Common Mish Takes

Has a UN security council veto ever been used to actually make the world a better place?

The last 48 hours have shown why people have stopped relying on legacy journalism and have migrated to independent journalists in droves.

The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.

Nordic bureaucracy can be very funny.

I applied for a thing with the Norwegian government (not important for the story), took a little while but today I got an approval message (yay).

With that approval message I also got a form, for if I wanted to appeal the decision... the approved decision.

Thats also valid :O the whole situation seems grossly oversimplified

I would take the money, give it to my friends and then give the snail a god damn hug

A cereal box on sale for 2 pounds 48 pence with a deal offered for customers to buy 2 for five pounds

Went to visit family in England, I go to the store to buy cereal and find this offer.

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

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A little song I wrote about the danger of people pleasing from personal experience

Happy Pride from Oslo

Oslo reptile house was definitely a highlight of my gay week

Enjoy my face or else

Context is boring. Down with context. Up with erotica

My cat trying to cuddle my dog

Best buddies

Fish are blue because that's how long they have been holding their breath for.

I cuddled with a relative stranger for 3 hours on Saturday and no amount of therapy I've ever had in my life has ever helped as much as that time. It was very eye opening as something I should probably do more often.

In Moonfall (2022) a NASA guy reports that the moon has entered an elliptical orbit. And his boss, the director of NASA, is like, 'In ENGLISH please???'

I guess Vance killing the Pope is the big news today

there will be plenty of things out there that are not to your taste, but this culture of saying yuck to sincerity to get little more than an empty laugh - it will destroy your heart.

Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

What the fuck is a command and control centre

It's probably not the most intuitive version of azul but I enjoy Queens Garden a lot.

“This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’ Zech 7:9-10

“This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’
Zech 7:9-10 #ICE #MAGAWouldDeportJesus

And again wow

Holy cow that was a nice free kick.

Omg I am behind you then. I'm not an arsenal fan but I hate real Madrid so this is great ^_^

I assume they are chanting about coming second :x

She has the same vibes as the Angelina Jolie fish from a Shark's Tale