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[sandboxworld]

You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld

If you haven’t yet stumbled upon Tom Gauld and his delightfully wistful cartoon musings on, well, everything, then prepare yourself—you’re in for a treat. The fine folks at Drawn & Quarterly are now releasing a paperback edition of some of his best work, previously only available in hardcover. This means you can finally enjoy his sharp, literary wit without fear of accidentally bludgeoning…

[drsonnet]

Blue Helmet Bureaucrats

مراجعة كتاب (بيروقراطيو/نمطيو الخوذ الزرق أبريل2023: عمليات الأمم المتحدة لحفظ السلام وإعادة اختراع الاستعمار، 1945-1971). ثبت أن الأمم المتحدة كانت تعبيرا عن المصالح الاستعمارية والحرب الباردة للدول القومية في هذه الفترة. -عدد مايو 2024 https://academic.oup.com/ia/article-abstract/100/3/1312/7663893

Blue helmet bureaucrats: United Nations peacekeeping and the reinvention of colonialism, 1945–1971

Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colonialism, 1945–1971 by Margot Tudor | Goodreads

Blue helmet bureaucrats: United Nations peacekeeping and the reinvention of colonialism, 1945–1971

By MargotTudor. Cambridge University Press. April, 2023.  310 pp.

£85.00.

ISBN978 1 00926 492 1. Available as e-book.

Review: Hamish McDougall

International Affairs, Volume 100, Issue 3, May 2024, Pages 1312–1313, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae117

Published: 07 May 2024

The ongoing violence in Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine and Yemen is a confronting reminder, if one was ever needed, of the ineffectiveness of the United Nations and other elements of the international system to keep peace. Anyone pondering how and why we got here would benefit from reading Margot Tudor's new book, which provides a history of UN peacekeeping efforts via a series of case-studies from the second half of the twentieth century. It is now reasonably well established that the UN was an expression of the colonial and Cold War interests of nation-states in this period. Conversely, it was also a vehicle to advance the interests of the recently decolonized or ‘non-aligned’ states of the global South (frequently termed ‘the Afro-Asian bloc’ in this book). Less well known, and providing a large part of this book's value, is that the UN was not just a tabula rasa for nation-states, but it was also an actor in its own right. In other words, the UN created, executed and perpetuated particular norms, cultures and actions around the world.

Summary

The end of the ’spirit of Bandung’ in the late 1960s coincided with the passing and retirement of most of the key UN officials involved in the development of the peacekeeping project. By 1971, the Cold War obstructed the UN forums from authorising any new armed peacekeeping missions. Weaving together the contributions of previous chapters, the conclusion reiterates the how UN peacekeepers’ racial prejudices and technocratic logic perpetuated international hierarchies of power, colonial structures, and further suppressed the self-determination of peripheral or minority populations. It addresses the role of the UN peacekeeping missions in supporting - if not, openly enabling - the United States’ anticommunist aggression across the Global South during the decolonisation period. Rather than being passive in this process, however, this book has demonstrated how the UN officials agreed that anticommunism was a peacebuilding strategy for global security. Ultimately, peacekeepers’ unique role in the field shaped the formation of the post-colonial international order, embedding uneven hierarchies of race, expertise, and diplomatic power within newly independent nations and populations.

Blue Helmet Bureaucrats (cambridge.org)

[goawaywithjae]

A reader wrote to me regarding an ethnocentric NPR review of a Korean book and that reminded me that I'm still made about it that piss-poor article. 😂

[an-angry-bear]

people who study film please help: is it good when a review says this about your movie

[didyouhearthisone]

Close All Tabs - Children of The Vlog

Nothing makes me more uncomfortable than parents willingly putting their children online for clicks ands views. And it’s just getting worse and worse.

This episode from Close All Tabs, goes into the family vlogging sphere. One of the shocking (but let’s be honest it’s not shocking) is the lack of protection for children under 18 being exploited by their parents. Plus a chat with a mommy blogger survivor. The episode is only 33 minutes long, but it’s a good stepping stone into how this industry is harmful.

Listen to it on - Apple, podbean, spotify, amazon and others

[thewaysoundtravels]

UNLIKELY WAYS OF REVIEWING

(music commentary Archives | Talkhouse)

(You've Never Heard?... : All Songs Considered : NPR)

((2) @alltherecords-blog on Tumblr)

For more info see - Meet the Irreverent Librarian Who’s Taking on the Music Nerds | Collectors Weekly

[booksofdelight]

NPR Returns with Annual Best Book List with Over 350 Selections!

NPR Returns with Annual Best Book List with Over 350 Selections!

If you had to check one list for the best books of the year, then NPR is the one I would recommend. Their lists are filled with hundreds of books and you know that someone there read the books on the list. Keep reading to see what made NPR’s list of the best books of 2024 and what our favorite selections were! The best way to get a good grasp of the best books of the year, then NPR is where you…

[himedia]

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[album-a-day-project]

7/9/24

María José Llegro

ULTRABELLEZA

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2023 album. From southern Spain. I just watched her Tiny Desk and was really fascinated by her. She reminds me a lot of Rosalía for obvious reasons, but is a bit more gritty like in track 5, VISIÓN REFLEJO. The Andalusia region comes through in full force on the album. It gives her that edge. She's someone who I'll continue to be following. I just wish I was in Grenada on the train listening to the album.

8/10

[marauder-in-warblerland]

Excellent. I love my “eat the rich” hat. That shit is snazzy.

I’ve figured out the key difference between the ‘90s Talented Mr Ripley and Ripley (2024).

So in the 90s Ripley, Tom Ripley is a kind of sweet gay man in the homophobic 1960s who just coincidentally (tragically!) happens to be extremely good at murder.

In Ripley (2024) Tom Ripley is a criminal who is actually only ok at crime, but the 1960s people around him are so obsessed with whether he is gay or not that they completely miss that he is a literal murderer. Is he gay? Irrelevant! Look out, bitch, he’s gonna kill you!

I personally enjoy both interpretations. I think the 90s one is more of an emotional roller coaster because Ripley is SO easy to empathize with, and yet you’re watching him do these horrific things like, NO! baby boy, stop!

Whereas in Ripley (2024) it’s more of a Hannibal feel like, damn, these rich jerks kind of have it coming.

I’m seeing some mixed reactions on Tumblr but I think if you take off your “I’m looking for a sweet gay blorbo” hat and put on your “eat the rich” hat you are in for a good time.

[fjkorb]

MORE Korb images from SPRING BREAK 2024... What are YOU up to?

[wellesleybooks]

Maureen Corrigan reviews The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai translated by Jesse Kirkwood

[drsonnet]

We don't need to read this book! We are watching it LIVE during #Gazagenocide)

((State Of Terror, How Terrorism Created Modern #Israel -Thomas Suarez)

Read:

Arabic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40574990

State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel: Suarez, Thomas: 9781566560689: Amazon.com: Books

[xetai23]

Đánh giá siêu phẩm xe tải isuzu 3.5 tân NPR400 bửng tráng inox || xe tải là...

[gwydionmisha]

It's an ethics AND a safety issue. Trump is planning to stop crash/safety reporting Musk's cars.

A more graphic explanation of why we need to monitor this. (Shows crashed cars, but not the bodies). It's from that time Tesla did deadly beta testing that killed and injured a bunch of people.

Some of these are mostly focused on the national security implications of Musk, SpaceX, and Starlink, but the conflict of interest over things like Self driving cars matter too. It's a fundamental problem that Trump is basically letting Elon Musk make so many decisions for his own benefit.

[nicholas-the-paleomancer]

All the enthusiasm of going to see your nephew’s piano recital. Hey, Marvel fans, blink twice if the The Mouse is holding you hostage.