Lisa Eckstein
@lisaeckstein.bsky.social
Health law, research ethics,, clinical research. Being kind is more important than being right.
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Absolutely horrifying report on an 80 year old man who was used as a human shield by Israeli soldiers. After eight hours, he and his wife were sent off by the soldiers only to be shot dead by other soldiers.
www.ha-makom.co.il/1057919-2/
www.ha-makom.co.il/1057919-2/
חשיפת המקום: פלסטיני בן 80 שימש מגן אנושי כשרצועת נפץ קשורה לצווארו. כעבור 8 שעות הוא נורה למוות - המקום הכי חם
קצין בכיר בחטיבת הנח״ל קשר פתיל נפץ לצווארו של קשיש עזתי, שאולץ לטהר בתים בשכונת זייתון. במשך שעות שימש כמגן אנושי, עד שהחיילים ציוו עליו ועל אשתו לעזוב את השכונה. לאחר דקות שניהם נורו למוות | חשיפת המקום הכי חם בגיהנום
www.ha-makom.co.il
February 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Absolutely horrifying report on an 80 year old man who was used as a human shield by Israeli soldiers. After eight hours, he and his wife were sent off by the soldiers only to be shot dead by other soldiers.
www.ha-makom.co.il/1057919-2/
www.ha-makom.co.il/1057919-2/
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Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.
Giving a kidney to a stranger? Researchers call it 'extraordinary altruism'
Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.
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I could write a 100 posts on things in the Pro-Palestine Discourse that I find annoying and worse. But these things are almost never important enough to be a priority. The priority is saving lives. The priority is stopping this catastrophe before it gets even worse.
edition.cnn.com/2024/12/25/m...
edition.cnn.com/2024/12/25/m...
Four babies die from hypothermia in Gaza, as Israel’s war pushes Palestinians deep into tent camps | CNN
A newborn baby died from the cold in a tent encampment in Al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza, highlighting the stark challenges to survival faced by Palestinian children displaced from their homes amid Israe...
edition.cnn.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:29 PM
I could write a 100 posts on things in the Pro-Palestine Discourse that I find annoying and worse. But these things are almost never important enough to be a priority. The priority is saving lives. The priority is stopping this catastrophe before it gets even worse.
edition.cnn.com/2024/12/25/m...
edition.cnn.com/2024/12/25/m...
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Israel severely weakened safeguards for protecting civilians; adopted flawed methods to assess risk of civilian casualties; "routinely" failed to conduct post-strike reviews of civilian harm; and ignored warnings about these failings, the @nytimes.com found.
Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians
Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike. One of the deadliest bomb...
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Israel severely weakened safeguards for protecting civilians; adopted flawed methods to assess risk of civilian casualties; "routinely" failed to conduct post-strike reviews of civilian harm; and ignored warnings about these failings, the @nytimes.com found.
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Rabboisai, you've gotta see this
(Twitter screenshot, apologies in advance)
(Twitter screenshot, apologies in advance)
December 25, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Rabboisai, you've gotta see this
(Twitter screenshot, apologies in advance)
(Twitter screenshot, apologies in advance)
If the facts as reported are correct, this is about as far as you can get from the organisation’s mission of promoting ‘social justice, civil and human rights’. I have nothing but contempt for those requiring a litmus test of 7 Oct as ‘legitimate resistance’. m.youtube.com/watch?si=yeN...
December 24, 2024 at 5:26 AM
If the facts as reported are correct, this is about as far as you can get from the organisation’s mission of promoting ‘social justice, civil and human rights’. I have nothing but contempt for those requiring a litmus test of 7 Oct as ‘legitimate resistance’. m.youtube.com/watch?si=yeN...
SBS Examines has confirmed the that $50 notes marked with antisemitic graffiti were indeed dispensed from a service station ATM in Bondi: sbs.com.au/language/eng....
I had honestly thought this was an elaborate hoax.
I had honestly thought this was an elaborate hoax.
https://sbs.com.au/language/english/en/article/antisemitic-banknotes-dispersed-by-bondi-atm-misidentified-as-fake/ujtj4zo8t…
December 17, 2024 at 9:28 AM
SBS Examines has confirmed the that $50 notes marked with antisemitic graffiti were indeed dispensed from a service station ATM in Bondi: sbs.com.au/language/eng....
I had honestly thought this was an elaborate hoax.
I had honestly thought this was an elaborate hoax.
Honestly, this just strikes me as knee jerk with a huge potential for discriminatory policing. I would support a small exclusion zone around places of worship akin to termination clinics but requiring a ‘social cohesion pledge’ for multicultural orgs??? www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...?
Victoria unveils ban on protester face masks, locks and glue
The Victorian government has pledged to introduce a raft of new restrictions on protesters, including banning protests from being held near places of worship.
www.abc.net.au
December 17, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Honestly, this just strikes me as knee jerk with a huge potential for discriminatory policing. I would support a small exclusion zone around places of worship akin to termination clinics but requiring a ‘social cohesion pledge’ for multicultural orgs??? www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...?
Good news. It was Mossad that firebombed a Melbourne synagogue so no one needs to worry about antisemitism in Australia
December 12, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Good news. It was Mossad that firebombed a Melbourne synagogue so no one needs to worry about antisemitism in Australia
This is in a heavily Jewish area of sydney. Enough! Australian Jews are not a proxy for the actions of the Israeli government!
December 10, 2024 at 8:35 PM
This is in a heavily Jewish area of sydney. Enough! Australian Jews are not a proxy for the actions of the Israeli government!
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BTW I really, really mean this, it's one of my longest held political beliefs - as a teen I (1) had never heard of the Nakba and (2) believed the Israeli narrative re 1948 of fending off annihilative attacks from all sides - but like my father, who thought the same, raised me to think:
Or, to cross-post...
The case for Palestine stands for itself; the case for Palestinians scarcely needs to be made.
Projecting your weird ideas about Jewish history and identity is wholly unnecessary and downright embarassing.
The case for Palestine stands for itself; the case for Palestinians scarcely needs to be made.
Projecting your weird ideas about Jewish history and identity is wholly unnecessary and downright embarassing.
December 9, 2024 at 12:24 AM
BTW I really, really mean this, it's one of my longest held political beliefs - as a teen I (1) had never heard of the Nakba and (2) believed the Israeli narrative re 1948 of fending off annihilative attacks from all sides - but like my father, who thought the same, raised me to think:
Bleurgh. Between this and Netanyahu’s suggestion that the attack would somehow have been prevented by Aust not voting in the UN to support a 2SS…
December 8, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Bleurgh. Between this and Netanyahu’s suggestion that the attack would somehow have been prevented by Aust not voting in the UN to support a 2SS…
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Jerusalem tonight
December 7, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Jerusalem tonight
Melbourne, a man yields a hammer at a kosher bakery the same day synagogue fire bombed.
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Melbourne police remove man wielding hammer from Jewish bakery near synagogue that was set on fire
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timesofisrael.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Melbourne, a man yields a hammer at a kosher bakery the same day synagogue fire bombed.
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Mammal to mammal transmission of #H5N1. I think the question for human to human is not if but when.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epidemiological data of an influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in elephant seals in Argentina indicates mammal-to-mammal transmission - Nature Communications
Here, the authors detect clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses in elephant seals associated with a mass mortality event in Argentina, show that the viruses belong to a clade primarily seen in marine mammals in ...
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Mammal to mammal transmission of #H5N1. I think the question for human to human is not if but when.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“Today, no one minds whether they are Christians or Jews and there is no antipathy between Jews and Gentiles as there is in the Slavonic East. A repetition of today’s Russian attitude would not have happened even in the Middle Ages.”
Written in 1907 in a book about the Jewish Community in Frankfurt
Written in 1907 in a book about the Jewish Community in Frankfurt
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
“Today, no one minds whether they are Christians or Jews and there is no antipathy between Jews and Gentiles as there is in the Slavonic East. A repetition of today’s Russian attitude would not have happened even in the Middle Ages.”
Written in 1907 in a book about the Jewish Community in Frankfurt
Written in 1907 in a book about the Jewish Community in Frankfurt
Two members of the Adass Israel congregation were inside at the time of the arson preparing for morning prayers. Also worth noting, this is a highly orthodox (and traditionally non-Zionist) community.
#BREAKING 🚨 Anthony Albanese has addressed the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, saying those responsible for the "shocking crime" need to be "held to account"
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WATCH HERE: youtube.com/watch?v=B33Z...
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December 6, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Two members of the Adass Israel congregation were inside at the time of the arson preparing for morning prayers. Also worth noting, this is a highly orthodox (and traditionally non-Zionist) community.
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Well, there’s a story.
December 5, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Well, there’s a story.
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This disaster in Samoa was worsened by vaccine disinformation fuelled by an eager RFKjr. I dread to think what harm he can do next 🧪
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:03 AM
This disaster in Samoa was worsened by vaccine disinformation fuelled by an eager RFKjr. I dread to think what harm he can do next 🧪
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A friend who is a descendant-ish of the actual Alfred Dreyfus posted this, am sharing the part I'm allowed to share with permission.
CC: this whiny war crimer: www.ndtv.com/world-news/n...
CC: this whiny war crimer: www.ndtv.com/world-news/n...
November 22, 2024 at 7:04 PM
A friend who is a descendant-ish of the actual Alfred Dreyfus posted this, am sharing the part I'm allowed to share with permission.
CC: this whiny war crimer: www.ndtv.com/world-news/n...
CC: this whiny war crimer: www.ndtv.com/world-news/n...
Good
JUST IN: ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister | CNN
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas official Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also ...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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Frantically scrolling back episodes of Maintenance Phase podcast for the answer…
Who might be FBI Director? Hulk Hogan? Joe Rogan? Some other rando on Fox who nearly murdered someone on live TV? Who knows! What fun.
Jfc. I can’t.
Jfc. I can’t.
November 19, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Frantically scrolling back episodes of Maintenance Phase podcast for the answer…
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"Greatest tweets:"
Judaism and Zionism are ofc not the same thing, but if you'd like to make helpful contributions to the debate on Israel/Palestine, at least try to understand how Zionist Jews see these concepts. To its Jewish adherents, Zionism is an intrinsic part of their Jewish identity. >>
Judaism and Zionism are ofc not the same thing, but if you'd like to make helpful contributions to the debate on Israel/Palestine, at least try to understand how Zionist Jews see these concepts. To its Jewish adherents, Zionism is an intrinsic part of their Jewish identity. >>
November 19, 2024 at 8:24 AM
"Greatest tweets:"
Judaism and Zionism are ofc not the same thing, but if you'd like to make helpful contributions to the debate on Israel/Palestine, at least try to understand how Zionist Jews see these concepts. To its Jewish adherents, Zionism is an intrinsic part of their Jewish identity. >>
Judaism and Zionism are ofc not the same thing, but if you'd like to make helpful contributions to the debate on Israel/Palestine, at least try to understand how Zionist Jews see these concepts. To its Jewish adherents, Zionism is an intrinsic part of their Jewish identity. >>
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Gift link: good piece on what RFK Jr. could actually do about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/h...
Five Ways R.F.K. Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood Vaccines
If he is confirmed as H.H.S. secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Gift link: good piece on what RFK Jr. could actually do about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/h...