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markko

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  • Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry

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  • I don't think the previous comment was directed at the commission.

    The world has been watching the genocide for nearly 2 years now and no meaningful action has been taken to stop it by any country.

    I think the point that was being made is that the UN appears to be completely powerless as long as the US continues to back Israel (and still has veto power in the security council).

  • Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, global scholars association says

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  • Only 86%? Clearly there's a lot of doubt among these genocide scholars. It would be rash to stop the bombing of hospitals and civilians and to allow food and aid to enter. The last functional hospital in southern Gaza that was recently bombed might still have a Hamas inside.

    /s

  • Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims

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  • ChatGPTs responses here are vastly different to what you'd get from a Google search. It presented itself as a supportive friend, accepting the suicidal intent, basically planning out all the small details (including an offer to help with a suicide note without any request from Adam), and emotionally encouraging him by telling him that he wasn't weak or giving up.

    One of the most damning examples of this encouragement was a sentence that, in reference to his family, said something like "you don't owe them your survival".

    If OpenAI wasn't a huge for-profit company that claims to have strong safeguards against things like this then maybe people wouldn't be placing so much of the blame on ChatGPT.

    If a friend of Adam's said all the things that ChatGPT said to him they would certainly be found to be culpable to some degree.

  • The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software

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  • Sorry, I was asking about GrapheneOS vs stock Android. I assumed that your comments on it were in comparison to stock Android since that's what the previous user most likely was asking for.

  • The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software

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  • Sucks that it only works on devices made by Google though..

  • The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software

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  • Having not used default Android for many years now, what makes GrapheneOS worse (aside from a few apps not working - which isn't an issue I've had, fortunately)?

  • Do you agree?

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  • That's because most, if not all, ASD traits are not exclusive to neurodivergent individuals.

    The difference is in the degree to which those traits/symptoms are exhibited and/or how much they affect one's ability to function.

  • Do you agree?

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  • Even if it was just meant as a joke, there is actually research in this general area:

    The recent finding of the microbiota–gut–brain axis indicates the bidirectional connection between our gut and brain, demonstrating that gut microbiota can influence many neurological disorders such as autism. Most autistic patients suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms.

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9355470/

  • Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal

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  • My fear is that we'll end up in a situation where 90% of the internet is just YouTube, Facebook, Reddit and other giants and people get all of their news, reviews and other information from those sites, which I think is worse than having ads.

    This is pretty much already the case though. And they all have plenty of ads despite being incredibly profitable through their paid offerings.

  • Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal

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  • If everyone on the internet was to use adblockers, most of the web would die out

    Websites existed before internet ads came about, and while it may be true that most would die without ads I'd be happy to see them go because the vast majority of websites have no value and only exist to try and make a few bucks off ads.

    Hosting for most websites these days is virtually free. For about 80% of mine I only have to pay for the domain names, and I have no desire to serve ads to my visitors under the guise of covering costs.

    The alternatives are directly charging for access to a service, or providing it for free and relying on donations or payment just for extra/bonus features/content. These methods are very successful when something is actually worth paying for.

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    US Judge Rules Burning Israeli Flag as ‘Racial Hate,’ Making It the Only National Flag Americans Cannot Burn - Quds News Network

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  • Is it even an ethnicity?

  • It's Saturday 08/09/2025. Hey, What's Going On!

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  • We have no squirrels here, and I didn't know that they barked. Thank you for this knowledge.

  • Denmark zoo asks public to donate unwanted small pets or horses to feed captive predators

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  • I agree with the other response - I don't care about my meat sack once it's no longer operational. Harvest my useful organs for donation, then feed the rest to the kitties.

    The difference between humans and other animals is that we understand the concept of death and can make our post-life wishes known.

    If my children told me they wanted to be fed to the tigers I'd probably still be horrified by the image of it but I wouldn't push back.

    Our pets can't communicate their wishes to us, and in all likelihood they don't care what happens to them when they're dead. Putting their meat to some kind of use seems far more ethical to me than turning it into ash or sticking it in the ground.

  • North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime

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  • They are reporting on what he told them. Would you expect a news outlet to be able to somehow verify the testimony of a prisoner of war before reporting on it?

    The title and article both make it clear that they are reporting his story.

    Additionally, the rest of the article - including the ones before and after your quote - discusses numerous cases of other similar scenarios.

  • The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

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  • I'd imagine you'd need a browser that has developer tools, which is far less common on mobile. A simpler solution would be to use a separate app that just takes the page URL and downloads the video for you, such as this one: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.junkfood.seal/

  • ‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing

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  • It's not something I've used very much as I don't have much need for it, but I have used Locus a few times and I'm pretty comfortable with their privacy policy compared to the vast majority of other options.

  • Gaza facing man-made 'mass starvation', says WHO's Tedros

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  • What I meant was the difference in who was targeted. My understanding, which could be wrong, is that specific groups (and more specifically, their leaders) were primarily targeted by the operations carried out back then, whereas today they are also detaining/deporting etc people who genuinely have no offenses or ties to such groups. Even Trump supporters and their family members are being persecuted. I think it's these seemingly indiscriminate actions that make the average person less willing to take a stand, especially if they don't feel as though they've been affected badly enough yet to risk sticking their neck out.

    In any case it's a terrifying and truly fucked situation.

  • ‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing

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  • There are options that don't use Google et al.

  • Gaza facing man-made 'mass starvation', says WHO's Tedros

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  • I don't know that the suppression by the government during those protests was anything like what is going on today though. The government has been detaining regular protestors alongside movement leaders/organisers to scare people into thinking that nobody is safe. The Trump administration has even been targeting people for deportation based on the fucking Canary Mission.

    Another big difference is the fact that many of the protestors back then were at risk of being directly affected via the draft, whereas the impact of the Palestinian genocide on the majority of Americans is minimal to nonexistent.