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@th3j35t3r @Render I took Render’s word on this two days ago. I know he’s not going to post something that he can’t verify. I’ve learned so much from him over the past 7 years. He and Phase are treasures and it would be damn tragic to lose either of them.
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It's easy to see the part Persian Iran plays in keeping the region a shit-show, but we perhaps should be more curious whether Western governmental or corporate entities consider it in their best interests to maintain the status quo.
A strong Israel and a strong Palestine, devoting resources to their economic development instead of defense. A border similar to our border with Canada, allowing commerce to flow unimpeded.
An Arab League becoming a pan-Semitic league, cooperating on their strengths and competing with technology, energy and munitions companies around the world.
Israel more closely allied with its neighbors than it is with the US and Western Europe.
Cui bono? Who benefits?
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it [already] does.”
-W. Edwards Demings
While we wring our hands and wonder why there's no peace in the Middle East, we should stop and wonder what that would look like.
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Your Daily xkcd
Earth Layers
{The Earth's magnetic field is primarily generated by currents in the liquid outer core, though some geophysicists argue that an unexplained mismatch with models suggests that the Kinder toy contains a magnet.
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One of the Jewish women I work with brought in a loaf of challah bread that she'd baked. She got together with a large group of women and a large pile of dough and they all baked. She left it the break room with a note about what the significance of them making it was, and people could add their well-wishes. It seems like the sort of thing people could do themselves to express solidarity without getting into cultural appropriation.
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@phase2
Thank you for this timely thread, very important!
SIFT is an acronym we can all use to remember a simple way to avoid inadvertently spreading misinformation and disinformation.
Stop.
Investigate the source.
Find better coverage.
Trace claims to original context.
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I’ve never seen this.
I was deadheading a vacationing coworker’s miniature rose bush, and the fading rose blossom had two tiny new buds growing out of the center of it.
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The GOP should nominate Matt Gaetz for Speaker of the House, confirm him, then turn around and vote him out, just so he can supplant McCarthy in the record books as the shortest duration speaker. #politics