Notices by Stiofán de Buitléir (stiofi@troet.cafe)

#SilentSunday

@jwildeboer

"Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, noted that ... estimated deaths by the end of the year would be 335,500 in total. That’s 15% of the population."

"...genocide is a loaded term. It is not a term that Bartov, who is a leading scholar of genocide, throws around lightly. And yet, he believes it’s time for the media, which shies away from using the g-word, “to face facts”. What’s unfolding in Gaza is genocide."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/06/we-are-witnessing-the-final-stage-of-genocide-in-gaza

Good to see a few #US service people are becoming conscientious objectors due to the US #Military's assistance to the #IDF #genocide in #Gaza.

#SilentSunday

#SilentSunday

#footpathfriday Path to the sea from Derek Jarman's cottage at Dungeness.

#film #literature #queerhistory #landscapephotography

@ryanhoulihan I'm not that well up on MMA but I suspect this geezer is from Dublin.

@liztai

Watched a bit of The Long Season. I'm hooked. I love the older Taxi driver.

#cdrama #NotTheWest

@liztai Wonderful. Thanks for the tips!

@liztai

Thanks for your recommendations for #CDramas !

I'm trying to tune my ear to Mandarin.

I'm not much into phantasy, preferring contemporary PRC and RC soaps. Especially those with social issues content.

Anything more to recommend like Draw the Line?

@davidaugust All purely theoretical tax rates.

If you can afford tax avoidance specialists billionaires pay little in any jurisdiction.

“My childhood was spent in the first 10 years much the same way as the children of Gaza. I know exactly what they’re going through. I know exactly how they’re feeling.” She argues “it should be an absolute standstill of all governments that you are told over 10,000 children are being murdered. There is no excuse for that.”

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/18/gaza_israel_palestine_solidarity_censorship

#gaza #idf #warcrimes

Wealth #inequality in #germany is close to that of the #us.

The German super-rich determine national politics, as they do in the US. They are just more discreet about it.

Adam Tooze gives a summary of recent work to disclose this hidden and antidemocratic wealth and power:

https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-254-crazy-rich-germans

#capitalism #liberalism

If you were the woman on a yellow racing bike who was attacked by a car driver this evening (Tue 17 Oct at 19:00) near #potsdammerplatz in #berlin, then I am a witness, have photos and the numberplate of the car.

Please boost - I guess on Muskrat and Zuck-controlled asocial media as well.

#angriff #autofahrer #autogewalt

@stavvers So the value proposition of #Google, #Meta etc. is mostly a con. Always suspected that to be the case.