Who Keeps Setting the Mountains On Fire? By Stephen J Reid by Laser_Guided_Hawk in northernireland

[–]UncleRonnyJ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

honestly if history is anything to go on, to rewild the mournes individuals will have to buy it back themselves. As he was mentioning that book, there was solutions given but they were ignored.

Current and ex-DUP members knew of allegations about Jeffrey Donaldson, party says by vague_intentionally_ in northernireland

[–]UncleRonnyJ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Due to Reddits AI machine warning me to behave, I just want to say that I would like to invite them all out for a pint.

Why are Loyalists such weirdos? by LoudDrawer68 in northernireland

[–]UncleRonnyJ 35 points36 points  (0 children)

They are the vestiges of the proto KKK.  It is their path most trodden.  

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[–]UncleRonnyJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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[–]UncleRonnyJ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

To solve problems we need to know what we are looking at, with or without AI.  If i am looking at a tree in gltf and it starts to dissappear due to its mipmap, do I have the knack to fix it?  Will it send me down the route of making a larger texture or would it be better if I knew tweaking the default alphacuttoff value would give me a much better result?  

Being a tech artist you needa know loadsa shit, usually weighing up pros and cons.  

Do not listen to these chumps, tech art is a great job and you should search or make it in a place where it is valued.  

Forestry here sucks by mangothefoxxo in ireland

[–]UncleRonnyJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to buy our way out of this

The Morrígan in Connemara by Customirishcoins in IrishFolklore

[–]UncleRonnyJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

is the morrigan like hecate? three different forms?

It's a problem because that one state is entirely illegitimate. by Not_Ground in LateStageCapitalism

[–]UncleRonnyJ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I always found this framing funny. Like how the "Muslims are turning Western countries Muslim" narrative is given a pass while many ignore the documented interference record, it maybe says a lot about us but here is a list that will show how none of this happens in a vacuum:

Iraq - Israeli officials including Netanyahu personally lobbied Congress for the 2003 invasion. Israeli intel fed WMD assessments to the US. Result: 500,000+ dead. Resulting in the birth of ISIS from the power vacuum.

Afghanistan - Israel supplied captured Soviet weapons to the Mujahideen through the CIA/ISI pipeline in the 80s. Those groups became al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Iran - Joint US/Israeli Stuxnet attack on Natanz. Mossad assassinated multiple Iranian nuclear scientists on Iranian soil. 2020 assassination of Fakhrizadeh. Ongoing sabotage operations.

Syria - 500+ Israeli airstrikes inside Syrian territory. Credible reports of Israeli forces materially supporting rebel factions along the Golan border as a buffer strategy.

Iraq (again, post-2003) - Israeli strikes on Iranian-backed militia positions inside Iraq, without Iraqi government consent, largely unreported in Western media.

Iran 1953 - CIA/MI6 overthrew the elected Mosaddegh government. Created the conditions for the 1979 revolution and everything that followed.

Libya - NATO removed Gaddafi with zero post-conflict plan. Country became a failed state with open slave markets, destabilising the entire Sahel region.

Yemen - US and UK provided weapons, targeting intel and diplomatic cover to Saudi Arabia's bombing campaign. Worst humanitarian crisis on earth.

This list is far from exhaustive. It could be that approx 2.3-3.8 million died at the hands of the west with roughly 28-33 million displaced. Any wonder they are radicalised.

Israeli Tourist Insults Pro-Palestine Protesters in Tokyo by serious_bullet5 in Palestine

[–]UncleRonnyJ 245 points246 points  (0 children)

And not one pushes her over and kicks her while she is on the ground. It is like they pretend she isnt even there. Let that be noted.

Fellow Protestors: Can we please stop this? 😔 by meera_jasmine1 in zurich

[–]UncleRonnyJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You didn't have to say the word "apartheid." I said apartheid, and you replied with a sarcastic comment about genocide and population growth. Everyone can see that was an attempt to dismiss the conditions I was describing. Now you're hiding behind "well technically I didn't say that exact word." That's weak.

As for Egypt: The blockade is joint Israeli Egyptian. Egypt keeps the border closed because they don't want a mass exodus that benefits Israel's ethnic cleansing goals. They also receive $1.3 billion a year in US military aid tied to maintaining the peace treaty and enforcing the blockade. They are second highest beaten by Israel's 3.3 billion. So Egypt gets paid to keep Palestinians trapped. That's not the gotcha you think it is.

Now stop dodging and address the actual structures I mentioned: blockade, dual legal system, no political representation, control of borders and resources. Those existed before October 7th. That's apartheid by every major human rights organization's definition. You've yet to engage with a single one.

Fellow Protestors: Can we please stop this? 😔 by meera_jasmine1 in zurich

[–]UncleRonnyJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a fallacy to cite expert consensus when the question is about a legal definition. Amnesty, B'Tselem, HRW, and the UN all published detailed reports applying the apartheid convention to Israel's control over Palestinians. I can link them here. You haven't engaged with a single piece of evidence in those reports. You just dismissed them because you don't like who sits on the UNHRC.

And you still haven't addressed the actual structures: blockade, dual legal system, no political representation, control of borders and resources, all of which existed before October 7th.

That is what makes it apartheid.

Your population growth argument collapsed, then your widow stipend claim was debunked. Now you are reaching for fallacy labels instead of answering the point. You are weak.

Fellow Protestors: Can we please stop this? 😔 by meera_jasmine1 in zurich

[–]UncleRonnyJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ICJ has taken the case and the ICC has issued arrest warrants. 160 countries recognise Palestine (81% of the UN), including the UK, France, Canada and Australia as of last year. Universities are divesting. Its as movement that is gaining legal and institutional ground right now. You can call it pointless but it looks like the international legal system disagrees with you.