Alan Barker
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"...speaking in Hebrew. The conversation was about gathering the team, with statements like: ‘Gather them at the wall and bring some restraints to tie them.’ This indicated that a large number of the medical staff were still alive.”
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Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"...speaking in Hebrew. The conversation was about gathering the team, with statements like: ‘Gather them at the wall and bring some restraints to tie them.’ This indicated that a large number of the medical staff were still alive.”
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Why not cut to the chase and eliminate the Constitution.
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Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as Trump faces judicial pressure
House speaker says Congress has ‘authority over federal courts’ as Republicans grow frustrated by judicial blocks
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Why not cut to the chase and eliminate the Constitution.
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More of Trump's descent into dictatorship
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More of Trump's descent into dictatorship
Two illegal firings that will increase prices for consumers and concentrate more power in Trump's hands — unless the courts stop him.
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
More of Trump's descent into dictatorship
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Check out this use of AI. There is a warning at the start, the AI is crude animation that could not be mistaken for actuality and whenever AI is shown there is an overlay that looks like a view through a cracked iPhone screen. The content is worth watching as well.
Captagon: Syria’s Hidden Drug Empire
Was al-Assad’s Syria a narco-state?
www.aljazeera.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Check out this use of AI. There is a warning at the start, the AI is crude animation that could not be mistaken for actuality and whenever AI is shown there is an overlay that looks like a view through a cracked iPhone screen. The content is worth watching as well.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" George Orwell
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Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge
Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Rogers’s site as officials argue that it’s wrong to call diversity a strength
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" George Orwell
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There's plenty of talk about how the Trump administration parallels events in pre-war Nazi Germany. The silence from the left, particularly the Jewish left on the genocide in Gaza is a much closer and more frightening parallel.
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Genocide in Gaza: Silence is complicity - Zan Times
Over the past year, Israel has carpet-bombed the Gaza Strip, known to be one of the most densely populated areas in the world, slaughtering men, women, and children on a staggering scale. The bombing ...
zantimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
There's plenty of talk about how the Trump administration parallels events in pre-war Nazi Germany. The silence from the left, particularly the Jewish left on the genocide in Gaza is a much closer and more frightening parallel.
zantimes.com/2024/12/12/g...
zantimes.com/2024/12/12/g...
It's even more of an issue in documentaries because blurring the background removes context and content.
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Ed Lachman Calls Out Contemporary Cinematography: ‘Everything’s Mush’
Mentioning 'Babygirl' specifically, Ed Lachman calls out contemporary cinematography saying that without depth-of-field, 'everything's mush.'
www.indiewire.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's even more of an issue in documentaries because blurring the background removes context and content.
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www.indiewire.com/news/general...
When someone like Lynch dies it's more than the loss of an artist. It's the incremental loss of the culture that defined our lives.
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David Lynch, Visionary Filmmaker Behind ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Twin Peaks,’ Dies at 78
“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us,” his family shared in a statement. “But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’”
www.vanityfair.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
When someone like Lynch dies it's more than the loss of an artist. It's the incremental loss of the culture that defined our lives.
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
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