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It sounds exhausting but delicious, I'm sure it will all be very much appreciated. You better rest up on Monday. I shall issue a finger wagging lecture if I see you doing anything strenuous after this weekend.
Good, i hope you can get some decent rest between now and then too but a good lie in is a nice treat. I've often found the days that I plan to lie in I usually wake up early, so I just read in bed.
Just finished Keeping hubby awake for his drive to work. He asked about what’s for dinner. I said anything you want. Him zero clue cause made him breakfast today. lol
Maybe just suggest something you know he likes and have all the ingredients for. I must admit I hate it when people ask what i want, I've been living alone long enough that I just go make stuff that I'm hungry for.
I can‘t repeat their language or insults they tell their ex husbands. But can tell you why no husband.
My mother’s in laws dying wish was for me to take care of him. I agreed. I married the favorite. Plus I have the blessing of his parents both. So that is that.
« Mes amis Lorsque l’on est persuadé d’être très compétent, on stagne dans son apprentissage, car on ne voit pas l’intérêt d’approfondir. Demandons-nous alors : « Et si je ne savais pas tout ? Et si je jouais la carte de l’humilité ? » L’humilité fait apprendre. Lorsque l’on se lance dans l’apprentissage, il se peut que l’on se croie doué au départ, jusqu’à ce qu’on découvre qu’il existe une infinité de choses à apprendre ! Nous n’en finissons jamais. Nous tombons dans la vallée de l’humilité : je sais que je ne sais pas tout, que je peux toujours progresser. C’est ainsi que je progresse.
Lorsque l’on est persuadé d’être incompétent, on se bloque aussi, car on considère que c’est peine perdue. Demandons-nous : « Et si j’en savais plus que je ne croyais ? Et si je pouvais progresser ?
»Réfléchissez à ces biais cognitifs, afin de vous entraîner à accueillir de nouvelles pensées, une nouvelle vision du monde et des choses. Chaque fois que vous êtes persuadé d’avoir raison sur un sujet, osez une remise en question. »
Je n'ai pas le temps de regarder pour l'instant. J'ai écouté Branco sur Thinkerview. Il me laisse toujours un peu dubitatif, sorte de mélange de Tintin et de Robin des bois. Mais il est intéressant, et dans le quasi désert intellectuel et politique en France (hors quelques "complotistes" et plateformes "alternatives") ce n'est pas à négliger. Donc on va suivre ce gauchiste bourgeois en voie de rédemption.
An investigation by The Guardian revealed that the Israeli military used a powerful 500-pound bomb, likely an MK-82, in its attack on Al-Baqa café by the #Gaza seaside.
This bomb, caused a massive explosion and scattered shrapnel over a wide area, leaving a large crater at the site. The use of such a weapon may amount to a war crime.
On July 22, 2025, the US President sent more than 100 American aircraft to bomb Iran, which is a few thousand kilometres away from the Unites States. This
Elon Musk vient-il de tourner le dos définitivement aux États-Unis ? Alors que Tesla coupe ses partenariats fédéraux, que SpaceX est exclu des contrats militaires, et que Starlink se déploie dans les pays des BRICS sans l’aval de Washington, une nouvelle ère commence.
Le 5 juin 2025, Musk accuse Trump d’ingratitude… et commence à transférer ses technologies vers la Chine, le Brésil, l’Inde et l’Afrique du Sud.Tesla alimente désormais le réseau énergétique chinois. Starlink échappe au contrôle du Pentagone. Et l’influence américaine vacille.**
Washington a-t-elle perdu le dernier technologue qu’elle ne pouvait pas se permettre de perdre ? Ou Musk vient-il d’ouvrir une brèche que d’autres suivront ?
Dans cette vidéo, on décrypte les décisions radicales de Musk, les réactions internationales, et ce que cela révèle du nouvel ordre technologique mondial.
Elon Musk vient-il de tourner le dos définitivement aux États-Unis ?Alors que Tesla coupe ses partenariats fédéraux, que SpaceX est exclu des contrats milita...
The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province's Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on Wednesday, the agency said on Thursday.
Drinking water shortage looming in the Netherlands. Not the climate change impact you'd expect in this wet place, with growing annual precipitation under climate change. But periods of drought make more resources necessary, and provinces fail to organize it, due to pollution and competing use.
As the Linux world increasingly moves towards adopting Wayland in place of X11, there is a serious risk that a third of a century's worth of FOSS desktops and windowing environments would get dropped and left behind. Wayback could prevent that happening, and retain the diversity of choice in GUIs while modernizing the tools upon which they run.
Why do I feel like narrowing down the options would not be that bad? The whole world of Linux is, IMO, in dire need of consolidation behind tried and tested, universally accepted technologies instead of endless number of choices for specific tastes. That is at least the case if Linux aims for desktops (like it now very much should and could with all the Win 11 mess).
There really can’t be half a dozen or more alternatives for any particular task. Two desktop environments for example has to be enough for 99% of users, same with package management systems etc. Otherwise the newbie user will only get scared and confused, or not be able to easily find support relevant to their ”version” of Linux.
Man, we really need to make "The ~~Church~~ Cathedral and the Bazaar" required reading.
You clearly have missed the entire point of Linux, which is the freedom to do with your machine as you like. The endless number of choices for specific tastes is the result of people having the choice to write their own thing.
When consolidation happens, when people say "make my choice for me, I can't make decisions" we end up with super constrained setups like MacOS, Windows 11 and stupid Gnome the way it is now; no choice, do it our way or not at all.
And the answer is still freedom. It's obvious in the plugins and addons for gnome that get it to do basic customizing you find in, say xfce as a toggle in the settings. You find it in the myriad of softwares written for windows and mac that let the user do what they want to do.
And I will likely not be the first to point out to you Linux doesn't "aim for desktops", linux isn't an organization the way ms and apple are. And it likely never will be.
Newbies will be scared and confused no matter what's in front of them.
Why do I feel like narrowing down the options would not be that bad?
Perhaps because you miss Microsoft or Apple? In a rather misdirected way?
Half the point is there are multiple ways to do things - and mind, Windows is like that too (you can get to some settings though the new Control Panel, the old Control Panel, the Regedit, the Powershell...). Just about the only thing in Windows you are forced only one vision of is the desktop itself, but as soon as you double-click an icon, all bets are off.
Also if what you want is getting behind "tried and tested, universally accepted technologies"... that's what sysvinit, ALSA, X11 and automake / build-essentials; no need for systemd, Pulseaudio, Wayland and Snaps. Pulseaudio was basically a stillborn deformed baby whereas I've never seen ALSA fail since 2002 (to the point even today I have to "fix" Flatpak not having audio on Pipewire unless Pulseaudio sits behind it by just seating both of them behind ALSA). I don't even have to begin on Wayland, it started as just vaporware; Systemd is largely an attempt to microsoft-ize Linux system management; and Snaps make me want to snap.
As for newbies... others have addressed the point but honestly, if someone gets scared and whiny at the "choose your starter" screen of the game, they're not gonna last any in a Pokémon game nor would I want them around whining about things they couldn't even be bothered to be here for.
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I was at a conference about Palestine shortly before he was killed. None of the Israelis I spoke to were willing to publicly name these horrors, says financial and political analyst Ahmed Najar
In this State of Play livestream, Greg Stoker exposes how Israeli forces are attacking starving Gazans at food drops, spiking flour with opioids, and deploying ISIS-linked gangs to guard convoys—under the guise of humanitarian aid.
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While waiting to enter Gaza on a medical aid mission, an American doctor watched Israeli security forces confiscate the cans of powdered baby formula packed in his luggage. The vital product is desperately lacking in the Palestinian enclave, where about 50 children have died of hunger since March.
Un biais cognitif, c’est comme un piège dans notre tête. C’est quand notre cerveau fait une erreur sans qu’on s’en rende compte. Il croit qu’il pense bien, mais en fait, il se trompe un peu. C’est comme porter des lunettes qui changent un peu la réalité : on voit les choses d’une façon spéciale, mais pas toujours juste
🧃 1. Biais de confirmation
C’est quand tu penses qu’une chose est vraie, et tu cherches seulement ce qui te donne raison. 📌 Exemple : Tu dis : “Le jus de pomme, c’est le meilleur !” Alors tu écoutes seulement les copains qui disent “Oui, moi aussi j’adore !” Mais tu ignores ceux qui préfèrent le jus d’orange.
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🧒 2. Effet de groupe (ou biais de conformité)
C’est quand tu fais comme tout le monde, même si ce n’est pas ce que tu veux vraiment. 📌 Exemple : Tu veux dessiner un chien, mais tous les autres dessinent des chats. Alors tu dessines un chat aussi, juste pour être comme eux.
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🍭 3. Biais d’ancrage
C’est quand la première chose qu’on te dit influence ce que tu crois, même si ce n’est pas logique. 📌 Exemple : On te dit : “Ce bonbon coûte 10 dinars !” Puis on te dit : “Mais je te le fais à 5 dinars, c’est une super affaire !” Tu crois que c’est pas cher… alors qu’un bonbon de 5 dinars, c’est déjà beaucoup !
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🧠 En résumé :
Les biais cognitifs, ce sont des façons bizarres ou trompeuses de penser. Ils arrivent à tout le monde, même aux grands ! Mais quand on les connaît, on peut mieux réfléchir.
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The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved a $510 million arms deal to the Israeli entity, including more than 7,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits.
« Mes amis Notre cerveau reçoit beaucoup d’informations au quotidien et ne conserve que celles que nous estimons utiles. Sinon, il serait débordé. Cette caractéristique nous rappelle que l’apprentissage doit être conscient. Pour retenir une information, nous devons choisir de la retenir. Nous devons nous investir. D’où l’intérêt, toujours, de s’entraîner délibérément. Dans l’apprentissage, notre volonté d’apprendre et l’attention que nous y mettons y participent au plus haut point. »
On July 3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg reached its climax, with 140,000 troops facing each other on the battlefield. From Culp’s Hill to the fields south of town, Day 3’s battles—culminating in Pickett’s Charge—produced over 15,000 casualties, deciding the battle’s outcome. Lee’s Confederates staked everything on breaking Meade’s Union line, while the Army of the Potomac fought to hold the high ground.
At dawn on July 3rd, Meade’s 85,000 Union troops fortified their fishhook line along Cemetery Hill, Culp’s Hill, and Cemetery Ridge, bolstered by II, III, and XII Corps. Meade anticipated a Confederate attack, focusing on defense. Lee, with 65,000 men, held Seminary Ridge and Gettysburg, his army battered but resolute.
Frustrated by Day 2’s failures, Lee planned a massive assault on the Union center, led by Longstreet, with Pickett’s fresh division, while Ewell renewed attacks on Culp’s Hill and Stuart’s cavalry probed the Union lines to the rear. Both commanders braced for a decisive confrontation under the sweltering July heat.
At 4:00 AM, Union XII Corps, under Brig. Gen. George S. Greene, launched a counterattack to reclaim Culp’s Hill trenches lost to Johnson’s Confederates on July 2nd.
Over 10,000 Union troops, backed by artillery, blasted Ewell’s brigades—Steuart’s and Daniel’s—in a seven-hour slugfest. By 11:00 AM, relentless Union assaults, led by regiments like the 137th New York, drove the Confederates off the hill, securing the Union right. The fighting, marked by heavy musketry and cannon fire, cost over 2,000 casualties, ending Lee’s hopes of turning Meade’s flank and shifting his focus to the Union center.
Around noon, Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, 6,000 strong, clashed with Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg east of Gettysburg at Rummel’s Farm. Lee aimed to disrupt Union lines, but Gregg’s 5,000 troopers, including Custer’s brigade, stood firm. Custer rallied the 1st Michigan, shouting, “Come on, you Wolverines!”
After hours of mounted and dismounted fighting, and about 500 casualties, Stuart’s advance was halted. Securing Meade’s rear and foiling the Confederate flanking maneuver.
Late on July 3, Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth, part of Kilpatrick’s division, launched a doomed charge against Longstreet’s right flank south of Big Round Top. Ordered to disrupt Confederate lines, Farnsworth’s 300 troopers faced Law’s infantry and artillery across rocky terrain.
Around 5:00 PM, the 1st Vermont and others charged, only to be cut down by rifle volleys and canister fire. Farnsworth fell, and his brigade lost over 100 men in minutes. The futile attack, criticized as reckless, had little impact but highlighted the day’s relentless violence.
At 1:00 PM, 150 Confederate cannons, stretching along Seminary Ridge, unleashed a thunderous two-hour bombardment on the Union center at Cemetery Ridge. The barrage, meant to soften Meade’s line, sent shells screaming into II Corps’ positions under Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. Eighty Union guns, led by Col. Freeman McGilvery, replied, cloaking the field in smoke. Despite the deafening roar, Union troops, sheltered behind stone walls and earthworks, suffered minimal losses.
The artillery duel, one of the war’s largest, set the stage for Lee’s climactic assault, as both sides braced for the decisive moment, Pickett’s Charge.
At 3:00 PM, 12,500 Confederates—Pickett’s, Pettigrew’s, and Trimble’s divisions—emerged from Seminary Ridge for Pickett’s Charge. Advancing a mile across open fields, they faced a storm of Union artillery from Cemetery Ridge, led by Lt. Alonzo Cushing’s battery.
Hancock’s II Corps, including the 69th Pennsylvania and 1st Minnesota, unleashed devastating rifle volleys. Pickett’s Virginians, with Armistead’s brigade, breached the Angle’s stone wall, but Union counterattacks, led by Col. George Stannard’s Vermonters, crushed the assault. Over 6,000 Confederates fell, including Armistead, in a catastrophic defeat.
Day 3’s battles cemented Union victory. Culp’s Hill’s recapture secured the right, while cavalry fights east and south, led by Custer and Gregg, blocked the Confederate threats. Pickett’s Charge, a disastrous failure, cost Lee 6,000 men, with total Day 3 casualties nearing 15,000—8,000 Confederate, 7,000 Union. Meade’s line held firm. Lee’s dream of victory collapsed, forcing a retreat. The Union, bloodied but triumphant, claimed the field, setting the stage for the war’s turning point.
Lee’s army, with 28,000 losses, would retreat the next day, July 4th. Meade, with 23,000 casualties, did not pursue, sparking debate. Critics, including Lincoln, argued he missed a chance to crush Lee. Defenders cite Meade’s exhausted troops, low supplies, and Lee’s still-formidable army, arguing caution preserved the victory.
Gettysburg shifted the war’s tide, but Meade’s restraint, praised by some and scorned by others, left the Confederacy’s in tact dragging the war on for two more years.
«Mes amis le cerveau n’est pas un organe figé, mais une structure qui se remodèle en permanence, au gré de nos expériences. Chaque fois que l’on vit de nouvelles choses, que l’on apprend de nouvelles informations, la myéline se fortifie. La myéline est la gaine qui protège les synapses, qui elles-mêmes sont les cellules situées entre les neurones. Une myéline renforcée accroît la connexion et la communication entre nos neurones. De nouveaux chemins neuronaux se dessinent. Notre cerveau devient plus performant ; il fait des liens entre toutes les informations qu’il héberge, ce qui nous aide à avoir de nouvelles idées, des facilités de compréhension, un esprit plus vif, de l’humour aussi… Ce phénomène se maintient tout au long de la vie. Il n’y a pas d’âge pour apprendre ! »
« Le cerveau est un allié dans l’apprentissage. C’est grâce à lui que nous pouvons repousser nos limites. Il est donc important de connaître ses secrets pour l’utiliser au mieux. »
« Une bonne hygiène de vie, c’est aussi une bonne hygiène de vie sociale et émotionnelle. Avoir des relations épanouissantes, prendre du temps pour soi, gérer son stress sont autant d’éléments qui entretiennent positivement notre corps et notre esprit. »
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« Mes amis Saviez-vous que votre cerveau avait un ennemi caché dans l’alimentation ? Le sucre ! Surtout les sucres raffinés, que l’on trouve dans les gâteaux industriels, les friandises… Le sucre perturbe la fonction de l’hippocampe6, zone du cerveau impliquée dans la mémoire. Limiter votre consommation est donc l’un des meilleurs services que vous puissiez rendre à votre mémoire ! »
Sa’ada – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:The Saudi army renewed, on Wednesday, its attacks on the border areas of Sa’ada Governorate in northern Yemen, in a continuous violation of the truce announced between Sana’a and Riyadh since April 2022.Local sources rep
El documental sobre el asesinato masivo por parte de #IsraelTerroristState contra los médicos, personal sanitario, en #gaza que la @BBCNews@flipboard.com se negó a emitir y se puede ver vía @zeteonews @channel4 si que lo emitió.
Exclusive: The powerful film the BBC refused to air is out now, released globally by Zeteo. It documents Israel's destruction of Gaza's hospitals and the killing of Palestinian doctors.
Το ποσοστό φτώχειας σε Ελλάδα, "Φτωχότερες 10 χώρες" και το σύνολο της ΕΕ σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Eurostat. Υπάρχει αυξητική τάση της φτώχειας στην ελλάδα. Υγείες.
Το χάλι της ελληνικής οικονομίας σε αριθμούς που απλά λένε ότι δεν υπάρχει μέλλον στη χώρα. Το χρήμα το κατέχουν οι λίγοι, οι οποίοι δεν επανεπενδύουν, με τους υπόλοιπους να φυτοζωούν. Μια εργατική τάξη σε πενία και μια οικονομία η οποία απλά δεν παράγει τίποτα - αυτή είναι η συνολική εικόνα των δύο τάξεων. Υψηλής μόρφωσης εργαζόμενοι που τους ξεζουμίζει η αστική τάξη για ψίχουλα. youtube.com/watch?v=qpFvL70AXE…
H πραγματικότητα για την κατάσταση της Eλληνικής οικονομίας έγκυρα και αμερόληπτα, με την σφραγίδα του Greekonomics.Ευχαριστούμε την Freedom24 που χορήγησε α...
@foufoutos @baskin Εδώ ένα χαρακτηριστικό παράδειγμα από την άλλη πλευρά. Εκπρόσωπος του συνδικάτου των αφεντικών αναφέρει ως πρόβλημα για τα ίδια τα αφεντικά (χωρίς να το ονομάζει έτσι) το καρτέλ της ενέργειας. youtu.be/vKd8MTwwq0A?t=811 Ακόμα κι αυτοί, που τους εργαζόμενους στην ελλάδα τους έχουν διαλύσει για την αύξηση των κερδών τους, δεν μπορούν να ανταπεξέλθουν στην πολιτική της κλειστής κλίκας της ελληνικής αστικής τάξης. Όλη η χώρα έχει γίνει απλά τσιφλίκι 10 οικογενειών.
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@foufoutos @baskin Κι άλλο γράφημα από τον ίδιο. Τα μνημόνια που θα εξορθολόγιζαν το ελληνικό χρέος έχουν απλά διαλύσει κάθε υποψία εξορθολογισμού του συνόλου της οικονομίας. Και μέσα σε αυτό το χάλι που έχουν προκαλέσει έχουν το θράσος να τρώνε ακόμα δημόσιο χρήμα. Κι έχουν και τους παπαγάλους τους να αποφαίνονται ποιος έχει δικαίωμα στη βία και ποιος όχι...
The thing about jumping off a bridge is that it leaves you just enough time to realize that killing yourself for internet clout is probably a retarded idea.
@Richard It’s all in the context of how not biased, and in most cases it is used in a demeaning and derogatory manner. I don’t use it. But that’s just my choice.
Un agujero negro de dinero público, la piedra filosofal de comisionistas y arribistas, la infraestructura más cara e inútil, el hospital que asombró al mundo. Al Zendal se le ha caído el techo. No hay heridos, no había enfermos.
« Le cerveau est constitué à 80 % d’eau. Il est indispensable de bien s’hydrater ! Cela peut paraître bête, et pourtant, beaucoup de gens « oublient » de boire ! Essayez de boire entre 1 et 1,5 litre d’eau chaque jour, c’est un réflexe facile à adopter. Vous aurez le sentiment de commencer à prendre soin de vous, ce qui vous donnera de l’élan pour adopter mes autres conseils. »
« Le cerveau a besoin d’oméga 3, puisqu’il est en majorité composé de gras et que la myéline, substance qui entoure les fibres nerveuses, est quant à elle principalement constituée de lipides1. Ainsi, les oméga 3 apportent du « bon gras », et, en cas de carence, nos performances intellectuelles sont potentiellement altérées2 »
how about those genocidal commies in the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice in Europe charging Fauci et al with crimes against humanity??
You can't get any more "impartial" than the forensic methodology of this documentary, but we've gotten to the point where any objectivity when it comes to Israel is considered "partiality" against them.
At least Channel 4 is airing the documentary, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, if my time zone calculations are correct, in about half an hour from now?
The documentary, being broadcast on Wednesday night, came close to not being seen at all on British TV after months of delayed dates, acrimonious negotiations and concerns over partiality, writes Rachel Clun
'More than a hundred BBC employees have written a letter to the director general, Tim Davie, complaining that the Corporation has become a mouthpiece for Israel.
It was also signed by 300 other journalists and media professionals: one of them was yours truly. The BBC employees, as you would expect, are all anonymous, because otherwise they would face grave consequences to their careers.
The letter says:
We’re writing to express our concerns over opaque editorial decisions and censorship at the BBC on the reporting of Israel/Palestine. We believe the refusal to broadcast the documentary ‘Gaza: Medics Under Fire’ is just one in a long line of agenda driven decisions. It demonstrates, once again, that the BBC is not reporting “without fear or favour” when it comes to Israel.
It goes on to note that the decision not to broadcast the investigation was taken by BBC management despite the content being signed off in accordance with BBC guidelines and editorial policy, which it says “Appears to be a political decision”, adding that the BBC response shows the organisation “is crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government.”'
For all enquiries or if you would like your name added to the letter, please email bbcmecoverage@gmail.com
An Open Letter to BBC Management, Written by BBC Journalists and Signed by Media Industry Professionals
A message to the BBC Director General, the Board of Governors and our BBC Colleagues.
We’re writing to express our concerns over opaque editorial decisions and censorship at the BBC on the reporting of Israel/Palestine. We believe the refusal to broadcast the documentary ‘Gaza: Medics Under Fire’ is just one in a long line of agenda driven decisions. It demonstrates, once again, that the BBC is not reporting “without fear or favour” when it comes to Israel.
We understand that a decision not to broadcast the investigation has been taken by senior BBC management despite the film’s content being signed off in accordance with BBC guidelines and editorial policy. This appears to be a political decision and is not reflective of the journalism in the film. A recent statement from the BBC said broadcasting the film “risked creating the perception of partiality".This illustrates precisely what many of us have experienced first hand: an organisation that is crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government.
We are not asking the BBC to take a side. We are asking to be allowed to do our jobs in delivering facts transparently and with due context. For many of us, our efforts have been frustrated by opaque decisions made at senior levels of the BBC without discussion or explanation. Our failures impact audiences. As an organisation we have not offered any significant analysis of the UK government's involvement in the war on Palestinians. We have failed to report on weapons sales or their legal implications. These stories have instead been broken by the BBC’s competitors.
This hasn’t happened by accident, rather by design. Much of the BBC’s coverage in this area is defined by anti-Palestinian racism. The inconsistent manner in which guidance is applied draws into focus the role of Sir Robbie Gibb, on the BBC Board and BBC’s Editorial Standards Committee. We are concerned that an individual with close ties to the Jewish Chronicle, an outlet that has repeatedly published anti-Palestinian and often racist content, has a say in the BBC's editorial decisions in any capacity, including the decision not to broadcast ‘Gaza: Medics Under Fire’.
This conflict of interest highlights a double standard for BBC content makers who have themselves experienced censorship in the name of ‘impartiality’. In some instances staff have been accused of having an agenda because they have posted news articles critical of the Israeli government on their social media. By comparison, Gibb remains in an influential post with little transparency regarding his decisions despite his ideological leanings being well known. We can no longer ask license fee payers to overlook Gibbs’ ideological allegiances.
Since October 2023 it has become increasingly clear to our audiences that the BBC’s reporting on Israel / Palestine falls short of our own editorial standards. There is a gulf between the BBC’s coverage of what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank and what our audiences can see is happening via multiple credible sources including human rights organisations, staff at the UN and journalists on the ground. Whilst there has been some exceptional content from some areas of the BBC (within documentary and from some individual correspondents for example), news in particular has failed to report the reality and the context of the war on Palestinians. All too often it has felt that the BBC has been performing PR for the Israeli government and military. This should be a cause of great shame and concern for everyone at the BBC.
Despite these failings, there has been a major shift within public discourse in recent months. Increasingly the scale of Israel's crimes against the Palestinians are being understood by the public as well as many of our parliamentarians. The BBC’s editorial decisions seem increasingly out of step with reality. We have been forced to conclude that decisions are made to fit a political agenda rather than serve the needs of audiences. As industry insiders and as BBC staff, we have experienced this first hand. The issue has become even more urgent with recent escalations in the region. Again, BBC coverage has appeared to downplay Israel's role, reinforcing an ‘Israel first’ framing that compromises our credibility.
We, the undersigned BBC staff, freelancers and industry figures are extremely concerned that the BBC’s reporting on Israel and Palestine continues to fall short of the standards our audiences expect. We believe the role of Robbie Gibb, both on the Board, and as part of the Editorial Standards Committee, is untenable. We call on the BBC to do better for our audiences and recommit to our values of impartiality, honesty and reporting without fear or favour.
Governments should NOT be allowed to appoint the directors of out our publicly funded state media service. This is the UK, not fucking Russia or North Korea.
Grumblesock
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in reply to Grumblesock • • •I can do that dance. lol
Good Morning my fren.
I am awake and ready for the battle of the last day of food preparation.
Grumblesock
in reply to DMA 💥 🎀 • • •I can... attempt that dance. I'd probably (rightly) be arrested and charged for said crime though.
How much more food prep is needed? I've a vision of you slaving away in an overly hot kitchen. I'll hope that isn't the way of it, hon.
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in reply to DMA 💥 🎀 • • •Maybe just suggest something you know he likes and have all the ingredients for. I must admit I hate it when people ask what i want, I've been living alone long enough that I just go make stuff that I'm hungry for.
I'd make a terrible wife
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in reply to Grumblesock • • •I spoil him. Even his sisters tell him that.
I can‘t repeat their language or insults they tell their ex husbands. But can tell you why no husband.
My mother’s in laws dying wish was for me to take care of him. I agreed. I married the favorite. Plus I have the blessing of his parents both. So that is that.
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