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    An Israeli official told CNN IDF troops did use live fire on people surrounding aid truck as "the crowd approached the forces in a manner that posed a threat to the troops, who responded to the threat with live fire. The incident is under review."

    The aid trucks tried to escape the area, accidentally ramming others and causing further deaths and injuries, the eyewitnesses added to CNN.

    https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-02-29-24/h_c09b6821c90a21b059bc5baf5622b28c

    IDF opened fire on Palestinians trying to get food from an aid truck.

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    Protestors holding Israeli flags at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip appear to have blocked aid shipments into Gaza on Thursday, videos obtained by CNN show. 

    Videos show a line of aid trucks reversing away from the crossing, obstructing the deliverance of humanitarian shipments to the territory.

    Dozens of people stand by the lorries, surrounded by Israeli flags, with some holding placards demanding the release of hostages. The extent of the disruption is unclear. 

    https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-02-29-24/h_212836734d72ca9b4d2604f208f928c4

    Israeli citizens actively blocking aid trucks trying to get into Gaza. "Tsav 9" is the group, actively trying to starve out all 2+ mil left in Gaza to get the hostages back.

    massacres and active starvation attempts, all ongoing. fucking terrifying shit. and America keeps up with only the very lightest hints of any changes here from the Biden admin. good on that Aaron kid for standing up for something, but unfortunately (as i'm sure he knew) it was a 30 second blip on most news shows, has done nothing to sway anything in America. preaching to the choir sort of shit.

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  2. 1 hour ago, zero said:

    I posted some similar pics awhile back, thought these qualified as interesting things...

    these are taken from inside of a rail car. reminded me of some weird visuals you'd probably see flashed up on screen at a squarepusher show or somthin. black substance lining the walls and pooled at the bottom is asphalt.

     

     

     

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    convolution reverb pack when

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  3. 6 minutes ago, ignatius said:

    sounds like he's just stepping down as leader but not retiring??? or did i read that wrong?

    that’s what you’re reading but i imagine he’s on the way out entirely one way or the other. Pelosi did the same basic thing (last year i think?) and she’s still in but i’d be surprised if she lasts more than another term or two. Senate terms are 6 years tho so he’s likely going to bow out entirely once his term is up in 2027 i’d guess….his health problems have been obvious and worsening for years now. he ain’t gonna suddenly get younger/healthier over the next ~3 years.

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    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down as Republican leader in November.

    McConnell, R-Ky., announced his plans in an emotional speech on the Senate floor shortly after aides confirmed his plans to reporters. 

    "This will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate," McConnell said, his voice cracking.

    https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1163447619/mitch-mcconnell-steps-down?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=press.coop

    good riddance fuckface. i assume his voice was cracking in sadness because he’s going to miss out on fucking over even more Americans.

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  5. 1 hour ago, zero said:

    change the thread title to 2024 US train wreck / dumpster fire / shit show / clown car / dude I'm so high right now / Jesus fucking christ / resurrection / erection / election

    +1

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    At the Young Republican mixer Friday evening a group of Nazis, who openly identified as national socialists, mingled with mainstream conservative personalities, including some from Turning Point USA, and discussed race science and antisemitic conspiracy theories.

    One member of the group, Greg Conte, who attended the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, said that his group showed up to talk to the media. He said that the group was prepared to be ejected if CPAC organizers were tipped off, but that never happened.

    Another, Ryan Sanchez, who was previously part of the Nazi Rise Above Movement, took photos and videos of himself at the conference with an official badge and touted associations with Fuentes.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazis-mingle-openly-cpac-spreading-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335

     

    https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/02/23/jack-posobiec-cpac-remarks-democracy-cnc-vpx.cnn

    all said with that 'ha ha we are definitely just joking ha ha, this is not the actual goal of course ha ha' tone that somehow counts as a dogwhistle these days

  7. 40 minutes ago, chronical said:

    Can't wait for this, hope they don't show much more than this until June. Love the feeling you get exploring these worlds with no knowledge about them whatsoever.

    ha i’m glad it’s some time off so now i can actually play the base game…lost my save file last year and got discouraged and never restarted. everything i had done was pretty fun tho, the world is pretty diverse & weird. much exploring ahead for me :catsalute:

  8. 53 minutes ago, oscillik said:

    You can ignore it, but you'll either be typing to find the plugin you're after, or scrolling a lot if you have as many plugins as I do

    good to know, i have less than 10 plugins that i use, just having them dropped in a single folder is fine for me. i’m sure it’s a help for the many plug in lovers out there.

    i’m more thinking about it for samples, i don’t have a horde of them but i’ve got a few folders worth collected (more like ‘samples i haven’t lost yet’) over the last ~20 years that i’d rather just access in their folders & search by text when necessary…for the crowds with hundreds of sample collections i’m sure the tagging/autosorting will be a help…as long as i can not use that and Ableton doesn’t try and restructure my files i’ll be fine.

    will probably be turning off auto-update before 12 drops tho, just so i can wait until any final release day bugs are sorted in those first few weeks. in the past they’ve had problems shipping a major updates with issues/bugs/incomplete implementation.

  9. ^i'm not sure about that tagging system, it looks like it can be ignored tho.

    in case any other existing users were curious, i've got Live 11 Suite, looks like the 20% discount applies to upgrades before the 12 release on March 5:

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    https://kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/moves-in-the-field

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    Moves in the Field is a series of duets for Moran and her Yamaha Disklavier–a technologically advanced version of a player piano. Able to perfectly replicate humanlike playing through intense fine-tuning and programmable dynamics, the Disklaviers used on Moves in the Field act as a foil to Moran's own striving for a balance of technical perfection and emotional expression in her performances and compositions. Moran augments her pianistic abilities by utilizing the Disklavier to write intricate piano parts that go beyond human capabilities. Alongside Moran’s real time playing on each track, listeners are treated to accompaniments by the Disklavier that feature inhumanly fast arpeggios, chords requiring more than ten fingers to play, and other motifs surpassing physical limits on the piano. Used in an experimental capacity, the Disklavier here explores the realm of the inhuman and impossible. A signed Yamaha artist, Moran's utilization of the stalwart brand's pianos is not new, having used a trans-acoustic piano on previous releases, but, armed with multiple Disklavier pianos, Moran is able to expand her piano experimentation to an even further degree.

    looking forward to this, the stuff she’s been posting on Insta for the last year or two has been really nice. a more stark piano sound should be good, but i’m gonna miss the more loopy electronic airiness on some of her earlier things, but i’m into the new track so this is definitely good stuff incoming.

    LP & CD up for preorder at Bleep/Bandcamp/etc.

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  11. 1 hour ago, ignatius said:

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    Elon and his lovers are such weird fucks. this worship of false power like that is so fucking maniacal & absolutely pathetic.

    2 hours ago, Walter Ostanek said:

    The day musk bought twatter was the day i stopped ironyposting about fascism making a comeback and realised that it is genuinely happening 

     

    I regret having a kid. I mean, I already did because of climate change. But more now.

    Not sure what is worse, losing sleep thinking about my kid dying in near-future fash wars/violence, or thinking about her boiling to death in her own sweat in the coming superhumid heatwaves. I guess the former is theoretically a faster death?

     

    your kid’s the future. the youth of today growing up amidst this are by and large doing far better to see the world for the twisted dark capitalistic hellscape it is in many ways, i have no doubt the generation being born now will see things even more clearly as they age up in the next couple decades as fascism/etc. becomes more stark. i’m a pretty doom and gloom guy about a lot of stuff but the youth right now are seemingly on the right track for the most part. 

    the actual climate effects are already starting and hitting some areas hard, the migration/economic/social fallout from this is going to be more apparent to many’s daily lives than the actual physical changes of the planet, at least for quite some time (probably well past your kid’s lifespan). hopefully their generation and the ones after them will have enacted sweeping changes to mitigate and reverse before things get that bad. the planet heals quickly in many cases. 

    there’s a lot of hope to have.

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  12. i liked the final reveal of the story of True Detective S4, but the overall plot still felt very overbaked/convoluted. epilogue stuff felt unnecessary and silly.  

    overall the season was just not very good imo, pushed way way too hard. some really good acting from almost everyone, i just couldn’t ever fall for the horror movie BS it kept trying to force in. a few tweaks (and ~3 more episodes worth of budgeting to allow the story to breathe) could’ve really made the season strong. as is it’s pretty middling, sadly. few redeeming qualities. 

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