Philip Machanick 🇿🇦

How much Black history has been erased?

Israel in Gaza: Who are the Amalek? A denial of the past will always impede reconciliation in the future

Yes.

I got hate emails for this but was too soft.

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Selective outrage: Can Zionists be challenged for being anti-Semitic? The New York Times seems to believe Islamophobia cancels out anti-Semitism as it downplays Trump's remarks and publishes a racist piece

Part of the long-running conspiracy to deflect from uncovering Israeli fascism with fake attacks on antisemitism.

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Connections
Puzzle #786
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Only liked me a little.

I feel mundified.

South Africa's genocide case against Israel - Wikipedia

Now let them admit that rejecting the South African position at the ICJ is racist.

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A cost of this: academics developing a false belief in their skills, hence my mentorship approach.

Some authors submitted real junk and learnt from being told why and later submitted a paper worth sending to review. Others I didn’t hear from again.

We fought fascism in apartheid South Africa with no constitutional support. Don’t give up.

The numbers in Trump’s EU trade deal are a joke The EU’s commitment to buy $250 billion worth of American energy is entirely unrealistic and unachievable.

More: thehill.com/opinion/fina...

Explains all those high-volume low-quality open access journals.

Trying to build the profile of a reasonably good journal is hard vs. all that noise.

Some thoughts on that: cacm.acm.org/opinion/ment...

Since 1945?

Isn’t there something in your constitution about cruel and unusual punishment?

Donald Trump’s approval ratings: What 12 new polls reveal Is President Trump losing or gaining support? Here's what new polls show.

Delusional. Even Rasmussen that’s biased Republican has him under water.

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What’s the incentive? In some countries do academic outputs attract remuneration?

A few universities in South Africa share proceeds of government subsidies for outputs. Some only pay an incentive for those not on payroll, like retired.

He stopped me at masked Gestapo dragging people off to foreign gulags and Alligator Auschwitz.

I wouldn’t visit if you PAID me $15k.

N Korea: likewise.

Sourdough wholewheat seed bread ready to bake.

A while since I made my own. Loafing.

Who selected the training data?

Did he drop any balls for Trump?

Read into that what you will.

Is penguin wing flapping like dog tail wagging or expressing a desire to escape?

“Tesla's U.S. loyalty rate has since ticked back up to 57.4% in May” – because the remaining customers are those who didn’t already walk away?

Lying with the facts: Labour leaves the left Rhetoric like Keir Starmer’s inflammatory comment on migration makes it more difficult to advance real solutions, which are complex and need careful explanation

Way ahead of you.

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Spot the difference.

Subtle.

Selective outrage: Can Zionists be challenged for being anti-Semitic? The New York Times seems to believe Islamophobia cancels out anti-Semitism as it downplays Trump's remarks and publishes a racist piece

Or: are they the actual antisemites?

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The Superpower The US has a very strange president with a cult-like following. His skin is a tad orange and his hair looks like plastic. Evidence starts to emerge that he is actually a space alien in disguise. But t...

Tricky.

Could this be it?

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Strands #520
“We have a winner!”
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Sweet.

Also: reduce dependence on US hardware.

Caught one!

Yuck! Soap!

Caught another!

How many doses of ketamine does that buy?

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Satisfying. No nasty surprises.

'Dear Rich Bastard' Letter Customers on a business mailing list were mistakenly greeted by the salutation 'Dear Rich Bastard.'

Snopes, ever willing to spoil a good story with the facts, reveals that it did really happen but not to a bank.

I will however leave the original story up as it’s better.

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