Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Syria’s rebel command has said it would not tell women how to dress.

“It is strictly forbidden to interfere with women’s dress or impose any request related to their clothing or appearance, including requests for modesty,” the command said in a statement on social media.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/09/syria-bashar-al-assad-asylum-russia-live-updates-blog?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@RememberUsAlways @palestine @israel @lebanon @syria @iran @yemen I don't know that you need to be that philosophical about it. You lay down with terrorists, you're a terrorist. Just because you run a state doesn't mean you're not a terrorist when you sleep with terrorists. If the collapse of the terrorist organization "hiding" in your state collapses your state, then you were either fucking or getting fucked by the terrorists all along.

If you don't want a lower class person to murder you with a gun in public, then consider passing some strict gun laws.

Or maybe just don't be subhuman shit, playing with the lives of millions for laughs and profit. Dunno, I'm just spitballing here.

Texas’ maternal mortality committee faces backlash for not reviewing deaths from first two years post-Dobbs

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/texas-maternal-mortality-committee-deaths/

Schiff: "This is not just about retribution against those of us on the January 6 Committee. This is about sending a message that nobody better hold him to account in his second term ... he is intent on trying to break down these checks and balances in our system."

New: Texas’ governor has served 404 Media with a subpoena for info about an internal Google database we were leaked. This is a serious threat to press freedom and we are fighting it legally. We object.

https://www.404media.co/404-media-objects-to-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-subpoena-to-access-our-reporting/

wow, big shock

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/middleeast/hamas-unrwa-schools.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Judaism, Israel, and Antisemitism @judaism-israel-and-antisemitism-DanHakimi

(Nonexistent) God bless the BBC!

"Conducted by California State University Channel Islands economics professor Dr. Bryan Tomlin, the study, titled “#Jewish and #Israeli #Americans Face #Discrimination in the Job Market,” found that job seekers with names that “sound” Jewish and resumes that “signal” a likely Jewish background needed to send 24.2 percent more inquiries to potential employers to gain an equal number of positive responses as non-Jews. For Israelis, the number was higher, with 39 percent more inquiries required for receiving equal responses."

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/12/04/jewish-israeli-americans-face-substantial-discrimination-us-job-market-new-adl-study-shows/

@AlliFlowers @edutooters

Don't we all. That's the problem: both views are valid.

In the short term, local context, you want an AI tool, of course, whether you're a teacher, parent, student, policymaker....no brainer.

In the long term, national/global scope, you want a broader systemic reform, which the adoption of AI tools disincentives further.

This is what tears my heart apart.

Trump Term 1 Israel-Palestine policy boiled down to “sure, Bibi, whatever you want.”
Could see settlements in Gaza and partial West Bank annexation with US acceptance, even approval.

Critics who denounced Biden’s policy as giving Israel “a blank check” are about to see what one actually looks like.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-miss-pax-americana-when-gone-trump-postwar-international-system

#ElonMusk

@tofugolem At this point Conservative Christian opinions should be met with air horns. All they want is to control and persecute others, anything they say are distractions meant to waste time and energy.

I wrote about how Twitter and Threads prove that algorithms are a bad way to curate social networks that need to be timely and reliable. And how Bluesky benefits from turning the job back to humans. https://www.fastcompany.com/91239259/bluesky-starter-packs-threads-twitter-for-you-algorithm