Programmer and sysadmin (DevOps?), wannabe polymath in tech, science and the mind. Neurodivergent, disabled, burned out, and close to throwing in the towel, but still liking ponies š¦ and sometimes willing to discuss stuff.
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Prices soar in Argentina after Mileiās currency devaluation (english.elpais.com)
On TikTok, the war in Gaza is a game (english.elpais.com)
One of the TikTok trends is to show the process of loading a projectile into a tank and firing it. Another is to put trance music to a video, along with the words ā2-3, sha-ger.ā This is the order that a military drone operator is given to drop a bomb, with the syllables separated so that the message is clear. The trend...
Video of Palestinians stripped, forced to sit outside by IDF soldiers raises ire (abcnews.go.com)
Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading ā study (www.timesofisrael.com)
Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.
Ohio State University health sciences course requires students to engage with āWhite Privilege Knapsackā (nypost.com)
Students were required to address āwhitenessā and describe what the term āwhiteā means, as well as explain how they ānavigate raceā in their daily lives.
UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council of impending āhumanitarian catastropheā in Gaza (apnews.com)
The āHunt for Hamasā Narrative Is Obscuring Israelās Real Plans for Gaza (www.thenation.com)
Americaās media and political class is analyzing, debating, and shaping a narrative in Gaza thatās entirely different from the one being discussed in Israeli media and among Israeli political leaders. This gap, born from casual racism, deliberate credulity, and reflexive alignment with the US governmentās party line, is...
China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
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Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius (www.reuters.com)
The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate (apnews.com)
Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer' (www.reuters.com)
Fears raised after Hong Kong journalist fails to return from China trip (www.theguardian.com)
Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them (www.reuters.com)
Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana (www.cbsnews.com)
Anger across Italy as killing of student highlights countryās femicide rate (www.theguardian.com)
Finland shuts more Russia border points, says asylum inflow must stop (www.reuters.com)