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TWO HOURS AGO: an incredible photo taken by a ut austin student capturing something deeply poetic in my opinion, a line of state troopers eagerly waiting to arrest student protesters standing just behind a sign that reads "what starts here changes the world. its starts with you and what you do each day."

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This is different from Al-Shifa:

There are images of decomposed bodies wearing what appear to be scrubs... with their hands tied. Meaning they were executed while bound. I will not be sharing them because I'm tired of showing our martyrs' bodies to people.

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i think we should all consider getting emotional over this xkcd. as a group. let's get emotional about it

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I really like that post you made a while back talking about how Freud considered religion a collective neurosis, and how things like political rallies, drug subcultures, etc etc are different ways of filling that psychic "gap" from western secularization. What works of his did he focus on that topic in, and do you know any later writers who carry that analysis forward?

totem and taboo and civilization and its discontents are probably the most relevant, adorno and horkheimer also address similar things in dialectic of enlightenment, OMG and how could i forget adornos essay on astrology, the stars down to earth. another book i read that influenced my thoughts on this was drugs addiction and initiation: the modern search for ritual, its from a jungian perspective which im critical of but it had some interesting stuff nonetheless. i also was reading a lot of things at the time about the rise of modernity in europe and the social role of rituals in politics, and the history of fascist festivals and also socialist festivals, and their uses. theres a lot of academic writing on these topics if you look them up. similar themes are in ernst bloch's heritage of our times, max webers writing, and a lot of social theory and psychology that was coming from central europe in the late 19th and 20th century

also this is not like directly making this point but i think that most history about the rise of occultism and new age spiritualism in europe in a period of increasing industrialization and alienation kind of indicates what im talking about

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“It Is an Honor to Be Suspended for Palestine”

Dispatches from the Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University

https://crimethinc.com/Columbia2024

In this in-depth report, participants offer a blow-by-blow account of the events at Columbia, appraising the tactics that the demonstrators have employed and the challenges that they face.

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STP : Panic Zone trailer

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Aso Cement factory, Yugeta

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how do you become so well read?

by reading

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Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; on the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.

Baudrillard, J., 1988. The Ecstacy of Communication. Cambridge: MIT Press. p. 63.

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techno animal -- city heathen dub

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24 Apr 24

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Six months ago, on the weekend of 7 October, I planned to go to the beach and swim with my friends in the sea. I lived by the beach and would go for a walk there most days to get fresh air. I also used to go to the gym every morning. Regardless of the 17 years of Israel’s blockade, I still felt some kind of security: I had my job, my home, my family, and I took care of my food and my health. Instead, that weekend in October, I woke up to the sounds of bombs. I went straight to the market to get food and basic essentials – I knew a war would be starting soon. I was only thinking about the coming days. For 200 days in Gaza, I’ve never felt safe or secure. When I go to sleep, I know that I might not wake up the next morning. My entire life has changed since October, and it will never be the same. Today, I don’t do a single thing I used to. Now, the only thing I have is my work. I constantly worry about those around me and try to take care of them. As a parent of two children, the worst feeling was knowing I cannot protect them. They can be killed at any time, and there is nothing I can do it about it. Before the war, I felt that I was the provider and protector of my family. Now, I just feel so powerless.I cannot secure the basic needs for me and family, like food, or gas for cooking. For the longest time in my life, I haven’t been able to eat any meat. I have lost around 13kg, I look like a completely different person. Any food that is available here is now too expensive. Finding transport in Gaza is impossible and there is no fuel available, so people can’t reach their families. I’ve lost so many loved ones. My best friend was killed. Another of my close friends was killed, along with his whole family. My friends who I used to see every day are all gone.

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I remember when reading black shirt and reds that it talked about liberal newspapers and governments and institutions initially praising fascism and I wanted to know if you had any articles/examples on it

yeah they did, sorry to self promote but i posted an essay i wrote about italian fascism and it includes some sources on this

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Over You Go ‘Tekken 3’ PlayStation