halfempty

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[–] halfempty@kbin.social 51 points 1 year ago

NYT should simply walk away from Xwitter. NPR did so with no apparent loss of viewership.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

After hearing earlier in the week that Israel was demanding the evacuation of all hospitals in Northern Gaza, it was clear that this hospital was bombed as promised. Claims that Hamas did it are clearly diversionary propaganda.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article has an embedded side-note indicating that the measure is unlikely to pass.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

It all really comes down to how Saudi Arabia positions itself regarding the Palestinians.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meanwhile bodies are piling up on the streets in Gaza with nobody to count them.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I suspect the whole thing is not about the points your raised, but about how you said it, and treated others in the group during the dialog.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Acts of authoritarian control always claim to be done "for the children". They don't care about children, they want control.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also seeing this on Firefox with latest Ublock and newest ruleset. So far, I just accept then reload without actually changing anything and it works... For now.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

When an organization caves in to a small vocal group of bigots...

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

It certainly puts a chilling effect on the right to protest when police interrogate individuals on site, demanding papers. It is certainly plausible that these names collected would be used for future persecution by the authorities.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

So the question comes down to, "who will RFKJr pull more votes from, the Republicans or the Democrats"?

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An interim speaker is relatively powerless on all matters except getting a new speaker in place.

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