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#31

Off the Record / Re: Acts of Terrorism megathre...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 04:48:22 AM

Seems the inevitable backlash is kicking off. Sigh.
Amazing how some people let terrorists win.

BBC News - Mosque fire being treated as arson and hate crime
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2dglp43xmo

#32

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Tamas - Today at 04:42:38 AM

Will it feel too aged if I read it for the first time now?

Feels like the world is going toward mega corps buying and selling heads of state and governments, might as well study up for it.

#33

Gaming HQ / Re: PSA: Game Discounts

Last post by Syt - Today at 04:07:59 AM

I picked up the Warhammer Fantasy bundle.

#34

Off the Record / Re: The Non-P** and I** Thread...

Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:22:48 AM

I'll guiltily admit I don't consume any kind of offline media nowadays - besides books.

I used to get the local sports newspaper on mondays and the day after a CL game - unless Barça lost    But not even that nowadays - part of it it's that local sports media has been thoroughly enshittified. I get better coverage from somebody like Sid Lowe

I have a couple of subscriptions to online "traditional" newspapers (WaPo, a local Catalan newspaper) and that's about it.

#35

Off the Record / Re: The Non-P** and I** Thread...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - Today at 03:18:42 AM

I currently only have a single magazine subscription: Archaeology. I also had National Geographic: History for a while, but it felt like the two overlapped a lot within a few months. I've considered getting a sub subscription to White Dwarf to feed my Warhammer fix, but haven't yet.

I don't really watch any tv, movies, or shows anymore. I hope to turn that around soon as regards movies and shows at least, as I have a massive backlog to work through. The one thing I regularly watch is Cleveland Guardians games for MLB and Ottawa Charge for PWHL.

I don't subscribe to a newspaper, but I'll check in on the local, back home, and Buffalo and ROchester papers/news channels on their Facebook and Insta pages to keep a vague feel for what is going on. I dig through a fair amount of news and what not on Bluesky and the like along with viewing the AP News site almost daily.

#36

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:01:33 AM

I love Neuromancer, I think Gibson is both a visionary futurist and actually writes good literary prose, a somehow rare gift among sci-fi authors 

#37

Off the Record / Re: The Non-P** and I** Thread...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 02:14:47 AM

Not had any since the 2000s. Even then paid for by my mam. And I don't think they were often proper subscriptions. More ask the local newsagent to keep one for me or even buy it every so often.
At various times I recieved

-a multi format games magazine with a clearly young target audience
-white dwarf. Games workshops mag.
-a guitar magazine
-NME. This one I think was my own money.

My parents also got the Daily Mirror for many many years, until after I'd left home for the first time I think. So I grew up with working class news sans boobs.

I do occasionally see stuff on substack I'd like to read but can't.... Haven't pulled the trigger yet though.

#38

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 02:05:23 AM

I've gotten stuck in a kick of reading scp foundation entries.
It's like tv tropes. Keeps leading to a rabbit hole of new tabs.

#39

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 12:45:37 AM

The population of Gaza went from 5,000 to less than 1,000 under Hamas rule and there are plenty of reports of harassment, forced conversion and land theft by the PA.  So let's not pretend there is a "well tolerated" Christian community in Palestine.

Why don't you ask the Christian community in the West Bank who they fear more, and who harasses them more?  It's not even close. A few months ago, settler gangs carried out a pogrom (there is no other word to describe it) in a Christian village, burning houses to the ground, destroying cars, and murdering three residents. Depending on reports, the IDF either stood by or directly assisted.

In the Gaza war, the IDF bombed a 12th century Orthodox church, killing over a dozen. The only Catholic Church in Gaza has been attacked multiple times during the war: Israeli snipers murdered two unarmed women on church grounds, a school run by nuns on church grounds was bombed and destroyed, others were killed and the parish priest injured when Israeli tanks fired at the Church.  Gaza Christians have no love for Hamas, but it is the IDF that has put them in graves and forced them into refugee camps.

The indefensible remains indefensible.  When the Gaza war started, I took Israel's side, gave them every benefit of the doubt, defended their rights to retaliation under international law.  You can look it up; it's right here on languish.  I took them at their word that they were acting in good faith to ensure their security.  That position has long ceased to be tenable.  The attacks against civilians have been wildly disproportionate to any valid military purpose.  Israel took the opportunity to dismantle Hezbollah - good for them. Meanwhile, although Israel has taken out about half the Hamas senior leadership, the other half remains active, and according to US intelligence reports, Hamas has recruited between 10,000 to 15,000 new fighters since the war began, likely fully replacing its losses.  So the military operation has failed its primary objective.

I do not contest that the settlers are violent thugs; I am contesting the that Christian population is "well tolerated" in Palestine.  You don't drive out 80% of the population through toleration, a foretaste of a one state solution.  The Christian population in Israeli is growing on the other hand.  

#40

Off the Record / Re: The Non-P** and I** Thread...

Last post by Grey Fox - October 04, 2025, 09:24:46 PM

Well it's not as grim as other of my threads, I just noticed those on the front page are:

"Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-25"

"Acts of Terrorism Mega thread"

"New Routine Shootings at US Schools and Universities Megathread."


All of which are unlikely to ever be out of 'fashion'.

I read La Presse. They don't sell a subscription.