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> I think you’re ignoring the historical context. Jews were being systematically targeted all over Europe, and at the height of the Islamic empire they held ministerial positions i…

??? The US gives billions in aid to Jordan and Egypt, who torture and kill dissident civilians. And, it's not a genocide to lose a war you started.

(Looks like I can reply now) I feel I've pretty clearly answered your question of "what 'revisionist' means in that context". Dhimmitude is absolutely not a basis for peace. If it …

This part https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhimmi Edit: Sorry, I can't reply to your comment below, for some reason. This part, > Did you know that Jews lived among Muslims for over a…

Nobody says this about any Islamic country

The idea is that this is a political deal, not a business deal - by buying WBD, the Ellisons add CNN to a portfolio that already includes CBS and TikTok, and shaping coverage matte…

Thanks, I appreciate the reply

I have a few questions: Can you buy and sell shares tax-free if the cash > security > cash conversions all happen inside the IRA? What about capital gains taxes? Can the money insi…

This is closer to a subtweet than meaningful writing, but I bet it's cathartic.

So then we're not worrying about the "anti-war" position anymore, alright. I mean, grassroots Republicans elected Reagan who beat the Soviets and Bush who wanted to "fight them ove…

The US isn't at war in Ukraine, we're not fighting there. Nobody who's actually anti-war looks at Russia's invasion and says "oh that's fine let it happen", everyone supports the r…

It's not anti-war for a country to defend itself against an invader, and Democrats have been and are still against wars of aggression.

Airbnb reduced partying by 55% between August 2020 and August 2022 ... hmmm I wonder if some other factor had an impact.

Per the NYPost article on this, > During the meeting, which is known in internal Amazon lingo as a “fishbowl” meeting, Jassy declined to share data that motivated his decision to r…

For my purposes, they're not interchangeable.

I really like having a lot of screen real-estate. So, I bought a LG 34WK95U-W, which is a 34" 21:9 monitor with a 5120x2160 resolution. It was about $1100. I also bought a very stu…

Is it good coffee? That seems important.

Yes!

There is still https://github.com/explore . Are they getting rid of a universal feed in favor of a personalized feed? I really hope not.

If they are in a post-Eternal-September situation, they follow the Facebook.com path: grow at all costs, then coast and squeeze revenue until the last wave of users leave. (FB's TA…

> Looking ahead, Fulford said, Feeld might expand to connecting people in physical spaces and at events as well as online. “We don’t see ourselves just as a dating company,” he sai…

It's not, see https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Simp

In my experience, mindfulness meditation is a form of exercise for your brain. You are increasing your brain's capacity to control, move, and manipulate your thoughts and mental pr…

FAANG became MAANG when "F"acebook changed to "M"eta. The 2nd M in MMANG is probably Microsoft.