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New comment by basilgohar in "Age verification tech could put children at greater risk, says think tank"

basilgohar — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:55:14 +0000

It's not for the Fortunate Sons, silly.

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:06:12 +0000

It's important to not frame this as a US vs Israel thing. Israel is, at best, the last of the Western world's settler colonies, and as such, is serving a purpose, a so-called landed aircraft carrier. [0]

The fact that there is tensions in the government regarding Israel means that the entities that found value in Israel are losing out to those that don't. So-called America-first powers no longer see 1st-tier support of Israel as in the interests of the US.

This will not go well with Zionists, who are still supported by massive backing and financial interests. They will spend a LOT of money to keep Israel the US's "top ally" despite it being no such thing in any meaningful way. Israel is a tool of the Western imperial forces.

The fact that this story is breaking means that Zionism is getting more-and-more toxic to people in power.

[0] https://michael-hudson.com/2023/11/israel-as-a-landed-aircra...

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:49:25 +0000

This is a non-sequitur. It's an "American" organization whose sole purpose is to lobby the US government on behalf of the interests of a foreign government. It should register as a foreign agent as should all its employees because that's exactly how they behave and why they exist.

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:42:47 +0000

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New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:40:33 +0000

It was not and never was a good idea. The US and Europe need to stay out of the Middle East, including Israel and Palestine, and let the Jews, Christians, Muslims, and all other indigenous peoples of the area live there peacefully like that had for over a thousand years until each and every single time Europeans and Americans entered militarily causing chaos and havoc.

Was it 100% peaceful prior to the Crusades? Of course not. But not anymore so than anywhere else in the world. Did it become a mess once they arrived? Yes, and they slaughtered everyone, including Christians, when they came, let alone Jews and Muslims and everyone else that wasn't them.

So, we need to stop pretending like the US and European colonizing entities do any kind of good wherever they go. It's just about enriching the elites through military contracts while subverting any peoples' attempts to have autonomy for themselves.

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:35:21 +0000

This is well known and documented. It should not be downvoted. Zionism in Big Tech is a huge issue. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese documented this extensively in her report that got her sanctioned by the US. [0]

TurboTax had IDF soldiers in uniform in their offices. [1]

[0] https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5923-... [1] https://thegrayzone.com/2026/04/28/tech-giant-employees-idf-...

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:31:19 +0000

Ah, the whole, "Everyone does it, why are you picking only us?"

They used to for their warcrimes, genocide, apartheid, and literally every other thing they are guilty of.

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:28:48 +0000

Uh-huh. The official story two very trustworthy sources on the matter. The coverup and silencing of the survivors and threats to their persons and families if they attempted to tell their stories are probably just coincidences.

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:24:46 +0000

"Government suddenly and confusingly starts acting accordingly to what everyone's already know for a long time." This is really quite scary when you think about it. Why now all of a sudden?

New comment by basilgohar in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

basilgohar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:22:50 +0000

From its start Israel's existence has been about not playing by the rules. The days are numbered for Israel because it's not and never has been a sustainable enterprise and its exploitation of the American people and US taxpayer money is catching-up to it faster than it can damage control it away or come-up with more and more creative ways to pay people to call label criticism of Israel a hate crime.

New comment by basilgohar in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

basilgohar — Sun, 31 May 2026 19:07:22 +0000

It's also completely false because they cited only Palestine-related hijackings, and not the parent article that goes back far further and proves they're lying.

New comment by basilgohar in "The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specification)"

basilgohar — Sun, 31 May 2026 03:48:19 +0000

This will always happen. There are just some entities that can't stand not seeking rent.

New comment by basilgohar in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

basilgohar — Sat, 30 May 2026 14:41:51 +0000

This will only result in the abuse of the populous by the powerful, not right or left. Right and left are illusions that are at best distractions from the powerful class asserting their interests to the detriment of the lower classes. That's all there is. Always was, always will be. Both left and right have eroded this whilst claiming to do the opposite.

New comment by basilgohar in "Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startup"

basilgohar — Sat, 30 May 2026 14:31:33 +0000

You're comparing apples to oranges. Claude is a frontend overall product name, GPT5.5 is a specific model. Which model within Claude's offerings are you referring to? Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, or something else?

New comment by basilgohar in "AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise"

basilgohar — Sun, 17 May 2026 18:01:36 +0000

Based on what? They haven't even IPOed.

New comment by basilgohar in "At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025"

basilgohar — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:55:57 +0000

Just curious, but what's the basis for this claim? I've heard it a lot. But I feel like this in itself is a political statement more than one rooted in sound facts.

New comment by basilgohar in "Americans Are Smashing Flock Cameras"

basilgohar — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:47 +0000

Bringing up the highest-crime city as an example is using a well-known outlier tp prove a point. Is that valid in this context? I think Flock cameras are being used not just in high-crime areas, but in many places. One would have to determine that surveillance helped with crime in these areas to make that point valid. And more importantly, one has to ask, why it's NOT being used to deter more crime in high-crime areas, and being used in areas where there's no crime.

The point is, where's the documented proof that they are helping. What we know is that people are still reporting crime in places where Flock cameras were present. Does that negate the effect? No, but it's just as valid as the point you brought. Which is to say, little to not all.

New comment by basilgohar in "SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video"

basilgohar — Sun, 17 May 2026 11:18:01 +0000

It's a very specific use case. This model can generate 1 minute videos of what is essentially a streaming game scene.

New comment by basilgohar in "We are retiring our bug bounty program"

basilgohar — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:22:33 +0000

Sometimes the issues emerge later. The code doesn't scale well, it has subtle bugs that crop-up later, it doesn't handle edge cases well. Basically, it answers the immediate issue well, but it is poorly engineered and hence, why it causes problems for others down the line.

New comment by basilgohar in "U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app"

basilgohar — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:09:30 +0000

Tyranny comes and goes, and sometimes just changes shape and serves some more than others, and that gives the illusion to those it serves that it's gone. It's always been around in some form or another.