From min 42:10, Jeremy Scahill, the most knowledgeable on Palestine, talks about his interview to Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (still alive after Mossad's assassination attempt)
It's fascinating and there's a lot of facts that Drop Site News are able to get their hands on and not many can, even in the independent journalists sphere. Jeremy is a good talker. You'll get hooked.
I'll send the transcript separately.
youtube.com/watch?v=K0uwvl5ZU2…
@palestine
#Gaza #TrumpsPlan
#HamasLeader #Interview
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Modern Cats Were Domesticated Only 2,000 Years Ago
"Ancient DNA reveals the origin and global spread of the domestic cat out of its ancestral home in Africa."
#SciComm by @grrlscientist
#cats #wildcats #evolution #domestication #AncientDNA #genomics forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist…
Über die schönsten Fahrradstädte in Europa, Film von Ingwar Peroranowitsch - #CyclingCities.
🤔Der Film zeigt u.a., wie in Paris durch mehr Radverkehr & ÖV und damit verbunden weniger Autoverkehr, Staus reduziert und insgesamt die Mobilität für alle verbessert wurde … und wie die Anfänge der Bewegung in den Niederlanden in den 1970 Jahren waren … und auch, dass wir unsere Mobilitätsbedarfe hinterfragen und Stadtraum neu wertschätzen und nutzen sollten, klare Empfehlung!
Letters to the Editor: Trying to judge human ability by test scores always will invite debate
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-12-16/uc-system-sat-standardized-testing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Letters: Trying to judge human ability by test scores always will invite debate
'Having a high score is no grounds for guaranteed admission, and a low score does not always lead to a closed door. So many other factors are at play,' an L.A. Times reader writes.Los Angeles Times
I keep saying that understanding an individual’s relationship with abuse and abusers is the key to understanding their relationship with Trump.
Add this from @IveyJanette to the file of evidence for that claim: mastodon.social/@IveyJanette/1…
Ivey Janette McClelland (@IveyJanette@mastodon.social)
Ugh. https://awfulannouncing.com/politics/susie-wiles-says-being-pat-summerall-daughter-donald-trump.htmlIvey Janette McClelland (Mastodon)
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If you’re baffled by the chasm between “How could anyone support this kind of cruelty??” and “Society needs a Strong Father Figure with a firm hand,” well…
…look to who has endured abuse, who has only seen and abhorred abuse but not endured it, who has escaped abuse (and at what personal cost), who’s spent their life rationalizing and accommodating abuse, who is themselves an abuser.
Look at that, then look at what they think of Trump.
I see I’m not the only one who had that reaction.
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This isn't the first time she's done it, but I just can't get over Susie Wiles making a talking point of how she can run Trump because she's had to mollify an alcoholic father. There is so much going on there very much including dramatic irony at a level you rarely see outside of Greek tragedy.
irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/12…
#IEpol #EUpol #ECHR #Mastodaoine
Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Precedent could have far-reaching consequences. Who is to say the rights of gay citizens won’t be the next target by a coalition of hostile states?Liam Herrick (The Irish Times)
Fancy a digital chastity belt?
The UK government wants Apple and Google to stop you from taking or sending pics of your bits.
Intrusive scanning tech on your phone would block nudes unless you verify your age with biometrics or official ID.
It's creepy mission creep.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#surveillance #ageverification #privacy #digitalrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #apple #google
UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones
Government seeks “nudity-detection algorithms” in iOS and Android, report says.Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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A Maryland judge ruled that a lawsuit alleging Education Secretary Linda McMahon and her husband, WWE co-founder Vincent McMahon, KNEW about and CHOSE NOT to stop the RAPE of 8 CHILDREN “ring boys” will proceed.
I went shopping today for some presents for The Postie. This is over a week earlier than my usual annual paltry efforts to fill the coffers of local traders (I prefer Christmas Eve for such frivolity); but I was rewarded for my efforts by this view on the way down the hill to home.
#Argyll #Scotland #Autumn #NearlyWinter
Premium subscribers to my newsletter can read about a direct image of an exoplanet orbiting a binary star, and a five-fold Einstein cross due to gravitational lensing. Sound weird? Yeah, that's what makes writing (and reading) about them so fun!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-n…
A new binary star exoplanet image, and a very cool five-point Einstein Cross
See a direct image of the planet, and a quintuply gravitationally lensed galaxyPhilip Plait (Bad Astronomy Newsletter)
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Adding Monitoring: Part 5 of "Building a Bulletproof HomeServer" Series
Time to find out what's going on before it breaks!
blog.ppb1701.com/adding-monito…
#nixos #homeserver #blog
Adding Monitoring: Part 5 of "Building a Bulletproof Home Server" Series - ByteHaven - Where I ramble about bytes
*Part 5 of "Building a Bulletproof Home Server" series* ## Where We Left Off In [Part...ByteHaven - Where I ramble about bytes
Halba Diouf : le combat des athlètes trans devant la justice
La justice française examine le 17 décembre la dimension discriminatoire de l’exclusion d’une sprinteuse trans des compétitions féminines nationales. En toile de fond se dessine le durcissement mondial des politiques d’accès au sport féminin, fondé sur des arguments transphobes et sexistes.
Est-ce une question de sexe ou de genre ?
Strengthening support for defense investments in the European Union
The European Parliament discussed a proposal aimed at strengthening the European Union's ability to invest in defense and respond to a deteriorating securityBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
New Patreon post about what I get up to doing admin for mastodon.art; 'Busy, but there's always racists' ->
patreon.com/posts/busy-but-the…
Fuck people, fuck white guys in particular, and fuck racists.
C'est malhonnête comme communication.
Laisser croire que le budget de fonctionnement des transports publics pourrait être totalement répercuté sur l'usager final est malhonnête. Les subventions font partie de leur mode de financement. Point. Parce que les transports publics participent de l'organisation collective, qu'on les utilise individuellement ou non. Et puis, d'où vient l'argent public ? Impôts, taxes, cotisations... donc Valérie, arrête de faire croire qu'on pourrait payer deux fois.
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