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133·7 months agoThank you!
Great minds think alike, hahaha
According to the German newspaper Die Zeit, which broke the story, the prize will still be presented to Gessen, though “in a different setting”, and on Saturday instead of Friday. It remains unclear who will present it, what they will be presenting and whether Gessen and other invited guests still plan to attend.
In the paragraph the HBS draws attention to, Gessen wrote that “ghetto” would be “the more appropriate term” to describe Gaza, but the word “would have drawn fire for comparing the predicament of besieged Gazans to that of ghettoized Jews. It also would have given us the language to describe what is happening in Gaza now. The ghetto is being liquidated.”
On X/Twitter, they wrote that no German media representative had tried to contact them, despite the story being widely reported in German media on Thursday.
Supporters of Gessen, who is Jewish, and whose grandfather and great-grandfather were among family members murdered by the Nazis, have been quick to point out the irony of suspending a prize awarded in memory of Arendt, the German-born Jewish-American historian, philosopher and antitotalitarian political theorist who coined the phrase “the banality of evil”, in connection with the trial of leading Nazi Adolf Eichmann, which she covered as a journalist for the New Yorker.
In an open letter written with Albert Einstein and other Jewish intellectuals in 1948, Arendt had, Gessen pointed out, even compared the Israeli Freedom party to the Nazis after they used racially motivated violence against civilians.
“I am aware that this type of comparison, especially in Germany, is quickly seen as relativising the Holocaust. That’s why it’s so important to me that such a differentiated and intelligent thinker like Arendt didn’t shy away from this comparison,” Gessen told the newspaper.
Referring to people in Germany being wary of challenging “the logic of German memory policy” for fear of being accused of antisemitism, they added: “The problem is that criticism of Israel is often seen as antisemitic, which I think is the real antisemitic scandal. This overlooks the actual antisemitism.”
42·7 months agoWashington has called for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, currently led by Abbas, to eventually assume control of Gaza and run both territories as a precursor to statehood. U.S. officials have said the PA must be revitalized, without letting on whether this would mean leadership changes.
Arab allies of the U.S. have said they’ll only get involved in post-war reconstruction if there’s a credible push toward a two-state solution, which is unlikely under the Netanyahu government dominated by opponents of Palestinian statehood.
Shikaki said that Gaza residents are more critical of Hamas than those in the West Bank, that support for Hamas typically spikes during periods of armed conflict before leveling out, and that even now most Palestinians do not back the militant group.
Despite the devastation, 57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the October attack, the poll indicated. A large majority believed Hamas’ claims that it acted to defend a major Islamic shrine in Jerusalem against Jewish extremists and win the release of Palestinian prisoners. Only 10% said they believed Hamas has committed war crimes, with a large majority saying they did not see videos showing the militants committing atrocities.
Shikaki said the most popular politician remains Marwan Barghouti, a prominent figure in Abbas’ Fatah movement who is serving multiple life terms in an Israeli prison for his alleged role in several deadly attacks during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. In a two-way presidential race, Ismail Haniyeh, the exiled political leader of Hamas, would trounce Abbas while in a three-way race, Barghouti would be ahead just slightly, the pollster said.
Overall, 88% want Abbas to resign, up by 10 percentage points from three months ago. In the West Bank, 92% called for the resignation of the octogenarian who has presided over an administration widely seen as corrupt, autocratic and ineffective.
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edit2: fixed word mistake, description/instead
Per video description, fixed so direct link instead of yt redirect:
Vox policy correspondent Abdallah Fayyad wrote about Israel’s military court system for Vox’s site:
For statistics on Palestinian prisoners, we relied on the work of Israeli human rights organization Addameer:
https://www.addameer.org/statistics
We relied on B’Tselem as a source and some of the footage you see in the video:
[We’re sorry! This page is not available] https://www.btselem.org/militarycourts
- searched and it may be this: https://www.btselem.org/topic/military_courts
For a list of our other sources:
https://www.btselem.org/statistics/detainees_and_prisoners
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/5141/2022/en/
I guess you haven’t seen propaganda before?
What makes it seem like propaganda?
Let me know and I can edit the post!
Thank you!
161·7 months agoBack in November, before the initial Cybertruck delivery event, Tesla modified its Motor Vehicle Purchase Agreement with a section that said “For Cybertruck Only.” This section basically included clauses that told Cybertruck owners that they are not allowed to re-sell their vehicle within the first year of ownership, and if they did, that Tesla would sue them to recoup whatever amount they received from the sale or $50k, whichever is greater.
Clauses like these are not unheard-of, though, particularly for low-production or high-cost vehicles. Similar clauses have been employed by Ferrari, Ford, Porsche and others.
https://electrek.co/2023/12/11/tesla-once-again-threatens-to-sue-cybertruck-scalpers-for-50k/
https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/no-resale-provision-is-back.10397/
In this video, two experts explain Israel’s military court system, why it’s been a focus of outcry from human rights organizations and why hostage negotiations have historically involved the exchange of Palestinian prisoners.
21·7 months agoedit2: format, spacing
I remember seeing the chair video(02:00) going around on the webs 1-2yrs back, nice!
All in the Family [1971–1979]
A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066626/
All In The Family | Archie’s Top 10 Funniest Moments [15:02 | Aug 02 2022 | The Norman Lear Effect]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCINzhzAWAo
In video description:
- 00:00 From Season 9, Episode 8 ‘Edith vs. the Bank’
- 00:52 From Season 7, Episode 6 ‘Archie’s Operation: Part 1’
- 02:00 From Season 1, Episode 5 ‘Judging Books by Covers’
- 03:13 From Season 3, Episode 11 ‘Mike’s Appendix’
- 04:24 From Season 2, Episode 3 ‘Archie and the Lock-up’
- 05:35 From Season 2, Episode 12 ‘Cousin Maude’s Visit’
- 06:41 From Season 5, Episode 22 ‘No Smoking’
- 08:22 From Season 4, Episode 24 ‘Mike’s Graduation’
- 10:04 From Season 4, Episode 10 ‘Archie in the Cellar’
- 11:47 From Season 3, Episode 5 ‘Lionel Steps Out’
- 13:24 From Season 1, Episode 13 ‘The First and Last Supper’
Proof by looking at internal information and data.
The data leaked by Krupski included lists of Tesla employees, often featuring their social security numbers, in addition to thousands of accident reports, and internal Tesla communications. Handelsblatt and others have used these internal memos and emails as the basis for stories on the dangers of Autopilot and the reasons for the three-year delay in Cybertruck deliveries. From NYT:
Thanks for the further explaination on the diferences and uses of social media!
Thank you for explaining and for the link!
I hear similar things about twitter feeds and algorithm as well, more politicial though.
Difference with Twitter, if you tend to have many discussions with people/posts you disagree with, the algorithm will tailor your feed to have more of those you disagree with.
David Katz from Israel’s cyber crime unit which is involved in the investigation, told journalists that it was too early to prove that sexual violence was planned as part of the attack, but that data extracted from the phones of the Hamas attackers suggested that “everything was systematic”
I wonder if Israel also knew of this, since they knew a year prior, but did not think it was possible.
The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people.
Hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision. The document called for a barrage of rockets at the outset of the attack, drones to knock out the security cameras and automated machine guns along the border, and gunmen to pour into Israel en masse in paragliders, on motorcycles and on foot — all of which happened on Oct. 7.
Then, in July, just three months before the attacks, a veteran analyst with Unit 8200, Israel’s signals intelligence agency, warned that Hamas had conducted an intense, daylong training exercise that appeared similar to what was outlined in the blueprint.
Officials privately concede that, had the military taken these warnings seriously and redirected significant reinforcements to the south, where Hamas attacked, Israel could have blunted the attacks or possibly even prevented them.
Underpinning all these failures was a single, fatally inaccurate belief that Hamas lacked the capability to attack and would not dare to do so. That belief was so ingrained in the Israeli government, officials said, that they disregarded growing evidence to the contrary.
The failures to connect the dots echoed another analytical failure more than two decades ago, when the American authorities also had multiple indications that the terrorist group Al Qaeda was preparing an assault. The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were largely a failure of analysis and imagination, a government commission concluded.
Always interestings to know how other social media works!
As I wrote last year when TikTok released its 2022 recap, counting down the top-performing content illustrates just how disparate our individual experiences are on one of the most influential platforms of our age. What I’m seeing on TikTok isn’t necessarily what you’re seeing — and according to this recap, the overlap is slim between my For You page and the net average of all TikTok users. How do we make wide-ranging conclusions about an app where a consensus doesn’t exist? And what counts as “viral” on a platform where anyone can rack up half a million views and it would still be a drop in the bucket of attention and not at all representative of “what’s happening on TikTok”? (This spring I posted a video to TikTok that went “viral” — it has had no long-term impact. All that happened was a bunch of people came across it at one point.)
That context laid the groundwork for the claim that followed: that teens are suddenly really into Osama bin Laden because his infamous and violent “Letter to America” manifesto “surged in popularity” on TikTok. But the so-called surge was actually just a trickle: prior to media coverage and the recirculation of the video on Twitter, a few hundred TikToks contained a #lettertoamerica hashtag, amounting to 1.8 million views, according to The Washington Post. Again, it’s an imperfect metric. How many of those viewers watched for more than a few seconds before scrolling past? Does using the hashtag mean you’re co-signing bin Laden?
Still has good information though.
Prefer this type vs. others.
Consumers in the dark
Most drivers have no idea what data their car is collecting because other than through Privacy4Cars it can be very hard to track down and digest the information. The privacy disclosures for the four cars mentioned above involved between nine and 12 unique documents, and each ran between 55,00 and 60,000 words, according to the Privacy4Cars site.
Older cars appear not to be immune. A check for a 2012 Honda Odyssey, for example, revealed the vehicle collects data from synced phones, geolocation information and compiles personal identifiers and user profiles.
Car owners should use the app to wipe data particularly when they buy or sell a used car and return vehicles to car rental agencies or leasing companies, Amico said, although most people don’t know they should do so.
Four out of five used cars contain the data of previous owners since most owners and subsequently car dealers don’t wipe them clean, he said.
In some cases cars even store pieces of code from previous drivers that can allow old owners to access new owners’ data. Most cars’ infotainment systems also store text messages and other unencrypted data.
Amico’s services aren’t foolproof. The FBI, for instance, still might be able to hack into the car’s systems and extract data. But they do make it a “hell of a lot harder” for them or anyone else to do so.
Even those unworried about getting entangled with the FBI have serious reasons to delete their data, he said.
“If you have a navigation system, you have about a 50/50 chance that you can press two buttons and show up inside the house of somebody because you press ‘go home’ and then you pop the garage open,” Amico said.
You are welcome!
Here ya go!
Data Saver setting has been activated
12·7 months agoI agree with this! Ask a health professional for help.
And I hope you can ask family/friends/neighbors to check on you and help, if you are this sick or feeling down!
edit: added missed article title
I wonder if they would try to legalize and regulate, I don’t hear positive news of places doing this though.
Article from 2021, “Death penalty: How many countries still have it?”
- China
- Iran
- Saudi Arabia
- Iraq
- Egypt
- US
- Pakistan
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Yemen
According to Amnesty there are:
- 106 countries where use of the death penalty is not allowed by law
- 8 countries which permit the death penalty only for serious crimes in exceptional circumstances, such as those committed during times of war
- 28 countries which have death penalty laws but haven’t executed anyone for at least 10 years, and a policy or more formal commitment not to execute
- 56 countries which retain death penalty laws and either carry out executions or the authorities have not made an official declaration not to execute
Death penalty: How many countries still have it? [Dec 11 2021 | BBC | Reality Check team]
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45835584
10 facts about the death penalty in the U.S. [Jul 19 2021 | John Gramlich | Pew Research Center]
- Six-in-ten U.S. adults strongly or somewhat favor the death penalty for convicted murderers
- A majority of Americans have concerns about the fairness of the death penalty and whether it serves as a deterrent against serious crime.
- Opinions about the death penalty vary by party, education and race and ethnicity.
- Views of the death penalty differ by religious affiliation.
- Support for the death penalty is consistently higher in online polls than in phone polls.
- Phone polls have shown a long-term decline in public support for the death penalty.
- A majority of states have the death penalty, but far fewer use it regularly.
- Death sentences have steadily decreased in recent decades.
- Annual executions are far below their peak level.
- The average time between sentencing and execution in the U.S. has increased sharply since the 1980s.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/19/10-facts-about-the-death-penalty-in-the-u-s/
Want to Win the War on Drugs? Portugal Might Have the Answer [Aug 01 2018 | Naina Bajekal | Time]
https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalization/
Some experts say the resounding success of Portugal’s approach has been exaggerated. In a 2014 paper, UC Berkeley’s Hannah Laqueur found that even before Portugal passed its decriminalization law, it was already loosely enforcing its anti-drug laws. “For years before the 2001 legislation, fines served as the primary sanction for individuals arrested and convicted of drug use,” she wrote. “By removing the possibility of criminal sanctions for drug use, the 2001 law primarily codified the existing practice.”
While there is still a debate about the policy and how easily it could apply to other countries, it is clear that on the ground in Portugal, healthcare workers feel better equipped to help addicts. Fonseca was surprised and moved by their dedication to people “largely forgotten by the rest of society.” That’s in spite of austerity measures introduced two years after Portugal’s 2010 financial crisis, when the government merged the 1,700 staff of its autonomous drug agency with its national health service. Although Fonseca says centers still lack adequate funding, two state-sponsored outreach teams—made up of psychologists, social workers and nurses—continue to travel each day to find addicts and get them the treatment they need. “The teams would go to the most dangerous parts of Lisbon and create real relationships,” he says.
Countries That Have Decriminalized Drugs [Aug 20 2020 | Victoria Simpson | WorldAtlas]
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-have-decriminalized-drugs.html
- Portugal
- Germany
- Argentina
- Czech Republic
- Over 25 countries around the world have decriminalized drugs to some degree, including Portugal, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
- In the US, marijuana use is decriminalized in some states, but it is still illegal at the federal level, making it difficult for marijuana-related businesses to set up shop.
- Countries that have decriminalized drugs have seen disease rates drop as well as deaths from overdose.
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