“They come from a tradition that thinks big and bold.” Remembering immortel Michel Serres and the "grand récit" @stanford cynthialhaven.substack.com/p…

Never forget that Hamas kidnapped a 3 year old child💔

This is heavy but important. An Israeli combat medic named Daniel Elbo Arama shares what he saw treating a young woman right after the October 7 attacks. She was barely clothed, covered in blood, and begged him for help. In the ambulance she told him she had been raped by four terrorists. The bleeding was so bad they had to use medications normally given for gunshot wounds. She needed hours of surgery afterward. Daniel has worked in emergency response for twenty years, including in conflict zones, but he says this day will stay with him forever. Raw testimony like this shows exactly what happened that day. We can’t forget.

This baby was only 8 months old when he was kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists from his home, along with his brother and mother, and taken to an underground terror tunnel in Gaza. They were all murdered in that dark tunnel, alone and afraid. Never forget how this war started.

🚨 URGENT: STOP THE EXECUTION! 🚨 19-year-old #SagharGholami faces confirmed death sentence by Iran’s regime. Family begs the world: Be her voice! Media, world leaders — ACT!

Eli Sharabi, ex rehén en Gaza, le dice la verdad en la cara a la ONU: "NADIE en Gaza me ayudó. Me trataron peor que a un animal. Los civiles nos vieron sufrir y vitorearon a nuestros secuestradores." Comparte esto. Los medios no lo harán.

I'll never let the world forget about the Bibas babies. Ariel and Kfir Bibas were both kidnapped to Gaza by Palestinian terrorists on October 7 with their mother, Shiri, and were all brutally murdered in a dark underground tunnel, simply because they are Jewish. Remember them.

I profoundly disagree with the majority of what Peter Hitchens believes and says. But not this. On this we are completely aligned.

40,000 protesters were massacred in Iran this year by the Islamic regime. Mehdi Sepehran was 21. He loved music and traveling the world. Islamic regime terrorists shot him during the protests. He was taken to a hospital alive in the hope of treatment, but regime terrorists stormed it, shot every wounded protester, and arrested medical staff who tried to stop the executions. His body was so badly disfigured with bullets that his father could only identify him by a tattoo. The regime agents committed demonic crimes against defenseless protesters. No one in the international media seems to care—please share if you do! Under Iran’s regime, even hospitals are not safe.

"Lyuba's Hope" is Russia's hope, too. open.substack.com/pub/cynthi…

Every single person who still cringes at the memory of trying to bullshit their way through an interview or exam question: today, the slate is wiped clean. Set down your burden of shame. Nothing - nothing, I say - could touch this.

It is a good plan. I know it is a good plan. I have not seen the plan but I know it to be good. The people who have resigned on seeing the plan do not know how good it is. It is a good plan, which I have not seen. But it is good.

「ロミオとジュリエット」のラストシーンに突如現れ、完全に看板を奪ったネコちゃん。 reddit.com/r/cats/s/oCTlK4LR…

A Berkeley history professor says he’s cut assigned reading from 100 pages a week to just 35. Another said that a course which once required students to read seven full books now consists entirely of excerpts. “We are now reaching a crisis point where if the number of pages goes down further, it’s unclear to me whether my discipline of history can really be taught.” The attention span crisis is a civilization crisis.

"Recipes are not what we need, nor do we need to be reassured – our need is to escape from meaninglessness." ~ René Girard

A people without history Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails On a winter’s afternoon, in a secluded chapel History is now and England. T.S. Eliot

Don’t stop talking about political prisoners in Iran

🆘 DON’T LOOK AWAY 🆘 The Islamic regime has sentenced Behrouz Zamani Nejad to death for taking part in the January protests in Iran. International attention can save lives. Public pressure matters. Share his name. Be his voice before they kill him. #IranMassacre‌

🌕🌍While spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity.” ― Artemis II Astronaut Reid Wiseman

#FarshadMahmoudian, 30 years old, from Lordegan. An athlete and fitness coach. He was arrested in January, and his death sentence has been upheld. It could be carried out at any moment. He has called his loved ones to say goodbye. Let us be Farshad's voice. #فرشاد_محمودیان

🔴 DON’T LOOK AWAY The Islamic regime is about to hang Hossein Haghparast for mourning his friend who was killed in the January protests. He is charged with spying for Israel with zero evidence. In his last call to family he said: “My life for my homeland.” This is pure barbarism. Don’t stay silent while they hang him. Save Hossein.