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We really are past the peak of the entirety of the internet. Bo Burnham got it 100% right with this.

The CIA is training Ukrainian intelligence personnel. Notably, the Ukrainians who assassinated Alexander Dugin's daughter were trained by the CIA. WaPo gift link: Ukrainian spies with deep ties to CIA wage shadow war against Russia - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM The CIA has built up Ukraine’s espionage capabilities, but U.S. officials stress that the agency has no involvement in targeted killings operations by Kyiv

*Mandala effect

Absolutely fuck this.

The sunrise/sunset photos really make this look rather picturesque.

My suspicions about Mormon figures climbing the ladder in that organization remain intact.

I'll repeat here what I posted elsewhere this morning. Based on this morning's photos, it appears more likely that this was a failed Hamas rocket. I also hope the initial casualty figures were higher than they ultimately turn out to be. But whether it was an accident or an attack doesn't matter. People are dead who shouldn't be and Israel is responsible for setting the conditions of this apparent accident. Without the apartheid state that Israel has created and the conflict it has nurtured, this accident would have been much less likely to happen.

This is what swings me the other way. This just seems so incredibly different than what we've seen.

I wonder if a failed/failing rocket engine could do that.

My wild-ass guess of how a Hamas rocket could do this is that the engine flamed out and the rocket fell, detonating the warhead, which then detonated the fuel. Detonating rocket fuel would probably cause a much larger explosion than the warhead itself. I think it's possible. Maybe even plausible. But also... it's more likely Israel bombed a hospital because they've done that before. This is a level of destruction heretofore unseen from Hamas rocket launches.

On the other end of things, this explosion seemed more massive than any Hamas rocket before. So either Hamas developed the most powerful rocket in their arsenal and had a mishap while launching it. Or the country that has made a habit of carpet bombing Gaza dropped a bomb on a hospital.

This is far from confirmed.

Agreed. I really do think this one isn't clear cut so far. In fact, there's evidence for each... I stand by my damning of Israel and the IDF. Even if they didn't launch a warhead here, they created the conditions for this to happen.

Breaking the rule because no one else is doing this on another platform. This twitter thread includes some preliminary analysis that indicates a Hamas rocket motor failed and the rocket fell into the vicinity of the hospital: EDIT: And all this assumes this is the right video.

I cannot begin to express how I feel. God damn Israel.

Sure, why not. Israel has too many bombs for how small Gaza is, I guess. This is all so stupid.

I can, in fact, name eight. One might describe them as crusades.

I hope the ex-girlfriend whose D+ account I have a password for doesn't cancel because of this!

My mistake. but the logistical realities of Hamas' forces allow for them to act in the settlements. That would matter if Hamas cared to make choices between combatants and non-combatants (which they clearly do not). I don't know. It really doesn't matter what I think is justified or what lines each side crosses.

Today's attack didn't happen in a vacuum. There is a military response option available to even an insurgent force like Hamas to fight back against settlements and other things Israel's government has done. There's also an argument to be made (that I do not agree with) that the civilians in these border settlements are not innocent since they are willingly taking part in the apartheid government's policies. But none of that makes it worth killing random people in their houses and parading their bodies through the streets. Hamas had a choice. This is what they chose. Likewise, Israel has a choice. Given their track record, I'm confident they'll also choose foolishly.

What a fucked situation. If Russia invading Ukraine is a war with a clear Good and Bad side, Israel vs. Palestine is a war you can accurately "bothsides."

Your Likud party membership card is in the mail!

No one can say this was unprovoked given Israel's actions on the temple mount and in the settlements. Both sides are not equivalent here, but Hamas is not innocent of atrocities, as today shows. The reason for combat operations being understandable (or even justified) does not negate the heinous actions of targeting civilians.

I didn't want to do it, but my brother did. So I'm in. This is a horrific data breach...

I am definitely intrigued as well. Even despite...