Maybe I should prepare a newspaper issue for when Iran drops the dollar?
My gut tells me the rumors are true.
Reason tells me the rumors are either false or a huge deal, because if it was no big deal, mainstream media would be running their canned responses already. It seems like the American military industrial complex was so caught off guard by this, big players are keeping talking heads quiet while they scramble to make moves that rely on being early with the information.
Now "whoever relays stuff" probably keeping that
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This was called "articles by whoever," changed it to "whoever posts here"
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PDF printouts for this key's newspaper issues so far:
1714522390 •
April 30 • Columbia University building takeover in NYC
1714409081 •
April 29 • Protests seeding against Gaza genocide
https://dankdrop.nl/news5b.pdf
1713555969 •
April 19 • Israel bombs Iran for first time in 45 years
https://dankdrop.nl/newspaper04b.pdf
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April 15 • Aftermath of Iran's Attack
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April 14 • Iran Enters War Against Israel
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PDF printouts for this key's newspaper issues so far:
1714409081 •
April 29 • Protests seeding against Gaza genocide
https://dankdrop.nl/news5b.pdf
1713555969 •
April 19 • Israel bombs Iran for first time in 45 years
https://dankdrop.nl/newspaper04b.pdf
1713209696 •
April 15 • Aftermath of Iran's Attack
1713120864 •
April 14 • Iran Enters War Against Israel
New animated pfp thanks to the Smithsonian https://pfp.nostr.build/266d248c9d0200b63438f4256a7f810dd0168a1b1cc7210e6cc7990548f70d13.webp
Fixed this so there's very little reason to have 2 different versions of each PDF anymore. May stop doing it as it may be better to just cut that 1 extra moment out of the publishing rush for each issue.
PDF printout link:
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This won't matter until later anyway since it's just me right now and I'm only printing the 2nd gen copies
Been having each issue's PDF printout refer back to the same issue on nostr, but since a nostr URL isn't assigned until the post is made & can't properly support editing at that URL, this requires me to wait until after posting the full issue before adding a link to the PDF to my nostr profile. I'm also doing 2 versions of each PDF, the first with a link to the nostr copy, and the second with links to both the nostr copy and the first PDF. I think I should be more efficient in future issues by having the first gen PDF not link to the nostr copy, so that the nostr copy can link to it. Then the list of PDF links updated with each issue can still contain the 2nd gen printout. I'll probably also start doing the link lists as replies to each issue instead of standalone posts
PDF printouts for this key's newspaper issues so far:
1713555969 •
April 19 • Israel bombs Iran for first time in 45 years
https://dankdrop.nl/newspaper04b.pdf
1713209696 •
April 15 • Aftermath of Iran's Attack
1713120864
April 14 • Iran Enters War Against Israel
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Google fires 28 employees for protesting Google’s Israeli cloud deal “Project Nimbus”
According to Wikipedia:
In March, a Google Cloud software engineer was fired after a video of them shouting "I refuse to build technology that empowers genocide” went viral, in reference to Nimbus.
Shortly thereafter, dozens of employees participated in sit-ins at Google's New York & Sunnyvale Headquarters. Sunnyvale Police were called to remove employees from a day-long occupation of Google Cloud chief executive Thomas Kurian's office. Nine employees were charged with criminal misdemeanor and 28 were terminated.
Google claims Israel are prohibited by terms of service from using its services to engage in violence, and the contract is for workloads related to "finance, healthcare, transportation, and education."
Google Cloud Platform's AI tools could give the Israeli military and security services the capability for facial detection, automated image categorization, object tracking & sentiment analysis — tools that have previously been used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for border surveillance. The terms Israel set for the project contractually forbid Amazon and Google from halting services due to boycott pressure. The tech companies are also forbidden from denying service to any particular government entities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Nimbus • https://archive.ph/8UN9Q
5 Al Jazeera links covering the recent history of the current war
How Iran-Israel tensions have escalated since the war on Gaza: A timeline
https://aje.io/ewtrwd • https://archive.ph/w5ERW
What’s the Israel-Palestine conflict about? A simple guide
https://aje.io/8mqot4 • https://archive.ph/k0VBB
Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts
https://aje.io/j3n668 • https://archive.ph/xwRJV
Timeline: Israel’s attacks on Gaza since 2005
https://aje.io/b1l6ns • https://archive.ph/Dt6JJ
Israel-Gaza war in maps and charts: Live tracker
UNPRECEDENTED ESCALATION CONTINUES IN MIDDLE EASTERN WAR OVER OIL & RELIGION:
ISRAEL REPORTEDLY STRIKES IRAN AGAIN AFTER IRAN'S RECENT RETALIATION, FIRST REPORTS OF DIRECT ATTACKS BETWEEN IRAN & ISRAEL SINCE COLD WAR
INFO REMAINS UNCLEAR, VARIOUS SOURCES CONTRADICT EACH OTHER
FURTHER ESCALATION SLOWED AS FEAR INCREASES WORLDWIDE
GAZA DEATH COUNT OF MOSTLY WOMEN & CHILDREN PASSES 34,000 UNDER CONTINUED ISRAELI & AMERICAN WAR ON PALESTINE
ASSANGE & SNOWDEN STILL CRIMINALIZED FOR WHISTLEBLOWING ON DERANGED WARLORDS
A week ago, Iran launched a barrage of missiles into Israel, resulting in 1 death: an Israeli child. This attack came in response to an attack on Iran's consulate in Syria. The US and other powers urged Israel to frame the lack of further casualties as a win, restraining from further attacks, as tensions in the region threaten catastrophic consequences for the world. Israel issued increasingly explicit warnings to Iran over the following days, ignoring the warnings publicly issued by the US. However, Israel has not initially claimed credit for this new retaliatory attack on Iran.
It's dubious how the US claims to be urging Israel to de-escalate. Biden hasn't even offered pardons to Edward Snowden or Julian Assange, let alone actually pardoned both, to begin earning trust.
There doesn't seem to be much likelihood that the US will stop providing aid to Israel, including weapons specially designed for committing terrorist attacks. American leadership is clearly choosing to gamble a regional war in the Middle East, hoping to continue expanding the global influence of the military industrial complex with violence against fossil-fuel-rich adversarial powers like Iran & Palestine (who the US just vetoed UN membership for).
Palestinian health authorities have reported the death toll in Gaza to surpass 34,000 today, still mostly women and children. At least 8,000 more are missing. According to the UN, more than 18,000 children have also been orphaned in the onslaught since October 7.
About half of the people in Gaza are under 18, due to high birth rates driven by an instinctive rush to maintain the population against Israeli oppression. Gaza grows increasingly cramped with its growing population, as Israel has spent years blocking most entry and exit from Gaza's small land area. This has gotten much worse since October 7, as Israel has destroyed buildings all over Gaza, leaving vast numbers of people homeless in massive refugee camps. Of course, cramped space has become the least of their worries in this time, as they face bombings, shootings, and a lack of sufficient food, safe water, medical resources, and sanitary facilities.
It makes sense that Iran has suggested they don't plan to retaliate this time. They surely did not intend for their recent attack on Israel to result in the lone death of a young Israeli girl; it's a worst-case outcome. It's demoralizing to everyone on Iran's side and it incites the wrath of Israel's side. Iran's best bet now is to accept the loss of this exchange and focus on preparing for whatever Israel will do next. Iran can't afford to keep making moves that give the appearance of wanting escalation; they must wait for Israel to make moves to start the war.
It also makes sense that Israel would ignore warnings & escalate further. Biden told Netanyahu to frame the outcome of Saturday's attack as a win. The death of a little girl is not a win for either side. Of course Netanyahu would react. Both sides still want oil, after all.
Ukraine has reportedly also followed the lead, ignoring US warnings against drone operations in Russia.
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Al Jazeera live blog's recap of these events
https://archive.ph/B22XI • from today
Iran says its air defence systems shot down three drones in Isfahan province early in the morning. There were no reports of damages, but an investigation is under way to determine where the drones were launched from and who was behind the attack, officials said.
Israeli officials have not commented, but the reports came after Israel threatened to attack Iran following Iran’s retaliatory strikes on April 13. Meanwhile, unnamed US officials told media outlets that Israel had launched an attack on Iran.
There were also reports that mini-drones were flown by “infiltrators from inside”.
Iranian officials have sought to downplay the attack, with a senior official saying there was no plan for retaliation.
While countries around the world called for de-escalation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to comment on the reported Israeli attack, only saying after the conclusion of Group of Seven (G7) talks in Italy that the United States “has not been involved in any offensive operation”.
Even so, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the US told the G7 foreign ministers that it received “last minute” information about the attack on Iran.
5 Al Jazeera links covering the recent history of the current war
How Iran-Israel tensions have escalated since the war on Gaza: A timeline
https://aje.io/ewtrwd • https://archive.ph/w5ERW
What’s the Israel-Palestine conflict about? A simple guide
https://aje.io/8mqot4 • https://archive.ph/k0VBB
Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts
https://aje.io/j3n668 • https://archive.ph/xwRJV
Timeline: Israel’s attacks on Gaza since 2005
https://aje.io/b1l6ns • https://archive.ph/Dt6JJ
Israel-Gaza war in maps and charts: Live tracker
After today's issue, I think I'll switch to posting individual articles from a separate key and keeping this one focused on full issues. It should help make things less spammy if people actually start following me on nostr.
I hope I’m not wasting paper too severely. Since this Calvin & Hobbes strip about 35 years ago, the extinction rate has skyrocketed. In the next 15 minutes, another creature will find itself the last of its kind. Look up “the anthropocene.” A recent study found humans have wiped out 60-70% of the wildlife the planet was home to 50 years ago. Now, world leaders seem to be fighting atmospheric pollution with atmospheric pollution. We really need investment in aerospace & robotics to make a sunshield, or we risk dooming every species.
PDF printouts of this newspaper should always fit on one double-sided page, in black & white so supporters can even use recycled kraft paper for printing.
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This comic strip and attached blurb is another recurring element in the paper so far
I think newspapers should have recurring elements other than crossword puzzles and stuff. I don't see why the criminalization of whistleblowers as high-profile as Edward Snowden or Julian Assange should stop being headline news without being resolved.