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- Israeli forces have bombed a tent camp housing displaced people in a designated safe zone in Rafah, killing 45 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The attack has triggered an international outcry, leading to calls for a ceasefire.
- The attack on the camp in Tal as-Sultan came after Israeli forces bombed shelters housing displaced Palestinians in other areas including Jabalia, Nuseirat and Gaza City, killing at least 160 others, according to Palestinian officials.
- The lack of support for RSS means I can’t read blogs so I still need a reader app.
Lots of ads in articles and the magazine grid view of the articles- The display of articles is littered with Apple+ articles I don’t pay for and don’t want to see
The display of articles shows placeholders for articles from publishers I’ve hidden- There is an option for Apple News in the settings app to “Restrict Stories” which will hide stories from sources you do not follow.This fixes the problem the blank placeholders I mentioned.
- It’s possible to use an app like NextDNS to block Apple’s ads in the news app: 1. Download app 2. Create account at NextDNS 3. Add these domains to the deny list of your configuration (you set this up on their website) news.iadsdk.apple.com, iadcontent.apple.com, iadsdk.apple.com 3. Open app and enable it.
There is no red line for Biden.
Mehdi Hasan on the lack of condemnation of Israel’s deadly airstrikes in Rafah.
We live in a world where non-existent images of imaginary beheaded Israeli children can help launch a genocidal war, but actual images of real-life beheaded Palestinian children don’t force the entire world to bring an immediate halt to that war.
A decapitated toddler, a massacre of Palestinians in tents, and a complete rejection of an order from the top U.N. court demanding Israel halt its operations in Rafah – none of it led to the U.S. saying much at all.
Thousands in the streets of London rally for Gaza - YouTube
“I don’t understand how everyone isn’t here right now in the streets demanding that this ends.” Thousands of Londoners took part in Tuesday’s protest to voice their condemnation of Israel’s war on Gaza and the complicity of western countries following two deadly Israeli strikes on camps for displaced Palestinians in and near Rafah. A Palestinian official said an Israeli strike on a camp west of Rafah killed at least 21 people after a similar strike on Sunday killed 45, sparking global outrage.
Biden has no red line. He is a war criminal. The ICC should issue an arrest warrant for him. Now. There should be no special privilege for him.
Two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to immediately stop its assault on Rafah, Israeli warplanes began to drop bombs on refugee tent camps in what had previously been declared a “safe zone.” At least 45 people, including children and infants, were killed in the bombing.
As Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara highlights, Netanyahu’s deflection and Biden’s complicity in Israel’s invasion of Rafah present a stark contrast to the humanitarian principles they claim to uphold. He emphasizes that if the United States were in Gaza’s position, the nation would be mourning the death of 2 million American children after eight months of relentless warfare.
The iPad is the touch first computer for the rest of us
Well, now, this is an interesting iPad headline and different from most that I've seen: Why Reviewers Lament iPadOS While Users Absolutely Love It | PetaPixel. Jeremy Gray at PetaPixel writes:
In the days and weeks after the launch of the new iPad Pro from Apple, I noticed quite a bit of discourse responding to critical reception of the tablet that boils down to this: If iPadOS is so bad, why are so many creators using nothing else?
Hmm. I'm familiar with the reviewer opinion that iPadOS is too simple, too locked down. I'm not sure I've seen reviewers ask why so many creators are using iPads.
Fast forwarding to oblivion.
In 2008, the late American climate scientist Wally Broecker warned of the global repercussions of polar ice loss. Today, his predictions echo louder than ever as Greenland ice haemorrhages at an alarming rate, threatening rapid sea-level rise. Over the past 15 years, the Arctic Circle region has been heating up at four times the global average; it’s now more than 3C above levels in the 1980s. In 2023, we witnessed a staggering loss of Antarctic Sea ice.
Seems appropriate to post this again.
MACKLEMORE - HIND’S HALL - YouTube
All proceeds to UNRWA USA. Donate Here: https://www.unrwausa.org/ HIND’S HALL
Because allowing humanitarian aid is counterproductive to their genocide Israel continues its efforts to destroy UNRWA.
Israel’s parliament has voted to approve a bill that would designate the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees as a terrorist organisation. The bill also calls for a complete severing of ties from UNRWA. Israel previously said UNRWA employees took part in the October 7 attacks, but an independent review concluded there’s no evidence to back the claim.
While Americans enjoy our long holiday weekend our government is burning Palestinian children in tents and generally committing war crime and genocide.
Well done America. Well done.
Palestinians search charred remains of Rafah tent camp
Emergency crews in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah have worked through the night to recover the remains of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike… Many of the dead and injured are women and children. The Palestinian Red Crescent says people were ‘burned alive’ in their tents. The injured are being treated in overwhelmed and under-equipped hospitals.
FUCK YOU JOE BIDEN.
Israel’s war on Gaza live news: ‘People burned alive’ in attack on Rafah | Al Jazeera
As reported by The Forward, the background story of Theodor Meron one of eight legal and academic experts convened in January by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan in the investigation of possible crimes by Israel and Hamas.
By the age of 14, he had survived the Holocaust; by 44, he was an Israeli diplomat; now, at the age of 94, Theodor Meron recommended the International Criminal Court seek arrest warrants of Israeli and Hamas leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A serious, qualified person who has served the US, Israel and the international community his entire life.
In violation of international law Israel will continue the war and the US will continue to support Israel. Both believe they are above the law.
ICJ rules Israel must stop Rafah operation, what’s next? | Al Jazeera
The court was not convinced that Israel had taken sufficient measures to protect civilian life and voted – 13 judges to two – that Israel must take effective measures to enable any UN-backed commission of inquiry to enter Gaza and probe genocide allegations.
The court also reaffirmed its previous January 26 ruling that Israel must scale up aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
An excellent interview with anarchist and historian Sophie Scott-Brown. A brief but informative exploration of anarchism, direct democracy and the politics of right-wing populism.
The US and Israel continue war cimes, ordered to stop by ICJ.
ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in new ruling
Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, reports Reuters.
Reading out a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court, the body’s president Nawaf Salam said provisional measures ordered by the court in March did not fully address the situation in Gaza now, and conditions had been met for a new emergency order.
“Israel must immediately halt its military offensive” in Rafah, he said.
Biden Should Oppose US Sanctions on ICC | Human Rights Watch
US President Joe Biden should oppose threats and calls for punitive actions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), 121 human rights and civil society groups said today in a letter to President Biden.
On May 20, 2024, the court’s prosecutor announced that he was seeking arrest warrants for three leaders of Hamas and two senior Israeli officials. Some members of the US Congress have threatened to retaliate against the ICC, including by imposing sanctions against court officers, if the court moves forward with arrest warrants against Israeli officials in its Palestine investigation.
Related reading: Carl Sagan’s The Demon Haunted World
The Death of Critical Thinking Will Kill Us Long Before AI. | by Joan Westenberg | Medium
We have witnessed a multi-generational decline in reading comprehension. We read less, retain less of what we read, and struggle to engage in critical analysis. And if this trend continues, we risk undermining the very foundations of our society.
Semafor recently posted a story suggesting that Apple News is proving to be a significan source of income for some publishers. It’s a default app on Apple devices so I’m not too surpsised that it is popular. Tech enthusiasts tend to use RSS readers and I don’t hear much said about Apple’s News app.
Like many digital publishers, The Daily Beast was struggling at the end of 2023. Facebook, long a primary driver of clicks to the publication, had turned away from news. Search traffic had become increasingly erratic, as Google adjusted its algorithm to combat a flood of AI-powered junk.
But it had a new lifeline: Apple.
I really like the magazine grid style of the visual design of the News app. It’s very well done! The display of articles is also well done. And when you follow a publisher you can tap into their publication for a very nice display of their specific articles.
There are four two downsides:
That’s a poor experience. For non-tech folk who don’t want to bother with RSS it’s an easy option. But for anyone that’s used an RSS reader it’s a downgrade from an an ad-free experience that allows for easier sharing and more customization.
Corrections! It’s possible to resolve two of the above mentioned downsides:
Due to intense heat and drought in Mexico howler monkeys are falling dead from trees - ABC News
“They were falling out of the trees like apples,” Pozo said. “They were in a state of severe dehydration, and they died within a matter of minutes.”
Pozo attributes the deaths to a “synergy” of factors, including high heat, drought, forest fires and logging that deprives the monkeys of water, shade and the fruit they eat…
Damnnnnnn.
Video posted by Nando161 on Mastodon, Original source: Aamer Rahman culture war standup comedy mix tape
“Everything in Palestine is what happened, and what’s going to happen - it’s the past and the future at the same time…”
The US, as always, blocks progress and justice while the world moves towards a better future. The US is not a positive force in the world:
Norway, Spain and Ireland will soon be added to the UN document A/78/846 that contains all UN members that formally recognise the State of Palestine. ATM the document is also missing Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas, since the last update was 2020-04-09 and their letters arrived after that date. After the next update the list will have 146 entries of the 193 member states.