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Israel-Hamas war: Ceasefire in Gaza chances shrinking, Qatar says
  • I mean, Israel has been honest about their intentions from the beginning. It's other governments that are saying otherwise; desperately praying that their citizens have no reading or listening comprehension, so they can funnel more taxpayers' money into enriching weapon's merchants.

  • ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  • Well, we'll find out about other militaries soon enough. Stock prices for weapon's manufacturers have been booming. The US and EU want a convenient weapon's testing ground and a canal to gas fields out of this.

    The biggest loser is always innocent civilians at home and abroad.

  • What is the last m̶e̶ Book you have read?
  • I finished Barrayar by Louis Mcmaster Bujold and had a really great time from start to finish. Gripping, funny, and just plain thought provoking, I can see why it won a Hugo award and Locus award.

  • West risks being complicit in Israeli war crimes, warn Arab and Muslim foreign ministers
  • Judging from how brisk weapons sales have been? Not only are these governments complicit, they are delighted at the death of Palestinians.

  • In the West Bank, Israeli Settlers Are Burning Palestinians’ Olive Trees
  • The settler colonists have so little love for thousand year old indigenous trees the metaphor almost writes itself. They will grow imported pine trees after they're done.

  • After Indonesian uproar, Putrajaya bans US-based artist’s book on childhood in Malaysia
  • Lol, why are we banning it? Shouldn't Indonesia ban it on their end instead?

  • [Thread] Sunday Fun Day! What're you listening to today???
  • The entirety of Hozier's Unreal Unearth album. Again. What can I say, I'm hooked.

  • Birthday dinner for my wife
  • Your rendang looks really good!

  • [New Music Friday] New Releases for August 18, 2023
  • The new Hozier album is just so good!

  • [Question of the Week] What is your favorite concept album?
  • Divers by Joanna Newsom. I love the cyclical arrangement of her songs with the last line of her last song looping back to the first line of her first song. I think it really illustrates what she's trying to say about the nature of love and time.

  • Artists skipping Malaysia on world tours isn't just sad, it's actually bad for the economy
  • They will very literally get cancelled by local government before any nutjob in the public gets to them.

    If you skim the guidelines in the document I linked, one of the things artistes must do is submit a copy of all of their lyrics to be checked for inappropriate content. Then there's the clothing guidelines for male and female artistes, behavior guidelines, topic restrictions in banter etc.

    After you pass all that, your ticket prices have to be adjusted to the local currency and buying power of the local market. 30% of your crew has to be local (understandable stipulation, but for Singapore you only need minimum 1 local to be hired and paid full salary to scale).

    End of the day, we might have the facilities and expertise needed to mount a show, but the hassle is too much for too little return.

  • Artists skipping Malaysia on world tours isn't just sad, it's actually bad for the economy
  • A part of me suspects that it's also a lot more troublesome to apply to perform in Malaysia. The last time I checked, the organising company in Singapore just needs to have the right entertainment license and they can easily apply for a work permit for artists. Whereas Malaysia has this 39 page beauty.

    And if you're holding your concert in Sabah/Sarawak you have to submit your application twice to PUSPAL and the state government. Yeah, it's not looking good for us.

  • What's the best thing you kept from one of your exes?
  • Diamond earrings from one. A purse in the shape of Luna from Sailor Moon from another.

  • Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests
  • Ooh, fun fact! Did you know the It Ain't Much But It's Honest Work meme guy was a proponent of no till farming and was a leader in the movement advocating for and utilizing the farming practices suggested in this article?

    Dave Brandt passed away in May this year, but his honest work? It meant so much.

  • ‘This is a death sentence for me’: Florida Republican women say they will switch parties after DeSantis approves alimony law
  • According to the article, permanent alimony is granted only if the receiver agrees to give up other assets in exchange. So it's more of a trade.

  • Is places like Mastodon, Twitter, and this Threads thing just places for people to just write some blurb?
  • Oh, for that use case then Twitter is a bit different. Information on Twitter moves fast and you can get quick, bite-sized updates on a company or event (via tags) much quicker than most sites. The ease of sharing information made it very popular for things like announcing updates on website/app down times or catching up on election news for example.

  • Is places like Mastodon, Twitter, and this Threads thing just places for people to just write some blurb?
  • I'm upvoting you purely for describing Twitter as "Live Journal with a text limit". That is exactly what it is and with infinitely less privacy or conversational value.

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