#GiftLink
Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan Over a Year Ago - The New York Times
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/health/ptsd-memories-brain-trauma.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck0.t_7H.L0KkF6sfXbE1&smid=url-share
"The team conducted brain scans of 28 people with PTSD while they listened to recorded narrations of their own memories. Some of the recorded memories were neutral, some were simply “sad,” and some were traumatic.
The brain scans found clear differences, the researchers reported in a paper published on Thursday in the journal Nature Neuroscience."
@jaawerth This was the moment I realized that they should never be eaten: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/inky-octopus-new-zealand-aquarium.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck0._dUo.wnQqiPar_zjh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (#GiftLink)
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/well/mind/memory-loss-prevention.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU0.q_uS.jxI3av700T8v&smid=url-share
"Memory decline is not inevitable with aging, Dr. Restak argues in the book. Instead, he points to 10 “sins,” or “stumbling blocks that can lead to lost or distorted memories.” Seven were first described by the psychologist and memory specialist Daniel Lawrence Schacter — “sins of omission,” such as absent-mindedness, and “sins of commission,” such as distorted memories."
Oh my, sounds like that attempted assassination of a Sikh separatist in the US by Indian intel was thwarted not through normal counterintelligence or communication intercepts, but because "the unnamed Indian government employee agreed… to pay $100,000 to a purported hit man who was in fact an undercover U.S. law enforcement officer" (apparently connected to the DEA) https://wapo.st/41031V4
@GottaLaff Here's the #GlobeAndMail report this morning (#GiftLink). Headline says they're just "on the verge" of a deal but an announcement is expected soon. #cdnpoli https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/47e14988ee9a721e5c79e5557d3c84ac608683b2395ee901b2ff0e6a2dffa335/DZDQSHPTCNF4DDB7CZB7JLXNNE/
Nāna ka ʻoihana #Boeing ke kūkulu nei i kēia mokulele! (It is the Boeing Company that is building this plane!) #giftLink #OleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #hawaiian #sustainable
A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean https://wapo.st/3uJCI9x
The fix is in. The oligarchs have decided to dump Trump and install Nikki Haley as their new puppet in the USA.
The Washington Post takes a look at how the DeSantis campaign team dishonestly "snips and clips" Nikki Halley statements to create their latest attack ad on the female candidate.
Trust nothing that comes from the DeSantis campaign.
Zero.
As far as I am concerned, we have a word for people held indefinitely without charges: hostages.
"A second Trump administration would be very different from the first. Mr. Trump’s blueprint for amassing power has been developed by a constellation of conservative organizations that surround him, led by the #HeritageFoundation & its #Project2025. This plan would elevate personal fealty to Mr. Trump as the central value in government employment, processes & institutions."
~@donmoyn
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/opinion/trump-deep-state-schedule-f.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk0.fMSC.wSCF9H4HCJed&smid=url-share
Interesting article about the actress who plays Flo on those Progressive commercials
I've seen posts linking to articles paraphrasing this column, but here's a #GiftLink to the column itself.
"Trump Has a Master Plan for Destroying the ‘Deep State’" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/opinion/trump-deep-state-schedule-f.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk0.IgLF.oxP9kiBVLyfJ&smid=nytcore-android-share
Ha, perfect TL synchronicity. Exactly the same dynamic is at play in China, where patriarchal demands are even greater. If you think that this can be solved through "setting aside ideological differences," you are too naive to be making editorial calls. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/26/opinion/china-women-reproduction-rights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk0.1pdk.9sMHN2AjVDRU&smid=url-share #giftlink
Suspected #Shooter Of #Arabic Speaking #CollegeStudents Wearing #Keffiyeh Scarves Arrested In #Burlington VT ...identified by police as Jason J Eaton, 48, whose mother was quoted saying “Jason has had a lot of struggles in his life but he is such a kind and loving person”
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/47Nqxa4
"The novel imagines Ireland descending into fascism, and follows the efforts of Eilish Stack, a scientist and mother of four, after her husband, a leader in the teachers union, gets hauled in for questioning by the secret police. The prose hews closely to Eilish’s perspective, and a lack of paragraph breaks and quotation marks helps to evoke a sense of claustrophobic dread."
"During the war, all sides committed rapes, human rights groups and victims report, but the most sustained and organized violence was committed against Tigrayan women, who said they were raped by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers and by militiamen from Ethiopia’s Amhara region." #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/40XaT9N
"We Did an Experiment to See How Much Democracy and Abortion Matter to Voters
Yes, the economy is important, but we found that election subversion attempts appear to matter more to voters than polling suggests."
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/upshot/polling-experiment-democracy-abortion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BU0.ZtHI.szhogJhl69o1&smid=url-share
Excellent piece in the Washington Post
“OpenAI and X: Promises of populist technology, shaped by a single man”
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“Silicon Valley has for years adopted this messaging and mood that it’s all about radical transparency and openness — remember Google’s ‘Don’t be evil’ motto? — and this idea of a kinder, gentle capitalism that’s going to change the world for the better,” she [Margaret O’Mara] said.
“Then you have these moments of reckoning and remember: It’s capitalism. Some tech billionaires lost, and some other ones are winning,” she added. “These are private-sector people making money off something that serves a public function. And when they take a turn because of very personal, very individual decisions, where a handful of people are shaping the trajectory of these companies, maybe even the existence of these companies, that’s something new we all have to deal with.”
—
Nobody wanted Elvis the dog. Then a former Elvis impersonator saw him.
#SanJose will be installing speed cameras on 30-40 high-risk roads.
Cameras are only allowed to capture still photos of the rear of cars and the city has to delete images after 5 days unless they are issuing a violation.
Violations will result in warnings or fines, but no points. Cameras will be permitted until 2032.
🎁 #GiftLink https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/20/map-speed-cameras-are-likely-to-be-placed-on-these-san-jose-streets/share=hywterryne2cnssect0e
"At 2:10 p.m. Sunday, with Jimmy looking at her from his bed, Rosalynn’s journey from the tiny farming town of Plains, Ga., to the White House and national fame ended where it began."
The final hours of Rosalynn Carter’s life...
"[Kim Phuong] Taylor submitted or caused others to submit dozens of voter registrations, absentee ballot request forms, and absentee ballots containing false information"
U.S. Thwarted Plot to Kill Sikh Activist
This story about a tv show netflix spent $55 million on and resulted in no episodes being made is wild. Content warning for a mention of Quibi.
“He [Rinsch] claimed to have discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and cryptocurrencies. He spent millions of dollars on a fleet of Rolls-Royces, furniture and designer clothing.”
But it seems pretty clear to me that Rinsch needs help. LAPD psychologist disagreed, though:
“Netflix executives grew so concerned with Mr. Rinsch’s behavior that they consulted with the Los Angeles Police Department’s threat management unit, a person with knowledge of the matter said. A Police Department psychologist reviewed Mr. Rinsch’s texts and emails and concluded that he didn’t seem like a threat to himself or others.”
"The state of #Israel was born in war. The year before its founding in 1948, the #UnitedNations produced a partition plan that proposed to divide the stretch of land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea into two states, #Arab and #Jewish. The surrounding Arab countries rejected the plan, as did #Palestinians living on the land."
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/20/magazine/israel-gaza-oslo-accords.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE0.Ls9C.TmetxveHnI0R&smid=url-share
#History #MiddleEast
#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #War #News #WorldNews
"More than 60 percent of golden retrievers will develop cancer in their lifetimes, compared to about 25 percent of other breeds."
What golden retrievers are teaching us about cancer...
I’m so looking forward to Hayao Miyazaki’s last(?) film, ‘The Boy and The Heron.’
The new Ghibli movie debuts Dec 4 & sounds wonderful, imaginative & timely. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/movies/the-boy-and-the-heron-review-hayao-miyazaki.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE0.chmD.GGj6eFY9dD1u&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #Anime #Art This is a #GiftLink
NYT takes off the gloves.
“During a Veterans Day speech, Trump used language that echoed authoritarian leaders who rose to power in Germany and Italy in the 1930s, degrading his political adversaries as “vermin” who needed to be “rooted out.” #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/politics/trump-rhetoric-fascism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE0.llc8.wdSTT_ccOz0Dsmid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NYT takes off the gloves.
“During a Veterans Day speech, Trump used language that echoed authoritarian leaders who rose to power in Germany and Italy in the 1930s, degrading his political adversaries as “vermin” who needed to be “rooted out.” #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/politics/trump-rhetoric-fascism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE0.llc8.wdSTT_ccOz0Dsmid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/3QQazoG
"Joss Ackland, a gravel-voiced British actor who played men of power and authority across an eclectic seven-decade career, donning a suit of armor to portray Falstaff on the London stage and wielding a pistol as a villainous South African diplomat and drug smuggler in “Lethal Weapon 2,” died Nov. 19. He was 95.
His agent, Paul Pearson, confirmed the death but did not have details."
lol just fire these 700 sheeple who are feverishly desperate for jobs at Microsoft, and shut down this farcical breathless news coverage of the latest #billionaire problems. #ai #bs #giftlink https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/business/openai-staff-exodus-turmoil.html?unlocked_article_code=1._0w.y_AH.DsKYFeESVt4W&smid=url-share
The #GiftArticle #GiftLink that you posted:
https://wapo.st/46jeXSV
takes me to an article about #Trump. (See headline below) It's a good article, but I'm pretty sure it's NOT the article that you are talking about in your post. Can you share the link to the article about #Twitter / #Musk? I'd like to read that one as well.
Edit: I think I found the article you referenced. Is this it?
"Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/19/antisemiticism-internet-elon-musk-israel-war/
Prolly the realest read on 1/6 I’ve ever read. #GiftLink https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/politics/jan-6-trial-father-son.html?unlocked_article_code=1._kw.D3mz.pXWt9UWE8ATs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"When Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook last week on the US govt’s creditworthiness, it specifically cited Washington [ #GOP ] dysfunction"
Read all the details of the latest GOP insanity with this #GiftArticle #GiftLink:
https://wapo.st/46g3mEl
Or read this #Mastodon thread with the high(low)lights:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/111434584408761794
#GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #USPolitics #USA #News #Thread
"Because #Johnson couldn’t get #Republican votes to take up the government-funding resolution under normal procedures, he instead had to suspend the rules and pass it with a two-thirds majority. This meant that #Democrats would have to bail him out — just as they had #McCarthy...
#House #Republicans have now proved beyond all doubt that absolutely no one can govern them."
"When Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook last week on the U.S. government’s creditworthiness, it specifically cited Washington [ #GOP ] dysfunction...
Johnson ignored all that, instead putting out a statement blaming the Moody’s action on “President Biden and Democrats.” He then led the House through another week of dysfunction."
"Rep. Clay Higgins of #Louisiana, another #Republican on the panel, joined in the #insurrection insanity. He alleged (w/an accompanying poster) that he had identified two “ghost buses,” painted white, that were “nefarious in nature & were filled with FBI informants dressed as #Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on #Jan6.”
Your party is drowning in #disinformation and #conspiracy theories. Who you gonna call?
Ghost buses."
"After the #House called off votes for the rest of the week, Rep. #ChipRoy (R-Tex.), a Freedom Caucus member, held the floor for 55 minutes, railing against his own newly elected leadership. “What in the hell are we doing in this chamber?” he demanded. “I want my #Republican colleagues to give me one thing — one — that I can go campaign on and say we did. One!” he shouted.
There were no takers."
"Was it perennial winner #MarjorieTaylorGreene? After eight fellow #Republicans thwarted her attempt to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, one of them said Greene lacks “maturity.” Greene responded by telling her 2.8 million followers on X that the man who called her immature was a “p---y” who does not have testicles."
#GiftArticle #GiftLink:
https://wapo.st/46g3mEl
I have to post just a few samples of the #GOP insanity:
"Was it Sen. #MarkwayneMullin? At a hearing of the #Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, the #Oklahoma #Republican challenged one of the witnesses to “stand your butt up” and fight him then and there in the committee room. “In a fight, I’m gonna bite,” the senator said in a podcast after the incident. “And I don’t care where I bite, by the way.”
#GiftArticle #GiftLink:
https://wapo.st/46g3mEl
"When Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook last week on the US govt’s creditworthiness, it specifically cited Washington [ #GOP ] dysfunction: “renewed debt limit brinkmanship, the first ouster of a #House Speaker in US #history, prolonged inability of #Congress to select a new #HouseSpeaker, & increased threats of another partial govt #shutdown ”"
Read all the details of the latest GOP insanity with this #GiftArticle #GiftLink:
https://wapo.st/46g3mEl
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/3SHka3T
"Actor and comedian John Leguizamo, who recently took a turn as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” also posted a video on Instagram on Thursday night calling for a boycott of the network until it stopped its rejection of Biden ads, some of which were canceled just before the Trump interview aired.
“I am asking all my brothers & sisters who are actors, artists, politicians, activists to not go on Univision,” he said in a message in English and Spanish."
@ai6yr Several other major advertisers have made the site-formerly-known-as-Twitter their e𝕏 as well.
Urban office-to-residential conversions ftw: “There are now 66,000 residents, up from 13,700 in 1990, in the area roughly bounded by Chambers Street and the Brooklyn Bridge to the north and the West Side Highway on the west.” #GiftLink https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/nyregion/financial-district-office-conversions-housing.html?unlocked_article_code=1._Ew.MbMS.bxG1FUNbg0dn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/3G3Oga8
"One way to help tackle the growing plastic pollution problem could be all around us: microscopic bacteria and fungi.
A growing body of research has identified a host of microorganisms, some of which can be found in the bellies of certain larvae and other insects, that contain enzymes capable of breaking down common types of plastic."
“A new computer model to predict the weather built by Google and powered by artificial intelligence consistently outperforms and is many times faster than government models that have existed for decades and involved hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, according to a study published Tuesday.” - Dan Stillman, Washington Post
Article #GiftLink (no paywall) https://wapo.st/3MIVK6p
Study https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi2336
#AI #ML ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning
"Proposing that your #Senate committee take an interlude so that you can bloody up the committee’s witness — this is the behavior of someone who has the power, the platform and the authority of a #US senator and doesn’t know what to do with any of it.
He’s supposed to help manage the government; he can’t even manage himself."
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/40GyDPG
#MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Violence #Politics #USPol #USA #News
In Texas, a Fight Over Gender and School Theater Takes an Unexpected Turn - The New York Times
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/40GyDPG
"Presenting: a close reading of the most preposterous 65 seconds of C-SPAN to air this week.
The players: Markwayne Mullin (R), a U.S. senator from Oklahoma; Sean O’Brien, the general president of the Teamsters; Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), an adult who needed Excedrin.
The themes: Misbehaving high school boys middle-aged men in suits, peacocking techniques of the aggrieved and powerful."
""Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian at New York University, said... that “calling people #vermin was used effectively by #Hitler & #Mussolini to dehumanize people & encourage their followers to engage in #violence "
See thread of #WaPo article about #Trump echoing the language of #fascist dictators:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/111405185963972347
Includes #GiftArticle #GiftLink so you can read the whole article yourself even without a subscription.
wapo.st/47rE7Qi
Terrific Jennifer Rubin column derides the ludicrous & worthless NYT poll-dominated coverage, followed for days by TV et al, about “Biden is doomed.”
This is allegedly a #GiftLink, but you may have to create a free account to open it.
A wasteland: Political coverage ignores the threat to democracy
The @nytimes finally pivots to “stakes” reporting (rather than odds, @jayrosen_nyu) should #Trump retake the White House.
Vast concentration camps, workplace raids, detention and summary expulsion without a hearing….call it xenophobic demagoguery or call it fascism, Trump’s plans are clearly inspired by the book that was once his bedtime reading: “Mein Kampf.”#GiftLink https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9kw.Tplj.HsD-eJBkJTSa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Nation at risk of winter blackouts as power grid remains under strain (Washington Post, 8 Nov 2023) - #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/49mwbBL
#CommPrep #prepper #emergency #ColdWeather #winter #WinterIsComing
Of course #Hamas wants a permanent war with #Israel. And of course they drag innocent Palestinians into their murderous plans.
“I hope that the state of war with Israel will become permanent on all the borders, and that the Arab world will stand with us,” Taher El-Nounou, a Hamas media adviser, told The Times.“
I’m a Jew and I’m sickened by this. Yes, I was horrified by the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. But Palestinian civilians are NOT Hamas and this is not defense. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#Israel dropped almost as many bombs in #Gaza in one week as the U.S. did in Afghanistan in one year — the heaviest year.
Gaza is 141 sq miles.
Afghanistan is 252,071 sq miles.
John Lennon & Paul McCartney, a bittersweet love story that now frames the Last Beatles Song. Touching essay. #GiftLink . https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/opinion/beatles-lennon-mccartney-last-song.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8Ew.lLhz.waDGFDEO0XCW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the quiet part out loud: “Gaza won’t return to what it was before,” he said. “We will eliminate everything.”
But we Palestinians already knew what Gallant had in mind. Corralled in Gaza for the past 17 years, burdened with mass unemployment and poverty — even before white phosphorus filled the skies, or before we lay crushed beneath the rubble — we could not breathe."
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
wapo.st/49kaaU0
Guilty. Every charge.
Jury finds #FTX co-founder Sam #BankmanFried of guilty of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering
“The conviction cements Bankman-Fried as one of the largest financial fraudsters in history, whose victims suffered nearly $10 billion in losses …”
Missed this when it came out 2 months ago:
"Europe’s Boars Still Hold Radioactivity. What Surprised Scientists Is Why"
@kingbeauregard @dankennedy_nu
Did you read the article? There's #NoPaywall if you use the #GiftArticle #GiftLink provided:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/israel-hamas-ceasefire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.60w.PLub.laYe7kYF-7Ur&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The article clearly talks about how Israel was not "obligated to fire back" in the way that they did. Israel is making no effort to spare innocent civilians. The #UN has warned Israel that #CollectivePunishment is a #WarCrime
Hamas are terrorists, but a government that commits #WarCrimes against a civilian population is also "the problem".
"After the initial horror at the sheer barbarism of the Hamas onslaught on Israeli children, older adults and a dance party, what happened? The narrative quickly shifted to the brutality of the Israeli counterattack on Gazan civilians, among whom Hamas has embedded itself. The massive Israeli counterstrike overshadowed Hamas’s terrorism and instead made the organization a hero to some."
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/israel-hamas-ceasefire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.60w.PLub.laYe7kYF-7Ur&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
You can read the whole article even if you don't have a subscription by using this #GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/45WhuCi
(Click on the link ⬆️ )
It is well worth reading the article and seeing the photos for yourself. This war between the terrorist group Hamas and the corrupt occupying govt of Israel is hurting and killing average everyday people who just want to live their lives.
#Journal #Diary
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Hamas #War #WarCrimes #CollectivePunishment #News #WorldNews
"There is no sign of this war ending. No one in power speaks of a cease-fire. On the news, there’s discussion of a few hours’ truce for humanitarian purposes, to let in a little #food and #medicine.
I find it unbearable to listen to the way they talk about us, decide things for us, without ever asking any of us."
~Atef Abu Saif
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/45WhuCi
"I made my way toward Eisha’s place in the Tel al-Zaatar neighborhood of the [Jabalya] camp. Heaps of rubble and half-collapsed buildings lay everywhere. By this stage, I’ve become indifferent to the explosions ripping holes in the city around me.
Everyone who dies here dies by sheer bad luck. They just happen to be where the missile strikes at that moment."
~Atef Abu Saif
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/45WhuCi
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #War #CollectivePunishment #WarCrime #News
"This morning, the #bakery queues were longer than usual... According to the head of the Bakeries’ Association, seven bakeries have been hit by #Israeli missiles. Two nights ago, the one near my sister Asma’s house was destroyed, along with the lives of most of those queuing outside.
It’s not just bakeries that are being hit but also other places where people gather."
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/45WhuCi
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #War #WarCrimes #CollectivePunishment #News
"“I don’t trust the Israeli army,” I replied. “So why should I obey them?”
Yesterday, my friend Mohammed’s brother was killed with his #family in Nuseirat Camp, having moved south from #Gaza City as the Israelis ordered. Others who obeyed didn’t get even that far. Dozens were killed yesterday in a cluster of missile strikes on the Salah al-Din Road, the main artery heading southward."
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/45WhuCi