Our heroes watch a beautiful film with a cluttered story.

We Just Watched... Wendell & Wild

One of the biggest problems with the urgent push for “media literacy” we’ve been seeing in the west these last few years is that everyone’s being taught about liberal bias and conservative bias in media, but they’re not being taught about US empire bias.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Article with links: https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/were-taught-about-liberal-and-conservative

We’re Taught About Liberal And Conservative Bias In Media, But Not US Empire Bias

4. Yours in Every Way by ClaireGregory

“cross your heart and make it mine” by second_hand_heaven (OFMD)
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands
Fic Summary: 
“I’ve just been admiring your tattoos,” Bonnet admits, “especially this one. X marks the spot," he jokes, his thumb brushing the small tattoo just beneath his eye. Bonnet leans in, then, presses a chaste kiss to the same spot.
Izzy stops breathing, if only for a second."

In which Izzy enjoys a soft morning with Stede.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38243179
Author’s Tags: 
Tattoos, Body Worship, Polyamory, Background Poly, Hand Jobs, Frottage, Morning Sex, Possessive Behavior, Izzy's little cross tattoo beneath his left eye, deserves all the love and attention, Ed's mentioned but he's otherwise occupied, he's part of the ship tho don't fret, Post-Coital Cuddling, Scars

The Intro/Outro is “Cross My Heart Acoustic” by Marianas Trench. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3CyE8NGB5AyilM9MtJxpsA?si=4a0b438c84814d1b

“cross your heart and make it mine” by second_hand_heaven (OFMD)

As opposition to funding the US proxy war in Ukraine increases on Capitol Hill, empire apologists have been frantically churning out think pieces about how much the war serves US strategic interests in order to manufacture support for its continued backing by Washington. Such arguments flatly contradict the propaganda messaging we were inundated with at the beginning of the war that this was an "unprovoked invasion", but empire managers don't seem particularly interested in defending that narrative anymore.

Reading by Tim Foley.

This Proxy War Can't Be Both 'Unprovoked' AND A Great Strategic Investment

Space Out disquiet0616

Israel propaganda looks like a music video featuring children singing "we will annihilate everyone" in Gaza.

Palestine propaganda looks like an endless stream of raw video footage featuring children whose bodies have been ripped apart by Israeli military explosives.

Israel propaganda looks like a music video of Israeli women doing yoga on top of images of the Israeli hostages in Gaza.

Palestine propaganda looks like satellite images of entire neighborhoods that have been bombed into rubble by Israeli forces.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Israel Propaganda Vs Palestine Propaganda

Elon Musk has announced that common pro-Palestine phrases like "from the river to the sea" and "decolonization" are now banned on Twitter and will result in suspension, falsely claiming that they "necessarily imply genocide".

Reading by Tim Foley.

"From The River To The Sea" Is Genocide, But Actual Genocide Is Not Genocide

If you're just tuning in, Israeli intelligence ignored mountains of information that the October 7 attack was coming and left Israelis completely undefended, then the IDF killed significant numbers of Israelis with indiscriminate fire and pinned the blame for 100% of Israeli deaths on Hamas, and all those deaths are now being used as justification to push Gazans off their land to the south and shoot them if they try to return while Israeli officials keep talking about how great it would be to get all Palestinians out of all of Gaza.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Hamas Isn't The Target, They're The Excuse

So the US and the UK just bombed the poorest country in the middle east for trying to stop a genocide. Not only that, they bombed the very same country in which they just spent years backing Saudi Arabia's genocidal atrocities which killed hundreds of thousands of people between 2015 and 2022 in an unsuccessful bid to stop the Houthis from taking power.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Western Empire Bombs Yemen To Protect Israel's Genocide Operations In Gaza

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

Hamas Isn't The Target, They're The Excuse

Caitlin Johnstone

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