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Silverseren

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  • Far-right trolls have launched a racist crusade against Kamala Harris

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  • I admit, I wasn't expecting them to go as far as using "Colored" as a general insult. Do they seriously think this helps Trump's chances?

  • We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable.

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  • While touring the hospital we walked through one of the ICUs and found multiple preteens admitted with gunshot wounds to the head. One might argue that a child could have been injured unintentionally in an explosion, or perhaps even forgotten when Israel invaded a children’s hospital and reportedly left infants to die in a pediatric intensive care unit.

    Gunshot wounds to the head are an entirely different matter.

    We started seeing a series of children, preteens mostly, who’d been shot in the head. They’d go on to slowly die, only to be replaced by new victims who’d also been shot in the head, and who would also go on to slowly die. Their families told us one of two stories: the children were playing inside when they were shot by Israeli forces, or they were playing in the street when they were shot by Israeli forces.

    (The Israel Defense Forces did not respond to specific questions for this story, but in an emailed statement, it said, “The IDF is committed to mitigating civilian harm during operational activity. In that spirit, the IDF makes great efforts to estimate and consider potential civilian collateral damage in its strikes.”)

  • TIL That the entirety of Wikipedia is only ~100Gb and you can download it for offline use

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  • I presume this is images directly hosted on English Wikipedia and not the entirety of Commons where the vast majority of images are kept, right?

  • TIL That the entirety of Wikipedia is only ~100Gb and you can download it for offline use

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  • The benefit of text not taking up much space.

  • Next week's GOP convention to go on as planned in Milwaukee, with Trump in attendance

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  • Anyone want to bet that he's going to use the assassination attempt as an argument for essentially saying Democrat politicians should be killed instead because "we're in a war"?

    If Trump doesn't push that, I feel like Tucker Carlson, who apparently has been picked as a headliner for the convention, likely will.

  • ‘Children in pieces’: Israeli raids on Gaza ‘safe zone’ kill 71, wound 289

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  • At the hospital, a baby in a pink shirt, her face covered with sand, cried while receiving first aid. A small boy lay motionless at the other end of the bed, one shoe gone. Many wounded were treated on the floor.

    There was “the overwhelming stench of blood,” said Louise Wateridge, a spokesperson with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees who visited the hospital and spoke with several patients. Staff said there were no cleaning products left.

    The blast threw a 2-year-old child into the air and the mother was missing, Wateridge said. Another boy had his feet blown off, while an 8-year-old boy was killed. “They told me to go there to be safe,” his grieving mother told her of the area struck.

    https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-07-13-2024-83bc4de7ed25b317c7871fd5c0999ad1?taid=66925a563162580001097238&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

  • Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza

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  • Not under their new owner, since he's the one that pushed for the definition change in the first place, among many other blatantly biased changes to the ADL in the past decade.

  • The Killing of Hind Rajab

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  • "Earshot found that with the minimum registered interval of 24 milliseconds, this tank would have to have been positioned just 13 metres away from the car. With the maximum interval of 40 milliseconds, the tank would have still been only 23 metres away from the car. This analysis suggests that the tank had to be positioned within close range (13–23 metres) of the car when it fired the shots that killed Layan. At such proximity, it is not plausible that the shooter could not have seen that the car was occupied by civilians, including children.

    Earshot’s audio ballistic analysis supports the final words of Layan Hamada: the gunfire came from a tank that was next to them."

    "Comparing the exit hole and varying levels of destruction helps reconstruct the cone of impact from the explosion, and in turn, reveals the direction from which the ambulance was shot (Figure 13). This direction is consistent with the location of Israeli tanks visible in satellite imagery from between 29 January and 8 February.

    Our assessment of the position of the tanks at the time of the attack, together with the direction of the shot, suggests that the ambulance was likely hit by ammunition from an Israeli tank."

  • The Killing of Hind Rajab

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  • "Earshot found that with the minimum registered interval of 24 milliseconds, this tank would have to have been positioned just 13 metres away from the car. With the maximum interval of 40 milliseconds, the tank would have still been only 23 metres away from the car. This analysis suggests that the tank had to be positioned within close range (13–23 metres) of the car when it fired the shots that killed Layan. At such proximity, it is not plausible that the shooter could not have seen that the car was occupied by civilians, including children.

    Earshot’s audio ballistic analysis supports the final words of Layan Hamada: the gunfire came from a tank that was next to them."

    "Comparing the exit hole and varying levels of destruction helps reconstruct the cone of impact from the explosion, and in turn, reveals the direction from which the ambulance was shot (Figure 13). This direction is consistent with the location of Israeli tanks visible in satellite imagery from between 29 January and 8 February.

    Our assessment of the position of the tanks at the time of the attack, together with the direction of the shot, suggests that the ambulance was likely hit by ammunition from an Israeli tank."

  • A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees

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  • The issue will be if these temps become standard and consistent over a wider time period. For one, that could adversely affect crop growth and development.

  • A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees

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  • It's happening across the midwest as well. It's supposed to hit 102 on Monday in Nebraska.

  • The disturbing online misogyny of Gamergate has returned – if it ever went away

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  • My crosspost to gaming@beehaw.org doesn't seem to have any downvotes, so maybe there?

    Edit: Do note that the other thread ended up locked because some Gamergate chuds did show up, but the mods did promptly deal with them.

  • The disturbing online misogyny of Gamergate has returned – if it ever went away

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  • Unfortunately because Gamergaters are still going around harassing women in gaming.

  • Gaming @lemmy.ml
    Silverseren @fedia.io

    The disturbing online misogyny of Gamergate has returned – if it ever went away

    www.theguardian.com /games/article/2024/jun/19/the-disturbing-online-misogyny-of-gamergate-has-returned-if-it-ever-went-away
  • News @lemmy.world
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    In a single hour, Israeli snipers killed seven bystanders at the Jenin refugee camp

    www.haaretz.com /israel-news/twilight-zone/2024-06-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/in-a-single-hour-israeli-snipers-killed-seven-bystanders-at-the-jenin-refugee-camp/00000190-16fe-d231-a1b2-f6ff7d4e0000
  • World News @lemmy.ml
    Silverseren @fedia.io

    In a single hour, Israeli snipers killed seven bystanders at the Jenin refugee camp

    www.haaretz.com /israel-news/twilight-zone/2024-06-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/in-a-single-hour-israeli-snipers-killed-seven-bystanders-at-the-jenin-refugee-camp/00000190-16fe-d231-a1b2-f6ff7d4e0000

  • Gaza aid pier removed, satellite images show | REUTERS

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  • They're claiming it's because of weather again, but it feels more likely that they're trying to remove evidence and discussion of the pier being used by the IDF as a staging point for the recent massacre of Palestinians.

  • U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast

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  • Elder said he and his team were prevented from delivering their aid shipment and forced to turn back that day.

    "We spent about eight or nine hours at military checkpoints. In the end, our truck, despite all the approvals, was denied access and returned ... Yes, we will try again. Obviously, we'll try again. But this is consistent with the denials that we and many other agencies have experienced," Elder said.

    Israel has previously said that it allows hundreds of trucks carrying aid to enter Gaza daily, and the Israeli government has blamed the U.N. for failing to distribute it.

    Sounds like we can't trust the IDF's numbers on aid trucks being let in if they're counting ones they initially let in and then forced to leave at a later checkpoint.

  • News @lemmy.world
    Silverseren @fedia.io

    U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast

    www.cbsnews.com /news/israel-war-gaza-troops-kill-palestinians-fishing-un-official/

  • U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast

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  • Elder said he and his team were prevented from delivering their aid shipment and forced to turn back that day.

    "We spent about eight or nine hours at military checkpoints. In the end, our truck, despite all the approvals, was denied access and returned ... Yes, we will try again. Obviously, we'll try again. But this is consistent with the denials that we and many other agencies have experienced," Elder said.

    Israel has previously said that it allows hundreds of trucks carrying aid to enter Gaza daily, and the Israeli government has blamed the U.N. for failing to distribute it.

    Sounds like we can't trust the IDF's numbers on aid trucks being let in if they're counting ones they initially let in and then forced to leave at a later checkpoint.

  • World News @lemmy.world
    Silverseren @fedia.io

    U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast

    www.cbsnews.com /news/israel-war-gaza-troops-kill-palestinians-fishing-un-official/

  • Hamas Wants Guarantees Ceasefire Will Actually Happen, While US Says Hamas Is Rejecting the Proposal

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  • Seems like it. They just started bombing another designated safe zone, Al-Mawasi, a couple of hours ago.

  • Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

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  • So, does that mean that AI photos have merit when they win photo competitions, as has happened in the past? Seems like the point he was trying to make would go both ways.

  • Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

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  • Disqualification seems appropriate. If it is against the rules to use AI photos in a normal photo category and the winner gets disqualified for that, which has happened, and it is against the rules to use a non-AI photo in this category, then the person should similarly be disqualified.

    Not sure if the person behind this actually made the point they thought they were? Because it just shows that being consistent in rules and disqualification is good and the contest was consistent.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Israel Lists Names Of 17 Alleged Militants Killed In Gaza School Strike, But Many Don't Match Hospital's List Of Dead

    apnews.com /article/israel-hamas-mideast-latest-06-07-2024-cbc1aa84bc30b5f27dc1823155448f86