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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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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My collection of lexical resources for language learning
Note: I have discovered some better resources which I have not appended to this list. 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…
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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.
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Whataboutism
They unfurled every creasein the discarded papersScrambling for expressionsunder the magnifying glass Banters;Lectures;Journalistic pieces Two sentences;A phrase;One word “She is a vile __________”, they proclaimed“Be hateful.”And the people became hateful. Reproach her.Banish her.Create a climate of fear. Is the evidence sufficient?YesBut only in this case Is the response appropriate?YesBut only in this case I wriggled…
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German politicians accuse Berlinale of platforming antisemites following award to “No Other Land”
German political figures, including Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner, have criticised the Berlinale for platforming “antisemites” following the award ceremony for the Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land. Award recipients criticise Israeli actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Upon receiving their awards on-stage, some award recipients made remarks critical of actions by the states of Germany and…