Jessie | old yarnbomber. JD ⚖️
Philadelphia, Pa
Joined November 2009
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as someone who has built a sizable and approachable left community online, the secret sauce is routinely purging narcissistic woke scolds who deploy emancipatory language when they want to center their immediate desires selfishly as a separate convo is taking place. it’s also caused a lot of grief from ppl who see out of context clips, but nevertheless boundaries must be drawn.
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💢 Israel has bombed and devastated Gaza’s sewage and sanitation infrastructure, and now deliberately blocks Palestinians from the landfills, machinery and essential supplies needed to contain the resulting public health catastrophe.
One consequence is a massive rat and pest infestation, with Palestinians, including children, being bitten in their sleep.
Four in five sewage pumping stations are not functioning, with some 40,000 cubic meters of untreated sewage flowing each day. By July, 60% of Gaza’s population was living within 10 meters of sewage or human waste and more than 900,000 people were exposed to garbage accumulating in residential areas, according to UN OCHA.
Rodents or pests were reported at 81% of displacement sites surveyed in April, affecting roughly 1.45 million Palestinians.
Both of Gaza’s sanitary landfills lie beyond the Israeli-imposed “Yellow Line,” and the UN says access remains banned by Israel. Israel also requires approval and blocks entry of machinery and spare parts needed to remove garbage and rubble, while engine oils, pest-control chemicals and other essential supplies remain severely restricted.
Israel permitted 3 tonnes of rodenticide and 3,000 liters of pesticide into Gaza in May, but the UN said pest-control efforts remained limited and a full response requires sustained supplies, heavy equipment and access to the landfills Israel continues to block with Gaza’s sanitation system having completely collapsed.
The rat population in Gaza has increased dramatically after Israel destroyed the sanitation and sewer systems, leading to the accumulation of garbage and rubble.
These rats are not only chewing through clothing, bedding, and stored food, but they are also biting Palestinians, adding yet another layer of suffering to an already devastating humanitarian crisis cause by the occupation.
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I said this about AI well over a year ago. Using it to diagnose and fire people with medical conditions so they lose their insurance AND their income is somehow even more heartless and evil than I’d predicted.
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, according to a new lawsuit.
Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people for mass layoffs.
reuters.com/world/meta-used-…
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Studies now present a striking picture of what happens when private equity firms acquire hospitals and nursing homes: predictable increases in harm and deaths. One landmark study shows: patient deaths up about 11% after such acquisitions.
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“Steal their women & children” is the new Zionism. you can’t make shit up anymore
Israeli minister calls for kidnapping of Lebanese women and children to break Hezbollah morale
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urged the political-security cabinet to abduct and imprison Lebanese women and children as a psychological warfare tactic against Hezbollah, according to a closed-door leak published by Hebrew news outlet Walla.
During a high-level ministerial meeting reviewing expanded military calculations, Ben-Gvir demanded that Tel Aviv abandon conventional strategy and explicitly target the social and familial core of the Lebanese resistance network.
"We must think outside the box regarding Hezbollah," Ben-Gvir asserted to his fellow cabinet members, according to the report. The Israeli minister added that alongside occupying southern territory and intensifying lethal strikes on personnel, Israeli forces should actively round up civilians.
"We should arrest their women and children and take them to prison; this is what hurts them the most," he stated.
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Gwyneth Paltrow promotes $10M penthouses in Herzliya while Gaza burns and Lebanon bleeds.
While children are buried under rubble in Gaza, while Lebanese families flee Israeli airstrikes, while Gazans starve under total blockade, she is is fronting an ad campaign for "51 Park," a luxury apartment complex in Herzliya, Israel.
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🎥🇵🇸 A father kisses his young daughter goodbye after she was killed in an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced families in the Al-Jawazat (Passport Office) area, west of Gaza City.
According to multiple local reports, the attack killed seven Palestinians and wounded at least 15 others.
📹: Journalist Aziz Khalil (IG: aziz_khalil00)
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⭕️ Over the last 24 hours, two Palestinians were killed and 40 were injured across Gaza. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 72,941 killed, with 172,967 injured.
Since October 11, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 932 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 2,859, while 781 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
🎥 Israeli helicopters killed or wounded 27 people, including several children in a seaport gathering. Footage by Ahmad Afash on Instagram (link below)
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why can't Maine voters nominate a squeaky clean asexual McKinsey sociopath who would wear your skin like a wetsuit if it got them a promotion
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Hey, @libsoftiktok where you at?
Former 'gay cure' ministry leader busted trying to meet 14-year-old boy for sex: cops trib.al/51XJEjW
