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MisuseCase

@MisuseCase@twit.social

#infosec and #cybersecurity professional who preaches about stakeholder engagement and #usability. #poverty abolitionist. Does #knitting, loves #kdramas.

My political views do not reflect those of my employer, who I will not disclose.

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mondoweiss , to israel group
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Joe Biden's claim that Hamas’s October 7 attacks were “driven by ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people" is ahistorical and dangerous. In fact, Jewish history shows that antisemitism is a Western problem.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/the-ancient-desire-to-kill-jews-is-not-hamass-its-the-wests/


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MisuseCase ,
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@syllusg @mondoweiss @palestine @israel No, Hamas has been fighting with Israel for a long time, it’s not like “they didn’t think Israel would be this bad.”

They knew Israel would react like this: they expected and provoked this response because it supports other goals they have, which do not include saving Palestinian lives.

futurebird , to Random stuff
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Trump has said FOUR times that he will withhold federal funding from schools that require vaccines. Not just COVID. ALL.

This is most schools. This is hitting me where I work. This will lead to children dead from measles. It's obvious, inevitable.

Someone on here said they just couldn't bear to vote for Biden to keep Trump from office since at least under Trump there were better masking rules.

I hope that person sees this.

Worse is worse.

edit: because I don't know measles from smallpox

MisuseCase ,
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@sbourne @futurebird I’ve seen some old graveyards with graves for children and infants. The dates on those headstones are all prior to the mid-1950s.

My grandpa, born in the 1920s, had classmates who died from or were disabled by measles, mumps, polio, etc.

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@nlarson830 @sbourne @futurebird The plutocrats may think they’ll be immune to the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, but the thing about contagious diseases is they don’t care how rich you are.

I can believe that the very wealthy don’t recognize this, after the Titan submersible incident it’s obvious that they think they can buy their way out of things like physics.

luckytran , to Random stuff
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Republicans complained about government overreach at the start of the pandemic. Yet they are now justifying the use of legislative power in order to ban wearing a mask for health reasons. What an absolute farce.

MisuseCase ,
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@luckytran Look at some of the knee-jerk responses to “thing Republicans did,” it’s “blame the Democrats.” You’d think these people were opinion columnists at the New York Times.

w7voa , to Random stuff
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Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeats US Rep. David Trone in the Democratic Party primary to face former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, the Republican victor, for a US Senate seat in November. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/05/14/primary-election-returns/

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@w7voa @jcrabapple I’m glad about this because she’s more progressive than Trone and Trone was basically trying to buy that Senate seat.

But I must say he conceded gracefully.

oatmeal , to israel group
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With a greenlight from Biden to continue the its invasion into , despite evidence of war crimes https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/112421478297802310, is now calling residents of eastern to evacuate to the “humanitarian zone” in the coastal al-Mawasi region in southern . Similarly IDF called residents of Jabaliya and Beit Lahiya, two neighborhoods in northern Gaza, to evacuate to western Gaza City.

H/t Jack Khoury

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MisuseCase ,
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@oatmeal @palestine @israel So the leaders/governments of these countries say they care so much about Palestinians but when the chips are down…

malwaretech , to Random stuff
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Recently found another time saver at TSA. You don’t actually have to take your hoodie off. When they ask you to, you can usually just say you don’t want to, then they’ll warn you it might cause the scanner to flag you for pat down but let you keep it on. If it doesn’t have zips or any metal, it’s unlikely to trigger the scanner, but even if it does the pat down is way quicker than having to take it off and put it back on.

MisuseCase ,
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@malwaretech It really highlights how much the whole thing is security theater.

I had a friend who accidentally carried a set of little skinning knives through the TSA screening (she’d grabbed her husband’s backpack in a hurry and didn’t realize they were in there until later) and TSA didn’t catch them.

StillIRise1963 , to Random stuff
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"President Biden on Wednesday warned he would stop supplying Israel with offensive weapons like bombs and artillery shells if Israeli forces launch an invasion of Rafah, laying down a clear line amid outcry over the conflict in Gaza.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4652482-biden-stop-offensive-weapons-israel-invade-rafah/

MisuseCase ,
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@angiebaby @mloxton @StillIRise1963 I think Israel has been saying something like that for a while. They make non-precision bombs domestically, and if they had been using those instead of precision bombs provided by the U.S., the death toll in Gaza would be even higher. (It’s all pretty fucked up.)

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@angiebaby @mloxton @StillIRise1963 A big problem is that Netanyahu is being told by the right-wing psychos in his cabinet, “if you accept a ceasefire agreement we’ll force a general election, you’ll lose your position, and then go to prison for all your crimes pre 10/7/23.” So I don’t know if there’s a way to incentivize him to stop. It would require something like crippling sanctions or military intervention.

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w7voa , to Random stuff
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Headline of the Day from the NY Times:
R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

MisuseCase ,
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@w7voa This is one thing about him that I believe.

JonChevreau , to Random stuff
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@Teri_Kanefield Hi Teri, believe Mastodon would love to hear your take on Judge Cannon “indefinitely” suspending the MAL documents case.

MisuseCase ,
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@Teri_Kanefield @JonChevreau @Edelruth Or getting angry while doomscrolling Mastodon, I guess

Sherifazuhur , to Random stuff
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In , thousands of protesters are marching on the Ayalon highway and police are making arrests. They want their govt. to accept the deal with Hamas.

MisuseCase ,
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@Sherifazuhur @bmacDonald94 But Netanyahu and his cabinet want to pretend they never got an offer like that so they can go ahead and attack Rafah.

MisuseCase ,
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@alter_kaker @Sherifazuhur @bmacDonald94 Netanyahu may or may not be a true believer but others in his coalition and cabinet (like Itamar Ben-Gvir) sure are, and they’re egging him on.

oatmeal , to palestine group
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/ Annual Antisemitism Report (with TAU): "Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2023
Concern for the Future of Jewish Life in the West"

I had to read it again: "Concern for the Future of Jewish Life in the West"... Also absent in the aftermath of October 7th discussion is any reference to the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza, for which it is under active investigation both in the and and is an obvious contributor to the rise in anti-war protests around the world.

Reminder: The is a controversial North American organization, claiming to be an authority on the subject of antisemitism. It has been criticized for its equation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism and for allegedly undermining left-wing and pro-Palestinian activism.

The has been accused of inflating the number of antisemitic incidents to support its narrative of rising antisemitism. For example, in 2017, the ADL included 163 bomb threats to synagogues in its "harassment" statistics, even though these threats were attributed to a single disturbed individual. Critics argue that this "alarmism" serves the institutional imperative of the ADL and other similar organizations. https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/adls-campaign-to-silence-criticism-of-israel-by-calling-it-anti-semitism.html

Critics also argue that the 's conflation of with -Zionism and criticism of Israel silences legitimate criticism of Israel's policies and actions toward Palestinians. They claim that this equation deflects attention from the actions of the Israeli government, soldiers, and settlers, and threatens the livelihoods of journalists and academics who deviate from the ADL's narrative. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/05/adl-pro-israel-advocacy-zionism-antisemitism

In May 2022, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt sparked controversy by equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism and labeling groups advocating for Palestinian rights, such as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), as "extremist." This comparison was criticized by both ADL staff and external observers, who argued that it undermined the ADL's ability to build coalitions with other groups and fight antisemitism effectively. https://jewishcurrents.org/adl-staffers-dissented-after-ceo-compared-palestinian-rights-groups-to-right-wing-extremists-leaked-audio-reveals

The Report:

Interestingly, though, the authors do not perceive criticism of Israel as antisemitism. They state that "criticizing Israel, including in harsh terms, is NOT antisemitism." However, seeking its elimination as the national home of the Jewish people, including through the false argument that it is an unlawful colonial enterprise, is antisemitic. The problem is, of course, that Israel is a "colonial" byproduct, while calling for its elimination is not a conclusion of such an observation more than the elimination of the USA, Australia, New Zealand, or any other colonies.

The authors identify several factors that have contributed to the rise of antisemitism, including:

  • The war in Gaza
  • The rise of populism in the West
  • The spread of antisemitism on social media
  • The failure of academia to address antisemitism on campus
  • The influence of foreign funding on academia
  • The failure of political leaders to condemn antisemitism

[...] The Report notes that hate speech was articulated even before Israel launched its campaign in Gaza, including on leading university campuses, and thus urged against seeing the recent wave of antisemitism as an emotional response to the war. "Some antisemitic attackers emphasize their problem is with Israel, not with Jews, and then attack Jews and Jewish institutions."

[...] Dr. Carl Yonker, Senior Researcher and Project Manager at the "Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry," TAU, who wrote a study for the Report on antisemitism in the United States, said: "Contrary to the conventional wisdom, post-October 7 incidents were also led from the far right in America. Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and others glorified Hamas and used the war to spread antisemitic propaganda along with conspiracy theories, according to which the crisis will advance the replacement of the white majority in the West by migrants from the Middle East. The fringes in the United States are encroaching on the political center from both right and left, making combating antisemitism much trickier."

https://cst.tau.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AntisemitismWorldwide_2023_Final.pdf

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MisuseCase ,
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@oatmeal @CptSuperlative @israel @palestine ADL is one of the institutions abusing the term “antisemitism” into meaninglessness.

MisuseCase ,
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@oatmeal @martinvermeer @israel @palestine ADL now includes criticism of Israel or protest actions against Israel as “antisemitic incidents” and doesn’t differentiate between those and actual antisemitic incidents so yes they are inflating their numbers.

w7voa , to Random stuff
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An exceptionally large turnout for Saturday protests across Israel's major cities.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-04/ty-article/.premium/israelis-rally-for-hostage-deal-against-netanyahu-govt-amid-reports-of-emerging-truce/0000018f-43f5-d17f-adcf-fbf7bd0f0000

MisuseCase ,
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@w7voa I know, I know, you gotta manifest the idea that Israelis are all bloodthirsty degenerates so that you can excuse yourself for saying things like “two wrongs make a right, the Israelis should be ethnically cleansed for what their government is doing to the Palestinians.” Or for cheering on Hamas or whatever it was you did.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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An Israeli official has told News that will not agree to end the war with as part of any potential deal. Read more -ABC News

MisuseCase ,
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@GottaLaff They know this means there will be no deal and they can’t get the hostages back - the ones who are still alive - but they don’t care, they want to keep the killing and the ethnic cleansing going.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy , to AusCOVID19 group
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Is long COVID forever? A new study has clues.

"A new study shows that an abnormally active immune system, a characteristic of long COVID patients, largely subsides two years after the initial infection."

Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(24)00065-8/abstract#%20

Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/long-covid-inflammation-immune-recover

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MisuseCase ,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 But if people get infected every two years or multiple times within two years, which seems to be happening, well…

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Osama Hamdan, a senior official, said in a statement that cease-fire negotiations with will cease if it moves forward with its operation into Rafah.

https://trib.al/aXhJNXe

MisuseCase ,
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@GottaLaff @timo21 Ah, crap. That’ll just encourage Bibi to go for it.

malwaretech , to Random stuff
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    @malwaretech @fatsam Oh be careful, saying that the Dems aren’t just as evil as the Republicans will get you on a lot of people’s shit lists here, LOL

    petergleick , to Random stuff
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    Finally, a clear-eyed view of the fantasy of reviving energy as a major component of the energy transition to tackle climate change:

    "substantial sums of money... will be wasted on perpetuating the fantasy that nuclear energy will make a difference in a meaningful time frame to slow global warming."

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opinion/nuclear-power-fantasy-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0._9-1.U_JbJ5n0zcbv&smid=url-share

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    @petergleick @martinvermeer Well, that’s the case for every other form of low-GhG energy right now too, because it’s mostly market-based and there’s a lack of political will to transition faster. So it’s not like this is a problem exclusive to nuclear.

    Also the people who say things like this don’t care to acknowledge the role of past anti-nuclear sentiment (sometimes their own) in preventing nuclear from being built when it could have made a difference.

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    @petergleick @martinvermeer So “compared to what?” and “why is it too late now?” are both key questions/considerations that people like the author of this piece don’t care to ask or prompt people to think about.

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    @martinvermeer @petergleick Massive subsidies like solar and wind got (and are still getting) to make it to this point?

    Also making any kind of transition and reducing emissions will require subsidies or direct state funding anyway!

    Again, “compared to what” is an important consideration.

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    @martinvermeer @petergleick France got it to work by standardizing on one kind of reactor and they decarbonized their whole grid back in the 70s. China’s able to build them quickly because they standardized on 2 reactors (although they are also building solar and coal).

    It’s not like it isn’t doable, but most Western countries were prevented from doing it back then, by the same contingent who says it’s too late now.

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    @petergleick @martinvermeer The thing about this argument is that it’s a hard-nosed capitalist argument when hard-nosed capitalists have been the ones saying it’s too expensive to decarbonize, build mass transportation, build sense housing, etc.

    And if you can say “the cost is too high and it takes too long,” you could say it about offshore wind projects too, which are costly and take years to start generating power.

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    @GossiTheDog As in “they bought and deployed a newfangled tool at the expense of doing vulnerability detection management?”

    Or “they installed a new tool that introduced new vulnerabilities (possibly because they misconfigured it)?”

    Both?

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    @malwaretech I was not really a dog person. But my husband wanted us to get a dog. So we did. The dog only listens to me and not my husband. He also likes to herd my son around.

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    MisuseCase ,
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    @chiclet @malwaretech @Jennifer Hey Chicklet, I remember Jerry, the admin of your instance, indicating that he does not like these kind of takes about the Israel/Hamas situation. Maybe not a good idea to poke the llama by playing stupid games with someone else on your instance.

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    @chiclet @malwaretech @Jennifer From where I’m standing seems like you were being uncivil first even if you didn’t use any swear words.

    mekkaokereke , to Random stuff
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    Again for people (racists), complaining about falling birth rates:

    The birth rate for women over 40 is not falling. The birth rate for women over 30 is not falling.

    What's happening, is girls 15 to 17 are having fewer babies. Kids are having fewer kids.

    Also, this is an interesting way of saying that "Teen pregnancy is down, due to sex education and contraception."

    In 1991 25% of 15 year olds gave birth before they turned 21. That's bad. Now it's 6%. That's better.

    https://npr.org/2023/01/08/1147737247/teen-pregnancy-rates-have-declined-significantly

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    @mekkaokereke I am super annoyed that a lot of liberals have accepted beefing up border enforcement as synonymous with “immigration reform” when what we really need is to expand USCIS and revamp processing to fix the kind of problem you are talking about, so people can get legal residency more easily among other things.

    BlackAzizAnansi , to Random stuff
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    What's one lesson that you learned from 2016 that you would like young people who are able to vote now but were too young to be engaged in 2016 to know?

    MisuseCase ,
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    @BlackAzizAnansi Make sure you vote in small elections and primaries. Join up with a group or two that you can bug your elected officials and representatives with.

    Actually I should add, young people getting REALLY politically active, participating in primaries, and keeping tabs on their electeds scares a lot of the old fossils, so you should totally do it as a young person.

    petergleick , to Random stuff
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    This is how it's done.
    The DC Mayor's office and DC police decline to remove peaceful protesters from GWU campus.

    https://wapo.st/3wdhqCp

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    @petergleick I’m a little surprised given that Bowser’s approach to pretty much every problem in D.C. is “throw some cops at it.”

    MisuseCase , to Random stuff
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    Had someone on here try to convince me that the student protests for Palestine were bad because they distract from income inequality, I guess after reading my bio.

    If you think protesting rampant militarism and the dehumanization and brutalization of any group of people takes something away from poverty abolitionism, you don’t understand what poverty abolition is about.

    bifouba , to palestine group
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    The Israeli leadership is making the inhumanely cynical argument that pictures of children playing at the beach in Gaza somehow prove that there can be neither atrocities nor famine happening.

    The absurdity of this claim is illustrated by a picture of »Children playing in the Lodz ghetto 1941«: https://www.yadvashem.org/articles/general/the-legend-of-the-lodz-ghetto-children.html

    Note this picture is not part of the propaganda material the Nazis produced to demonstrate that life in the ghettos was all dandy, but has been vetted and published by the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Center Yad Vashem as part of their article about the harsh daily life of children in the ghetto.

    If anyone wants to respond with knee-jerk accusations of “Holocaust inversion", the joke's on you: the argument »If even during the Holocaust children were playing, then why wouldn't they play in Gaza despite everything« gets STRONGER, the MORE you think the Holocaust was incomparably worse…

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    @kiki_mwai_mwai @bifouba @palestine You’re tululu trululu delulu

    TheConversationUS , (edited ) to Privacy
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    Forcing a Chinese company to sell TikTok won’t solve the biggest problem with : the fact that so people get their “” from platforms that are designed to hijack attention for commercial gain, not to deliver reliable information.

    If China wants information on Americans, it can buy data from companies since there are no effective laws.

    And American-owned Facebook and X have shown themselves to be as bad or worse as TikTok at spreading .

    https://theconversation.com/tiktok-fears-point-to-larger-problem-poor-media-literacy-in-the-social-media-age-226667

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    @TheConversationUS An American company buying it just means Americans get to do what they have accused China of doing with TikTok, and/or worse.

    oatmeal , to israel group
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    / Sanctioned on an Israeli military unit “Netzah Yehuda”

    and respond to criticism about ignoring human rights violations by Israel by picking low-hanging fruit, while sending more aid to Israel and ignoring the continued massacre in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

    is reporting that the U.S. is expected to impose sanctions on "Netzah Yehuda" battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank. This would be the first time the U.S. has sanctioned an Israeli military unit.

    The battalion was formed as a special unit for ultra-Orthodox soldiers, but over time became a destination for radical right-wing settlers who were not accepted into other IDF combat units.

    One incident that led to the sanctions was the death of 80-year-old Palestinian American Omar Assad, who was arrested, handcuffed, and left in the cold by Netzah Yehuda soldiers, and was later found dead.

    https://www.axios.com/2024/04/20/us-israel-sanctions-idf-west-bank

    See also:

    State Department has failed to act on internal reports of human rights abuses by Israeli military and police units, despite recommendations from a special panel to deny funding to these units https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/112294455860672263

    DAWN. “Israel: Netzah Yehudah Battalion Carries Out War Crimes In the West Bank, Including the Killing of Palestinian-American Omar Assad.” DAWN, 29 Nov. 2022, https://dawnmena.org/culprit-netzah-yehuda-battalion/.

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    @oatmeal @Bwasscher @israel @palestine I’ve been hearing that these sanctions are a slap on the wrist that won’t do anything but boy, Israel’s government seems worried about them.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    👏🏻

    Via Olivia Beavers:

    : aid pass 311-112

    MisuseCase ,
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    @GottaLaff Unfortunately they passed a fast-tracked version of that TikTok ban bill too.

    (Don’t mansplain to me how it’s not really a ban. I know what it is.)

    w7voa , to Random stuff
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    US Treasury OFAC imposes West Bank-related sanctions. https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240419

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    @w7voa How much of this money came from Christian fundamentalists? They fund a lot of West Bank settler activity.

    oatmeal , to israel group
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    / Biden Weighs More Than $1 Billion in New Arms for Israel

    At this juncture, the International Court of Justice () should probably hold both the United States and Israel accountable for their actions in Gaza, which may amount to ....

    The Biden administration is considering over $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel, including tank ammunition, military vehicles, and mortar rounds. The proposed weapons transfers would be one of the largest to Israel since its invasion of Gaza that resulted in the deaths of more than 30,000 Gazans, at least. These deals would be in addition to the military aid currently under consideration by Congress.

    Youssef, Jared Malsin and Nancy A. "Biden Weighs More Than $1 Billion in New Arms for Israel" WSJ, 19 Apr. 2024, https://www.wsj.com/world/biden-weighs-more-than-1-billion-in-new-arms-for-israel-8b8607e4 or https://archive.ph/lCZCy.

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    MisuseCase ,
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    @oatmeal @israel @palestine At this point he should not be sending more arms to Israel if only because they may start a war with Iran using our stuff.

    mike , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    So far it appears the Israeli attack on Iran did not include an attack on nuclear facilities. CNN is reporting that Iranian state run media is currently playing it down and saying there have been "no disruptions". Meanwhile, people on X like Matt Wallace with 1.7M followers are posting that the attack was massive and showing fake images that include mushroom clouds.

    MisuseCase ,
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    @mike @Compassionatecrab Ahahaha so Israel wanted to hit back a bit for ego’s sake but not enough to draw a big reprisal, since the U.S. will not back them up and get dog-wagged into a war.

    briankrebs , to Random stuff
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    People worry about what their kids are doing online. They should probably be more worried about what their elderly parents are doing online.

    Seriously. When was the last time you heard someone suggested installing (legal) spyware (with consent) on your parents' computer, or adding your number to receive SMS when they make a purchase or send money?

    Maybe people already do this. But I never hear anyone talk about it. Let's talk about it.

    MisuseCase ,
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    @briankrebs I like Steve Gibson’s rule of thumb which is good for both young and old: “If you weren’t expecting it and didn’t go looking for it, don’t click on it or give it your information.”

    This doesn’t quite cover everything as even a lot of “legit” stuff will abuse your trust but it helps a lot.

    w7voa , to Random stuff
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    Reporters say sirens are sounding in Jerusalem and other parts of Israel. The sound of explosions, believed to be from incoming Iranian drones being intercepted by Israeli air defenses, also heard in the Jerusalem area.

    MisuseCase ,
    @MisuseCase@twit.social avatar

    @w7voa I have an Israeli friend on Discord who sent a video with the sounds of explosions in the background.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
    @GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — ’s state-run IRNA news agency says Tehran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside .

    MisuseCase ,
    @MisuseCase@twit.social avatar

    @GottaLaff After they sent drones and fighter jets are already scrambled that can shoot down the missiles, very polite of them.

    w7voa , to Random stuff
    @w7voa@journa.host avatar

    “Iran has begun an airborne attack against Israel.” - White House NSC

    MisuseCase ,
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    @w7voa Iran was courteous enough to give plenty of warning ahead of time and use something relatively slow, I think they want to show they are serious but also want us to de-escalate.

    Netanyahu is the one who wants an all-out war because butchering Palestinians isn’t working out well. We should regime change him, he’s too dangerous.

    oatmeal , to israel group
    @oatmeal@kolektiva.social avatar

    / Save the Hostages, Save Israel (Haaretz Editorial)

    Haaretz's editorial raises serious questions about the breakdown in the chain of command within the Israeli defense establishment, suggesting that the decision to carry out the assassination of some of the children and grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, may have been made without the knowledge or approval of senior political and military leaders. This points to a concerning pattern of reckless decisions, from bombing a university to employing tactics that jeopardize the lives of hostages, that have only served to complicate and prolong the crisis.

    [...] The public has no real way of knowing whether the defense establishment failed to inform the government and obtain its approval before the attack; whether it's true that not even the head of Southern Command, much less the military chief of staff, were informed of the attack in advance; or whether the person who approved the attack was the commander of Southern Command's targeting center, an officer with the rank of colonel. Trust in the system is so low that it's hard to accept the explanations that were given without a dose of skepticism.

    [...] If the public doesn't turn out en masse to demand that the people responsible for the rolling disaster they have brought down on Israel vacate their offices and give someone else a chance to salvage the situation, the country's future will be at risk, and so will the hostages' lives.

    Haaretz Editorial. "Save the hostages, save Israel." Haaretz, 12 Apr. 2024, www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2024-04-12/ty-article-opinion/save-the-hostages-save-israel/0000018e-cece-dc93-adce-eefe21c60000 or https://archive.ph/hFOyV.

    @israel
    @palestine

    MisuseCase ,
    @MisuseCase@twit.social avatar

    @oatmeal @israel @palestine The murder of the WCK volunteers was like this too, with the officer who ordered the air strikes apparently going rogue. Apparently.

    snikket_im , to Android
    @snikket_im@fosstodon.org avatar

    Just a heads-up that has been pulled by from the store. We'll work on restoring it once we figure out their (as usual) nonsensical complaints. Apologies to everyone affected. Please look at and free yourself.

    Today's excuse for delisting yet another app?

    "Your app is uploading users' Image information without posting a privacy policy link or text within the Play Distributed App."

    Funny. What's this then?? 👀

    MisuseCase ,
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    @lewiscowles1986 @TeflonTrout @snikket_im Someone should tell them that tailoring security controls, even policy controls, is a legit thing.

    I should know I have been working in security policy and compliance for 15+ years.

    argumento , to palestine group Spanish
    @argumento@hispagatos.space avatar

    Netanyahu is the symptom, not the disease.

    The disease is the system that elected him twice to Prime Minister.

    The disease is the society that approves of the slaughter in .

    The disease is an apartheid State that has fostered a racist society that doesn't think of Palestinians as human beings.

    The disease is the USA funding all of this because they care more about their interests (Israel is an unsinkable aircraft carrier) than about human life or the rule of law.

    @palestine

    MisuseCase ,
    @MisuseCase@twit.social avatar

    @somekindahate3 @argumento @faab64 @palestine @journalismandcomment You seem like you are trying to help someone fill some kind of Bingo card.

    MisuseCase ,
    @MisuseCase@twit.social avatar

    @somekindahate3 @argumento @faab64 @palestine @journalismandcomment Did I ever excuse what Israel is doing? Nope. Would I ever do that? Hell nope.

    Did you just tick off another Bingo box or two? Yep.

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