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Are there any grassroots efforts to force Youtube to stop aggressively boosting the manosphere? How might one be waged? (hexbear.net)

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Making poisoned art to punish AI thieves [using Nightshade] (www.youtube.com)

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Israel Genocide Tracker twitter account reportedly causing panic among Israeli soldiers (old.reddit.com)

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The account: https://x.com/trackingisrael

Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers by iie in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 54 points 1 month ago

Why has the official death toll in Gaza barely changed for months?

Bulletins and News Discussion from October 7th to October 13th, 2024 - Happy International Paragliding Day! by iie in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 68 points 1 month ago

Why did America try to overthrow Assad, and why did Russia step in? I’ve heard vague things about Americans guarding oil fields in Syria. Was the operation in Syria mostly motivated by oil or is the picture more complicated?

US Olympic tennis player loses to Chinese opponent, tells her she "didn't respect her as a competitor" & calls her "cut-throat" in interview. Chinese netizens proceed to cook her by iie in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 53 points 3 months ago

that should be an automatic loss

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Venezuela: a report published by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a D.C. think tank, found that, between 2017 and 2018, the U.S. blockade had killed more than 40,000 people (cepr.net)

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US Olympic tennis player loses to Chinese opponent, tells her she "didn't respect her as a competitor" & calls her "cut-throat" in interview. Chinese netizens proceed to cook her by iie in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 75 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't remember this many news stories about bigotry and poor sportsmanship in past olympics, is it just me?

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hexbear LPT: there's a keyboard shortcut, ctrl-k or cmd-k, to add a link to the selected text in your comment. Stop futzing around with brackets. (hexbear.net)

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Venezuela election: twitter thread debunks some of the anti-Venezuela fake news circulating on social media (x.com)

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The twitter thread is referenced in this excellent article by the same journalist, Alan MacLeod, which I posted here yesterday, but I think it deserves its own post.

Thread reader: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1818050593468072023.html

If you don't feel like clicking a link, here are the tweets transcribed, with some links added:

https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818050593468072023 [Thread] There is a coup d'etat attempt underway here in Venezuela 🇻🇪, fueled by tons of fake news. In this thread, I'll debunk some of the most egregious and viral fake stories circulating. Add your own in the replies.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818052769082704031 A viral video claims that leftist thieves are stealing ballot boxes. In reality, these are aircon units. Ballot boxes are small brown cardboard boxes, barely larger than a shoebox. These giant appliances bear no resemblance to ballot boxes
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818053257115123891 This is what a ballot box in Venezuela actually looks like.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818054183485915218 This video, claiming to show huge clashes between protestors and police today is going viral. But, as @ldejesusreyes and others have noted, this video is 7 years old.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818059536583823366 This image, which many claim to be official election results, has been seen by tens of millions of people. It claims that the vote count is 109%. But actually, all that happened is that the three minor opposition candidates pictured got 4.6% of the vote together, not each.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818064977078755666 People are claiming this image is from the national electoral council (CNE), and the charts on the screens show a Gonzalez victory. But this isn't from the CNE at all. Rather, it is from Mercal Aragua, a totally different organization with no access to voting information
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818078328924074438 The opposition is also blatantly using a bot network to boost their narrative on social media. HT: @JulianMaciasT [image 1] [image 2]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818154265040335139 I know for a fact that this is fake news, because I was right there in this crowd as this video was taken. It was, in fact, the opposition that tried to shut down this Caracas polling station. A group of over 100 right-wing demonstrators crowded round the entrance to stop people from entering.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818178188989575386 Elon Musk himself retweets a video purporting to show protestors tearing down a statue of President Hugo Chavez today. But this video is from 2017.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818367339987185809 The widely circulated images of a man in Aragua "murdered by government" are completely fake, as this video, shared by @BrianMteleSUR clearly shows. He just gets up and leaves, after he "dies".
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818453132667421160 Perhaps the most important fake news is that the opposition actually won 73% of the vote. The US government has fueled these allegations. But I spoke to dozens of American electoral observers here, and they told a very different story. My report: [his article which I posted yesterday]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818484943787335999 Versions of this image, which purport to show a police officer pointing a gun at a defenseless woman and child, have been seen by millions of people. But video evidence clearly shows that the police officer is unarmed, and is actually waving his arms at her. HT: @JulianMaciasT [image] [video]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818514556643123509 This is total nonsense. I've been speaking with people flying out from the airport, and it is operating completely normally. There is no takeover of the airport at all. And as for Maduro, he just gave a speech tonight at the presidential palace, in front of thousands of people. [image 1] [image 2]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818518506578546871 This video has 1.7 million views, and 21,000 likes. But it is highly misleading: the video is from 2017.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818640163246858738 Right-wing Spanish politician Isabel Diaz Ayuso jumps on the fake news bandwagon, sharing a 2017 clip, as if it was from this week. Expect a lot more of this in the coming days. HT: @JulianMaciasT
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818745132709298436 This viral video has been seen by millions. It claims to show the Venezuelan 🇻🇪 military massacring peaceful protestors. Two problems: 1) It is from 2016 🤦 2) It is from Turkiye 🇹🇷
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818750336850375160 You'll never believe this, but Alex Jones is putting out fake news on Venezuela, falsely claiming Maduro has ordered the arreat of his opposition opponent, Edmundo Gonzalez.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1819387180252364998 Right-wing Colombian senator Maria Fernanda Cabal shares a video of Maduro's men torturing their opponents. The problem? It is actually a clip from the Netflix show, Simón.

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Venezuela: While US Politicians Call Fraud, American Election Observers Endorse Results (orinocotribune.com)

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“I am actually kind of blown away by how advanced this system is, particularly compared to the backward nature of the U.S., so I am completely impressed,” Jodi Dean, a professor and political scientist, said.

Netanyahu Is Coming to Washington to Address Congress. Activists Are Mobilizing to Arrest Him. by iie in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago

For anyone wondering, it sounds like they don't really expect to arrest him, it's more of a protest. They are planning to bus people in from around the country.

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Gaza death toll could exceed 186,000, according to Lancet study's conservative estimate (www.thelancet.com)

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In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths. Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death [9] to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. Using the 2022 Gaza Strip population estimate of 2,375,259, this would translate to 7.9% of the total population in the Gaza Strip. A report from Feb 7, 2024, at the time when the direct death toll was 28,000, estimated that without a ceasefire there would be between 58,260 deaths (without an epidemic or escalation) and 85 750 deaths (if both occurred) by Aug 6, 2024.[10]

A note on the "direct death toll" of 37,396:

By June 19, 2024, 37 396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October, 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, as reported by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.[1] The Ministry's figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services,[2] the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry,[3] which found claims of data fabrication implausible.[4]

Collecting data is becoming increasingly difficult for the Gaza Health Ministry due to the destruction of much of the infrastructure.[5] The Ministry has had to augment its usual reporting, based on people dying in its hospitals or brought in dead, with information from reliable media sources and first responders. This change has inevitably degraded the detailed data recorded previously. Consequently, the Gaza Health Ministry now reports separately the number of unidentified bodies among the total death toll. As of May 10, 2024, 30% of the 35 091 deaths were unidentified.[1]

Some officials and news agencies have used this development, designed to improve data quality, to undermine the veracity of the data. However, the number of reported deaths is likely an underestimate. The non-governmental organisation Airwars undertakes detailed assessments of incidents in the Gaza Strip and often finds that not all names of identifiable victims are included in the Ministry's list.[6] Furthermore, the UN estimates that, by Feb 29, 2024, 35% of buildings in the Gaza Strip had been destroyed,[5] so the number of bodies still buried in the rubble is likely substantial, with estimates of more than 10 000.[7]

This would raise the estimate to 237,000

Bulletins and News Discussion from July 1st to July 7th, 2024 - Morales vs Arce - COTW: Bolivia by iie in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 59 points 4 months ago

Tell me I’m not making this up

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong once prepared for a battle by notching all the trees along the route they expected to transport their artillery over, so when the time came they could fell the trees quickly and transport the artillery by surprise, without the Americans seeing a big path slowly forming in the jungle.

I know I read this somewhere, long ago. Does anyone know what battle this was?

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Electronic Intifada just posted staggering new casualty estimates (electronicintifada.net)

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These are math estimates with margins, not official tallies, but the reasoning makes sense.

I was a sh.itjust.works user by iie in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 57 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

(this is an in-joke where hexbears call themselves libs btw, not directed at OP)

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Is there a good Google Calendar alternative for organizing low-stakes group events somewhat anonymously? (hexbear.net)

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We need a better way to organize Hextube's (https://live.hexbear.net/) watch schedule during the week

Bulletins and News Discussion from April 8th to April 14th, 2024 - First Iran-Israel War Megathread by iie in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 58 points 7 months ago

it's subtle, but I might be finally starting to gain a sense of self. I'm still getting used to it.

I've been depersonalized and spaced out pretty much all of my life.

I literally cannot stop laughing about this. by iie in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 63 points 8 months ago

Help us send these children to live in a juvenile prison away from anyone who cares about them or their future.

I literally cannot stop laughing about this. by iie in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 60 points 8 months ago

Won't someone think of Wells Fargo

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"Why Getting A Job Feels Impossible Right Now" — I fucking knew it wasn't just me! (www.youtube.com)

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"What Really Happened at Current Affairs" — TLDR the staff lied. Article was posted in a thread on here but it deserves its own post. (yasminnair.com)

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@HarryLime@hexbear.net and @DayOfDoom@hexbear.net already posted this article in this thread https://hexbear.net/post/1596532?scrollToComments=false

Gets criticized once, fucking dies by iie in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 66 points 11 months ago

Plagiarism is an understatement. Every single word was stolen without credit, usually from small-time queer authors languishing in obscurity.

At least 22 dead and 60 shot in mass shooting Lewiston, Maine by iie in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] iie@hexbear.net 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it’s often pointed out that a lot of these guys have npd, which, yeah I buy that, but if npd was the driving factor this would be happening everywhere on earth, or at least everywhere with a lot of guns. What America also has is the diseased atmosphere of a crumbling, self-aggrandizing racist superpower where various segments of society are scapegoated for it crumbling, and you don’t get that in the news or in Psychology Today.