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Not voting for Biden is supporting Trump. Not voting is supporting Trump.

This is the simple reality of the situation. Memes don't make a difference in vote totals even if they make you feel special about being the hero you think you are.

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Murica! Fuck yeah! 👍.

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UNRWA is apparently an aid group. They're also quite clearly terrorists. They even house terrorists in their official facilities can't provide them with the electricity they need.

Sadly, as long as Hamas continues to embed themselves within the civilian population, this will continue to happen. It's not acceptable but it's a sad reality of war. The fastest way to stop this is to release the hostages.

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And yet yesterday we have clear video released showing armed Hamas fighters headbands and all. Getting in and out of UNRWA vehicles just outside the Rafah gate.

You've got the agency acknowledging that they were supplying Hamas with power underneath their headquarters, yet somehow we're supposed to believe they weren't aware.

Got thousands of pages of documents linking employees of the agency to Hamas.

And yet when the UN investigates itself it finds nothing wrong. Even while we're seeing them covertly revise the mortality numbers and cutting the number of children dead in half. So what are we supposed to believe? Because they've certainly undermined any credibility that they could possibly have on this file with their public statements and actions.

When you don't believe what you see with your own eyes, It's because your bias is stronger than your ability to reason.

Edit. Hamas agreed to release bodies when they couldn't come up with the number of hostages that they said they could. They've admitted they can't turn over the number of live hostages to fulfill their end of the bargain. So how is that Israel's fault? Hostages in exchange for truce is the deal, The only one misinformed here is you on a number of levels and it appears that you need to step outside your Echo chamber.

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https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-801171

Video embedded within. Plenty of other articles on this if this video doesn't satisfy.

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My firm threw a staff BBQ at one of the satellite sites yesterday. My director was texting me about going....45 mins away....for a hot dog.... standing in a field on a rainy day.....

Sorry boss, deadlines to meet gotta prioritize my work here.

Yet, there's managers who very likely pay attention to who shows up and who doesn't and judge their work based on it.

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Whoever snuck that in, should be looking for work today. Regardless of your views on politics, injecting them into your work product is problematic at best.

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And before before the Arab conquest Jerusalem was in the hands of the Jews. It also shouldn't be lost that Jews have lived there even under the brutal Arab regimes for over 3,000 years....

The entire point of decolonization is giving the land back to the people who are indigenous to it. Arabs are not indigenous to Judea. They come from the Arabian Peninsula.

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I feel like there's enough iPhones in Jerusalem that this would have been flagged much earlier. Had it not been a recent introduction..

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The Iranian bots have been working overtime lately. That would be logical however. Disappointing it is to see technology manipulated in this way.

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So you're saying that violence should win out. That's an interesting take. Those people were forced to convert under threat of death, just like happened across the MENA region. That's an indisputable fact with reams of history in that country backing it up. Both the Arabs and Jews kept great notes.

Arab Jews don't exist. That's literally not a thing. Ask any Sephardic or Mizrahi Jew and you'll get an earful. There are Jews who refused to convert, they're not Arabs. The Arabization of the region doesn't give them claim to the history of the region which is clearly being attacked right now, your comments make that abundantly clear.

If you believe that violence is an acceptable form of wielding power as you claim above, then you would be hypocritical to take issue with the situation in Gaza today. Violence isn't the answer IMO, no one wins that way. Seems like people want to ignore that's how Islam spread though, but the people who live in the sole non Arab state in the region won't ignore it and are clearly fed up with it. If violence is the chosen path, it's very evident the Israelis are up for the task.

Lastly, over 70% of Israelis are either Arab or from the MENA region. Your lies about them being European Jews is just yet another bigoted stereotype. You seem to be hitting all the classics here.

It's interesting to watch people like you attempt to spread misinformation like this. Everything you've lied about is very clearly captured in the historical record.

Next you're gonna claim DNA testing is illegal aren't you? There's only so many lies in the handbook LMFAO.

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What a stupid take. Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people, it's intractable from the Jewish people. Don't be so ignorant. Next week Jews will celebrate the return to their homeland from exile in Egypt, they've been doing so for thousands of years.

Your understanding of indigeneity doesn't come close to the established academic or real world understanding of it. If the Greeks had remained in Crimea, maintained the language and culture like the Jews have done then yes they'd absolutely be considered indigenous. There are a dozen examples of these sorts of people's across the MENA region, they're all indigenous, not the Arab invaders who forcibly colonised the land.

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Back to the initiation of the culture.... this isn't hard to understand. Is there a 3 million year old culture remaining today? No.

There's a 3000 year old one though and they're in their homelands again.

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The hilarity of thinking people here are tech savvy because they have an app is pretty cute to me. This place is slightly less accessible than Reddit but it's hardly difficult to navigate around.

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How freaking big is your house? I'm in a rather large 3500+ sqft across 3 levels and I really never struggle to hear if the laundry is running and it's isolated in its own room on one corner of the house.... behind a solid wood door too.

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I'm in construction. The Union absolutely protects the old guard, and some of them are the laziest fucks you've ever seen. Guys will work at a snails pace and grieve any and every attempt to train or discipline.

I'm not in the Union, I'm generally in favor of it but there's absolutely very poor performers being protected.

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My wife is a data analyst for what's essentially a tech firm, she's unionized and in her particular circumstances it's amazing. Fully remote, 3 raises last year LoL, great benefits etc etc. I work with unions and many are not nearly as good for their members as others.

Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip (www.theverge.com)

Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company...

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The US uses facial recognition when I enter into the country. Wonder if it's the same tech.

Israel is using it to track terrorists and blow them up. Hopefully they make quick work of it. That's probably how they spotted some of the 10/7 crew they've rounded up.

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We prefer the term terrorist removal specialist.

Either way, this is a great use of technology.

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So you're also in favor of using The technology. Really helps sort out terrorists vs civilians.

Also quoting Jewish voices for peace is kinda evidence you're not paying attention. They're more biased against Israel than Al Jazeera, and they certainly don't represent Jewish people.

All of your sources actually turn up to be wildly biased. Makes sense, most bigots feel safer in their echo chambers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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The technology should be used to identify people who are hiding among civilians and eliminate them yes. Perfect case use for it.

JVP platforms convicted terrorists. Their founding moderator is a Lebanese based Anti semite who's been outed for years. You don't even need to be Jewish to open a chapter, using them as the voice of Jewish people is outwardly bigoted and frankly disgusting but tells me all I need to know about your ability to discern information on this topic.

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Why would foreigners get civil rights in the country they're attacking? America locks people in cages and separates them from their kids, they also ship them to an island off the mainland....are you trying to claim non israelis should get the same rights as Israelis?

If so, they really should have agreed to join Israel like their cousins did in 48, those 2 million Arabs have rights. Plenty of decisions up until they're being held for trial could avoid this. Maybe the Palestinian could start making some better ones at this point, they've proven to be their own worst enemy FFS.

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Zuheir Mohsen said it best in '77, and all that followed is simply taqiyya. This has nothing to do with land, land which is clearly and obviously the homeland of the Jewish people, it's got everything to do with bigotry and the failure of the Arab conquest.

"The Palestinian people do not exist. There are no differences between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese..... It is only for political reasons that we carefully endorse our Palestinian identity. Indeed, it is of national interest for the Arabs to encourage the existence of the Palestinians in the face of Zionism. Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity is only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian state is a new means to continue the struggle against Israel and for Arab unit"

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You're claiming one of the founders of the PLOs words are inaccurate and ahistorical? C'mon man, that's just silly.

Herzl used the common language of the time, that's not debated and obviously expected. The fact of the matter is that Jews were already present, had a majority of population in numerous centers within the Land and the European refugees were a minority when the UN partitioned the land. It's also not disputed that Israel granted citizenship to the Arabs who didn't flee during the war in '48, and there's millions of them living in Israel currently as a result. Is Israel expected to grant citizenship to the people who took up arms against them and refused to acknowledge their existence? You can't seriously believe that. That's the definition of fucking around and finding out, those people left under the promise of Israel's destruction, it's not Israel's fault for not letting the Arab League uphold their promises. The Arabs were offered to partition the land, they really should have taken the offer, it was initially more generous than what was offered to the Jews. It's been the same crying ever since.

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You've almost got it right. The Palestinian identity was developed (by the KGB if we're being real here), as an anti-semitic response to the establishment of the state of Israel.

This is pretty well documented too, I'm assuming you're familiar with it. You're just leaving it out of the story because it doesn't fit your narrative..

Your claims of ethnic cleansing are also not backed up by the history as plenty of Arabs remained in Israel upon its formation. Of course they were under marital law, the newly forming nation was figuring out who it's enemies were and guess what? They were pretty much all the Arabs surrounding them. Those Arabs now serve in the IDF, sit in the Knesset and serve in the judiciary among being pretty well integrated into Israeli society. You're completely neglecting the fact that more Jews were displaced from the surrounding Arab countries. Then Arabs were displaced within the newly formed state of Israel. Many of those were violently removed from their homes in a similar fashion to what happened within Israel. Although what happened in Iraq etc was on a much grander scale as well as being much more violent. But that's again a different story. The UN has a pretty detailed report on that up on their website if you wanted to go take a look. This isn't to say that Arabs weren't displaced within the new borders of Israel. Many left voluntarily and some took up arms. There was a war happening. Unfortunately people die in wars. Going back to the twenties. The Arabs were attacking Jews then then the Hebron massacre being one of the more prominent. But there's dozens and dozens of examples in history too.

All of this is pretty easily summarized with the fact that the Arabs turned down multiple offers to develop their own state alongside the state of Israel going back to the 1930s. They refuse to this day to acknowledge the existence of the state of Israel. This has always been about hate not land. That hate has led to far too many dead Arabs but hopefully one day soon they will love their children more than they hate the Jews. I remain hopeful, but I also remain confident that Israel is not going anywhere and will not run out of ammunition if the Arabs continue to want to martyr their children.

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Educational resources Funded by Qatar.....

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The podcast looking into Richard Simmons disappearance was great.

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Of course it's Mario Kart!

Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)

Data from two research firms and figures published by Musk and X suggest a deteriorating situation for X by some metrics. Musk has marketed it as the world’s “town square,” but in number of users it continues to lag far behind social media rivals that focus on video, such as Instagram and TikTok. ...

S_204 ,

Whenever I get linked to twitter, it tries to get me to login when I just want to scan the thread..... I back out everytime now.

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No, that's the issue. I can see the post but not the thread so I bail.

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I get pretty legitimate and interesting offers sent to my work inbox.

Recruiters looking for people with my experience in the role dgaf lol they just want their bonus. One of these days I might just reply and see how far I can take it before someone of my end notices.....

Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, as internal dissent mounts (www.cnbc.com)

During a keynote speech in New York on Monday from the managing director of Google’s Israel business, an employee in the company’s cloud division protested publicly, proclaiming “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide.”...

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Is that surprising? Dude spouted off during a work event.

If they fired him for posting shit on his socials that's quite a bit different than interrupting an employer led conference.... would you expect to remain employed if you pulled this stunt tomorrow at your workplace?

This conflict doesn't get people a free pass on fucking shit up even if they believe they're acting morally.

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Why would I donate so a corporation can get a tax break or good press out of my money?

People who donate at the till are probably the people who tip on drive thru orders.

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LoL. Yes. Yes exactly.

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Tik tok is at the root of so many of the social issues we're facing today. It's absolutely worse than Facebook, although both need to be addressed.

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Ya, the site being abused by Iran, China and Russia isn't a problem. Nope not at all

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/02/06/iran-accelerates-cyber-ops-against-israel/#:~:text=This%20marked%20the%20first%20Iranian,UAE%2C%20UK%2C%20and%20Canada.

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Thanks for proving why that platform is just so damned dangerous. The ignorance it inspires is shocking.

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That you're trying to 'they're all the same' bs shows how ignorant many people are on this. They're not all the same, this one is especially bad and it's not JUST because it turns you into a fucking retard when you use it.

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Yup, deleting those losers who literally follow you for days arguing over the stupidest shit ever is very liberating. There's an air born squid I've blocked that's made this place far more tolerable LoL.

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More or less the Gaza strip.

ajsadauskas , to Fuck Cars
@ajsadauskas@aus.social avatar

What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

@fuck_cars

S_204 ,

I live in a city of about 3/4 of million people, just shy of it. Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.

I can walk to every one of those other than a university and sports arena (pro football or hockey, minor community center within ten), within twenty minutes. The movie theater is probably twenty away, everything else is accessible within 15 pretty easy.

It's possible but you gotta get into one of those post war community type places that hasn't been turned over yet..

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LoL. You ain't wrong. And from what I've gathered, the many of the people around here ain't the kinda people in positions making hiring decisions.

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So is Taylor Swift going to buy it next?

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My stepfather was a managing partner at an accounting firm. He got bought out by one of the big guys.

4 months after retiring he started consulting. He doesn't need the money, he needs something to do other than golf and he has no hobbies.

The kids want him to travel etc but he's happier working..... which is fucked in my view.

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Perception has also become completely warped.

I was out with some guys last night and one of them was talking about a PJ for a golf trip. I didn't know what he was talking about so I kept quiet. I used to travel extensively for work, usually on the company plane so I've spent a good amount of time on planes all by myself with the pilots, so my Buddy who invited me to this outing started asking me questions about what it's like flying private and I figured out pj means private jet.

The guy talking about using a private jet is a fireman. I'm sure he makes a nice living but what fucking world do public service employees use or even think they should be using a private plane to go golfing? I don't even get the idea of flying somewhere specifically to go golfing, that seems like rich people shit, hiring a damn plane for it? How the hell did that even become a consideration?

Eta. I'm not shitting on public service employees. This guy probably makes more money than me and for sure has a better retirement plan LoL. I'm pointing out that this guy doesn't work in finance, real estate or an industry that you might more typically expect to be familiar and using private services along those lines.

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My trigger for chartering was 6 people flying nic pilots. After that, factoring in the cost of the salaries on board and hotels we typically needed flying commercial, it made sense to book our own plane.

This is a guy talking about was talking like he's going to book a G6 to take him and 3 buddies to South Carolina. Small difference in the value proposition there.

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Based on Iranian propaganda.

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I am. In this case though the stupidity presented warrants being noted. stupid ass bitches crying over being called stupid ass bitches isn't anything new.

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