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SCOOP: A classified US report has found that Israeli military units committed “many hundreds” of potential violations human rights violations in Gaza that will take “multiple years” to review
-The findings mark the first time a US government report has acknowledged the scale of Israeli actions in Gaza that fall under the purview of Leahy Laws, which bar funding to units credibly accused of such abuses
-U.S. officials said the watchdog findings raised doubts about the prospects for accountability for Israel’s actions given the large backlog of incidents and the nature of the review process, which is deferential to the Israel Defense Forces
-The findings mark the first time a US government report has acknowledged the scale of Israeli actions in Gaza that fall under the purview of Leahy Laws, which bar funding to units credibly accused of such abuses
-U.S. officials said the watchdog findings raised doubts about the prospects for accountability for Israel’s actions given the large backlog of incidents and the nature of the review process, which is deferential to the Israel Defense Forces
The State Department's office of the inspector general declined to comment for this article but has acknowledged the report’s existence on its website. “This report contains information that is Classified and is not available for public viewing,” the webpage says.
High profile incidents in Gaza pending a determination are numerous, including the killing of seven @WCKitchen workers by Israel in April 2024 and the killing of more than 100 Palestinians and wounding of 760 others gathered around aid trucks near Gaza City in February 2024
Thread of the court document highlights of the voluminous divorce of Mathew/"Megan" and Holly Sorensen, parents of Ethan "Evelyn Mae" Sorensen. Mathew, an adolescent psychiatric nurse practitioner, decided to LARP as a woman during/immediately prior to the divorce proceedings. 🧵
First here are Mathew/"Megan" (L) and his son Ethan/"Evelyn Mae" Sorensen (R). Ethan has two siblings, Owen and Katelin, and his mother's name is Holly. "Megan" calls himself his son's "single mother" after his wife wouldn't put up with his fetish behavior.
Mathew has been a registered nurse in Minnesota since 2006 and a clinical nurse specialist since 2014. He specializes in child, adolescent, and young adult psychiatry. The divorce documents date from 2013 on, and state that this is when he transitioned. Presumably, Waltz's Minnesota let him retroactively change his RN name.
1/2 Hmm, very large numbers of (apparently math-challenged) people tweeting out 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 graphic purportedly to "prove" that it's mostly "𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬"
2/2/ PSA hint: A smaller percent of a much larger number can be much bigger than a larger percentage of a much smaller number:
Households w/U.S.-born heads: 112 million
Households w/legal immigrant heads: 15 million
Households w/illegal immigrant heads: 6 million
Households w/U.S.-born heads: 112 million
Households w/legal immigrant heads: 15 million
Households w/illegal immigrant heads: 6 million
3/2 Bottom line: 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬!
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Who are the hypocrites who signed onto a boycott of @nytimes, demanding the paper retract its seminal piece on Hamas' Oct. 7 sexual assaults & rapes, “Screams Without Words?”
Some of them call themselves women's rights activists. Me too? Unless you're a Jew... 🧵
Who are the hypocrites who signed onto a boycott of @nytimes, demanding the paper retract its seminal piece on Hamas' Oct. 7 sexual assaults & rapes, “Screams Without Words?”
Some of them call themselves women's rights activists. Me too? Unless you're a Jew... 🧵
@nytimes 2/
♀️ dream hampton (yes, she stylizes her name without capitals): A self-described feminist, she was the executive producer for the film “Surviving R. Kelly,” which brought to light the sexual assault allegations against the singer & ultimately led to his conviction.
♀️ dream hampton (yes, she stylizes her name without capitals): A self-described feminist, she was the executive producer for the film “Surviving R. Kelly,” which brought to light the sexual assault allegations against the singer & ultimately led to his conviction.
@nytimes 3/
♀️ Mariame Kaba: co-founded Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls. Also co-chaired a committee at the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network & served on the editorial board of the journal, Violence Against Women.
♀️ Mariame Kaba: co-founded Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls. Also co-chaired a committee at the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network & served on the editorial board of the journal, Violence Against Women.
I ran a 6-month experiment: $10K on new content vs $10K on updating existing content.
The ROI difference was shocking.
Here's the data on why content updates win: 🧵
The ROI difference was shocking.
Here's the data on why content updates win: 🧵
1/ The experiment setup:
Two identical budgets, different strategies:
Strategy A (New Content):
$10,000 budget
40 new articles created
2,000-2,500 words each
Promoted equally
Strategy B (Content Updates):
$10,000 budget
120 existing articles updated
Added 500-1,000 words each
Same promotion effort
6 months later, results measured.
Two identical budgets, different strategies:
Strategy A (New Content):
$10,000 budget
40 new articles created
2,000-2,500 words each
Promoted equally
Strategy B (Content Updates):
$10,000 budget
120 existing articles updated
Added 500-1,000 words each
Same promotion effort
6 months later, results measured.
2/ Strategy A results (New Content):
40 new articles published:
Traffic impact:
4,200 new monthly sessions
Average position: 18.7
23 articles ranking in top 20
8 articles ranking in top 10
Time to rank: 90-120 days
ROI: 42% traffic increase
Cost per ranking article: $1,250
40 new articles published:
Traffic impact:
4,200 new monthly sessions
Average position: 18.7
23 articles ranking in top 20
8 articles ranking in top 10
Time to rank: 90-120 days
ROI: 42% traffic increase
Cost per ranking article: $1,250
I think this is getting the valency of "what is infantalizing voters" reversed.
If voters have false beliefs about the economy, crime, etc. pointing out those false beliefs is *probably* a bad campaign strategy - but it's not infantilizing them!
Great example from 1992.
Great critique by Billy of a preprint purporting to show a "FCS" in a novel coronavirus from Brazil
I would add that
1) no evidence is presented that the cleavage site is cleaved by furin.. 🧵
I would add that
1) no evidence is presented that the cleavage site is cleaved by furin.. 🧵
In addition, cleavage occurs after secretion into the culture medium, which seems inconsistent with furin as responsible for cleavage during infection
Whether it actually undergoes cleavage as part of its cell entry mechanism is unclear
Whether it actually undergoes cleavage as part of its cell entry mechanism is unclear
2) The new CoV (BRZ CoV) is claimed as a beta-CoV. No whole genome tree is presented, to compare with the other CoV genus's
The RdRp tree shows its placement in the beta-CoVs is uncertain. Also that the lineage is not novel, as it is highly similar to 2 existing sequences
The RdRp tree shows its placement in the beta-CoVs is uncertain. Also that the lineage is not novel, as it is highly similar to 2 existing sequences
I pulled the first 50 serious crimes by asylum seekers in I could find on Google including rape, sexual assault, murder, attempted murder.. from 2003-now in the UK.
The most common countries were (out of 50);
Afghanistan (9), Sudan (5), Iraq (4), Iran (3), Egypt (4), Algeria (3), Ethiopia (3), Syria (2), Turkey (2), Pakistan (2).
- 50/50 crimes were from the "global south".
- 49/50 crimes were from muslim countries.
- 10/50 were this year, 9 in 2024 : clear increases over time.
Note: This is only the first 50 crimes, manually pulled and de-duped.. merely a sample.
The most common countries were (out of 50);
Afghanistan (9), Sudan (5), Iraq (4), Iran (3), Egypt (4), Algeria (3), Ethiopia (3), Syria (2), Turkey (2), Pakistan (2).
- 50/50 crimes were from the "global south".
- 49/50 crimes were from muslim countries.
- 10/50 were this year, 9 in 2024 : clear increases over time.
Note: This is only the first 50 crimes, manually pulled and de-duped.. merely a sample.
45 deaths:
- 22 Manchester arena
- 8 London bridge
- 3 Reading stabbings
- Remainder indivdual murders
1017 Injured (Manchester Arena)
48 injured (London Bridge)
50 Injured (Parsons Green bombing)
53 raped / assaulted or otherwise injured.
- 22 Manchester arena
- 8 London bridge
- 3 Reading stabbings
- Remainder indivdual murders
1017 Injured (Manchester Arena)
48 injured (London Bridge)
50 Injured (Parsons Green bombing)
53 raped / assaulted or otherwise injured.
Note these include the 4 prominent terror attacks by asylum seekers;
- Manchester Arena
- London Bridge
- Parsons Green
- Reading Stabbings
- Manchester Arena
- London Bridge
- Parsons Green
- Reading Stabbings
The SF City Economist report on city's housing-element rezone is a nice bookend to the Court of Appeal's decision last month in New Commune v. Redondo Beach.
Put them together, and it's clear that pretty drastic reforms to CA's Housing Element Law are in order.
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Put them together, and it's clear that pretty drastic reforms to CA's Housing Element Law are in order.
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Crux of New Commune: If city does fact-intensive, site-specific analysis of "realistic" capacity for new housing, any frustrated YIMBY can dredge up an existing lease, go to court, and get the judge to put the city in Builder's Remedy penalty box.
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Import of S.F. City Economist report (together w/ HCD's correspondence w/ city thus far): If city instead uses p(dev) method to gauge its plan's capacity, city will be at mercy of the inexpert model gods at HCD.
Who knows what model they'll bless?
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Who knows what model they'll bless?
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In Putin's army, soldiers are being tortured, executed, and buried by their own commanders.
It's a practice so widespread that it's got a name - 'obnuleniye', or 'zeroing out'
(🧵Read on)
It's a practice so widespread that it's got a name - 'obnuleniye', or 'zeroing out'
(🧵Read on)
'Zeroing out' means killing one's own soldiers, sometimes by gunfire, sometimes through torture, and sometimes by sending them into suicidal wave assaults without weapons
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The practice began with summary executions as a punishment for disobedience. By now, it's taken root and become systematic. Soldiers are being murdered as a means of discipline, extortion, and control
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