Reposted by Dale Matthewgamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible. 4521371251
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comPopular Night Owls philosophy series builds new nest with first event at U of TIn a STEM-focused postsecondary landscape, evening with celebrity philosopher promotes talking about ideas purely for their own sake 100
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Clearly, the younger Khamenei is not as unwaveringly committed to forswearing nukes as the older one was, but Iran would still prefer a deal rather than condemn itself to international isolation for the foreseeable future. This is why the current US policy is so stupid. 1/ 100
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Tonight there was a furious crowd outside of Szor's parents' home calling for their deaths. www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...cbc.caThese documentarians got a standing ovation in Venice, but their fellow Israelis are furious | CBC NewsThe documentary film NAZA is stirring outrage in Israel, prompting many to defend their military's actions in Gaza against accusations it approves strikes regardless of harm to Palestinian civilians, ... 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump fundamentally thinks like a used car salesman, who is guided by the imperative to exploit others if he can get away wit it. So since he won't be around get blamed when the shit hits the climate fan, there's no reason to hedge his anti-climate policies just in case he's wrong about the climate. 010
Reposted by Dale MatthewJosep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Infant Miral Adnan Abu Hmeisa is in critical condition in Gaza due to severe heart problems and pulmonary hypertension, suffering oxygen drops and constant seizures. Despite an urgent medical referral issued over two months ago, she remains unable to leave Gaza for treatment. 01211
Reposted by Dale MatthewNew York Magazine @nymag.com · 10/09/2026Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s ‘Naza’ is one of the most important films of our time. 24 different Israeli intelligence officers testify in this unflinching exposé of systematic Israeli war crimes in Gaza.vulture.comNaza Is One of the Most Important Films of Our TimeYuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s ‘Naza’ is one of the most important films of our time. 24 different Israeli intelligence officers testify in this unflinching exposé of systematic Israeli war crimes in Gaza. 074
Reposted by Dale Matthewmosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Lana (12) and Bana (8) who were killed by Israel today with their parents in north Gaza. 23629
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Except Iran is NOT a problem country. Is it fully democratic? No. But all it has done beyond its borders is criticize the rogue Israeli regime and provide aid to its victims, who suffer from occupation and dispossession. That is the main reason why Iran is demonized. 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's now absolutely clear that Israel is determined to ethnically cleanse Palestinians, and that it won't let law or morality get in the way. BDS is therefore the only hope, short of war. In light of this, this bill is an abomination, and every single Democrat who voted for it should be primaried. 031
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Israeli Defense Minister Katz more or less admits what has been obvious for some time now: Israel is making life miserable for Gazans with a view to eventually expelling them, when that becomes possible. Trump could immediately change life in Gaza if he would declare his opposition. 031
Reposted by Dale MatthewPeter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026peterbeinart.substack.comThe Heckling of Brad LanderA Case Study in Left-Wing Purity Politics 0142
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Bike Lanes are DEI, according to the Trump administration. 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This 1668 Dutch book might have the longest title ever: Een Bloemhof van allerley lieflykheyd sonder verdriet geplant door Vreederyk Waarmond, ondersoeker der waarheyd, tot nut en dienst van al die geen der nut en dienst uyt trekken wil : of een vertaaling en uytlegging van al de Hebreusche, 1/3 100
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026These college students are still in denial. When Israeli politicians repeatedly brag about genocide and past war crimes as a way of getting votes, or order brand new war crimes just to improve their electoral prospects, the Israeli people themselves are a big part of the problem. 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This is how extreme Israel is: it has used children's kites - which even the IDF admits are harmless - flying over the Gazan-Israeli border as a pretext for airstrikes, which have already killed three. The evil here is shocking, but not surprising for anyone who has been paying attention. 085
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7O...youtube.comAs International Pressure Grows, Israel Finally Opens Probe into 2024 Killing of Hind Rajab in GazaYouTube video by Democracy Now! 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This might be the 1st step to building nukes. Which was entirely predictable. After the attacks of the past year, Iran has every incentive to go nuclear. This is why sanctions relief/release of frozen assets cannot seem to be foreclosed. But that is exactly what Israel/its agents have ruled out. 1/ 100
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Besset admits what was always clear: the US is still pursuing the Israeli policy of regime change. It is why it refused to release Iran's frozen assets under the MoU, and why the 300b reconstruction fund was never going to happen, which is in turn why Iran is determined to control Hormuz. 1/2 100
Reposted by Dale MatthewSika @sikadm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Cancer patients in Gaza are dying at up to three times the rate they did before Oct. 7, 2023, doctors said, as Israel blocks people from traveling abroad for treatment having destroyed the enclave’s only specialist cancer hospital. www.reuters.com/business/hea...reuters.comGaza cancer patients face rising death rate amid Israeli curbs, doctors sayGaza cancer patients are dying at two to three times the pace they did before the start of the war in the territory, as Israel blocks many from travelling for treatment after destroying the only loc... 012
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If someone absolutely hates blacks/Asians/etc. because of their race, that's racism, whether or not that person has any power to do anything about it. Attitudes themselves are a problem, even if acting on them is a further problem. 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I didn't know that Charles Mills' Tanner Lectures had been published earlier this year, with replies by Elizabeth Anderson, Samuel Freeman and others. The book description errs though by describing it as Mills' "last major work." He completed a yet-unpublished book. www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/0197...amazon.caTheorizing Racial Justice: Mills, Charles W., Anderson, Elizabeth: 9780197685518: Books - Amazon.caTheorizing Racial Justice: Mills, Charles W., Anderson, Elizabeth: 9780197685518: Books - Amazon.ca 000
Reposted by Dale MatthewQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 07/08/2026“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu One side wants fascism. The other side wants healthcare as a human right. To even attempt to conflate the two is absurd. 23296352684
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I was pleased to learn recently that Argentina has long had a law that fixes the price of books. (How cool - and eminently sensible - is that?) Unfortunately, the occasion for learning this is that Milei wants to change it. youtu.be/lovOWYvAjFY?...youtu.beBuenos Aires bookshop crisis: Celebrated stores threatened by price de-regulationYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 121
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Everything Trump does results in unparalleled success, and his 'real polling' numbers reflect that 'success.' Like I have said, Trump has created the first failure-proof presidency -- in his mind. 011
Reposted by Dale MatthewMiddle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Israeli attacks killed at least 18 Palestinians, including three children and an unborn baby, and wounded several others across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in the latest violations of the ceasefire that has been in effect since Oct. 10, 2025. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260802-isr... 99489
Reposted by Dale MatthewPatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"No," he said, "millions. One Jewish life, it's 10 million [Palestinians]." Challenged on the racism of his statement, he did not deny it. "Yes, I know," he replied. "But this is the truth, because God chose us [and] because of this you are jealous." This man is a lawyer. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comIsraeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revengeSettler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand. 1321993
Reposted by Dale MatthewThe Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026A CIA assessment has revealed efforts to deepen US-Israel military ties, shielding the alliance as support for Genocidal Israel wanes.thecanary.coIsrael wants to ensure US military support is permanent and irreversibleA CIA assessment has revealed efforts to deepen US-Israel military ties, shielding the alliance as support for Israel wanes 02926
Reposted by Dale MatthewMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Elon Musk is a neo-Nazi, but most of the political and media establishment give him a pass—and continue to use his propaganda website. Incredible piece from @jamellebouie.net with the receipts.nytimes.comOpinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there? 226178
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Feeling without external support, Hamas concedes. But you can rest assured that Israel will find another excuse to proceed with its plan to make life miserable for Gazans so that some way will be found to facilitate mass population transfer and the establishment of Israeli settlements. 000
Reposted by Dale Matthew🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026What’s so shocking about the genocide in Gaza is the number of disturbed people walking among us that will support any amount of atrocities committed by the U.S. and Israel without question. Scary. 40780228
Reposted by Dale MatthewBlain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 25/07/202633 of 54 chapters now published and online. 📖 Progress... #philsky #philosophy #poltheory #polphil #moralphilacademic.oup.comThe Oxford Handbook of John RawlsAbstract. This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot ad 192
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Israeli officials acknowledge that they played a key role in getting Khan removed. Yet, doubtless, there will be some quarters that will insist that any such suggestion is anti-Semitic. 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The process used to come to this outcome was troublingly unusual, but the most important matter is whether the case against the charged Israeli officials is allowed to proceed. If it isn't, it should be the final nail in the coffin of this biased institution. 000
Reposted by Dale MatthewCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...notus.orgSuspicion and Doubt at the National Civics ContestAmerica’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust. 10558972287
Reposted by Dale MatthewNegro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Ontario is using AI in its jails, and assigning Black prisoners to maximum security more than others The government knew its AI program would likely produce biased results, and used it anyway Our latest @breachmedia.ca investigation www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Ha...youtube.comAI is putting Black prisoners in maximum securityYouTube video by The Breach 12012
Reposted by Dale MatthewTrita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026So Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian village, throw gasoline through a window onto a baby, nearly burning the young child alive, and beat a pregnant woman with stones. Zero Western media coverage. The complicity runs so deep... 512098
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026At some point this coming week there's going to be a real life 'Downfall'-type scene in the White House when officials finally level with Trump about how the dwindling stockpile of munitions will soon make it impossible to continue the war. I'm waiting for the parody videos. 131
Reposted by Dale MatthewEdouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I am shocked by how passively the American public and media are accepting the war against Iran. Today the USA have started bombing civilian infrastructures- a war crime. Where are the demonstrations demanding the end of this illegal war? 1421110401
Reposted by Dale Matthewsu kat @sukatmusic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026There is now an internet archive of the Gaza Genocide that includes: 64537 videos, 17905 photos, ability to download videos, searchable index, exhaustive source list (300+ journalists), geolocation data, livemap with minute to minute updates, victim list; archivegenocide.comarchivegenocide.comIsrael Exposed — War Crimes ArchiveDocumented evidence of war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank. 01415
Reposted by Dale MatthewAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/07/2026Eight killed and 20 injured in strike on funeral procession for Palestinian killed by Israel earlier in the day.aljazeera.comIsraeli attacks on Gaza kill 14, including mourners attending funeralEight killed and 20 injured in strike on funeral procession for Palestinian killed by Israel earlier in the day. 16172170
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 14/07/2026You can't tell me that the US is a force for good in the world. Precisely the opposite. Meanwhile, most Americans are blissfully unconcerned about what their government is doing in the world -- save perhaps if it results in higher gas prices. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Announces New Attack on the International Criminal CourtSecretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States will “dismantle” the international court that tries grave crimes “brick by brick, if necessary.” 011
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Mark Rutte all but confirms that NATO would not defend Turkiye if attacked by Israel. Whether this is because Turkiye is Turkiye, or because Israel is Israel, this can't help but set off alarm bells in Ankara. 000
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Sometimes, differential responses to the words and actions of blacks and whites(/Asians, etc.) can be justified. At other times, they reflect double standards, as they do in this case, where Stephen A. Smith dismisses the new-look Lakers for being too white. www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/n...foxsports.com.au‘Three white dudes. Really?!’: Stephen A Smith roasts Lakers’ shock new line-up after $130m deal‘Three white dudes. Really?!’: Stephen A roasts Lakers’ shock move in $380m spending frenzy 000
Reposted by Dale MatthewJosep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Dr. Hussam Abu Safia is reportedly in critical condition after severe torture and repeated beatings in Israeli detention, according to his lawyer. 067
Reposted by Dale MatthewDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026It sounds like the RSF is starting to mass around another key city of some 500,000 people in Sudan — called el-Obeid — and threatening to repeat the atrocities of El-Fasher there, if anyone still caresamp.dw.comSudan: Fears of atrocities as RSF surrounds key cityAs Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces mass around the strategic city of el-Obeid, fears are growing of atrocities similar to those seen in Darfur's el-Fasher. Could sanctions still prevent bloo... 27744
Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This has long been where it was all headed. The Israelis are, yes, almost unbelievably cruel, but it usually has a point. In any case, Trump could do much to relieve the immense suffering in Gaza tomorrow if he would declare, with authoritative finality, that Gazans aren't going anywhere. 000
Reposted by Dale MatthewAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/06/2026This is completely out of line. Minister Miller says, "It isn't up to me to speak to, or insert myself in, the curation of any particular exhibit.” And then he does exactly that. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caPalestinian exhibit at human rights museum 'should be rectified': federal heritage minister | CBC NewsHeritage Minister Marc Miller said Monday the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has erred in how it curated an exhibit about displaced Palestinians. 16334127