When the dementia really becomes impossible to hide, how likely is it that we'll see (at least attempts at) the use of deepfake videos to Weekend At Bernie's him while they have knife-fights behind the scenes?
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
So, a month's worth of oil shipped through the Strait of Hormuz?
as Trump reportedly considers sending ground troops in to open the straight of hormuz, it's worth remembering how much extra, unnecessary danger it puts US troops in to preemptively declare "we will murder soldiers who surrender to us" (which is what "no quarter" means)
I don't know how we solve any problems if we can't agree on what is real or how we measure that reality.
Beyond traffic calming, there are still debates about whether the 20-20-20 housing rule actually worked, and over our policing strategies.
The plural of anecdotes is vibes.
Instead of fast measurements, we rely on traffic deaths and serious injuries.
So we literally wait years to find out if the work done got results.
Then it's already time for another election, before anyone knows - and then debates are all vibe-based.
Parking! Bicycle lanes! War on cars!
Yet another (in that same borough council!) argued against speed cameras, because they cost a lot and are judicially contested.
Cameras that only measure the speed *without giving tickets* could let us determine whether traffic calming actually works, and where more needs to implemented.
A couple years ago, another one claimed there was less speeding besides schools, *as evidenced by speeding tickets.*
So, the cops can make it look like our traffic calming is counter-productive, simply by setting up ticket traps.
This is deeply unserious.
"The Airbnb rules work, because a lot of people have told me apartments that were once rented out on that platform are now available for long-term leases."
It's always nice to have a tacit admission from our elected officials that our statistics to measure policy impacts are just anecdotes.
There's still room to build on the Plateau, often in very central locations.
There's the building near Sherbrooke metro due for redevelopment, and there are also prime spots near Mont-Royal and Laurier.
Nonetheless, we could make the East Plateau and further less dismal.
Respectfully, eat shit. Those kids were expelled, arrested, and targeted relentlessly by their school administrations with the specific goal of preventing further protest. Eighteen year old kids were held down and maced by campus security, hit point blank with tear gas canisters by riot cops.
The problem is after spending a few billion on highway construction costs, a few billion on ~80k trucks and the ongoing costs for fuel and salaries, it starts to add up to real money.
But yeah, totally doable.
I'm so glad our economies are run by billionaires who find clever solutions to problems.
I checked. It can absolutely be a solution!
All you need is ~1700 truck trips for each of the ~140 ships, so 238,000/day.
It's an 8 hour journey from Abu Dhabi to Al Ashkharah, so 80k trucks assuming each can do 3 trips/day after we add 4 more lanes to that nearly 800km stretch.
Plateau beats Rosemont, and they both beat Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
Rents are more expensive in Westmount, but that's not quite comparable housing stock.
In all cases, people pay way more to live in places where they can walk to work, school and other amenities.
We should build more housing there!
Plateau isn't actually the most expensive place in Montreal - just the more expensive historically francophone area.
But all the other expensive places are better, or rich people enclaves: www.centris.ca/en/blog/real...
Plateau Mont-Royal is the most expensive part of Montreal, like NYC is more expensive than Long Island.
Many are willing to pay more to be in better, more walkable places.
The public policy needed now isn't shaping people's preferences, it's making it possible to build more of those dense places.
If you've known where they are these past months, shouldn't you have prioritized them during these deportation efforts?
Just FWIW, NYC has around 3 million curbside parking spaces. About 2.5% of them are currently metered. 100% of them should be. No one has a right to store a car in the public's space.
This captures that feeling you get when you try to catch people up on the latest round of what's happening.
youtube.com/shorts/sjexh...
Une publication Reddit décrit des thérapies de conversion dans le programme psychosocio de l’UQAR. J’ai tenté d’en savoir plus.
Like a lot of debates these days, the meanest jerks are loudly dominating online fora, while media actively disinforms.
(Again, the article is fine, however most people will stop at the headline / subhead, and get the basics wrong.)
Some of the far-right commenters have mocked Alexe Frédéric Migneault wanting a haircut despite being bald.
They're bald now, years after the case started, and... shockingly, a person going bald might want a haircut that can dissimulate falling patches of hair?
Most of the appellant's supporters clearly didn't read the decision.
This is entirely a knee-jerk reaction against non-binary folk, based on a surface reading of the facts, and not wanting to be told to be inclusive.
That's it. Just mean-spirited bullshit.
I assume @thomasgerbet.bsky.social didn't write the sub-headline.
"Dispute began over online booking system which only offered gendered options" is not as accurate, as "...which required gender disclosure."
The service wasn't gendered, so that's not what the case was about.
The judgement is being appealed, and the CBC can't even get its subhead to accurately describe the initial case.
Nearly all comments are utterly besides the point.
Headline in the Zionist extremist "Jewish Insider" website: KEEPING COMPANY ADL condemns Zohran Mamdani for hosting Mahmoud Khalil at mayor’s mansion ‘Gracie Mansion belongs to all New Yorkers. Public office must never be used to legitimize hate,’ an ADL spokesperson said
Jacob N. Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh Mamdani, for second time since his inauguration, facing backlash from mainstream Jewish orgs for hosting at Gracie Mansion Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate who was held for deportation for his role in the pro-Palestinian protests. Includes statements by UJA Federation of NY and Mark Treyger, CEO of Jewish Community Relations Council of NY: https://x.com/jacobkornbluh/status/2031721069111836934
These "Jewish" orgs represent elderly donors, fascist or fascist-friendly Jews, and Israelis, NOT the vast population of Jewish New Yorkers who support Mahmoud Khalil and despise his kidnapping and imprisonment by the Nazi pigs in our government.
L'UX montre où 30cm de pluie ferait une cuvette, mais cela cache la forme d'une cuvette pour 10cm de pluie.
Ce qui semble être fait dans le mémoire partagé par @sarahdorner.bsky.social est une intégration avec le système d'égoût.
On sous-estime dans ces statistiques des phénomènes comme les rivières atmosphériques.
Ca c'est pour le volet pluie. L'autre côté du modèle, c'est l'estimation de la pérméabilité des surfaces, suivi du calcul d'où l'eau va former des cuvettes.
Je devine que les modèles de pluviométrie proviennent de Ressources naturelles Canada.
Premièrement, ces données sont plutôt vieilles, et ne prennent pas en compte les changement climatiques.
Deuxièmement, on estime l'incidence de pluies abondantes par des statistiques...
