Undeference

@Palestinia12961 What are you talking about?

@Osint613 The US committed to providing the money through 2028, so it probably can't just stop. Israel does not want to renew it, so this is entirely symbolic. Ironically, Israel and the people who hate Israel are on the same page.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will vote against an amendment to cut all U.S. military aid to Israel, but won't pressure other Democrats to follow. The measure, from Republican Thomas Massie, would end the $3.3 billion in annual aid. - NYT

@Jobishara1 @Osint613 Not even a little bit. Israel actually wants to end the aid. There is no risk of Israel collapsing without it or becoming hostile to the US.

@Osint613 Cutting this aid will be the biggest national security risk for the United States. People don’t realize how important Israel is in our security here

@CupittMatthew The Palestinians never had a legal right to land and the only sovereign with a claim is Israel. You are making a logical leap from self-determination to sovereignty. Israel could declare sovereignty and would have legal options for dealing with hostile Palestinians.

Show me any of this in the UN's right to self determination. A right is a right. We are in this situation because rights have been ignored for decades. What do you think would happen? BTW Palestinians never had self determination. So that right has not been revoked - it's never been conferred.

0% of the people attacking Israel right now would stop attacking Israel if it went back to the '67 or even '49 armistice lines.

@Palestinia12961 @MicheleChabin1 You used the general "we" in your initial post and I'm sure you know that that was an incorrect generalization. To deny critical facts surrounding "the occupation"? This is why I think you aren't as sincere as I once thought.

@MicheleChabin1 I have attended one in Gaza. Nothing like that in my school. We do use “Jew” which I do not like, but for most it means “Israeli”.

We don’t learn to hate Israelis in school, whoever thinks that is wrong. But imagine a child growing up under occupation. Imagine him standing every day for hours in checkpoints. Imagine him watching his dad got humiliated every day. I do not know what occupation does to the occupier, but I sure do know what it does to the occupied. 😔😔😔

@flash_mab @saltyzionist Imagine all the antisemites in the world reaching the same conclusion. I wonder how that's possible? Also, all the flat earthers and antivaxxers somehow came to their same respective conclusions and therefore they must not all be wrong.

@saltyzionist ‘throughout history jews have been accused etc’, yeh we’ve all read that and came to the conclusion that they can’t all be wrong, also it’s not algorithms that’s shaping our opinions it’s HD phone footage of babies being blown up in tents and starved to death

The Demonization of Israel I believe Israel is the most demonized country in the world. That is a strong statement, and I do not expect you to accept it without question. I invite you to examine the evidence, challenge my conclusions, and decide for yourself. Israel is a country about the size of New Jersey. Jews make up approximately 0.2 percent of the world’s population, a little over 15 million people in a world of about 8.5 billion. Yet despite representing such a small fraction of humanity, Israel and the Jewish people are often portrayed by some as being responsible for an astonishing number of the world’s problems. Throughout history, Jews have been accused of controlling governments, financial institutions, the media, wars, revolutions, and countless other events. While the language has changed over time, the pattern has often reappeared in different forms. That alone should encourage thoughtful people to ask important questions. Where is the evidence? Are the same standards being applied to every nation? Would I accept this claim if it were made about any other people? We live in an age where information travels faster than careful analysis. A thirty second video or a viral post can shape opinions before anyone takes the time to verify the facts. Too many people allow social media to replace genuine research. Do not let an algorithm decide what you believe. Read. Study history. Compare multiple credible sources. Question your own assumptions. Think before you share. Think before you judge. Critical thinking requires effort, curiosity, and intellectual honesty. It is the only way to get closer to the truth. This article is not asking you to agree with every decision Israel has ever made. No country is beyond criticism. Every democracy deserves scrutiny. What I am asking is whether Israel is often judged by standards that are not applied to other nations. I believe the answer is yes. If you disagree, I welcome the conversation. Present your evidence. Cite your sources. Explain your reasoning. I will do the same. I am not interested in trading slogans, personal attacks, or emotional talking points. I am interested in facts, evidence, logic, and honest debate. We may not reach the same conclusion, but if we are willing to challenge our assumptions and follow the evidence wherever it leads, then the conversation is worth having. Truth does not fear questions. Neither should we.

@NNR_NewsNetwork @saltyzionist @18hariprakash18 Citing primarily political resolutions by the chief body responsible for demonizing Israel is a pathetic appeal to authority. Imagine citing statements by KKK as evidence that racism against black people isn't real and they actually deserve it. That is your level of stupidity.

@saltyzionist @18hariprakash18 This doesn’t even include the present atrocities. It’s too much info to post. You must be out of your mind.

@Palestinia12961 We can see UNRWA's curricula.

@CupittMatthew There is no right to perpetually misuse rights. If you incite violence, expect to have your speech restricted. If you visit terrorists, expect your travel restricted. If you keep trying to destroy your neighbors, expect to have your supposed right to sovereignty revoked.

@CupittMatthew @VerminusM They are more interested in destroying Israel and complaining to the world than political association and their politicians represent that. One's rights end where another's begin. They associate self-determination with elimination. They could have a state but don't want it.

@KenoFischer Did it refresh your memory? 8 years is a long time.

Just had the somewhat surreal experience of ChatGPT trying to explain an obscure fact to me that it only knows because I added it to the linux kernel man page about this feature ~8 years ago.

@Jamesking56 @nixcraft And ruin the three letter naming for regular fs root directories?!

@nixcraft What about /misc/ ?

/etc/ stands for “et cetera” because the original Unix devs genuinely couldn’t be bothered to name it anything better

Back in the day, vibe code was an entirely different thing that was way closer to bare metal (among other things)

@msimoni "Boring is good" only up to a point

"If a programmer nods his head when he's reading LLM-written code, wake him up." (with apologies to Alan Perlis)

@almighty_lisp No one likes other people's

I AM CONVINCED THAT A LARGE % OF PLUMBERS DON'T LIKE THE SMELL OF SHIT

@JacobL1994_ In the summer, maybe. When the ground is just a lake of mud, that extra weight really hurts.

I do think Merkava would do pretty good in a European battlefield because it’s very much built for hull-down combat against other tanks. It’s built more for Yom Kippur War 2.0 than anything else so it would kick ass in Europe if they could actually get it there

People have asked “if Merkava is so great, why don’t more countries use it?” Because it’s great for *Israeli* defense needs, since it’s for fighting guys in driving distance. If you have to transport it by plane or ship it’s a problem because it’s massive. For the US or Britain it would be a logistical disaster. There’s no “best tank in the world”, it’s just a matter of what tank best serves the needs of the military that uses it. Russian tanks like T-72BM or T-90 are actually pretty decent for a European battlefield but would be disastrous in Israeli service

@MOSSADil @DrMichaelOren Islamists have an inferiority complex about Jews. Increased American presence wouldn't increase threats to Israel. Some countries would actually try to control their jihadis and politicians' lips. It would limit Israel's freedom of action.

GREAT ANALYSIS: RESPECTFULLY, AMERICA SHOULDN'T MOVE ITS MIDDLE EAST BASES TO ISRAEL. Former Israeli ambassador Michael Oren @DrMichaelOren says the U.S. has strong reasons to do so: Israel offers advanced missile defense, technological support, proximity to Iran and a deeply pro-American population. But for Israel, the risks may outweigh the benefits. Permanent U.S. bases could make Israel an even bigger target—and give future American administrations leverage to restrict Israel’s freedom to defend itself. Oren’s conclusion: deepen military cooperation, intelligence, cyber and joint development—but think very carefully before allowing permanent American bases on Israeli soil. Article link in comments

@blind_via @superstashman I was going to ask. If you have to pay $1200/mo for the electricity, then absolutely not.

@superstashman I would if they pay the electric bill, or if that is on you

If Nvidia offered you a $1000 a month to host a mini data center in your back yard the size of an Air conditioner, would you do it?

@HonestReporting @nytimes Did New York Times actually break the law here? Betteridge's law of headlines. They should promptly fix it by retitling it "was the strike a war crime?"

Headline: “Was Iranian factory a valid military target?” Article: It funded Iran’s military and helped make weapons. You answered your own question, @nytimes.

@Osint613 I think Saudi Arabia needs to do a lot of maturing for a relationship to make sense for Israel. But Israeli politicians do like touting about how many frenemies they have…

The houthis might be doing more for saudi israeli alignment than any diplomat ever could

@HenMazzig And somehow, none of them were starved, tortured, or murdered.

Greta Thunberg “wanted” to bring aid to Gazans. So she ignored Israel’s offers to deliver it and went viral for getting arrested instead. Nick Kristof “wanted” to help imprisoned Palestinians. So he wrote a story based on Hamas-linked sources about “dog rapes.” Ro Khanna “wanted” to stop settler violence. So it appears he attempted to enter a restricted area without proper coordination and security officials asked him to turn back. Each one then spun the fallout into a viral moment of victimhood. I wonder if what they wanted wasn’t to help Palestinians after all, but to exploit them to get famous.