Quote from zei_squirrel, one of the people who broke the story "this is amazing. The New York Times is actually going to investigate and punish people over its biggest hoax since Judith Miller fabricated by Adam Sella, Anat Schwartz and Jeffrey Gettleman: By hunting down anyone who dared criticize it. This is insane"
They're one of the reasons why I"m still on that hellsite.
Every bit of violence that you will associate with a Palestinian is a justified response to being trapped, starved, beaten, deprived, and killed.
I’ll push back very slightly here. Before I say it, I’ll clarify - my understanding comes from my experience and someone who’s Palestinian has a much better understanding than me. So their words should matter more. What I’m saying might not even apply to this situation as a whole - I’m just responding to this statement I’ve quoted.
I’m from a colonized country where we are taught about the heroic efforts of our freedom fighters from a very young age - not just in school (which is liberalised tbf), but in movies and TV (dramatized) and via anecdotes from our grandparents who lived in colonial times (personal efforts by individuals and the impact of revolutionary figures on the ground).
Not every individual bit of violence by every individual oppressed person is justified. Individuals are fallible and many immoral people commit violence in ways that do not forward the cause of independence, but for personal gain.
What is justified is organised struggles that various independence groups undertake to attain their freedom. The level and type of struggle that is deemed necessary is up to the group fighting for independence. Some of them will be called terrorists by the colonisers, others will be co-opted by them and become oppressors themselves, or seek to gain a dominant position within the independent struggle. Thats a normal part of the struggle. And even within these groups there will be people who will put their personal gain above the efforts of the group - at that point the group has to have a system in place to deal with these individuals.
This doesn’t mean individuals cannot be a part of the independence struggle without being in a group. They absolutely can. Most civilians are. But there is a difference between every anarchic bit of individual violence done with no overall goal but for personal gain, and organised struggle. The two are not always the same. That’s all.
When the scale of the killing was uncovered, they began reporting the crowd “threatened” the IDF soldiers by moving towards them. So the IDF opened fire.
It’ll keep getting twisted. Soon they’ll say there was Hamas operatives among the people.
It’s not just the gaming industry. Every industry is in crisis right now- tech, journalism, you name it, they’re all firing people.
Some claim it’s due to over hiring during covid, but even industries that didn’t over hire are firing workers so while that is a part of the problem, it’s not the entire thing
For Deck Nine, their statement seems more personal than the ones by bigger companies. Make sense. But hopefully this decision was made after they’ve already cut salaries and bonus for their higher eps and tried to take other measures. Otherwise, the more “personal” message is just fluff.
Thanks! That’s great advice.
Found this infographic in the comments of a post discussing the age-old Bi or Pan debate.
It’s a bit old now but I thought it’s good.
kindly nsfw this. i think this would qualify.
we get everyone drinks and snacks.
Great, and depressing, read.
In a sane country, the moment billionaires and private corporations attempted to block access to public lands, they would be shut down. And maybe get a visit from some agents.
Of course, that’s not the US. The article itself highlights the irony - when it came to the colonization of the west, the govt. was willing to lay claim over the territory and parcel it out as it saw fit - even when the Native Americans hadn’t given permission. But now? When public use is forcibly being taken away? Nah, the govt. won’t do a thing.
Disappointing. But not surprising.
100-hour battery life in full Smart Mode
Hoo boy that’s a big battery.
They follow their leader, even after he’s been exposed as racist, sexist, and pedo.