(((Asa Zernik)))

@asazernik

Israeli-American techie scum. Almost became political operative scum, hence tweeting. RP without comment equals endorsement of post only, not source account.

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(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· 8d

קשה להפריד בין תוצאות של פוסט-קורונה, הפיכה משפטית, ומלחמה. כפי שאני מפרש את המספרים, הייתה מגמת עלייה במספרים אחרי השפל של הקורונה שכנראה נבעה מההפיכה המשפטית, ולמלחמה לא היה תפקיד מרכזי. www.ynet.co.il/news/article...

גראפ - מספר הישראלים שיצאו מישראל לשלושה חודשים רצופים בכל שנה

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· 16d

Okay but also the actual headlines are calling it "Islamist" (associated with the ideology) not "Islamic" (associated with the religion). e.g.

Subheading from a Süddeutsche Zeitung story:

«Die Familie von Abdul B. sucht eine Erklärung für den mutmaßlich islamistischen Anschlag auf CSD-Besucher. Der Tatverdächtige wird am Sonntag bei einem Polizeieinsatz in einer Kleingartenanlage erschossen.»

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· 20d

The craziest part to me is this. Contemporaneous to German Wunderwaffe madness, but because it was the US they could actually follow through.

The bomber was conceived for transatlantic raids against German-occupied Europe in the contingency that United States Army Air Forces lost access to British airbases, but the war ended before its first flight in 1946.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Jun 18

Bibi always makes a big deal out of being respected abroad, unlike those lefty lightweights. These were his election ads in '19 ("a different league")

A giant election poster of Binyamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Donald Trump

A giant election poster of Binyamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Vladimir Putin

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Jun 2

Not sure about taxis, but the paper notes that the number is very similar for Lyft/Uber

In conventional rideshare (e.g., Uber and Lyft) deadheading, the miles driven without a fare-paying passenger, has been estimated to exceed 40% of the total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) (Henal et al. 2019)...

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· May 11

"unrepentant advocate for political justice"

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· May 1

That is how he *defines* bullshit jobs in the essay. If he classes if as a bullshit job, that is what he thinks about it.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Apr 23

My premises are 1 and 2 as listed above. Your issue, as I gather from other parts of this discussion, is that you *do not agree* with item 1; that is, you do not think that Iran could be doing more economic damage to the US than it currently is through Hormuz.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Apr 21

This holds for Europe. But as a great TikToker has pointed out, all American cities are either New York or Houston. www.tiktok.com/@itspondless...

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Apr 21

"not arguing"

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Apr 20

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Apr 18

The Mail is claiming it will somehow affect primary (!) schools

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Apr 14

Hot history take - the entire period from 1912-1921 or so should be periodized as one long Balkan Wars period, which just happens to coincide with the First World War. Inspired by this Greek war memorial.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 31

On the other hand, these are great for data lines!

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 30

It started with this - a direct reference to pro-Hamas rhetoric, which started EXTREMELY early.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 26

I don't think the paper sees it as material: it presents this as being just as much a question of worldview and status and hierarchy as anything material.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 19

Both on my feed (which is the usual way people discover posts) and on his profile (screenshotted below) the two posts appear immediately one after another. I'm extremely confused by what method you use this site where the second post is "miles" beneath the first one.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 15

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 9

*taps the top right quadrant*

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 7

Ooooh. So what you intended to say was "yes I agree it was bad". Communications tip! When someone is talking about atrocities done at one time, and your response is to bring up atrocities 45 years later with a rhetorical question like this...

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 5

Though note that this was in the context of describing an imperial system he despised

But because he identifies himself with the official class, he does possess one thing which ‘enlightened’ people seldom or never possess, and that is a sense of responsibility. The middle-class Left hate him for this quite as much as for his cruelty and vulgarity. All left-wing parties in the highly industrialized countries are at bottom a sham, because they make it their business to fight against something which they do not really wish to destroy. They have internationalist aims, and at the same time they struggle to keep up a standard of life with which those aims are incompatible. We all live by robbing Asiatic coolies, and those of us who are ‘enlightened’ all maintain that those coolies ought to be set free; but our standard of living, and hence our ‘enlightenment’, demands that the robbery shall continue. A humanitarian is always a hypocrite, and Kipling’s understanding of this is perhaps the central secret of his power to create telling phrases. It would be difficult to hit off the one-eyed pacifism of the English in fewer words than in the phrase, ‘making mock of uniforms that guard you while you sleep’. It is true that Kipling does not understand the economic aspect of the relationship between the highbrow and the blimp. He does not see that the map is painted red chiefly in order that the coolie may be exploited. Instead of the coolie he sees the Indian Civil Servant; but even on that plane his grasp of function, of who protects whom, is very sound. He sees clearly that men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 5

Their logo looks like the Chevron logo. (Also, following all the FARA rules I see.)

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 2

Google Translate made an understandable oopsie on the URL

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Mar 1

Politically motivated oppo dumps are good, actually. Especially in primaries, where they weed out problematic candidates before the other party can use them. It's called "vetting".

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Feb 27

Ah, how quickly the narrative turns. www.thenational.scot/news/2589231...

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Feb 13

Narrator: she was not, in fact, taking about the present and the influence that Israel has had on America

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Jan 29

Not sure about the Rohirrim, not seeing any pictures in the portfolio, but he definitely TT this about some other characters

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Jan 28

It has absolutely been done

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Jan 24

In most North American legal/policy contexts, it's a nice neat "anyone pre-Columbian" filter, no need to work with competing indigenous claims. The International Labor Organization definition for some reason leans towards this mindset.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik· Jan 20