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I have no idea. Probably not much. And that's probably because it makes no sense whatsoever when you have the population density of the US and you can just hop on a plane
The rail systems in China and Western Europe rely on high population densities but simply don't exist throughout most of the United States. In order to justify such rail systems in the United states, the population density of the country would have to rise by a factor of nearly 10. Actually doing that would bring about a huge ecological disaster, because much of the north American continent is already straining in a number of different critical resources such as water, and the amount of food production we could expect to see from the United States would drop catastrophically which would be a humanitarian disaster for huge swaths of the world.
When Europeans criticize Americans, they're continuing their long and storied history of trying to export their bad ideas mindlessly and end up killing a bunch of people in other continents. In the few cases that they were successful, they apologize for it later but obviously they don't feel sorry enough to stop trying to do it.
Es ist einfach nur bitter, wie Jahrzehnte der Annäherung & die Errungenschaften von Schengen für eine Handvoll Populismus & Symbolpolitik aufgegeben werden. Ich habe in meiner Kindheit Stundenlang an dieser Grenze gestanden. Was für ein Rückschritt. 😢
Gestern, again: Halbe Stunde sinnloser Stau, nur um an zwei mäßig motiviert aussehenden Beamten vorbeizufahren. So viel Verschwendung von Lebenszeit. Über die wirtschaftlichen Folgen wird kaum gesprochen. Ebensowenig über das Trauma der von Racial Profiling Betroffenen.
Korrektur: Alle Kontrollen zusammengerechnet über die Jahre habe ich sicher Tage- oder sogar Wochenlang mit meiner Familie dort im Stau gestanden. Ein paar mal müssten wir sogar rechts ranfahren & den Kofferraum öffnen. Wahrscheinlich, weil mein Vater irgendwie „verdächtig“ aussah. Ich bin wütend.
Keine Kindheitserfahrungen mit DE/PL, aber dafür reichlich mit DE/DK. Rückstau vor Puttgarden war Standardprogramm, auch auf dem Landweg (A7) hat man im Hochsommer gern mal ein Weilchen gestanden. Will man nicht zurückhaben.
Das ist eben die Politik, die Menschen machen, die gerade mal von 12:00 Uhr bis Mittag denken. Und diese Menschen wurden von denen gewählt, deren (Denk)horizont an der eigenen Nasenspitze endet.
Dank unserer "Regierung" steuern wir auf einen Haufen Kleinstaaten mit Feudalsystem zu. Zusätzlich wird die Industrie so lange gepampert, bis auch der letzte Zug Richtung Innovationen abgedampft ist. (todon.eu/@autonomysolidarity/1…)
Ohne Worte…….
Reiche will Konzernen die Stromrechnung bezahlen
Schwerindustrie und Rechenzentren können Milliardensubventionen für den Strompreis erwarten. Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Reiche liefert ab……
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Es schmerzt jedes Mal, wenn ich über die Grenze nach Dänemark fahre und dort die Kontrolleure sehe - und jetzt auch noch in der Gegenrichtung, wegen Faeser damals noch - es ist eine Schande!
jupp... ich finde nur seltsam, dass hier der default-Reflex "Denkt denn niemand an die Wirtschaft?" gezogen wird.... wahrscheinlich liegts daran, dass das nix mit Klimaschutz zu tun hat, dann is Wirtschaft auch egal.
Mich macht das auch wirklich wütend. In den Nachrichten wird das noch als Erfolg vermerkt. Dank der Grenzkontrollen habe es in den letzten Wochen weniger Geflüchtete gegeben 😡 Die Einheit Europas ist für mich von so einem hohen Wert, ich könnte wirklich heulen, was die Populisten daraus machen.
Gleiche Erfahrung neulich bei der Heimfahrt aus dem Frankreich-Urlaub. Nach Mulhouse 30 min Stau, deutsche Polizisten an der Grenze, und rausgezogen wurde ein Auto mit bulgarischem Kennzeichen (wussten die Sheriffs nicht, dass Bulgarien EU-Mitglied ist?). Absolut bescheuerter Flashback in die 80er Jahre.
Ich bin auch an einer Grenze aufgewachsen - mit dem tiefen Glauben an ein vereintes Europa. Ich bin nicht nur wütend und maßlos enttäuscht - was ich aus meinem Umfeld auch wahrnehme, ist die Rückkehr der Angstzustände bei ehemals Geflüchteten. Diese Menschen, die Jahre oder Jahrzehnte traumatisiert waren, haben feine Antennen für das drohende Unheil.
ja, die Grenzkontrollen damals waren so ätzend. Aus einer eigentlich kurzen Fahrt, schnell rüber zur Großtante, wurden mehrere Stunden verschwendete Lebenszeit.
Weiß echt nicht, warum das irgendwer zurück wollte.
@Katharina Nocun und dobrindt und merz sei dank, brauchen sich die polen noch nciht mal irgendwie zu rechtfertigen. sie können einfach auf den erfinder der ausländermaut zeigen ... und der sitzt grinsend bei netanjahu und schmiedet neue pläne ...
Aber zu sagen, dass es nur um eine Handvoll Populismus geht, geht an der eigentlichen Problematik vorbei. Der folgende Artikel ist nur einer von sehr vielen, der das Problem dort behandelt, wo es letztlich entsteht.
Das ist in meinen Augen dann auch Populismus - nur von der anderen Seite.
"Die polnische Regierung hatte ... angekündigt, dass Einreisende erst ab dem 7. Juli kontrolliert werden. Start sollte um Mitternacht an 52 Grenzübergängen zu Deutschland und 13 Übergängen zu Litauen sein."
https://www.tagesschau.
Erstaunlich wie unser Friedrich Merz, aka "Frauen sind lausige Netzwerker", es geschafft hat, die Nachbarn innerhalb kürzester Zeit zu verprellen. Für unsinnige Symbolpolitik. Eine Bekannte stand 14 Stunden an der polnischen Grenze im Stau. Die Leute werden unter Generalverdacht gestellt und Freiheiten Stück für Stück beschnitten.
Was ein ****** (ich will nicht ordinär werden, aber mir fällt dazu nichts mehr ein)
Davon Mal abgesehen Schaden sie dem Einzelhandel und den Tankstellen in Polen massiv. Das alles ist total absurd. Frankfurt Oder und Slubice sind quasi eine Stadt. Das zerstört das alles.
from #972Magazine Sunday Recap newsletter [published in Israel] 07/06/2025
**Other articles** * #Gaza’s Al-Baqa Cafe was a sanctuary amid the genocide. Now it lies in ruins * The #Knesset vs #AymanOdeh *The #UK can excuse genocide, but draws the line at festival chants * ‘It comes with the territory’: How #Israel’s archaeologists legitimize annexation
Why are local energy consumers subsidizing data centers?
Answer: Because Big Tech are corporate welfare scammers
"The truth is, these data centers will create very few permanent jobs, but will create staggering costs for electricity ratepayers and everyone else across our state."
"Tous les jours, je reçois des vidéos de Palestiniens et Palestiniennes. En fait, ils et elles m’envoient leur mort en direct. Je ne peux pas détourner le regard et faire comme si de rien n’était."
Day 639 of genocide I'm still alive. Every day is a fight against hunger. We spend hours searching, not for variety, just for enough to fill a small plate. "Dad… will we eat today?" they ask.💔
If each person gave just $10, I could feed my children today.😓 Be the reason a child eats today.
In Stuttgart erschoss ein Polizist einen 29-jährigen Algerier. Offenbar war der Mann auf der Flucht – ein Szenario, in dem der Schusswaffengebrauch unzulässig wäre. nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192413.…
Extract of Letter from US Rep Anna V. Eskamani, PhD (FLA-47), Jul 7, 2025
”Last week, four of my fellow state lawmakers and I traveled deep into the Everglades to visit Florida’s newest immigrant detention camp, a remote, mosquito-infested facility now being called by the State of Florida ‘Alligator Alcatraz’.
“Despite our statutory authority and duty to conduct oversight visits of state detention centers, we were denied access. 1/4
Extract of Letter from US Rep Anna V. Eskamani, PhD (FLA-47), Jul 7, 2025
[#Florida : Call to Action] “We are demanding answers, filing records requests, and sounding the alarm. But we need your voice, too.
“Consider signing this petition demanding that the Florida Department of Emergency Management focus on hurricane response, not detaining immigrants in harsh conditions and with no due process.”
[Extract of Letter from US Rep Anna V. Eskamani, PhD (FLA-47), Jul 7, 2025]
“We don’t even know who is paying for this facility — the state or the feds —but we do know that it’s expected to cost the public more than $450 million. And the contracts? Awarded in the dark, with no transparency, to DeSantis-connected donors.… 3/4 #Florida #AlligatorAlcatraz #ICE #DeSantis #Gop #Trump
🗨️ An ordinary day in a world with an illegal lawless settler-state as neighbour:
📢 ISR force infiltrated after midnight from the Khallat Wardeh border area, reaching the vicinity of Aita al-Shaab’s municipality, where it took up positions
📢 ISR drone dropped a sonic bomb toward a fishing boat at sea in the Naqoura area
📢 ISR bulldozers breach border, advance 100 Meters into Kfarkela in ongoing aggression
From packing an emergency kit to navigating FEMA aid to finding legal services and mental health resources, this is a comprehensive guide to surviving and coping with natural disasters.
A pediatrician has been fired over a vile post suggesting that the more than 80 killed in the horrific Texas floods — including dozens of kids — were Trump supporters who got “what they voted for.”
Dr. Christina B. Propst drew widespread scorn following the disparaging, since-deleted post under her old Facebook username, Chris Tina, according to Mediaite.
“May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry,” Probst wrote in the now-viral post.
Heard chanting and marching while doing yardwork, zipped over to check it out, and…
…lo and behold! an emergency protest in favor of immigrants rights, organized by miracmn.com in response to the SCOTUS threatening birthright citizenship.
Despite the apparent short notice, folks brought their game. Got a couple of photos (with permission). The guillotine actually moves up and down while the rider pedals!
Now I’m on MIRAC’s mailing list, so hopefully I don’t miss the next one.
Also, though…it is just deeply heartening to randomly encounter a protest: not a thing that I already knew about, but a thing that just •showed up• in my neighborhood. It makes me feel like the circle of resistance is much bigger than my own little circle. And it is.
That’s the feeling I want us to create: “Wow, these protests are everywhere.”
Things like this are not just a symbolic expression of discontent.
Fascism depends to a •very• large extent on anticipatory compliance. It needs people to feel like things are going that way, it’s already a done deal, better to just go along with it.
Every time dissent is visible, every way dissent feels ubiquitous, every time somebody feels like they’re not alone in opposition, every time somebody who’s tempted to comply fears there might be hell to pay if they do — that directly, concretely damages the fascists’ power.
I hear you! I also want to help these small protests find each other, merge, and grow stronger in numbers. People need to be see themselves, understand how many of us there are. We need millions in the streets, we need momentum, we need everyone to understand that the large majority of the country is disgusted by this unamerican bullshit.
Maya Khadra: Liban: Série de bombardements israéliens touchant le sud et la vallée de la Békaa. L’intensité des frappes d’aujourd’hui égale la force des bombardements pendant la guerre. C’est une réponse à l’entêtement du Hezbollah qui refuse le désarmement et qui risque d’entraîner le Liban encore une fois dans une guerre que les Libanais n’ont pas choisie. En effet, la proposition de l’envoyé US spécial Tom Barrack de désarmer le Hezb n’a pas eu de réponse officielle libanaise. La milice, quant à elle, a refusé catégoriquement le désarmement. Encore un échec pour le Président de la République et le Premier ministre. x.com/mayakhadra/status/194196…
sure. These two people with piles of money nobody can explain set up a sex island with children on it for the rich and powerful out of the “goodness of their hearts”.
#Haaretz is adding that #IDF arrested this morning (Monday) the chief editor of the Palestinian news agency Ma'an. Al-Laham is also the manager of the West Bank offices of the Lebanese channel Al-Mayadeen, which is affiliated with Hezbollah. According to Maan, last night IDF forces arrested him at his home in the village of al-Doha in the Bethlehem area, and during the arrest the forces caused destruction in his house. It was also reported that al-Laham is expected to be brought to the Ofer court this coming Thursday for a hearing on extending his detention. The IDF has not yet provided a response on the matter.
One of the reporters of this item is Jack Khoury. AFAIK, he was one of the first Israeli journalists working in mainstream media to publish evidence of the genocide in Gaza on his social media account.
[December 2023] "The video now circulating from northern Gaza. Journalist Anas Sharif is releasing documentation from the Jabalia refugee camp. In the background, a boy can be seen carrying out the body of a girl in pouring rain. In Jabalia, they report finding 15 bodies in a state of decay inside a school. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the death toll has risen to 18,608 killed and more than 50,000 wounded since the start of the war."
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A new report by Allianz Research warns that this summer’s extreme heat could cut Europe’s GDP by up to 0.5 percentage points in 2025, likening a single day over 32°C to "half a day of national strikes."
Heatwaves and climate change are projected to inflict severe damage on both global and national economies, with Germany facing potential losses of up to €1 trillion by 2050.
The economic toll is uneven across regions. Spain is expected to suffer the most, with projected losses reaching 1.4%, while Germany’s economy may shrink by just 0.1%. Italy, Greece, France, and China could each face declines nearing 1%. In the United States, heat waves are projected to reduce economic output by 0.6%.
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 outbreaks spread unchecked through U.S. poultry farms. Health experts warn it could lead to a new pandemic.
Massive volumes of gold are being moved from Western countries, to vaults outside the SWIFT system and Western regulation.Even for the world's top gold minin...
Crazy how the Democrats, who “are the same” as Republicans, all voted against gutting healthcare and creating a police state, while all but 3 Republicans voted for it. One of these things is not like the other.
The biggest problem with the Democratic establishment is while they will block the most insane shit possible. They also enable the most insane shit possible.
People are done and tired of centrism, which normalizes economic policies that damage Americans. Embrace of neoliberalism by democratic centric is their chief problem.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai @mcnado recently saw this stated as "they think their job is to meditate between the oppressors and the oppressed"
I think that hits the nail on the head, and certainly explains all the half measures.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell really it doesn’t begin to explain who this “establishment” is. And the typo is just plain distracting. Pointing an accusing finger at “them” doesn’t provide any way to measure or act on the outrage you profess.
@aardvark I don’t know how old you are, but if you’ve been around for a couple of decades, you’ll notice that the political leadership which sticks around for an extraordinary long time our individuals that sit a top a donation network as well as a patronage network. The patronage network consist of businesses who work in politics with consultants that then the other thing..
@aardvark And occasionally, you’ll be privy to news which reveals that these businesses and individuals who work and politics are under a very tight leash. If they cross somebody like a Pelosi or the equivalent on the Republican side and choose you know first amendment choose to support a progressive, and Nancy doesn’t like it, they won’t have any work anymore.
And the leadership of why the party just happens to have a remarkable amount of investment in the stock market.
@aardvark This generally means that their investment interest now align with business. And while the Democrats can also be very pro-labor, they walk fairly thin line and largely on the side of business rather than unabashedly working for the interest of the the public in general, especially people who work for wages.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @aardvark The characterization of those saying they are the same is misleading and falls into the trap of one side good, one bad, when they're both shit but to different degrees. Harris wouldn't have fucked things up so badly for sure but it is ALSO clear that Dems have failed SO horribly in being responsive to people and planet that they lose to a nazi asshole like Trump. WE NEED BETTER--but at this point?
It’s amazing how this thread filled up with “but Democrats won’t immediately give me <insert policy here> and I want it now!”
To those critics, I offer another thought: if you sit on the sidelines, never voting until a candidate offers you everything on your wishlist, you will never get closer to your ideals. Because you knew that Trump would actually move us AWAY FROM whatever it is you wanted.
At least we don’t have anybody here pretending Harris would have been doing the same things Trump is doing. Because I have LITERALLY seen that nonsense on Fedi. I’m not sure how detached from reality one must be to not see the differences between a year ago and today.
@mls14 But she still LOST to that felon nazi...THAT requires serious consideration. The fact the DNC has also viciously gone after actual progressive candidates to primary shits like Cuellars, etc. underscores the failure of the corporate, neoliberal philosophy of the Dem party.
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Ein Zeitraffervideo aus Texas schockiert: Innerhalb von nur zehn Minuten zeigt es das fatale Tempo der Sturzflut, die über 80 Menschen das Leben kostete – darunter viele Kinder. Naturgewalt in voller Wucht. 🌊😢 #Texas #Flut #Naturkatastrophe #newz
Dutzende Menschen kommen am Wochenende ums Leben, als in Texas binnen kürzester Zeit riesige Mengen Regen niedergehen und eine Sturzflut auslösen. Ein neu veröffentlichtes Zeitraffervideo macht das beängstigend rasante Tempo der Flut deutlich.
Die Gohrischheide brennt seit Tagen: Über 2.100 Hektar Wald sind zerstört – mehr als im ganzen Jahr sonst in Deutschland. Einsatzkräfte kämpfen unter extremen Bedingungen mit gepanzerter Technik, Löschrobotern & Hubschraubern gegen die Flammen auf ehemaligem Truppenübungsplatz. #Gohrischheide #Waldbrand #Feuerwehr 🔥🚒🌲 Mehr Infos: n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/panor… #newz
Nach den anhaltenden und schwer einzudämmenden Waldbränden ist die sächsische Gohrischheide nahezu vollständig abgebrannt. Selbst die Bundeswehr hilft bei der Bekämpfung des Feuers. Auch in Thüringen kann noch keine Entwarnung gegeben werden.
Free societies survive on the level of integrity in the dissent. Not dissent for dissents sake along a party politic but rather dissent thought through and given in good faith.
hey, if you're an American living in the USA, one little thing you can do is help make it absolutely socially unacceptable to work for ICE. what does this look like? say it to your friends and family. bring it up casually. post about it. make it an issue in your neighborhood if one of your neighbors gets a job with ICE or DHS. ostracize and exclude. you don't have to be rude, just make sure people know it's an ethical/moral choice you don't accept.
Um, have you noticed America has a huge gun problem? Gun nuts are the kinds who want the ICE jobs. Those people are not open to suggestions, reasoning or shaming. They enjoy cruelty almost as a form of recreation. We have a lot of them. Enough to elect trump. Those are not normal thinking, empathic human beings.
On Friday, June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its 6-3 ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Far-right Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, stressing that religious parents should be allowed to have their kids opt out of pro-gay educationa…
So touching--the 6 Supine Court bigots preserve parents' "right" to deny their children a full education in order to misinform and lie to them. So respectable.
Ways I know gas is too cheap: parked between two vehicles sitting there idling, one with a driver (with the AC on and the windows open(!)), one without.
Went into the store, came out, both still idling.
This is one of those things that electric cars would really help with.
It is worth noting that this is technically illegal in Massachusetts, but basically never enforced. (You get five minutes of idling, less if you're a big truck or someone complains or you're near an air intake.)
When I lived in the Boston area I felt like it was extremely common to see people parked on the road idling with the AC or heat on. I always assumed these were people like real estate agents who were waiting on someone. Still, lots of needless waste that might not be happening if people were more attentive.
Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity.
A new series of studies finds that people who doubt they're respected or admired by others are less likely to acknowledge other people's contributions. But sharing credit actually tends to boost one's status, which means these people's competitiveness just makes their status insecurity worse: business.columbia.edu/research…
theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…. The Israeli Government expect Hamas to carry on talking about a #ceasefire as the IDF continues its campaign of #genocide in #Gaza, @palestine. "According to the health ministry in Gaza, 80 people were killed & 304 wounded in Israeli attacks there over the last 24 hours."
Haaretz recounts what Prof Jean-Pierre Filiu found when he got into Gaza and why Israel won’t allow western journalists in Israeli newspaper Haaretz has carried testimony from a French histor…
Höcke liest Sellner: „Harmloser“ als Merz journalistenwatch.com/2025/07/… Ich spreche mit jedem und höre mir alle Argumente an. Das gilt besonders, wenn ein Begriff die öffentliche Debatte so maßgeblich bestimmt hat, wie aktuell der Titel dieses Buches: »Remigration«. Von Björn Höcke auf Telegram Die Idee steht im Raum — und ist so wichtig, daß bei der Urteilsbegründung zur Aufhebung des Compact-Verbots ausdrücklich darauf […] #news #press
"Jurnalul de realitate" poate fi un instrument puternic în procesul de refacere a percepției după o experiență cu un narcisist. 📖✨
După ce ai trecut prin manipulare narcisistă, mintea poate fi plină de confuzie și îndoieli despre ce este real și ce nu. Scrisul într-un jurnal te ajută să-ți ancorezi gândurile în realitate, să-ți observi sentimentele și să discerni între faptele obiective și distorsiunile create de abuz.
Acest proces sprijină consolidarea propriei identități și recapătă încrederea în propria judecată. Este un spațiu sigur unde îți poți procesa experiențele fără teama de a fi criticat sau invalidat.
Dacă te lupți cu efectele unui narcisist, încearcă să ții un "jurnal de realitate" zilnic — notează ce s-a întâmplat, cum te-ai simțit și ce înveți despre tine în fiecare zi. Pas cu pas, îți vei recăpăta perspectiva. 💪🌱 #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #MentalHealth #SelfCare
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#Palestine / DellaPergola, leading Israeli demographer, questions Gaza death toll study methodology
Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, a renowned demographer at Hebrew University and international authority on Jewish population statistics, critiques a study by Prof. Michael Spagat estimating around 91,400 deaths in Gaza.
[...] Regrettably, it is clear that the number of deaths in Gaza grows daily, and the results reported in the Spagat et. al survey, and in critiques of the survey, require revision. Nonetheless, it would have been better if, before publishing the figure of 100,000 deaths in Gaza, Haaretz had checked the facts, or at least added a question mark to the rounded figure.
DellaPergola, who is a specialist in demographic research, argues the research has significant methodological flaws despite being rejected by a medical journal but published independently.
Key concerns include non-random sampling, potential duplicate counting due to displaced families, and statistical inconsistencies. When the study's prisoner count estimates are compared to known figures, DellaPergola suggests the death toll may be closer to 34,000 - aligning with other systematic checks.
DellaPergola calls for more rigorous fact-checking before publishing casualty figures.
The article published by Haaretz on June 26, regarding Palestinian deaths in Gaza, reports on a pre-print study that had yet to be peer reviewed. Here are the issues with its methodology and how it can be revised
In summary: DellaPergola utterly embarrasses himself with this clown-level "critique" of the Gaza Mortality Survey. The arguments presented are without exception mumbo-jumbo, scientifically speaking. In essence, apart from a number of points where he is just flat out methodologically incorrect and fails to spot high school-level errors in his argument (such as plain failing to understand what the Guillot et al. study he tries to cite in his support actually did), he just points to potential sources of *uncertainty* and then assumes, with absolute zero evidence or compelling argument whatsoever, pulling numbers straight out of his arse, that all of these uncertainties must necessarily work in the direction of an overestimate of deaths, while systematically neglecting to discuss any of the sources of sampling bias that do, in fact, *necessarily* contribute to an *under*estimation (chiefly that completely destroyed households can no longer be sampled).
This piece is science-free, embarrassingly illiterate (both statistically and literally in terms of reading comprehension applied to other studies) piece of garbage. DellaPergola outs himself as someone utterly incapable of letting facts get in the way of his racist biases.
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“The first and most self-evident way to estimate the number of dead is by counting the bodies that arrive at morgues or are buried. Astoundingly, according to Gazan sources, this simple action was never performed.”
FALSE. In the beginning, those were the ONLY deaths that were counted.
"Granted, some of the bodies are still buried under destroyed buildings. But even in the most horrific sanitary conditions, it's inconceivable that there are still tens of thousands of buried bodies 21 months after the fighting began."
FALSE. This ignores that Israel has systematically destroyed the heavy machinery necessary to recover them. The passing of time (under bombardment) does not help shifting tons of concrete by hand.
"And at least according to the IDF, residents were warned to evacuate their homes before heavy bombs were launched.”
FFS. This is 100% propaganda. Israel randomly does this sometimes to provide its idiot apologists with the licence to claim this, but it is completely untrue that this is in any way consistently applied.
"The respondents (one person in each family) were asked about what has happened to their relatives since the war began.”
FALSE. They were asked not about their "relatives", but about the members of their own pre-Oct 7 HOUSEHOLD. For someone attempting a critique of the study's methodology, it is beyond embarrassing to not even bother to represent it correctly. There is indeed an auxiliary question about deaths in the wider family, but that's not what the study's published results are based on.
"The relative completing the survey could report the deceased adult because he or she will think of the original family composition."
FALSE. Again, DellaPergola embarrassingly doesn't even understand how the study proceeded. Respondents were in fact *required* to respond in terms of their original household composition, rendering his whole line of critique moot.
Claim: A stopping rule of 10 households in each sampling unit creates a distortion.
FALSE. Stopping after a given number of interviews WITHIN in a random sampling unit does not by itself undermine “the principle of randomness" at all, nor does selecting an arbitrary adult household member, *because any one of them would be responding with respect to the same household*. DellaPergola does not seem to understand how survey sampling works. The claim that households more likely to have been present and willing to respond are more likely to have experienced a violent death is pulled completely out of thin air, without even pretending to offer an empirical or a priori argument. One could just as easily argue that households with fewer adults (because some have been killed) are more likely to have the surviving adults away from home at a given time.
"A comparison of this sort (see the article by Michel Guillot and colleagues that was published in the Lancet in January 2025) identified 34,344 people who were killed (21,974 men and 12,370 women) between October 7, 2023 and August 31, 2024, based on detailed checks by the Health Ministry.”
FALSE. DellaPergola is illiterate, or perhaps more likely, didn't bother to even read as much as the *abstract* of the Guillot et al. paper. What they actually said is that of the 45,936 reported total number of fatalities at the time, they found 64.4% on the refugee register, which, given that the share of refugees in the total population is 65.7%, CONFIRMS THE 45,936 as the refugee+non-refugee total. DellaPergola tries to claim that Guillot reduced the estimate down to the number of fatalities who were *also* refugees. This is a horrendously embarrassing mistake on his part.
"Of these, 75,200 were killed directly by wartime operations, while between 8,000 and 9,000 died from circumstances that aren't directly connected to the army's operations (and all this is on top of the 6,000 to 7,000 who die in an ordinary year)."
FALSE. The 8k-9k are about deaths not from fighting, but from not receiving medical aid for disease etc. The notion that such deaths e.g., from starvation, or because Israel systematically destroyed dialysis centres, “aren't directly connected to the [Israeli] army's operations" is obvious nonsense.
"In other words, the division and redefinition of households as a result of the state of emergency in Gaza may cause the same death to be reported two or three times.”
FALSE. This is *at best* sloppy wording. For the same death to ACTUALLY be double-counted, two people from the same pre-Oct 7 household would have to be among the survey respondents in different households in the current sample. What he probably *meant* was that those deaths have a higher probability of being reported in the sample. This requires a lot of assumptions, such as that households with a death are more likely to have been split apart. Which under normal circumstances might sound like commonsense, because conditional on a violent death in the household, it was certainly exposed to violence that may have caused a split. But since in Gaza *all* households have been displaced, that argument doesn't work very well. Also, all else being equal, having lost an adult household member reduces the remaining size of the household and therefore the possibility for it to split.
The vastly more obvious source of NEGATIVE bias stemming from household structure is that the large number of households where *all* adult members have been killed are systematically excluded from the sample. But of course, DellaPergola doesn't want to talk about *that*.
"They also provide a contradictory figure from another source regarding the number of Gazan prisoners captured by Israel – 3,436.”
This represents the number of prisoners from Gaza at a single point in time (Source: jpost.com/israel-news/article-…). DellaPergola seems to miss that what is at stake for comparison with the survey finding is the number imprisoned *at any time* during the survey fieldwork period. Moreover, the number he quotes refers only to ‘unlawful combatants' not *all* prisoners from Gaza, or detainees from Gaza who are held in military camps under conditions of enforced disappearance - unlike the survey question.
" Since the same ratio must also apply to the survey's estimate of deaths, the latter number should fall from 91,400 to 34,380."
FALSE. There is absolute no reason why the factor by which the number of prisoners is misestimated - never mind that he is completely wrong in quantifying that factor, see above - ‘must' be the same as for deaths. For someone criticising the rigour of another study's methodology, “I'm going to take one of their numbers and multiply it with a fudge factor" is one hell of a suggestion for how to "improve" the study…
PCATI's criticism suggested that shutting down IDF detention facilities may have been temporary and they may have returned to heavy use once the military started a new campaign in Gaza in October.
To put the point about the Guillot paper in plain language:
DellaPergola central argument is: The one study (Guillot et al. 2025) that checked the Ministry of Health list of 46k fatalities (at the time) name by name could only confirm 34k of them, so I want to use that number as an anchor for the 'true' number that Spagat et al. failed to correctly replicate.
What Guillot et al. ACTUALLY found was: Roughly two-thirds of Gazans are UNRWA-registered refugees, and we could find around two-thirds of the official deaths, namely 34k, on the refugee register, which matches the population total and confirms that the total number of 46k is approximately correct.
Note that this is not buried deep inside the Guillot et al. paper. It's right there literally in the abstract, proving that DellaPergola is either blinded by bias, incompetent, or wilfully misrepresenting that study.
I saw that but to be fair DellaPegola sort of indicates it's a number verified against UNRWA's data ("including lists of refugees entitled to UN assistance"). This also BTW seem to support Hamas' own data..., contracting his claims their numbers can't be trusted.
But regardless, it's clear that DellaPergola doesn't engage with evidence in the Lancet studies documenting systematic under-reporting.
He draws the exact opposite conclusion from what Guillot et al. actually said, so we don't really have to be "fair" and give points for vaguely mentioning UNRWA data in an act of obfuscation.
@bifouba I would also comment on his reliance on #IDF evacuation warnings as a factor in reducing casualties (FFS, this is pure propaganda at this stage) is contradicted by the fact that we saw time and again that evacuated concentrated populations moved to targeted areas created higher casualty rates rather than lower ones, even before the GHF aid distribution death traps.
[...] They don't really talk to you about civilians that may come to your place. Like I was in the Netzarim road and they say, "If someone comes to here, it means that he knows he shouldn't be there and if he still comes, it means he's a terrorist." But I don't ... this is like what they tell you, but I don't really think it's true. They might be shot, they might be captured. really depends on like the day the mood of the commander...
Professor Michael Spagat responds to criticism of the Gaza Mortality Survey that estimated around 100,000 deaths. He addresses multiple errors in critic Sergio DellaPergola’s analysis, clarifying that Gaza’s Health Ministry primarily uses hospital morgue data, not just family reports. Independent researchers have verified the ministry’s detailed casualty lists as reliable. Spagat explains the survey’s systematic sampling methodology and notes that DellaPergola contradicted himself by first dismissing then later citing the same Health Ministry data. The survey found evidence of significant undercounting, with many deaths unrecorded due to strict documentation requirements and logistical challenges.
[…] DellaPergola continues to critique our sampling procedures, which are described briefly in the body of the article and in more detail in its appendix. He writes that we explained that “once a certain geographic counting cell reached ten households that agreed to participate, the count there was considered complete.” But in practice the survey was conducted as follows: let’s assume that a randomly selected sampling point includes 100 households in tents. The tents are numbered from 1 to 100, and a random number is chosen from them, between 1 and 10. If the number chosen is 4, the interviewers will approach households 4, 14, 24, and so on until 94. If all tent residents agree to be interviewed, that sampling point is finished. If there are refusals — which were rare — the interviewing team will start over from a different random starting point. This is as random as it can be, and willingness to participate in the survey was not a significant factor in it.
מאמר הביקורת של סרג'ו דלה־פרגולה על כתבתו של ניר חסון ("הארץ", 27.6), שבה נטען בהסתמך על סקר התמותה בעזה (GMS) כי מספר המתים בעזה הוא כ–100 אלף, רצוף טעויות וסת
DellaPergola's criticism was such worthless garbage with literally zero scientific merit that I'm surprised Spagat bothered responding. DellaPergola is scientifically incompetent and a fraud.
had to read it, to see what this grand critique [ referenced in ] was about...
XD ... is this a joke? it's a joke right? ... it's intentionally making a mockery of those who do that kind of thing, right? this is satire, right? ... right? ... i catch myself in a kind of lingering facepalm where i'm kinda pinching at my brow / third eye... the last example especially clinches is, making is surely a joke... right?
He turns the Wayland debate into politics. The presentation style is very ad hominem, e.g.:
and the "e.g." offered, is a screenshot of his post saying:
Alpine Linux says "No XLibre!" for Political Reasons
Alpine Linux says, "If anyone merges XLibre i will be pursuing a code of conduct violation against them. This is about politics, not just software."
he was quoting "Alpine Linux" (~ or a dev thereof, rather), who were the ones explicitly asserting it was about politics. ... if the quote's spurious fiction he contrived, then surely that's the angle to attack that at... not to try allude some ad hominem lurking between the lines if you look at it the right way, squinting, with your eyes half closed, upside down, in a mirror... hehehe.
... it's gotta be a joke. it fits as a joke. but it's hard to laugh at... because of the uncertainty... what if they're serious?! then it's not just some ugly-punch-down reductio-absurdist mockery-satire social-commentary humour at those who so lose their minds (... mercury poisoning maybe?), but then it's laughing directly at the tragedy, worsening the injury, triggering worse doubling down into the insane groupthink and poor-me energy drama, and the gestapo dystopian nightmares evoked to protect this perpetually provoked tender wound...
but surely not, right?
it's a joke right?
satirising in sympathy with lunduke, and lunduke just missed that, right?
... ... ... or was it serious?! O_O (pls no gestapo. !!!)
alright i'll try slap a poll on this too (polls do work on nerdpol.ch right?... not letting me add more than 2 options... looks iffy) ... not that anyone ever comes by here to see n vote...
Pero esta noticia no está mal puesta? Lo gordo es el caso nummaria y a quien le ha caído la pena más fuerte es al asesor fiscal que montó el tinglado para evadir impuestos. Para mí el titular debería ser 80 años de cárcel por diseñar un sistema para evadir impuestos.
El tribunal impone 80 años de cárcel al asesor fiscal Fernando Peña por desarrollar un sistema ilegal para defraudar a Hacienda a través de "un entramado de sociedades" en España y el extranjero
Top Russian Navy commander killed in Kursk Region – MOD rt.com/russia/620933-top-nave-… Major General Mikhail Gudkov reportedly died after a Ukrainian missile strike on a Marines’ field HQ Read Full Article at RT.com #news #press
I went from using Gentoo 20 years ago, then a long break from Linux, to now using Arch. It‘s probably just my memory that I remember having fewer issues then than I sometimes have now.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Portage on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched Pacman glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in beer.
Lol, there is definitely a reason I usually recommend Mint to people just getting started.
Arch has gotten a whole lot better these days (especially with the Aur) but I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone who didn't have at least the basics down pat.
I don't even get why anyone would want to do Gentoo. That pain is not worth it.
Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity.
Το πενταετές «Σχέδιο Δράσης 2025-2030» της Γενικής Γραμματείας Αντεγκληματικής Πολιτικής, προβλέπει την κατασκευή οκτώ νέων φυλακών, τη δημιουργία 6.800 νέων θέσεων κράτησης και την κατάργηση πέντε παλιών καταστημάτων. Με προϋπολογισμό 268 εκατομμυρίων ευρώ, η στρατηγική αυτή επενδύει σε υποδομές χωρίς να θίγει τις βασικές παθογένειες του σωφρονιστικού συστήματος και επιλέγει, αντί της αποσυμφόρησης, περισσότερα κάγκελα.
Το σχέδιο ήρθε να παρουσιαστεί από την κυβέρνηση ως απάντηση στον αυξανόμενο αριθμό εγκλείστων, οι οποίοι τον περασμένο Απρίλιο έφτασαν τους 12.351 πρώτη φορά μετά το 2013 (υπερπληθυσμός ύψους 115%), ενώ η χωρητικότητα των ελληνικών φυλακών φτάνει τις 10.760 θέσεις. Με μια συντηρητική εκτίμηση, ο αριθμός αυτός αναμένεται να φτάσει έως και τους 14.500 την επόμενη πενταετία.
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in reply to pat • • •The rail systems in China and Western Europe rely on high population densities but simply don't exist throughout most of the United States. In order to justify such rail systems in the United states, the population density of the country would have to rise by a factor of nearly 10. Actually doing that would bring about a huge ecological disaster, because much of the north American continent is already straining in a number of different critical resources such as water, and the amount of food production we could expect to see from the United States would drop catastrophically which would be a humanitarian disaster for huge swaths of the world.
When Europeans criticize Americans, they're continuing their long and storied history of trying to export their bad ideas mindlessly and end up killing a bunch of people in other continents. In the few cases that they were successful, they apologize for it later but obviously they don't feel sorry enough to stop trying to do it.
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