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livus, to news in UK interior minister plans to restrict use of tents by homeless
@livus@kbin.social avatar

What a sociopath.

livus, to news in How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it
@livus@kbin.social avatar

At the moment.

But you know, some war criminals even from as far back as WWII were tried and convicted this century. Even though they got away with it for decades, it caught up with them in the end.

livus, to asklemmy in Why do most people not post?
@livus@kbin.social avatar

@SamXavia I think this is something about the fediverse though - in the old, centralised media we were often relatively passively consuming content spoonfed to us by alorithms. Here in the fediverse, it pays to be more active in building and finding content.

It's a bit of an adjustment in mindset and we're all in various stages of that.

livus, to news in U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose
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@ReallyKinda

Basically it means "we really wish we could stop this embargo but we acknowledge that none of us can physically stand up to the US, so we won't attempt to make it illegal for any of us to obey the US".

livus, to news in U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose
@livus@kbin.social avatar

@iHUNTcriminals

isn't special

I can't work out if you're saying the US isn't any worse than other countries, or if you're saying it isn't any better.

livus, to asklemmy in Why do most people not post?
@livus@kbin.social avatar

Duh. I just realised I need to get to 200 before the second poster emerges.

livus, to asklemmy in Why do most people not post?
@livus@kbin.social avatar

There's the 90/9/1 rule - out of every 100 people 1 provides content, 9 interact and the other 90 lurk.

I created and post in a community, worldwithoutus but even after it got above 100 it's usually just me posting.

livus, to news in U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose
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I guess this demonstrates that the US doesn't have a problem with blocking civilian access to food and medicine.

... suffers its worst economic crisis in decades, with shortages of food, fuel and medicine.

The non-binding resolution was approved by 187 countries and opposed only by the United States and Israel, with Ukraine abstaining.

I guess Ukraine is scared of upsetting its new bff or the arms loans would stop.

livus, to news in Don’t fall into the trap of ‘picking sides’ over Gaza: Hamas’s attacks were unconscionable, razing Gaza to the ground would be abhorrent. In both cases, basic humanity is at stake --- [Opinion]
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@Blackmist it's not about "like" it's about realpolitik.

2 million refugees into Egypt would be like suddenly allowing 6 million refugees into the US. Political suicide for anyone that did it.

Especially if it meant you were likely going to get a border war with a notoriously land-stealing nation as well.

livus, to news in Don’t fall into the trap of ‘picking sides’ over Gaza: Hamas’s attacks were unconscionable, razing Gaza to the ground would be abhorrent. In both cases, basic humanity is at stake --- [Opinion]
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@FaulerFuffi assuming that's a genuine question there are a bunch of reasons and one is they don't want to open themselves up to being attacked by Israel.

Why Egypt Won't Open The Border To Its Palestinian Neighbours.

500 people came through recently iirc.

livus, to news in Don’t fall into the trap of ‘picking sides’ over Gaza: Hamas’s attacks were unconscionable, razing Gaza to the ground would be abhorrent. In both cases, basic humanity is at stake --- [Opinion]
@livus@kbin.social avatar

@pbjamm me too.

livus, to news in Why Is Pakistan Expelling 1.7 Million Afghans?
@livus@kbin.social avatar

In some cases this is going to be refoulement, which is horrifying.

livus, to news in Germany’s president apologises for killings in Tanzania under colonial rule
@livus@kbin.social avatar

This is a good first step, even though it was prompted by Tanzania threatening legal action.

Perhaps now we will see more human remains repatriated to Tanzania.

Note, Germany apologized for its genocides against the Herero and Nama a couple of years ago. However it is yet to pay reparations or sign tbe agreement it proposed back then.

livus, to movies in What are you watching? (NOVEMBER 2023)
@livus@kbin.social avatar

Been watching Minx, it's fun.

livus, to news in "When an eight-year-old tells you that she doesn’t want to die, it’s hard not to feel helpless:" toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’, UN says
@livus@kbin.social avatar

@BluJay320 really? I'm from kbin myself, it's mostly chill.

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