Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds
Embodied says it will try to refund recent purchases but makes no promises.
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Par Audrey A au sujet de sportifs trans.
#politique #société #sport-de-compétition #sportifs #féminisme #sexisme #domination-masculine #injustice #intersexe #genre #trans #transgenre #transgenrisme #transactivisme #HeCheated #SheWon #Audrey-A
Meanwhile.... #Truth vs #SCROTUS #Justice & oh-so-corrupt #TrumpVirus bias...
Lors de l'audience qui s'est tenue à Nuuk aujourd'hui, le juge a persisté dans son refus de visionner les vidéos innocentant Paul Watson. Ces images ont été diffusées sur écran géant place de la République, en simultané du procès en question.
"Si le juge refuse de voir les preuves en images qui feraient immédiatement tomber le dossier, alors nous les montrerons au reste du monde" déclare Lamya Essemlali, Présidente de Sea Shepherd France présente à l'audience.
Paul Watson a pu s'exprimer brièvement devant les quelques caméras présentes : "Cette histoire n'a rien à voir avec la Justice. Le Japon dit que je ne suis pas au-dessus des lois mais les seuls qui ont enfreint les lois et qui ont été condamnés pour chasse illégale des baleines, ce sont eux. Aujourd'hui, ils cherchent à se venger et faire de moi un exemple. Cette justice groenlandaise joue leur jeu. Il suffit au juge d'accepter de voir nos preuves et le dossier tombe immédiatement".
Paul Watson a été entendu pendant trois heures par la police groenlandaise hier. La police a pu visionner les images vidéo et se rendre compte par elle-même que le marin japonais qui prétend avoir été blessé par une bombe puante ne se trouve pas sur le pont au moment de l'action. En revanche les images montrent qu'il se prend son propre gaz lacrymogène en pleine figure, quelques instants auparavant.
Ce marin est par ailleurs, celui qui était à la barre du baleinier (Shonan Maru 2) au moment où celui-ci a volontairement percuté et détruit l'Ady Gil, trimaran qui participait à l'opération anti chasse baleinière de Sea Shepherd, un mois auparavant. Se faisant, il a manqué de tuer les 6 membres d'équipage à son bord et il n'a jamais eu à répondre de ses actes.
Nous rendons publiques les images vidéo en question ainsi que les schémas qui illustrent l'emplacement de l'impact de la bombe puante et, bien visible à l'image, l'absence de toute personne à l'endroit en question.
Les avocats de Paul Watson ont fait appel de la décision du juge mais tout porte à croire que cela n'aboutira pas plus que l'appel précédent. Le Japon veut la tête de Paul Watson et pour l'instant, la Justice groenlandaise et danoise semble jouer le jeu, au mépris flagrant des droits de la défense.
Au moins, cette fois, contrairement à l'audience du 15 août dernier, Paul Watson a eu le droit à un interprète.
#océans #cétacés #baleines #moratoire-internationnal #protection-des-espèces #biodiversité #planète #générations-futures
#Japon #Norvège #Islande #îles-Féroé #Groenland #hors-la-loi #violateurs #assassins #injustice
▶ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-pnGip0f8U
📸 http://www.american-pictures.com/gallery/index.html
#JacobHoldt #AmericanPictures #poverty #painful #social #injustice #70s #US #society #photo #art
Un article de Doriane Lambelet Coleman publié le 16 août 2024 dans le Washington Post, ici traduit et commenté par Audrey A.
En raison des disparités biologiques entre les sexes en termes de force, de puissance et d'endurance, on constate, selon le sport et l'épreuve, un écart de performance de 10 à 50 % entre les meilleurs athlètes masculins et féminins. La séparation des athlètes en compétition sur la base du sexe est le seul moyen de faire la part belle à la moitié féminine de la population. Aucun autre critère de sélection - que ce soit la taille, le poids ou toute autre caractéristique physique - ne permet d'atteindre cet objectif d'inclusion.
#politique #société #sport-de-compétition #sportifs #féminisme #sexisme #masculinisme #discriminations #injustice #genre #trans #transgenre #transgenrisme #transactivisme #Doriane-Lambelet-Coleman #Audrey-A
Avec Mélissa Plaza et Audrey A. dans un épisode hors-série du podcast (51’).
#politique #société #sport-de-compétition #sportifs #boxe #JO #JO2024 #injustice #justice #féminisme #santé #intersexe #Caster-Semenya #Imane-Khelif #Rebelles-du-genre
Par Nicolas Casaux au sujet de quelques sportifs de compétition.
#société #sport-de-compétition #sportifs #JO #JO2024 #injustice #justice #féminisme #génétique #Caster-Semenya #Imane-Khelif #Nicolas-Casaux
Her father "Yadullah Mahmoodnejad" who was hanged a few months before his daughter's execution in March 1361 for the crime of "apostasy".
In a note left by Mona Mahmoudnejad about the oppression of the Baha'is, she wrote: "Why are my co-religionists kidnapped from their homes in my country?" Are they taken to mosques at night and in pajamas and are whipped? As we have seen recently in our own city (Shiraz), their houses are looted and set on fire; Hundreds of people leave their homes in fear. Why? Because of the blessing of freedom that Islam has brought?"
Mona was the youngest member of this group execution. On that day, 9 young and middle-aged women were sent to the gallows. Roya Eshraghi (23 years old), Simin Saberi (24 years old), Akhtar Thabit (25 years old), Shirin Dalvand (27 years old), Mahshid Niromand (28 years old), Zarin Moghimi Abianeh (29 years old), Nusrat Ghofrani (56 years old), Tahereh Arjamand and Ezzat Eshraghi.
• The bodies of Mona and other victims were not handed over to the family.
(Auto translated from Farsi)
#Iran #DwathPenalty #HumanRights #WomensRihhts #ChildrensRihhts #Popotics #IRI #Injustice #NoToDeathPenalty
•#مونا_محمودنژاد ۱۷ سال داشت و به همراه ۹ زن بهایی دیگر در پادگان عبدالله مسگر اعدام شد.
•پدر او «یدالله محمود نژاد» را نیز که چندماه قبل از اعدام دخترش، در اسفند ۱۳۶۱ به جرم «ارتداد» به دار آویخته شده بود.
در یادداشتی که از مونا محمودنژاد به یادگار مانده از ظلمی که بر بهائیان میرود نوشته: « چرا در کشور من همکیشانم از خانههایشان ربوده میشوند؟ شبانه و با لباس خواب به مساجد برده میشوند و شلاق میخورند؟ همانگونه که اخیرا در شهر خودمان (شیراز) دیدهایم، خانههایشان غارت و آتش زده میشوند؛ صدها نفر با ترس خانههایشان را ترک میکنند. چرا؟ بهدلیل نعمت آزادیای که اسلام آورده است؟»
مونا جوانترین عضو این اعدام گروهی بود. در آن روز ۹ زن جوان و میانسال به بالای دار فرستاده شدند. رویا اشراقی (۲۳ ساله)، سیمین صابری (۲۴ ساله)، اختر ثابت (۲۵ ساله)، شیرین دالوند۲۷ ساله، مهشید نیرومند (۲۸ ساله)، زرین مقیمیابیانه ۲۹ ساله، نصرت غفرانی (۵۶ ساله)، طاهره ارجمند و عزت اشراقی .
•جسد مونا و دیگر کشتهشدگان به خانواده تحویل داده نشد.
- Black: It represents #mourning and #sadness over the #injustice and #persecution suffered by the Palestinian people. It symbolizes the #darkness that surrounds the homeland and the #silence that prevails over children's laughter;
- White: Symbolizes #peace and #love, echoing the messages of the prophets. It reflects the desire for hearts free of hatred, as opposed to enemies who carry only malice;
- Green: It represents #goodness, #growth, #blessings, and #hope for the future. It symbolizes Palestine's potential for #prosperity and #flourishing, with the expectation that the #barren land will once again become #fertile and #joyful;
- Red: signifies #martyrdom, #sacrifice and #devotion. It is associated with the #honor of giving one's life in defense of #religion, #family and #country.
Source: https://flagsdb.com/asia/ps
Germany’s much lauded ‘memory culture’ is pure, empty, self-congratulatory propaganda.
Published On 1 Mar 20241 Mar 2024
I am a #Jewish #pro-Palestine solidarity activist originally from the #NewYork area and now based in #Berlin. My #grandmother was a #Holocaust survivor from #Cologne who fled to the #UnitedStates during the Second World War at the age of 16. Her parents and much of her family were murdered during the Holocaust. I came “back” to #Germany about five years ago, a decision born largely out of the desire for intergenerational healing for me and for my grandmother, who was alive at the time. I learned German and was able to speak to her in her native language in the last few years of her life. I told her stories about living in Germany, she met some of my friends and she was grateful for the ways in which the country and its people had apparently evolved and atoned for their ugly history.
I am glad she died before I had the opportunity to recognise what a naive, idealistic delusion this was.
In the past few years as I have educated myself, become active in the movement for #Palestinian #liberation and extracted myself from the extreme #Zionist conditioning and #brainwashing baked into the fabric of my upbringing, my appreciation for German “Erinnerungskultur” (“memory culture”) has steeply devolved into the realisation that the entire concept is pure, empty, self-congratulatory propaganda. It is grounded in the intentional, racist displacement of anti-Semitism and responsibility for the Holocaust from the Germans who perpetuated it to the #Arabs, #Muslims and, above all, the #Palestinians, who they now demonise and scapegoat as a deflection and distraction.
A documentary from 1985, Ma’loul Celebrates Its Destruction, provides an account of the destruction of entire villages during the 1948 #Nakba. In it, an interviewer says to a Palestinian man who was displaced: “But they killed six million Jews.” His rightful response is, “Did I kill them? Those who killed them must be held accountable. I haven’t hurt a fly.” The fact that a truth this fundamental has been so deeply buried in the language of “complexity” and “conflict” is a testament to the commitment and breadth of the imperialist narrative disseminated by Israel, the #US and #Germany (and the #West in general). Meanwhile, more than 90 percent of all anti-Semitic incidents in Germany are attributable to the #far-right despite the media’s rampant efforts to ignore statistics, skew the reality of the violence and racism directed at Palestinians, and disguise the true apathy towards the so-called “fight against anti-Semitism”.
While actual incidents of anti-Semitism go largely unpunished, those of us standing in solidarity with Palestine are accustomed to brutal, state-sanctioned violence, repression and surveillance from police and the German government in response to peaceful #protests and #boycotts. This has intensified massively since the #genocide in #Gaza began in October, regularly under the guise of accusations of anti-Semitism and “Judenhass” (“hatred of Jews”). We are accordingly committed to remaining loud and visible, including through our refusal to be excluded from the fight against rising fascism and the extreme-right Alternative for Germany party ( #AfD ).
On February 3, I attended an #anti-AfD demonstration in Berlin as part of the pro-Palestinian bloc with the revolutionary #Marxist group #Sozialismus #von #Unten (“Socialism from Below”), in which I am an active member. I had quite a bit of trepidation about going to this protest after the violent, racist and disturbing experiences of my Palestinian and pro-Palestinian comrades at anti-AfD protests over the past few weeks. Folks protesting the AfD while showing solidarity with Palestine have been ruthlessly harassed, attacked, reported to the police and violently removed by both demonstrators and cops all over Germany.
In general, the #mood was positive, and there seemed to be more of a tangible solidarity in comparison with the earlier demonstrations. I stood with a sign that read, “ #Juedin #gegen die #AfD und #Zionismus, #fuer ein #freies #Palaestina” (“ #Jew #against the #AfD and #Zionism, #for a #free #Palestine”). We handed out flyers encouraging a strategic and systematic mobilisation against the AfD. We spoke to demonstrators about the link between fighting fascism and fighting for Palestinian liberation. We explained that Palestinians in Palestine are currently suffering under the fascist policies we are demonstrating against in Germany, and in Germany, Palestinians and those standing in solidarity with them are already experiencing the concrete infringement and denial of #fundamental #human #rights ( #freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly). We emphasised the importance of unconditional, #international #solidarity.
Some were cautious about engaging, ostensibly out of concern for being viewed as anti-Semitic, but many were curious, interested and open to learning. As much as the mainstream media have tried to distort and mangle news of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a recent poll showed that among German voters, only 25 percent answered in the affirmative when asked if they believe Israel’s attacks on Gaza are justified; 61 percent believe they are not. The latter cohort was clearly represented at the demonstration.
After about an hour, I came into contact with a representative of the 25 percent of that poll. An older German man with an aggressive expression approached me, stopped in front of me and half-shouted, “So what do you think the #similarities are #between the #AfD and #Israel?” I could tell he had no intention of engaging in a reasonable conversation but nonetheless began trying to explain. After a few words, he rolled his eyes and spat at me.
It is hard to describe the particular shade of red I saw, the sourness of the blood pumping to my head, the bitterness of the fury on my tongue. It looked like the lifeless faces of my great-grandparents at the mercy of #Nazis, deported and murdered in the #Warsaw #Ghetto as they have appeared in my dreams since I was a child. It felt like the fierceness with which I will unconditionally defend the Palestinian resistance, the right of every people to resist their oppressor in any single form, until my last breath. It tasted like the rage and incredulity that have boiled in the corners of all of our mouths as we scream at the top of our lungs, watching the world passively observe the slaughter of Palestinian men, women and children for more than four and a half months – silent, complicit and accompanied by the relentless echo of more than #75 #years of #occupation, #apartheid, #theft, #ethnicCleansing, #lies, #dehumanisation and unforgivable #injustice.
I ran after the man, shouting at him that my family was murdered because of fascism during a genocide – in response to which he spat at me again.
He goaded me: “What do you know? The AfD is a fascist party. What does that have to do with Israel?” I began to state the obvious – “Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza as we speak …” – but didn’t finish my sentence before he spat in my face for a third time.
As I was shaking, incensed and disgusted, my final comment was, “You are clearly an anti-Semite.” Up to this point in the interaction, he had been condescending and full of contempt, but (as I knew it would) this final shot sent him into a blind rage. As I turned and walked away, he shrieked: “WHAT did you say to me?”
A friend of mine recently said to me, “The #Germans will #never #forgive the #Jews for the #Holocaust.” These words have rung in my ears and sat in my chest with nowhere in particular to go, a hard, ugly truth at the core of German society that precisely reflects my experience living in it. It is bewildering, it is comical, and it is accurate.
From the neo-Nazis of the AfD to “anti-Deutsche” leftists who claim to be combatting German anti-Semitism by obsessively and unconditionally supporting Zionism, many of today’s Germans are brimming with repressed rage towards Jews. Whether they are aware of it or not, this is resoundingly apparent in the deep, hysterical hypocrisy of a reaction such as that of the man at the demonstration – spitting in a Jewish person’s face for standing against fascism and genocide on the basis of her personal, generational relationship to fascism and genocide and becoming enraged at being identified as an anti-Semite accordingly.
This fury is seemingly a reaction to the “injustice” of Germans having to repent for the actions of their ancestors, something they have been widely celebrated for on the global stage. The #resentment takes the form of #narrowmindedness and #bigotry: The only acceptable concepts of #Judaism, #Jewish people and “Jewish life” are those they themselves, #non-Jewish Germans, explicitly sign off on. (Refer to the “anti-Semitism commissioners” claiming to represent the interests of Jewish people in Germany – not a single one of whom is Jewish or an expert in any relevant or related field.) For many Germans, the only palatable Judaism is Zionism, which in fact is no kind of Judaism at all. When forced to contend with perspectives in conflict with this toxic narrative or with Jewishness that doesn’t align with their understanding of it, their anger surfaces violently, explosively. “Anti-Deutsche” weaponise the fetishisation of Jews through their obsessive Zionism to an extreme degree, spearheading aggressive hate and smear campaigns against those who do not share their views (including anti-Zionist Jewish people). How dare anyone, most of all Jews, call into question the authority of Germans in defining and relating to Judaism, anti-Semitism and genocide.
The sick, decades-long collaboration between Israel and Germany and the widespread assertion that Israel’s security is “Germany’s reason of state”(“Staatsraeson”), which upholds Zionist socialisation in the interests of political, racist ends, has created an atmosphere of fear, shame, guilt and ultimately self-righteousness that permeates much of German society. It punishes questions, dissuades education and quashes the necessary understanding of Judaism as a broad, differentiated and historically diasporic culture that existed long before Zionism – and will exist long after.
This designation of all Jews and all Judaism as a single uniform entity, necessarily speaking the same language (modern Hebrew), holding the same values (Zionism) and sharing an identical culture (which in Germany, must be determined by Germans), is, in fact, the precise definition of #anti-Semitic, #Nazistic #racial #segregation and the othering, dehumanising rhetoric they employed in its service. The rigid and inherently anti-Semitic conception of Jews as an undifferentiated people “native” to one land, characterised by the nationalist settler-colonial Zionist movement, has merely served as a #continuation of #Hitler’s #work. It has erased secular Judaism in Europe. It has #eradicated the #Yiddish, #Ladino, #Judeo-Arabic, #Judeo-Persian and #other #Hebraic #languages. Eighty years after the Holocaust, it has succeeded in upholding the view of Jews as a monolith, a foreign nuisance separate from German society, the attempted annihilation of whom can now be exploited to justify the annihilation of another group.
The #tradition of #policing #Jewishness has been passed down in Germany for generations now, which, as in the case of the man at the anti-AfD demonstration, revolves not just around an established, homogenous definition of Jews but, crucially, also the exclusive right and obligation of the Germans to dictate it.
So what are we left with? I believe we can see it in our aforementioned statistic. The majority of Germans know, despite what they have been raised and conditioned to believe, that at the very least, what is going on in Gaza is wrong. Many can see that there is something significant and conspicuous missing in the mainstream narrative around anti-Semitism, Israel and Palestine. I would venture that the majority of those in the streets marching against the AfD are doing it because they genuinely want to stand on the right side of history. Meanwhile, what is in reality a minority is simply louder, angrier and more visible in propagating their anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian racism, anti-Semitism and pro-genocide views and, in being so, intimidate the rest into docile silence.
#No #one in the mainstream German #media has reported on my experience at the anti-AfD protest. Given the cultural context, this is not a surprise. But highlighting this hypocrisy and the prevailing, ever-more destructive narratives illustrated by such an incident represents a powerful opportunity for education and empowerment. Calling out the root causes and social backdrop of this moment make them available and necessary for all to grapple with. As so many are stepping into the streets, it is our responsibility to arm them with the facts as fuel, to enable every single person to raise their voice and know decisively what they speak for and what they speak against. We will continue – with more resolve than ever – in the fight for a free Palestine and in mobilising in this way against racism, Zionism, (actual) anti-Semitism, fascism and genocide. We will repeat it again and again until the rhythm of our words becomes the heartbeat of a society that attempts to snuff out our resistance but will ultimately fail at doing so: Never again means never again for anybody.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.
La droite contre le droit
https://www.politis.fr/articles/2024/01/la-droite-contre-le-droit/
Oh purée, un vrai #slogan !!!! Toute la #Droite #Extrême-droite qui fait tout pour ne pas respecter le #droit...
Un résumé parfait du paysage : #FraudeFiscale #ViolencesPolicières #Injustice #Inégalités #Racisme etc...
De Sébastien #Fontenelle.
#Politique #Renaissance #LREM #Républicains #LR #RN #Zemmour
Alt: https://piped.smnz.de/watch?v=xKaeCEW2-PA
LA GRANDE HISTOIRE. C'est une affaire qui est devenue l'un des symboles des violences policières… Cette semaine dans La grande histoire, Hugo Baiardi raconte les dessous de l'affaire Théo, victime d'un coup de matraque qui l'a laissé handicapé à vie.
#injustice #racisme #matraque #jugement #AffaireThéo #violencespolicières #bavurepolicière
https://youtu.be/LVpUu5T5mQA?si=9Ihh1E-XUtR-O_7L
#ThichNhatHanh #injustice #anger #buddhism #dharma #dhamma
Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/greenpeace-shell-lawsuit
"I will stand up in scourt and fight this; and if Shell refuses to stop #drilling, I refuse to stop fighting for #climate #justice," one #activist named in the #suit said.
The most powerful have always tried to abuse the law for their own purposes in order to prevent protests against #injustice. This has forced the protest #movement into the #underground and strengthened #resistance. In the French #Revolution, the powerful were ultimately surprised by the pent-up #anger against the abuse of the #law.
#politics #economy #news #problem #activism #environment #nature #oil #fossil #fuel #future #earth #finance #money #capitalism
#news #Palestine #Israël #guerre #massacre #guérilla #extermination #vengeance #représailles #espoir #mytex #mywork #désespoir #injustice #hypocrisie #cynisme
Si l’oppression, l’injustice, les massacres n’ont pas de frontière, que dire de l’hypocrisie et du cynisme. C’est une évidence, comme le disait Aragon : « Que le sang sèche vite en rentrant dans l’histoire ! » Une guerre, un massacre après l’autre, les condamnations, les exigences, les réprobations et les lamentations officielles entérinées, les victimes enterrées. Le bilan des pertes établi. Les ennemis désarmés, jugés pour crime de guerre, crime contre l’humanité, génocide…La paix et la réconciliation, jusqu’au siècle dernier, clôturaient, pour un certain temps les hostilités. La tradition respectée on pouvait passer à autre chose, construire entre autre des mausolées. Aujourd’hui malgré la « dissuasion atomique », les exigences des instances internationales, les requêtes des ONG, les condamnations de l’opinion publique, les combats s’enlisent dans une guérilla permanente, les populations subissent, l’horreur succède à l’horreur. Face aux multiples bellicistes engagés et aux implications diverses et souvent sordides, les peuples s’insurgent, mais sont-ils entendus ? Sont-ils pris en compte ? Ont-ils une quelconque importance face à l’hégémonie d’intérêts contradictoires ? Que faire après ces constatations désespérantes ? Ajouter mon indignation aux autres ? Je suis du bon côté, celui de la démocratie, je peux «normalement» manifester…pétitionner, parler, écrire, échanger…voter. Cela a t’il eu un résultat probant sur l’étendue du désastre ? Le découragement, l’impuissance, je n’ose dire la lassitude m’accablent…et après… Poussé à l’extrême jusqu’à quel point puis-je m’accoutumer et vivre avec l’inacceptable, l’ignominie à ma porte, quand même l’espoir devient indécent ?
Mireille MOUTTE
#news #Palestine #Israël #guerre #massacre #guérilla #extermination #vengeance #représailles #espoir #mytex #mywork #désespoir #injustice #hypocrisie #cynisme
Si l’oppression, l’injustice, les massacres n’ont pas de frontière, que dire de l’hypocrisie et du cynisme. C’est une évidence, comme le disait Aragon : « Que le sang sèche vite en rentrant dans l’histoire ! » Une guerre, un massacre après l’autre, les condamnations, les exigences, les réprobations et les lamentations officielles entérinées, les victimes enterrées. Le bilan des pertes établi. Les ennemis désarmés, jugés pour crime de guerre, crime contre l’humanité, génocide…La paix et la réconciliation, jusqu’au siècle dernier, clôturaient, pour un certain temps les hostilités. La tradition respectée on pouvait passer à autre chose, construire entre autre des mausolées. Aujourd’hui malgré la « dissuasion atomique », les exigences des instances internationales, les requêtes des ONG, les condamnations de l’opinion publique, les combats s’enlisent dans une guérilla permanente, les populations subissent, l’horreur succède à l’horreur. Face aux multiples bellicistes engagés et aux implications diverses et souvent sordides, les peuples s’insurgent, mais sont-ils entendus ? Sont-ils pris en compte ? Ont-ils une quelconque importance face à l’hégémonie d’intérêts contradictoires ? Que faire après ces constatations désespérantes ? Ajouter mon indignation aux autres ? Je suis du bon côté, celui de la démocratie, je peux «normalement» manifester…pétitionner, parler, écrire, échanger…voter. Cela a t’il eu un résultat probant sur l’étendue du désastre ? Le découragement, l’impuissance, je n’ose dire la lassitude m’accablent…et après… Poussé à l’extrême jusqu’à quel point puis-je m’accoutumer et vivre avec l’inacceptable, l’ignominie à ma porte, quand même l’espoir devient indécent ?
Mireille MOUTTE