Tadhg Faolán

RIP <3

It is hard to argue when we say that the mid-2020s were turbulent and accompanied by existential dread. Last night's report easily takes the cake! The US and Israel cooperating to bomb Iran and dubbing the assassination of their supreme leader as a form of liberation for the Iranian people. This is moreso an observation of a trend than it is my own opinion, but it is highly unlikely that this will bring liberation inside a theocratic dictatorship - on the contrary! You see, the Islamic Republic is not one person incarnate and so death of one will not collapse a system of institutions and safeguards so easily, if it were, then why has it not collapsed with the death of the previous leader? This will only affirm and escalate the government's control over the people. The offense is neither Trump's nor Netanyahu's generosity for the people of Iran; instead, it was an attempt at playing the king's gambit loud and proud. This is not by any means trying to be "West is bad, East is good" as a matter of fact, both are oppressive and violent. Does that mean we should be indifferent what is going on worldwide? Definitely not; we must be critical and honest with what we see before us. Everyone involved must face judgement for a long list of war crimes. Especially after the Israel's eradication of Rafah, The US's fascist regime and deportation strategies. This could dangerously escalate, dare I not say to, to a third world war where the common people will lay in fronts as they receive physical and psychological trauma beyond imagination. Why else are many countries pushing toward mandatory military service? We are paying our taxpayer money for projects of personal gain that we people are financing instead of getting better quality of life. Unfortunately, we, ourselves, are indirectly complicit in the making of this attrocities unless we educate each other, help each other, stand with each other and march with each other demanding better management with what is happening to our money and our brothers and sisters in arms; demanding arrests of abusers in power. We must keep in mind that together we wield the highest power. We just need to remind ourselves that we have agency in it if we go beyond our fears. And on that note, the only way Iranians will find freedom and change is in their own determination and agency rather than in a middle man's helping hand laced with ulterior motives.

I fell asleep at an (for me) abnormally early hour: half past midnight! However, once I've woken up in the middle of the night to head to the john, I could no longer close my eyes to sleep for the final hours till my alarm goes off. I get bored as I toss and turn in bed till I finally give up and turn to my phone for doomscrolling (terrible idea btw!). It was six and yet it was surprisingly dim for six in the morning. I look through the window and see a marching abundance of grey clouds with golden linings. At that moment, I reckon it'll be fun and sunny, February day. I watch as the clouds race from the left to right like reading scriptures. I turn my head and back and it's suddenly all frozen, Silent Hill white without the freeze or snow or fog. The sky looked like one of those out of bound zones you accidentally run into when playing Assassin's Creed. Although, I must admit, the day does not look bad per se. There is something comforting about it. It is 8:27 AM and I have one day left before the exam. I'll get to it once it strikes ten!

Those are my two cents on this matter. Fragmentation and rigidity to adapt our teachings and ideas will only weaken the movements of change. One must be practical and sympathetic when it comes to it, only then will there be substantial change.

Ech firmammat creu gue feminismu ê nin pa les dam suimmat mau ossu pa les lom. Les lom et les dam et les nonbineries somt lideus des lom blanch. Com bell hooks achriteu gue les burgeua abutillisamt les lom depos lers somt abutillisandu sus mariaus. Çav pa u resoluzioñ ê unitet et solidaritet netru dambi poles, nin separazioñ.