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Ex/Twitter info unreliable

vendredi 13 octobre 2023 à 16:05

Ex/Twitter's coverage of the conflict in Gaza is so full of lies and deepfakes that it is hard to find anything that is truth.

I urge people to stop reading Ex/Twitter — to avoid wasting their time, as a protest against what the Musk-rat is doing, and to reject the nonfree app that Ex/Twitter says you have to use.

I tried recently to look at a specific tweet using Nitter, and it did eventually work after a substantial delay.

Gaza under full siege

vendredi 13 octobre 2023 à 16:05

HAMAS carried out a massive terrorist attack on Israeli civilians in areas neighboring Gaza, killing at least 1000. It also took over 100 hostages.

In revenge, Israel bombed residential neighborhoods of Gaza. It has not finished yet, and I expect it will kill many thousands of Gazan civilians. The report I've seen is that at least 830 in Gaza have been killed by shelling which has hit a school a well as hospitals and homes.

In the past, Israel has always offered some sort of excuses after killing unarmed Palestinian civilians, individually or massively. But the excuses are often strained. Israel's attacks have hit press offices and medical clinics, as well as residences too. Israeli snipers have shot medics attending protests.

I can't conclude that Israel's attacks on Gaza are really other than larger terrorist attacks.

Meanwhile, Israel has put Gaza under total siege, keeping out food and medicine even as the hospitals are overwhelmed.

I expect that Netanyahu will use this to force through the final blow against judicial independence in Israel.

Top student lowered for dancing, La.

vendredi 13 octobre 2023 à 16:05

The principal of a public school in Louisiana punished a student for dancing at a party. The punishment was grave — it could hurt per academic future.

The principal admitted he was trying to impose his religion the student. That is prima facie unjust, and unconstitutional to boot.

The fact that students paid for the party venue is a side issue, because such imposition of religion would have been unjust even if they had been dancing in the public school.

Caste-based discrimination, Ca.

vendredi 13 octobre 2023 à 16:05

Governor Newsom vetoed the California bill to prohibit discrimination based on caste. He claimed that such discrimination was already prohibited by California law, but a recent court decision found otherwise.

Delete Act on data brokers, Ca.

vendredi 13 octobre 2023 à 16:05

California passed a law requiring all data brokers to participate in a state "delete all my data" program. The bill makes some exceptions (not listed in the article). If you can tell me the specifics, I would appreciate it.

Also, I am not sure if it covers data brokers that keep data on Californians but are not "in" California. If it does not cover them, I tend to think it won't make a big difference.

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