[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 minutes ago

Well, they also got a few omnibus bills passed… the government is still being funded.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 minutes ago

Oh… NOW he urges….

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 minutes ago

Let me provide you with a short form history:

Palestine was an independent region.

After WWII, to provide a protected enclave for Jewish people, the Allies took part of that territory and gave it to the Jewish people.

The expected clashes arose, and the Jews and Palestinians in the region disputed what areas should belong to each group. Compromises were made, neither group was happy.

The nation of Israel was formed, as was the Palestinian territory. Israel refused to recognize Palestine as a political entity.

Then began a 70+ year push by Israel (not all Jewish people) to claw back and settle other bits of the Davidic Israel for the modern Israeli nation, taking this land from the Palestinians who lived there.

In one particular area, Israel controlled all access to Palestinian land, and set up Hamas to govern it in reaction to a terrorist organization that had been operating in the area. Palestinians elected Hamas to govern as they provided stability and protection from both Israel and the terrorists.

Then no more elections were held for over 20 years and Hamas turned into the exact organization they were set up to oppose.

Eventually, with the backing of Iran, Hamas moved to an all-out war on Israel, hiding within Palestinian citizenry.

Israel responded by actively destroying any location known to be linked to Hamas activity, regardless of the impact on innocent bystanders with nowhere to go.

So it doesn’t matter if you lay the blame for first move at Hamas’ feet… we’re talking about Israel destroying Palestinian infrastructure here.

Hamas has the entire Gaza Strip held hostage, and Israel is responding by killing those hostages and destroying their infrastructure, to root out Hamas insurgents that are hiding among them.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Spoiler: it didn’t.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Well yeah; she was trying to do the right thing but didn’t have all the relevant information.

Vance has all the information and chooses to do the wrong things, misjudging his audience.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

This could be huge.

Applying patches over the lymph vessels could in theory be enough to maintain clear cerebral pathways and keep protein buildup at bay.

Looking at how the drug acts on smooth muscles, I feel like it could be useful with other muscular degenerative issues too.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 8 points 14 hours ago

Isn’t every voter a potential noncitizen?

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago

That’s something I’ve always wondered about… SIM owners have access to phone data beyond just the IMEI and cell tower usage. What sort of protections are in place for eSIM users in an untrustworthy environment?

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago

I think the logic goes like this:

Hamas is made up of Palestinian civilians. Therefore, any civilian infrastructure in a Palestinian area is de facto Hamas infrastructure and must be eliminated.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago

Inflation doesn’t just suck for the poor….

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

They appear to have Experian or TransUnion data which provides multiple records for a single individual. If they pulled in records from multiple sources, (eg, all the credit agencies), then the number of records per person would balloon rapidly.

The worrying thing is that if these are timestamped, that set of data can tell an awful lot about a person that’s useful for identity theft.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

If they have my data and it includes a SSN, I can guarantee it’s not accurate.

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