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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not only that, he pushed pro-Israel policies regarding Lebanon, Iran and more. McGurk shouldn't sniff the Whitehouse ever again, at least not in Democratic administration.

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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 06/10/2026

Extraordinary the way the media is framing anti-Zionism as violent and saying it somehow calls for the extermination of Jews when Zionism is responsible for a genocide and literally exterminating Palestinians. The projection is truly off the charts.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This reminds me of Orlando Patterson's comment that some people "want all the moral capital and compensation that is due the victim, but they reject the notion that the victim was in any way injured or scathed by this victimization."

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It seems that for the mainstream of Black American thought, even recognizing the academic achievement gap is now a racial offence that in no way should be tolerated. (I am black [surprise!], but not American.)

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Don't ask why, but I have been thinking a lot lately about the case of the two Georgetown Law adjunct professors who were let go simply for observing -- and lamenting -- that a lot of their worst performing students are black. And I am outraged anew every time. www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/u...

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Georgetown Law Fires Professor for ‘Abhorrent’ Remarks About Black Students (Published 2021)

The law school said Sandra A. Sellers, an adjunct professor, had been terminated, and David C. Batson, another adjunct, said he had resigned.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wish that there was some way for Palestinians to cause the price of petroleum products to go up. Because maybe then Americans will care, and as a result put pressure on political leaders to end their support for Israel's atrocities.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hate to say it but Pezeshkian was not as effective as he could have been in this interview. Many potential good responses the questions were left on the table. Also, he doesn't appear to know the history of Iran's nuclear program

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is that why Carney just endorsed Trump's war against Iran again, and explicitly condoned his talk of 'annihilating' it? He cares little about values, save for the value of acting in concert with others. He is a disgrace.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Derek Parfit, On What Matters.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Racial slurs are of course abhorrent, but you're gaslighting us if you expect us to believe that walking over and punching the offender who uttered the slur is "defending" oneself. Stop it.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

no matter what it does, and may be attacked again to boot, the prospect of ending its international isolation - now the main carrot to keep it on the non-nuclear path - recedes as a real possibility, and the case for not going nuclear becomes increasingly untenable.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The current policy essentially is to internationally isolate Iran for the foreseeable future, with a view to regime change. As the architects of this policy envision it, sanctions, etc. may have to be temporarily relaxed for a nuclear deal, but not permanently. But if Iran is going to be isolated 2/

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Clearly, 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/

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just wrong. Get your facts straight. Or else don't talk to me. To be clear, I am not saying that he acquitted himself well on Gaza all things considered. (How could I, when I agreed with excluding him from future Dem admins?) I am saying that he sometimes pushed Biden in the right direction.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yes, this needs to happen. Blinken did try to steer Biden in a more pro-Palestinian direction, but still make serious errors in judgement that helped to sustain the genocide. The person who most deserves this is McGurk, who is effectively an Israeli agent who pushed Biden in a pro-Israeli direction.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Why do I have to go to X. com to see the rest of the post? Why not just create a second post? I am trying to reduce visits to X.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I always find it amazing when scholars write papers on whatever subjects they are writing about without citing the work of the leading scholars on that subject. In this case, where is Daniel Butt?

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Boycott Robert Kraft's businesses.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The problem is that Israel doesn't want Iran to have nukes, and it doesn't want a nuclear deal, because that will involve sanctions relief, which will clear the way for Iran to become the economic powerhouse it is probably destined to be. Instead it wants regime change.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Trump 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.

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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Infant 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.

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 10/09/2026

Yuval 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.

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Naza Is One of the Most Important Films of Our Time

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Not going to lie. After 3000 Americans per day were dying at one point during covid, and Americans shrugged, I started feeling differently about 9/11.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What I am saying is that Iran moved missile production underground pre-war, where the vast majority of it remains. So missiles have been produced non-stop since the war began. They refuse to accept this though. Some rebuilding has taken place above ground, but the vast majority of it is underground.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No, you can't blame the WH for this. Even when speaking anonymously, and intended to pour cold water on overly optimistic assessments of what was accomplished during the 40-day campaign, they still provide wrong information. Meanwhile, Iran's generals are united in alluding to underground facilities

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lana (12) and Bana (8) who were killed by Israel today with their parents in north Gaza.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The US intelligence community is pathetic. Iranian officials have been saying from the start that the production of missiles/drones never stopped, because it was moved underground. One even said that Israel/US were bombing empty buildings. So they're moving closer to this, but still get it wrong.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Except 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.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is stupid. I never said or implied that. My point was simply that we have to acknowledge the unpleasant fact that most Jewish Israelis are extreme, that we can no longer gloss over that fact.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Yes, by itself. But the fact that such interviews are consistent with polling data bolsters their generalizability.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I assume that you don't know what you don't know. Interviews with random Israelis, voting results, polling data and much else all suggest that ordinary Israelis hold extremist views. How else could it be possible for Israelis to go on TV and demand that Palestinian children shouldn't be spared?

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Yes, and yes. But what about ordinary Jewish Israelis? You can't understand events of the last few years unless and until you recognize that ordinary Israelis are quite extreme. Many people try to shy away from this unpleasant fact.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It'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.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Israeli 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.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bike Lanes are DEI, according to the Trump administration.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

worden, gedaen door Adr. Koerbagh 3/3

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Grieksche, Latijnse, Franse, en andere vreemde bastaart-woorden en wijsen van spreeken, die ('t welk te beklaagen is) so inde Godsgeleertheyd, regtsgeleertheyd, geneeskonst, als in andere konsten en weetenschappen, en ook in het dagelijks gebruyk van spreeken, inde Nederduytse taal gebruykt 2/3

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This 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

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

These 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.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The judgement of history - the likely unanimous judgement of history - will be different, very likely the reverse.

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Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This 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.

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