LibsEatPoop

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UN finds ‘convincing information’ that Hamas raped and tortured Israeli hostages⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here is the direct UN report - news.un.org/…/Mission_report_of_SRSG_SVC_to_Israe…

  Here’s it’s conclusion (edited for clarity):

  October 7 and Hostages: Conflict-related sexual violence (genital mutilation, sexualized torture, or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment) occurred at several locations across the Gaza periphery, including in the form of rape and gang rape, during the 7 October 2023 attacks. Clear and convincing information that some hostages taken to Gaza subjected to various forms of conflict-related sexual violence (as described above) and reasonable grounds to believe that such violence is ongoing, including against women and children. Unable to establish the prevalence of sexual violence and concludes that the overall magnitude, scope, and specific attribution of these violations would require a fully-fledged investigation.

  Occupied Palestinian Territory (i.e., conducted by Israel and settlers): They did not visit Gaza. Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, including various forms of sexual violence towards detainees (39% of whom are held without trial). Invasive body searches including unwanted touching of intimate areas, including genitial areas, and forced unveiling of women wearing Hijab; beatings; threats of rape against women and threats of rape against female family members (wives, sisters, daughters) in the case of men; and inappropriate strip search and prolonged forced nudity of detainees, including during interrogation and during transfer to other detention facilities. Taking and circulating pictures of women detainees on personal phones of soldiers and investigators and depriving women of menstruation products. Sexual harassment and threats of rape, during house raids – including at night – and at checkpoints. Intimidation, including threats of rape, if conditions of detention were reported or publicly disclosed after liberation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India train drivers in crash that killed 14 were 'distracted' by cricket match⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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  Three carriages of the passenger train…derailed when a second incoming train rammed into it from behind… “Both the loco-pilot and co-pilot were distracted by the cricket match,” Mr Vaishnaw said…Both of them lost their lives in the incident…A preliminary investigation by the railway authorities immediately after the incident found that the train had overshot a signal.

  “Yeah, bro the two drivers who died were totes just 100% at fault and it had nothing to do at all with a larger systemic issue that might put me, the minister or the Indian govt. at fault for not improving the railway system. Nah, it’s just those poor drivers who were too busy watching cricket.”

  Railways minister Vaishnaw said new safety systems would be installed following the incident to “detect any such distraction and make sure that the pilots and the assistant pilots are fully focussed on running the train”.

  And that would solve the issues, trust. It’s the drivers, not the system.

  India has one of the world’s largest railway networks, which transports millions of passengers daily. But it has seen several disasters over the years… There have been several major accidents in the last 12 months, including a three-train collision which killed as many as 300 people in the eastern state of Odisha in June. Just last month, another incident on the railway saw a freight train travelled more than 70km (43.4 miles) without a driver. Footage on social media showed the 53-wagon train from Jammu and Kashmir zooming past several stations at high speed of nearly 100km/h, before arriving in Punjab. Officials told the PTI news agency: “The train was stopped after a railway official placed wood blocks on the tracks to stop the train.”

  Like… come the fuck on. Something clearly major fucked up is going on at a systemic fucking level here. I’m betting corruption. No doubt the drivers were not 100% innocent. But they’re dead so they’re being turned into the scapegoats, so people don’t look into all these other incidents. Many countries have very large and extensively used railway systems that don’t experience deadly crashes on the daily. Indians need to hold their politicians accountable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That Crazy Taxi reboot will apparently be a “triple-A” game⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AAA is just indie shit now and speaks to the lack of drive of the developers. They should aim for AAAA like this game deserves. We want, no, we demand, a $80 always-on Crazy Taxi reboot with a $150 Deluxe bundle that comes with one custom taxi skin, and a $300 Ultra Premium bundle that comes with a toy matchbox taxi. We need Day One crashes and bug fixes, a dozen different paid DLCs to be released over three years, and the inevitable server shut down three years from release making the game unplayable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Italy tells China it is leaving Belt and Road Initiative⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  First Philippines now Italy…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Astronauts Be Allowed to Eat Each Other If They’re Starving?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is freaking hilarious. I might buy this book just to read more of this:

  “Imagine you’re stranded on the Red Planet with three crewmembers,” Seedhouse, a professor at Daytona Beach’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University wrote. “You have plenty of life-support consumables but only sufficient food to last one person until the rescue party arrives. What do you do?.. One day, while brewing coffee for breakfast, you realize there are three chunks of protein-packed meat living right next to you.”

  … the biggest of the Mars explorers should sacrifice themselves first because they “both consume and provide the most food.” He went on to provide a “weirdly detailed look” at how to cut up one’s fellow humans if necessary.

  “We don’t know where Seedhouse would fall in the buffet line because we couldn’t find his height and weight online,” the authors wrote, “and honestly we’re scared to ask.”

  In “Survival and Sacrifice”… readers will also find… a photo of ten astronauts smiling in space alongside the caption: “In the wrong circumstances, a spacecraft is a platform full of hungry people surrounded by temptation. Is it wrong to waste such a neatly packaged meal?”

  Great marketing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin’s Creed makers Ubisoft continue 2023’s gutting of the games industry as they lay off over 100 staff⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  98 people - cut from its Canadian business administrative services and IT departments, along with the Montreal-based VFX studio Hybride. The numbers represent around 2% of its total Canadian team.

  Hybride is predominantly focused on providing visual effects for TV shows and movies, with credits on multiple Star Wars shows and films - including The Mandalorian, Ahsoka and Andor - Disney’s live-action Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast remakes, and sci-fi movie Arrival. The studio’s video game credits include prehistoric FPS spin-off Far Cry Primal.

  The latest layoffs follow 60 job losses at Ubisoft’s UK and US customer service teams in May, as well as the planned closure of its London mobile studio - made up of over 50 devs - reported in September.

  There has been continued unrest at the publisher this year, which kicked off with their first staff strike in January in response to employees’ unhappiness over pay and working conditions. That’s accompanied the controversial unveiling of plans to use an AI dialogue-writing tool and Ubisoft’s ongoing dabbling in NFTs, which have been met with widely negative responses by both developers and players.

  So TLDR: Workers strike for better pay/conditions, Board responds with lay offs and AI. As a result, a lot of employees get laid off and replaced with AI, and the remaining have to work harder. Gamers get worse games too (AI, NFTs) but its Ubisoft, so that was expected. As long as short-term profits go up, the Shareholders are happy and the Board gets bonuses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That is very useful information. Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I use iPhone. And I like downloading videos way way way too much. UBlock origin is goated tho.