Hasnain says:

Powerful words.

“This is us. This is mainstream, ruling class Australia.
This has also been the bleakest 13 month period for humanity in my living memory. We have all seen so many things we cannot unsee. Any illusions of Western morality, or even the benevolence and effectiveness of our political systems, should be well and truly out the fucking window by now. Hold it all in contempt, you do not need to cheer for any of these people. Personally, I don’t think any of this deserves your “social cohesion”.
No matter how small it may prove to be in the end, these warrants are a win for justice and humanity. May they make it as awkward as possible for genocide deniers to carry out their horrendous work.”

Hasnain says:

“Accidentally”

I would honestly love to see the engineering post mortem here or given the stakes I am unfortunately biased towards assuming bad faith unless proven otherwise (sorry to my friends that work there)

“The plaintiffs’ counsel makes clear that they have no reason to believe the deletion was intentional. But they do say the incident underscores that OpenAI “is in the best position to search its own datasets” for potentially infringing content using its own tools.”

Hasnain says:

The reactions are all over the place:

"The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the decision was not political but made by a court and thus should be respected and implemented.
"The tragedy in Gaza has to stop," he said.

Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi also said the ICC's decision must be implemented, adding that Palestinians deserved justice after what he termed Israel's "war crimes" in Gaza.

The Netherlands' foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp said his country acts on arrest warrants for people on its territory and will not engage in "non-essential" contacts.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, said: "The court is a dangerous joke. It is now time for the U.S. Senate to act and sanction this irresponsible body."

The ICC has "lost all legitimacy" after issuing the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said."

Hasnain says:

Now I want khowsey again. Hopefully the event tomorrow at Zareens is still on.

“The enmeshed histories of Pakistan and China – with overlapping mountain ranges and confluence of rivers – gives credence to the interwoven narrative of the dish. In Myanmar, Ohn no Khauk Swe (coconut milk noodles) are iconic. Cookbook authors Amy and Emily Chung, aka the Rangoon Sisters, associate it with their Chinese-inspired Burmese tradition of having noodles on one's birthday for good luck. In Northern Thailand, khao soi is synonymous with soulful Chiang Mai train station food today.

One thing is for certain: when it comes to khowsey, there are as many variations as there are taste preferences. As such, serving guests individually is key, Fayyaz explained, and khowsey is not meant to be pre-assembled by the host.

"It's exciting," explained Shaikh, "The overall experience [of assembling it] is like a desi [characteristic of the subcontinent] version of [Chinese] hotpot".”

Hasnain says:

Yikes

“In northern California, flood and high wind watches were in effect, with up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain predicted for parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, North Coast and Sacramento Valley.”

Hasnain says:

Where have I heard this phrasing before

“Google’s regulatory affairs VP, Lee-Anne Mulholland, said that the DOJ “continues to push a radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case,” Bloomberg writes.”

Hasnain says:

This is just going to be “[insert terms here that would get me banned ]”

“The big picture: There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Trump's mass deportations are expected to impact roughly 20 million families across the country.

Immigration advocates and lawyers are preparing to counter the plan in court.
The president-elect's team is aiming to craft executive orders that can withstand legal challenges to avoid a similar defeat that befell Trump's Muslim ban in his first term, Politico reported.
Their plans also include ending the parole program for undocumented immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, per Politico.”

Hasnain says:

As someone on twitter pointed out, this was written by James Bamford who’s one of the most well regarded journalists reporting on the NSA. Worth a serious read.

“Although neither the United States nor Israel recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC, most other countries of the world, including in Europe, do. So, should Biden join Netanyahu on the ICC’s wanted list, he would remain safe as long as he never leaves the country. But if he were to give a speech or attend a ceremony outside the country, an Interpol Red Notice would likely be waiting for him, followed by a quick trip to the ICC’s Court Tower in The Hague. According to The Architectural Review, those awaiting trial at the ICC are confined in a “dark gray holding cell complete with steel table and chair bolted to the floor, a slab for a bed, seatless stainless-steel prison toilet and sink.” And there is plenty of room for both Netanyahu and Biden.”

Hasnain says:

Even though this isn’t targeted at me, I found myself nodding along. Lots to ponder here.

“U.S. society is so in love with the idea of elections as self-empowerment that its elite has most people believing that justice is finite, a commodity limited to select groups who earn it through obedience. The elite want us to think that justice is finite because they have none to offer. The finitude of justice corresponds to a scarcity of resources for which we must struggle while those elites live in abundance.

The upshot, manifested through electoralism, is a set of impossible choices. Why should we have to choose between abortion access and imperialism? Why does inflation need to be mitigated through the blood of Arabs? Why must a decent judicial system be contingent on genocide? Anybody accepting this logic has been duped into fighting the wrong enemy. “

Hasnain says:

Damning report.

“Israel cannot rely on the security and safety of civilians as a justification for evacuating people if there are no safe areas to which civilians can move. Ultimately, as this report will show, even if Israel can demonstrate that its actions fall within the displacement exception, its lack of adherence to the strict protections required to make an evacuation lawful demonstrates that its orders for people to move were a pretext for forced displacement.”