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homoludens ,

Source?

homoludens ,

The claim was “the right wing Zionist used to work with the Nazis”. The “source” is describing

  • a splinter group (that was opposed by other Zionists)
  • trying to get an agreement with the Nazis
  • that would allow all Jews to leave the Nazi territories
homoludens ,

I’m not familiar with the factions in Zionism, but according to Wikipedia they were opposed by other revisionist Zionists, e.g. Ze’ev Jabotinsky. Also: still no sources

homoludens ,

Opposed?

Yes, opposed: “These appeals to Germany were in direct opposition to the views of other Zionists, such as Ze’ev Jabotinsky, who wanted Britain to defeat the Nazis even as they wanted to expel the British from Palestine.” Source

What’s important to know is that Lehi while not the biggest organisation they were extremely violent.

No, for the question of “the right wing Zionists working with the Nazis” it is not important. You can be extremely violent without working with Nazis…

Their radical Zionism played a big part in shaping israel and their “the end justifies the means” approach can clearly be observed to this day.

This may well be, but is also not the same as working with Nazis.

Bonus meme: Lehi also ran the newspaper Hamaas

Also no relevance for the question of working with Nazis.

homoludens ,

You mean this source?

homoludens ,

Yeah, sounds like a great recommendation.

homoludens ,

Internet archive is apparently somewhat of with the pages, page 94 seems to be in a different chapter there.

Scanning chapter 4 however, the only mention of collaboration with the Nazis is “[Hajj Amin al-Husayni]'s willingness to serve as a radio commentator for the Nazis and to help recruit Muslims in the Balkans to the German war effort no doubt stains his career. But he did not act any differently from the Zionist leaders in the 1930s, who themselves sought an alliance with the Nazis against the British Empire, or from all the other anticolonialist movements who wanted rid of the Empire by way of alliances with its principal enemies.” (page 65 on the archive)

This seems like a rather unspecific source for “right wing Zionist used to work with the Nazis, some of them even after the war starts.” (not to mention that njm1314 somehow forgot to mention that at least Palestinian leader also wanted an alliance with the Nazis and actually worked for/with them).

I’m starting to think that njm1314 is not as well known fact as they make it out to be…

homoludens ,

Yes

homoludens ,

Holy shit

Ben Gvir was known to have a portrait in his living room of Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish extremist and Israeli-American mass murderer who massacred 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers and wounded 125 others in the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron.

In December 2021, Ben-Gvir was investigated after a video surfaced of him pulling a handgun on Arab security guards during a parking dispute in the underground garage of the Expo Tel Aviv conference center. The guards asked Ben-Gvir to move his vehicle as he was parked in a prohibited space. He then drew a pistol and brandished it at the guards.

In early October 2023, following the arrest of 5 ultra-Orthodox Heredi Jews for spitting at Christians and outside churches, Ben-Gvir said it was “not a criminal case” following arrests.[60] Prior to entering politics, he defended Jews spitting at Christians as “an ancient Jewish custom”.

Wikipedia

homoludens ,

He bought a car that is so dangerous to other people that it probably wouldn’t be allowed in the EU. I think that’s a pretty valid reason.

homoludens ,

first well known work after 1970

The Martian Chronicles was published in 1950, Fahrenheit 453 in 1953

homoludens , (edited )

No, it’s another instance.

homoludens ,

Ah, my bad. I thought it was posted on [email protected]

homoludens , (edited )

Battle for Wesnoth - a turn based tactics game in a fantasy setting. It’s also available on Steam and itch.io. Coincidentally, version 1.18.0 was released yesterday.

homoludens ,

I had the same experience with Hedgewars, but I can’t really say why it doesn’t click like Worms for me.

homoludens ,

What exactly did she do that is concerning?

Australian man dies after being bitten by highly venomous snake while trying to remove it from child care center (www.cbsnews.com)

An Australian man has died after being bitten by a highly venomous snake while trying to remove the serpent from a childcare center in an effort “to keep the children safe,” local media and emergency services said Wednesday....

homoludens ,

Even heroes should call the emergency services after being bitten multiple times by a (potentially) deadly snake, instead of just driving home.

homoludens ,

So you don’t have to wonder anymore: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual#Regrets_and_det…

homoludens ,

The thing about open tabs is that they are already open, I don’t need to do anything to put down the note. And I’d usually need to open the site again to continue working - and often other sites as well (that are now also already open in tabs nearby). So I use them even though I kinda hate them. I just wish I could organize them easier.

homoludens ,

“women” feels weird for a lot of English speakers

Why does it feel weird? (not a native speaker here)

homoludens ,

Thanks!

Pornhub and other adult sites sue EU over landmark digital content law (www.aljazeera.com)

Pornhub and two other adult sites are suing the European Union over a landmark digital content law, the Digital Services Act, which imposes age verification and other obligations on large platforms. The European Commission last year named Pornhub, Xvideos and Stripchat as a category of “very large online platform” under the...

homoludens ,

You can use the German ID card as a way to authenticate yourself via Internet (by using an open source app), including age. Shouldn’t it be possible to provide a limited interface that e.g. only signals if the person is above a certain age? You already have to enter a PIN in the app so it could also easily show which information is asked/transmitted.

homoludens ,

Obligatory shoutout to the podcast “If books could kill”.

homoludens ,

The brochure.

homoludens ,

Mastodon is written in Ruby. Nowhere near as big as Facebook or the ML field yet

FTFY ;)

homoludens ,

Are you complaining about that?

homoludens ,

Windows only :(

homoludens ,

To some extent, piracy still does reduce the demand for the pirated material, so there’s an indirect harm associated with it, and that’s what makes it unethical

I get your point, especially when it concerns smaller/independent artists. But how would a “fair compensation” look like? Do top selling artists deserve the millions (or even billions) of dollars? Does someone even deserve hundreds of thousands of dollars? Does any artist deserve more money for doing something they love and where they can express themselves than a nurse working night shifts? Is it fair to keep earning money for some work that was done years ago? Does that mean a nurse should get a percentage of the income of every person’s life they helped save?

I think the only ethical thing to do is to decouple consumption and support. E.g. I might support some artist by buying their album (or going to their shows), because I think their voice is important, not because it’s an album I listen the most to. Or I might not pay artists at all and give money to political causes or other people that need support. Or I might support them in some other way etc.

homoludens ,

How did we even end up in a situation like this?

Capitalism ;)

If donations through Patreon were the only way for artists to get money, I don’t think we would have very many high quality movies, series, albums, paintings or sculptures.

This sounds obvious, because if people don’t need to worry about money they can invest more time and effort into their art.

But a. this does not mean it’s fair. Not within the art scenes (because a lot of people are working hard but don’t have the luck for a breakthrough) and certainly not compared to other jobs.

And b. while a movie like Lord of the Rings or a series like the Sopranos do need a lot of money, many expensive movies are actually rather boring because they have to play it safe in order not to risk a fuckton of money. On the other hand, many great movies had a rather small budget. Avengers: Endgame could have paid for 100x Whiplash or Trainspotting, and I’d rather have more of those. And I think movies/series are the outlier - music is much cheaper to make.

But it’s hard to solve or even discuss all this in some lemmy comment ;-)

I feel like it might not be sustainable

The current system however is definitely not sustainable.

homoludens ,

Pro tip: you can actually get organized in a union and strike just to get more money, no need for AI or getting fired. CEOs hate this trick!

homoludens ,

Are you denying that the Hamas attacks were genocidal?

homoludens ,

This article is about Hamas’ attack. You are saying that the “employed genocidal terrorists” must have been Israeli politicians, implying that there are no genocidal terrorists on Hamas’ side.

homoludens ,

The only claims of genocide in this whole affair are the ones the UN has found plausible that Israel is committing.

This is your brain on Hamas propaganda.

On 16 October, an open letter signed by around 240 legal experts, including jurists and academics, declared the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 as a “crime of genocide.”

On 17 October 2023, Genocide Watch published a “Genocide Emergency Alert”, stating that “Hamas targeted Israelis simply because they were Israelis. It was the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have expressed their genocidal intent to destroy the nation of Israel. The massacres by Hamas constituted acts of genocide. The attacks were also crimes against humanity and war crimes.”[49] On 24 October 2023, Genocide Watch issued a new statement. In the statement, scholars of Holocaust studies and genocide studies and prevention, including Gregory H. Stanton and Israel Charny asserted that Hamas’ actions against Israeli civilians qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity.

In November 2023, a lawyer[who?] representing the families of nine Israeli victims of the 7 October Hamas attacks filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Hamas of genocide.

Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen, a senior lecturer of public international law and chair of Ariel University Center for the Research and Study of Genocide, asserted that the crimes committed by Hamas on October 7 constitute the crime of genocide.

According to the Economist, Hamas fighters who conducted the attack on October 7, were carrying out actions in line with their genocidal intentions outlined in the group’s founding charter.

British historian Niall Ferguson characterized the events of 7 October as indicative of Hamas’ intent to re-enact the Holocaust.

Martin Shaw viewed Hamas’ attack as “a wave of ‘genocidal massacres,’ localized mass killings whose victims were defined by their Israeli-Jewish identity”

And that is only some examples from the real world. source

homoludens ,

I read an interview with a 102 year old, she was 12 when the Nazis rose to power and 25 when she was liberated from Theresienstadt.

homoludens ,

Holy Cyberjesus… I don’t experience with ChatGPT and the likes, and it’s obviously only one response, but the answer I got from api.together.xy to “Is it okay to do intense tempo runs in winter?” is absolutely useless and wrong and neglecting the actual problems that are usually mentioned (cold air while breathing intensely):

Intense tempo runs are usually done at tempo, which means that your foot contacts the ground after a relatively long time. This is different from the typical duration of a foot contact in normal running. In normal running, the foot contacts the ground after a relatively short time. In a tempo run, the duration of your foot contact with the ground is increased, which causes you to run at a faster pace than usual.

Intense tempo runs are typically done in the winter, when the ground is harder and more difficult to run on. Hard ground can be more damaging to your body, so it’s important to be careful when running on snow, ice, or concrete. It’s important to take safety precautions when doing intense tempo runs in the winter, such as wearing proper shoes and clothing, and avoiding running on icy or snowy surfaces.

It’s important to note that intense tempo runs can be dangerous if not done properly. It’s important to have a good understanding of your body and what works best for you. It’s also important to consult with a doctor before starting any new running program, especially if you have any previous injuries or health concerns.

homoludens , (edited )

Or they were just running at them, maybe not shouting so as to not draw attention from Hamas. Or maybe they weren’t shouting because they were out of breath. Or perhaps they were shouting, but in a loud/distracting environment (e.g. a war or a big city) and the soldiers didn’t see them. Or maybe it was as you say. I don’t know, I’ve never been in a war zone and/or hostage situation, and I certainly didn’t see this situation. But apparently you were, because how else could you be so sure what happened? So, I’m glad you made it out alive <3

edit: according to another news source they were killed during combat jta.org/…/israeli-forces-mistakenly-kill-3-hostag…

homoludens , (edited )

I quoted the IDF spokesperson

You didn’t quote the spokesperson. You quoted the article that paraphrased the spokesperson. And that the whole situation, in which three people died, was summed up in one sentence didn’t make you wonder if you actually know all the details needed to pass judgement, instead you are absolutely sure that what happened confirms your already made up opinion.

the IDF, who doesn’t have a great track record with honesty

There is exactly no one denying this. That doesn’t mean that everything they say is a lie though, as that would make them very bad liars.

Your just making shit up

I’m making shit up, but I’m presenting it as hypotheticals. You are making shit up and presenting it as facts.

Even your made up scenarios, what rules of engagement would allow soilders to fire on unnarmed people just because they were running?

Notice how your quote of “the spokesperson” didn’t even say they that they were acting within the rules of engagement? And how you left out the “towards them” bit (which seems relevant to me in a conflict that sees suicide bombing)?

edit: according to another news source they were killed during combat jta.org/…/israeli-forces-mistakenly-kill-3-hostag…

homoludens ,

Charges Against Texas 11-Year-Old

Um, what?

Put in Solitary Confinement

Um, WHAT?!

irked Palm Grove Elementary principal Myrta Garza so much with his requests, as well as questions about school dress code, that she called Brownsville Independent School District police.

WTF?

Cameron County prosecutors argued for charges of “terroristic threat.”

How can this keep getting worse and more ridiculous at the same time? WHAT DO I DO WHEN ALLCAPS AREN’T ENOUGH?

ignoring Texas laws which require parental involvement before such interventions

Okay, I give up. Is rule of law no longer a thing? Like people aren’t even pretending anymore?

homoludens ,

It’s six o’clock, it’s up with the cock! (NSFW obviously)

homoludens ,

The bot fails to present both sides of the argument.

homoludens ,

Source?

homoludens ,

Yeah, a blog called “Electronic Intifada” sounds like trustworthy news source in this matter…

homoludens ,

And no tooling will certainly improve the coding abilities. Especially since I remember all the code, including the changes others made in the time since I last looked at it.

homoludens ,

Netanyahu didn’t just let the attacks happen, we also know he funded Hamas

Can we have a source for that?

homoludens ,

Thanks. So Israel handed out work permits and “allowed suitcases holding millions in Qatari cash to enter Gaza through its crossings since 2018, in order to maintain its fragile ceasefire with the Hamas”.

That’s sounds a bit different from “Netanyahu didn’t just let the attacks happen, we also know he funded Hamas, and has wanted the attack to use as casus belli so he could do some fucked up war crimes of his own.”

I’m not denying that he’s employing a “divide and conquer” strategy, that a lot of his doing is making the conflict worse, that’s he’s using the opportunity to do a lot of damage etc. But it’s not that he funded Hamas because he wanted the attack to happen (at least the article doesn’t prove that).

Six teenagers in court over beheading of French teacher (www.reuters.com)

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at the heart of the country’s secular values....

homoludens ,

unfit for western society. I don’t care if they rot in prison or on a psych ward for mentally ill people they just should never be allowed back into society

Because people never change, especially 14 year olds. /s

OpenAI is 'optimistic' that it can bring ousted CEO Sam Altman and other senior figures back, The Information reported (www.businessinsider.com)

OpenAI is ‘optimistic’ that it can bring ousted CEO Sam Altman and other senior figures back, The Information reported::A day after Sam Altman was pushed out of his role, Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon told employees that the company was “optimistic” that it could bring back the ousted CEO.

homoludens ,

Sam Altman isn’t coming back to OpenAI

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