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Silo fans shouldn’t miss these 5 suffocating sci-fi movies

Silo fans shouldn’t miss these 5 suffocating sci-fi movies

Published by skeptic

Silo, Apple TV’s dystopian drama, set in an underground bunker, is as claustrophobic as it is riveting. With its gripping mysteries, gradually unraveling plot, and a constant feeling that someone is hiding the truth, it transcends the sci-fi genre while making the walls feel like they’re closing in around you. If you’re a fan of this type of tense, immersive sci-fi, there’s a host of films that also capture the same claustrophobic tension that makes Silo so addictive. And, like Silo, many of them leave you guessing until much later in the game. Related The best new sci-fi shows worth watching right now Shows that just wrapped up, shows that are on right now, and shows coming around the corner. 10 Cloverfield Lane The safest place on Earth might actually be a prison Credit: Paramount Pictures 10 Cloverfield Lane is likely the movie that’s most directly comparable to Silo, as it perfectly recreates the atmosphere of paranoia in a subterranean bunker. In it, a young woman survives a car crash and wakes up confined underground, where …

‘Suffocating restrictions’ shadow five years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan

‘Suffocating restrictions’ shadow five years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan

Published by Sam Flores

The Taliban government celebrates five years of ruling Afghanistan on Saturday, with the authorities hailing their country’s “freedom” and security, while critics decry tightening restrictions in all areas of daily life. Afghans riding rickshaws and motorbikes decorated with flags were driving around Kabul, where new murals declared: “Independence is a sign of dignity, pride and identity”. Men sell Taliban flags on a Kabul street ahead of celebrations marking the 5th anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. © Nava Jamshidi, AP The authorities will host a cricket match and other sports events – which girls and women are banned from attending – while their supporters are expected to gather five years to the day since Taliban insurgents entered the city. They took the capital unopposed after a lightning offensive that swept across Afghanistan, toppling government forces in the wake of the chaotic withdrawal of US-led troops. Thousands of Afghans desperate to flee after Taliban takeover in 2021 To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of …

Bessent’s “Suffocating” Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite Imagery

Bessent’s “Suffocating” Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite Imagery

Published by Jenni Sidey

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s description of “suffocating” the Iranian regime through economic and financial pressure, whether via sanctions or the US military blockade of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoint, now appears to be showing up in the data. New geospatial intelligence indicates that Iran’s main crude export terminal has gone quiet, while a separate report suggests seaborne oil exports have effectively been halted for the past month. The first report comes from Bloomberg, which cited European satellite imagery showing a massive bottleneck developing at Iran’s energy complex: no ocean-going tankers at Kharg Island, the country’s main export terminal, on May 8, 9, and 11. This marks the longest stretch in no crude tanker loadings since the US-Iran conflict began nearly three months ago. Kharg Island’s loading terminals were observed completely empty yesterday for the first time since mid-April, despite 19 tankers waiting nearby with ~25M bbl of capacity. A recent 80,000 bbl oil slick suggests sustained infrastructure damage has halted all crude departures since… pic.twitter.com/6EKKigQghP — Windward (@WindwardAI) May 12, 2026 Iran continued loading …

How US fuel blockade is suffocating the Cuban people

How US fuel blockade is suffocating the Cuban people

Published by Sam Flores

Marta Jiménez, a hairdresser in Cuba’s eastern city of Holguín, covered her face with her hands and broke down crying when I asked her about Donald Trump’s blockade of the island — especially now that the U.S. is choking off oil shipments. “You can’t imagine how it touches every part of our lives,” she sobbed. “It’s a vicious, all-encompassing spiral downward. With no gasoline, buses don’t run, so we can’t get to work. We have electricity only three to six hours a day. There’s no gas for cooking, so we’re burning wood and charcoal in our apartments. It’s like going back 100 years. The blockade is suffocating us — especially single mothers, and no one is stopping these demons: Trump and Marco Rubio.” We came to Holguín to deliver 2,500 pounds of lentils, thanks to fundraising by CODEPINK and the Cuban-American group Puentes de Amor. On our last trip, we brought 50-pound bags of powdered milk to the children’s hospital. With Trump now imposing a brutal, medieval siege on the island, this humanitarian aid is …

In East Jerusalem, ‘the Israelis are suffocating us because there is no longer any international pressure’

In East Jerusalem, ‘the Israelis are suffocating us because there is no longer any international pressure’

Published by Sam Flores

The story of the erasure of Palestinians is bookended by an irrepressible force: It features excavators and bulldozers escorted by police officers who arrive early in the morning, demolishing homes that have been inhabited by Palestinian families for decades. In East Jerusalem and its immediate suburb, which was annexed by force in 1980, colonization advances day by day under the relentless blows of machinery and the frustration of courthouses, house by house, neighborhood by neighborhood, to make more room for Jewish families at the expense of Palestinian families. A house in the Bustan neighborhood, Silwan, East Jerusalem, February 2, 2026. LAURENCE GEAI/MYOP FOR LE MONDE The same house on February 10, 2026, as law enforcement arrived to demolish it, in the Bustan neighborhood, Silwan, East Jerusalem. LAURENCE GEAI/MYOP FOR LE MONDE Fakhri Abu Diab, a 64-year-old accountant and translator, spoke emotionally in front of the walnut tree he planted with his mother when he was a young boy, in the heart of Silwan, a city of 60,000 residents near Jerusalem’s holy sites. That was before …