Notices by katzenberger (katzenberger@mastodon.de)

Was in #Gaza jetzt ans Licht kommt:

»Die palästinensischen Gesundheitsbehörden gehen von 10.000 Vermissten aus. Wo es keine offensichtlichen Anzeichen wie herumliegende Kleidung gibt, sind die Suchteams auf Informationen von Verwandten und Nachbarn angewiesen, oder sie folgen dem Geruch des Todes, den die Ruinen ausströmen. […]

„#Aya war ein sehr freundliches Mädchen, und alle liebten sie. Sie liebte alle, ihre Lehrer und den Unterricht, sie war sehr gut in der Schule. Sie wollte für jeden das Beste“, sagt Lina. Als der Waffenstillstand kam, bat Lina Verwandte, die noch im Norden lebten, nach Ayas Grab zu sehen.[…]

"Man sagte uns, dass ihr Kopf an einer Stelle lag, ihre Beine an einer anderen und ihre Rippen an einer anderen Stelle. Der, der nach ihr sah, war schockiert und schickte uns die Bilder“, sagt sie.

„Als ich sie sah, konnte ich nicht verstehen, wieso meine Tochter aus dem Grab geholt wurde, wieso die Hunde sie fraßen. Ich kann meine Nerven nicht mehr beruhigen.“«

Englisch:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6269pd5y2ko

And in the many days before today, thousands of #children in #Gaza have gone silent, too, forever.

Go to hell, #GenocideJoe.

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250119-today-the-guns-in-gaza-have-gone-silent-biden-says

#genocide

I'm getting tired of pompous "initiatives", "foundations", and "movements" trying to funnel folks (or their money) from the #Fediverse into #BlueSky, after their attempts at opening the gates for #Meta's #Threads were rewarded by #Zuckerberg with another "dumb fucks", straight to their faces.

Here's relieving news: you don't need to be granted absolution. Just dwell BlueSky and be happy.

No need to pretend you were anti-#billionaire revolutionaries now, after kissing their rings didn't end well, for you.

No need to pretend you were interested in #decentralization, sort of, maybe.

No need to ask for #donations so you can underpin your self-delusion by throwing millions of dollars at meaningless, pro-forma infrastructure elements.

No need for your Potemkin villages showcasing "founders" and "boards", as if the same old handful of serial proselytizers were actually spearheading millions.

Worüber man eher wenig in #Welt oder #BILD lesen wird:

#Yad2, ein israelisches Anzeigenportal auch mit tausenden bezahlten und unbezahlten Inseraten für Immobilien im #Westjordanland, gehört #AxelSpringer.

Das Portal inseriert auch in israelischen Zeitungen und wirbt dort ganzseitig mit einer Landkarte ohne Grenzen für seine Angebote, demonstrativ mit einem großen Slogan "From the River to the Sea". Das Westjordanland und Gaza sind dort eliminiert und werden als Teil #Israels gezeigt.

Der Deutschlandfunk dazu: "Menschenrechtler halten diese Geschäfte für nicht legitim. Der Springer-Konzern sagt, er hält sich an israelisches [sic] Recht [sic]."

Jetzt wollen fünf Palästinenser aus dem Westjordanland in Deutschland dagegen vorgehen, über den Weg des Lieferkettengesetzes, das auch zur Verhinderung von Landraub gedacht ist.

• https://theintercept.com/2024/12/03/axel-springer-israel-settlements-palestine-germany/

• https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/springer-portal-verdient-durch-wohnungsangebote-in-israelischen-siedlungen-dlf-kultur-fdbce458-100.html

Frühere Meldungen dazu (Englisch):

• https://theintercept.com/2024/02/05/axel-springer-israel-settlement-profit/

• https://theintercept.com/2024/04/06/axel-springer-yad2-israel-genocide-settlement/

Today, the State of #Palestine is recognized by 146 of the 193 #UN members.

#SimonHarris, prime minister of #Ireland, on #Israel noisily, and with the usual allegations, closing down its embassy in #Dublin:

»Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-international law. Ireland wants a two-state solution and for Israel and Palestine to live in peace and security. Ireland will always speak up for human rights and international law. Nothing will distract from that.«

I wish my country had a government that speaks truth with such integrity.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/israel-to-close-its-embassy-in-dublin-due-to-extreme-anti-israel-policy-of-irish-government-taoiseach-expresses-deep-disappointment/a753981536.html

This morning starts with very good news. #Syria is liberated from dictator #Assad. I'm seeing videos of prison doors being unlocked, women and children being liberated.

My hope for Syria is that the #freedom lasts. Having seen similar pictures in a very different context, from Iran, as a child, I sincerely hope that this change will be different.

No mere swapping of prison directors, no takeover of torture chambers by the new powers, no transformation of oppression, to adapt it to a different ideology.

I hope.

@ayoub you can search your account @ayoub directly at https://mastodon.social, click on the profile found, and when it is hidden, you will be told so. I've checked this today, and it was no longer reported hidden, as it was before.

It seems mastodon.social has stopped hiding the profile of @ayoub.

Does not change my assessment of this instance, though.

@MediaActivist

First things first, Jay.
Thank you for your work.

It seems mastodon.social has begun to silence Arab voices.

The profile of @ayoub has been hidden by its moderators.

mastodon.social is a rotten #Mastodon monster instance that should not even exist, growing like cancer because it's presented as the default signup instance.

Get out of it.

#Aid #trucks in #Gaza are being looted. On the breakdown of civil order, bombed about, and overseen, by the army of #Israel:

»Sources working in Gaza say the armed attacks take place just a few hundred meters away from Israeli troops. Some aid groups say attacked truck drivers have even sought help from the IDF, but the army has refused to intervene. Moreover, they say, the army bars them from taking alternate roads that are considered safer. […]

Around a kilometer from Kerem Shalom, shortly before the eastern neighborhoods of #Rafah, there's an area that the army calls "the #looting zone." This is where most of the looting of aid trucks takes place. Yet the area is under full control of the #IDF, with troops stationed just hundreds of meters, and sometimes less, from the roadblocks the armed men erect on the road.«

Haaretz:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-11/ty-article/.premium/the-idf-is-allowing-gaza-gangs-to-loot-aid-trucks-and-extort-protection-fees-from-drivers/00000193-17fb-d50e-a3db-57ff16af0000

archived:
https://archive.is/BjGI6

@Mer__edith

When it comes to video calls, closing issue #8529 that is still unresolved after 5 years would be a much more massive quality of life improvement, for those who depend on metered cellular plans.

In all those years, stale bot tried to close it, since nothing happened. A workaround was presented as a pull request - closed by stale bot. People keep telling you under this issue that this prevents them from fully switching to Signal.

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/8529

With #Gaza deliberately being cut off, and sealed off, by #Israel, just about any form of #internet access, no matter how shaky and temporary, has become vital for

• #medical professionals
• #journalists
• #aid workers
• #families
• #children and #students

With most of the infrastructure in Gaza destroyed, mobile phone accounts in the shape of #eSIMs [*] are one of the last remaining means to communicate. They log into neighboring Egypt and Israeli mobile networks, wherever possible (mostly in the South of Gaza).

#ConnectingHumanity is providing eSIMs to the groups mentioned above. They're reliable and legit [**]. Consider donating to them.

https://connecting-humanity.org/

[*] An eSIM is a virtual SIM that can be sent as a QR code, rather than a physical SIM that is next to impossible to get into Gaza, at the moment.

[**] More context:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecting_Humanity

Nur weil ich zu den bevorstehenden #Wahlen in #Deutschland schon die ersten Tiraden von Vollpfosten lese:

Nein, wer nicht "taktisch" wählt, sondern die #Parteien, die die eigenen Ziele am besten abbilden und für sie eintreten, ist kein "Mitläufer" oder "Verräter", sondern wählt einfach nur so, wie es in einer Demokratie vorgesehen ist.

Beschimpfung und Beschämen von Wähler*innen ist als "Strategie" gerade eben erst in den USA krachend gescheitert, und mehr davon wird weder hier noch anderswo erfolgreich sein.

Du glaubst, man müsse das Wahlvolk mit der eigenen, demonstrativen Rückgratlosigkeit malträtieren, statt den jeweils als "alternativlos" präsentierten Kandidat*innen eine sinnvolle, gute und ethische Politik abverlangen, und zwar vor der Wahl und laut?

Dein Betätigungsfeld sind alle Verantwortungsträger, denen z.B. ein Genozid anderswo in der Welt akzeptabel erscheint, solange "es" nur weit weg genug "passiert".

Du willst "Stimmen für Habeck"? Dann tritt zuallererst mal ihm in den Arsch.

#DEPol #GERPol

How to oversee a #genocide, #Kamala - style: "watch", "raise serious concern" - and let it go on.

»The United States has said it was watching to ensure that its ally’s actions on the ground show it does not have a “policy of #starvation” in the north.

But on Friday, the #UN officials said humanitarian efforts could not keep up with the scale of the needs in northern Gaza, due to constraints on access for aid workers.

“Basic, life-saving goods are not available. Humanitarians are not safe to do their work and are blocked by Israeli forces and by insecurity from reaching people in need,” they said.

They urged all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians and called on #Israel to “ceases its assault on Gaza and on the humanitarians trying to help”.«

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/un-northern-gaza-israel

#USPol

On the consequences of the wide-spread, systematic #destruction of #health facilities in #Gaza by #Israel, and some impossible "choices" it extorts from doctors and medical workers.

»A #baby who was very, very sick, needed to be on a #ventilator. After the baby passed away, what are we going to do with that ventilator? There is no way to sanitize the ventilator and get rid of that multidrug-resistant #bacteria. We also didn’t have tubing to change when we used the ventilator for another baby. So there is a very big chance that you’re going to spread the infection to other babies: so either the baby dies because there is no ventilator or the baby dies because of the bacterial infection. Your options were tragically limited.«

https://www.972mag.com/health-system-gaza-hospitals-fatal-blow/

@evan

I'd like to see people stewarding a standard abstaining from openly instrumentalizing the standardization process for their own agenda.

But then, I also see people posting things like "I’m going to continue doing the work I’ve done for the W3C and other ActivityPub projects: protocol refinement, documentation, meetings, speaking engagements, reports. But from here, I’ll be doing it with my SWF hat on."

And when people openly say what they are going to do, I believe them.

Which means, essentially, that I neither trust you, nor the foundation, and particularly not the "advisors" that foundation has chosen.

[2024-10-26 Update: I have been asked to link to the source for the quote, it is https://write.as/evanp/announcing-the-social-web-foundation]

@evan

Now that I have confronted you with a quote that expressly contradicts the claim you had made only minutes before, you're trying to deflect?

Sorry, this discussion is a waste of time. Have a good day.

@evan

Yes, you have told me that was not your purpose.

Hence, let me re-quote what you have already quoted, from the web page where your foundation expressly states their "Mission". I'm going to highlight some parts, for your convenience:

»Whether that’s advertising supported, or funded by charities and non-profits, or based on paid-for services, or affiliate revenue, we are working to find ways that companies can do well in the Fediverse.«

I do not even have the number of legs that you obviously seem to be trying to pull here. 🤷♂️

@evan

I would certainly consider starting a competing org if somebody inside those orgs would, let's say, imply that criticism is a form of lèse-majesté, and imply that I should rather shut up and start my own org instead.

Gladly, there seems to be no way this is ever going to happen.

@Gargron