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Fascinating article about what it takes to keep Gaza online during the Israeli bombardment.
PalTel buries its cables 8m/26ft deep (standard is 60cm/2ft), uses generators, solar panels, and batteries for redundancy, and has 750 workers braving bombs to do fixes. Israel can cut them off at any time.
PalTel buries its cables 8m/26ft deep (standard is 60cm/2ft), uses generators, solar panels, and batteries for redundancy, and has 750 workers braving bombs to do fixes. Israel can cut them off at any time.
Keeping Gaza online: Telecom heroes risk life and limb under Israel’s bombs
Making a maintenance trip in Gaza now literally means taking your life into your own hands. Why do they do it?
www.aljazeera.com
November 23, 2023 at 12:17 PM
Fascinating article about what it takes to keep Gaza online during the Israeli bombardment.
PalTel buries its cables 8m/26ft deep (standard is 60cm/2ft), uses generators, solar panels, and batteries for redundancy, and has 750 workers braving bombs to do fixes. Israel can cut them off at any time.
PalTel buries its cables 8m/26ft deep (standard is 60cm/2ft), uses generators, solar panels, and batteries for redundancy, and has 750 workers braving bombs to do fixes. Israel can cut them off at any time.
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The current action by the IDF is just a new phase of the continuing and constant dispossession of the Palestinian people. The Palestine Open Maps project is a great resource to understand the history of the region and lend context to Israeli policy.
palopenmaps.org
palopenmaps.org
October 14, 2023 at 2:56 PM
The current action by the IDF is just a new phase of the continuing and constant dispossession of the Palestinian people. The Palestine Open Maps project is a great resource to understand the history of the region and lend context to Israeli policy.
palopenmaps.org
palopenmaps.org
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Between 38,200 and 44,500 buildings throughout the Gaza Strip (about 14% of all buildings in Gaza, and 25% of northern Gaza) have been damaged or destroyed since the war's beginning, new study finds. One of the most intense bombing campaigns of the 21st century by sorties/time & civilian casualties
Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza
At least a quarter of all buildings in northern Gaza are damaged or destroyed, a satellite analysis suggests.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2023 at 1:33 AM
Between 38,200 and 44,500 buildings throughout the Gaza Strip (about 14% of all buildings in Gaza, and 25% of northern Gaza) have been damaged or destroyed since the war's beginning, new study finds. One of the most intense bombing campaigns of the 21st century by sorties/time & civilian casualties
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"The Nakba Archive is a grassroots oral history collective founded in 2002 to record and commemorate the experiences of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who lived through the 1948 Nakba, ‘catastrophe.’" (h/t The Syllabus Project) www.nakba-archive.org/new/
October 31, 2023 at 4:01 PM
"The Nakba Archive is a grassroots oral history collective founded in 2002 to record and commemorate the experiences of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who lived through the 1948 Nakba, ‘catastrophe.’" (h/t The Syllabus Project) www.nakba-archive.org/new/
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boardwalk stores, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
October 15, 2023 at 4:36 AM
boardwalk stores, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
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From Willard Cope Brinton, Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts (The Engineering Magazine Company, 1914) archive.org/details/grap...
October 2, 2023 at 5:13 AM
From Willard Cope Brinton, Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts (The Engineering Magazine Company, 1914) archive.org/details/grap...
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thinking of them, the major arcana glyphs in the proposal for tarot card disunification in Unicode (N4089) that was never approved
October 1, 2023 at 12:55 PM
thinking of them, the major arcana glyphs in the proposal for tarot card disunification in Unicode (N4089) that was never approved
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pure nyc mood
September 29, 2023 at 3:16 PM
pure nyc mood
That's a new one -- refused site cookies and got shunted to Google.
September 27, 2023 at 11:29 AM
That's a new one -- refused site cookies and got shunted to Google.
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Really important discussion of Strong Towns by Allison Lirish Dean. Some policies might align with progressive urbanism at face value (public transit, ending parking minimums) but the framework is deeply concerning (re: (anti)equity, libertarian & highly uncritical of the market).
The Strong Towns Movement is Simply Right-Libertarianism Dressed in Progressive Garb ❧ Current Aff...
<p>Strong Towns’ critique of America’s car-centric sprawl sounds appealing. But its proposed solutions rely on a conservative politics that prioritizes ‘wealth creation’ over just and equitabl...
www.currentaffairs.org
September 18, 2023 at 11:11 PM
Really important discussion of Strong Towns by Allison Lirish Dean. Some policies might align with progressive urbanism at face value (public transit, ending parking minimums) but the framework is deeply concerning (re: (anti)equity, libertarian & highly uncritical of the market).
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Gordon Matta-Clark, Conical Intersect, Rue Beaubourg 27-29, Paris, 1975
September 26, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Gordon Matta-Clark, Conical Intersect, Rue Beaubourg 27-29, Paris, 1975
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For me, nothing captures the gritty 1970s NYC spirit of early Sesame Street better than the song "The Subway," which gets stuck in my head regularly. If you haven't heard it, it's a must.
Sesame Street: Song: The Subway!
Bert, Kermit, and a large cast of Muppets sing about riding the subway.For more fun games and videos for your preschooler in a safe, child-friendly environme...
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2023 at 9:09 PM
For me, nothing captures the gritty 1970s NYC spirit of early Sesame Street better than the song "The Subway," which gets stuck in my head regularly. If you haven't heard it, it's a must.
OTI/DOITT losing a quarter of their staff in the past fiscal year is really something. From 1,564 to 1,166 personnel. They had budget for 1,659. (www.nyc.gov/assets/opera... p.443)
www.nyc.gov
September 24, 2023 at 8:41 PM
OTI/DOITT losing a quarter of their staff in the past fiscal year is really something. From 1,564 to 1,166 personnel. They had budget for 1,659. (www.nyc.gov/assets/opera... p.443)
apparently spending a sick day reading the Mayor's Management Report is nerd shit
September 24, 2023 at 8:31 PM
apparently spending a sick day reading the Mayor's Management Report is nerd shit
I would like to start today by screaming but unfortunately I live in an apartment and my neighbors' kid has beaten me to it
September 19, 2023 at 12:06 PM
I would like to start today by screaming but unfortunately I live in an apartment and my neighbors' kid has beaten me to it
github has perfected the social media feed
September 16, 2023 at 11:03 AM
github has perfected the social media feed
nobody actually knows how big an acre is
September 14, 2023 at 1:25 PM
nobody actually knows how big an acre is
I have once again clowned myself by not checking email
September 11, 2023 at 11:23 AM
I have once again clowned myself by not checking email