Bookmarking this for the next time white supremacists here in good ole’ South Africa peddles the “privatisation is the only thing that will fix our electricity problems!” bullcrap.
As a chili pepper lover myself I absolutely do not get this garbage trope of treating chili pepper consumption as some kind of contest. The idea is to add heat to your food - not prove your pathetic “manliness.”
In my opinion, anything above Habanero is just pointless masochism for no good reason at all.
Sooo… where’s the antisemitism these liberal pundits are all getting hysterical about and wants to pretend poses some kind of “antisemitic” threat to Jewish people at this university?
Oh, right… here it is.
“Columbia students organizing in solidarity with Palestine – including Jewish students – have faced harassment, doxxing, and now arrest by the NYPD. These are the main threats to the safety of Jewish Columbia students,” Jonathan Ben-Menachem, a PhD student, told CNN.
Ie, all the antisemitism is coming from the usual sources - the US political establishment, it’s pet media and it’s goon squads.
In a shocking, horrifying incident at Shawnee Mission East High School, a Black student was hospitalized after being attacked by a white male student. Despite being the victim, she faces suspension in a case highlighting systemic racism and administrative negligence.
A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American...
No, it makes you a person that probably won’t do squat to stop fascists.
It’s no coincidence wthat it’s only radicals that show up to physically confront fascists while the so-called “enlightened centrists” do nothing but heckle from the sidelines.
It’s not missing technology that kills the (pretty silly) idea of “Mars colonization” - it’s missing ecology.
They can’t even maintain functioning civilization in Antarctica… yet they “dream” of doing so in a place that’s hundreds of times more hostile to human life.
Maybe a politicker who brags about being mentored by Henry Kissinger, a war-criminal whose record matches that of Heinrich Himmler himself, shouldn’t be referencing Hitler.
We reject antisemitism in all its forms, including when it masquerades as criticism of Zionism or Israel’s policies. We also recognise that, as journalist Peter Beinart wrote in 2019, “Anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic—and claiming it is uses Jewish suffering to erase Palestinian experience.”
More than 11% of the world’s more than 2,000 billionaires have run for election or become politicians, according to a study highlighting the growing power and influence of the super-wealthy....
The old capitalists were smart… they knew that hiding behind politicians camouflaged the class structure that enabled their privilege and power. But now it seems they’ve forgotten the lesson of the guillotine…
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
Here’s a laundry list of the kinds of places Israel has bombed over the last decade - just to put the recent tidal wave of propaganda efforts in regards to Israel’s actions into perspective.
Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key “architect” in Congress’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election....
Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy (fortune.com)
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says (apnews.com)
...an historic election (www.youtube.com)
Will the general election on 29 May 2024 be ‘historic’?
Nothing good about it (i.imgur.com)
antisemitism on campus (lemmy.world)
Columbia University faces full-blown crisis as rabbi calls for Jewish students to “return home” (www.cnn.com)
The situation at Columbia has even drawn the attention of the White House, joining local leaders in urging calm....
Darryl George: Texas judge rules school district can restrict the length of male students’ natural hair (www.cnn.com)
'Cashing in on Genocide': Israeli Firm Pitches Beachfront Real Estate in Leveled Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
How's this plan progressing? (lemmy.world)
Just like 2 more week, are yall almost done yet?
Israel orders Gazans to flee, bombs where it sends them (www.reuters.com)
Previous title apparently :...
School Hate Crime: Racist Kid Yells “N Word” While Attacking Black Girl, Breaks Her Nose And Hospitalizes Her. Black Girl Gets Suspended (kansascitydefender.com)
In a shocking, horrifying incident at Shawnee Mission East High School, a Black student was hospitalized after being attacked by a white male student. Despite being the victim, she faces suspension in a case highlighting systemic racism and administrative negligence.
FBI Labels Anti-Fascists and Anti-Racists as Violent Extremists (unicornriot.ninja)
A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American...
Some light genocide (lemmy.world)
A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams (arstechnica.com)
A book review on the latest Weinersmith creation. It’s true, there is so much we don’t know....
IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white pride (www.theverge.com)
Hillary Clinton warns against Trump 2024 win: ‘Hitler was duly elected’ (thehill.com)
The State is a Racket – Repression in the Battle to Stop Cop City (www.youtube.com)
'Criticism of Israel Is Not Inherently Anti-Semitic': An Open Letter From Jewish Writers (m.thewire.in)
We reject antisemitism in all its forms, including when it masquerades as criticism of Zionism or Israel’s policies. We also recognise that, as journalist Peter Beinart wrote in 2019, “Anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic—and claiming it is uses Jewish suffering to erase Palestinian experience.”
South Africa Should Break Apart? Are you serious?! (www.youtube.com)
X the Wixard’s response to a video by Morning Shot, where they suggest that South Africa should break apart.
Billionaire politicians have become 'shockingly common' around the world, new study finds (www.cnbc.com)
More than 11% of the world’s more than 2,000 billionaires have run for election or become politicians, according to a study highlighting the growing power and influence of the super-wealthy....
Anti-Semites cannot be granted German citizenship under new law - minister (www.reuters.com)
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
Every Hospital Israel Has Bombed in the Last Decade (www.youtube.com)
Here’s a laundry list of the kinds of places Israel has bombed over the last decade - just to put the recent tidal wave of propaganda efforts in regards to Israel’s actions into perspective.
Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist. (newrepublic.com)
Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key “architect” in Congress’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election....