Video Game History Foundation Says Piracy Remains the Only Viable Preservation Method https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/07/03/1652234/video-game-history-foundation-says-piracy-remains-the-only-viable-preservation-method?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Deaths in wars/conflicts between Israel & Palestine 1987-2026.
The UN Commission of Inquiry has released a devastating report alleging that Israeli forces carried out deliberate, systematic attacks on children in #Gaza and the #WestBank after 7 October 2023.
Investigators cite more than 21,909 children killed and at least 44,143 injured, alongside thousands more maimed, widespread amputations, acute starvation, and the collapse of paediatric and neonatal care.
Source: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/coi-report-23jun26/
"Visit Albanese’s report. Read it. From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide. Every company named. Every supply chain traced. Every dollar followed to what it funds. There is no excuse for not knowing."
#IsraelRogueState #BDS #Palestine #Gaza #WesternComplicity #Nakba #Genocide #Torture #SystematicRape #ChildrenOfGaza #EthnicCleansing
"More Than a Human Can Bear:" On Israel's Systematic Sexualized Violence and the Silence That Enables It - CounterPunch.org
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/03/more-than-a-human-can-bear-on-israels-systematic-sexualized-violence-and-the-silence-that-enables-it/
Dr. Alireza Marandi, head of the late Ayatollah Khamenei’s medical team, revealed that for years the Iranian Supreme Leader lived without a refrigerator at home, describing what he characterized as an austere lifestyle.
According to Marandi, during difficult periods, including the war, the household would purchase small amounts of food daily, and meals often consisted of simple items such as bread, yogurt, eggplant without meat, or leftover food from previous days.
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In case you missed it: getting the #shingles #vaccine lowers your risk of dementia later in life by 20% and even slows the progress of the disease for people already suffering from Alzheimer’s.
Shingles itself is awful: painful and even mentally debilitating. So please consider getting the vaccine.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/03/shingles-vaccination-dementia.html
I will never understand why so many activists still use generative images for their content, and rely on big tech for communications and organizations when there are now so many practical, more secure, and much more ethical alternatives.
Your principles aren't just to be stated, they must also be embodied and integrated in your work.
We must show by example what can be done with ethical tech and ethical practices.
I don't boost my pinned post often enough.
Mastodon has flaws and problems.
But we are *really* good at appreciating people who actually fucking make things.
*Any* things.
Give us a try.
Good on you, #Egypt :) 'Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has dedicated his team’s World Cup knockout win over Australia to the people of #Palestine, who joined the rest of the Arab world in celebrating the historic victory through the night.' https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/7/4/egypt-coach-dedicates-world-cup-win-to-palestine-as-arab-world-celebrates #WorldCup
new metaphor just dropped
On 3 July, #Yemen announced that its armed forces repelled an attempt by #Saudi warplanes to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa airport.
Saudi warplanes violating Yemeni airspace were targeted with air-defense missiles, forcing them to withdraw. The aircraft was carrying 200+ Yemenis, including many who were sick or wounded. Saudis have been warned that any future aggression would be met with strikes on Saudi airports and other vital interests.
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The killing of a Palestinian footballer by Israeli forces on Monday has reignited calls for Fifa to ban Israel amid its ongoing genocide in #Gaza.
Saleem al-Ashqar, 32, was cycling in search of a gas cylinder when Israeli soldiers shot him in the town of al-Qarara, just outside Khan Younis.
The goalkeeper’s death brings the number of Palestinian athletes killed by #Israel since October 2023 to 1,009, including at least 567 footballers.
New, by me: A politician who was part of a European Parliament committee tasked with investigating spyware abuses had his own phone hacked with Pegasus spyware. Stelios Kouloglou told me the hacking was "reckless" and likely due to his work. He plans to sue NSO, which develops Pegasus.
Ad-blocker bypass: https://archive.is/Vu84r
ARREST Trump
NEW: An MEP investigating Pegasus spyware… had their phone hacked with Pegasus multiple times.
The compromises came days ahead of key meetings of the spyware inquiry
I like to rag on Confucius for being so “kids these days!” so here’s a fair and balanced quotation of his better side:
The Master said: “Everyone is respectable from birth. Why do you assume that those who are young now will not surpass our current standards? Being forty or fifty and having nothing to show for it — that’s what’s unrespectable.”