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in reply to Gingerlegs

There’s a reason the constitution included the 1st amendment


do you know what amendment means?



Houthi missile launch intercepted overnight; major damage to school


Israel's missile defense system successfully intercepted a Yemeni ballistic missile early Thursday, but the operation's debris caused significant damage to an elementary school in central Israel, forcing its immediate closure and highlighting the expanding reach of regional conflicts.

The incident in Ramat Gan occurred at 2:47 a.m. when interceptor fragments struck the school's main building.

https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/19/houthi-missile-launch-intercepted-overnight-major-damage-to-school/

in reply to geneva_convenience

Build your military base in the middle of a city

Intercept rockets against your military base by landing it on civilian areas

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in reply to geneva_convenience

Yeah this tactic is widely done on both sides, that's why It was obnoxious when people bitched about how they're hiding in civilian targets so is really couldn't get to them and I'm just thinking that's exactly what Israel is doing as well. Hell if I recall correctly isn't Israel the one that set up a literal makeshift boot camp inside of a hospital?
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i take psych damage every time


[meta] absolutely nothing against the instance, but these get me all the time.








Never Forgive Them


in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Since the title gives nothing away:

This is an extensive article by Ed Zitron on how the technology that you're required to interact with every day has become explicitly user hostile. It's a 42 minute read, but IMO worth reading at least the first section.

Ed Zitron also has an excellent podcast on the topic of tech companies being awful called "Better Offline"

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Man who falsely claimed to be bitcoin creator sentenced for continuing to sue developers



in reply to MonkderVierte

Systematically killing people based on their income by denying them essentials like health care, shelter, and legal protection from financial predation sounds like warfare to me. Especially when you couple it with a complete double standard on what constitutes protection from physical violence.
in reply to kingshrubb

My understanding is that he was not "charged with terrorism", but NY has a provision where they can use terrorist-like criteria as one of the ways a person can be charged with first-degree murder instead of something lesser.


51 Men Convicted in French Rape Trial




US imposes sanctions on Iran and Houthi-related targets


The sanctions target three vessels involved in the trade of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals, which generates billions of dollars for Iran's leaders, supporting Tehran's nuclear program, development of ballistic missiles and financing of proxies including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, the Treasury said.

The vessels targeted were the Djibouti-flagged crude oil tanker MS ENOLA, owned by Journey Investment company, the San Marino-flagged MS ANGIA, and the Panama-flagged MS MELENIA. The last two tankers are managed and operated by Liberia- and Greece-registered Rose Shipping Limited.

The sanctions block all property and interests in the United States of the designated parties, and U.S. persons and entities dealing with them could be exposed to sanctions or enforcement actions including fines.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-imposes-sanctions-iran-houthi-related-targets-2024-12-19/



Take It Down Act Has Best Of Intentions, Worst Of Mechanisms


in reply to schnurrito

This is what we get when politicians write technical laws without asking experts how it actually would work in practice and possible ramifications.

Lawmakers:





They tried to “smoke out” a man and gassed the car: a scandalous video of the TCC's actions near Kyiv has appeared online | УНН


So now they literally gas people and try to put them on fire.
Liberals seem to be still fine with it, no red lines for Zelensky's regime.

The video the article is talking about: files.catbox.moe/5b5cdm.mp4

in reply to Bobr

Wait. So, all or nothing? Do you support Putin, who has done and is doing FAR worse?


The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza


in reply to TrippyFocus

i wonder; when (and if) the dust settles over the genocide if the bbc and other publications like the ny times will go back to business as usual.

it get that it's a natural inclination to say yes because we've always done so in the past; but we have the horrors of this genocide reported to the general public on social media instead of a few channels patroned by intellectuals and no one else.

in reply to eldavi

Well with the bbc it's essential state run propaganda machine so as long as Britain is on the wrong side of history it'll stay like that, until 50 years down the line when greater Israel has been formed and many millions of dead are investigated and brought to light, BBC will have "internal" investigation and say something like "never again" it's all bullshit
in reply to Shezzagrad

that implies then, that manufactured consent will always be a thing for us. 😞
in reply to eldavi

I hope things will change but do they? Did imperialism end? Did empires end? Did colonization really end? Slavery? No, it just changed forms, a shackle in new colours. Even if the west was the fall tomorrow the middle east became somehow the new dominant region, with the trauma they faced, would they be any better (hypothetically) I worry for our species as I feel like we're bomb ourselves before we reach true mastery of this earth or use that mastery to enforce an even wider and more ruthless class system
in reply to Shezzagrad

I worry for our species as I feel like we’re bomb ourselves before we reach true mastery of this earth or use that mastery to enforce an even wider and more ruthless class system


same here; i'm started reading theory (partially) in the hopes of finding something that suggests that we won't bomb or climate change ourselves out of existence.

in reply to eldavi

I have a book for you my friend, it's called humankind. While these wars are making me lose hope again, this relative cutting age history book (cutting age as in new research used in book rather than decade old and often outdated research ) that argues and shows the beauty of our species. I need to read it again, because I'll be honest I'm losing hope again in humanity
Humankind: A Hopeful History https://g.co/kgs/BrbMWsC
in reply to Shezzagrad

my reading list has gotten so big since i joined lemmy and i'm thankful for it atm since luigi had accidentally showed me how thoroughly propagandized the media is.
in reply to eldavi

These bourgeois outlets have always been boosters for imperialism, and there’s no reason to believe they’ll suddenly change. The media figures who pushed for the Iraq war got promotions and are still working today, while people like Chris Hedges are blacklisted for life.
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in reply to davel

in the meantime i get blacklisted for asking my colleagues if our work was a detriment to humanity (software development for online gambling) and i get blacklisted for reporting my employer for retribution to my state's labor relations board; i had to move to the other side of the country to find work again.
in reply to eldavi

They did it after Iraq. Possibly more younglings have learned this time. But do not underestimate the stupidity of boomers.
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in reply to geneva_convenience

... Possibly more younglings have learned this time ...


no, they haven't,, they've gotten more conservative; if my sizeable millennial and genz family members are any indication.

in my youth; we would dance & drink the night away on holidays like xmas and easter. the younger generations want to go to church and have the children give thanks to jesus; we're growing more conservative as a country.