Regular readers of the WaPo can be forgiven for expecting that the "hdden force" might turn out to be Taylor Swift fans, or a new technique for loading your dishwasher.
Note: there is a minority movement in chiropractic that rejects the original, magic-energy-flows-through-the-spine version of that practice.
The article contains amazingly false balance, as you'd expect from non-science journalists covering science. They can't tell the experts from the quacks. #WashingtonPost#WaPo
"The document says the outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine will “to a great degree determine the outlines of the future world order,” a clear indication that Moscow sees the result of its invasion as inextricably bound with its ability — and that of other authoritarian nations — to impose its will globally."
@jeffjarvis Headline is sufficient. Lazy asshole journalists stating the obvious get #NoCredit and #NoClicks. #Wapo idiocy deserves screenshot of its moronically-obvious headline only.
I haven't heard the album yet, probably won't ever hear it except whenever various songs trickle in through the membranes of my social media bubble. But I can tell you right now, I don't need a bearded white man in the Washington Post to tell me what I ought to think about Beyoncé’s country music album.
"The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians"
“A member of the Qatari royal family invested roughly $50 million in #Newsmax ..in a moment of acute Middle East tensions during #Trump admin. The investment bolstered a key conservative media outlet at a time when #Qatar was facing intense diplomatic pressure from its neighbors & seeking allies in US” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/qatar-newsmax-investment/
#Gaza / The U.S. and Israel have a ‘major credibility problem’
[…] intolerable — it’s a blight on the consciousness of humanity. This kind of thing can’t happen in the modern day and age,” one White House adviser told my colleagues. “It’s the humanitarian situation that has tipped us over the line into open confrontation with the Israelis.”
#US / Biden Administration Scrutinizes Israel's Compliance with Laws of War Amid Gaza Crisis
A group of 17 Democratic senators, including Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren, stated the current "excessively burdensome restrictions" on aid delivery make Israel's assurances inconsistent with #Biden's compliance criteria. Withholding future arms transfers is a potential punitive measure.
#Palestine / Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit
Israel's settlements in the occupied West Bank are widely viewed as a violation of international law, which prohibits the transfer of civilian populations to territories seized through military force. Despite this legal standing, the Israeli government has continued to expand its control over Palestinian lands in the West Bank through various mechanisms, including land appropriation orders.
[…] “If the Israelis annex this area near Maale Adumim, it will be a catastrophe for Palestinians who live in the south, […] Palestinian traders, especially in the south, will be cut off, and it will become impossible to have any independent Palestinian ways of life.”
#Gaza / Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists
While the #IDF claimed the attack targeted “militants” operating a drone that posed a threat, the footage apparently shows the journalists were simply covering the aftermath of a previous Israeli strike using a commercially available consumer drone bought at Best Buy... Deliberately targeting and killing journalists undermines press freedoms and cannot be justified without overwhelming evidence of an imminent threat. The recovered drone footage raises doubts about the IDF's stated rationale for the attack.
#WHO / Famine in Gaza is imminent, with immediate and long-term health consequences
The World Health Organization, along with numerous other humanitarian organizations, are depending on an #IPC report to raise awareness about the pressing issue of an impending famine in Gaza. There are claims by some that the famine is architected by Israel.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a multi-partner initiative that uses a classification and analytical approach to determine the severity and magnitude of acute and chronic food insecurity and malnutrition situations in a country. The goal is to provide decision-makers with evidence-based analysis to inform emergency responses and long-term policies. The IPC was developed in 2004 by FAO's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and has since been implemented globally in over 30 countries. It is considered a best practice in the food security field and a model of collaboration.
#WHO / Famine in Gaza is imminent, with immediate and long-term health consequences
The World Health Organization, along with numerous other humanitarian organizations, are depending on an #IPC report to raise awareness about the pressing issue of an impending famine in Gaza. There are claims by some that the famine is architected by Israel.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a multi-partner initiative that uses a classification and analytical approach to determine the severity and magnitude of acute and chronic food insecurity and malnutrition situations in a country. The goal is to provide decision-makers with evidence-based analysis to inform emergency responses and long-term policies. The IPC was developed in 2004 by FAO's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and has since been implemented globally in over 30 countries. It is considered a best practice in the food security field and a model of collaboration.
Too bad the #WaPo didn't bother to mention WHO, exactly, is raising the rents on the seniors in these mobile home parks: It’s Private Equity (PE) firms — all run by Right Wingers / Trumpers — who have been gobbling up real estate across the nation since 2020 and are at the root of the housing crisis:
“#Hur said: “What I wrote is what I believe the evidence shows, and what I expect jurors would perceive and believe. I did not sanitize my explanation. Nor did I disparage the President unfairly.” (1/2)
Once again, a New York Times columnist is loudly baffled that the American public is mostly unaware of the Biden administration's solid -- even spectacular -- record of achievement.
Once again, a New York Times columnist totally fails to even consider a key reason -- that news media have done almost nothing to let the American public know about that record.
@dangillmor The #NYTimes#WAPO and others have become commodities. They #EnShitified themselves when they began putting profits before journalism by putting up #Paywalls and forcing #Subscriptions. Here is a letter I wrote to the times--On #SadieHawkinsDay --which sums up what they have become and the damage they have done.