GordonS

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by GordonS 2y ago
40's, male, had a horrible experience at state secondary school in semi-rural Scotland. I now have young kids in primary, and I can see how shit the education aspect in particular is - my kids constantly complain about how boring it
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Unfortunately much of the West seems to have mistaken 1984 for a manual, rather than a cautionary work of fiction.
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It's possible that China censors info about Tiananmen square because so much of what was published came from Western news orgs - and the West has form for using the "news" to attack other nations. Another example might be the
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Honestly, it feels like they just pick a nation based on the current narrative. They already have plenty to bash Russia with regarding the Ukraine war, and they need to keep sinophobia alive and kicking, hence China. Plainly I have no real
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As I'm sure you must know, Hamas are not Jihadists. Though even if they were, it would not justify US-backed Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
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Right, but there's a problem - the UK is in a real mess! Social services, medical services, all the services are underfunded and crumbling. There is a cost of living crisis as wages have barely moved in 15 years, food banks are every
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Nonsense, the claims are trivial to verify for yourself - the Daily Mail did post false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine and then dissappear the article once it had done its work.
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I'm well aware that it's a vile hate rag, but unfortunately many people in the UK use it as a real source of "news". Most of the MSM in the UK has made false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine, but the Daily Mail wa
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Pointing out evidence of a UK rag fabricating photos to fit a Western propaganda narrative is... Russian propaganda?!
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Yes? Hasn't the DoD also maintained the line that there are no US forces in Syria for years too? It's really not so surprising that they'd lie.
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These "moderate rebels" are literally Al Qaeda and ISIS, but western media is manufacturing consent for them in real-time: [0] https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1865009325669818430?t=r-Pr... I'd als
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There hasn't been a single scrap of evidence to support the claims of Russia using North Korean... there have however been several cases of the media getting caught lying about it, doctoring photos etc: https://x.com/AX
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Full, unabridged title (which adds something important!): "SAMURAI: Adapting Segment Anything Model for Zero-Shot Visual Tracking with Motion-Aware Memory" It's the memory part that I find so impressive in the demo videos!
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Samurai: Adapting Segment Anything Model for Zero-Shot Visual Tracking(yangchris11.github.io)
93 points by GordonS 2y ago|11 comments
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AFAIK these monstrosities are not road-legal in Europe, so you're unlikely to see them.
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Yes, critics of Israel are being silenced in the UK. Several journalists have been raided and/or arrested, as well as several citizens because of anti-Israel content online. A 77 year old woman reportedly had her house raided last nigh
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The UN could only definitively say that about 14,because Israel wouldn't allow the UN to perform a full investigation. No conspiracy is needed: we have several statements from IDF members about the Hannibal Directive being used, and ab
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We know that Israel was responsible for many of those deaths. I say that not to absolve Hamas of responsibility, but simply because it's a fact. And when compared to F35s, tanks, missiles and the iron dome... I think simple, often home
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I honestly don't know what point you are trying to make here?
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Exactly; it could even be argued that weaponising antisemitism is itself antisemitic behaviour.
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I see what you mean, but I'm not sure that's such an easy question? Imagine if Israel, the US and UK hadn't funded and spread ISIS and Al-Qaeda throughout the region. Look back at how Iran was before the West decided a plia
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Biden/Harris, Starmer, Scholz and Macron have all been supplying Israel with arms, all whole knowing they are carrying out a genocide. The US has also had boots on the ground, and the UK has flown hundreds of spy and missions over Gaza
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And in turn, thanks to orgs like AIPAC.
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> Keep in mind the conviction rate at ICC is pretty low. My understanding is that's because it's usually difficult to show intent . However, in this case, not only do we have an incredible amount of video evidence of war crime
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Right... but the EU is acting as US' proxy; the EU only threw all that money at the Ukraine (destroying itself economically in the process!) because of US "influence". Many EU countries are now little more than US vassals.
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Pi Chess Board(readymag.website)
303 points by GordonS 2y ago|81 comments
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Also thought to be involved with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME).
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Not if all the liquid is absorbed. I cook rice like this on the stove all the time, and it's really tasty. Works well with various grains, pltho probably pearl barley is a favourite - cooked with good stock, it reminds me of risotto.
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I imagine most Europeans would be happy with a rule such as "no individual to own €1B in assets" as a start. But even if rules for a fairer, more equitable form of capitalism can be devised, I fear the entrenched position and loos
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> We need a new economics It could be argued that capitalism has played a significant part in the improvement in our living conditions and the technogical development of our species. Then again, it could also rather easily be argued that

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