RustyBertrand

RustyBertrand, 17 hours ago to random

One of the little-known chapters of history was the widespread famine in Iran during World War I, caused by the British presence in Iran. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Britain became the main foreign power in Iran and this famine or--more accurately--‘genocide’ was committed by the British. The document in the American Archives, reporting the widespread famine and spread of epidemic disease in Iran, estimates the number of the deceased due to the famine to be about 8-10 million during 1917-19 , making this the greatest genocide of the 20th century and Iran the biggest victim of World War I

(Correction, 3rd biggest genocide... 2nd Russia with disputed figures of 20 million+ China 35 million)

RustyBertrand, 22 hours ago to random

RustyBertrand, 22 hours ago to random

“No one lives his life.
Disguised since childhood,
haphazardly assembled
from voices and fears and little pleasures,
we come of age as masks.
Our true face never speaks.”

–Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours (1905)

Photo by Elliott Erwitt

RustyBertrand, 1 day ago to random

The US-backed Israeli apartheid regime has dropped the power of 2 Hiroshimas on Gaza.

RustyBertrand, 1 day ago to random

The earth won't survive this oil war.

At this point we'll all be dead before the water wars start.

RustyBertrand, 1 day ago to random

"Have some courtesy," someone said in a movie last night.

I was struck by it. Maybe that's why I'm so rough around the edges.

I was never taught courtesy, I recieved no courtesy. I was never taught love as I received no love.

I was only taught cruelty, and because of that, will fight for the opressed, and break that cycle.

Not sure how you can teach yourself courtesy in a world this oppressive and nasty.

RustyBertrand, 1 day ago to photography

Street art.

#Reykjavik #photography #art

RustyBertrand, 1 day ago to random

Divine mood.

RustyBertrand, 1 day ago to random

American Arms Dealers shouldn't be building planes.

Front of #Boeing 767 scrapes along Istanbul runway after front landing gear failure

The Boeing 767, flying from Paris, told the traffic control tower at Istanbul Airport that its landing gear failed to open

RustyBertrand, 2 days ago to random

‘Special treatment’: Harvey Weinstein in private unit in New York hospital

Weinstein currently has his own phone, bathroom and television – a perk few, if any, other city detainees are afforded #Rape #Metoo

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/harvey-weinstein-new-york-hospital

RustyBertrand, 2 days ago to random

Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has prison sentence reduced again

Trump will not go to jail.

Stop pretending you are a democracy.

Only the the rich benefit from your government's fascism.

RustyBertrand, 2 days ago to random

I'll tell you what.

It's tough to stay calm during a fucking genocide.

No one seems triggered. Even the "social justice" trigger howlers.

RustyBertrand, 2 days ago to random

At Sulkava prison in Finland, I stood on the edge of a lake where, in the summer, prisoners fished for their dinner and foraged in the woodland for mushrooms and lingonberries. “Being here and able to cook for myself brings me a sense of normality, dignity and self-sufficiency,” one prisoner told me.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/07/prisoners-nordic-countries-cook-eat-forage-britain

RustyBertrand, 2 days ago to random

US women in general face disproportionately high levels of violence at the hands of intimate partners and family caregivers.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/07/missouri-man-wife-medical-treatment

DrALJONES, 2 days ago to random

Report

12 GOP senators threaten the International Criminal Court: "Target Israel & We Will Target You. You have been warned".

The senators told the ICC's prosecutor not to pursue charges against Israeli officials over war crimes committed in Gaza.

Specifically, they threatened to sanction ICC employees & associates & bar them & their families from entering the US (which is not a party to the ICC).

https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-senators-icc-israel?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=90caccf623-Top+News%3A+Mon.+5%2F6%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

#ICC #USPol #Gaza #IsraeliWarCrimes..

RustyBertrand, 2 days ago to random

RustyBertrand, 2 days ago to random

Barron Vladimir Oligarkonnen

FluentInFinance, 2 days ago to random

The Stock Market crashed:

-90% in 1929
-50% in 1973
-35% in 1987
-55% in 2008
-35% in 2020

And recovered to new all-time highs every time.

Since 1926, the stock market has returned 10.5% per year, on average.

Market drops are an opportunity for long-term investors, not a risk.

Generational wealth is built on red days.

RustyBertrand, 3 days ago to random

Female journalists under attack as press freedom falters

Physical and online abuse, detentions, deportations and sexual violence – a global crackdown on women in journalism is intensifying

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/06/female-journalists-under-attack-as-press-freedom-falters

RustyBertrand, 3 days ago to random

Pomme granat al dentata

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SmudgeTheInsultCat, 3 days ago to random

lowqualityfacts, 3 days ago to random

Look, I get it. Jack wants the freedom to sport that godawful beard and Twitter is genuinely the only place where wannabe billionaire simps won't roast him for having facial hair that somehow screams "white supremacist billy goat".

RustyBertrand, 3 days ago to books

Everyone must see last Sunday's John Oliver. #books #libraries

But this clip is perfect!

https://mas.to/@NotImpressed/112394305566126409