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The US massacred civilians in Yemen with repeated strikes on a Hodeidah fuel port on Wednesday night, killing some 17 workers in the first bombing and five medical workers in the second "double tap" attack.

Reading by Tim Foley.

They are sending billionaires and pop stars into space while the planet burns and Americans ration their insulin.

There are companies marketing AI lovers to lonely people and harvesting their data.

Last night Israel bombed a tent camp in Gaza, and women and children burned alive.

This is a strange, dark place. Strange, dark times in a strange, dark world.

Light a candle for those who have died.

Light a candle for those who are dead inside.

Light a candle for those with algorithms in their eyes.

Light a candle for those with AI in their souls.

Light a candle for the screaming red children.

Light a candle for the silent gray children.

Light a candle for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Light a candle for the songs of the whales.

Light a candle for the hearts like cast lead.

Light a candle for the hearts like wallaby roadkill.

Light a candle for the hearts like incense cathedrals.

Light a candle for the hearts like wet skies.

Light a candle for the eggs in our chests.

Light a candle for the seeds in our heads.

Light a candle for the mushroom cloud on the horizon.

Light a candle for the sleeping Buddhas.

I stand slack-jawed and dry-mouthed at a world I do not understand, hurtling toward a future I do not recognize.

Firelight dances on my wall from the candles, or maybe from Gaza, or maybe from the biosphere, or maybe from just beneath my skin.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Bernie Sanders has been repeatedly uttering the phrase "Israel has a right to defend itself" on his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, which in the year 2025 can only be interpreted as blatant genocide apologia.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Israel, October 2023: How dare you say we bombed Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital? We would never bomb a hospital!

Israel, 2023–2025: *bombs all hospitals in Gaza*

Israel, April 2025: We just bombed Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital again.

Reading by Tim Foley.

We do not live in a free society that is guided by truth and morality. We live under the most murderous and tyrannical power structure on the face of this planet. And we should distrust everything about it.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The US is so spiritually bankrupt that there are literally tens of millions of Americans who support Israel's genocidal atrocities in Gaza because they think God wants them to.

Reading by Tim Foley.

AI isn't conscious. Saying AI should replace humanity is the same as saying fire should replace humanity, or white noise static from old televisions should replace humanity.

Reading by Tim Foley.

As Washington's cold war with China escalates, we can expect to see a massively reinvigorated anti-China propaganda campaign in the west. As this unfolds, please know that everything you learned about the mass media's dishonesty regarding Gaza is equally true of empire-targeted nations like China.

Reading by Tim Foley.

US public opinion is turning hard against Israel as both parties bend over backward to send it expensive weapons and silence its critics - and US public opinion is seldom good at making subtle distinctions.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Sure, who among us has not accidentally massacred 15 medical workers and buried them and their vehicles in a shallow grave from time to time? We’re only human, mistakes happen.

Reading by Tim Foley.