I often speak to (and with) myself, be it hushed or aloud, often turning heads with those profoundly expressive blurbs.
Today’s episode… ‘Stop being so broken!’, I exclaimed to myself, whilst wistfully driving home. And as those words reverberated dead air, they did nothing to change that heartfelt state. Honestly, all I think it did was hurt my feelings a little bit…C'est la vie…
I listened to an interesting (albeit sad) podcast episode early this morning, concerning the wildfires in Hawaii last year. Deadliest in the US in over a hundred years. I believe it’s a worth a listen and hence I share…
🎥 The Take | Another Take: After the Maui fires, has more Hawaiian heritage been lost? | Aug 2, 2024
“And Kanaka Maoli still live here. Like even though there's racist tiki bars and tacky shops along Front Street, the people that live adjacent to it and on it tend to be predominantly Native Hawaiian living on the same plot of land that their ancestors did in the 1800s, sometimes even before that. And these are the keepers of some of the deepest indigenous knowledge in the world.
So it's when these kinds of crisis hit, these climate disasters, it tends to hit like indigenous people, Black people, Brown people first. And the irony and tragic part of that is they're the keepers of the knowledge that would really create a society that wouldn't lead us to imminent ecological collapse and climate doom.”
And in matters concerning my beloved Falastin 🇵🇸,
Well…
Our children are still being genocide’d on…
🔖 Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘Body parts everywhere’ after school attack
Al Jazeera | Aug 3, 2024
Israeli forces bombed another school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, killing at least 17 people and wounding 60 others. Many of the victims were children.
And the great Yanks,
continue play lip service,
to those slaughtering us,
so yeah, am just swell…
🎥 US to send additional military assets to Israel, 9/11 plea deal revoked
The United States will send a new carrier group to the Middle East as well as deploying missile defense vessels and a fighter squadron to the region.
Washington says it wants to increase support for the defense of Israel
Playbook’s all the same,
history unchanged,
feel resistance to this world,
unsafe in the womb it creates
🎥 "U.S. is SLAVE of 'israel'" | Findley Tried Warning America in 1989
And so…
I dedicate this song,
to you America 🫡,
that corrosive love,
ugly blue white,
you’ve lost all appeal,
in my broken heart,
and if truly honest,
with myself,
this whole wide,
world too
🎶 Dirty Sweet Addiction | SATV Music
A sweet virtual Substack friend Diana shared the below video with me yesterday (Disclaimer: it’s lengthy in duration, ~2.5 hours)
I listened to it in bed falling asleep at the very end of it. I was excited though when I heard mention of my kick-ass Palestinian comic friend (Sammy Obeid) around halfway mark.
He is helping save Falastin, one hilarious joke at a time, I advise you seek his comedic relief/counsel if you haven’t already.
🎥 Comedian Aamer Rahman on The Travelers Podcast
Brother Ali | Jul 8, 2024
Finally get the full story on the illusive comedic genius who pops out to bless the culture with viral gems when we need it most. From his classic “Reverse Racism” (which Dave Chappelle called The Rosetta Stone) to his latest run of anti-colonial truth bombs, Aamer Rahman doesn’t miss.
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Shukran habeebti Najwan 🙏💙✨
Hi again, Najwan. I had to check out your pal, Sammy. He's really funny! I followed him on twitter.