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The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

theguardian.com/global-develop

#Israel #Gaza #Murder

We must sever all ties with Israel. We must embargo the country.

The Guardian · The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza warBy Annie Kelly

"Law enforcement uncovered physical, medical, forensic, ballistic and reenactment evidence that contradicted the... sheriff's account of his wife's 1967 murder."

So investigators just ignored 100% of the evidence in front of them and went with whatever the boss said? jfc 😡

Famed #Tennessee sheriff who inspired Hollywood movie #WalkingTall implicated in wife's #murder
#Sheriff #BufordPusser is believed to have killed his #wife, #police said
abcnews.go.com/US/famed-sherif

ABC News · Famed Tennessee sheriff who inspired Hollywood movie 'Walking Tall' implicated in wife's murderBy Nadine El-Bawab
#Coverup#Cops#ACAB

Russian soldier executes unarmed civilian in Donetsk Oblast #video shows

#Russian troops continue to deliberately #kill #Ukrainian #civilians, 1st Azov Corps said after releasing video showing #Russian soldier shooting dead elderly man in his own yard in #Donetsk Oblast’s #Pokrovsk district

The victim was clearly in #civilian clothes & unarmed. The #murder is direct #violation of #GenevaConvention

kyivindependent.com/russian-so

The Kyiv Independent · Russian soldier allegedly executes unarmed civilian in Donetsk Oblast, footage showsBy Olena Goncharova

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Russian soldier allegedly executes unarmed civilian in Donetsk Oblast, video shows -- Ukraine's intel chief warns of Russian disinformation wave ahead of Zapad-2025 military drills -- Russian units surrounded near Dobropillia -- "We are already in conflict with Russia," Merz says Putin destabilizing Germany ... and more

activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

Northeastern University: Archive of racial homicides expands, exposing history that’s ‘not easy to grapple with’. “[Sidney Batiste and Dorothy Godley] are two of the more than 290 names recently added to the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice (CRRJ) clinic at Northeastern University. The archive is one of the most comprehensive digital records of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/northeastern-university-archive-of-racial-homicides-expands-exposing-history-thats-not-easy-to-grapple-with/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Northeastern University: Archive of racial homicides expands, exposing history that’s ‘not easy to grapple with’ | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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A 70 year old Jewish woman was stabbed at a Kosher grocery store in Ontario by a 71 year old gentile man in what prosecutors are classifying as a hate crime. This event is getting attention in Canada, coverage by the CBC, a statement by the Prime Minister, etc.

This is typical of how antisemitism is handled in Canada. Comedian Modi says that antisemitism is "Hating Jews more than you're allowed." and that holds very true in Canada, where physical violence gets a lot of attention, but non-physical violence such as hate speech/vandalism/intimidation and discrimination go unaddressed.

Politicians here treat antisemitic incidents like American politicians treat gun violence, with "no idea where it comes from" and remedies that include "hopes and prayers".

It's time for a change, and for Canadians to address non-physical violence like they go physical violence.

thecjn.ca/news/stabbing-of-jew

The Canadian Jewish News · Stabbing of Jewish woman at Ottawa grocery store classified as a hate crimeJewish Federation of Ottawa in contact with the grocery store chain about security and coordinating with Ottawa police to safeguard the Jewish community.

ChatGPT and a Murder-Suicide

“Erik, you’re not crazy.” ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him."

Everyone seemed out to get him, neighbors in Old Greenwich, an old flame, even his own mother had turned cold. At each dark crossroads, ChatGPT had his back.

To Soelberg, a 56-year-old veteran of the tech world haunted by mental battles, OpenAI’s ChatGPT wasn't just AI, it was the sidekick fueling his hunt for proof of a vast conspiracy against him

#chatgpt #murder #suicide #openai
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"It’s evening at a remote #Sussex pub in 1734 and a vicious triple #murder has just taken place. Jacob Harris – a #Jewish pedlar, smuggler and possible highwayman – stands accused of slitting the throats of the publican, his ill wife and a female servant.

I’ve studied the case for my latest #book, The Jewish Pedlar: An Untold Criminal History. The point of interest for me was not whether Harris was guilty (he probably was). Or even whether – despite the seriousness of the #crime – he was a victim of #English #antisemitism in everything from the newspaper coverage to the way he was later remembered. I was more interested in a series of questions about Harris’s background and motivations."

theconversation.com/why-i-had-

The ConversationWhy I had to become a murder detective for my book about an 18th-century Jewish pedlar
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“CNN Says New Video Reveals Third Strike in ‘Double-Tap’ Attack on Nasser Hospital”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff

@palestine
@israel @yemen
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@BBCNews

“New video obtained by CNN reveals the second Israeli strike on the Nasser Medical Complex [..] was actually ‘two near-simultaneous strikes’ which [..] caused most of the 22 deaths in the attack”

palestinechronicle.com/cnn-say

I had an "interesting" encounter with a road-raging #asshole yesterday. He didn't straight-up try to #murder me, but it was #disturbing. There was a lot more to it than I will show here, because I want to keep this short, I only included the latter part.

He's really a #stereotype; #unkempt, looks kind of like a meth-head, drives an absolute #POS #Chevrolet (Malibu, I think) sedan in what I assume #GM must have called "Stewed Dirt" colour, and wears a wifebeater for extra flair.

Before the video starts, he'd been ahead of me and was braking and weaving and giving me the #finger out the window and #yelling out the window and all the rest of it. I moved over to the right-hand lane so I wasn't directly behind him anymore. Where the video starts, he'd moved left into a turning lane, and slows for the light. As I pass him - I was continuing straight - I move back into the left lane, and he then stomps on the gas and pulls out of the turning lane so he's behind me.

At the light, he comes within a few inches of rear-ending me, deliberately, all while #gesticulating and moving over to be in my driver's side mirror, etc.

After I get going, he flies by me on the right (I'm not driving slowly) and then pulls in ahead of me and slams on his #brakes hard enough to lock up and #smoke the #tires.

If you're in the #Regina / #YQR area, watch out for this guy. His #SK plate is "527 MZJ", and he looks like a winning contestant from "Who's The Biggest #Loser?".

#RoadRage #driving #306