Pope Leo slams 'barbarity' of Gaza war as Israeli gunfire kills at least 93 at aid point
Pope Leo slams 'barbarity' of Gaza war as Israeli gunfire kills at least 93 at aid point
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire Sunday on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid, providing a toll of at least 93 people killed.FRANCE 24
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Azerbaijan to file international lawsuits against Russia over Aktau plane crash, president says
Azerbaijan to file international lawsuits against Russia over Aktau plane crash, president says
President Aliyev stated that Azerbaijan had a clear understanding of what happened to the AZAL plane, and that Russian officials also possessed the same information.Euronews.com
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Some context ap link
Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that Baku blamed on Moscow. Growing ties between Azerbaijan and Turkey, along with waning Russian influence in the troubled South Caucasus region.
These are among the factors that have led to the escalating tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan, the oil-rich Caspian Sea country where President Ilhan Aliyev has been in power since 2003 -- almost as long as the 25-year rule of Vladimir Putin in Russia.
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the BureauAllison Gill (The Breakdown)
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I knew I wrote this down but assumed it was in my note taking app... oops
'Japanese First' party rocked by suspicions of Russian interference
'Japanese First' party rocked by suspicions of Russian interference
Party leader calls for resignations after candidate appears on state-owned mediaStaff Writer (Nikkei Asia)
Wow, will no one save us from Russian disinformation!?
Whoops, wrong administration to ask.
Trump signs order creating new federal worker classification for at-will, political appointees
Under the new classification, Schedule G, federal employees will be subject to hiring and firing by the president
Trump signed an executive order on Thursday creating a new classification of federal employees who would be subject to hiring and firing by the president, Schedule G, for employees working on policy, in the latest action by his administration to reshape the federal workforce.
The non-career classified employees will be expected to leave in changing presidential administrations, with the order claiming it will “improve operations, particularly in agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs, by streamlining appointments for key policy roles”.
The order did not cite how many employees would fall under the new classification.
Trump's staff learned those lessons.
I'm sure the atrophied, lesioned Adderall riddled gray jello in his skull barely remembers breakfast.
Tennessee woman denied prenatal care for being unmarried
Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried
Denial of prenatal care to unmarried women in Tennessee raises concerns over the state's Medical Ethics Defense Act.Rachel Wells (Nashville Banner)
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She wasn't even "promiscuous". That absolutely shouldn't Legally matter and doesn't morally matter at all, but the physician wasn't even going for low hanging fruit: she had been with the same man for 15 years and they had a 13yo together?? They were essentially married. Stfu dumb ass physician.
I hope it goes all the way to the Supreme Court (not that she should have to) and I like to think if I ever met said physician I would suddenly recieve divine intervention that, morally, no doctors should have Achilles tendons.
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China Used ChatGPT to Grade 203 Energy Policies. It Didn’t Go Well
China Used ChatGPT to Grade 203 Energy Policies. It Didn’t Go Well
Beijing’s audacious promise to reach carbon neutrality by 2060 just encountered an unexpected reality check.GazeOn Team (GazeOn)
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Sure the only county that has the capability to separate itself from the global internet and possessing state of the art AI models will use fucking chatGPT....
Also the claim that LLMs have no politics shows that the author and the editor know nothing about how LLMs and politics work.
Edit: in my first paragraph I am wrongly assuming relation between the state and these researchers.
The AI models you have may not be on par with American AI models, but that doesn't mean the AI models are bad.
The bad thing is I can't find the research.
Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food
Pontiff also speaks of anguish over Israeli strike on territory’s only Catholic church, which killed three people
Jennifer Rankin and agencies
Sun 20 Jul 2025 12.17 EDT
[these are the strongest words yet from Pope Leo]
Israel has expressed “deep sorrow” and opened an investigation into the strike on the church, which was sheltering about 600 displaced people, most of them children and many with special needs.“This act unfortunately adds to the ongoing military attacks against the civilian population and places of worship in Gaza,” the Pope said on Sunday.
“I appeal to the international community to observe humanitarian law and respect the obligation to protect civilians, as well as the prohibition of collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force, and the forced displacement of populations.”
Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food
Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekersJennifer Rankin (The Guardian)
A steakhouse heir, Israeli spies and a cross-border abduction
A steakhouse heir, Israeli spies and a cross-border abduction: the custody battle gripping Germany
Christina Block is standing trial in Hamburg accused of kidnapping two of her own children from her ex-husbandKate Connolly (The Guardian)
Aid for Gaza’s starving children is right at the gates. Let it in
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Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election
Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election
Extension of franchise is among changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interferenceRowena Mason (The Guardian)
Controversial opinion: I don't see a justification for ANY voting age.
For adults we (rightfully) don't make voting dependent on mental or physical capacity, being dependent on other people, and there also is no upper age limit.
So i wouldn't be opposed to allowing anyone elegible for voting to do so when he/she expresses the wish to do so.
That is just a very stupid idea. The best thing for all of us everywhere is for the most rational and well-informed people to vote. The fact that everyone gets a vote is unfortunate for all of us because that includes voters who vote against the public interest, but it is necessary for a free democracy.
Seems like you are arguing for meritocracy here, which has it's own set of problems.
Even if you want to make the argument that some are informed enough, they are far, FAR fewer than in the adult populace. You do not want to broaden that window.
Honestly, this sounds exactly like an argument that could have been made in a debate about whether or not black people or woman should be allowed to vote.
I think you said it yourself, democray needs to endure that sometimes people just don't vote in the same way or for the same reasons as it suits ones own views.
Propaganda would definitely be an issue, but this is the case not just in children, but adults alike. On the other hand with children becoming a voting block it might shift the focus slightly on topics benefiting them.
you can't ignore the fact that even more propaganda would directly target them, taking advantage of very effective data mining based profiling. they should be able to experience more of life before advertisers starts to dictate their agenda, otherwise they'll easily think that advertisers are speaking the truth.
Climate change and unfair pension systems for example will affect them regardless, this way they'd at least have a voice.
they have a voice. It's not like people can only vote if they are in their last decade. turning 18, just 2 years, anyone can vote, and I would say even 30 and 40 years olds are largely affected by these issues.
so they were lying, except to the youth, because to them they didn’t have a message. that’s a positive thing to me.
No, i might have been a bit unclear with my wording, but the pensioners got their huge gifts. They are the largest group of the electorate (and growing) , so there are plenty of incentives to please them, unlike children, who have no vote.
I was more thinking about a blanked ban on school grounds, not just during lessons. In any case i am not necessarily against it, but i think this brings us off topic too much. My main point was mostly just that particularly in regards to technology there might be a large gap and the younger generations would bring some perspectives that might not be properly represented.
Arab-Israeli MK Ayman Odeh Spoke at Anti-gov't Protest After Being Attacked by Right-wing Rioters
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33426944
'I Won't Let the Fascists Win'from Haaretz.com (2025-07-19)
Arab-Israeli MK Ayman Odeh spoke at anti-gov't protest after being attacked by right-wing rioters
According to lawmaker Ayman Odeh, whose ousting from the Knesset was recently attempted, a few dozen protesters surrounded the car, cried 'death to Arabs,' spat in his direction and cracked the windshield.Bar Peleg (Haaretz)
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US Government Gives Elon Musk Permission to Detonate Rockets Over a Sacred Hawaian Island
Government Gives Elon Musk Permission to Detonate Rockets Over a Sacred Hawaian Island
After polluting a sacred beach in Texas, Elon Musk's SpaceX is now seeking to wreak havoc on another holy site in Hawaii.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
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Two UK pro-Palestine organisations have bank accounts frozen
Two UK pro-Palestine organisations have bank accounts frozen
Groups say having access to funds cut off raises fears of wider attempt to silence voices speaking out about GazaHaroon Siddique (The Guardian)
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you changed your comment from
euro is a beacon of democracy, folks
to
europe is a beacon of democracy, folks
That's not the way to have a conversation
Having lived in multiple countries in Europe, including Britain, lets just say that the UK is especially bad in terms of Morals and Ethics.
After living there for almost a decade I concluded British society and politics was a mix of European-style and American-style values, only they had mostly picked the bad ones from both (for example, Cronyism, Dynastic Wealth and the idea of the inherent superiority of those born rich from Europe and "Greed as the greatest quality there is" from America) rather than the good ones.
Mind you, most of the rest of Europe, at least at the level of the Political and Money elites, is Morally and Ethically a shithole. It's just that the UK is extra, extra special in this.
Britain speed-running their way into Fascism.
They've been periodically reminding that leaving that country after the Brexit vote was one of the best decisions in my life (and after seeing first hand the discourse around Leave, back then I already thought Britain was one of the most likely European nations to turn Fascist), but the frequency of such reminders has steeply increased in the last couple of months.
"I Said Good Morning to the Dead": Inside the Al-Baqa Cafe Bombing
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Huda Skaik, Hamza Salha
July 17 2025, 6:00am
On the evening of June 30, an Israeli warplane dropped a 500-pound, U.S.-made MK-82 bomb on the seaside Al-Baqa Cafe in Gaza City. The explosion killed more than 30 people and injured dozens more.The weapon’s wide blast radius in the dense neighborhood caused indiscriminate damage, affecting unprotected civilians including men, women, children, and the elderly. Legal experts have said the attack likely violated international law under the Geneva Conventions and may constitute a war crime.
As the war grinds on, cafes like Al-Baqa aren’t just social spaces; for many, they are the only places to access electricity and the internet, which are often unavailable in people’s homes due to the ongoing blockade and widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure.
“I Said Good Morning to the Dead”: Inside the Al-Baqa Cafe Bombing
Survivors of the Al-Baqa Cafe bombing in Gaza, and the loved ones of the dead, share their stories of the Israeli attack.Huda Skaik (The Intercept)
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How do you let your chief of governemnt get food poisoning?
That must have been intentional, either by interior or exterior enemies.
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in reply to kebab • • •I'm not Catholic and live in the US
How much power does the Catholic Church and Pope really have anymore? I can't remember the last time anyone has mentioned the Pope in my day to day life. Not that I'm around people that would talk about it much to begin with.
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in reply to kebab • • •That makes sense.
I was imagining individual people listening to his words. Having church leaders disseminate it makes it more powerful.
I haven't gone to church in years and I freely admit I didn't think my question all the way through before I asked it. Of course people will listen to what their clergy say. It's kind of the point.
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in reply to kebab • • •I guess you can say that, but I think what’s more important is that when he says something that goes against their presumptions they are forced to deal with it.
Francis’s low-bar acceptance of queer people really made a big difference in how many of his followers actually interact with them. Very, very far from perfect, but a huge number of people were forced to challenge their prejudices. Where I live, most people regarded the Venn diagram of gay people and child molesters to be a circle, and now while you’d still still be treated like shit, the idea that you can be gay without being the scum of the earth is much more common. The pope said they’re not bad people, so millions have to find it within themselves to follow what he said.
The Catholic Church will never be a beacon of progressivism. But they’ve been okay at giving stragglers a trustworthy lifeline to slightly more open minded positions.
I don’t think this excuses the bad stuff they’ve done (si
... show moreI guess you can say that, but I think what’s more important is that when he says something that goes against their presumptions they are forced to deal with it.
Francis’s low-bar acceptance of queer people really made a big difference in how many of his followers actually interact with them. Very, very far from perfect, but a huge number of people were forced to challenge their prejudices. Where I live, most people regarded the Venn diagram of gay people and child molesters to be a circle, and now while you’d still still be treated like shit, the idea that you can be gay without being the scum of the earth is much more common. The pope said they’re not bad people, so millions have to find it within themselves to follow what he said.
The Catholic Church will never be a beacon of progressivism. But they’ve been okay at giving stragglers a trustworthy lifeline to slightly more open minded positions.
I don’t think this excuses the bad stuff they’ve done (since this is always brought up any time anyone says anything positive about the church) but I don’t see the church disappearing anytime soon. I’ll take the good where I can find it. (Also the church is very influential where I live, so it’s important that they keep challenging the regressive ideas a lot of powerful and enfranchised people are holding on to. You don’t want to be challenging the pope by denying the atrocities in Gaza do you?)
Edit: just saw that you were replying to someone asking about the US. My comment is about Christians in the Middle East, both (Greek and Latin) Catholics and Maronites which are in communion with Rome. There’s spillover in attitude among the other, non-Catholic sects of Christianity, of course. And further, fainter spillover among others folks.
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in reply to Devmapall • • •Religion is shrinking pretty steadily, though it's also being used as a weapon more and more.
For example, Trump tear gassed a huge protest in DC in his last term, including members of the church he visited the front steps of. He did this to hold a Bible up for a photo op (and he held it upside down).
So on one hand, they have less devout followers. On the other, the concept of these religions is being weaponized and politicized to the point they often perform acts like the one mentioned above, which spit in the face of the very scripture they claim to follow.
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in reply to kebab • • •There is an Israel - Hamas war, but that ain't this, that's the guerrila war fought in the ruins of Gaza.
This is is something else: as per the admition of actual IDF soldiers participating in these shootings of people trying to get food aid that they're been ordered to shoot at civilians, this is just state sanctioned mass murder.
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in reply to kebab • • •The idea is to scare the rest of Palestinians into not going to get food aid, so that they can starve to death and be blamed for it.
The Zionists are ever so slightly white-washing their Holocaust to make it palatable to "Liberals" (especially the US, British and German kind), otherwise they would only have the support of Fascists, and it really doesn't take much because those "Liberals" are pretty close to the Fascists politically, morally and ethically, so even the flimsiest, most ragged, and obvious to anybody with more than a brain cell of excuses is good enough for them.