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The collapse of the Assad regime has led to extraordinary revelations, including the recent discovery of a 500-year-old Torah scroll hidden in the basements of Bashar Al Assad’s palace.
This ancient artifact is seen as a testament to Syria’s once-thriving Jewish community.
The discovery has sparked renewed calls for Syria to return not only the Torah ...
The collapse of the Assad regime has led to extraordinary revelations, including the recent discovery of a 500-year-old Torah scroll hidden in the basements of Bashar Al Assad's palace.
MNT's line of Reform laptops is promising. Can you help to replace the nonfree code used to initalize the RAM to make it fully compatible with freedom?
Jurors in the Daniel Penny trial were well acquainted with the perils of NYC's treacherous subway system, which has experienced a 60% increase in murders this year,
over the time i've spent grocery shopping, i've noticed that portions get smaller with most products. you get fewer rolls, fewer ounces of whatever product, etc.
there's one goddamn thing that has not shrunk and that's milk. gross.
"How is it that in a country filled with both assault rifles and unimaginable acts of murderous cruelty committed by fantastically wealthy corporations, people don't leap from their murderous impulses to their murderous weapons to commit murderous acts?“
@pluralistic thoughts on a crime he predicted in his novella Radicalized
newdiscourses.com/2024/12/comm… The EVILution of Communism Workshop, Session 4 Communism is a religious view that has evolved and adapted over the last two centuries, including right up to the present day. Understanding the developments and threats in our present world requires understanding what Communism really is, especially in its Marxist variants, and how it has developed and changed over the years. In response to this need, James Lindsay of New Discourses held a four-lecture workshop series on the EVILution of Communism in Dallas, Texas, at the start of August 2024. In this fourth and final lecture in the series, Lindsay picks up the loose threads from the previous two lectures and weaves them together to describe a new Communism for the twenty-first century, a “Communism 3.0” or “Twenty-first Century Communism.” Lindsay characterizes this new model of Communism as the “Chinese model,” derived from the practical implementation by former CCP leader Deng Xiaoping in the People’s Republic of China, where it was tested first. Meanwhile, in the West, a parallel model was developed tracking not just with Deng Xiaoping Theory but also with the Western Marxist sensibilities of Herbert Marcuse, demanding a more “Sustainable” and “Inclusive” economy. Calling the model “Corporate” or “Corporatist” Communism, Lindsay explains how this model of Communism blends a Communist political theory and structure with a Fascist economic model of productive forces, creating the tyrannical hybrid that is intended to be the future for mankind both East, under the Chinese Communist Party, and West, under the United Nations and affiliates. This groundbreaking lecture provides a basis for completely changing the discourses around what’s happening in our world today.
In this fourth lecture, James Lindsay characterizes modern Communism as the "Chinese model derived from Deng Xiaoping in the People's Republic of China.
As reported earlier Monday, Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely during an incident on a New York City subway in 2023.
I routinely expect actual history to be hilariously weird and over-the-top, but I have to admit that "guy who practically becomes national hero for assassinating health insurance CEO turns out to [allegedly] be an anti-woke front-row techbro from the exact same social milieu that gave us Nancy Pelosi" was not, repeat not, anywhere on my radar.
i figured it was 60-40 in favor of being a rightwinger. the economic problems in this country affect everyone who makes less than 100k a year. that anger exists on both sides of the imaginary aisle. i put 60-40 instead of 50-50 because let's be real... did you think a fucking lib was going to do such a thing? and do you think most anarchists can afford health insurance? i'll take a win where i can get it. if right wingers go killing ceo's and leave everyone else the fuck alone, i didn't see a thing.
They're also demanding that the music industry realign their actions with the interests of working artists. Sign their open letter now to show your support!
Save Music, Save the Archive! Over 350 musicians are speaking out to demand that major labels drop a lawsuit aimed to destroy the Internet Archive—and for their industry to take concrete actions to realign their actions with the interests of working …
I think the issue the music industry has is that it's become superfluous. In the old days the only way to get national exposure and distribution was to get a contract with a major label. They'd press samples, distribute them to radio stations, and then produce product and distribute it to retailers.
These days anyone can hire someone to put together a website with a payment gateway and advertise online. The labels no longer serve a purpose except to sap earnings from musicians.
How can you preserve something that's rottening, don't touch my degradation, how dare you. The things are destined to be lost and obsolete, like shellac records. -:up (the smylies are not working again)
and so on.
but there is something rotten there. it seems like they're bored with their money in a sick way.
BREAKING: The Trudeau Government leaked private banking data of thousands of Canadians to the private sector during the Emergencies Act - and now they are refusing to disclose who they leaked the info to.
...ata of thousands of Canadians to the private sector during the Emergencies Act - and now they are refusing to disclose who they leaked the info to.
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The reaction to Brian Thompson’s murder reveals a deep anger among many Americans about the unfairness of the US health insurance industry, Richard Hall writes
> Biden’s policies aimed at industry, infrastructure, and the environment came into play… There is almost no visible positive effect on any part of American economic life, outside the market caps of a few companies…
> They hewed to the craven orthodoxy… the entire point of an “independent” central bank is to defeat any economic program that serves the people to the inconvenience of Big Finance. #economics #Biden #election2024 J Galbraith
A large majority of voters gave the Biden administration a failing grade on the economy. For the sake of future policy battles, it is worthwhile to try to understand their reasons.
NASA announced that the next Artemis mission, which will send astronauts around the moon, is delayed until 2026. The program is years behind schedule and billions over budget.
The Bank of England will hide the identities of any pension funds, insurers or hedge funds bailed out under a new financial stability tool to prevent a wider crisis engulfing the economy, per Bloomberg.
The Bank of England will hide the identities of any pension funds, insurers or hedge funds bailed out under a new financial stability tool to prevent a wider crisis engulfing the economy, Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said.
I don’t see how you can possibly enjoy US chocolate. It tastes like sawdust that’s been drowned in sugar and soaked with baby vomit. \ It tastes like that, by the way, because that’s roughly what it is. American chocolate (I’m talking about the non-fancy stuff) has a lot more sugar and a lot less cocoa than its European counterparts. Some producers also allegedly put their milk through a process called controlled lipolysis which produces butyric acid. What’s that when it’s at home? It’s something that’s found in vomit. God knows what else Americans get up to in their chocolate factories. A lawsuit recently filed in New York alleges that Hershey, which has the licence to produce Cadbury products in the US, “fails to disclose” that some of its chocolate products “contain unsafe levels of lead and cadmium”. \ There may be identifiable reasons that explain why US chocolate is so gross but here’s what I have a hard time understanding: why do Americans, who excel at many things, stand for this? Why are they so complacent about their terrible healthcare system and their chlorinated chicken and their rancid chocolate? I’m not being a chocolate snob here (well, I’m only being a little bit of a snob), because there’s a serious side to this: Europe is a lot stricter about many food additives than the US. Americans have basically been poisoned into believing that their chocolate tastes nice, I reckon.
This zine consists of lessons drawn from the case of Portland area anarchist Pax, who was arrested in May of 2012 and initially charged with 72 felonies. He later plead to 3. Here's some tips gleaned from his case...
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This zine consists of lessons drawn from the case of Portland area anarchist Pax, who was arrested in May of 2012 and initially charged with 72 felonies.
Healthcare associated infections affect patient safety and are worryingly too commonplace in health care. They contribute to significant morbidity, mortality, and financial impact on patients, families, and healthcare services. Please support this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitio…
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Reports suggest UK hospitals are dealing with increasing levels of flu, COVID-19, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus. Infection prevention and control is a vital tool. 🌬️Not least to limit spread of healthcare associated infections. Please support: petition.parliament.uk/petitio…
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You don't understand. This was plotted. The police had nothing on him. Their only lead, three days after the crime, was a bag full of monopoly money. He played them like a fiddle.
You don't just go out, weapon used in the crime, four fake IDs used for the crime, the silencer seen in the video, with the exact same clothes in which you committed the act and behave suspicious in a McDonald's.
If he stays hidden, his mystique will become a symbol, give him a name and a platform, and many more will follow in his footsteps.
Helmut Kentler was a Berlin-based psychology professor who was hailed as a hero of the sexual revolution. He argued that placing homeless children in the care of known paedophiles would contribute to the kids’ socialisation while giving the guardians a chance to become caring foster parents.
Berlin's welfare authorities condoned his views and, for decades, allowed him to conduct his «social experiment». After 30 years, several victims came forward and in this RTD documentary share harrowing memories of the abuse they suffered at the hands of their supposed 'caregivers'.
Did we really need hospital masking during #COVID19? Study says yes medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11… “Massachusetts General Brigham hospitals-led research has reported a significant increase in hospital-onset #respiratory viral infections following the cessation of universal #masking and #SARSCoV2 testing policies. Researchers found fewer infections when masking policies for #healthcareworkers were reinstated during a winter viral surge.”
Massachusetts General Brigham hospitals-led research has reported a significant increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections following the cessation of universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing policies.
#ThankGNU! to Adarsh Melethil, David Bruce, Deborah Jackson, James Wilson, Mikael Taipale, Peter Sluka, and Valerio Poggi for helping the FSF continue its goal of educating the public about #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: u.fsf.org/3vy
I mean it's basically anything that has value. You have 100 watches, 1,000 designer purses, 45 sports cars... you're a collector or an art aficionado. If other people don't see the value in what you collect you are crazy. I have a lot of books, people who like books think it's neat I have a library, people who don't read think I'm crazy to waste all that money and space on it. If you have a lot of sports memorabilia that's super cool to other sports fans but an eyesore to everyone else.
"For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine."
@voxofgod . The thing is, who the fuck is trying to stop crime while these assholes are playing these games? They take the job just to make sure nobody fucking does it, don’t they?
@punishmenthurts They aren't there to stop crime they're there to further disenfranchise marginalized people and control crowds and protect rich people
Marie Antoinette – (1755–1793). Wife of Louis XVI of France. One of the charges brought against Marie Antoinette was that she had ‘debauched liaisons with women as well as with men’. Even as early as 1775 her strong friendships with women were looked upon with suspicion. Many of these accusations against her, made by the French, were grounded in the fear of Austrian domination, via ‘petticoat power’ wielded by Marie Antoinette and her mother, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria.
-- Helena Whitbread, No Priest but Love – The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister – Vol.2, note 2.
"People hate Unitedhealthcare, for good reason, because he personally decided – or approved – countless policies that killed people by cheating them until they died.
One wonders how the government let them get away with that $11K. In a sane world, that kind of large-scale and massive per-incident over-charging would lead to millions (depending on the aggregate over-charging, maybe even billions) in fines and other regulatory actions.
I started following @pluralistic 's advice to use RSS feeds and it happens to be a great experience to collect at a single place, sorted as I wish the various blogs I like to read... But then I have to write a short note here or there to advertise the reading when it's good, there's no “I liked it” button.
*Deny, Defend, Depose*, today's post by Cory Doctorow is about when rightful outrage turns into deadly rage. It's also about what almost everybody born elsewhere can feel about the US death and greed cultures, and how both of these cultures interact.
It's deadly serious, and also seriously witty. If so many people wouldn't be dying of it, it would probably have been even funny.
I'm not a big "prayer warrior" type. It's not in my nature, but I try to align my actions with my beliefs.
I think it was from one of Dick Eastman's (?) books that I read something to the effect that we pray according to our faith. Meaning, if we believe that God: 1) hears our prayer 2) can do anything 3) has good intentions for people then we will pray because why wouldn't you?
I think a lot of times we don't pray because we don't believe the 1, 2, and 3 above. In that case, of course it would seem like prayer is a waste of time. It's just something that old people do, or something that super-religious people do.
I remember reading about Charles Finney's revival meetings. He said that before he showed up in an area, there would be a couple of people who would travel there before him and pray. He credited that prayer for the success of the meetings.
Intercessory prayer is powerful. Read how Daniel prayed for his people in Daniel chapter 9. He was reading the prophesies of Jeremiah and was compelled to pray for the Jewish people. He confessed their sins and asked God for mercy. As a result, the angel Gabriel comes to tell him that as soon as he began to pray, "a word went out" in answer in heaven.
Sometimes we don't know what we ought to pray for. In these cases, the Spirit himself intercedes for us on our behalf (Rom 8:26-27). For Pentecostals/Charismatics, we understand this to be "praying in the spirit" which our mind does not understand, as Paul explains in 1 Cor 14.
Sorry for the ramble. If you are worried or anxious about anything, I want to encourage you to pray to God about it! Let your requests be known to Him who can do all things more than we can imagine. It's not a waste of time.
I've only ever made one piece of Christmas music, and true to my love of weird Christmas, it's ... pretty far out. Curious? Check out "I Always Love Tripping at Xmas" from Metaphysical Shitposting.
The violent response to #BrianThompson, a CEO who profits obscenely from the torment and suffering of millions of customers.
It didn't need to happen. Those CEOs have had plenty of warning that oppressed people will be pushed only so far before seeking a violent response.
The title short story from collection _Radicalized_, by @pluralistic, details how people are corralled by the physical suffering of family members, exploited by an insurance industry deliberately designed to extract wealth while denying health care, and finally resort to violent terrorism in the absence of any other effective option.
CEOs have had this, and for decades many other, warnings that they must stop the ghoulish practice of denying health care to those who need it, while extracting wealth. A reckoning is coming.
This week @pluralistic wrote this article, in response to the murder of #BrianThompson and the clear similarity of this situation to his _Radicalized_ short story (2019).
Years ago, Doctorow was wondering at the fact angry gunmen, frequently made financially desperate because of denial-of-care industries like #ForProfitHealthInsurance, somehow don't turn that rage against the industry profiting from their suffering:
“This is an industry that is practically *designed* to fill the people who interact with it with uncontrollable rage. I mean, if you're watching your wife or your kid die before your eyes because some millionaire CEO decided to aim for a $10 billion stock buyback this year instead of his customary $9 billion target, wouldn't you feel that kind of murderous rage?”
As this brief description makes clear similarities with today’s situation are many. Whereas the conclusion of the Cold War did not have an official ending similar to Versailles, its main contours reproduced Versailles. The satisfied powers, the winners of the Cold War, were the US, UK, France and foremost Germany that regained unity. On the other hand, the “New World Order” produced one large power (Russia) that was from the very beginning unsatisfied with the outcome, especially since Russia, like Germany in 1918, did not at all feel defeated. From the very beginning when under Yeltsin the country was half-destroyed and internationally behaved more or less like a US vassal, Russia was resentful of one aspect of the victors’ policies: the extension of their military alliance to Russia’s borders.
nah they totally got the guy when he used a fake ID in McDonald’s while carrying all of the stuff he used the other day and just happened to be carrying a manifesto too.
Something stinky here. First, the guy kept the gun allegedly used? After shooting someone and successfully escaping, who keeps an incriminating piece of evidence.
Second, who keeps the clothing used in said crime? Refer to issue 1
Third, Fake ID's? Once you use a fake ID, it's burned. You don't keep it.
Fourth, Manifesto? Something like that is usually left at the scene or where it can be found. Why carry/keep it with you?
I’m genuinely happy that this Luigi Mangione paisan (likely) domed that CEO. But when you kill someone, for Christ’s sake DESTROY THE WEAPON, DISPOSE OF IT IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD, AND NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN. Fucking retard.
tbh I don't think he cared too much about getting caught. There's very little outsmarting law enforcement in cases like this.
Plus, you don't exactly assassinate someone you don't know if you have something to lose. Think he just accepted he was gonna get caught and rode out the manhunt for as long as he could.
I’m genuinely happy that this Luigi Mangione paisan (likely) domed that CEO. But when you kill someone, for Christ’s sake DESTROY THE WEAPON, DISPOSE OF IT IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD, AND NEVER SPEAK OF...
By leveraging AI, machine vision and spatial audio, ARIA Research is developing augmented reality glasses that could be a boon for the visually impaired.
According to public records, Luigi Mangione spent time at Stanford University in 2019 and once worked for Santa Monica-based TrueCar, a digital marketplace for automobiles.
Best authors I can think of right now. I need to find some new reading material Some new kind of kick. Give me a kick.... 1. Jose Saramago 2. Kazuo Ishigruro 3. Philip K. Dick 4. Karl Ove Knausgård 5. Dostoevsky 6. Tolstoy 7. Proust 8. Luis Jorge Borges #literature #Books
Chinese scientists have no choice but to leave US, top mathematician says. Many feel ‘uncomfortable’ because of discrimination, according to Yau Shing-Tung.
China should focus on developing original technologies and scientific knowledge and leverage the expertise of scientists returning from the United States, according to a top Chinese-American mathematician.
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Reddit user Old_Lengthiness3898 posted this 6′ × 7′ portrait of #UHC CEO Brian Thompson made entirely out of DENIED stamps, titled “Deny Defend Depose”.
L'anthropologue Lise Foisneau, qui partage le quotidien de communautés Roms depuis dix ans, met en ligne un site sur lequel les "gens du voyage" pourront retrouver les noms des membres de leurs familles, internés ou assignés à résidence dans la période 1939-1946
L'anthropologue Lise Foisneau, qui partage le quotidien de communautés Roms depuis dix ans, met en ligne un site sur lequel les « gens du voyage » pourront retrouver les noms des membres de leurs familles, internés ou assignés à résidence dans la pér…
La recherche générale du site ne fonctionne pas pour moi, par contre la recherche par nom sur chaque camp fonctionne correctement Grand Grand MERCI à LIse Foisneau (si elle lit ces quelques lignes)!!!
Under McConnell’s Senate leadership, the national debt rose more than $35 trillion, illegal immigration surged, and real wages for American workers have not grown. Obamacare was enacted in 2010. Congress bailed out big banks in 2008, and social media companies silenced individuals without repercussions. McConnell also has ties to the Chinese government.
Brown University announced on Wednesday its plan to increase diversity on campus despite the Supreme Court’s ruling banning affirmative action admission practices. The school follows in the […]
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