@piporganic@StarbucksUK your paper straw is the worst design idea I have ever seen. My 2 year old loves the juice, I just wish there was a way to get him to drink it. Have you actually tested this useless straw?
@mehdirhasan Every Sudanese person probably heard the word Intifada for the first time in reference to the largely peaceful popular uprising of April 1985. A period of demonstrations and public sector strikes that led to toppling the then president Gaafar Nemeiri.
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Just fascinating how many AI "ethics" and "safety" folks have been utterly silent on this bombshell and are continuing to discuss AI risks that seemingly only benefit the powers they're desperate to be adjacent to 👍🏼
Dresden really was one of the inexcusable acts of Bomber Command. The Soviet Army was on the outskirts; the city was packed with refugees & there weren’t any real military targets. Shapps needs to learn some history. Firebombing civilians is illegal for very good reasons.
4\ I spent years advocating for peace & openly criticising Hamas in @jdforward & @haaretzcom!
I spent years condemning violence & the killing of civilians & trying to build bridges across borders!
None of that stopped Israel from dropping a precision guided missile on my home!
For anyone who doesn’t understand why Palestinians have every reason to fear they are now facing permanent expulsion:
Here is a thread with quotes from the Israeli defense establishment this month. No comment. Just direct quotes.
Here’s the first one.
Rising antisemitism since 10/7 is very real and alarming. We want to be clear: holding Jews around the world responsible for Israel’s actions is antisemitic and should be condemned outright. All people deserve to feel safe wherever they live. 1/7
Children account for 2 out of every 5 civilian deaths in Gaza, surpassing the total number killed across all the world’s conflict zones in any year since 2019, said Save the Children. Families are mourning what feels like the loss of an entire generation. https://t.co/Fh8ofosViS
The UN says as many as 120 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since Hamas' attack in Israel.
@mattfrei speaks to Palestinian families choosing to ignore the threats and intimidation of Israeli settlers, and those being forced from their homes.
How can calling for a ceasefire be controversial? It’s literally asking people killing civilians to stop. You can ignore the calls, disagree with them or try to explain why the killing ‘must’ continue, but trying to silence calls to end this carnage goes against all our values.
I am a Jew. I am anti-Zionist. Yesterday I was told that I should tone down my language when calling the destruction of Gaza genocidal because it makes people uncomfortable. But all the dead, bombed, starving, wounded, displaced, maimed Palestinians don't. Help me understand.
I'm saying it again as a Palestinian.
If you see antisemitism you need to *shut it down*.
If someone takes a stage to spout something antisemitic *pull them down from the stage*.
Do not tolerate antisemitism. It's poison.
You do not support Palestine by being racist against Jews.
My beloved father, my brothers, my sisters, their entire children have just ascended to heaven. Israel targeted our home leaving around 30 of my family killed. No injuries.
The use of this argument by @IDF to cover up particularly deadly strikes, then admitting responsibility later, has already occurred many times in the past. Ex :
Israeli Strike Killed 5 Gaza Children, Officials Admit, After Initially Blaming Islamic Jihad
https://t.co/3o9rZBvllv
Every village & town we passed thru people would come out with their kerkade (hibiscus) juice and cold water for the “Khartoum travellers”. Humbling experience cause they don’t have much but were offering plenty.
Why would I leave this?