#2002
Tell me just what you want me to be
One kiss and boom, you're the only one for me
So please tell me why don't you come around no more
'Cause right know I'm crying outside the door of your candy store
Michelle Branch is 42
Catholic church south of the US border is not Christian..
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#1978
I don't know how this whole business started
Of you thinkin' that I have been untrue
But if you think that we'd be better parted
It's gonna hurt me, but I'll break away from you
Joe Puerta, American rock bassist (Ambrosia) is 74
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Apple's lawyers are complaining to me that I'm communicating with Apple, but those lawyers aren't Apple's lawyers on the new thing, & Apple hasn't retained lawyers & Apple won't let me talk to their own env lawyers. Lots of "na na na na can't hear you" energy going on right now.

It's like I'm some boyfriend they hate & never want to talk to again, except they committed crimes against me, nearly murdered me & have been trying to destroy my life. So, not quite the same.

FM explains why Botswana is interested in cooperation with Belarus eng.belta.by/economics/view/fm…

Friedrich Merz ist ein Typ von SchΓΆnwetter-DiversitΓ€ts-ReprΓ€sentant, der persΓΆnlich Minderheiten ΓΌber die Klinge springen lassen wΓΌrde.

Wenn er sich jetzt gΓΌtig gibt, weil an einem Tag die Pride Flagge am Bundestag gehisst wird, ist das auch nur so Feel-Good-Minderheitenrpogramm. Gerade so, dass es halt staatstragend wirkt, aber auf keinen Fall mehr.

WΓ€hrenddessen haben AngehΓΆrige der LBGTIQA* tΓ€glich mit immer mehr Anfeindungen zu tun. Auch weil die Regierung das mittrΓ€gt.

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Beispiel zu Friedrich Merz' feindlicher Haltung gegenΓΌber Schwulen:

β€žΓœber die Frage der sexuellen Orientierung, das geht die Γ–ffentlichkeit nichts an. Solange sich das im Rahmen der Gesetze bewegt und solange es nicht Kinder betrifft - an der Stelle ist fΓΌr mich allerdings eine absolute Grenze erreicht - ist das kein Thema fΓΌr die ΓΆffentliche Diskussion.β€œ

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(2020)

in reply to Bianca Kastl

Haltung zum Thema "zwei Geschlechter": Konservativ diskriminierend, aber halt so, es lieber andere sagen lassen:

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(2025)

in reply to WaldlÀuferin 🌻

Na klar will Frau #KlΓΆckner nicht, dass im Bundestag #LΓΌgen auch klar als soche bezeichnet werden. Sie hat doch schon oft genug selbst LΓΌgen verbreitet und will sich diese Option offensichtlich weiter offen halten.

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Hebrew media warned settlers around the Gaza Strip as far as Beersheba that tonight you will hear the terrible sounds of explosions from Gaza, and that the intensity of the attacks and explosions tonight will be much greater and stronger than the previous nights.

#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml

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Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Our weekend drive placed Curiosity exactly where we had hoped: on lighter-toned, resistant bedrock we have been eyeing for close study. Curiosity’s workspace tosol did not contain any targets suitable for DRT. After a detailed discussion […]

#GazaGenocide / A cafe in the Gaza Strip was bombed from the sea, killing 34 of its residents, including a journalist

At least 20 people were killed and many more injured in intensive bombing by Israeli forces across Gaza, according to medical reports. The bombing began at dawn, hitting multiple locations and causing severe damage to buildings and civilian infrastructure. Seven of the dead were reportedly shot while waiting for humanitarian aid. A cafe in the Gaza City port, which also provided internet services, was struck, killing journalist Ismail Abu Hatab and injuring journalist Biyan Abu Saltan. The situation in Shifa Hospital is catastrophic, with many wounded arriving with burn injuries and a lack of resources. Since the start of the offensive on October 7, 56,531 civilians have been killed and 133,642 injured.

[…] Shifa Hospital reported last night that 34 people were killed in an Israeli military strike in the Gaza City port area, including women and children. Palestinian media reported that the navy carried out the strike, targeting an area where civilians were not asked to evacuate. It was also reported that the target of the strike was a cafe in the port that provided internet services to dozens of people. The Israeli military stated that several "Hamas terrorists" were attacked and that the incident is under investigation. According to the French news agency, the cafe where the strike occurred was a cafe that provided internet services, and among the dead was journalist Ismail Abu Hatab, and among the wounded was journalist Biyan Abu Saltan.

Hebrew zoha.org.il/138342

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide

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EscapeVelocity

Yes I have 2 Camrys.

The 2002 is the beater Daily Driver.
The 2014 is the Sunday Best vehicle.

I actually like the engine on the 2002 better. But they are both pre Gasoline Direct Injection ie traditional Fuel Injector engines. 4sp Aisin automatic on the 2002 and 6sp Aisin automatic on the 2014. Bulletproof.

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NEW: The President of the United States just threatened to arrest Zohran Mamdani, strip his citizenship, and dump him in a detention camp β€” not for any crime, but for standing up to ICE raids in NYC.

The message is clear: if you speak up, they’ll come for you. We have to defend our democracy. #press

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Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
88min | Action Adventure Horror SciFi | May 2004

In this sequel, a group of troopers taking refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.

Director: Phil Tippett

Cast: Billy Brown, Richard Burgi, Kelly Carlson, Cy Carter, Sandrine Holt, Ed Lauter, J.P. Manoux, Lawrence Monoson, Colleen Porch, Brenda Strong, Brian Tee, David Wells

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#StarshipTroopers

I’m getting so fed up with this horseshit… Do you know what female teachers looked like back when I was in school? They looked like fat old men in drag. Every time one of these broads gets arrested for fucking one of her teenage students, I should be entitled to a $1000 check from the government as compensation for having been born into the wrong era and thus denied the red, white and goddamn blue American right to be statutorily raped by a hot teacher when you’re a teenaged high school student. :penis_angry:

Who had Jimmy Swggart on the Deathlist?

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Weird Science (1985)
94min | Comedy Fantasy Romance | Aug 1985

Two nerdish boys attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.

Director: John Hughes

Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler, Vernon Wells, Britt Leach, Barbara Lang, Michael Berryman, Ivor Barry, Ann Coyle, Suzy J. Kellems

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#IBM Lays Off 8,000 #Employees for #AI #Automation, Only to #Rehire Just as Many Soon After Because Of…
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Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting zdnet.com/article/linuxs-remar… by @sjvn

An insider tells the story of the #Linux kernel's 30+ year history.

We shouldn't call it #AlligatorAlcatraz because that was a prison meant for people who committed horrific crimes.

Those migrants have not.

It's a concentration camp.

It's Alligator Auschwitz.

Also #auschwitz started with 2000 people capacity.

The Alligator version is twice as big.

#uspol #fascism #politics

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β€œI’ve written a lot about the issue of Palestine being a model for the surveillance and weapons industry, and it’s now exported globally. What I am already hearing is that what Israel and America is doing in Gaza is looked at by other countries as a model,”

β€œYou and I might see this as a disaster – civilians are being murdered at huge rates – but that’s not an impediment to other countries doing the same thing in their own conflicts.
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Antony Loweinstein

@palestine
#Gaza
#Israel

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β€œWhy? Because there’s no accountability. There’s been hundreds of Palestinians killed in the last month, but no Israeli soldiers are being held to account, no trial is happening in Israel, and there frankly won’t be.

β€œIsrael investigates itself, and easily finds itself innocent,

β€œThis is what worries me, that what’s happening in Gaza is a model that other countries will follow in the months and years ahead.”

Antony Lowenstein

#Israel
#accountability
#quotes
#news

Great infographic of companies involved in the genocide of Palestinians. Taken from this article, which also has more information on each: aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un…

#politics #bigtech #degoogle #aljazeera #palestine #gaza #israel #genocide #lockheedmartin #ibm #microsoft #alphabet #google #amazon #palantir #chevron #cat #airbnb #volvo #bp

Gaza Resistance Targets Soldiers and Settlements, Yemen Targets Ben Gurion Airport


The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Tuesday that it launched a salvo of Q20 rockets targeting the Zionist settlements of Nir Yitzhak and Mivtahim.

The rockets were fired from an area close to where military vehicles were operating north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Al-Qassam targets engineering equipment, armored units


On Saturday, June 28, al-Qassam announced its fighters had targeted four Zionist engineering excavators with al-Yassin 105 shells in the town of Aabasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, setting the equipment ablaze.

The group confirmed that its fighters observed casualties among occupation soldiers at the site and noted that Zionist helicopters landed in the area to evacuate the wounded.

In a separate operation, the al-Qassam fighters also targeted a Merkava tank and a D9 military bulldozer with powerful roadside explosive devices in the same area.

Al-Quds, al-Qassam Brigades conduct joint operations


Meanwhile, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, announced two operations on Tuesday against Zionist gatherings and vehicles in Khan Younis.

In a joint operation with al-Qassam, the al-Quds fighters shelled a Zionist military gathering east of Khuza’a, north of Khan Younis, using multiple mortar shells.

In another operation, the group reported detonating a shock-activated explosive device successfully targeting a military vehicle near Street 5, north of Khan Younis.

Resistance confronts occupation forces amid ongoing genocide


These operations come as the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza continues to repel Zionist incursions, engaging in confrontations and ambushes that have resulted in casualties among occupation forces and damaged their equipment.

The Resistance activity unfolds amid the occupations ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, which includes systematic killing, starvation, siege, and forced displacement, in blatant disregard for international appeals.

Yemen targets occupation


The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced on Tuesday evening a series of military operations against Zionist targets in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said that the YAF’s Rocket Force launched a top-tier operation targeting al-Lydd Airport, also known as Ben Gurion Airport, in occupied Yafa using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile.

The operation successfully hit its target, resulting in the fleeing of millions of Zionist settlers to shelters and the complete halt of airport operations, Saree confirmed.

Drone strikes against sensitive targets


Simultaneously, Saree mentioned that the YAF’s UAV unit executed three military operations targeting sensitive Zionist sites in Yafa, Askalan, and Umm al-Rashrash, using three drones.

The spokesperson reiterated that the latest operations come in support of the oppressed Palestinian people and their Resistance fighters and in retaliation for the ongoing genocidal crimes committed by the Zionist occupation against the Gaza Strip.

He added that these strikes come as part of Yemen’s sustained support for Gaza and its categorical rejection of the genocidal war being waged against its people.

The Yemeni Armed Forces reaffirm that this Ummah will not abandon its responsibilities toward the oppressed Palestinian people, Saree affirmed, underscoring that the YAF will continue their operations until the war on Gaza ceases and the siege imposed on the enclave is lifted.

53 Yemeni missiles launced since resumption of war on Gaza


According to a correspondent from the Zionist Army Radio, Yemen has launched approximately 53 ballistic missiles toward the occupation since the resumption of the war on Gaza nearly three and a half months ago.

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#alAqsaFlood #ansarallah #gaza #hamas #palestine #pij #westAsia #yemen

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Gaza Resistance Targets Soldiers and Settlements, Yemen Targets Ben Gurion Airport
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"The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Tuesday that it launched a salvo of Q20 rockets targeting the Zionist settlements of Nir Yitzhak and Mivtahim. The rockets…"

Trump's tax bill defunds the police who target Wall Street criminals (CFPB) and uses the savings to boost funding for the police who target immigrants (ICE).

This is what I mean when I say the Trump tax cut bill is the class war in legislative form. levernews.com/why-is-trump-rus…

@Tfmonkey Were you a Ninja Turtles fan back in the day? You were pretty young when this came out, I'm guessing, but turtle mania lasted a good while so maybe it got you too.

There are a few higher-end theaters here that do Fathom Events and I take my nephew, brother, and son to watch Castle in the Sky and things like that.

I just thought I'd throw this your way in case this is a special movie for you that you could enjoy in a nice theater with a beer and some food.

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One of the major problems I see with the younger generations is that even though many of them will place blame on the boomers for many of their financial issues (correctly), many of them will still somehow think that going to college was worth it in spite of the crippling debt and wasted years on a degree that gets them no job.

It's okay, you can admit it was the wrong decision. The boomers led you astray there, so you don't have to defend that choice. You were lied to about that too.

Global Climate Change is Accelerating


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@Nanook I see you're continuing to ignore even the facts I put in front of you. Your story about pre-history does not seem to match those facts.

As for even further back, i.e. "500 million years ago", well you've clearly not kept up with the current science, as per Tom's demonstration.

Meanwhile it is becoming clearer and clearer that rapid changes in COβ‚‚ levels will change the climate too fast for plants and animals to migrate and evolve and survive, even when "fast" is considered on geological timescales, never mind the abrupt changes we humans are causing. We simply don't know where the tipping points are for these problems within the current conditions on Earth, so even threatening to continue as-is is a risk beyond insane.

Your apparent claim that the continuing use of fossil fuels will somehow cause us to succeed faster on fusion and better fission reactors is so blindingly backwards I can't even begin to figure out where to start. In fact it is clearly stated by all of those working on such technology that one of their primary motivations for doing so is to be able to replace fossil fuel use! Indeed Bill Gates is one of the large investors supporting nuclear reactor technology development.

Conflating deaths from the cold with having any part of the problem is gas-lighting.

BTW, who is this Klaus? I assume by "Gates" you mean Bill Gates?

Dalian: A vital engine of China’s innovation and sustainable growth tehrantimes.com/news/515184/Da…

I'm starting to get discouraged. I want a house near housemate's future campus, in my price range, with 3 adult-sized bedrooms.

A garage and a fenced backyard would be nice, but not deal breakers if the first three criteria are met.

Why do builders insist on tiny bedrooms? Housemate is 6' and needs a queen size bed. Put that in these little bitty rooms, and he won't have room for a nightstand, let alone a dresser.

From Victims to Perpetrators: Israeli Soldiers’ Nazi Comparisons and the Unfolding War Crimes in Gaza


Scott #Rickard

This article critically examines the disturbing testimonies of Israeli soldiers involved in the #Gaza offensive, many of whom have drawn explicit parallels between their own actions and those of Nazi soldiers during World War II. Through verified first-hand accounts, credible human rights reports, and international legal standards, this analysis reveals how #Israel's military campaign in Gaza has crossed into the territory of systemic war crimes, carried out with impunity under the guise of security. The moral and legal implications of these acts challenge the international community’s tolerance of sustained and brutal violations of human rights.


Introduction

The Israeli military's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip has reached a tipping pointβ€”not just in terms of human suffering and infrastructural devastation, but also in moral clarity. In a shocking turn, several Israeli soldiers have publicly likened their conduct in Gaza to that of Nazi forces during the Holocaust, a parallel long considered taboo within Israeli discourse. These admissions, reported by Haaretz, illuminate the horrifying extent to which violence has been normalized and rationalized within the ranks of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), even as the civilian population of Gaza is subjected to what many experts deem deliberate and criminal acts of warfare.

Testimonies of Atrocity: The Nazi Analogy

In interviews published by Haaretz, multiple IDF soldiers confessed to feelings of deep unease and moral disintegration during operations in Gaza. One soldier, in particular, stated, β€œI felt like a Nazi in Gaza. It looked exactly like we were the Nazis and they were the Jews.”1 Such a statement is not merely self-indictingβ€”it exposes a grotesque inversion of historical memory. Soldiers describe firing indiscriminately, targeting unarmed civilians, and obliterating entire neighborhoods without strategic justification. Civilians were shot while trying to retrieve food at aid stations, and the command structure often issued vague or open-ended fire orders with little concern for civilian life12.

The Dehumanization of Palestinians

These testimonies underscore the systemic dehumanization of Palestinians within the Israeli military apparatus. The logic of occupation and collective punishment has replaced any semblance of proportional response or adherence to international humanitarian law. Palestinians in Gaza are not seen as civilians, but as potential threats to be neutralized en masse. This ideological framework mirrors the totalizing worldviews of other regimes historically condemned for ethnic violenceβ€”hence the disturbing Nazi comparison by Israeli soldiers themselves.

War Crimes and Humanitarian Catastrophe

According to data compiled by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and corroborated by Al Jazeera and Human Rights Watch, more than 500 Palestinians were killed in May 2025 alone while waiting for humanitarian aid, not as casualties of crossfire, but as targets in supposedly secure zones34. The Israeli government has repeatedly bombed aid distribution centers, refugee camps, and UN schools, while enforcing a siege that has led to famine-like conditions. UN officials have warned that Gaza is facing a man-made famine, the result of deliberate obstruction of food, fuel, and medicine5.

These actionsβ€”targeting civilians, destroying civilian infrastructure, and using starvation as a method of warfareβ€”constitute grave breaches under the Geneva Conventions, and are classified as war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)67.

Legal and Ethical Implications

The repeated and systematic nature of these crimes places Israel in violation of multiple international laws. Yet the continued political and military support from Western powers, especially the United States, has shielded Israeli leaders and military officials from accountability. This impunity emboldens further atrocities and undermines the international legal order. Calls by organizations such as Amnesty International, UNRWA, and B’Tselem for investigations into these abuses have largely been met with diplomatic deflection or outright denial by Israeli authorities89.

Conclusion

When Israeli soldiers themselves begin to draw parallels to the Nazi regime, it is a dire alarmβ€”not just for Israeli society, but for the international community. These testimonies are not anomalies but reflections of a system that devalues Palestinian life. The world must reckon with the dual reality: that a state born from the trauma of #genocide is now inflicting mass suffering on a besieged population. Moral clarity demands more than condemnationβ€”it requires accountability

References


  1. Harel, Amos. β€œTestimonies from IDF Soldiers in Gaza: β€˜I Felt Like a Nazi’.” Haaretz, June 2025. haaretz.com β†©οΈŽ β†©οΈŽ
  2. Alsaafin, Linah. β€œIsraeli Troops Ordered to Shoot Anyone Approaching Aid Trucks in Gaza.” Al Jazeera, May 2025. aljazeera.com β†©οΈŽ
  3. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. β€œ500+ Palestinians Killed at Aid Centers Since May.” May 2025. euromedmonitor.org β†©οΈŽ
  4. Human Rights Watch. β€œIsrael’s Attacks on Humanitarian Infrastructure in Gaza.” May 2025. hrw.org β†©οΈŽ
  5. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). β€œGaza Emergency Situation Report,” May–June 2025. unocha.org β†©οΈŽ
  6. Geneva Convention IV Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949), Articles 32–33. β†©οΈŽ
  7. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), Articles 7 and 8 – War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. β†©οΈŽ
  8. Amnesty International. β€œGaza: Patterns of War Crimes and Civilian Targeting.” June 2025. amnesty.org β†©οΈŽ
  9. B’Tselem. β€œErasure of Accountability: Gaza Under Fire Again.” May 2025. btselem.org β†©οΈŽ
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