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Ben Dowsett

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sports & tech | regular contributor to WIRED | past: ESPN, Ringer, Scientific American, Guardian | tips: [email protected] Signal: bdows.99 | leftist who does not stick to sports | Free Palestine

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 27m

Most important/impactful thing I've ever written comes out at WIRED on Monday. Totally outside sports, something of a first for me. Extra jazzed to share an incredible story.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 22h

Even *I'm* going to take a break from my endless posting about the one issue that matters to me to post some NBA stuff lol. We can all do it

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 23h

We're already seeing this in the US.

Nameless thugs arresting and terrorizing brown people on the streets, all with the backing of the state? Israel has been doing that to Palestinians for decades.

Only a matter of time before it gets even worse, like it has there.

Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 23h

Do not expect the violent dehumanisation and dystopian military technologies perfected in Gaza to remain there. Our dark history tells us otherwise. What a pity we did not heed its lessons.

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Opinion | Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home — The Guardian

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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BrendaG🇦🇷🍉 @brendaleti1987.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s just call it what it is. Racism. Israel is not viewed as terrorists, because they’re WHITE. White people can’t possibly be terrorists. That’s a term reserved for brown people.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

As always, imagine the worldwide response if Hamas had violated the "ceasefire" 5 times in a single day already.

Imagine how many Palestinian civilians would already be dead in response, with the world cheering it on. Imagine the op-eds about those "barbaric terrorists"

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 1d

Already today, Israel has:

-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza

-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis

-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City

-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia

All in violation of the “ceasefire.”

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

He’s been fine sure, but it’s purely based on physical skill. And the team has a lot of issues for sure, but I disagree that others make as many dumb plays as him. He makes so, so many. He’s just a very low IQ player who has never actually learned the game.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

He’s a shockingly stupid player. One of the dumbest I’ve ever seen

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

Why does 44 ice the puck for no reason right before that?

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

Shouts to Morgan Rielly, the stupidest player in the NHL, for icing the puck as hard as he could for no reason preceding that.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

They’ve learned all the wrong lessons from their failures and have built worse and worse teams

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

This is a mediocre team

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed, they never should have been taken - but neither should the thousands of Palestinian hostages Israel just released yesterday, hundreds of whom were taken hostage well before October 7.

None of this began on October 7.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 3d

In honesty I kinda forget the details of the 3rd season, it got so deep

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 3d

Oh look, Israel is violating the ceasefire. Shocker. Who could have ever seen this coming

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 3d

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

Ms Rachel is a real one

msrachelforlittles o
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Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

You stop this right now

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

Ace Bailey is going to single-handedly keep me interested in the Jazz this year. Which is saying a lot, this is a dreadfully boring team.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

Sports tech nerd here: I wonder if people realize how hard it is to create these MLB "Ump Cam" views that also have an overlayed strike zone.

I guarantee a bunch of people worked for months (or years) to make that single feature happen.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

That would be here: www.wired.com/story/mario-...

Got a couple more things coming in the next week or two. Appreciate the interest!

How They Make the Mario Kart-Style 'Ghost Car' for Auto Racing Broadcasts

Watch a Formula 1, Nascar, or IndyCar race and you'll see a “ghost car” overlayed atop the real-life image. The sensors used to create it also collect heaps of data that teams can access and study.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

Every day my social media feeds are full of innocent, harmless people getting assaulted, displaced, wrongly arrested or killed by those in power. It’s insanity inducing, and I don’t know what to do about it.

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 4d

remember when you hear trump called a peacemaker that his government created a group whose sole purpose was to murder starving palestinians

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Gaza Humanitarian Fund "distribution sites" (Israeli killing fields) are being dismantled as part of the ceasefire

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 5d

Israelis taken by force and held by Hamas without charge or representation: "Hostages"

Palestinians taken by force and held by Israel without charge or representation: "Prisoners"

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Israel approved an agreement brokered by President Trump that secures the exchange of all remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners. Will the deal really bring peace? Listen to "The Daily."

How Trump Got Israel and Hamas to a Truce

Israel approved an agreement brokered by President Trump that paves the way for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza and the return of all remaining hostages.

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

I'll look, I'm sure I can find it

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

I will look on my end as well but do you know if this is available to us silly Americans

Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 5d

Like, this is insane. These people are being held in identical scenarios.

They're all hostages.