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 🦄 and sometimes willing to discuss stuff.
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Cheddara - jumped up leftovers or crime against carbonara? (i.imgur.com)
Since my Nonna is long gone, I need a judgement:...
how's your week going, Beehaw
i am currently munching on a foot long sub and beginning the latest Native map update
China is flooding Taiwan with fake news and disinformation ahead of a major election. Here’s how it’s fighting back (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6763982
Prices soar in Argentina after Milei’s 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 “2-3, sha-ger.” 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)
The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza (www.thenation.com)
America’s media and political class is analyzing, debating, and shaping a narrative in Gaza that’s 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 government’s party line, is...
Ohio State University health sciences course requires students to engage with ‘White Privilege Knapsack’ (nypost.com)
Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.
China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
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UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council of impending ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza (apnews.com)
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)
Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study (www.timesofisrael.com)
Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.
Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them (www.reuters.com)
Fears raised after Hong Kong journalist fails to return from China trip (www.theguardian.com)
Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana (www.cbsnews.com)