Palestinians have denounced Israel's air dropping of leaflets on Gaza marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as a form of "psychological torture".
The leaflets, call on citizens to “feed the needy and speak kindly" during a time when hundreds of thousands in the besieged territory are at risk of starvation because of the Israeli blockade on food and water.
At least 20 people have died because of dehydration and malnutrition since the start of the war on 7 October, following Israel’s decision to cut off all food, aid, electricity and fuel for the besieged enclave.
The leaflet, which is written in Arabic, has images of lanterns typically used as Ramadan decorations.
It includes a prayer asking God that “fasts are accepted and sins are forgiven", and that Palestinians in the region have a "delicious breaking of the fast".
Journalists and activists denounced the leaflets and pointed out that hunger would not be so widespread in Gaza if not for Israel.
Human rights lawyer May el-Sadany called the move “deeply depraved”, adding that Israel is “responsible for the starvation of the Palestinian people”.
For those wondering, the rest of the episode’s songs cover such topics as kids turning to social media as their income source, Fox News skewing the votes of senior citizens by just plain frightening them, that Bart’s generation has little option but to hope they can destroy and rebuild the system, and that if you do want a good middle class job, almost the only reliable one left is being a firefighter.
We watched the episode and there’s this bit where when asked what to do about the shitty state of everything the janitor who leads the song pauses and says ‘burn it’.
That bit gave me chills. Because The Simpsons for the past 15 years or more has been a fairly good barometer of American popular opinion. Some folks are gonna be like ‘the Simpsons went radical!!!’, but, the Simpsons doing this shows that this is an opinion that is now -normal-. Two generations have been brutally disenfranchised and things are pushing towards a boiling point. I have 0 clue what that boiling point will look like but this is like steam raising from the pot.
Ah, you have articulated my own thoughts as a Gen X who has literally watched The Simpsons from the beginning. I still watch it, and I chuckle when someone claims nobody watches or likes the Simpsons anymore. It’s a Sunday night ritual. Remembering how anti-capitalist they were then, and seeing such a poetically logical end game now, gives me chills as well. I’ve been recommending “Poorhouse Rock” to everyone I know regardless of their views on the show.
March 10th is the Oscars, don’t let your self be distracted by the glitz and glam while the Israel launches their planned attack on Rafah, a place they deemed a “safe zone”.
Film workers and audiences, we cannot let ourselves be distracted! EYES ON RAFAH MARCH 10! The world is watching.
“As alleged in the complaint, the participants in the cobalt market intentionally use a murky supply chain to obscure the extent to which they rely on forced labor,” Rao wrote in the ruling. “This allows the Tech Companies and their suppliers to avoid formal association with forced labor, yet everyone in the venture knows the global supply chain includes cobalt procured by forced labor.”
Terry Collingsworth, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told Reuters that his clients might appeal further. The decision Tuesday proves that there is a “strong incentive to avoid any transparency with their suppliers, even as they promise the public they have ‘zero tolerance’ policies against child labor.”
“This collapse is a telltale sign of a problem known as publication bias. Small, early studies which found a significant sex difference were likelier to get published than research finding no male-female brain difference.”
OH LOOK! Some TERF stooges right on time to prove me just so very right…it was only a matter of time since they’re all up in the notes on this post like a plague (like TERF usually are)
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAH
“Have you ever talked to us?” no, I can’t talk to them because even if I would try, they’re all too busy screaming at me stupid shit just like this to listen to anything logical and normal that I’m saying.
TERFs will literally have smoke pouring out their ears bc trans women compete in sports with all women, or they’re rallying for the outright banning trans women from female CHESS COMPETITIONS for a fear of their brains being smarter I guess, or if a trans woman goes on a big time winning streaks in game shows and shit and their reaction is (INCOMING LANGUAGE NOT MINE) “trans women shouldn’t be allowed to compete with REAL women because they have unfair biological advantages!!!”
That’s literally thinking cis women are lesser than, ya clowns and goons. Like ya know? Listen to yourselves. I didn’t make that crap up, you literally think cis women’s brains are lesser than cis men’s and trans women’s. Also I’ve never seen a trans person describe it as a “woman’s brain in a man’s body” or whatever. I have heard it described as their gender identity and expression doesn’t match what gender they were assigned at birth and gender dysphoria and stuff, but the thing is TERFs don’t actually care or listen to what trans people say, think, and feel, so of course the takes here are disingenuous.
Anyway, I’m tired. TERFs are done. Block these clowns like I did.
Palestinians have denounced Israel's air dropping of leaflets on Gaza marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as a form of "psychological torture".
The leaflets, call on citizens to “feed the needy and speak kindly" during a time when hundreds of thousands in the besieged territory are at risk of starvation because of the Israeli blockade on food and water.
At least 20 people have died because of dehydration and malnutrition since the start of the war on 7 October, following Israel’s decision to cut off all food, aid, electricity and fuel for the besieged enclave.
The leaflet, which is written in Arabic, has images of lanterns typically used as Ramadan decorations.
It includes a prayer asking God that “fasts are accepted and sins are forgiven", and that Palestinians in the region have a "delicious breaking of the fast".
Journalists and activists denounced the leaflets and pointed out that hunger would not be so widespread in Gaza if not for Israel.
Human rights lawyer May el-Sadany called the move “deeply depraved”, adding that Israel is “responsible for the starvation of the Palestinian people”.
[Transcript: a young woman with long blonde hair is speaking directly into the camera.
“I’m gonna tell you guys something that honestly changed my life for good. So if you’re in college, and live in a dorm or an apartment, there’s a good change that a lot of people living in your dorm or apartment have an Alexa. And if you go into the hallway and yell loud enough... I’ll just show you the rest.”
The girl is now standing in a dorm hallway. She yells at the top of her lungs:
“Alexa! Play Fireflies!”
There is a moment of quiet where several Alexas responding can be faintly heard. After a few seconds, Fireflies by Owl City begins to play loudly, followed a few seconds later by another starting up, then another, then another as the woman begins to walk down the hall, smiling and laughing, to a growing cacophony of Fireflies by Owl City.
Once you understand that sincere belief is not necessary for participation in religion it becomes a big fun box of philosophical tools to play with. And I don't mean that in a belittling way I mean it in a post-structuralist way.
“As alleged in the complaint, the participants in the cobalt market intentionally use a murky supply chain to obscure the extent to which they rely on forced labor,” Rao wrote in the ruling. “This allows the Tech Companies and their suppliers to avoid formal association with forced labor, yet everyone in the venture knows the global supply chain includes cobalt procured by forced labor.”
Terry Collingsworth, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told Reuters that his clients might appeal further. The decision Tuesday proves that there is a “strong incentive to avoid any transparency with their suppliers, even as they promise the public they have ‘zero tolerance’ policies against child labor.”
(06:12pm)
