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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32947699

Opinion - Zeynep Tufekci
July 9, 2025

[as usual, independent thinking from #ZeynepTufekci ]

"What Kelly didn’t mention, but which has since become well known, is that the Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got traction — Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” — had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. He was not replaced.

To a Washington bean counter, his loss might have looked like one tiny but welcome subtraction in a giant spreadsheet, but not in a region so prone to these perilous events that it’s known as Flash Flood Alley. Hundreds of kids at summer camps slept in cabins along the river. The plan was for folks at the upstream camps to send word to the downstream camps if floodwaters got scary. But if even the highest official in the county wasn’t on high alert, how were the camp counselors supposed to understand the danger — or, in an area without reliable cellphone coverage, to act on it?"

https://archive.ph/lh7ET

 

Opinion - Zeynep Tufekci
July 9, 2025

[as usual, independent thinking from #ZeynepTufekci ]

"What Kelly didn’t mention, but which has since become well known, is that the Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got traction — Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” — had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. He was not replaced.

To a Washington bean counter, his loss might have looked like one tiny but welcome subtraction in a giant spreadsheet, but not in a region so prone to these perilous events that it’s known as Flash Flood Alley. Hundreds of kids at summer camps slept in cabins along the river. The plan was for folks at the upstream camps to send word to the downstream camps if floodwaters got scary. But if even the highest official in the county wasn’t on high alert, how were the camp counselors supposed to understand the danger — or, in an area without reliable cellphone coverage, to act on it?"

https://archive.ph/lh7ET

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32936322

Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini - Opinion
9 July 2025 10:42 BST
Last update: ~5:45 EDT

"Across the UK and around the world, the tide has turned. From musicians chanting at Glastonbury, to students occupying campuses, to doctors’ unions passing motions of solidarity, public opinion has shifted. People are demanding an end to active participation in genocide and ethnic cleansing.

The votes two weeks ago at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting - the largest gathering of doctors in the UK - are a powerful symbol of that shift."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32936322

Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini - Opinion
9 July 2025 10:42 BST
Last update: ~5:45 EDT

"Across the UK and around the world, the tide has turned. From musicians chanting at Glastonbury, to students occupying campuses, to doctors’ unions passing motions of solidarity, public opinion has shifted. People are demanding an end to active participation in genocide and ethnic cleansing.

The votes two weeks ago at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting - the largest gathering of doctors in the UK - are a powerful symbol of that shift."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32936322

Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini - Opinion
9 July 2025 10:42 BST
Last update: ~5:45 EDT

"Across the UK and around the world, the tide has turned. From musicians chanting at Glastonbury, to students occupying campuses, to doctors’ unions passing motions of solidarity, public opinion has shifted. People are demanding an end to active participation in genocide and ethnic cleansing.

The votes two weeks ago at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting - the largest gathering of doctors in the UK - are a powerful symbol of that shift."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32936322

Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini - Opinion
9 July 2025 10:42 BST
Last update: ~5:45 EDT

"Across the UK and around the world, the tide has turned. From musicians chanting at Glastonbury, to students occupying campuses, to doctors’ unions passing motions of solidarity, public opinion has shifted. People are demanding an end to active participation in genocide and ethnic cleansing.

The votes two weeks ago at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting - the largest gathering of doctors in the UK - are a powerful symbol of that shift."

 

Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini - Opinion
9 July 2025 10:42 BST
Last update: ~5:45 EDT

"Across the UK and around the world, the tide has turned. From musicians chanting at Glastonbury, to students occupying campuses, to doctors’ unions passing motions of solidarity, public opinion has shifted. People are demanding an end to active participation in genocide and ethnic cleansing.

The votes two weeks ago at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting - the largest gathering of doctors in the UK - are a powerful symbol of that shift."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32935852

Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory in May, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

By Lizzie Dearden
Reporting from London
July 9, 2025 Updated 3:12 p.m. ET

"Dr. Rose went straight to the emergency room at Nasser Hospital where she was based, arriving around 8 a.m. It is the last major hospital still functioning in southern Gaza.

“There were ambulances coming in, just bringing dead people, and then there were donkey-drawn carts bringing dead people,” she recalled in an interview in London. “By about 10 o’clock, we had 20 or so dead bodies, and then easily a hundred or so gunshot wounds.”"

https://archive.ph/wip/gysio

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32935852

Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory in May, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

By Lizzie Dearden
Reporting from London
July 9, 2025 Updated 3:12 p.m. ET

"Dr. Rose went straight to the emergency room at Nasser Hospital where she was based, arriving around 8 a.m. It is the last major hospital still functioning in southern Gaza.

“There were ambulances coming in, just bringing dead people, and then there were donkey-drawn carts bringing dead people,” she recalled in an interview in London. “By about 10 o’clock, we had 20 or so dead bodies, and then easily a hundred or so gunshot wounds.”"

https://archive.ph/wip/gysio

 

Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory in May, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

By Lizzie Dearden
Reporting from London
July 9, 2025 Updated 3:12 p.m. ET

"Dr. Rose went straight to the emergency room at Nasser Hospital where she was based, arriving around 8 a.m. It is the last major hospital still functioning in southern Gaza.

“There were ambulances coming in, just bringing dead people, and then there were donkey-drawn carts bringing dead people,” she recalled in an interview in London. “By about 10 o’clock, we had 20 or so dead bodies, and then easily a hundred or so gunshot wounds.”"

https://archive.ph/wip/gysio

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32903292

Ka (Jessica) Burbank and Ryan Grim
Jul 08, 2025

 

Ka (Jessica) Burbank and Ryan Grim
Jul 08, 2025

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

OK, thanks for the heads-up.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Most of us here know that, but many others beyond the Fediverse are still not convinced. Video documentation and expert testimony of horrible crimes is often effective in changing public opinion.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, it did change. But I still think that your concern is misplaced and that the Guardian's error came nowhere close to misinformation.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

I should have mentioned the most important factor was the heroic struggle and sacrifice of the Vietnamese people, which did inflict many casualties on the US.

But the massive demonstrations in the US and around the world helped change the consciousness of millions, which ultimately even affected the thinking of the troops fighting in Vietnam. Many times the representatives of the NLF and DRV recognized the vital role of the US antiwar movement.

Unfortunately, both the USSR and China did not do much to help Vietnam, and Nixon was able to play them off pretty well.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Massive and sustained peaceful protests often do work, as they did against the US war in Vietnam. I can't imagine how confronting local Zionists would do anything to help Palestine be free.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

Totally wasted sarcasm.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right here. Biden's policies greatly strengthened Israel and directly helped the genocide.

Is Trump worse? I think yes. But that is still no reason to gloat or to think that endlessly supporting the lesser evil is going to produce any real changes that the world needs.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

After reading further, I see your point. Sorry about that.

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into checking for the AMP pages. (Never heard of those before, haven't done much with the web for quite a while.)

[–] pete_link@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Many opposed Harris because she continued very active support to the Israeli genocide. Very few believed Trump would be better.

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