Rat_in_a_hat

@ Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca

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60m ago

A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID
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Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca 60m ago
Poor kid. Seems he was just starting out and didn't get into the weeds of OpSec.
He used a personal laptop with his personal information stored on it tied to an identifier. Not great OpSec. A hardware ID spoofer or a partitioned disk with different OS would've made wonders.

15h ago

Israel spirals into unprecendented constitutional crisis as government votes to defy High Court

I think framing it in religious terms is a bit too dismissive and lacking in depth. It's the exact framing that Israel has perpetuated on purpose so western audiences could be dismissive or find it too complicated to care about.

19h ago

Israel spirals into unprecendented constitutional crisis as government votes to defy High Court

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Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca 19h ago

That's a very layered statement to respond to and depends on personal weighted values that I can't adequately answer.

Not in the defense of Iran's theocracy because there's no defending it and they openly say that they're a theocracy, but more about perspective:

Israel claims to be secular and equal, yet -

marriages can only go through religious council (to maintain apartheid and "blood purity" as literally described by their politicians).
requests to open schools, civil societies, non-profits, etc. by anyone who isn't Jewish Israeli are rejected (so effectively there's reliance on Israeli Jewish institutions for many things from jobs to education to civil support)
if you're in an Arab neighborhood or town it is heavily under-served and the police purposefully turn a blind eye towards criminal activity (sometimes catch and release when they discover what neighborhoods the criminal is active in)
religious minorities experience violence and hate (both subtle and obvious) and have little to no recourse for justice.
their expansionism and colonialism is heavily fueled by religious zealots - so the supposedly secular state is enacting genocide for religious zealots but also claims to be secular.

So it's hard to determine if it's a little bit better. Some might argue it's worse.

1d ago

Israel spirals into unprecendented constitutional crisis as government votes to defy High Court

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Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca 1d ago

You're applying a USA understanding of government to a completely different government structure because you want there to be an actual document called "The Constitution".

But that's not the case here. Either way, we can also take your point further, because a "Constitutional Crisis" can also apply to different branches of government getting into institutional conflict with each other. Since, as we know, legalese likes to use Latin etymology.

The word "constitution" comes from Latin "constitutio," meaning a regulation or order, via Old French "constitucion," and originally referred to laws or customs established by authority. It entered English in the 14th century with meanings including laws, physical makeup, and the structure of a state.

Either way, it's still a Constitutional Crisis and very valid terminology to use.

2d ago

Israel spirals into unprecendented constitutional crisis as government votes to defy High Court

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Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca 2d ago

It doesn't have a "document constitution" it has a political constitution that is based upon precedence. That precedence being set by the high court.

So when the High Court decided that self determination in Israel is reserved only for the Jewish population, thereby enshrining the right to settler colonialism and they've enshrined apartheid into their Political Constitution.

https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2021-07-27/israel-supreme-court-affirms-constitutionality-of-basic-law-israel-nation-state-of-the-jewish-people/?__cf_chl_f_tk=0MP_7BrWw3SqwpsimgtRVku71L0qxGunHaAQL7rtVHs-1783304970-1.0.1.1-ueujDHnBqCJSUwC3Zc176Q7zFcR6zkAhIBzY7ohLGnc

2d ago

Netanyahu claims some Lebanese Christian villages ‘asked to be annexed’ by Israel

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Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca 2d ago

As with every population, nobody is a monolith. I spoke to a Lebanese Christian colleague of mine and he's at the other end of the spectrum.

2d ago

Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved

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Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca 2d ago

Keeping in mind that this is the Beaverton, the most trusted news in Canada, CCS is just part of the green washing PR so liberals can get that warm fuzzy feeling inside like something is being done when practically things get much worse.

2d ago

Editorial: The Human Rights Museum’s Nakba exhibit ignores the important context that I don’t want to hear about it

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Rat_in_a_hat @lemmy.ca 2d ago

I think this part captures it pretty well

I just want there to be enough details about Arab countries who are not Palestine invading Israel or expelling Jewish residents to create the impression the situation is a complicated miasma of suffering

Arguably, it's also very racist of people to even have that as a reason. Imagine a good chunk of Latin American countries did something to a minority group, then that minority group genocides Mexicans. Should I group all of the Latino/as together?

Not to mention that there is mention about the expelling at the exhibit, but we can't get bogged down with details now, can we?!