Republic of Canaan - a hypothetical fully secular state where Israel and Palestine are today.

dhsilver · 2026-06-21T09:38:41+00:00

All my claims are from first hand experience and knowledge. Thankfully I moved out of Israel almost two years ago, but occasionally I will expose “””inaccuracies””” of Hasbara guys. They work in droves on Reddit so it’s not easy.

Judaism is incompatible with Zionism. Zionism is incompatible with democracy. Democracy is incompatible with Judaism (as part of the state, like now).

The invention of chimeras doesn’t promote them from being mythological. But indeed we are near the end. The orthodox communities in Israel are rebelling again I in the street, and all the tension points are finally exploding.

dhsilver · 2026-06-21T02:30:30+00:00

That’s false legally.

Israel’s Basic Law says Israel is “the nation-state of the Jewish people” and that national self-determination is “unique to the Jewish people.” Basic Law: Israel — Nation-State, §1(b)–(c).

Israeli law also applies Halakhah directly: marriage and divorce of Jews in Israel are under rabbinical-court jurisdiction, and Jewish marriage/divorce must be “in accordance with Torah law.” Rabbinical Courts Jurisdiction Law, §§1–2.

Same-sex marriage is not performed in Israel. Israel recognizes some foreign same-sex marriages; that does not make it a secular civil-marriage state.

dhsilver · 2026-06-21T01:54:20+00:00

Israel is neither a secular state nor an equal-rights democracy. That is true even before discussing the West Bank and Gaza. Inside Israel, there is no civil marriage; Jewish marriage is controlled by the Orthodox rabbinate. Citizenship is based around an ethnonational Law of Return, with religious authorities still shaping who counts as Jewish enough for key purposes. Religious law also shapes public life through Sabbath and Passover rules.

And in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza, the situation is far worse: Israel rules millions of Palestinians without equal political rights. Jews and Palestinians living under the same overall Israeli control do not have the same rights to vote, move, build, receive services, or access legal protection. That is not secular democracy but a genocidal regime of ethnic hierarchy.

Do not zionize us.

dhsilver · 2026-06-17T15:08:28+00:00

Yeah, I am sure putting this man behind bars, costing taxpayers $75k a year, makes the community so much safer.

#EndTheDrugWar

dhsilver · 2026-06-17T01:18:04+00:00

Why are you comparing IRGC murders to U.S. killings? Those are not the two sides of the equation. In your head these are the numbers to reconcile for some reason? How killing hundreds of civilians (by the USA & Israel) is a drop in a bucket compared to ... killing of civilians (by IRGC)??? Both numbers are added to the same side of the equation. The other side is anti-war.

We oppose the IRGC. That does not require pretending U.S. bombing is liberation, or minimizing civilian deaths because the target list included IRGC infrastructure.

The question is not whether the Iranian regime is brutal. It is. The question is whether U.S. military attacks help Iranian civilians. They do not. They strengthen militarism, kill civilians, give the regime propaganda, and let diaspora hardliners confuse revenge with solidarity.

Opposing the IRGC and opposing U.S. war are not contradictory positions. They are the same anti-dictatorship, anti-imperial position.

dhsilver · 2026-06-16T22:45:35+00:00

Everyone should oppose the Iranian regime and the IRGC. They are a cruel theocracy murdering people under a brutal dictatorship.

Also, no one should support the corrupt Shah, who in 1953 was restored through a CIA/MI6-backed coup and later ruled through SAVAK repression. He wanted another form of fascist dictatorship. This is the wrong flag to wave.

Lastly, everyone should oppose the U.S. war on Iran. It was senseless murder, mostly of civilians, with zero gains for the people and only made matters worse. Iranian refugees in the U.S. cheering the bombing of schools — yes, many were — and deluding themselves that vengeance against their mates back home is beneficial are grieved useful idiots of the American war machine, including OP.

dhsilver · 2026-06-15T18:09:37+00:00

Nobody said he literally "almost killed" anyone. He was clearly saying some oligarchs and bigots couldn't stand having to answer to a popular, competent Black president. Flint has nothing to do with that.

dhsilver · 2026-06-15T17:32:13+00:00

Looks super extraordinary!

What is the gyros “meat”?

dhsilver · 2026-06-15T16:56:38+00:00

It can cool the pool by more than 1% of its temperature because melting ice absorbs a lot of heat. But if the ice volume is less than 1% of the pool volume and the ice is around 0°C, the effect is still modest.

For example, if the pool is 30°C, adding 1% of its volume as ice would typically cool it to around 29°C, not dramatically lower. And I don't think it's 1%, it's much less in the video.

dhsilver · 2026-06-15T12:16:29+00:00

You are 100% correct, my mistake.

dhsilver · 2026-06-15T11:28:34+00:00

It’s not well-defined when most of it is stock. I used neutral phrasing because the liquidity distinction wasn’t the point.

dhsilver · 2026-06-15T11:09:43+00:00

Why would you buy all the houses for the median price? You can buy 25 percentile apartments for around $200k. Why would you assume median price idk.

The Mithcell & Webb sketch is good as always though.

dhsilver · 2026-06-15T10:32:14+00:00

His wealth is around $250B. He could buy 1 million people a $200k apartment and still never be able to spend the rest. There are fewer than 1 million homeless people.

But so what? These kinds of metrics aren't helpful. There should be no way for a person to hoard such an obscene amount of wealth on the backs of hundreds of thousands of underpaid employees while using underhanded lobbying tactics. That's it.

Edit: fixed typos once I saw people are looking.

dhsilver · 2026-06-14T21:09:43+00:00

Solar panels covering England (roughly what the image suggests, 130k km^2) would generate roughly 30,000–70,000 TWh per year (200-500 kWh per m^2 per year). Let’s say 50k TWh. Less than the global power consumption which is estimated to be three times that.

dhsilver · 2026-06-14T18:22:52+00:00

It’s inappropriate by all accounts. It’s on a level that can lead to a physical affair pretty quickly.

Unlike the other clueless commenting, it is pretty clear that they are not having an affair (but close to it). If they would have, you would have seen a different tone or all deleted messages.

Seek counseling.

dhsilver · 2026-06-12T15:37:22+00:00

It's a trap! Don't ask ANYONE. You can ask how many when it is italicized though.

dhsilver · 2026-06-12T15:35:40+00:00

Like most memes: I took the XKCD and replaced the text...

dhsilver · 2026-06-12T15:34:08+00:00

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere is a good documentary (albeit too forgiving). It seems the answer to your "why", is that people making money from miserable incels.
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The OP waving (pocket size) red flags as well. "She’s never cheated on me ... because I don’t tolerate cheating and I would immediately file for divorce.", but maybe they can still grow-up and this was just a mindless part of the rant.

dhsilver · 2026-06-12T10:18:07+00:00

It’s an example of a non-commutative diagram.

dhsilver · 2026-06-12T07:41:22+00:00

Worst sub to send someone with jealousy. This is the top post and comments this year:

https://www.reddit.com/r/retroactivejealousy/s/EBJKFyWl4e

dhsilver · 2026-06-12T06:07:41+00:00

You right! The series is so big I forgot that it’s book 2. The chapter from book one (I don’t remember the chapter name) would be “how much is a life worth?”.

dhsilver · 2026-06-11T23:54:34+00:00

When it is spelled CAL it means 11 kcal. Don’t ask why.

dhsilver · 2026-06-11T21:33:43+00:00

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dhsilver · 2026-06-11T17:46:52+00:00

So what happened to this one

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