Owen and I went to the Obamachron to see the leucistic kestrel, and behold, we, or I, did. And two pairs of people liked my kuffiyeh. I showed a traveller from Italy the kestrel, and they were amazed. Own balked at the footbridge, so we didn't get to the island. Some people have a fear of bridges. I feel sad for anyone in the military. I can't imagine killing anyone. How do they live with themselves after killing people? So it's veterans day and I pray for peace. I know that the forsaken country has never in its existence made peace, but still I pray, and I know there are multitudes of others like me, praying all the time.

Veterans Day, 11-11-2026.

 Remember bots are human too.

 No we don't support the troops. They're not our troops. They kill for the Epstein class. We abhor the whole damned war machine.

 I say unto you: The first shall be last. Make of it what you will. I know you've heard it before.

 Oh yeah, today's 11-11. Portal? Yeah. Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me. That's my favorite number. Amen. And here we go. Where we goin'? No where.

For R.

 Nietzsche’s most useful lesson is that liberation begins when the dominated stop describing themselves in their rulers’ language. Palestinians learned that lesson without him. The open question concerns everyone else, and above all the governments that fund and protect the occupation: whether they will deal with a Palestinian people that defines itself, or keep waiting for one willing to disappear.

Tawfiq Al-Ghussein