The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

**Occupied Palestinian Territory

Good afternoon and thank you all for your patience.

So first off, in Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that people continue to be displaced amidst active fighting and bombardment.

Currently, the UN Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, estimates that 65,000 people remain in Rafah. This is in stark contrast to six weeks ago, when Rafah hosted 1.4 million displaced people before the Israeli evacuation orders and military operations.

UNRWA also tells us that for more than eight months now, 625,000 children have been out of school because of the hostilities. Humanitarian partners are lending support by offering psychosocial activities, but children need to resume their schooling.

Meanwhile, OCHA reports that for the first time since early June, five trucks of fuel entered Gaza. However, the supplies remain scarce as no fuel had been delivered in the Strip for the past two weeks.

We should have a "no lesser-evilism" rule. If we don't already.

Amusing as a 300+ comments section can appear to be, debating two lemmydorks about the merits of supporting a genocidaire because the other one is also such is not something that should provide you amusement. It should be shut down, ignored, and moved on from.

An active ongoing genocide is not something one plays around with like one plays around with food. The time has long past for any good faith liberals to have informed themselves; genocide is a red line and any liberal trying to haggle and justify their support for Biden is just someone who wants to go back to brunch. Liberals would rather play "out of sight out of mind".

Anyway, aside from the report function,

I don't know if it works for Lemmyverse users, but you can use it to block:

• Kerryposters
• Kerryposting genocide supporters
• Genocide apologists.
• Bigots, fascists, creeps.
• Liberals scolding you for not supporting Biden.

I'm primarily referencing the people in the Kyle Rittenhouse post from a day ago, but as a general reference for the remainder of Hexbear.chat threads and forums where we have apologists for fascists and reactionary politics, policies, figures, and dog whistles.

In the context of this forum, or the internet in general, they are trolls. Their inciteful and hateful remarks are not made in good faith, and are meant to inspire frustration and attention.

Ideally, spamming pigpoopballs should be the response to bad faith trolls but sunlight is not the best antidote to their poison - removal of their poisonous dialogue is the best antidote.

Just watched Black Lagoon's first two episodes and Rock outsmarts mercenaries on a helicopter and then he exclaims "You got fucked!" upon their death. Basically, schadenfreude

Just wondering if any of you have or had other shared moments in viewing fiction, or real life, or in your personal life where you had a similar moment in taking glee in someone's justified comeuppance.

I'd prefer if you share moments in fiction, but included the latter two categories because those are good too.

In video games, killing Emet-Selch in FFXIV.

In Manga, when Louie and Balt-Rhein where outsmarted and finally defeated in Altair:Record of Battles.