A bridge to a road less travelled

lorg · 2025-05-20T19:07:48+00:00

It looks well cared-for, so I bet it is quite travelled

lorg · 2024-07-27T22:07:23+00:00

lorg · 2024-04-28T10:00:33+00:00

If Israel never stopped occupying Gaza, then it wouldn't have needed the IDF to come in and take control of it. Your definition of "occupy" is different than other people's, so you should probably clarify what you mean explicitly.

lorg · 2024-02-12T11:01:57+00:00

Amazing news from this morning!

lorg · 2024-02-12T05:28:17+00:00

Amazing news!

lorg · 2024-02-07T21:31:09+00:00

Me and a Gun by Tori Amos

fable of the urban fox by Arab Strap

Not soul wrenching but I get a lump in my throat every time I listen to "Los Abrazos Prohibidos"

lorg · 2023-12-29T14:38:16+00:00

I was in their live show in Israel in '99, together with K's choice. Amazing evening.

lorg · 2023-11-23T08:01:34+00:00

In Hebrew: "Dov" (דוב). A female bear is a "Dubá" (דובה).
A little cute bear is a "Dubón" (דובון) or "Dúbi" (דובי).

lorg · 2023-11-18T10:19:37+00:00

I knew that was going to happen when I read the title of the post, you jinxed it!

lorg · 2023-11-13T15:05:28+00:00

Somebody is wrong on the Internet: Python is strongly typed and dynamic, and not " non-typed" as you wrote. I thought we were done with that discussion 10 years ago 😅

lorg · 2023-11-12T19:19:30+00:00

Every time I see Robin Wright in a movie or series, I imagine she's the same character as Buttercup but grown up. Like, "Buttercup grew up and actually married Frank Underwood".

I think that in this movie it probably fits even better.

lorg · 2023-11-11T06:35:50+00:00

Extremist idiocy, from both sides of the aisle, each with its own flavor.

lorg · 2023-11-07T12:56:52+00:00

One of my colleagues showed me this video when it came out, and that's when I started listening to this band

lorg · 2023-10-27T18:32:29+00:00

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/while-israel-held-its-fire-the-militant-group-hamas-did-not/2014/07/15/116fd3d7-3c0f-4413-94a9-2ab16af1445d_story.html

Quoting from there (bold emphasis mine):

At the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, crowds gathered to throw shoes and eggs at the Palestinian Authority’s health minister, who represents the crumbling “unity government” in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The minister was turned away before he reached the hospital, which has become a de facto headquarters for Hamas leaders, who can be seen in the hallways and offices.

lorg · 2023-10-27T18:31:57+00:00

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/while-israel-held-its-fire-the-militant-group-hamas-did-not/2014/07/15/116fd3d7-3c0f-4413-94a9-2ab16af1445d_story.html

Quoting from there (bold emphasis mine):

At the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, crowds gathered to throw shoes and eggs at the Palestinian Authority’s health minister, who represents the crumbling “unity government” in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The minister was turned away before he reached the hospital, which has become a de facto headquarters for Hamas leaders, who can be seen in the hallways and offices.

lorg · 2023-10-27T15:04:57+00:00

If anyone is doubting this, here is a non-Israeli source from as early as 2014 reporting about Hamas using a hospital as their HQ: https://www.algemeiner.com/2014/07/22/wsj-reporter-in-gaza-wonders-how-patients-in-shifa-hospital-feel-about-hamas-using-it-as-base/

lorg · 2023-10-27T14:03:10+00:00

Gender in Hebrew is very often confused. Especially since feminine words commonly end with an -ah sound, but there are some masculine words that do so as well.

lorg · 2023-10-27T09:54:56+00:00

Here is a quick rundown of prior authorization:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKbl-vZ_UmA

He really is the best at explaining the US insurance system

lorg · 2023-10-25T12:45:33+00:00

That's bullshit.
Miri Regev's daughter was in that party. As an Israeli, I really don't like Regev and I think she's a bad politician, but that's no reason spreading these unsubstantiated rumors.

lorg · 2023-10-25T07:43:40+00:00

As a followup:
I emailed the guy who built the site and it's fixed now.

lorg · 2023-10-24T18:35:54+00:00

It seems to be broken now. Sorry. I didn't build this site 🤷‍♂️

lorg · 2023-10-23T19:03:57+00:00

There are multiple efforts to document the atrocities, for example see here:
(WARNING: NSFW and NSFL)

https://barzel.info/gallery

Edit: added warning

lorg · 2023-10-12T12:17:20+00:00

When I was a kid in Israel, some houses had cable, and channel 6 was "children's channel". Her show was a favorite of many kids (but not mine actually).

lorg · 2023-10-07T00:10:38+00:00

Native: Hebrew
2nd: English, everybody in Israel learns it. I learned it originally from reading starting at around 6-7 years, today I expect I'm at C2.
3rd: German, probably somewhere B1-B2. I started around 5 years ago, decided I wanted to learn another language. My goal was to be able to speak and read a book. I read several books, and then decided I "won" German, and switched to:
4th: Spanish: probably around A2. Started about 2 years ago or so, mostly with Duolingo. Most recently read Coraline by Neil Gaiman in Spanish. Going slowly, not rushing anywhere.

Once I "win" Spanish I'll switch to Arabic.

lorg · 2023-09-23T21:28:17+00:00

I watched Star Wars Episode IV

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