No doubt he would be on a lot of topics. My comment was just mocking all those people that kept insisting people who cared about Palestine (primarily Arab-Americans) should vote for Harris simply because Trump is worse. It was such a hollow and shitty endorsement given all the escalations Israel has gotten away with the past 14 months.
Something something Trump is worse.
Well people fleeing Syria is a pretty good sign that they fear for their safety.
That’s fair. I’d imagine it’s from a variety of reasons given the state of Syria right now but I won’t deny there is probably truth to these words.
Meanwhile, there are now lots of posts on social media showing all the usual ISIS horrors unfolding in Syria such as beheadings, hangings, and so on. The worst kinds of terrorists have taken over the country, and they do the things they always do.
I don’t have social media so that might explain why I’m out of the loop. The new government says something and HTS does another. Seems HTS isn’t as completely “reformed” from their Al-Nusra/Al-Qaeda days as they would like you to believe.
This seems to he based on a lot of hypothetical and not actual data.
The study examined the carbon footprint associated with each user per minute by incorporating the emissions associated with data centers, which made up about 99% of the footprint, and the emissions associated with charging devices after using the platforms.
TikTok’s emissions are the most opaque of the social media platforms. Tech giants such as Meta and Google release detailed reports to the Carbon Disclosure Project every year, even posting their findings to their respective websites. TikTok has no publicly available emissions data.
It’s just the theoretical output of emissions needed to run a Data Centre based off viewers and average time spent. While these are all rough numbers it could also very well be that the Data Centre’s are powered at least in part by renewables.
So it would make sense that Tiktok would use up a lot of electricity for its platform. We just can’t be sure how much of it actually translates into more emissions.
It’s crossed my mind as well to be perfectly honest. But I haven’t read anything to say definitively. Do you know anything that I’m missing?
While it seems as if HTS has been saying the right things in terms of treatment of minorities time will tell if they actually mean it or if they are just saying the right things for now. Their history certainly doesn’t do them any favors in this situation.
Also, I thought this was interesting.
The Alawite community - from which the Assad family originates - are the largest Muslim minority group in Syria, making up roughly 10 per cent of the population and situated largely in Syria’s coastal provinces. The Assad family has long relied on the Alawites, who have filled many senior positions in the regime, since they came to power in 1970.
Many reports suggested that they were disproportionately targeted for conscription by the Assad regime in earlier years of the war, with conflicting estimates all agreeing that at least tens of thousands of Alawites have been killed in the conflict.
While taking up a disproportionate number of positions in key regime positions, Alawite communities are also some of the poorest in Syria. One Alawi dentist told The Times that it was comparable to an “army of slaves”, with many living in the belief that “if we leave him [Assad], we will die”.
I had no idea the disparity was that big for Alawites. I had always assumed the because of Assad they were more privileged as a whole.
We just comment it out in case we ever need it again.
Fear not—there’s no one-click option, so no one should be in any danger of absent-mindedly buying a brand-new Palisade.
Well that’s reassuring. I was getting worried. I honestly hate when that happens.
The rational is the old agreement to respect rhe borders is null and void due to the coup by the rebels. Syria is a stateless nation in their eyes and they see it as free real estate, just like you said.
Not eternity, just for as long as Israel exists.
I feel as if a decrease from 41.9% to 40.3% is not really indicative of a trend, not yet anyway. It could very well be within the margin of error.
They already had the Golan Heights. They just yoinked a buffer zone for their buffer zone.
The bounty is still on his head, no?
A promising development for the Shia in the region. I remember this was a big reason Hezbolllah stepped into Syria in 2012 given the importance of the shrine.
Just goes to show what these fuckers think of human life. Saying to countries like Israel “we’re on the same side”.
Holy backpedaling. Looks like someone had a stern talking to.
Are any of these open source or trustworthy?
Oh I see. Sorry, I misunderstood your comment.
Most of them have come out and said they’ll accept the rule of law and arrest him. I think Germany was the only exception, though I’m not sure if there are others.
This is as reductive as when people say religion is what causes all wars. Humans cause war. Race, religion, nationality, money, power,etc. All of them,and more, have been used as pretexts for war.