It’s not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and still believe that what we are seeing in Gaza is not a genocide.

It’s not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and still believe this mass atrocity is about self-defense.

It’s not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and still believe that people in Gaza are not being deliberately starved by Israel.

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It’s not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and not be outraged at what you are seeing.

It’s not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and not be doing everything you can to end this nightmare.

It’s not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and not be doing everything you can to make sure that nothing like this can ever happen again.

Here's a fantastic article about Ilhan Omar's family's role in the Marxist genocide in Somalia. Her family are not refugees. They are war criminals who fled justice in their home country.
somalilandchronicle.com/2025/0…

Community members of slain Palestinian activist go on hunger strike demanding Israel release his body #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/08/communi…

"'When you walk into a place that’s been sprayed, it’s dead silent,' says university professor, who's a Grand River First Nation member. 'No birds. No insects. Just loneliness'"

COLUMN: Ecological, safety concerns grow as glyphosate spraying begins in northern Ontario - North Bay News
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Denaturalization based on the obvious fact that SO many of these millions have a distasteful amount of melanin in their flesh! Why, they don't even have to put on baby-shit orange pancake just to hide the underlying ghoul-zombie death mask of ugly...
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STEM ≥ Prussian Blue in the Art of Japan


A friend's post about the wonderful Prussian Blue pigments used in Japanese Art.


#art #ukiyo-e #pigment #chemistry #chemie #metallurgy #metallurgie

HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN -- PRUSSIAN BLUE


Prussian blue or Berlin blue is the oldest modern synthetic color. It has been in use since its discovery in Berlin in 1704. The pigment is made from ferric ferrocyanide.

CASE STUDY. The history of the use of Prussian blue in Japan is an illustrative example of a process of rapid acceptance. The effects of the use of this synthetic pigment in Japan is a case study in the history of technology.

A "NEW" COLOR. This "new" powdered pigment was imported to Japan from Holland in the 18th century. -- see JAANUS (Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System), "Beronin-ai" ベロリン藍

This hue of blue was used by Katsushika Hokusai in 1831 in his most famous woodblock print, "Under the Wave, off Kanagawa," also known as "The Great Wave." Hokusai's popular artwork was the first to exploit the pigment, which had recently become cheaply available from China.

In Japan, the success of Prussian blue caused a vogue for blue colors in ukiyo-e prints of the late 1820s and 1830s.

QUESTION: Does the story of the introduction and expanding use of Prussian blue provide a good example of STEM-focused evolution? Is it possible that this could become a teaching tool?

QOTO = Question Others to Teach Ourselves?


Editor's Note : This blog post is being prepared to celebrate the research work of our fellow QOTO.org user Chikara, @Chikara@Qoto.org , who has been sharing the fruits of his curiosity and study of the evolution of Technology, Arts and Science in Japan.

I had meant to suggest to him that his posts would look wonderful in a Blog format, and be preserved, made easier to find for anyone interested in following them.

Upon seeing his post of the Prussian Blue history, and the beautiful gravure of the Great Wave, I knew the moment was now.

Thank you, Chikara, for sharing with us all of your findings.

チカラ、私たちとあなたの調査結果のすべてを共有していただきありがとうございます。


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RG. @design_RG@Qoto.org

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Given emotional toddler crumple trump has never evinced a shred of evidence he cares about ANYONE but himself, one interpretation of his haranguing RFKrap wondering why "people aren't healthier yet" is that it is projection over his concern about his own dying, corrupt mass of scheißefleisch and its ongoing deterioration toward his demise.
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Does Trump seriously imagine the entire US health will magically improve in a few weeks? Quite apart from the fact that Kennedy took this role knowing full well he’s working for a madman who wants the answers to be what he imagines in his addled head. And somewhere deep inside, Kennedy must know the ‘natural processes’ and lack of immunisations, medicines and care he’s advocating is going to result in more dead, disabled and unwell people.

Beste behin ere dianan jo du @pluralistic k. "Adimen artifizialaren fenomenoan, alderdi teknologikoa bigarren mailakoa da. #AA fenomeno finantzieroa da batez ere. Milaka milioi dolarreko inbertsioa etekinaren bila". Ttak! Horrek ere gauza asko azaltzen ditu.

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#AA #teknologia #finantzak #kalteak

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Nations to try again to confront world's 'spiraling' #plastic #pollution

Nations gather in Geneva Tues to try to complete a landmark #treaty aimed at ending the #PlasticPollution crisis that affects every #ecosystem & person on the planet.

It’s the 6th time negotiators are meeting & they hope the last. A key split is whether the treaty should require cutting plastic production, w/powerful #oil-producing nations opposed; most plastic is made from #FossilFuels.

#Climate
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#UnitedNations #Environment Programme Executive Director Inger Andersen said the issues are complex but the crisis is “really spiraling” & there’s a narrow pathway to a #treaty. She said many countries agree on redesigning #plastic products to be #recycled & improving #waste management, for example.

Between 19 million & 23 million tons of plastic waste leak into #AquaticEcosystems annually, that could jump 50% by 2040 without urgent action, according to the #UN.

#PlasticPollution #FossilFuels

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About 300 businesses that are members of the Business Coalition for a Global #PlasticsTreaty — companies such as Walmart, the Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, & L’Oréal—support reducing production along with increasing recycling & reuse. The coalition includes major food & beverage companies & retailers who want an effective, binding treaty with global rules to spare them the headaches of differing approaches in different countries.

#plastic #PlasticPollution #FossilFuels #Climate #health #wildlife

Den Artikel sollten wirklich alle lesen. Gerade auch aus Sicht des israelischen Genozidforschers, der sich mit dem deutschen Holocaust eingehend beschäftigt hat ist es für ihn halt sehr leicht die Mechanismen zu sehen und zu beschreiben.

»Omer Bartov: „Ein Land, das Völkermord begangen hat, trägt diesen Makel über Generationen hinweg“«
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»Der 7. Oktober. Dieser Tag war für viele Israelis ein Schock – auf vielen Ebenen. Plötzlich schlugen Palästinenser, die man für machtlos hielt, brutal zu. Sie töteten nicht nur Zivilisten, sondern auch Hunderte israelische Soldaten. Sie überrannten Armeestützpunkte. Es dauerte Tage, bis die IDF die Kontrolle zurückgewann. Diese Erfahrung hat zu einem tiefen Gefühl der Unsicherheit, des Hasses und der Rache geführt – und zu einer Bereitschaft, extreme Gewalt zu akzeptieren.«
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»Sie sagen: Für viele Israelis ist das Töten inzwischen normal?«

»Etwa 30 Prozent der Bevölkerung, würde ich sagen, sind offen dafür – sie sprechen von Zerstörung, Auslöschung, ohne Umschweife. Die Mehrheit dagegen will einfach nicht genau hinsehen. Wenn sie morgen hörten, dass die Palästinenser nach Kanada „ausgewandert“ seien, würden viele nicht einmal fragen, wie das passiert ist. Das ist das Ergebnis jahrzehntelanger Dehumanisierung.«

“#Trump is ceding the great game in the global south to #China. The destruction of #USAID and Trump’s tariff war on the world’s poorest countries in #Africa and Latin America are pushing those continents closer to China.” on.ft.com/41mJDD6

En seulement trois jours, le pouvoir israélien a annoncé avoir « pris la décision d’occuper entièrement la bande de Gaza », tenté de limoger illégalement la procureure générale Gali Baharav-Miara, jugée trop critique de Benyamin Netanyahou, et continué de souffler le chaud et le froid sur l’avenir de l’aide humanitaire dans la bande de Gaza, en proie à une famine de masse. Le premier ministre poursuit ainsi son entreprise génocidaire dans les territoires palestiniens et autoritaire en Israël.#autoritépalestinienne #génocide #guerreàgaza #israël #palestine

After a decades-long struggle and a court order, Primrose Modisane finally has a birth certificate groundup.org.za/article/after-…

#GroundUp #News #Journalism #Africa #SouthAfrica

Dieses lange Interview mit Omer Bartov sollten alle lesen, vor allem diejenigen, die sich noch irgendwie hinter Israel stellen. Es geht um Genozid, warum das Sprechen von "Krieg" irreführend ist und warum Deutschland und die USA nach wie vor bedingungslos hinter ihrem Verbündeten stehen.

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We spend a lot of time talking about AI's technical capabilities: what it can do now, what it might do tomorrow, what it will never do. But AI is only secondarily a tech phenomenon; it is primarily a *financial* phenomenon, hundreds of billions of dollars in investment capital in search of a return.

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The Guardian: Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a 'farce' full of misinformation
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How much of tolerance FIBA Europe has in order to accept the participation of Israeli team on the coming #eurobasket? Hope the games will be disrupted in #Cyprus which is the military base for British and US UAVs who help #IsraelTerroristState. todon.nl/@prolrage/11345848024…


When we write that European leaders are going against the will of their populations this is what we mean.
#EUcomplicity #eupol #EU #UEFA #BDS #Gaza #Gazagenocide #genocide #IsraelTerroristState @israel @EUCommission @palestine
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So #Parliament was #manipulated. Makes sense. There's obviously some deep-state shit going on here regarding #Israel and #Gaza. Normal human-beings do not act like what we're seeing regarding #Palestine. Normal human-beings don't support #genocide, let alone take concrete steps to enable it to continue to happen. Definitely some deep-state cabal bullshit going on somewhere. Either that or Netanyahu has so much dirty laundry on the West's politicians that it would put Game of Thrones to shame. ---

"Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide. It’s a crime against humanity. It’s a war crime. I have been repeating it and repeating it and repeating it" - Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food

"We have never seen a civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly and so completely, that is the consensus among starvation experts … Intentionally depriving people of food is clearly a war crime. Israel has announced its intention to destroy the Palestinian people, in whole or in part, simply for being Palestinian … this is now a situation of genocide." (quote from February 2024)

theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

#Gaza #Palestine #UnitedNations #food #famine #genocide #HumanRights

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📎 The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza

"Israel knows how much food is needed. It has been calibrating hunger in Gaza for decades, initially calculating shipments to exert pressure while avoiding starvation."

theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Am Donnerstag, 7. August 2025 verkündet das Bundesverfassungsgericht Urteile zu zwei Verfassungsbeschwerden, die wir initiiert haben und von vielen Menschen mit Unterschriften und Spenden unterstützt wurden:

*gegen den Einsatz von Staatstrojanern
*gegen das Polizeigesetz NRW

Hintergründe zu unseren Beschwerden:
🔗 digitalcourage.de/blog/2017/wi…
🔗 digitalcourage.de/pressemittei…

#Staatstrojaner #PolizeigesetzNRW #Verfassungsbeschwerde #BVerfG #DigitaleGrundrechte #Digitalcourage

🔗 bundesverfassungsgericht.de/DE…

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Comme dit Bricmont : Pour ceux qui croient que le chien remue la queue:..

Glenn #Greenwald

Pire encore, cette politique de #Trump – qui interdit le versement de fonds d’aide aux sinistrés à tout État ou ville américaine boycottant #Israël – s’applique uniquement à Israël.
Ils peuvent boycotter la France, le Pérou, les Émirats arabes unis, la Corée du Sud ou même d’autres États américains et obtenir des fonds : ils ne peuvent tout simplement pas boycotter Israël.


https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1952438787750993951
#États-Unis #US #US-Israel #Israel

Can someone please explain to me, how this is okay on public TV in #Israel:

“Just as #Hitler vowed to eliminate every #Jew and said he couldn’t live as long as one Jew remained, I say: we cannot live in this land as long as one #Muslim remains in #Gaza. They must be eliminated.” Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin, 2024, N12 News

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ISRAEL FIRST AT FEMA??? No Disaster Relief For States With BDS, New Rule Says

Last night's America First Show with Nick Fuentes (Begins at 2:26:30)

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Il enrichit celui qui le reçoit sans appauvrir celui qui le donne.
Il ne dure qu’un instant mais son souvenir peut durer toute une
vie.
Personne n’est riche au point de pouvoir s’en passer.
II crée du bonheur à la maison, de bonnes relations dans les
affaires. Il est le signe de l’amitié.
Il ne peut être acheté, mendié, emprunté ni volé. Il n’est d’aucune
utilité tant qu’il n’a pas été donné.