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Editorial: Israel’s Water Wake-Up Call

(wikicommons/Mark Neyman) Israel has spent decades turning water scarcity into one of its greatest technological success stories. Earlier…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Desalination #editorial #Editorials #Israel #Op-ed #op-eds #Opinion #Opinions #Water #waterscarcity
https://www.newsbeep.com/734463/

Opinion: The Missing Context From Casualties Associated With Israeli Campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon

Israeli soldiers at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, July 23, 2025. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90 (via…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Casualties #gazawar #Israel #Lebanon #oct.7 #Op-ed #op-eds #Opinion #Opinions #voices
https://www.newsbeep.com/734085/

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Pour la sanctuarisation absolue de la #liberté de #conscience, de la liberté des #opinions religieuses et politiques, du #consentement éclairé, etc

➡️ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-6898 #PAN_6898

#P_AN ★ #initiatives_citoyennes à l'Assemblée nationale

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Pour la sanctuarisation absolue de la #liberté de #conscience, de la liberté des #opinions religieuses et politiques, du #consentement éclairé, etc

➡️ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-6898 #PAN_6898

#P_AN ★ #initiatives_citoyennes à l'Assemblée nationale

☆

Pour la sanctuarisation absolue de la #liberté de #conscience, de la liberté des #opinions religieuses et politiques, du #consentement éclairé, etc

➡️ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-6898 #PAN_6898

#P_AN ★ #initiatives_citoyennes à l'Assemblée nationale

☆

Pour la sanctuarisation absolue de la #liberté de #conscience, de la liberté des #opinions religieuses et politiques, du #consentement éclairé, etc

➡️ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-6898 #PAN_6898

#P_AN ★ #initiatives_citoyennes à l'Assemblée nationale

☆

Pour la sanctuarisation absolue de la #liberté de #conscience, de la liberté des #opinions religieuses et politiques, du #consentement éclairé, etc

➡️ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-6898 #PAN_6898

#P_AN ★ #initiatives_citoyennes à l'Assemblée nationale

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/308858/ «Elle a sauvé les élections de mi-mandat»: Les Etats-Unis délivrés après que la Cour suprême a préservé le vote par correspondance et évité le chaos #DonaldTrump #EtatsUnis #International #Justice #Midterms2026:LesélectionsDeMiMandatAuxEtatsUnis #Opinions #Premium #RevuesDePresse #World #WorldNews

Season 3 Episode 6: We All Float Down Here

What is this? 2016? All our faves are dying and we talk the impact they had our lives and their roles in greater pop culture. Gone, but never to be forgotten.

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m3929Hk7riroM23oPeOEc?si=2fd7b4c83c2a4789

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/7ZAju7Qdk1o

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Season 3 Episode 6: We All Float Down Here

What is this? 2016? All our faves are dying and we talk the impact they had our lives and their roles in greater pop culture. Gone, but never to be forgotten.

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m3929Hk7riroM23oPeOEc?si=2fd7b4c83c2a4789

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/7ZAju7Qdk1o

Also listen at the following places:

Season 3 Episode 6: We All Float Down Here

What is this? 2016? All our faves are dying and we talk the impact they had our lives and their roles in greater pop culture. Gone, but never to be forgotten.

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m3929Hk7riroM23oPeOEc?si=2fd7b4c83c2a4789

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/7ZAju7Qdk1o

Also listen at the following places:

Season 3 Episode 6: We All Float Down Here

What is this? 2016? All our faves are dying and we talk the impact they had our lives and their roles in greater pop culture. Gone, but never to be forgotten.

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m3929Hk7riroM23oPeOEc?si=2fd7b4c83c2a4789

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/7ZAju7Qdk1o

Also listen at the following places:

Season 3 Episode 6: We All Float Down Here

What is this? 2016? All our faves are dying and we talk the impact they had our lives and their roles in greater pop culture. Gone, but never to be forgotten.

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m3929Hk7riroM23oPeOEc?si=2fd7b4c83c2a4789

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/7ZAju7Qdk1o

Also listen at the following places:

Canada, the UK and Australia should investigate the WCK attack in Gaza | Gaza

The Israeli army has concluded its probe into the 2024 drone strikes that killed seven humanitarian workers from…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #UK #AsiaPacific #Australia #Canada #Gaza #MiddleEast #Opinions #palestine #UnitedKingdom #US&Canada
https://www.europesays.com/britain/124682/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/124682/ Canada, the UK and Australia should investigate the WCK attack in Gaza | Gaza #AsiaPacific #Australia #Canada #Europe #Gaza #MiddleEast #Opinions #palestine #UK #UnitedKingdom #US&Canada

China does not need to replace the US in the Gulf

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/15/china-does-not-need-to-replace-the-us-in-the-gulf?traffic_source=rss

China does not need to replace the US in the Gulf

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/15/china-does-not-need-to-replace-the-us-in-the-gulf?traffic_source=rss

China does not need to replace the US in the Gulf

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/15/china-does-not-need-to-replace-the-us-in-the-gulf?traffic_source=rss

Canada, the UK and Australia should investigate the WCK attack in Gaza

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/15/canada-the-uk-and-australia-should-investigate-the-wck-attack-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss

Canada, the UK and Australia should investigate the WCK attack in Gaza

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/15/canada-the-uk-and-australia-should-investigate-the-wck-attack-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss

Canada, the UK and Australia should investigate the WCK attack in Gaza

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/15/canada-the-uk-and-australia-should-investigate-the-wck-attack-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/307844/ Et si Annemasse était davantage l’illustration des problèmes de la France que de ceux des frontaliers #France #Frontaliers #Geneva #Genève #Monde #Opinions #Premium #Suisse

https://www.europesays.com/iran/292640/ Burnham must establish an inquiry into Britain’s role in the Gaza genocide | Gaza #Europe #Gaza #Israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #MiddleEast #Opinions #UnitedKingdom

Can a party be leftist and Zionist? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Ahead of Israel’s October 27 elections, Israel’s Young Democrats, the youth wing of the newly formed Democrats party, are…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Israel #Israel-Palestineconflict #MiddleEast #Opinions #Palestine
https://www.newsbeep.com/731543/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/291938/ Can a party be leftist and Zionist? | Israel-Palestine conflict #Israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #MiddleEast #Opinions #Palestine

Can a party be leftist and Zionist?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/14/can-a-party-be-leftist-and-zionist?traffic_source=rss

Can a party be leftist and Zionist?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/14/can-a-party-be-leftist-and-zionist?traffic_source=rss

Can a party be leftist and Zionist?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/14/can-a-party-be-leftist-and-zionist?traffic_source=rss

https://www.europesays.com/britain/123872/ Burnham must establish an inquiry into Britain’s role in the Gaza genocide | Gaza #Europe #Gaza #israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #MiddleEast #Opinions #UK #UnitedKingdom

Burnham must establish an inquiry into Britain’s role in the Gaza genocide

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/14/burnham-must-establish-an-inquiry-into-britains-role-in-the-gaza-genocide?traffic_source=rss

Burnham must establish an inquiry into Britain’s role in the Gaza genocide

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/14/burnham-must-establish-an-inquiry-into-britains-role-in-the-gaza-genocide?traffic_source=rss

Burnham must establish an inquiry into Britain’s role in the Gaza genocide

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/14/burnham-must-establish-an-inquiry-into-britains-role-in-the-gaza-genocide?traffic_source=rss

Kazakhstan Hijab Debate Exposes Divide Over Secularism

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-hijab-debate/

Kazakhstan Hijab Debate Exposes Divide Over Secularism

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-hijab-debate/

Low Conviction Rate Under SC/ST Act in India: Needs Revamping?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/low-conviction-rate-under-sc-st-act-in-india-needs-revamping/

The Long Form Troll

Today there was a post about someone filming people with Meta Glasses without permission and someone was offended by the fact that someone would record people without permission so I pointed to the need for talent release forms and more in order to share content showing other people.

One troll said the common “Oh, you obviously didn’t read the article” to which my answer was “of course not” because the comment was written and phrased in a hostile manner, rather than a sociable one. I didn’t read the article before comment to a human being because I spent five years studying the topic at two universities so my answer is based on university level studies, rather than RTFA. (Read the ducking (intentional spelling) article)

It’s also about common sense and decency. Common sense and decency require people to ask people for permission before filming them, and if it is for broadcast, which social media has become, then a talent release form is required. If a Talent Release Form is not required, or if the rules have been re-written for toxic people to record without permission then that is a serious breach of social etiquette.

People that have studied factual television, news and documentary are well aware of tiny cameras that have been used in investigative journalism to film in situations where getting permission would have made the journalism impossible but they often state that the footage was acquired that way, and it has to be cleared legally, to ensure that such filming was warranted and justified.

I have a deep passion for documentary, for cinéma vérité, for observational documentary and for the life unawares that Vertov wrote or spoke about a century ago. I love the idea of filming life unawares and documenting life, without the camera being noticed, or performed to.

In the end it’s worth remarking that in this day and age, of being mostly ignored except when we comment on specific topics, having a few people comment within minutes is suspicious and encourages me towards the conclusion that a troll farm was primed to respond to the subject matter.

In the age of trolls on Antisocial media, social media are irrelevant.

The Long Form Troll

Today there was a post about someone filming people with Meta Glasses without permission and someone was offended by the fact that someone would record people without permission so I pointed to the need for talent release forms and more in order to share content showing other people.

One troll said the common “Oh, you obviously didn’t read the article” to which my answer was “of course not” because the comment was written and phrased in a hostile manner, rather than a sociable one. I didn’t read the article before comment to a human being because I spent five years studying the topic at two universities so my answer is based on university level studies, rather than RTFA. (Read the ducking (intentional spelling) article)

It’s also about common sense and decency. Common sense and decency require people to ask people for permission before filming them, and if it is for broadcast, which social media has become, then a talent release form is required. If a Talent Release Form is not required, or if the rules have been re-written for toxic people to record without permission then that is a serious breach of social etiquette.

People that have studied factual television, news and documentary are well aware of tiny cameras that have been used in investigative journalism to film in situations where getting permission would have made the journalism impossible but they often state that the footage was acquired that way, and it has to be cleared legally, to ensure that such filming was warranted and justified.

I have a deep passion for documentary, for cinéma vérité, for observational documentary and for the life unawares that Vertov wrote or spoke about a century ago. I love the idea of filming life unawares and documenting life, without the camera being noticed, or performed to.

In the end it’s worth remarking that in this day and age, of being mostly ignored except when we comment on specific topics, having a few people comment within minutes is suspicious and encourages me towards the conclusion that a troll farm was primed to respond to the subject matter.

In the age of trolls on Antisocial media, social media are irrelevant.

Wake Up and Face the Heat!

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/06/wake-up-and-face-the-heat/

A quotation from Baltasar Gracian

There is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others: nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them.
 
[No hay defecto sin afecto, ni se ha de desconfiar porque no agraden las cosas a algunos, que no faltarán otros que las aprecien; ni aun el aplauso de estos le sea materia al desvanecimiento, que otros lo condenarán.]

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #baltasargracian #applause #approval #booing #condemnation #differenceofopinion #disapproval #error #fault #opinions #pleaseeveryone #strength #supporters #weakness

MITI’s EV policy flip-flop raises bigger questions than just protecting Proton | Let’s Talk About #143 #byd #cars #cbuev #ckd #ckdev #electricvehicle #ev #featured #letstalkabout #miti #opinions #perodua #proton #transport #video

https://soyacincau.com/2026/05/12/miti-cbu-ev-policy-may-slow-ev-adoption-malaysia-lta-143/

MITI says EVs won’t become more expensive, but can Malaysia’s CKD industry fill the gap? #cars #cbuev #ckd #electricvehicle #ev #featured #miti #news #opinions #perodua #proton #simtzetzin #transport

https://soyacincau.com/2026/05/10/miti-ev-wont-be-more-expensive-malaysia-but-can-ckd-fill-the-cbu-gap/

Malaysia’s EV Boom faces reality check in 2026? #byd #cars #electricvehicle #energycommission #ev #evcharger #evregistrations #featured #highwaycharger #homecharger #letstalkabout #llm #malaysia #opinions #proton #protonemas #st #tesla #transport #video

https://soyacincau.com/2026/01/20/malaysia-ev-boom-faces-reality-check-in-2026/

Why the US should resume testing its nuclear arsenal https://www.byteseu.com/1691373/ #analysis #CirculatedDefenseNews #CirculatedMilitaryTimes #Commentary #MilitaryTimes #Nuclear #NuclearTesting #OpEd #Opinion #Opinions

https://www.europesays.com/uk/643735/ Every Boomer’s Favorite R-Rated Comedy Is No Longer Relevant, Will Be Forgotten History #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #metalocalypse #MovieNews #Movies #Opinions #RobReiner #SpinalTapII:TheEndContinues #TheGenerationalLine #TheSimpsons #ThisIsSpinalTap #UK #UnitedKingdom #WeirdAlYankovic

Why are there so many Honda e:N1 at this particular spot in Kuala Lumpur? #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #honda #hondaen1 #hondaev #hondamalaysia #keretapitanahmelayuberhad #ktm #ktmb #news #opinions

https://soyacincau.com/2025/09/08/big-honda-en1-ev-sighting-in-kuala-lumpur/

Is the BYD Seal a Tesla killer? | Let’s Talk about #130 #byd #bydmalaysia #bydseal #bydsealperformance #bydsealpremium #cars #ev #featured #letstalkabout #opinions #tesla #teslamodel3 #transport #video

https://soyacincau.com/2024/03/20/lta-is-byd-seal-tesla-model-3-killer-malaysia/

I need a new stick bag and I can't pick, so I'm asking Mastodon for your opinion.

I've got three finalists, you let me know which one I should get!

#drumming #opinions #drummerstuff #drummersofmastodon #drummers

I need a new stick bag and I can't pick, so I'm asking Mastodon for your opinion.

I've got three finalists, you let me know which one I should get!

#drumming #opinions #drummerstuff #drummersofmastodon #drummers

I need a new stick bag and I can't pick, so I'm asking Mastodon for your opinion.

I've got three finalists, you let me know which one I should get!

#drumming #opinions #drummerstuff #drummersofmastodon #drummers

I need a new stick bag and I can't pick, so I'm asking Mastodon for your opinion.

I've got three finalists, you let me know which one I should get!

#drumming #opinions #drummerstuff #drummersofmastodon #drummers