Daniel Ryan

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[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@elonmusk Inequality is the source of fuel.
Misinformation is the catalyst.
Outrageous celebrity endorsement provides the flow of oxygen.
Is the spark the only element to blame for the inferno?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@GRRMspeaking the clock is literally ticking big lad, any word on Winds of winter before the bombs start dropping?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@Expedia does anyone actually monitor your customer service email? was in contact with your chat team on 3 separate occasions between 30th dec and 13th jan, directed me to open an email thread for case 06494748. was told there would be a response in 72 hours. Nil, nada. shambles

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AdmiralUK
16 Emails, over 24 uploads to the platform, 7 phone calls, and still we are sitting at 50% status, with information still under review.
Is this normal? is this the game of travel insurance claims? Is this war of attrition how you treat all your customers?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AdmiralUK (2of2)2nd jan new email from validations requesting the same info, then quoting sec 11 of fine print to highlight importance of timely responses...is this circus act designed in the hope that claimants will simply give up due to the level of nonsense and duplication?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AdmiralUK (1of2) travel insurance claim submitted with full invoice and evidence backup via your online platform 6th Dec. 15th dec generic email from validation team to provide evidence (identical as already provided) respond to that to clarify why they need duplication?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@Independent_ie I cannot support expulsion in this case. Perhaps alternative arrangements could be made to facilitate a 'teaching moment'. Restrict her movement for her own safety, then turn off heat, power and supplies for a few days

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Israeli Intelligence Suddenly Knows Exactly Where Hamas Is

It’s interesting how last week Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to, and yet this week they know every mosque, school and hospital that Hamas is hiding in.

When you live under an empire of lies you’ll be asked to believe a lot of very stupid things. The dumbest thing we’re being asked to believe this week is that Israel’s intelligence services are simultaneously so incompetent that Saturday’s Hamas attack took them completely by surprise, but also so competent that all the buildings they’re destroying with their relentless bombing campaign on Gaza are directed solely at Hamas.

The phrase “Hamas targets” has been all over the news media the last few days in reference to the ongoing attacks on Gaza, which have as of this writing killed over 1,500 Palestinians, a third of them children.

“Israel conducts large-scale strikes on Hamas targets,” reads a CNN headline.

“Israel conducts ‘large-scale strike’ on Hamas targets,” reads the title of a segment for ABC News.

“Israel says it dropped 6,000 bombs so far against Hamas targets,” reads a report by The Washington Post.

Gosh, Israel must have really great visibility into Gaza to know that each of those 6,000 bombs was aimed “Hamas targets” and not just civilian buildings.

Where was this 20/20 vision when Hamas was preparing for an attack using motorized paragliders, drones and motorboats in an enclosed strip of land the size of Philadelphia? How did Israeli intelligence fail to detect preparations for this attack even after Egyptian intelligence warned them that it was coming? How did they fail so spectacularly that even Hamas was reportedly surprised by the scale of their operation’s success? Is it really reasonable to believe they were blind as moles to Hamas activity last week but have the eye of the eagle this week?

President Biden made some noises on Wednesday about how important it is that Israel “operate by the rules of war”, which sounded like empty cover-your-ass narrative fluff even before we heard US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan dismiss any notion of “red lines” that Israel must not cross in Gaza.

Not even mainstream empire apologists are buying it. Politico’s Andrew Ward, in an article sponsored by Lockheed Martin in which he writes that “Israel’s ferocious counterattack is easy to understand” given the severity of the Hamas attack, writes that “The Biden administration wants Israel to abide by the laws of war as it responds to Hamas’ barbaric attack, but Jerusalem doesn’t appear to be listening.”

“A flood of reports challenges Israel’s claims that it’s exercising caution,” Ward writes. “Mosques, hospitals and schools have been hit with airstrikes, as have healthcare facilities and ambulances.”

“Gazans, many of whom don’t support Hamas or its tactics, have nowhere to flee as the strip is under siege,” ads Ward. “Shrapnel has flown into seven hospitals and 10 U.N. emergency shelters. The situation has gotten so bad that the Red Cross said hospitals, already low on electricity, water and supplies, risk turning into morgues.”

Of course Israel isn’t abiding by the rules of war. They’re not even pretending to. Human Rights Watch has just issued a statement decrying Israel’s “unlawfully indiscriminate” use of white phosphorus in Gaza and in Lebanon, and an Israeli security official told the Israeli press that the IDF’s plan is to turn Gaza into “a city of tents” with “no buildings”.

This is all publicly available information, yet the western press has the gall to use the phrase “Hamas targets” when describing Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza? I’m sorry, but that’s demented. The only reason to do something like that would be to administer propaganda.

The claim that Israel is targeting Hamas when it destroys buildings in Gaza is further undermined by the fact that Hamas would be taking shelter underground during this bombing campaign. As journalist Sharmine Narwani explained on Twitter, “Hamas cadres live underground in Gaza, which they have learned to do after countless Israeli bombing campaigns. The ONLY people being massacred in Gaza by Israeli terror planes right now are Palestinian civilians and Israeli POWs.”

In reality, both the claims that Israeli intelligence was taken by surprise by the Hamas attack and that Israel is solely targeting Hamas with its Gaza strikes are highly suspect and worthy of intense scrutiny. Israel has never been averse to killing Palestinian civilians, and there’s no reason to feel confident Israeli intelligence didn’t let the attack through in order to justify longstanding agendas like the elimination of Gaza as a Palestinian territory. Both claims can be false, but from where I’m sitting it looks highly unlikely that they’re both true.

If you want to support Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza then go ahead, and if you want to uncritically accept the official narrative about Saturday’s attack then you do you. But don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

Great fun chatting to @BizBevPod about the exciting blend of people and creativity we are putting together to mix up the world of tea (all puns intended)

[Business of Beverages Podcast @BizBevPod]

🚨@DanRyansthought on why @Unilever is creating "the world's largest beverage start up" & how the #tea category can go from zero to hero.🫖
🏝️+ David Orren from @GabaLabs explains how they are creating the ultimate replacement for ethanol
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[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@JoeBrolly1993 Was he actually an official delegate for the @QUBelfast Peace Treaty Initiive? A man with whom every fiber of his being has fought against progress and reconciliation?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@JamieBrysonCPNI @chhcalling when you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@JamieBrysonCPNI NI not having access to the European single market is incompatible with Economic prosperity. Surely we can agree that the prospect of better opportunities for our kids and grandkids than we ever had has merit?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@banglaman @AirCanada I'm sorry to hear that, must be particularly frustrating on a domestic flight. Do you mind me asking how long they took to provide incident response number?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AirCanada reported luggage missing 24 hours ago at the airport in Cancun. Was told we would receive an 'incident' response within 2-3 hours to enable us to track. No update and your website allows no further progress without this number. Have tried your tel number but no answer

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AirCanada So I'll ask again. when do or how do i get mu incident report number?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@JoeBrolly1993 This is amazing to see...but we need to lean in harder and break a few long held traditions...its time to mix the school's.

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AirCanada your phone number goes straight to a recorded message and your webtracer does not work unless i have an incidence report number...

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AmazonHelp I spent over two hours relating details ans sharing photos with your customer service team. then another two cleaning up my street in sub zero conditions in the dark. I have no further energy for dealing with this nonsense

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@amazon 'Parcel was handed to resident'
Was it really? or was it tossed over a fence hoping for the best?

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AmazonHelp almost two hours of my life wasted before the chat was severed / cancelled. I am no further forward. Woeful

[Daniel Ryan @DanRyansthought]

@AmazonHelp have you looked at the photo? the order is spread all over my front street... I'd say thats fairly self explanatory?