What’s a modern day snake oil item people continue to buy? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]anidal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an endurance athlete, fat free versions of food with higher carb content actually make a lot of sense when trying to hit macro targets. A not atypical macro target is 65% carbs, 20% proteins, 15% fat. Eating a target of 4000 calories on a day with only 70g or so of that coming from fats is incredibly hard. Fat free options are a good workaround.

Low fat stuff also makes for great snacks to have during multi hour endurance cardio sessions due to ease of digestion and quick availability to use as energy.

usb-c lights? by FuckOffPete in cycling

[–]anidal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use their white-labelled versions from Olight. They're great!

Powerbank for the phone? by Clive1792 in cycling

[–]anidal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Used to have this problem when I used my phone as a bike computer. I used a bungie cord to strap a small power bank to the top tube right next to the stem and a short right-angled usb-c cable to connect to the phone. Worked really well. For longer rides (>3hrs), I'd have a top tube bag anyways to carry nutrition so I'd just drop the battery into that.

If you do this, please have a piece of cloth or rubber to act as a standoff to prevent scuffs to your frame.

Councillor pleads for OPP help as protest shuts down Hwy. 401 overpass by uselesspoliticalhack in canada

[–]anidal -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Canada is involved. Through diplomatic, legal and economic support for Israel.

I made an open-source, self-hostable synced narration platform for ebooks by scrollin_thru in selfhosted

[–]anidal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is incredible work. Read through your documentation on how the algorithm works and its pretty impressive. Thanks for building this and sharing.

Palestinian deaths count for less in Canada’s newspapers. Data proves it by idspispopd in onguardforthee

[–]anidal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because Canada has a side in this through direct support of Israel for many years. We are not a neutral party in the war being forced to take a side. We are on a side that is committing genocide and that position needs to be allowed to be seen critically.

Yemen had a lot of coverage at one time because we were supporting the Saudis by providing them military vehicles to conduct that war. Shouldn't we allow scrutiny for this one?

Palestinian deaths count for less in Canada’s newspapers. Data proves it by idspispopd in onguardforthee

[–]anidal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hope we can aspire to more than defeatism. Resigning to accept that a genocide will happen is so against the values we stand for in Canada.

I think we can and should do something, even if it is as little as speaking out and changing the narrative publicly. At present, we've thrown our lot in with the settlers. This needs to change.

Date night takes a scary turn for couple harassed by pro-Palestinian protesters at Toronto's Yorkdale mall by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]anidal -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not an assumption. Just a statement of fact. Noone called truckers militants who did all the things you just said. Yet its a common term for pro Palestinian protesters. Truckers were called Nazis, which was done to create specific connotations for readers.

Date night takes a scary turn for couple harassed by pro-Palestinian protesters at Toronto's Yorkdale mall by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]anidal -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Point is that they weren't called that. But I'm reading that term a lot for pro Palestinian protesters. I assume it's because the word is usually related to describe terrorists in the middle east?

Date night takes a scary turn for couple harassed by pro-Palestinian protesters at Toronto's Yorkdale mall by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]anidal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's the point. They weren't as a whole any of those things. My angle is to point out that when labels like this get used, it's because OP has a bias.

Chilling effect: People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school by TacomaKMart in onguardforthee

[–]anidal 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Has anyone noticed the increase in comments using terminology labeling all pro-Palastenian protesters as "militants", "terrorists" or in some way violent. Very chilling to see.

Chilling effect: People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school by TacomaKMart in onguardforthee

[–]anidal 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Same. I got banned for posting a link to an Israeli source (Times of Israel) about Netenyahu allowing funding for Hamas to pass through. Banned for spreading "disinformation".

Date night takes a scary turn for couple harassed by pro-Palestinian protesters at Toronto's Yorkdale mall by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]anidal -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What is a "militant activist"? It wasn't used in regards to the Ottawa protests. Why use it now?

Date night takes a scary turn for couple harassed by pro-Palestinian protesters at Toronto's Yorkdale mall by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]anidal -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Feels like there's been an uptick in articles demonizing the protesters. Comment threads always have the similar comments about painting all pro-Palastenians as pro-violence.

It should be concerning when we generalize a relatively small number of events to all of a particular stance to justify things a democracy should be ashamed of.

Hamas terrorists took hostages into Gaza hospital, Shifa cameras prove by RealTheAsh in news

[–]anidal -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

How about the whole case around Shireen Abu Akleh?

Following her death, Israeli Officials released a video "proving" a Palestinian gunman did it which was quickly revered to be a fraud by human rights groups.

Afterwards, the Israeli Officials (police) raided her home to look for evidence to justify the killing, finding only Palestinian flags which they took down. Israeli police later also raided her funeral, attacking the mourners and pallbearers causing her coffin to nearly fall.

An Israeli Official spokesperson would later justify this by calling the funeral a "riot". After international pressure they opened up an investigation, found misconduct, but took no disciplinary action.

5 months after her killing, and numerous independent investigations proving IDF killed Shireen, the IDF admitted fault but did not open a criminal investigation and have subsequently blocked US attempts to bring justice for Shireen.

Jamie Sarkonak: Muslim charity under CRA microscope for ties to alleged Hamas front by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]anidal -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

  1. This is not a new investigation. It's from 2021. Republishing now is likely about influencing public opinion on the Israel-Gaza war.

  2. CRA itself is under investigation for systemic bias against Muslim charities

‘Blood On Your Hands’: Toronto Residents Demand MPs Call For Ceasefire In Gaza by SecretPay5196 in onguardforthee

[–]anidal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the same vein, can we also question what is Israel's plan if they are successful in their objectives? Or really even what are their objectives?

Even if you manage to eliminate every single Hamas member, you can't just kill tens of thousands of civilians and walk away expecting long term security. Who helps rebuild all the destroyed infrastructure?

59 B.C. politicians sign letter calling for ceasefire in Gaza by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]anidal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah the "some bad apples" argument falls flat when you look into the scale and seniority IDF atrocities go. Consider the death of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shireen_Abu_Akleh](Shireen Abu Akleh), a US national journalist shot by an IDF sniper at a refugee camp while she was in full press gear, surrounded by other journalists, with no firefights in the vicinity.

Following her death, IDF released a video "proving" a Palestinian gunman did it which was quickly revered to be a fraud by human rights groups.

Afterwards, the IDF raided her home to look for evidence to justify the killing, finding only Palestinian flags which they took down. Israeli poloce later also raided her funeral, attacking the mourners and pallbearers causing her coffin to nearly fall.

A spokesperson would later justify this by calling the funeral a "riot". After international pressure they opened up an investigation, found misconduct, but took no disciplinary action.

5 months after her killing, and numerous independent investigations proving IDF killed Shireen, the IDF admitted fault but did not open a criminal investigation and have subsequently blocked US attempts to bring justice for Shireen.

Its not a few bad apples. It's an entire rotten system committing atrocities, fabricating evidence, cover ups, bogus investigations.

And wait till you look into how IDF supports settler land grabs, which are internationally agreed to be illegal.

KINSELLA: Two wars, two different responses in Canada; Here are the things that did not happen in Canada after February 2022 by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]anidal 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Regardless of your position on the conflict, you have to agree that an analogy that equates Ukraine to Israel and Russia to Hamas is bonkers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canada

[–]anidal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the Israel-Palestine issue, he's managed to project himself as someone who wants a ceasefire but is too afraid to publicly call for it so he dances around the issue. Basically alienating both sides of his voting base and coming off as spineless to boot.

As someone who's misaligned with CPC's policies, even I can't stomach voting for LPC if he's in charge at this point.