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nadiaalbelushi

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Half British, half Kuwaiti. Multiracial. Female. 34 years old. Married. Physician.

Love interactive 3D scientific visualizations & simulations, maps, exoplanets, & astronomy/astrophysics/planetarium software.

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nadiaalbelushi, to France
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's Macron is right. / the should have its own army. should be supplanted by a European army. American strategists (e.g. George Friedman) make no secret of their desire to ensure German technology and Russian resources don't come together, and that Europe remains fragmented/divided. These hawks aren't friends of Europeans, nor do they want the EU to trade with etc. They even support Islamists in Central Asia to hamper trade between the two.

https://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/440_Lin.pdf

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nadiaalbelushi, to Japan
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Lately I've been binge watching videos of on . Literally everything about Japan. Honest to God, I'm kinda jealous of that country now. Seriously what's up with their food vending machines and capsule toy vendors on every street corner? And their airports have observation decks for non-travelers, and they have tons of hobby model shops in Tokyo, etc. And those bullet trains!!! What on Earth have we been missing? The world's gotta emulate Japan.

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nadiaalbelushi, to Ukraine
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On the occasion of the Armenian #Genocide remembrance day, let us not forget that #Ukraine, #Russia, #Israel, #Turkey, Pakistan, Georgia, the #UK, #Canada and #USA / the #US are ALL guilty of helping Azerbaijan commit genocide against Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian Christians in 2020-2023.

Israeli, Turkish and Ukrainian weapons were delivered to Azerbaijan via Georgia. Moscow greenlighted it to punish Armenia, and the West made sure its Israeli and Turkish allies got away with it.

#news #politics

nadiaalbelushi,
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I refer to this alliance as the alliance of the Dajjal (Arabic word for Antichrist).

The Antichrist alliance of , Pakistan, , , Azerbaijan, , , , the US, the and the unanimously ganging up on the poor Armenian Christians, for different reasons/agendas.

And, ironically, the Muslims of , , , Iraq and Lebanon are the ones standing with the poor Armenian Christians.

Karma will get to them eventually.

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nadiaalbelushi,
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Please tell me, fellow people of , how could I sympathize with the US/West and against when all of these nations have the blood of innocent Armenians, Yemenis and Palestinians on their hands? How could I lie to myself or suppress my own inner conscience? How could I forget that BOTH Russia and the US/West/EU (including Ukraine) helped Azerbaijan commit genocide against Karabakh's Armenians, helped Saudi Arabia commit genocide in Yemen, etc?

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I wish I had the cognitive dissonance that many liberals sadly seem to have on and other social media apps. I wish I were able to blindly support the US/West/EU and against , and just pretend that none of these nations played a role in Azerbaijan's genocide of Armenians, or 's genocide of , or Saudi Arabia's genocide of Yemenis, etc. But how could I live a life of lies? How do you do it? I applaud you and envy you. You are anxiety-free.

nadiaalbelushi, to politics
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The ugly truth that very few like to admit is that countries are like organisms with minds of their own, at least metaphorically. They oftentimes cooperate with or fight one another for survival, and try to rationalize their actions by invoking nationalism, religion, (anti) fascism, communism, capitalism and a plethora of other ideologies to justify their decisions. In reality, it's a lawless jungle, refereed only by the laws of nature.

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The wars between and / , and , and many other wars are not wars between good and evil, right and wrong, or any other rationalization of the human brain. They are, at their core, conflicts between super-organisms (i.e. countries/nations) that oftentimes cooperate with or fight against one another for the sake of survival. It's a universe that doesn't care one iota about your survival or extinction. Ideologies are just stories/fiction.

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Do you really think it matters whether or becomes president of the US? This is like wondering which of your many trillions of cells would have the final decision. No cell has the final decision. Countries are super-organisms. Your right vs left ideological fights are a distraction of the human ego. Countries have no morals. They will do whatever it takes to survive. Stop living in la la land. There's no good versus evil.

nadiaalbelushi, to twitter
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Another alternative bites the dust. Post News was by far the worst Twitter alternative. Imagine a platform where only mainstream DC-vetted voices are amplified. Imagine a place where you can get banned for voicing opposition to the US Empire's DC consensus. Screw that. This isn't what the internet was all about. The internet was always about free speech. Anyone who goes against free speech will lose.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown

nadiaalbelushi, to news
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Wonderful . Another country in has decided to expel US troops. A huge blow for America, France and the West.

I'd love to see the day when American/Western troops are also expelled from Kuwait, Bahrain, the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Iraq and many other Islamic countries.

The US Empire must be resolutely defeated and crushed. The world is bigger than a few White-majority countries that are still functioning as empires.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/us-niger-military-withdrawal.html

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@digfish Hey, remember, it's Niger's sovereign decision to expel the Americans and bring in the Russians, just like it was Ukraine's sovereign decision to apply for NATO membership.

nadiaalbelushi, to Israel
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America's sending billions of dollars to so that it could continue its against / under the guise of fighting .

It wants the world to respect 's territorial integrity, yet it sends billions of dollars to Taiwan, a territory that is part of according to international law.

It wants the world to stand up against , yet it aids and abets genocidal wars.

No one buys the West's deception any more.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/us-house-approves-61bn-aid-ukraine

nadiaalbelushi, to news
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:

's IRGC warns if strikes Iran's nuclear sites, then Iran would also strike Israel's nuclear sites, abandon its non-proliferation policy & build nuclear warheads.

Iran warns any Israeli attack on its soil would lead to harsher Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israeli soil. This comes days after Iran successfully struck military bases in Israel in response to Israel's illegal attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria.

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/18/723910/IRGC-warns-of-tit-for-tat-retaliation-if-Israel-attacks-Iran-s-nuclear-facilities-

nadiaalbelushi, to Israel
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How many people even know that helped Azerbaijan commit genocide against the Armenian Christians of Nagorno-Karabakh just weeks before the October 7 attack by ?

The people of / are not the only victims of Israeli crimes. Israel literally has the blood of innocent Armenian Christians, Yemenis, Lebanese people, Kurds and Sahrawis on its hands.

is ironically the country that's protecting the Armenian Christians.

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2023-09-27/ty-article-opinion/israels-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-ethnic-cleansing-in-nagorno-karabakh/0000018a-d331-d13d-a98f-dbb5028e0000

nadiaalbelushi, to Ukraine
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I don't wish to upset Ukrainians but they surely must realize by now that the war in is between 2 empires: the US Empire & the Russian Empire. Ukraine is cursed by geography. It'll never have true independence or sovereignty. It's destined to become part of either Greater or Greater (cough cough), the latter of which is currently a US vassal, but won't be forever. In any case, Ukraine has no good option. It'll always be under foreign suzerainty.

nadiaalbelushi,
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Look, if I were given the choice between Greater or Greater , I'd choose Germany, so I understand why is fighting. No one in their right mind wants to become part of the Russian Empire. But can we just dispense with the myth that this war is about "good versus evil"? It really isn't. It's about which empire inherits eastern . It's a rerun of WW2 & the Napoleonic Wars, except this time Germany & look prettier, while Russia is still Russia.

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@rustoleumlove I personally wouldn't sacrifice my life for any political entity. I'd rather just live and learn about the universe than die for any country. Let the rulers/elites go and fight, instead. They're more than welcome to fight their own narcissistic wars. This is especially true if you realize that you're not even fighting for a worthy cause. Becoming subordinate to X is the same as becoming subordinate to Y. If everyone realized how worthless wars were, nobody would be fighting them.

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@samueljohnson @rustoleumlove Without Germany, there's no EU, just like there's no USSR without Russia, and no NATO without America. I'm not trying to demonize anyone here by using terms like "empire". I'm just making a geopolitical observation. Currently, Germany and the EU are under US suzerainty, but as the US continues to weaken Russia and encourage German remilitarization and expansion in the Baltics and other places, eventually the German-led EU will become independent of US dominion.

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@samueljohnson @rustoleumlove You could say the German-led EU is a consensual empire, as evidenced by the fact it expanded its borders without a single shot being fired, in stark contrast to the Russian Empire, which only spreads by force and which not even Russians wish to be part of. Russia will collapse one day, leading to an East Asian takeover of Siberia, and a German-led EU takeover of European Russia. I suspect when this occurs, America won't be too pleased with the new power arrangement.

nadiaalbelushi,
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@samueljohnson @rustoleumlove The EU will slowly turn into a superstate. It has to, otherwise it'll fall apart. The consensus era is coming to an end. Britain is jealous of Germany, which largely explains why many people in Britain wanted to leave the EU. The US will slowly turn against the EU as well. The US and UK aren't that different. Once Russia collapses, the US and UK would work towards breaking up the EU. America doesn't want a large, strong and unified polity in any region of Eurasia.

nadiaalbelushi, to Astronomy
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A Century of Sky, Digitized
The Harvard College Observatory’s glass plates, which record a century of changes in the sky, has now been converted into digital form.

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/a-century-of-sky-digitized/

dasch.cfa.harvard.edu
starglass.cfa.harvard.edu

nadiaalbelushi, to mastodon
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Yesterday I wrote a post on about racism/fascism on . I deleted it coz I didn't want anyone here to get triggered by the screenshots I shared. I wrote a thread on Bluesky where I documented all the racism I've so far encountered:

https://bsky.app/profile/nadiaalbelushi.bsky.social/post/3kpoxesspx42p

Bluesky is allowing anti-Arab/Palestinian racism by Iranian accounts that are against their govt, which they accuse of being Arab-friendly.

nadiaalbelushi, to mastodon
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Yet another example why is better than .
Over the last day or so, I've come across a number of disgustingly racist comments made by Iranians on Bsky towards Palestinians, Arabs and immigrants. The irony is these Iranians are against their regime, primarily because they see the regime as being too pro-Arab. When confronting them about it, they pretended to be the victims. Bluesky allows this. Imagine sharing a platform with racist trash.

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nadiaalbelushi, to mastodon
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    @maegul I think it'll be a battle of the protocols. The consensus amongst both big and small tech social networking/media companies is that decentralized and federated protocols are the future. Less headaches even for big tech platforms that would encourage their users to move their accounts to other platforms if they wanna talk politics, etc. Basically what Threads is doing (which is good for Mastodon). ActivityPub is winning the battle. ATProto has nothing going for it. Bsky took a big gamble.

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