3 bookmarks for 2024-11-03

108.

Silence!

mondoweiss.net/2024/11/silence

A poem for those mocked and gaslighted for decrying the genocide of the Palestinian people.

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The case for abandoning the burning house

mondoweiss.net/2024/11/the-case-for-abandoning-the-burning-house

I can only imagine that if we collectively understood permanent global war, genocide, and racialized houselessness are core tenets, or in other words, a necessity of the capitalist political economy, we could better diagnose the crises of our time and move accordingly. Liberalism has, overwhelmingly and historically, not been an ally, a friend, or even a convenient tool for advancing progressive political struggles but a brutally violent, carceral, and murderous adversary. It is clear that the fascist right is not the only foe but so is the (neo)liberal right who, too, seeks to secure the United States’ unjust claim as a global hegemon even if that means leaving a trail of the blood of the world’s colonized and poor in its wake.

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Email explained from first principles

explained-from-first-principles.com/email

Modern email is a patchwork of protocols and extensions. Here is one article to understand them all.