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Oblivion | Internet For All or None!

26 Jan 2025 2 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr

Whenever I open the “Oblivion app” on my phone to access free internet in my country, the face of Yousef Ghobadi and the image of “Segarou” greet me with a pang of sadness. Yousef Ghobadi, known by the pseudonym Segarou, is a political prisoner in I...

Toomaj Salehi | The 25 Most Influential People in Music

11 Jan 2025 2 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr

On Friday, January 9, Spin the Song magazine named Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper at the top of the 25 most influential musicians list.   https://www.spin.com/2025/01/the-25-most-influential-people-in-music-in-2025/     Toomaj Salehi is an Iranian...

Weekly Outlook

6 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Biologist25

In Europe, falling inflation figures and poor labor market sentiment have led markets to raise the probability of a rate cut to 90% this month. The Fed’s lack of haste to cut rates and the increasing likelihood of a 25 basis point rate cut, along wit...

Dust Pablo

20 May 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Islam in man and rabies in dog are the same."User Du2hw   Dust Muhammad was a 16th-century Persian painter who moved to San Francisco to make psychedelic Rock & Roll posters.  His name means "Friend of Muhammad."  The Grateful Dead wrote a song abou...

What do Bitcoin, Iran and Israel have in common?

12 Apr 2024 1 minute read 3 comments Kovichni

Probably not a d*** thing. But you know how we talk about connecting the dots and recognizing patterns? US and Israeli stock dropped after it became clear there is no diplomatic solution and Iran will retaliate against Israel. Bitcoin dropped as well...

Armita's Last Video Is All The Reason to Fight Harder

29 Oct 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Melina Mehr

  “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will shine!”     Here is my latest X (Twitter) timeline: And you judge for yourself: The official news agency of the Iranian government announced the death (State murder) of Armita Gravand. The Islamic...

Are We Witnessing 'The Event That Will Change The World'?

18 Oct 2023 4 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara

Thanks for dropping by. Please subscribe if you haven't yet! Ever since I was very young (about 12 years old), I've always been attracted to the mysterious and unexplained. At around this time (1978), I had learned of President Kennedy's assassinatio...

Some crucial facts no ms-media mentions about the recent Palestine-Israel war

9 Oct 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Kovichni

There's not really a need to repeat what happened the past 48 hours because it apparently was a blue moon and it weren't Palestinian mothers and fathers pleading for their children, but this time it were numerous Israeli parents who felt helpless. So...

A Glance at my 24-hour TimeLine: No Wonder I’m Going Crazy!

3 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr

      Farzad Saifi Karan wrote last night: “The agents pushed a teenage girl who was not wearing hijab in the Tehran subway. Her head hit the iron and she was taken to the hospital unconscious. After the strong denial of the news agencies and the C...

My Crazy Timeline | No wonder I’m Mad!

5 Sep 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr

  The mother of Abulfazl Mahdipour, one of the victims of the revolutionary uprising, released a video on her son's grave and said, "I raised my son with misery for 18 years, what should I forget now?" I neither forgive nor forget" In this video, sh...