Four Noble Truths: Ow! How ow? No ow! Wow! Now how?

A very good thread.

Before lamenting the likely terrorism designation of Palestine Action, allow me to offer a dose of real-world context, something the communist journalist in question seems to lack entirely when it comes to understanding how the world of national security operates. I spent a

While “Bob Vylan” has hijacked Bob Dylan’s name to incite violence against Jewish people and Israelis… Here’s the real Bob Dylan — praying at the Western Wall in 1983 after his son’s Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem, a private affair he did for his family, not the press 🇮🇱

Yes, NYT. Whereas much of the world would prefer that Israelis leave themselves surrounded by well-armed enemies determined to do them harm.

If you wanted to understand how far and how deeply entrenched the Islamo-fascist-Marxist agenda has reached our unions, you only need to look at the UCU and its support of the terrorist organisation Palestine Action. Palestine Action doesn’t actually help Palestinians. It

If the Epstein files cleared him, he’d be selling them on Truth Social.

Great vid. One to share.

OTD in 1965, France changed the law to allow married women the right to work without their husbands’ permission. Yes, really. To mark the occasion, Woman of the Day is journalist Madeleine Riffaud, French Resistance, who didn’t need any man’s permission to fight for her country.

Tonight, we are all Lionesses… (Except the racists and the misogynists - you can all do one.)

There will be those who dismiss food airdrops throughout Gaza as insufficient, inadequate, or a PR stunt; no one said they are a permanent solution – of course, there needs to be more trucks going in, but the UN is having a hard time for a variety of reasons, including Israeli

a. Most Israelis don't believe the suffering is as bad as world media claims, and they're mostly right. It's very bad, as I've written and said on podcasts. But it's not as bad as claimed. And yes, the degree matters. Suffering is unavoidable in war. Deliberate mass-starvation

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When two bullies meet to “negotiate” without the victim present, you already know the plan.

Wide Awake Media It’s true that natural sources of CO₂ — like plant respiration, soil microbes, and the oceans — emit far more CO₂ each year than humans. •Natural sources emit roughly 750 gigatonnes of CO₂ per year. •Humans emit roughly 36 gigatonnes per year from burning fossil fuels and

Head of OpenAI issues very very long tweet responding to people having a breakdown because their imaginary friend changed its personality. Not great!

To all the journalists who've reached out to me about whether this screenshot is real — yes, it 100% is. Anas deleted it once I exposed the truth about him, but I archived it here: web.archive.org/web/2023112701…

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I'm really into utilitarianism lately, especially reducing suffering, and two big numbers have stood out: - An avg person eats ~3,500 animals/yr (including shrimp) - A human body has ~125,000 calories of edible tissue So you only have to eat six humans/yr to meet your calorie

Today, the Iranian regime confirmed the death sentence of Sharifeh Mohammadi, a mother, a labor activist, and a defender of women’s rights. Her only act was standing up for justice and dignity. Now she faces execution, leaving behind a young child who may never again feel her