#MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

[reality-detective]

The BBC interviews the rebranded version of Ahmad al-Shara' (Abu Muhammad al-Julani)'s now that they are selling him as a statesman rather than a terrorist. 👇

Jolani is the leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), previously al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate.

He began his militant career with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) under Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, gaining expertise in insurgency and extremism.

‼️In 2011, Jolani established Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, an al-Qaeda branch known for suicide bombings, assassinations, and mass killings.

‼️Between 2012 and 2015, Jabhat al-Nusra conducted widespread attacks, including suicide bombings and chemical attacks, targeting civilians and government forces.

‼️In 2017, he rebranded Jabhat al-Nusra as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to distance it from al-Qaeda, though terrorist activities continued.

‼️HTS enforced strict Sharia law, carried out public executions, suppressed minorities, and used civilians as human shields.

‼️Jolani and HTS are internationally recognized as terrorists, with the U.N. and U.S. designating them as such.

‼️Jolani has a $10 million bounty on his head under the U.S. Rewards for Justice Program.

This is who the US and Israel have been funding in order to get rid of Assad. This is who the media is now trying to whitewash and rebrand. 👇

Syrian sources: An official American delegation led by Barbara Leaf, the Biden administration's envoy to the Middle East, is currently meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, commander of the rebel organization Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.

What's in the news, but NOT on the news 🤔

[cukrkandl]

i'm rereading all for the game and fun fact i completely missed the fact that kevin is white the first time i read it

[texaschainsawmascara]

links to the donations mentioned

https://unrwa.org/

https://www.instagram.com/gazamutualaid

https://campusbailfunds.com

[marzipanandminutiae]

hey international followers

just in case you want a taste of precisely HOW fractured the US is we also just elected our first openly trans person to Congress (Sarah McBride, from Delaware) and five states enshrined abortion rights into their state constitutions, with Missouri overturning its previous ban

in the same election that gave us Cheeto Hitler II: Electric Boogaloo

[chappellrroan]

[delaneytveit]

its wild to me how tamlin point blank explains what fey/re did to his court, how she hurt it and weakened their only defnese against Hybern in the process because she threw a hissy fit over the fact that he tried everything to get her back from someone who has made the entire world think that he is the absolute scum of the earth. and fey/re has the audacity to say that he “doesn’t get to rewrite the narrative”

like HUH??????

i’m sorry but… there was not a single thing that he said she did that she didn’t do.

like sweetheart you admitted that what you did to the spring court was bad not even 3 pages ago. but now that you get called out for it???? now its rewriting the narrative.

[overlord-of-chaos]

I find people who don’t understand asexuality so bizarre. Like, a vast majority of the world population can comprehend not being attracted to about half the people on the planet and knowing they never will be but as soon as someone’s not attracted to all of them they’re like idk, sounds sus. Are you sure? Have you exhausted every possible option here would you like to think about it a little longer

[burst-of-iridescent]

antis will hate on zutara for being a colonizer/colonized ship and then turn around and ship zuko with mai — the girl who was at best indifferent to her country’s imperialism while enjoying the privileges of being a high-ranking member of the colonizing state, and at worst actively complicit in said colonization, without ever undergoing any growth or showing any signs of disagreement with the ruling regime, even till the very end — and expect people to take them seriously lmfaooo

[eilinelsghost]

Ok friends, this has bugged me for awhile now so help me solve it.

In LOTR we're giving two contradicting depictions of Elves and their horses: the Glorfindel approach and the Legolas approach.

In the Glorfindel approach, we're told through various references that he rides Asfaloth with a saddle, stirrups, and reins.

While in the Legolas approach, we're told instead that the "Elvish way with all good beasts" is to ride them with none of these items and direct them solely with the spoken word.

So how do we square these, friends?

Extra points if you give me your unhinged headcanons about this in the replies/tags. I want to hear all about those.

[despazito]

germany's green party after the country phases out all nuclear energy to save the planet and becomes the EU's largest coal consumer

[trossards]

they’re focusing so much on the war in ukraine during this year’s eurovision, russia isn’t allowed to participate, there’s even songs condemning war … but israel is still here? and people still support them? all of this while israel’s actions against palestinians include land seizures, killings, injuries, movement restrictions, denial of nationality, and other inhumane acts. accepting and supporting israel means you’re endorsing genocide and ethnic cleansing.

[reislesbian]

Men will tell you Star Wars is becoming political and woke and then tell you Andor is the only good thing left in Star Wars.

[unhealthyfanobsession]

The fact that Feyre finds it so absolutely abhorrent that Tamlin would tax citizens of the Spring Court who can’t afford it but sees no issue with Rhys legitimately leaving 90% of his court to rot under oppressive regimes because “change is slow” is absolutely fucking wild.

[copingchaos]

major news outlets like CNN are perpetuating false narratives like clockwork and once again it falls on regular people to rebuke their lies

[manhattanminute2]

Jennifer Jareau legit played soccer, and they're still trying to tell us she's straight.