Saturday, April 13, 2024

Hostage

The Islamic Republic regime occupying Iran, led by Khamenei, has threatened to attack Israel and apparently launched drones and missiles. 

Everything this bloodsucking machine, a.k.a. the occupying regime, does puts the people of Iran in danger — people who have been held hostage in their own country for the last forty-five years, people who have been fighting the regime in the streets since Mahsa Amini's death, people whose loved ones have been tortured, raped, and murdered by the fighting against the occupying regime — while the supreme leader himself is safely hiding in his hole, wherever that is, and the guy who funded him is safely hiding in the White House. 

What are the consequences of these greedy old farts' actions? More innocent people will die, not the people responsible for these atrocities, not the people in charge. And, of course, the media, controlled by said greedy old farts, as usual, make Iran and Iranians look bad, not the real culprits, who should be held accountable for war crimes: the leaders of the Islamic Republic regime occupying Iran, those holding Iranian people hostage.

I wish the real decision makers paid the price and the people responsible for all this violence suffered the consequences of their actions, not my family or friends, not children, not innocent animals...

Monday, April 8, 2024

Solar Eclipse 2024

Today I saw a total solar eclipse for the first time. I knew through social media that the eclipse would be visible in Arkansas, so I checked the exact time and bought special glasses to watch it. 


I started watching the sky from 12:33 p.m., the moment the partial eclipse began in Little Rock, because I couldn't find a more exact time for my location.


 





With my glasses, I could see the moon gradually covering the sun, but a total eclipse would take over an hour, and I felt anxious about my vertigo kicking in while I held my head up looking up at the sky, so I decided to lie down on the ground to watch the eclipse more comfortably.

Things got more exciting around 1:48 p.m. as the sun disappeared. I tried to take a photo of the wonderful sight before me with my phone, but I couldn't capture the magic of it. Finally, at exactly 1:52 p.m., the moon covered the sun completely and a spectacular total eclipse appeared. I had to take off my glasses to see the sky. Everything went completely dark in the middle of the day, and there I was, lying on the ground in total darkness in the middle of the woods, looking at the sky and watching a few stars that happened to become visible in the darkness.

Since I couldn't see anything, I decided to use the light of my cell phone to find my way back inside my cabin, but just then a few security lights set on automatic around my cabin turned on, and I went in, feeling amazed and awestruck... and so grateful for witnessing the event and having had the opportunity to experience it.

I couldn't capture the view with my camera, but several images and videos of the eclipse appeared online shortly after, and I'm sure everyone can find pictures of the eclipse on their favorite platform with a quick search.