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  • Lack of support from Sync Pro Developer

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    ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7. A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women

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  • I think the "where" does matter as certain publications have standards and editorial review for their publications for journalistic integrity. Major news outlets like The Guardian, the NY Times, etc. should have some assumption of higher merit than say Business Insider or The Hill (not necessarily bad sources, but they lack rigor and often rely on other news orgs reporting as a source).

    I also think we should do more to limit articles that use those sources as their primary source. I hate articles from site Y saying site X is reporting blah blah. Usually that is because site Y doesn't have a paywall, but this community should prioritize primary sources.

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    ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7. A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women

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  • Relying on video footage, photographs, GPS data from mobile phones and interviews with more than 150 people, including witnesses, medical personnel, soldiers and rape counselors, The Times identified at least seven locations where Israeli women and girls appear to have been sexually assaulted or mutilated.

  • ...So I Finally Quit Spotify

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  • Yup. When I was kid and teen in the the CD era, I was buying 2 or 3 CDs a month for at least 10 to 20 bucks a pop. Or I would temporarily have my parents sign up for something like the BMG record club when there was a good promo where I could get 10 albums for cheap and then cancel. Fast forward to today and I can get unlimited access to all music for cheaper than a single album per month back in 2005. I don't know how these economics can make sense even if you factor out physical media and physical distribution.

  • Israeli Military Admits Fault in 2 Deadly Strikes in Central Gaza - The New York Times

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  • Idk. I will need to look for the news articles, but I thought I saw some US military officials (maybe off the record) stating that Israel's calculus for collateral or proportional damage are pretty reckless (to say the least). Also the civilian counts... How liberally are they counting all males aged 16 or 18 and older as military combatants? And choice of weaponry or bombs just unjustifiable for the targets they select?

    I think the NY Times also did a good job confirming Israel was dropping bombs in areas they told civilians to move to which is also a problem.

    I think Israel has justification and obligation to go to war with Hamas after Oct 7h, but their bloodlust is becoming unconscionable. They need a lot more discipline in their approach. That Israeli bloodlust and hamas use of civilians as human shields is fucked.

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    A civil rights leader went to see 'The Color Purple' with his mother—then AMC ejected him for using his own chair

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  • Yeah, with things like this I can't tell if it's lack of training or just a dumb or shitty employee. My guess is that this is not systemic corporate malfeasance.

  • Israeli Military Admits Fault in 2 Deadly Strikes in Central Gaza - The New York Times

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  • They dont, but the web interface allows you to more easily generate an archive link and paste it in the text of the post. I was lazy. Also, I worry about print so want the first click to be to the site to help generate traffic for the source. And in case there are corrections to articles, I don't know if the archive refreshes to capture that.

  • Israeli Military Admits Fault in 2 Deadly Strikes in Central Gaza - The New York Times

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  • Part of the excuse was improper choice of bomb for a densely populated area that would cause disproportionate damage. So it's kind of an admission of fault, but kind of saying there was some justification that there was a valid target still. But with such disregard for civilian life, even if there is a valid target it is messed up. Proportionality rules and evaluations don't seem to matter to Israel.

  • ‘I feel like a criminal for quitting’: nurses in the US fight ‘stay or pay’ agreements

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  • Jeddalyn Ramos, a 30-year-old from the Philippines worked for four months at a CommuniCare-owned short-term and senior rehab facility in Pittsburgh in 2022 and paid $15,555.45 in fees when she quit her job.

    After paying the fee, Ramos was sued for $100,000 or more by CommuniCare for quitting her job before the three years required by her employment agreement.

    So she paid back the training fee and then they sued her for more? WTF.

    Also, I can't tell if are there differences in training fees vs immigration/lawyer fees. One of the quotes made it sound like the cost was about getting the employee over to the USA, and not the training. I can't tell if that is actually TRAP fees or a different class of fee. I didn't realize that the were not H1B visas. If a company sponsors legal fees for a more permanent type of visa, should there be an expectation to pay those back if the employee doesn't stay in the position for a certain amount of time as long as not punitive and properly itemized and paid by the employer to the law firm (assuming not in house immigration lawyers).

    The nurses arrive to the US with EB-3 visas, which do not link their immigration status to their employer like other visa programs, so they can work elsewhere.

    3 year contract requirement seems insane and fuck the employer for clawing back full cost, but I could also see it being a challenge if company A pays the legal fees to get the visa and then competitive company B poaches those workers in 3 months. Not what happens in this case, but could understand some justification for a clawback on those legal visa/immigration fees.

  • Israeli Military Admits Fault in 2 Deadly Strikes in Central Gaza - The New York Times

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  • Is there an easy way to do that via sync app?

  • ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7

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  • Yes. That is why I said the Israel response is not justifiable.

  • ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7

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  • It's not just rape but the mutilation. Here's one instance of mutilation and torture from the article:

    The first victim she said she saw was a young woman with copper-color hair, blood running down her back, pants pushed down to her knees. One man pulled her by the hair and made her bend over. Another penetrated her, Sapir said, and every time she flinched, he plunged a knife into her back.

    She said she then watched another woman “shredded into pieces.” While one terrorist raped her, she said, another pulled out a box cutter and sliced off her breast.

    “One continues to rape her, and the other throws her breast to someone else, and they play with it, throw it, and it falls on the road,” Sapir said.

    Yes, Israel has their history of atrocity to with events like the Sabra and Shatila Massacre. But with barbarism like this, I think Israel has justification and obligation to respond with military force. They are not responding with justifiable military measure and will also need to be held to account.

  • ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7

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  • How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 - The New York Times

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  • I don't think we are in disagreement. Just misunderstanding what specifically I was responding to. Also, my account or description isn't a justification for this type of belief. But the reality is some people do become more religious in times of struggle. Not sure why I'm being downvoted for that.

  • How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 - The New York Times

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  • I'm trivializing the what about ism, especially when the what about ism is incredibly vague.

  • How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 - The New York Times

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  • There was also a comment "if any god at all." I am very familiar with theodicy questioms and euthyphro questions. And it's not a new concept that end times mentality or need for salvation in dire times actually can push some people to religion.

  • How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 - The New York Times

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  • It’s “shakeout” time as losses of Netflix rivals top $5 billion | Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers.

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  • Yup. Netflix was icing on the cake that was cable. Now streaming is becoming the cake. The cost or revenue of the cake needs to be the same for the biz to run.