to me. Cutting the matter short, the Atomic War is expected to take place soon after 14/11/2023. This is how I have calculated it:- Israel was established on 14/05/1948. Add to it 70 years of full protection. On 14/05/2018, Israel was 70 years old and Donald Trump declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel and moved his Embassy to Jerusalem. Now, there were Five years of grace of heart in the name of Christ Jesus which ended on 14/05/2023 and Israel declared that the whole Jerusalem belongs to Israel. This has boiled up the situation and the Mohammedan Hamas, Fateh, etc. have reacted against this announcement. The sons of the most high Satan Al-Djmar Al-Aksa, super bastard religious fanatic devils – John 8v44 – Jews and Muslims outwardly have become the staunch enemies of each other. Neither the Jews nor the Hamas and the Fatah can build their covenants with Abraham of the Semitic Race. St. Paul has stressed many things such as a Jew is one who is “inwardly – spiritual” never born and never died and not outwardly or the tribal self Juda, Levi, Benjamin, etc. that are born and will die led by the their blind guides, the Rabbis. In India, three Satanic Lalas Lala M.K. Gandhi, a Bania, Lala Tara Singh, a Malhotra Khatri and Lala Mohd. Ali Jinnah, a Babla Bhatia did the same sectarian riots with full collusion of the British hypocrites. So, here are my calculations:- Israel was established on 14/05/1948 + 70 years of the Full Protection till 14/05/2018 when Donald Trump declared that Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel. Then, the Five are the temptations of heart well known in India; they are KAAM =immorality, KARODHH = Anger, LOBHH = greed, MOH = worldly attractions and finally HANKAAR = Proud of the Book knowledge. This grace of our Supernatural Father Elohim = Allah = Parbrahm, etc. takes us to 14/05/2023. People who are going to perish are the creation of Yahweh governed by the Seven Candled Menorah. So, let us give Six months of grace to Yahweh and that would take us to 14/11/2023. The next Seventh Month is of the Middle Candle of Menorah called “Shams”, Sun, the primary Source of Light. So, the Seventh Month is in the hand of Elohim, who is the overall Father of Creation as the supernatural “soul” is all living things. King David said, “My lord Yahweh said to the Lord of Sabbath, the Middle Candle of the Menorah Shams as Jesus too declared that He is the Lord of Sabbath”. Only He knows which Day of the Month, the Atomic War would take place. Thus, men taught by men the dead Scriptures in the Universities and Colleges producing licenced Dog-Collared Priests cannot know God without the holy spirit, which is common sense called SURTI in Hindi but the illiterate Shepherds and Farmers have common sense and they know God. That is why the Good News of the Birth of Yahshua, the First Born of

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healthstyle101 · 6 months

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Israel retakes land invaded by Hamas, Biden slammed for BBQ at White House and more top headlines

Israeli Forces Recapture Areas Near Gaza Strip After Hamas Infiltration In a recent development, Israeli forces have successfully recaptured territories near the Gaza Strip following a mass infiltration by Hamas over the weekend. This operation marks a significant turn of events in the ongoing conflict. Let's break down what you need to know. Israel Enforces 'Complete Siege' of Gaza Israel has taken a decisive step by enforcing a 'complete siege' on Gaza. This move is aimed at regaining control and security in the region. Criticism Over Presidential Barbecue While the Israel conflict is ongoing, U.S. President Biden faced criticism for hosting a barbecue event. Many found the timing of this gathering questionable given the seriousness of the situation in the Middle East. GOP Efforts to Return McCarthy as Speaker Some members of the GOP are making efforts to bring back Kevin McCarthy as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This development is closely watched in the world of American politics. Democratic Congressman in Israel During Conflict During his visit to Israel for a bar mitzvah, a Democratic congressman had to seek shelter from Hamas rocket fire. This incident sheds light on the safety concerns during this tumultuous period. Mystery Surrounds Visit of Iraqi Judge to D.C. A mystery surrounds the visit of an Iraqi judge with ties to Iran who issued a subpoena for former President Trump. This situation has raised questions about international legal matters. Governor Whitmer Faces Calls to Resign Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is facing calls to resign following what some have labeled a 'fraudulent' response to the attacks on Israel. Rashida Tlaib's Call for an End to 'Occupation' Representative Rashida Tlaib has broken her silence, urging an end to what she calls the 'occupation' following a Hamas terror attack. Democrats' Mixed Signals on McCarthy Reports suggest that some Democrats indicated they would help save Kevin McCarthy before eventually voting to oust him. The politics surrounding this decision are complex. Independent Probe into Allegations Against Sen. Menendez New Jersey Senate Republicans are seeking an independent investigation into allegations against Senator Robert Menendez. This move highlights ongoing political disputes. Media Controversies Over Border Wall and Deprogramming The media continues to be a source of controversy, with discussions about the border wall and comments from Hillary Clinton regarding 'deprogramming' Trump supporters. Harvard Organizations' Statement on Gaza Attacks Harvard organizations have asserted that Israel is solely to blame for the Gaza attacks. This statement has sparked debate and controversy. Texas' Struggle with Universal School Choice Texas is facing challenges in joining other red states in passing universal school choice policies. The issue of education remains a topic of discussion in the Lone Star State. Opinions and Editorials - David Marcus emphasizes the need to address the rising crime rates in major cities. - Nolan Rappaport warns against the potential consequences of Biden's new border wall. Other News Highlights - Alleged seabound bandits were apprehended on San Francisco Bay. - The actor known for playing 'Superman' explains his decision to leave California. - The history of Columbus Day is explored, shedding light on Italian Americans' fight for their heritage and holiday. - A baker is facing a legal dispute over a gender transition cake, claiming it was a setup. - Hungry hippos celebrate the fall season by munching on pumpkin treats in a heartwarming video. Watch - An Israeli woman recounts her experience defending her family from Hamas terrorists. - Fred Fleitz discusses the often-overlooked question of what comes next in Israel. Fox Weather Stay updated on your local weather by visiting our Fox Weather section. Thank you for choosing Fox News to start your day. We look forward to keeping you informed. Read the full article

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americanmysticom · 6 months

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JOE BIDEN WARNS ISRAEL NOT TO OCCUPY GAZA?

Recorded on Thursday and broadcast last night Oct 15, 2023

LIVE: Biden Sends WARNING To Israel 🔥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq-le4zbzvY

photo; Are the Palestinians Wrong about Everything? (An Average Israeli Perspective) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-x-cRReI1A

Meanwhile, the battle with the neocon-left issues on;

SPEAKER JORDAN IS INEVITABLE! Massive Momentum, New Biden Investigation BOMBSHELL! Peace In Israel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvpK5NYVZcg

With an open border, there come more questions;

US sanctions Lebanon-South America network accused of financing Hezbollah https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-sanctions-hezbollah-ofac-c1e66bb0941ee01832aafbcc448856ce

The Iran-backed group is designated a “foreign terrorist organization,” and Washington also claims that the group has been involved in drug trafficking in Latin America to generate revenue.

Vivek Ramaswamy Blasts FOREVER WAR Funding as Janet Yellen Says US Can ABSOLUTELY Afford 2 Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4FgikzB0Wo [By draining the US economy into Ukraine while crippling the US energy economy?]

Remember that the US is under 5th generation warfare from within its borders and its bureaucracy supporting the WHO

WHO Pandemic treaty danger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCoFLhDKlA4

Double warning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lyeO9IqJzc

Also know that the political bureaucratic intelligence failure in Israel is closely related to the political bureaucratic intelligence failures in the US.

"This Surprise Attack Seems Like A Planned Operation On All Fronts" https://www.bitchute.com/video/IHe5LDwIExND/

[Since Gaza is now cut in half and the population is being blocked from fully migrating to Egypt, it may be beneficial to stay further advance until such time as other nations in the area are willing to accept Palestinian [migrant Arabs] migration.

I wonder if the Palestinians [migrant Arabs] could be moved to their historical gathering spot, Petra.

Oh, nervermind. It appears neither Egypt nor Jordan will accept any Palestinian [migrant Arabs] from Gaza. For some reason they don’t want Gaza’s refugees whatsoever]

BREAK THRU THE PSYOP! - INFORMATION CONTROL IS MIND CONTROL! - LEARN ABOUT CRIMINAL HYPNOSIS!

https://www.secretdonttell.com/shop pdf&mp3 available

#5th generation war #Israeli intelligence failure

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H, 7th meeting

H met me at the theatre. My friend A was there. She'd been announcing that she was sober, but her hands were shaking as she offered us Haribo gummy bears. I've seen relapses, and the way a person would try to conceal them, betting on your obliviousness. She was alone; her boyfriend, whom I'd encouraged her to leave, was spending the evening with his ex-girlfriend. The doors opened and H and I sat together and watched two pre-revolution films by Kiarostami; his first feature film, Experience, and an interview-format documentary called First Case, Second Case. Before Experience, the programmer screened a video that he'd received from the writer of the film, a sweet and enthusiastic message of gratitude. Before screening First Case, Second Case, the programmer showed us a slide show of the people interviewed in the documentary, and listed where they'd gone to school (always some Western liberal arts institution) and what role they eventually played in Iran after the 1979 revolution. Some of them became influential, brutal, and oppressive state actors after the revolution. But while watching the documentary, you couldn't sniff out the future brutality. Everyone sounded conscientious and idealistic.

After the film, we said goodbye to A, and then got Turkish food, and then took the S-bahn home. We took some selfies on the train. Selfies could never quite capture how attractive I thought H was. We'd caught a train that ran on a ring outer to the one we needed, so we transferred at one point, and then I mused that if we'd rode the train one more stop, we could have gotten off near Treptower Park and walked. H was struck with disappointment. "I would have really enjoyed that walk," he said. He fell silent, lost in regret.

The walk we eventually made crossed over the Spree, and was a walk I didn't mind. It was late when we got home and I was very tired, but I had made up my mind to have sex with him because I'd canceled on him rudely the night before. "I want you to talk to me," I said, while under him. "Disrespect me. Tell me I'm not good for anything except sex." I wanted to work out the frustrations I had the past week, feeling like a failure and a doormat, feeling like I'd lost control of my own time, hadn't done what I'd come here to do and ended up pulled in many directions by many different people.

H obliged. "You're not good for anything except getting fucked," he said. "And that's what I'm going to do--come around whenever I want to and fuck you and you're going to be waiting with your collar on, and your collar is going to have a little H on it to signal that you're mine."

"I'll be sitting at home waiting, doing nothing but waiting," I said, gasping. It was a release to say this aloud, to be naming that thing I hated while someone was aggressively fucking me.

I got on top of him and rode him slowly, almost as a break for myself, but also to relax into something more sensual and stimulating. H was moaning. "Here you were saying you don't ride dick but you do it so well," he said. After he said that I adjusted my position and tried to do what I thought was "riding dick" in my head-- to be more upright and move on the dick faster. But H said, "It felt good what you were doing. Do what feels good for you," and I came back down, slowed down again, brought my face and body closer to his. It was interesting that he'd noticed; I was turned on by him telling me to do what felt good for me because it also felt good for him.

H's command of English wasn't perfect and sometimes I had to wince my way through the things he'd say. "I'll fuck you very well," he said once, and had me composing a tweet in my head. But at one point he said, "You came to Berlin to find yourself, and you've found out you're only good for this" and I immediately started coughing. I threw my hands up, waving it all away. "Oh God," I said. "Sorry. Um. I can't." My constant existential crisis, exposed--too real. I pushed him out of me and lay on my side in the fetal position, cringing but laughing to myself.

Sex with H was only getting better. He was very careful around my need for breaks, and I trusted him. So I was free to make it more obvious that I was hungry for his aggression. He topped me and pretzeled my legs, and later fucked me while I lay on my stomach, with his hands pressing my lower back into the bed and angling up my ass. I used up the leftover water-based lube that H had bought previously and we went until I dried up from simply being too tired. H obeyed as soon as I asked him to stop. I hadn't come. He masturbated as I played with his nipples. He came all over the both of us and also on the sheets. By the time we showered, it was past 3am, and we were both dismayed. I pointed at the cum stains on the sheets and asked, "Are you okay with sleeping with cum on the sheets?"

"Yes, but let's change it because you're not," H said. I realized how indirect I'd been. I could have just said, "I don't want to sleep with your cum on the sheets" or even earlier told H not to take the condom off.

So H helped me change the sheets, and then we went to sleep.

The next morning we lazed in bed for a bit, even though I thought perhaps I should ask him to go so that I could have time to myself. But when H actually announced he was leaving, I grew moody, because I didn't want him to go. And I went, "Is this just sexual?"

H grew frustrated. He sat down on a chair and said, "I thought this was resolved. Why are you bringing this up again?"

"Why are you getting mad?"

"Because we talked about this already, but somehow the issue isn't closed."

"I need to talk about it again."

I didn't really know what I was trying to say. Only that I felt bad. I felt unfulfilled. I wanted someone who would stay in bed with me and we could tell each other that we loved one another. I didn't want a relationship, but my little bird brain wanted love. "I need to know how you feel about me. It feels bad that we don't talk about feelings."

"So you want me to tell you I love you and say this kind of shit?"

I grew tearful. I avoided. "Well, I don't know the difference between like and love..."

"Yes, that's true, it's a spectrum. Why do you even want that? You're only here for a few weeks."

"I know," I said hastily. "That's why I'm with you. Because I made that calculation." But I should have said, "Don't tell me what I should want."

An honest answer could have been, yes, I do want love. I want to fall in love and be in love. I've wanted this for months. I struggled to find the words, and H said, "Speak your mind!" And I produced this answer: "I'm unhappy because things aren't the same between us; you have an emotionally committed relationship and I don't; I have a desire for partnership and an emotional connection that I can't release. And I want to release it."

It was a "correct" answer--the type I make when I'm uncomfortable--but it wasn't a totally dishonest answer. It was true; I both wanted to fall in love and also didn't believe it was right to fall in love with H, who lived on another continent and was already in a serious and committed relationship. But perhaps in the moment I did want H to stay in bed with me and to simulate for me that loving romantic partnership, because it'd feel good. It'd lull me to sleep. I don't like saying goodbye. I don't like to be left alone.

I like being alone. Just not being left alone. Alone is always fine; it's often better. But the moment of leave-taking is always unhappy.

"I think you're good," H said. He hugged me tightly. "Let my body tell you how I feel about you." It sounded like a cop-out. But unlike with A, with whom it was impossible to talk, H not meeting my emotional needs made it easier for me to emotionally detach. His hug made me feel better, and when he left I felt all right.

#sex diary #enm

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The Fury by Shirin Neshat at Gladstone Gallery

On Saturday, I viewed The Fury, an exhibition of new works by artist Shirin Neshat, presented at Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea. The show was comprised of a double-channel video installation and a series of nine black and white photographs with poems by Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, hand-drawn in calligraphy on the images. Each image was made of digital c-print and ink, and sizes ranged from 72 x 48 inches to 40 x 60 inches. Neshat’s work addresses issues of power within patriarchal societies, presenting the female body as both a battleground for ideology and as a source of strength. Both the video installation and photographic series were shot in Spring 2022, before the current “Woman, Life, and Freedom” movement, but speak to the current reality of Iranian women as political prisoners. Building upon her earlier works, The Fury examines issues of sin, shame, desire, and repression, bringing to light their impact on women in both Iran and around the world.

Marry (#2)

The piercing, teary quality of this woman’s eyes speaks volumes. Staring at this image, I felt as if she was trying to communicate something very personal, that was both challenging and painful. Not only her eyes, but her entire facial expression and the wrinkles in her skin convey a sense of the deep pain that comes with, I assume, being a woman in Iran under a patriarchal society. I found the artist's intentions to come across clearly and intensely. When I looked up close, I could see the finely drawn poetry on her skin. I wondered what it said and how it related to the subject matter. I also found the image quality satisfying, as it emphasized her black hair and the shadows around her wrinkles on her face and neck.

Ana (#3)

I love how the position of this woman’s body forms shapes and creates contrast between the skin color and the shadows and wrinkles of the skin. I like the detail of the fingertips around the upper arm as well. Similar to the previous image, when you look up close, you can see the poetry written all over the woman’s skin. To me, this image simultaneously conveys a feeling of shame around the body and also of celebration around the woman’s body, including all its wrinkles and creases. The choice to only show the body and not the face also makes the body feel more like an object to be looked at.

I came away from this exhibit feeling deeply moved. After viewing the images, I watched the video installation, which nearly brought me to tears. I was surprised at how impactful this exhibit was. As a woman living in our society today, much of the subject matter felt relatable, important and powerful. I think Neshat was successful in embodying complex issues related to the female body in Islamic cultures, through these sensual and provocative images and through the video installation. The images brought up a range of emotions, and at the same time were beautifully executed in terms of their quality. The entire show felt very relevant to our current political state.

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