Author: Dongchen
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Probability of intersection between UNRWA staff and Al-Qassam fighters in the Gaza Strip
I was reading Richard Stallman’s political posts on his website. Regarding accusations by the Israeli government against UNRWA, he briefly commented on what he sees as a rigorous hiring process by UNRWA for excluding armed Hamas members: UNRWA investigated accusations that 19 of its Gaza staff were involved in HAMAS’s Oct 7 terrorist attack. For…
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Building speech-repository.wiki
This idea perhaps isn’t so enthusing at first sight, but I’ll try nevertheless to make a case. In short, I think we are not acknowledging the power of the spoken word, given the immense possibilities of information sharing via the internet. In lacking a comprehensive directory of public oration, we constrain ourselves from experiencing our…
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YouTube playback: seek more precisely than by 5-second intervals
“Video Seeking Everywhere” is a open-source browser extension that extends the seeking functionality of websites with media playback. In my case, it allowed me to rewind on YouTube by 2 seconds when consuming difficult foreign-language content (as opposed to the 5 seconds offered by the YouTube player). I had it override the default YouTube treatment…
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State Department briefing (interactive transcript) — 23 July 2024
This edition includes the addition of interactive elements to the transcript published on the Department of State website. Click on a word in the transcript for the audio to jump to that position. The forced alignment was done using “Gentle”. Tip: You can share this post with a timestamp. Double-click on a spot in the…
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State Department briefing (interactive transcript) — 22 July 2024
This edition includes the addition of interactive elements to the transcript published on the Department of State website. Click on a word in the transcript for the audio to jump to that position. The forced alignment was done using “Gentle”. Tip: You can share this post with a timestamp. Double-click on a spot in the…
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My collection of lexical resources for language learning
This is a list of lexical resources which I have found useful for learning languages, and one that I seek to augment when new resources cross my path. All of them are online and free of cost to access as of publication. My language profile (in order of first contact): Language Description Mandarin Native language,…
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Signal — excellent messenger with sufficient frills
For the unpertubed, I write this brief post to save regurgitating my attempts at persuasion. The “Signal” messenger is an excellent fusion between confidentiality and usability, notwithstanding the company’s minuteness in comparison to the giants it competes with. What does “privacy” mean? We’ve all heard of the age-old argument that “you have nothing to fear…
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Bookmarklets for UN Security Council procès-verbaux
Type in meeting number; press “OK”; obtain the procès-verbal.
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Transcript of Fatima Payman’s 15 May statement
Transcribed from the SBS video recording belowLocation: Parliament House Further reading Hansard (Proof). Commonwealth of Australia, 2024, https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/chamber/hansards/27625/toc_pdf/Senate_2024_05_16.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf. The day following Senator Payman’s statement, the Senate Opposition (LP) moved a motion to condemn the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as antisemitic. It was adopted with 56-12 votes as Labor…
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A few thoughts on the World Central Kitchen killings
Flurry of condemnations reveals racism in Western societies’ moral conscience. Simultaneously, it can be a productive impetus for change.