Rest in Power Palistinean photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, who wanted a "loud death". Israel goes down an ever darker path.
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The trouble with the "Israel-Gaza War" tag on this headline is that don't have a war with a hospital. The hospital is not a combatant, nor are its staff. This is just destruction, by Israel, of vital resource. It is a war crime. War implies some kind of parity. This is not a war, its a massacre.

The Blues explained with John Lee Hooker, 1951 (photo by Clemens Kalischer) via Faust44 of Imgur

You know that puzzle about why organisations of evil bastards do not tear themselves apart: it is fear that keeps them in line. The task of the populace is remind its government of whom they should be MOST afraid.

Still gold

Old but gold.

Jim Benton is on point

In this time of fear and uncertainty, two words from the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy are relevant. Don't obey in advance but also...

Being very fond of HEAT Pedal to the Metal and having grown up with Franco-Belgian comics I keep on imagining a Michel Vaillant-style adventure rpg that would run alongside the races, perhaps something like Troubleshooters.

This thought experiment clarifies things. Most people are also not aware that medicine describes the loose mass of cells that is present in the first few weeks as an embryo. It is nothing like a human being at all.

Never let the bastards grind you down.

Representation is crucial

This one, always this

Obviously finding things that confirm your biases is not surprising or actually any kind of evidence, but this is a concise and witty statement of something I already was very convinced is true

Found this a useful thought