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exador23

@exador23@m.ai6yr.org

esoteric thinker, egg chair philosopher, permaculture advocate, pattern literate human being. The clock is ticking for all life on this planet. we need change. landscape designer.

Fair Warning: Very little of my descriptive content will have CWs. I will put sensitive media blocks on any photos or vids though.

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exador23, to Belgium
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Reports that a TV channel interrupted with a message about Israel’s genocide and repression of the free press.

“This is a union action. We condemn the human rights violations committed by Israel. Additionally, Israel is destroying press freedom. That is why we are pausing the broadcast for a moment. "

action

exador23, to Canada
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BC Wildfire Service: Under current & forecasted conditions, fire activity is expected to increase across northeast BC. A dry cold front is expected to cross the Fort Nelson zone mid-afternoon Friday. Wind gusts may exceed 70kph & shift direction rapidly.

These conditions are likely to contribute to continued new growth on holdover fires from the 2023 season, resulting in visible smoke from Fort Nelson and along the Alaska Hwy and Hwy77 corridors. https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/fire-activity-expected-to-increase-in-northeastern-bc/

exador23, to random
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Recap of the day's events in #Gaza from AlJazeera.

It's pretty clear that the invasion of #Rafah has begun. Biden's "red line" was scribed with invisible ink.

ai6yr, to random
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Ooooh, Ahhh.... 3664
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html #sunspots

exador23,
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@ai6yr

Sol should maybe visit a dermatologist. That doesn't look healthy.

exador23, to random
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The savagery and violence of some Israeli citizens needs to be reigned in. Maybe if their police forces weren't busy assaulting families of the hostages protesting for a ceasefire to bring their relatives home, they could bring some rule of law to their citizenry.

Without strong action by the Israeli government, we should consider them a failed pariah state, not 'the only democracy in the mideast'

Philippe Lazzarini is the Commissioner-General of
#UNRWA

Over the past months, UN staff have regularly been subjected to harassment and intimidation. Our compound has been seriously vandalized and damaged. On several occasions, Israeli extremists threatened our staff with guns. It is the responsibility of the State of Israel as an occupying power to ensure that United Nations personnel and facilities are protected at all times. UN staff, premises and operations should be protected at all times in line with international law. I call on all those who have influence to put an end to these attacks and hold all those responsible accountable. The perpetrators of these attacks must be investigated and those responsible must be held accountable. Anything less will set a new dangerous standard. Photo from video of a building encased in smoke and showing the grass burnt around the perimeter.

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☝︎TLDR: Armed Israeli residents set fire TWICE to the #UNRWA headquarters in East #Jerusalem last night while staff were inside. The mob was chanting "Burn down the #UnitedNations."

Israeli police and fire were slow to respond, forcing the director and staff to try fighting the fire themselves while surrounded by an armed mob - very dangerous.

This is the second attack in a week, and protests by similar angry mobs have been ongoing for 2 months - called by member of the #Jerusalem govt. And staff have faced harassment and intimidation and guns pulled on them.

So the compound is being closed until #Israel can ensure it's protection as required by #InternationalLaw

exador23,
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Once again, I can currently find no western news articles about the attack on UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.

Searches on both Google and DuckDuckGo for "UNRWA attack" and "UNRWA fire" are either non-western sources, or are about the allegations of Hamas affiliated staff. "UNRWA Jerusalem" provided the most relevant results, but again, no western sources show up.

Where are you Reuters? BBC?

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A couple hours later, and "UNRWA Jerusalem" search reveals BBC, The Guardian, and AP have all added stories about the attack on their compound by an armed Israel mob that set fire to it.

Still no Reuters, NYTimes, Wapo, etc showing up via search yet. But at least AP picking it up means a number of local US papers that rely on their content will probably print the news.

What sort of world are we living in, where an attack on a UN facility isn't big and immediate news???

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Important read. It definitely feels like this is more than an small operation. This is a rare report on the current conditions in #Rafah from an American former career military man now the deputy director of UNRWA...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/08/israel-rafah-scott-anderson-unrwa-00156924

What we’re seeing today is an increase in the amount of people that are displacing from Rafah, not just the areas that were given evacuation orders but across Rafah itself. Roads are quite clogged. UNRWA had seven shelters inside the evacuation zone, all emptied. Each one had 5,000-7,000 people. We’ve seen a larger presence from the IDF on the ground. There were strikes today further West into Rafah town proper, well outside of the evacuation zone.

exador23,
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Outside my window, there’s a big tent city area, with plastic makeshift structures. Yesterday I watched a whole bunch of people pack their stuff up & leave, & today I watched a bunch of other people come in & set their tents up. I think they move from East Rafa to West Rafa, and I think they are just trying to stay ahead of what they see as the operation. People who have been displaced multiple times are taking all their belongings with them.

Some are trying to go to Al-Mawasi. It is a crappy place. It’s like trying to set up a city on a beach. There’s no infrastructure, no sewage, no water. None of those things exist & there’s already 450,000 people in that general area. It is crowded.

exador23, to Israel
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Another victory for the student protestors. Trinity College in has announced they will divest from .

https://trinitynews.ie/2024/05/breaking-trinity-to-work-towards-total-divestment-from-israel-in-unprecedented-win-for-bds/

Trinity has agreed to work towards total divestment from Israeli institutions in an unprecedented victory for Trinity Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions ().

Trinity encampment protestors, who have camped in Fellows’ Square for five nights, have unanimously agreed to accept College’s terms on cutting ties.

They have confirmed they will not officially leave the encampment at Fellows’ Square until College issues their own statement.

This statement is expected to be forthcoming this afternoon, meaning the encampment will end this evening.

exador23, to hiking
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High Country News has a nice piece up today about Trail

When is it appropriate to call out bad trail etiquette? https://www.hcn.org/articles/when-is-it-appropriate-to-call-out-bad-trail-etiquette/

“Is this something that just bothers me specifically, or is this something that is a safety concern?”

If it’s something that endangers other people or the environment — throwing rocks off a cliff onto a trail below or building a campfire during a fire ban — Matias suggests reaching out to park officials. But if you’re in a wilderness setting, Mapp suggests acting with empathy & respect, rather than accusation. Start, for example, by learning where the other person is coming from and why they may be acting in a certain way.

ai6yr, to random
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Ended up going to Florida and back for a graduation (with a brief stop at Epcot since we were there).

Epcot when we were kids: A taste of culture! Innovation! Live street performers! Music! Food! THE FUTURE!

Epcot today: Day Drinker's Paradise (with Official "Drinking Around The World" T-Shirts).

🤔

exador23,
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@ai6yr can confirm inre planes. Me and one other traveling companion were the only ones masked either way to Oregon this weekend. Our 3rd decided he didn't need one for some reason. (And I strongly suspect the 2nd wouldn't have worn his if I wasn't there to put mine on first)

At least I didn't notice any weird looks from folks for wearing it. Including in bigger stores in Oregon. But I was still on the left coast. I imagine it would be different in the Trumplandia.

exador23,
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@ai6yr My mom lives in a red state, and she claims she wears her mask into stores (no way to know if she really does, or is just saying that so I don't pester her).

So I'm under the impression that people cut you slack if you look elderly.

exador23, to Columbia
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Freelance Journalist (and labor activist) Talia Jane:

This morning, students at #Columbia University picketed outside the homes of three trustees.

At two of the three locations, random harassers suckerpunched student picketers. At one, a car drove into a student. NYPD arrested the victim.

The attacker is Reuven Kahane, a cousin of Meir Kahane, the late fascist founder of the JDL and the murderous #Kahanist movement in occupied Palestine

Student picketer who was struck by Kahane this morning was detained and is in the hospital, handcuffed to a bed, awaiting x-rays. Early reports of a wrist injury.

but wait... it gets worse...

exador23,
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what is even more disgusting is that there are no news reports of this showing up on search via google or duckduckgo.

Do assholes driving into protestors not even warrant a news article now?

This happened 6 hours ago, and at least 3 people were arrested.

...oh wait. Jalopnik (the car webzine) just posted an article. Not exactly the NYT, but I'll take it. https://jalopnik.com/real-estate-developer-allegedly-drives-car-into-crowd-o-1851462303

ai6yr, to random
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🤔

exador23,
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@ai6yr If you chose a cruise for vacation, an IV definitely might be in your future... but for medical reasons.

exador23, to HipHop
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Mackelmore just released a dope song called "Hind's Hall." back to its resistance roots. proceeds to streaming go to UNRWA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJjWMq5JSs&rco=1

ai6yr, to random
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Interesting, found we have gained 3 swarms of bees into empty hives today. 🐝 #beekeeping

exador23,
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@ai6yr

Your Air Bee & Bee must be quite the buzz on Apoidea Yelp.

exador23, to random
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Biden's comments today were the nail in the coffin on his re-election bid.

Students say Biden risks ‘losing entire generation of voters’ over his Gaza policy & condemnation of college protests. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/2/no-surprise-us-students-slam-bidens-comments-on-gaza-encampments

Biden did not comment on university policies or use of force by police. Nor did he remark on reports that pro-Israel demonstrators attacked demonstrators at the UCLA encampment this week. Instead, he said there is no place on college campuses for “anti-Semitism or threats of violence against Jewish students”

“For Biden to demonise us in this way is honestly incredibly disappointing. It paints a target on the backs of Arab, Muslim, Palestinian, anti-Zionist youth.”

exador23,
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Biden’s approval rating stands at 28 percent among voters under age 30, according to a Pew Research Center survey released last week.

A recent CNN poll also showed that a staggering 81 percent of voters younger than 35 disapprove of Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza.

“The Democrats can’t really afford to give people more reasons to vote against Biden, and this actually becomes one,” Omar Wasow, assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, told Al Jazeera.

Biden's overall favorability stands at 38.7%. Clinton's in 2016 was 42%, and we know how that worked out. And she didn't have a youth problem, an arab problem, and a genocide problem

exador23, to random
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ACLED* has their latest brief on the Gaza/Israel protests out. https://acleddata.com/2024/05/02/pro-palestine-us-student-protests-nearly-triple-in-april-acled-brief/

While some notable violent clashes have recently taken place, ... the overwhelming majority — 99% — have remained peaceful.

Demonstrations involving students make up roughly one-third of all US demonstrations related to the conflict since it reignited in October 2023.

Police intervention against conflict-related student demonstrations more than quadrupled in April... in cases where student demonstrators have gathered unopposed, police have intervened against pro-Palestine demonstrations more than four times as often as pro-Israel demonstrations.

*The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project

exador23, to random
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One of the neighbors with a huge truck that has never seen a load in the bed has it (and his other 3 cars) detailed every friggin week.

The detailer runs a generator and a compressor and a pressure washer - all obnoxiously loud for hours at a time. Then uses a god damned leaf blower to dry it. FFS. Just use a towel. Jeeze.

And this is CA. No need to wash your cars this often. Waste of time, money, water, and fossil fuels

exador23,
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@ai6yr Those I take up to the land to use as firewood in the cabins or in our non-ceremony Lebanese* fireplace.

*Built for us by a community member who grew up in Lebanon during the 80s when the US was bombing the shit out of them. It's the center of an old washing machine tumbler fitted with a lid that can be put on to tame it. all the homeless refugees would sit around them for warmth at night and would quickly throw the lid on when they heard the US airplanes so they wouldn't be a target.

exador23, to random
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Frustrated with DuckDuckGo. I need solid news searches.

When I read about something newsworthy, I like to read several articles on it. i.e. Saudi Arabia is arresting people for anti-Israel social media posts.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=saudi+arabia+crackdown+anti-israeli

Plenty of articles, except every single one of them when read references a Bloomberg report. But that report isn't in the search results, and of the derivative articles I've read, none of them link back to the source.

exador23,
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@Sherifazuhur

  1. I provided a non-paywall version of the article.

  2. It is a well-reported story. The veracity is sound with a multitude of sources including:

"...a significant increase in prisoners at the maximum-security facility over the past six months. This was corroborated by several diplomats in the Saudi capital and human-rights organizations, who said they have been tracking a spike in social media-related arrests since Oct. 7."

Seeing people posting negative things, and Saudis stepping up arrests of people saying negative things are not mutually exclusive truths.

exador23,
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@Sherifazuhur again, those are not mutually exclusive truths.

Disputing that is like saying it's impossible that US universities are cracking down on pro-Palestine student protests, because there are 100s of such protests happening right now.
The continued prevalence of protests does not mean that the crackdowns aren't real.

I hear and believe your lived experience.

I also believe the "Riyadh-based diplomats and human rights groups" who have seen a "recent spate of arrests" and that those arrests are "motivated by security concerns specifically linked to the deadly Oct. 7 invasion of Israel by Hamas and its aftermath."

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