Sunday, 23 August 2026

The empire does not only control territory. It controls the imagination of its own citizens.

 https://x.com/nxt888/status/2091226649107038406

The empire does not only control territory. It controls the imagination of its own citizens. It controls what questions feel reasonable. What comparisons feel fair. What history feels relevant. What suffering feels real. An American can feel genuine, heartfelt grief for an American soldier killed in a war of choice in a country that never threatened America. And feel almost nothing for the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed in the same war. This is not cruelty. This is not stupidity. This is a carefully cultivated imagination gap. The soldier has a face, a name, a family, a story. He was shown to you on television. His mother was interviewed. His hometown held a vigil. The civilian has a number. Sometimes not even that. The empire has been feeding your imagination for your entire life. And it has fed it very selectively.
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https://x.com/nxt888/status/2091226649107038406

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain are now privately reaching out to Iran for new security arrangements,

 https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2091185383786553774

BREAKING: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain are now privately reaching out to Iran for new security arrangements, sending multiple messages almost daily to Iran out of concern that the US cannot protect them anymore due to interceptor shortages and the vulnerability of hosted US bases, per Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf and a senior Iranian source in Tehran familiar with the matter. Ghalibaf says "we've received numerous messages from neighboring countries about shaping new security arrangements and economic cooperation in the region. The United States put the security of every single one of its allies at such risk, through bullying and pure disregard for their interests for the sake of Israel that they briefly saw their entire existence on the line."

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2091185383786553774

Barak Ravid's Axios once again not only exaggerates, but makes the number up.

 https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2091192238835376442


This is false. Axios claims 40 oil tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz through the southern Omani corridor last on Friday night, carrying around 16 million barrels of oil out of the Strait. However, Kpler vessel-tracking data, which uses satellite imagery rather than just AIS status, shows completely zero west-to-east tanker crossings on Friday and zero barrels of oil exiting through the Strait. Barak Ravid's Axios once again not only exaggerates, but makes the number up.
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Barak Ravid
@BarakRavid
🚨🚢🛢️Around 40 tankers transited in and out of the Strait of Hormuz through the southern deep channel on Friday night. Around 16 million barrels of oil moved out of the strait through the southern channel on Friday night, three U.S. officials told me

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2091192238835376442