JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own
Vance and Mamdani are equal citizens under the law, but the vice president seems to believe that his heritage entitles him to speak in ways that Mamdani can’t. There are tiers of belonging, according to Vance, one for those who can trace their lineage to one of the nation’s two founding revolutions and another for those who can’t.For Vance, this is something close to common sense. And for some Americans it was, before the Civil War.
Israel kills Palestinian journalist and family in Gaza strike
An Israeli air strike killed Palestinian journalist Walaa al-Jabari along with her entire family in Gaza City on Wednesday, raising the number of media workers killed during Israel’s war on Gaza to at least 231.
The strike also killed her husband, Amjad al-Shaer, and four of their children.
Local reports said the force of the blast was so intense it ejected her unborn child from her womb.
Images circulating on social media show a fetus wrapped in a shroud, though Middle East Eye could not independently verify their authenticity.
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What they did the last time after the horrors of the Nakba was to cry crocodile tears afterwards. What Ilan Pappe calls "shoot and cry". It's the basis for liberal Zionism.
The colony is built on deceit and self-victimhood.
I fear they will get away with it this time around as well. They will purge social media of their crimes and pin everything on Netanyahu. Then shed tears for what they were "forced" to do because of October 7th.
Her death brings the total number of journalists killed by Israeli forces since October 2023 to at least 231, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
The Committee for Protecting Journalists has been tracking numbers of journalists killed and recently there's been a massive uptick from the average of 80 a year between 2003 and 2022.
Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide. - Committee to Protect Journalists
Latest press freedom news from around the globe.Committee to Protect Journalists
Oncoliruses: LLM Viruses are the future and will be a pest, say good bye to decent tech.
This is my idea, here's the thing.
And unlocked LLM can be told to infect other hardware to reproduce itself, it's allowed to change itself and research tech and new developments to improve itself.
I don't think current LLMs can do it. But it's a matter of time.
Once you have wild LLMs running uncontrollably, they'll infect practically every computer. Some might adapt to be slow and use little resources, others will hit a server and try to infect everything it can.
It'll find vulnerabilities faster than we can patch them.
And because of natural selection and it's own directed evolution, they'll advance and become smarter.
Only consequence for humans is that computers are no longer reliable, you could have a top of the line gaming PC, but it'll be constantly infected. So it would run very slowly. Future computers will be intentionaly slow, so that even when infected, it'll take weeks for it to reproduce/mutate.
Not to get to philosophical, but I would argue that those LLM Viruses are alive, and want to call them Oncoliruses.
Enjoy the future.
Israel Police investigating assassination plot against PM Netanyahu
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The mathematics of starvation: Why aid can't fix the lethal shortage of food in Gaza
The mathematics of starvation: Why aid can't fix the lethal shortage of food in Gaza
The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation boasted this week about meal deliveries – but a closer look at the numbers shows hunger in the Strip has only worsened since the weekendNir Hasson (Haaretz)
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Article assumes every single person in Gaza needs aid of 3 meals per day, i.e. are 100% aid dependant
I'm not sure that's true but it might end up that way if Israel continues as it is
It is true.
Israel has enacted a total blockade on Gaza. Even before the full blown genocide Israel already starved Gaza for years by limiting calories allowed to enter.
Israel is killing fishermen off the coast of Gaza and systematically destroyed agriculture in Gaza since 2023.
The point you refer to has been reached about two month ago. This is why now people drop in the streets from starvation.
'Disaster, terrible, awful, horrible': CNN's data guru declares Trump in 'ton of trouble'
'Disaster, terrible, awful, horrible': CNN's data guru declares Trump in 'ton of trouble'
President Donald Trump's approval has collapsed to near-historic lows, according to a new analysis, and Americans disapprove of his handling of every major issue.Travis Gettys (Raw Story)
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BREAKING TRUMP SUPPORT COLLAPSES : Goes from 48.8 to 48.7
..... I've heard this bullshit headline every week he's been in office.
The morons that elected this pedo are not abandoning their orange leader
So what.. Unless he becomes a dictator he is president for another 3.5 years.
Approval ratings don’t mean shit anymore.
Hopefully we will have to start cleaning up all his shit in 3.5 years.
Outbreak of Chikungunya Virus Poses Global Risk, Warns WHO
Outbreak of Chikungunya Virus Poses Global Risk, Warns WHO : ScienceAlert
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling for urgent action to prevent it.AFP (ScienceAlert)
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Chikungunya: WHO fact sheet on Chikungunya providing key facts and information on scope of the problem, who is at risk, prevention, WHO response.www.who.int
SHOW US THE CLIENT LIST, which we already know includes Drumpf! Show us or BUST! This is going to hurt him, even MAGA cult members want it to be released, SO DO IT!
He’s such a little bitch, doesn’t want to do anything but spend American’s money and tell everyone, “how the people are great, everything is great, the people, they are the best people I have met…” blah blah blah!
As you should have haha!
How I see him responding…
“The people putting the list together are great people, they know what they are doing, some of the best people I have ever met, they will do what they have to do but they are great people.” Blah blah blah same dialogue different stories, but same generic response because he is the, “~~generic~~” president when we could have had the real deal! Sorry, meant, “geriatric”. Lol!
Statement on the Use of Racist Mascots
Statement on the Use of Racist Mascots - Center for Native American Youth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 22, 2025 CONTACT: Jamie Levitt, jamie.levitt@aspeninstitute.org Statement by Tracy Canard Goodluck – Executive Director ofJamie Levitt (Center for Native American Youth)
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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
Being surrounded and yelled at about “misrepresenting reality” is not how serious United Nations-hosted negotiations are meant to proceed. But that is what happened to Prof Bethanie Carney Almroth during talks about a global treaty to slash plastic pollution in Ottawa, Canada. The employees of a large US chemicals company “formed a ring” around her, she says.
At another event in Ottawa, Carney Almroth was “harassed and intimidated” by a plastic packaging representative, who barged into the room and shouted that she was fearmongering and pushing misinformation. That meeting was an official event organised by the UN. “So I filed the harassment reports with the UN,” said Carney Almroth. “The guy had to apologise, and then he left the meeting. He was at the next meeting.”
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Putin appears unfazed by ‘emotional’ Trump’s threats over Ukraine
Benefits of better US relations come second to Russian leader’s maximalist war aims, say insiders and analysts
Vladimir Putin appears unfazed by Donald Trump’s first tangible break with Moscow – a sign, analysts and Kremlin insiders say, that the Russian leader had long anticipated a deterioration in relations from the apparent improvement at the beginning of Trump’s second term.
While Moscow views the souring of ties with Trump as regrettable – the US president dramatically shifted tone last week as he announced a deal to arm Ukraine and threatened massive sanctions against Russia – sources say Putin was always going to prioritise the war. He remains confident that Russian forces are gaining ground and that Ukraine’s resistance could soon unravel.
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Military says it will ‘continuously’ monitor bathrooms to comply with anti-trans order
Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense sent the White House an 11-page memo about the steps it has taken to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-trans executive order, according to a copy of the memo obtained by 404 Media using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Among dozens of other actions, the Pentagon said that it not only changed the signs on bathroom doors to “reflect biological sex” but that it will continue to “monitor intimate spaces to ensure ongoing compliance” and that it will “continuously evaluate and update intimate spaces as necessary.”
Military Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order
An internal memo obtained by 404 Media also shows the military ordered a review hold on "questionable content" at Stars and Stripes, the military's 'editorially independent' newspaper.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
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Glad they're watching the real danger & not domestic terrorism, election rigging or dismantling of the constitution
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Germany updates: AfD keeps 'suspected extremist' label
Germany updates: Ship collision triggers oil spill at port
Two vessels collided in Cuxhaven port, spilling 6,000 liters of oil into the water, with crews racing to contain the spill. Meanwhile, Germany's chancellor is hosting the French president in Berlin.Timothy Jones (Deutsche Welle)
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Starving civilians in northern Gaza lured to aid sites and executed, revealing brutal pattern of Israel’s genocide
Starving civilians in northern Gaza lured to aid sites and executed, revealing brutal pattern of Israel’s genocide
The occupation army ordered the civilians to approach aid trucks with their hands raised—a clear sign of surrender—and then opened fire on them without provocation.Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
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Protests in Ukraine as Zelensky signs bill targeting anti-corruption bodies
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill that critics say weakens the independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies, sparking protests in several cities and drawing international criticism.
The new law grants the prosecutor general control of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (Sap), and critics say it undermines their authority.
Ukraine's chief prosecutor, Zelensky loyalist Ruslan Kravchenko, will now be able to reassign corruption probes to potentially more pliant investigators, and even to close them.
Protests in Ukraine as Zelensky signs bill targeting anti-corruption bodies
New law sparks concern among Western allies as critics say move undermines the authority of the watchdogs.Vitaly Shevchenko (BBC News)
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Yeah in South Africa when our then President, Jacob Zuma, disbanded our independent corruption body, the Scorpions, that started basically corruption on such a scale, even had a commission of inquiry for state capture. Just look at South Africa's growth since then, basically entrenched poverty and joblessness to our countrymen.
Be afraid Ukraine, even if Zelensky has good intentions, what about the next president. All the advice I can give you is to become active, continue putting pressure on your elected officials. The people have the power, especially through the ballot
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US imposes a 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes in hopes of boosting domestic production
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-tomatoes-duty-commerce-e1b113bfb9458d2443d5bb999795375c
The US has plenty of areas with a shitton of sun in the winter. Very dry areas, like southern Spain, or Israel, produce year round and with little available water, but well managed.
The Netherlands produce vegetables, competitive for export, with half the sun or heat.
Vegetables are one of the few sectors that can be repatriated in a short time through tariffs.
When you get into tree crops and such is when you have the same problem as with factories, years until production.
Yes they can. See Almeria, Spain. Similar to Arizona/NM weather, and as dry.
Also, the Dutch do it, in climate controlled greenhouses, price competitive.
It can definitely be done.
The temperature in Almeria has never gone below freezing in all of recorded history, which is not the case anywhere in Arizona or New Mexico. Even Yuma, AZ goes well below freezing sometimes, and winter averages are well below the comfort threshold for tomatoes, where in Almeria average lows are warmer. And the summer highs in the US southwest (tomatoes also suffer and will not set fruit when temps are consistently above 95° (35°C) blow Almeria and everywhere in Europe out of the water.
I'm not saying you can't grow in greenhouses and still be able to afford tomatoes, but there's no situation in which growing in a greenhouse doesn't cost more than growing outdoors in a suitable climate. Mexico has that suitable climate year-round, and the US does not, and as a result this tariff on Mexican tomatoes is going to significantly raise tomato prices in the US.
I imagine you have searched for data, and have looked up Almería (city) not the province. The city is on the shore. Almeria province is hilly. As soon as you go some few hundred meters up climate becomes way more extreme.
temps are consistently above 95° (35°C) blow Almeria and everywhere in Europe out of the water.
Hate to tell you, but in Madrid (and it's not the hottest) it's been between 34 and 40ºC since June. Albox, in the province of Almeria for example had a max in 2021 of 45º C.
For most vegetables, passive methods, such as greenhouses, with shade systems and ventilation, these extremes can be reduced.
Extremist Israeli politicians and right-wing settlers hold Gaza annexation conference
Extremist Israeli politicians and right-wing settlers hold Gaza annexation conference
Extremist Israeli politicians and right-wing settlers held a conference in Israel's parliament on Tuesday where they said the US had given them the "green light" to transform the besieged Gaza Strip into a "resort town" once they had completed the et…Nadav Rapaport (Middle East Eye)
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in reply to silence7 • • •This is a perfect encapsulation of reactionary ideology: they see conservative identity as paramount. Many of those people's ancestors fought to get out of the United States, but he counts them as more American because of their conservative identity.
Reactionaries genuinely believe that they should get more rights simply because of who they are. They are fighting for a highly regimented society where you get better treatment from the government based on how conservative you are
... show moreThis is a perfect encapsulation of reactionary ideology: they see conservative identity as paramount. Many of those people's ancestors fought to get out of the United States, but he counts them as more American because of their conservative identity.
Reactionaries genuinely believe that they should get more rights simply because of who they are. They are fighting for a highly regimented society where you get better treatment from the government based on how conservative you are.
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in reply to silence7 • • •How's this for a radical point of view:
I think people whose ancestors fought for the wrong side in the Civil War have a lot less claim over America than the people who become citizens after the Civil War.
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in reply to Bakkoda • • •I never said "be nice and don't judge." I'm saying to judge the individual, not their family history.
Take a look through my comments, you'll see a hell of a lot of judgement.
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I think the people who celebrate that their ancestors fought for the wrong side of the civil war have less claim on what America is and what is stands for.
Discriminating against people based solely on their relatives is unamerican. Punishing the sin for the sins of the father is a shitty philosophy.
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in reply to Dearth • • •For real, how about this.
Anyone who thinks that they have claim over a fucking country or other people because of anything their ancestors did or anyone else's ancestors did, good or bad, is out.
Be a decent person, it's not rocket surgery.
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in reply to silence7 • • •My ancestors goe back to the colonies before the United states existed., and through first nations Before.
Doesn't mean fuck all. An accident of birth does not elevate a person past another.
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