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August 16,1977: Elvis Presley faked his own death to protect himself and his family, and get out of the life of being an agent for the US government. #OTD
and now he's living out a mostly quiet life in a West Texas nursing home, hanging with a Black man who thinks he's JFK and fighting the occasional undead cowboy.
ICYMI: a new episode of Kohn's Zone called "Confusing Harder with Better" that explores this misconception at the heart of our education system. Hear it here: alfiekohn.org/podcasts/
(Incidentally, I'm clearing my schedule next week in case Taylor Swift calls to ask for advice about launching a podcast.)
If you're actually homeless and demonstrate a genuine desire to get back to normal life, the system will be more than thrilled to throw resources at you to help.
This person was never going to get off the street. They couldn't even test the wind and move their 'life' to a safer place.
They were going to sit there getting high and begging for the rest of whatever their life's become.
@zephyrotv This has been a problem since the 19th century with growing cities.
A quick search suggests between 770k and 1.5 million in the US.
Out of 342 million. I don't even doubt one in 200, 350, 500 have something going on. What if they were just shiftless and nomadic? No other issues. Then it's just crime enforcement
And then it's just NIMBY enforcement.
Where'd all the homeless go? Don't know. Don't care.
@Killer_Mule @weeniewawa Probably 10 years ago, I was working in a large office building. Plenty of people still around that weren't really contributing in any meaningful way.
My coworkers agreed that no natural predators and advancements in health care had created a group of living zombies that were not being removed. No Soylent Green. No nothing.
So I proposed releasing tigers. Maybe only a couple. Maybe only when there is obvious decay.
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I've been mulling over this for a while observing others lament the fact they get no traction here. I'm now leaning towards not treating #nostr as a town square.
I do think Nostr is a premium public (and private?) journaling technology where I hope to project forward my voice to the next generations in my family and I'm very happy to whisper that into a void for now as the intended audience has not yet arrived.
Obviously the risk there is that I have to believe the protocol and decentralised relays can persist beyond my life etc. But I believe that to be true because I believe everyone here has authenticity around freedom of thought and speech.
I recently lost everything in a robbery including a rare leather bound journal hand made in Italy that I purchased in Florence in1998. It contained 25 years of hand written notes and quotes to be passed to my children. All that is gone now which was heart breaking to me.
For me I think #nostr can be so much more than a bit of random scrolling vlog lolz.
I respect everyone's right to use this protocol according to how it can best serve them. Peace. ✌️
Why in the world was this man allowed to flee the country? He doesn't even have a diplomatic visa? It's an abomination and EVERYBODY should be calling it out.
I don't have any desire to molest children, but if I were to get caught building a thorium reactor, I'd just be like "don't worry, it's cool, I'm with Benji"
I encourage everyone to wish ill will upon JK Rowling, here and, if you have a Bluesky account, please do so there as well. If you get suspended, please share that information here.
JK Rowling, I curse you, from a distance. I will not personally harm you, because that's not the kind of person I am. But I wish you bad luck: that your bad karma eats at you, that your shows and books sell poorly, that your bad reputation catch up to you in the general public's eye.
May she step on a Lego every time she's barefoot, may every drawer in her kitchen get stuck (praise be to Anoia), may birds poop on her head when she's out walking, may every umbrella turn inside out when it rains, and may every fly nearby land in her food.
I do love how everyone is all Surprised Pikachu that the centralized platform run by a big company is behaving like a centralized platform run by a big company.
@cwebberWhen I said that I wanted people with naughty thoughts to be censored, I didn't mean me. I sometimes wonder if these people know who created the stage upon which they dance. As my gran used to say, we should be careful what we wish for.
Just posted my own ill wishes to JKR. My account is empty, though and has no real people following it. I only created it as a test account so I could check on Fediverse bridging. Now we will see what happens.
That’s the #authoritarian #conservative playbook: They break all the rules, but demand you still play by them.
Just another prime example of #wilhoitslaw: The core value of conservatism is that there is an in-group of people who are protected by the rules, and another one who are bound by them but not protected.
Instead of having rule of law, you have rule by law and immunity from persecution. Instead of starting from what, they begin from who and make up the rest.
the worst thing about bsky being like this is that “this isn’t the kind of vibe we want, you’re not on bluesky” Yasseen copypasta won’t make sense anymore
So, @cwebber, if one quotes Melville on Bluesky to say: “from hell's heart I stab at thee”, JK Rowling, that gets account suspension? 🤦
This seems classic selective enforcement prioritizing complaints of the wealthy…
Speaking of which, while JK Rowling is nothing but vitriol, the psychology of such behavior is morbidly fascinating: it's as if JK couldn't stand being liked and insisted on finding a way to be widely hated.
So strange, disturbing, sad…& directly harmful to the trans community.
I don‘t wish anybody who doesn‘t share my opinion ill. Quite contary, I state that I would rather fight for everybody‘s right to speak his mind freely. You don‘t have to like what JKR says but you should accept it! This kind of baiting, @cwebber, is truely obnoxious!
I sometimes find myself wishing she would come to her senses and stop hobnobbing with the fascists and then I get angry over the latest shitty thing and start wishing her and all her projects ill. 😡
I won't just wish ill on JK Rowling, I wish tenfold the ills she inflicts on other. I also wish the same amount of ills on any of her supporter and that includes Bluesky.
For those that want to yap about this over on #bluesky without creating an account, follow @bsky.brid.gy here on Mastodon.
Once they follow you (as long as your account is 7+ days old), then anything you post here on the Fediverse will be bridged across the Bluesky without need for an account.
As an aside, I originally tried creating a #bluesky account and got suspended almost immediately because I used a @simplelogin.com domain, because I'm expected to just give out my email, my real email, to every Tom, Dick, and Harry that asks for it instead of practicing #compartmentalization apparently?
Considering for a moment the irrepairable harm JKR is causing on the #transgender community with her vile "books", unfounded personal opinions on subjects she knows nothing about, funding known hate groups, and so on and so forth, I personally wish the same harm will befall her fortwith and may it hurt her forever and more.
Cette petite chatonne a été abandonnée par sa maman, je vais tenter de la nourrir au biberon et voir si on peut la sauver. Elle était infestée de tiques, les assistantes vétérinaire ont passé un temps fou à retirer tout ce qui pouvait l'être 😭. Elle a bien mangé, a fait ses besoins et là, elle dort au chaud.
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i think Gemini might be the best foldable UX app I’ve ever used
this is NOT about the app itself, but how it works on a big screen, I’m imagining that the fact that samsung partnered with them on this some galaxy ai stuff helped sweeten the deal
gmail has never worked right tho lol
you can open the drawer, and it squeezes the chat to arouns 60% of the screen, which is what I think is the best ratio, and you can close it, letting the chat take over, and this is all responsive
but agatha that sounds really simple! yes, and it makes me wonder why more apps don’t work this well lol
a lot of apps think they know how it should display, and you, the user, can go fuck themselves, it is common to open on this split mode that often just offers no benefit
biggest offenders: whatsapp and specially teams, teams sucks SO. MUCH.
do most apps just overlay the drawer like they do for conventionally sized phone screens?
most desktop programs with a toggleable sidebar work like this example, except the ones that are clearly made for phones -- so i guess the (pretty obvious) trick for larger phone screens, is to design apps like you would for desktop, just with bigger UI elements, since touchscreen
@navi yeah, most apps have them permanently there, with the chat taking 60-50% of the screen for some stuff, this is not a problem at all, the Settings are split in half, and i think this works perfectly, I don’t need my settings to use all inches
a chat tho? i do discord works like gemini too but it’s a little more jank in my opinion, tho miles ahead of the others who force the chat list to always be there
okay, so must apps just get the ratio wrong? if not, i'm not sure what is wrong here per-se
i would usually want the sidebar to be as small as possible (for it's content) when expanded, e.g. for an irc/discord-ish client, the sidebar would have the channels, and it should only show like the first 20-ish chars
@navi i had to censor stuff a bit, but here is my problem i want to be able to close that chat list, i rarely need a chat lit WITH PREVIEWS on all the time, it’s taking up space that i could use on the chat, having the same drawer system that opens/closes would’ve solved this
teams is the worst one because it’s 50/50, and 50% of the Z Fold 5 is not good enough for chat imo
my laptop is a 13" 16:10 with a 1440p, so i need to scale the desktop by 2x so things are readable
and it's a laptop, so when i do work on it, i want to open two windows and split things in half
but stuff like whatsapp web or cinny or discord desktop, don't allow me to hide away the channel list, so i only get a sliver of actual chat, while the side bar is stuck there for no reason
or i can zoom in by one tick in the browser, and that switches those apps to the mobile version, but by doing so i lose the sidebar all together and need to navigate between two pages, the channel page and the chat page, like in a phone
the only solution is to dedicate a workspace for the chat programs and switch to it, but that suuucks so much
why can't those things figure out that a toggleable sidebar is just better for anything that is not traditional smartphone
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Light GUI Norton Commander clone (like midnight commander). Double Commander is a free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side.
Hey people who know a lot about #adhesives (surely some of you do?):
I want to put a little square of tape on my laptop's touchpad to denote the "middle-click" region. I tried duct-tape, but the glue is melting and the edges are peeling up.
Any suggestions for the right kind of sticky tape to use on an aluminum surface that often gets moderately hot, and will be pressed down by my thumb hundreds (thousands?) of times every day?
I don't have a good idea. Epoxy might work but can be messy. Superglue might work, for a while. Some better quality tape might work but it will always want to curl up the edges eventually.
Maybe use an acrylic marker on the plastic instead of tape? Might be just thick enough to feel it
maybe gaff (gaffer) tape? It’s used in theaters to tape down wires and mark the floor for actor spots. Comes off the floor cleanly. Not sure how well the edges would hold with swiping across several times a day, but might be something to try.
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Mask off the area you want as a tactile zone prep* the zone for adhesion Apply epoxy sprinkle with fine grit blow off excess grit remove masking prior to epoxy curing
* 'prep' will vary by touchpad material surface and epoxy.... need an epoxy oracle to reveal the best prep and epoxy
kapton tape will likely work but I'd try vinyl electrical tape first. It's easier to get and you might even have it in the tool box already. In either case clean the surface with rubbing alcohol first for better adhesion. As an engineer, I smile politely at jokes about fixing things with duct tape, but when the conversation is serious I explain that "e-tape" is a better solution 90 percent of the time.
I did haptics research at Google and a trick I used was to use a dot of super glue on slick surfaces to create a braille like surface. Your fingers are remarkably sensitive to this. I used it for button centers but you could try the corners and centers of each side. Apply it with a toothpick. It wears like iron... A razor blade takes it off
(Amusing that this particular item is 3d *glitter* paint, because I'm guessing if you're blind the glitter doesn't do much for you)
I don't know if 3d paint would adhere to the trackpad, but there may be other / better options from that store. Or just ask your visually impaired readers.
while it requires a bit more equipment, you might go for a UV cured adhesive. UV cured clear Nail polish for example and probably the easiest to find but of course it uses a UV light. You might need to at a ask a nail salon to get the components. UV cured adhesives (cyanoacrylates) are usually less sensitive to heat.
Going from Windows to Linux then back to windows sucks.
Edit; Going through the comments it seems it doesn’t matter so long as IT supports the operating system, which is fair, in my scenario I’m not involved with our systems-management/IT/developers unless it’s an update to the software we use.
My desktop at work is still Windows 10 and while it works, kinda, my keyboard shortcuts are almost entirely different, I’ve encountered numerous moments where switching tab either by alt-tabbing or by the taskbar not working at all forcing me to minimize everything till I find that tab, couple times it wouldn’t even boot.
I started unplugging the Ethernet cable when I leave for work so IT can’t do any behind the scenes when I’m away.
I dredd the day they force a win 11 desktop on me.
That’s really dependent on how your work manages user workstations. If your employer is big enough to have managed endpoints, you’ll need to convince your IT department, not just your boss. They’ll have to be able to officially support it (compatibility, updates, security, legal, etc.) and that also requires approval from higher ups.
We have some platform-specific tooling. I might attempt it if they didn’t let me have a Mac at work (I remote into Win for the couple of proprietary things anyway). There’s that saying, you miss all the shots you don’t take. Go for it and see.
My work allows RHEL, but it's a specialized configuration that doesn't get updated very often. I tried it for a while but it was so out of date that I couldn't build half the tools I needed, so I ended up switching back to Windows. It was about 10-15 years ago when the C++ standard was undergoing a lot of changes, and the company-approved version of GCC was several years old and didn't support any of the newest features.
Not currently... 😢 Our final product only runs on Linux, yet we develop on macOS. Even that is super annoying because we basically have 2 different buildchains we have to maintain. I was told "the tooling works" to develop on Linux... except the tooling is slow as hell and doesn't work all the time because we have bugs (I end up debugging the tooling). If we were on Linux, we could delete all this unnecessary tooling.
At my workplace all the devs are on either Mac OS or Linux, with Mac OS being more common among Web/PHP guys and Linux among the backend devs (like me). As it turns out, given the choice, nobody actually prefers Windows. I'm still baffled by Mac OS being so common, though, at least among devs.
This works because our whole IT infrastructure is designed to be accessible via the web-browser, most of it even without VPN, via two-factor authenticated single-sign-on, most of it self-hosted (all except Teams, which obviously also needs its own authentication). This gives people the freedom to run whatever OS they like on their computers and set it up themselves, with the only requirement being to use FDE with a strong password and regularly do backups to the remote storage. We're also allowed (if not encouraged) to use the laptops for private stuff and get to keep them when they're replaced.
And as far as I can tell IT problems because of this diverse environment are surprisingly minimal and mostly with those aforementioned web services.
Didn't need to, our developers work on Linux because that's what their tooling uses.
Granted it's either Ubuntu LTS or RHEL because of compliance, but they make it work. Unfortunately Linux is a second-class citizen to central IT, so when they make changes, they don't really consider Linux users, they're on their own.
In a large organization, IT team/Organization policy will never allow to let you use Linux as your OS unless it is required for project or mandated by client.
With ransomware attacks on ever rise, IT will always try to control all aspects of your office laptop/desktop. As they think they got it sorted for Windows, they will fight tooth and nail if you ever submit it ticket to get your OS replaced with Linux without project requirements.
In my view, as long as I'm allowed to install whatever on my personal devices even while working from home, I'm fine.
Office devices aren't really my property. For me, Windows during office hours, and Linux thereafter.
Yeah, go ahead and install your own Linux distro. Now you can't authenticate to the internal network or use any of the services.
At the end of the day, corporate being able to manage Linux is what makes it possible to be used in an enterprise environment. There are regulatory and auditing requirements that would otherwise make Linux not an option.
I authenticate just fine. Most of our stuff is in the cloud and web based. There's Teams for Linux, OneDrive for Linux. I use LibreOffice, and then the rest I just use the web version.
Outlook, I use the web version. Same with all the shares and print stuff.
Managed devices usually have software installed to track all such "events" that gets periodically uploaded to IT team, or gets automatically flagged to IT team based on security policies of the organization.
If you are using a managed devices, in all likelihood, all of your actions are getting automatically logged/tracked.
Installing Linux would remove all of that software. Your computer essentially disappears from/stops reporting to their systems. It would likely get removed after a while of inactivity as the lists are cleaned up. All IT jobs ive worked they like to keep the list of computers as alive as possible so that means cleaning up dead or unresponsive computers.
i consider myself lucky in that i've only been forced to use windows twice and both times they were okay with wsl; so i used that instead.
i'm guessing it depends on what your work is and since i've primarily worked on linux & solaris; there was no reason why i couldn't use it as my primary means for getting work done.
both times, they used the microsoft office suite (primarily outlook, word and excel) which was always problematic; but i suspec that's a permanent thing since that's still not even seemless when you have to go back an forth on those apps on a mac and windows.
working at a research institute, nobody set any restrictions for what os i install. there are guidelines, but only to make sure that people keep their os secure. i’m using fedora, my boss uses mint, a colleague uses macos. everyone is free (as long as it’s within a somewhat tight budget)
I used to work at a place where it was just a small operation of us three in the IT dept. helpdesk goon me, network engineer, and IT boss. I wanted more experience on Linux in a corporate environment. IT boss saw this as a learning opportunity and gave the green light so I switch my machine over.
Then network guy switched. IT boss thought this was fine too. “We learn some lessons the hard way” he mused.
This lasted several weeks and we had basically no issues. We were actually more productive than he was. He eventually was getting frustrated this little experiment of his wasn’t going the way he wanted and mandated we “had to use windows because our customers were using windows.”
We switched back. Everything went back to shit but it was familiar shit so he was fine with it.
I brought in an old surface pro X and used it. Technically still complying and it did help us figure out some issues some of our other ARM based customers had. Any it worked better than the shitty dells we were given.
I don't work at an office, but at a bicycle workshop. We just have the one computer at the frontdesk to register sales and new memberships (we're a non-profit association). So the PC doesn't have TPM 2.0 so I convinced the board to install linux on it, since it's a security risk to keep using Windows after it's going to be discontinued. But that wasn't easy ! Especially because one of the board member is an Apple fanboy and keep saying things like: "If it's free, it's probably not very good". :[
Fun story, started at a new company as a software engineer. Default device is windows, with maybe a mac if you specifically ask for it/have a need for it.
However, turns out the person in charge of IT is super chill and lets you install what you want on your on risk. Fair deal as I am not developing super critical infrastructure.
Once I had to write a utility and made sure it works on other OSes except GNU/Linux. The CTO asked in review why doing so? I explained, he said no, make it Linux only, if somebody needs to use it, they will have to install Linux then use it.
Something I appreciate about that place till this day.
As soon as microsoft announced the recall feature I was like nope this I aint consenting to that even at work. I put Nixos/Gnome on my work laptop and haven't looked back. Everytime I help someone on their windows 11 laptop it feels like a snails pace.
I wish I could convince our workplace to switch to linux. I feel like Nixos would be PERFECT for the workplace, you could just deploy like a standard config and add more apps if needed.
It would make all the software requests super easy. (given they were FOSS ofc. Even most windows apps work using Wine or Proton tbh.) I don't use any closed source apps on my laptop, but others could.
The machine the company issues you isn't yours, it's theirs. Wiping out their image and installing another OS is a fantastic way to get fired. If you handle any PII, HIPAA, or PCI data it's also a fantastic way to get sued or charged with a crime.
I work IT at a college. I don't really keep any important data on my device. It's all either on OneDrive or Teams, which is OneDrive, or maybe a Share.
I'm not too worried about it.
It may be their computer, but it's my time I'm spending on it. And if I'm going to be doing that it's not going to be on Windows.
I don't want Microsoft hearing my voice or collecting any biometric data. I don't want anything to do with them. They can screw right off. If my job doesn't value that/me, then bye.
Fuck that, I ain't no slave. My only option under the current system is to sell myself. Funny thing is though, is that I'm a human fucking being, so I get to make decisions.
I've been sysadmin where I work for 12 years, Ive been using Linux as my OS there all that time except the first month. After that month I asked the IT manager if he cared what OS I use. He said he didn't care so long as it didn't impede me getting the work done. The junior sysadmin who started a year ago now also uses Linux and my manager wishes he could too (he does too much Microsoft office to get away with it)
Small company, I'm friends with IT dude so he told me I could do it as long as I didn't go to him for tech support. He then came to me asking for help installing linux on his machine. LMAO
Your work computer likely contains personally identifiable information. Microsoft very likely has a significant profile on what you do at work and could conceivably link that to your other identities outside of work.
Are they actually doing that? It's hard to say. Microsoft does have relationships with data brokers like Snowflake Inc. and SCUBA plus its own internal capabilities like Xandr Inc.
Cross pollination is more than possible when employees use personsal devices to login to work accounts. Most of the people that I work with login to Slack on their personal device using Microsoft Entra SSO.
The other commenter is right, my work desktop has access to my home server so I can remotely monitor on my breaks, as well as my password manager.
All that's going to do is make you an annoyance and potentially end up with you being called into a special meeting.
IT can’t tell the difference, they see an offline desktop and just think it’s turned off. My IT is just a third party company that was hired for policy monitoring and updates, they work remotely and only show up on Thursdays.
The other commenter is right, my work desktop has access to my home server so I can remotely monitor on my breaks, as well as my password manager.
Well, that's your own fault and poor opsec. That's also a likely breach of your employer's acceptable use policy in using their equipment for your personal things.
I know you're going to say "They don't care" and that's probably true - right up until the point when they suddenly do care, or are looking for reasons. It doesn't matter if your IT are in-house or a MSP, they're still paid by your employers and so answer to them.
I know you're going to say "They don't care" and that's probably true
Yup, my boss an president are relatively chill until it starts effecting production.
Well, that's your own fault and poor opsec. That's also a likely breach of your employer's acceptable use policy in using their equipment for your personal things.
What the hell do you mean, my fault? If I’m on my 30 minute unpaid break I’m going to monitor my homelab on my free time regardless, what difference does it make if it’s through a web browser on the work desktop or my personal tablet.
An HTTPS request to a known and restricted server won’t bring the end to the company.
My previous job, yes! A few people had that fight years before I started and won. It was decided on the basis that we're Linux sysadmins who already operate a sizeable fleet of Linux systems and running our own desktops would be beneficial and self-supported.
Sadly my current employer doesn't share this view. We used a crippled Linux desktop through Apache Guacamole which is a bit average to say the least. I have to put up with the constant bullshit that is Windows and all of its ads, news headlines and trash that I don't want on my computer at work. I hate it but I have very little influence in that space.
I've worked in a few offices but never in an I.T. role.
Never been allowed to switch web browser, so a whole new operating system is out of the question. But I did ask once at a previous job, to get shot down.
Only place I've seen desktop Linux irl has been my own bedroom.
I started unplugging the Ethernet cable when I leave for work so IT can’t do any behind the scenes when I’m away.
Speaking as an IT guy, don't do this. Its not your computer, and it's our job to manage it. If you don't like the company's policies go work somewhere else. This is how you get my boss to call your boss into a meeting.
I've been thinking about swapping my work laptop to Linux too.
The difference is I'm in IT and I know what all things I need to put on my computer to make it compliant with all our policies and all the software I need to do my job.
I've been experimenting by running some Linux VMs with all the EDR, patching, and logging software we need. But by the time I'm doing all that, there's really no point in using Linux except for the CLI which WSL has been great for that.
found an old unused laptop in my office the week i got the job. that week, i nuked it and installed deb12. i've since installed an inventory server in a virtual machine, and i'm afraid to break everything so i guess it's gonna run deb12 for the forseeable future.
@Tfmonkey something's been on my mind lately, I recall you saying ur fav FNV faction is House, but what's your fav star wars faction? Mine is the CIS. My fav FNV faction is House as well btw. Plus my fav F4 faction is the institute, which is yours as well if I recall. I figured I'd ask and see if we have fav star wars factions in common too LOL even though star wars is sadly a dead IP I could't help but wonder what your fav SW faction is. It'd be interesting to know.
yeah, they were set up to lose but definitely could have won if Grievous or Dooku figured out Sidious' plan andun-nerfed the droid army. So I take this as a yes, then? That the CIS is your fav Star Wars faction? Correct me if I'm wrong.
yeah I don't blame ya. I just find it fascinating that our fav factions across fallout and star wars align. Thanks for taking your time out of your day to indulge me lol star wars may be dead but I have a feeling new IPs will fill the void. One can dream I suppose.
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A seleção feminina de novos sub-23 venceu o México por 3 sets a 0 (25/23, 25/19 e 25/14) na final dos Jogos Pan-Americanos Junior, em Assunção, e se sagrou campeã de forma invicta.
Another alleged Israeli paedophile allowed to flee back to Israel Top Israeli cyberwarfare specialist Tom Alexandrovich was arrested in Las Vegas this week, along with seven other alleged child sex…
The Document Foundation @tdforg warns about Microsoft intentionally making the Open Document format too complex in order to extinguish the competition cc @pluralisticblog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
A document format is a tool for sharing knowledge and, as such, should be as simple and accessible as possible in relation to the complexity of the document content itself.
Zionism is no longer hiding in the shadows, as it once did, supporting global reactionaries with training and support. It has now taken center stage as the vanguard of the global right, and all reactionaries are following.
Wie jetzt bekannt wurde war der Internationale Strafgerichtshof als Karim Khan vorübergehend sein Amt als Chefermittler niedergelegt hat, schon komplett fertig mit dem Antrag auf Haftbefehle für #Smotrich und #BenGvir.
Der Antrag wurde aber nicht eingereicht. Die Befürchtung besteht, dass der #ICC vor dem umfassenden Druck der Kriminellen aus Israel und ihrer Verbündeten dieser einfach stillschweigend auf irgendeinem Schreibtisch liegen gelassen wird.
Arrest warrant applications against two prominent Israeli ministers on charges of apartheid are ready and with two deputy prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Middle East Eye can reveal.
“Ireland produces nine times more beef and dairy output than it consumes. Because of this it has an unusual greenhouse gas emissions profile, with a far higher share of methane emissions than most other countries.” #Ireland #ClimateEmergencywww.rte.ie/news/analysi...
A big academic row has broken out among Ireland's climate scientists over the commitment to a "climate neutral economy" in the country's national climate objective, writes George Lee.
"IRAN. La condamnation à mort de la syndicaliste kurde Sharifeh Mohammadi a été confirmée par la Cour suprême iranienne. Elle pourrait être exécutée à tout moment. Amir Raisian, un avocat de la défense, a déclaré que la branche 39 de la Cour suprême iranienne, qui avait précédemment annulé la
a unit tasked with finding excuses for the crimes-- and they don't even care that the excuses are horseshit, because they know we're all too chicken shit to intervene in any meaningful way
Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters.
This is a reminder to all of us women that we can rise to the absolute pinnacle of professional achievement but this American culture will always see us as wife first, mother second, employee third, and THEN, in a distant fourth, CEO of several major Fortune 500 companies.
We asked Sudanese people to explain what the war is about. What emerges is clear: there is no such thing as a war about nothing. continent.substack.com/p/is-th…
If a guy tries to rob you or rape you or murder you make sure you ask him his religion before trying to stop him because you don't want to be accidentally antisemitic.
After talking to the Belarus president the U.S. president made a post on the social network Truth Social. Among other things Donald Trump wrote that “we are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners”.
This morning, I woke up with a jolt, asking myself: Is this real, or a nightmare where justice dies and Ukrainian lives mean nothing? A world where death stalks every street in Ukraine, and the monster who brings it, Putin, struts down a red carpet to applause. My soul screams in agony—and the Overton window creaks open, letting this madness seep into what we accept.
Stefanie 🇮🇱
in reply to nmart • • •What a pleasure to watch that little clip!
thank you. Made me smile. 😊