Here is what I think is going to happen with the #Israel - #Gaza conflict:
- Mass migration to evacuate Gaza city. Already starting.
- A safe-passage corridor will be established near the southern boarder to the West Bank
- International aid will be directed to the West Bank to build temp housing
- Gaza City will be systematically razed by the IDF so that there is no reason to return
- Most of Gaza will be a no-man's land for the foreseeable future
- Tens of Thousands will die

The only argument we should be having about Israelis and Palestinians is "What is the problem?"
Then, ask "So, what caused that problem?"
An so on....

The resolutions are deeper than what we typically argue about.

And, they are usually only addressing the symptom.

I think Hamas is a symptom. A really shitty one, but the problem is not simply getting rid of Hamas. It may be part of the solution, but it is not the end of the problem-chain.

@WeThePeople
He could, but not without a deal. And, McCarthy's word was useless, so they didn't do any deals to keep him in place.
If they nominated someone that could be trusted, they could do a deal.

@DisasterOracle
Much of the aid is paid to US vendors and sent to the countries in need. The ammo sent to Ukraine is fabricated in the US.

Yet, there is also plenty of aid that is in the form of cash. Corruption is always at risk in those situations. I've no idea about the scale of that aid.

This is what ChatGPT showed me:

@Render
"Château Generals"
"Lions led by Donkeys"

@Render
Thanks!
A friend of mine worked for NASA for 40 years in aeronautics. He was talking with a bunch of US pilots and asked them if they would rather be in an F-22 or F-35 in battle. They all said "Oh, the F-22!" That kinda sucked because he worked on the F-35.

@Render
Are any of them the F-22 and F35?
Those were performing over San Francisco for Fleet Week this past weekend. Incredible show.

@Render
The quote is in her wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler

It has a little different context. And, I think her definition of "left" as an attribute of anti-imperialism is a bit of a stretch.

And, how will studying history improve our ability to get there?

And, if we ever arrive, will we know?

I went to a lecture last night at the Long Now Foundation where the topic of understanding the nature of history.

It left me with a question: "Where are we all going and why?"

I just finished building a system that generated 1000 categories within the context of Wildfire Management.

In 8 minutes.

I used ChatGPT's API.

The results are good. Not "great". But, I'm on the way to doing something I was budgeting $2-4M to do. Now I'm able to do it in my spare time.

The world is changing fast.

A problem should always be defined independently of the current solution being implemented.

Past solutions can contribute to, or change, the problem.
It seems like that is the case with Palestine and Israel.

The problem was big before, and now it is even bigger.
#israel

The police are reporting that the suspect intentionally crashed his care into the Consulate. Security guards are holding him down.

There seems to be a rash of incidents happening in San Francisco at the moment.
Hope they are not related.
Otherwise, we're in trouble.

Uncertain if suspect is still at-large.

The Chinese Consulate in San Francisco was hit by a car.

Shots fired and someone has been hit.
Police on scene.
Alerts are being sent to citizens.

I think supporting the rights of the Palestinian people is fundamentally different than supporting the attack on Israel this past weekend.

Regardless of where you stand on human rights and similar priorities, cutting down civilians is fundamentally a terrorist's action.

Any support of Hamas is a support of terrorism. Period.

#israel

War creates an environment for difficult decisions to be made.

Extreme solutions can be implemented because measured resistance is overwhelmed by the thunder of emotions.

Gaza will now experience extreme measures not seen in generations.

The question I now have is "with this bring about a lasting solution?" (and I'm not implying "peace")

Brutal as it will be, will it actually change the historical trajectory?

#israel #war

Moon tonight over San Francisco

@Render
Is it realistic for AFU to more heavily weight the disruption of the supply lines over immediate progress on the front lines?

Seems like their naval capabilities are improving. Special forces and partisans are penetrating even deeper. If the R's are are starved of supplies, they just have to get them to use what they have on the front lines to fully weaken them.